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the_o archbishop_n and_o bishop_n debate_n about_o the_o same_o matter_n procuratores_fw-la etc._n etc._n reintrarunt_fw-la circa_fw-la horam_fw-la undecimam_fw-la quibus_fw-la per_fw-la dominum_fw-la archiepiscopum_fw-la ad_fw-la tunc_fw-la mandabatur_fw-la quòd_fw-la citra_fw-la proximum_fw-la diem_fw-la convocationis_fw-la exhibeant_fw-la &_o declarent_fw-la articulatim_fw-la gravamina_fw-la sva_fw-la in_o scriptis_fw-la redacta_fw-la according_o dec._n 7._o two_o of_o the_o member_n nonnullas_fw-la inconvenientias_fw-la &_o gravamina_fw-la pro_fw-la &_o ex_fw-la parte_fw-la cleri_fw-la cujus_fw-la gerebant_fw-la organa_n vocis_fw-la exposuerunt_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o scriptis_fw-la redacta_fw-la exhibuerunt_fw-la anno_fw-la 1452._o the_o prolocutor_n have_v give_v the_o upper-house_n a_o account_n of_o what_o be_v do_v about_o the_o subsidy_n be_v ask_v a_o quicquam_fw-la voluisset_fw-la pro_fw-la parte_fw-la cleri_fw-la in_o ecclesiâ_fw-la anglicanâ_fw-la reformatione_fw-la 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clergy_n be_v either_o upon_o a_o express_a command_n from_o the_o archbishop_n and_o bishop_n or_o by_o a_o general_a representation_n thereof_o to_o their_o lordship_n who_o be_v in_o that_o manner_n solicit_v to_o redress_v they_o either_o by_o their_o own_o ordinary_a power_n or_o by_o intercession_n with_o the_o king_n or_o application_n to_o the_o parliament_n be_v the_o best_a judge_n of_o the_o method_n most_o proper_a to_o be_v take_v for_o that_o end_n and_o give_v their_o direction_n according_o grievance_n the_o redress_n of_o grievance_n the_o grievance_n be_v reduce_v into_o article_n and_o read_v in_o the_o upper-house_n by_o the_o prolocutor_n be_v present_v to_o the_o archbishop_n and_o bishop_n to_o be_v by_o they_o particular_o consider_v and_o debate_v in_o order_n to_o their_o further_a prosecution_n of_o such_o measure_n as_o shall_v appear_v most_o effectual_a to_o the_o relief_n of_o their_o clergy_n after_o mature_a deliberation_n upon_o they_o with_o the_o 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convocation_n the_o reformanda_fw-la frequent_o propose_v by_o the_o arch_a bishop_n among_o the_o cause_n of_o convocation_n ii_o the_o reformanda_fw-la whether_o in_o convocatione_n in_o parliamento_fw-la or_o per_fw-la regem_fw-la be_v upon_o matter_n that_o concern_v the_o good_a of_o the_o church_n and_o religion_n in_o general_n and_o be_v therefore_o equal_o the_o care_n and_o concern_v as_o well_o of_o bishop_n as_o clergy_n be_v frequent_o move_v and_o propose_v by_o the_o archbishop_n at_o the_o open_v of_o the_o convocation_n among_o the_o cause_n of_o his_o summons_n anno_fw-la 1400._o jan._n 29._o the_o archbishop_n explain_v causas_fw-la &_o negotia_fw-la celebrationis_fw-la svi_fw-la concilij_fw-la provincialis_fw-la convocationis_fw-la cleri_fw-la vulgariter_fw-la nuncupat_fw-la viz._n pro_fw-la defectibus_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la provinciae_fw-la tam_fw-la in_o clero_fw-la quà m_fw-la in_o populo_fw-la juxta_fw-la juris_fw-la exigentiam_fw-la canonicè_fw-la reformandis_fw-la and_o then_o he_o descend_v to_o the_o particular_n anno_fw-la 1404._o may_v 17._o the_o first_o day_n of_o business_n the_o archbishop_n continue_v the_o convocation_n to_o may_v 21._o demandavit_fw-la alijs_fw-la praelatis_fw-la &_o clero_fw-la tunc_fw-la ibidem_fw-la praesentibus_fw-la quòd_fw-la singulis_fw-la diebus_fw-la interim_n ad_fw-la dictum_fw-la locum_fw-la domum_fw-la capitularem_fw-la convenirent_fw-la &_o laborarent_fw-la circa_fw-la reformanda_fw-la in_o cantuariensi_fw-la provinciâ_fw-la &_o exinde_fw-la articulos_fw-la conciperent_fw-la in_o scriptis_fw-la redigendos_fw-la ut_fw-la cum_fw-la dei_fw-la adjutorio_fw-la adhibita_fw-la corum_fw-la benevolentia_fw-la in_o hac_fw-la parte_fw-la quaeque_fw-la reformanda_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la possent_fw-la reformari_fw-la anno_fw-la 1416._o nou._n 16._o expositâ_fw-la per_fw-la reverendissimum_fw-la patrem_fw-la causa_fw-la convocationis_fw-la eorum_fw-la protunc_fw-la factae_fw-la &_o celebratae_fw-la communicató_n que_fw-fr inter_fw-la eosdem_fw-la viz._n the_o bishop_n and_o clergy_n then_o present_a aliquamdiu_fw-la de_fw-fr &_o super_fw-la varijs_fw-la reformandis_fw-la in_o provincia_n tandem_fw-la dominus_fw-la continuavit_fw-la etc._n etc._n anno_fw-la 1419._o among_o the_o cause_n of_o call_v the_o convocation_n particular_o explain_v by_o the_o archbishop_n the_o three_o be_v pro_fw-la defectibus_fw-la in_o clero_fw-la regnantibus_fw-la auctoritate_fw-la illius_fw-la provincialis_fw-la concilij_fw-la reformandis_fw-la and_o then_o he_o direct_v the_o lower-clergy_n to_o retire_v to_o their_o house_n &_o quòd_fw-la ibidem_fw-la de_fw-la &_o super_fw-la materijs_fw-la praedictis_fw-la tractarent_fw-la &_o communicarent_fw-la ad_fw-la finem_fw-la quòd_fw-la babitd_a deliberatione_n de_fw-fr &_o super_fw-la praemissis_fw-la ad_fw-la dei_fw-la laudem_fw-la auctoritate_fw-la concilij_fw-la finaliter_fw-la concludi_fw-la posset_n &_o concorditer_fw-la ordinari_fw-la anno_fw-la 1434._o the_o archbishop_n reckon_v up_o several_a grievance_n of_o the_o church_n et_fw-la tunc_fw-la babita_fw-la communicatione_n super_fw-la bujusmodi_fw-la gravaminibus_fw-la ordinatum_fw-la erat_fw-la tunc_fw-la ibidem_fw-la ut_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la gravamina_fw-la ac_fw-la alia_fw-la quaecunque_fw-la in_o quibus_fw-la dictus_fw-la clerus_fw-la se_fw-la sentijt_fw-la gravari_fw-la nec_fw-la non_fw-la si_fw-la quae_fw-la forent_fw-la crimina_fw-la &_o excessus_fw-la infra_fw-la clerum_fw-la usitat_fw-la quae_fw-la necessariâ_fw-la reformatione_fw-la indigerent_fw-la in_fw-la scriptis_fw-la redigerentur_fw-la ut_fw-la super_fw-la his_fw-la omnibus_fw-la ex_fw-la communi_fw-la consilio_fw-la consensu_fw-la &_o auxilio_fw-la remendium_fw-la posset_n debitum_fw-la adhiberi_fw-la anno_fw-la 1439._o the_o archbishop_n declare_v the_o cause_n of_o the_o convocation_n viz._n qualiter_fw-la jurisdictio_fw-la ecclesiastica_fw-la per_fw-la brevia_fw-la regius_fw-la &_o praecipuè_fw-la per_fw-la brevia_fw-la illa_fw-la de_fw-la praemunire_n facias_fw-la plus_fw-la solito_fw-la extitit_fw-la perturbata_fw-la impedita_fw-la atque_fw-la enormiter_fw-la laesa_fw-la qualiter_fw-la personae_fw-la ecclesiasticae_fw-la tam_fw-la seculares_fw-la quà m_fw-la regulares_fw-la per_fw-la falsa_fw-la indictamenta_fw-la &_o alius_fw-la vias_fw-la exquisitas_fw-la plus_fw-la solito_fw-la vexatae_fw-la &_o gravaâ—ae_fw-la sunt_fw-la his_fw-la diebus_fw-la and_o the_o next_o sesson_n dominus_fw-la mandavit_fw-la praelatis_fw-la &_o clero_fw-la quartenùs_fw-la super_fw-la praemissis_fw-la &_o alijs_fw-la materijs_fw-la quibuscunque_fw-la reformatione_fw-la recessaria_fw-la indigentibus_fw-la viz._n qualiter_fw-la illud_fw-la breve_fw-la de_fw-la praemunire_n facias_fw-la &_o ipsa_fw-la falsa_fw-la indictamenta_fw-la quae_fw-la hodiernis_fw-la diebus_fw-la falsò_fw-la nequiter_fw-la &_o malitiosè_fw-la usitantur_fw-la &_o continuantur_fw-la in_fw-la aliquo_fw-la mitigari_fw-la aut_fw-la pro_fw-la perpetuo_fw-la deleri_fw-la &_o finaliter_fw-la extingui_fw-la valeant_fw-la &_o billas_n &_o alia_fw-la advisamenta_fw-la in_o hac_fw-la parte_fw-la necessaria_fw-la ad_fw-la praemissa_fw-la reformanda_fw-la conciperent_fw-la anno_fw-la 1444._o after_o the_o mention_n of_o the_o foresay_a writ_n among_o the_o cause_n of_o convocation_n the_o archbishop_n add_v qualiter_fw-la in_o
the_o method_n of_o pass_v canon_n and_o constitution_n before_o the_o statute_n 25._o h._n 8._o c._n 19_o be_v the_o same_o that_o have_v ever_o be_v practise_v in_o synodical_a meeting_n viz._n by_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o synod_n and_o with_o the_o sanction_n of_o the_o metropolitan_a and_o these_o two_o give_v they_o their_o full_a force_n and_o effect_n but_o now_o they_o be_v frame_v in_o order_n to_o be_v lay_v before_o the_o prince_n as_o agree_v on_o by_o the_o archbishop_n bishop_n and_o clergy_n and_o none_o to_o be_v of_o any_o force_n effect_v or_o validity_n in_o law_n but_o only_o such_o and_o so_o many_o of_o they_o as_o he_o by_o his_o letter_n patent_n under_o the_o great_a seal_n of_o england_n shall_v allow_v approve_v and_o confirm_v this_o be_v the_o language_n of_o the_o royal_a licence_n the_o necessity_n whereof_o in_o order_n to_o make_v promulge_fw-mi and_o execute_v canon_n etc._n etc._n be_v a_o abridgement_n of_o the_o ecclesiastical_a power_n in_o these_o respect_n and_o therefore_o the_o ancient_a sanction_n which_o always_o signify_v a_o final_a authority_n can_v not_o be_v continue_v in_o any_o matter_n which_o be_v not_o to_o be_v promulge_v or_o execute_v without_o the_o allowance_n approbation_n and_o confirmation_n of_o the_o king_n by_o his_o letter_n patent_n under_o the_o great_a seal_n of_o england_n but_o all_o synodical-act_n to_o which_o the_o royal_a licence_n be_v not_o necessary_a receive_v their_o final_a authority_n from_o the_o sanction_n of_o the_o metropolitan_a i._n e._n they_o still_o pass_v in_o the_o ancient_a canonical_a way_n whatever_o some_o late_a writer_n too_o much_o bend_v upon_o the_o diminution_n of_o ecclesiastical_a power_n may_v suggest_v to_o the_o contrary_n chap._n xvii_o of_o prorogue_v and_o dissolve_v a_o convocation_n as_o the_o archbishop_n upon_o receive_v the_o royal_a writ_n for_o call_v a_o convocation_n be_v bind_v by_o law_n and_o agreeable_o to_o the_o deference_n that_o have_v be_v ever_o pay_v to_o christian_a prince_n to_o exert_v his_o summon_v authority_n so_o be_v he_o under_o the_o same_o obligation_n to_o proceed_v to_o prorogation_n and_o dissolution_n thereof_o in_o a_o canonical_a way_n when_o the_o pleasure_n of_o the_o prince_n shall_v be_v signify_v by_o royal_a writ_n to_o those_o purpose_n for_o how_o little_a truth_n there_o be_v in_o the_o late_a notion_n that_o the_o archbishop_n in_o those_o case_n act_n pure_o in_o a_o ministerial_a way_n may_v appear_v by_o a_o comparison_n of_o the_o method_n of_o execute_v those_o command_n in_o parliament_n and_o convocation_n authoritative_n the_o manner_n of_o the_o a._n bishop_n prorogue_v and_o dissolve_v authoritative_n for_o the_o the_o first_o the_o prorogation_n of_o a_o parliament_n the_o king_n by_o his_o letter_n patent_n constitute_v such_o of_o the_o nobility_n as_o he_o think_v fit_a his_o commissioner_n for_o that_o end_n dante_n be_v vobis_fw-la tenore_fw-la praesentium_fw-la plenam_fw-la potestatem_fw-la facultatem_fw-la &_o authoritatem_fw-la etc._n etc._n ad_fw-la praesens_fw-la parliamentum_fw-la nostrum_fw-la nomine_fw-la nostro_fw-la prorogand_fw-mi etc._n etc._n in_o the_o same_o style_n be_v the_o commission_n for_o dissolve_v as_o oft_o as_o his_o majesty_n be_v not_o present_a in_o person_n a_o style_n that_o be_v true_o and_o evident_o ministerial_a but_o the_o writ_n for_o do_v the_o same_o thing_n in_o convocation_n can_v be_v direct_v to_o none_o but_o the_o metropolitan_a himself_o and_o that_o without_o any_o conveyance_n of_o authority_n or_o order_n to_o act_v in_o his_o majesty_n name_n or_o any_o other_o direction_n beside_o the_o prorogue_a or_o dissolve_v it_o according_a to_o the_o accustom_a method_n of_o convocation_n debito_fw-la modo_fw-la prorogetis_fw-la and_o dissolvetis_fw-la seu_fw-la dissolvi_fw-la faciatis_fw-la in_o pursuance_n of_o which_o order_n the_o archbishop_n prorogue_n and_o dissolve_v either_o in_o person_n or_o by_o one_o or_o more_o commissioner_n special_o constitute_v by_o his_o grace_n for_o those_o purpose_n dissolution_n the_o archbishops_n admonition_n immediate_o before_o a_o proragation_n or_o dissolution_n immediate_o before_o a_o prorogation_n or_o dissolution_n we_o find_v the_o archbishop_n as_o he_o see_v occasion_n public_o recommend_v to_o the_o bishop_n and_o clergy_n the_o due_a execution_n of_o the_o ecclesiastical_a law_n and_o the_o reformation_n of_o any_o particular_a abuse_n and_o irregularity_n in_o the_o church_n anno_fw-la 1428._o ulteriúsque_fw-la rogavit_fw-la hortatus_fw-la est_fw-la &_o requisivit_fw-la reverendissimus_fw-la pater_fw-la &_o dominus_fw-la praedictus_fw-la praefatos_fw-la confratres_fw-la suos_fw-la ut_fw-la in_o inquisitione_n fienda_fw-la contra_fw-la lollardo_n &_o haereticos_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la diligentiam_fw-la interim_n omnimodam_fw-la quam_fw-la poterant_fw-la adhiberent_fw-la &_o cùâ—…_n revenerint_fw-la quid_fw-la contra_fw-la eos_fw-la fecerint_fw-la ipsum_fw-la pleniùs_fw-la certificarent_fw-la &_o specialiter_fw-la de_fw-la illis_fw-la quorum_fw-la momina_fw-la sibi_fw-la detecta_fw-la dictis_fw-la confratribus_fw-la suis_fw-la prout_fw-la unumquemque_fw-la in_o dioc._n suâ_fw-la concernebant_fw-la in_o cedulis_fw-la divisis_fw-la conscripta_fw-la circa_fw-la tres_fw-la dies_fw-la antea_fw-la tradidit_fw-la &_o liberavit_fw-la anno_fw-la 1601._o sess_n 18._o the_o extract_v out_o of_o the_o upper-house_n book_n have_v this_o note_v immediate_o before_o the_o dissolution_n archbishop_n exhort_v the_o bishop_n to_o be_v diligent_a in_o their_o charge_n and_o careful_a to_o observe_v the_o canon_n in_o the_o last_o convocation_n anno_fw-la 1586._o the_o lower-house_n book_n immediate_o before_o the_o dissolution_n revereâ—dissimus_fw-la pater_fw-la dominus_fw-la cant._n querelatus_fw-la est_fw-la de_fw-la prauâ_fw-la &_o immoderatâ_fw-la luxuriâ_fw-la ac_fw-la minus_fw-la verecundo_fw-la gestu_fw-la ac_fw-la morum_fw-la intemperie_n nonnullorum_fw-la clericorum_fw-la provinciae_fw-la cant._n ad_fw-la fora_fw-la &_o loca_fw-la publica_fw-la concurrentium_fw-la quare_fw-la monuit_fw-la decanos_fw-la archidiaconos_n &_o alios_fw-la jam_fw-la praesentes_fw-la ad_fw-la quos_fw-la correctio_fw-la delinquentium_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la pertinet_fw-la ad_fw-la severè_fw-la procedend_n &_o puniend_n obnoxios_fw-la &_o culpahiles_n &_o si_fw-la incorrigibiles_fw-la perseveraverint_fw-la ad_fw-la implorand_n auxilium_fw-la &_o opem_fw-la episcopi_fw-la diocesani_fw-la vel_fw-la ipsius_fw-la reverendissimi_fw-la patris_fw-la vel_fw-la etiam_fw-la ipsius_fw-la serenissimae_fw-la domine_fw-la nostrae_fw-la reginae_fw-la ne_fw-la actionum_fw-la &_o morum_fw-la pravitas_fw-la istorum_fw-la obnubilet_fw-la &_o obscuret_fw-la dectrinam_fw-la evangelii_n quod_fw-la verbis_fw-la profitentur_fw-la quo_fw-la pluribus_fw-la perniciosum_fw-la siet_fw-la pessimum_fw-la eorum_fw-la exemplum_fw-la dissolution_n the_o writ_n of_o prorogation_n and_o dissolution_n on_o the_o day_n of_o prorogation_n or_o dissolution_n the_o royal_a writ_n be_v produce_v and_o public_o read_v but_o that_o be_v only_o a_o direction_n to_o the_o archbishop_n to_o prorogue_v or_o dissolve_v neither_o of_o these_o be_v effect_v by_o that_o publication_n of_o the_o writ_n on_o the_o contrary_a the_o very_a first_o write_v of_o prorogation_n we_o meet_v with_o anno_fw-la 1532._o may_v 15._o be_v read_v in_o the_o morning_n reverendissimus_fw-la ostendebat_fw-la quoddam_fw-la breve_fw-la regium_fw-la sibi_fw-la directum_fw-la pro_fw-la prorogatione_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la convocationis_fw-la quod_fw-la breve_fw-la idem_fw-la reverendissimus_fw-la publicè_fw-la legebat_fw-la and_o yet_o the_o convocation_n sit_v till_o noon_n and_o after_o dinner_n meet_v again_o so_o also_o anno_fw-la 1434._o march_n 31._o the_o writ_n of_o prorogation_n be_v bring_v in_o and_o read_v and_o afterward_o the_o resolution_n of_o the_o lower-clergy_n touch_v the_o pope_n supremacy_n be_v deliver_v and_o then_o the_o archbishop_n be_v say_v to_o continue_v to_o the_o day_n specify_v in_o the_o writ_n for_o so_o be_v the_o practice_n of_o convocation_n the_o pleasure_n of_o the_o prince_n be_v signify_v to_o the_o archbishop_n by_o the_o writ_n but_o his_o grace_n pursue_v that_o royal_a order_n by_o a_o â—ormal_a declaration_n out_o of_o a_o schedule_n mention_v indeed_o the_o royal_a writ_n but_o run_v sole_o in_o the_o archbishop_n name_n and_o by_o he_o pronounce_v in_o presence_n of_o the_o bishop_n and_o clergy_n the_o author_n therefore_o of_o some_o late_a scheme_n have_v do_v a_o manifest_a injustice_n to_o the_o constitution_n of_o our_o protestant_a church_n in_o contend_v against_o law_n and_o practice_n that_o the_o reformation_n put_v a_o end_n to_o the_o ancient_a canonical_a way_n of_o transact_v ecclesiastical_a matter_n and_o introduce_v a_o new_a model_n inconsistent_a with_o the_o primitive_a 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which_o the_o king_n gain_v and_o the_o archbishop_n lose_v be_v express_v by_o the_o statute_n in_o the_o word_n always_o which_o shall_v always_o be_v assemble_v by_o authority_n of_o the_o king_n be_v write_v before_o that_o statute_n the_o convocation_n have_v be_v sometime_o call_v at_o the_o sole_a motion_n and_o pleasure_n of_o the_o archbishop_n and_o sometime_o upon_o the_o royal_a writ_n but_o since_o the_o archbishop_n be_v confine_v to_o wait_v for_o the_o direction_n of_o the_o royal_a writ_n the_o intention_n therefore_o of_o direct_v the_o royal_a writ_n to_o the_o archbishop_n be_v twofold_a 1._o to_o signify_v the_o pleasure_n of_o the_o prince_n that_o at_o that_o particular_a time_n his_o grace_n shall_v exert_v the_o summoning-authority_n inherent_a in_o his_o see_n as_o it_o have_v be_v ever_o exert_v at_o the_o command_n of_o the_o king_n of_o england_n 2._o to_o be_v a_o legal_a discharge_n from_o the_o restraint_n of_o this_o statute_n and_o a_o security_n 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not_o only_o upon_o the_o authority_n but_o in_o the_o very_a word_n of_o all_o the_o remain_a acts._n i_o pray_v god_n they_o may_v in_o any_o measure_n tend_v to_o the_o removal_n of_o our_o unhappy_a difference_n and_o the_o future_a preservation_n of_o peace_n and_o unity_n in_o the_o synod_n of_o our_o church_n a_o catalogue_n of_o the_o remain_v act_n and_o register_n of_o convocation_n from_o whence_o the_o follow_v history_n be_v draw_v the_o year_n in_o which_o they_o be_v hold_v the_o day_n on_o which_o they_o be_v open_v the_o register_n wherein_o the_o act_n be_v enter_v 1356_o may_n 16._o islip_n fol._n 117._o a._n 1369_o jan._n 21._o wyttlesey_n f._n 17._o b._n 1371_o apr._n 24._o wyttlesey_n f._n 40._o 1373_o dec._n 1._o wyttlesey_n f._n 63._o 1376_o febr._n 3._o sudbury_n f._n 33._o b._n 1377_o nou._n 8._o sudbury_n f_z 44._o a._n 1379_o may_n 9_o sudbury_n f._n 55._o a._n 1380_o dec._n 1._o sudbury_n f._n 72._o a._n 1383_o dec._n 2._o courtney_n f._n 78._o a._n 1384_o may_n 20._o courtney_n f._n 79._o a._n 1384_o dec._n 1._o courtney_n f._n 79._o b._n 1385_o nou._n 6._o courtney_n f._n 83._o b._n 1386_o nou._n 5._o courtney_n f._n 84._o b._n 1387_o febr._n 26._o courtney_n f._n 73._o a._n 1388_o oct._n 12._o courtney_n f._n 74._o a._n 1391_o apr._n 17._o courtney_n f._n 75._o a._n 1396_o febr._n 19_o arundel_n f._n 44_o a._n 1394_o febr._n 5._o reg._n 4._o epp._n f._n 195._o b._n 1399_o oct._n 6._o arundel_n f._n 51._o a._n 1400_o jan._n 26_o arundel_n vol._n 2_o f._n 1._o b._n 1402_o oct._n 21_o arundel_n vol._n 1._o 54._o a._n 1404_o apr._n 21._o arundel_n 57_o a._n 1404_o nou._n 24._o arundel_n f._n 62._o b._n 1406_o may_n 10._o arundel_n 65._o a._n 1408_o jul._n 23._o arundel_n f._n 71._o a._n 1408_o jan._n 14._o arundel_n vol._n 2._o f._n 7._o b._n 1409_o febr._n 17._o arundel_n f._n 15._o a._n 1411_o dec._n 1._o arundel_n f._n 22._o a._n 1412_o mar._n 6._o arundel_n f._n 4._o b._n 1415_o nou._n 18._o chichley_n vol._n 2._o fol._n 1._o a._n 1416_o apr._n 1._o chichley_n 3._o a._n 1416_o nou._n 9_o chichley_n 6._o a._n 1417_o nou._n 29._o chichley_n f._n 10._o a._n 1419_o oct._n 30._o chichley_n f._n 17._o a._n 1421_o may_n 5_o chichley_n f._n 23._o b._n 1422_o jul._n 6._o chichley_n f._n 30._o b._n 1424_o oct._n 12._o chichley_n f._n 33._o b._n 1425_o apr._n 23._o chichley_n f._n 40._o a._n 1426_o apr._n 15._o chichley_n f._n 65._o a._n 1428_o jul._n 5._o chichley_n f._n 69._o a._n 1429_o oct._n 19_o chichley_n f._n 77._o b._n 1430_o febr._n 19_o chichley_n f._n 81_o a._n 1432_o sept._n 15._o chichley_n f._n 86._o b._n 1433_o nou._n 7_o chichley_n f._n 93._o a._n 1434_o oct._n 7._o chichley_n f._n 99_o a._n 1437_o apr._n 29._o chichley_n f._n 101._o a._n 1438_o apr._n 28._o chichley_n f._n 103._o a._n 1439_o nou._n 21._o chichley_n f._n 109._o b._n 1444_o oct._n 19_o arundel_n vol._n 2._o f._n 28._o a._n 1452_o febr._n 7._o kemp._n f._n 219._o a._n 1460_o may_n 6._o bourchier_n f._n 12._o a._n 1463_o jul._n 6._o bourchier_n f._n 18._o a._n 1480_o mar._n 21._o bourchier_n f._n 26._o a._n 1486_o febr._n 13._o morton_n f._n 33._o a._n 1488_o jan._n 14._o morton_n f._n 41._o a._n ¶_o thus_o far_o the_o act_n be_v distinct_o enter_v in_o the_o register_n of_o the_o archbishop_n but_o about_o this_o time_n they_o begin_v to_o have_v separate_a book_n for_o the_o affair_n of_o convocation_n 1529_o nou._n 5._o large_a extracts_n out_o of_o the_o upper-housebooks_a except_o those_o of_o 1553._o and_o 1554._o which_o be_v take_v from_o journal_o of_o the_o lower-house_n 1532_o nou._n 5._o 1536_o jun._n 9_o 1541_o jan._n 30._o 1547_o nou._n 5._o 1553_o oct._n 6._o 1554_o apr._n 3_o 1554_o nou._n 13._o 1555_o oct._n 22._o 1555_o dec._n 10._o 1557_o jan._n 1._o 1558_o jan._n 24._o 1562_o jan._n 21._o the_o register_n of_o the_o upper-house_n entire_a 1584._o nou._n 24._o index_n of_o the_o upper-house_n register_n 1586_o oct._n 16._o two_o journal_o of_o the_o lower-house_n in_o the_o registry_n at_o doctors-common_n 1588._o nou._n 13._o 1586_o oct._n 16._o index_n of_o the_o upper-house_n register_n in_o the_o hand_n of_o dr._n atterbury_n 1588._o nou._n 13._o 1592._o febr._n 20._o 1601_o oct._n 18._o 1603_o mar._n 20._o 1605_o nou._n 6._o 1606_o nou._n 19_o 1614_o apr._n 6._o 1620_o  _fw-fr 1623._o febr._fw-la 13._o 1625_o may_n 18._o 1625_o febr._n 7._o 1627._o mar._n 18._o 1640_o 1_o conu._n apr._n 14._o entire_a register_n of_o the_o upper-house_n and_o minute_n of_o the_o low_a in_o the_o office_n at_o doctor_n commons_o 2_o conu._n nou._n 4._o 1661._o etc._n etc._n may_v 16._o the_o original_a register_n of_o the_o upper-house_n and_o minute_n of_o the_o low_a at_o doctor_n commons_o 1689_o nou._n 6._o the_o original_a register_n of_o the_o upper-house_n at_o doctor_n commons_o the_o content_n introduction_n the_o occasion_n and_o design_n of_o this_o book_n 1_o the_o late_a principle_n about_o a_o parliamentary_a alliance_n 2_o the_o ill_a consequence_n thereof_o to_o episcopacy_n 3_o the_o beginning_n of_o these_o innovation_n in_o the_o convocation_n of_o 1689._o 5_o the_o tendency_n of_o such_o proceed_n to_o a_o coordinate_a power_n of_o presbyter_n 7_o some_o new_a claim_n of_o the_o last_o lower-house_n 8_o the_o design_n of_o this_o book_n to_o settle_v all_o proceed_n upon_o the_o custom_n of_o convocation_n 9_o all_o proof_n from_o the_o word_n of_o the_o register_n 11_o the_o necessity_n of_o cite_v authority_n at_o large_a ibid._n the_o necessity_n of_o such_o a_o work_n at_o this_o juncture_n to_o maintain_v the_o honour_n of_o our_o reform_a church_n 12_o chap._n i._n the_o method_n of_o summon_v a_o english-convocation_n 15_o the_o writ_n to_o the_o archbishop_n ibid._n the_o warrant_n to_o the_o lord_n chancellor_n of_o another_o nature_n 17_o the_o return_v immediate_o and_o ultimate_o to_o the_o
commons_o in_o parliament_n be_v possess_v of_o with_o relation_n to_o the_o lord_n and_o if_o this_o must_v be_v their_o stand_a pattern_n and_o their_o parliamentary_a capacity_n a_o certain_a refuge_n whenever_o their_o claim_n exceed_v the_o custom_n of_o former_a convocation_n how_o far_o they_o will_v go_v i_o can_v say_v nor_o will_v i_o judge_v with_o what_o intention_n they_o pursue_v measure_n so_o opposite_a to_o the_o state_n of_o the_o primitive_a church_n but_o this_o i_o be_o sure_a of_o that_o the_o same_o foundation_n upon_o which_o their_o late_a claim_n be_v ground_v will_v equal_o justisie_n they_o in_o many_o more_o that_o be_v once_o introduce_v will_v make_v the_o frame_n of_o a_o english_a convocation_n as_o inconsistent_a with_o episcopacy_n as_o the_o profess_a enemy_n thereof_o can_v desire_v it_o will_v be_v object_v that_o the_o person_n who_o at_o present_a be_v in_o those_o level_a measure_n have_v not_o former_o be_v thought_n in_o the_o presbyterian_a interest_n and_o that_o now_o also_o they_o be_v more_o open_a and_o bitter_a than_o must_v other_o man_n in_o their_o invective_n against_o they_o and_o remarkable_o loud_a in_o a_o concern_v for_o the_o church_n all_o this_o be_v ready_o acknowledge_v and_o it_o be_v no_o new_a thing_n with_o frail_a mankind_n such_o especial_o who_o be_v uneasy_a under_o government_n to_o rail_v at_o those_o the_o most_o who_o be_v in_o the_o possession_n of_o what_o themselves_o must_v desire_v but_o word_n be_v empty_a testimony_n in_o comparison_n of_o action_n and_o the_o hard_a name_n they_o can_v find_v for_o that_o sect_n will_v be_v no_o conviction_n to_o they_o nor_o we_o either_o that_o these_o endeavour_n to_o lessen_v the_o character_n of_o bishop_n be_v not_o a_o evident_a service_n to_o their_o cause_n or_o that_o such_o invasion_n by_o presbyter_n upon_o the_o primitive_a right_n of_o episcopacy_n be_v not_o a_o evident_a undermine_v of_o our_o establishment_n convocation_n the_o design_n of_o this_o book_n to_o settle_v their_o proceed_n upon_o the_o custom_n of_o convocation_n but_o when_o i_o speak_v of_o the_o primitive_a rule_n i_o will_v not_o be_v understand_v to_o propose_v the_o form_n of_o the_o more_o ancient_a synod_n as_o the_o measure_n of_o my_o future_a reason_n upon_o the_o privilege_n either_o of_o bishop_n or_o clergy_n in_o a_o english_a convocation_n but_o only_o to_o prevent_v its_o be_v think_v that_o any_o of_o the_o power_n they_o now_o claim_v and_o the_o bishop_n deny_v be_v so_o much_o as_o pretend_v to_o receive_v support_n from_o the_o condition_n of_o presbyter_n in_o the_o primitive_a church_n so_o far_o from_o this_o that_o many_o of_o their_o real_a privilege_n peculiar_a to_o the_o clergy_n of_o this_o nation_n and_o now_o grow_v into_o legal_a right_n be_v much_o young_a than_o the_o first_o account_n we_o have_v of_o a_o convocation_n proper_o so_o call_v such_o be_v their_o debate_n in_o a_o separate_a body_n their_o have_v a_o stand_a prolocutor_n of_o their_o own_o the_o share_n they_o have_v in_o frame_v canon_n and_o constitution_n their_o negative_a upon_o the_o archbishop_n and_o bishop_n in_o synodical_a act_n of_o a_o ecclesiastical_a nature_n and_o even_o their_o right_n to_o be_v summon_v in_o the_o present_a form_n or_o for_o ecclesiastical_a purpose_n for_o their_o civil_a property_n can_v not_o be_v dispose_v of_o but_o by_o their_o own_o consent_n and_o the_o necessity_n of_o have_v this_o give_v they_o a_o negative_a upon_o the_o bishop_n in_o subsidy_n which_o be_v then_o the_o chief_a business_n of_o convocation_n the_o canon_n and_o constitution_n of_o the_o church_n be_v for_o many_o age_n after_o constant_o make_v in_o synod_n consist_v only_o of_o the_o archbishop_n and_o his_o provincial_a bishop_n but_o the_o affair_n of_o the_o church_n as_o they_o come_v to_o be_v transact_v in_o convocation_n fall_v under_o the_o rule_n and_o method_n that_o have_v be_v establish_v there_o upon_o civil_a account_n by_o which_o mean_n the_o inferior_a clergy_n come_v into_o the_o same_o share_n in_o the_o ecclesiastical_a that_o they_o have_v enjoy_v in_o the_o secular_a business_n and_o as_o custom_n have_v give_v they_o a_o legal_a claim_n to_o several_a privilege_n of_o that_o kind_n unknown_a to_o the_o primitive_a presbyter_n or_o even_o to_o the_o presbyter_n of_o any_o other_o episcopal_a church_n at_o this_o day_n so_o be_v their_o original_n what_o it_o will_v it_o be_v no_o part_n of_o my_o design_n to_o call_v in_o question_n any_o of_o their_o claim_n that_o the_o remain_a act_n of_o convocation_n will_v warrant_v their_o want_n of_o authority_n from_o the_o primitive_a time_n with_o the_o lateness_n of_o their_o come_n to_o a_o share_n in_o the_o canon_n and_o constitution_n of_o our_o own_o church_n and_o the_o secular_a original_a of_o the_o title_n they_o now_o have_v to_o bear_v a_o part_n in_o frame_v and_o pass_v they_o will_v be_v a_o general_a reason_n with_o all_o unprejudiced_a man_n why_o they_o shall_v at_o least_o acquiesce_v in_o these_o and_o not_o endeavour_v to_o build_v high_o upon_o that_o secular_a foundation_n but_o in_o the_o present_a controversy_n i_o free_o pass_v by_o all_o these_o disadvantage_n and_o desire_v only_o that_o every_o point_n may_v be_v determine_v by_o the_o constitution_n and_o custom_n of_o convocation_n resolve_v neither_o to_o assert_v any_o authority_n to_o the_o upper-house_n nor_o deny_v any_o privilege_n to_o the_o low_a but_o as_o the_o proceed_n of_o former_a convocation_n establish_v the_o first_o and_o prove_v all_o pretension_n to_o the_o second_o groundless_a and_o illegal_a themselves_o all_o proof_n froâ—…_n 〈◊〉_d register_n themselves_o nor_o do_v i_o propose_v to_o have_v the_o reader_n depend_v upon_o my_o assertion_n or_o bare_a representation_n of_o thing_n but_o upon_o all_o point_n that_o be_v either_o make_v a_o question_n already_o or_o can_v possible_o bear_v one_o the_o evidence_n shall_v be_v produce_v at_o large_a that_o so_o every_o reader_n may_v be_v his_o own_o judge_n and_o none_o be_v able_a to_o contradict_v the_o positions_n lay_v down_o but_o by_o first_o deny_v the_o authority_n of_o the_o register_n my_o account_n may_v perhaps_o seem_v too_o minute_n and_o particular_a to_o some_o who_o be_v already_o skilled_a in_o convocation_n affair_n but_o it_o be_v not_o for_o their_o use_n that_o i_o write_v this_o but_o for_o the_o sake_n of_o the_o generality_n many_o of_o who_o eminent_a in_o other_o part_n of_o learning_n may_v without_o reproach_n be_v presume_v stranger_n to_o a_o subject_a that_o have_v so_o late_o come_v under_o consideration_n which_o will_v also_o be_v a_o fair_a apology_n for_o their_o have_v be_v mislead_v into_o a_o favourable_a opinion_n of_o some_o measure_n not_o to_o be_v warrant_v by_o the_o practice_n of_o convocation_n if_o they_o show_v themselves_o ready_a to_o retire_v upon_o a_o clear_a conviction_n from_o proper_a authority_n in_o the_o produce_v of_o which_o my_o multiply_a testimony_n of_o the_o same_o kind_n and_o to_o the_o same_o purpose_n may_v possible_o be_v think_v a_o fault_n but_o if_o it_o be_v they_o who_o have_v so_o open_o deny_v truth_n establish_v upon_o evidence_n so_o plain_a and_o numerous_a be_v answerable_a for_o it_o large_a the_o necessity_n of_o cite_v authority_n at_o large_a in_o truth_n the_o error_n and_o prejudices_fw-la arise_v from_o the_o notion_n of_o a_o parliamentary_a body_n have_v be_v wrought_v into_o man_n mind_n with_o so_o much_o art_n and_o diligence_n that_o nothing_o under_o original_n and_o a_o variety_n of_o authority_n from_o thence_o can_v hope_v to_o dispossess_v they_o nor_o will_v it_o upon_o any_o less_o testimony_n be_v think_v possible_a that_o person_n in_o holy_a order_n shall_v contend_v so_o earnest_o for_o meeting_n and_o act_v in_o a_o civil_a capacity_n about_o matter_n of_o a_o ecclesiastical_a nature_n if_o they_o have_v any_o pretence_n in_o law_n or_o custom_n to_o meet_v and_o act_v under_o the_o character_n or_o appearance_n of_o a_o sacred_a synod_n especial_o when_o subsidy_n the_o great_a business_n of_o a_o secular_a nature_n that_o ever_o belong_v to_o the_o convocation_n be_v not_o now_o grant_v in_o it_o and_o since_o even_o after_o the_o business_n of_o it_o be_v become_v pure_o ecclesiastical_a the_o endeavour_n to_o make_v it_o a_o civil_a meeting_n have_v be_v so_o remarkable_a my_o design_n in_o the_o follow_a paper_n be_v to_o do_v right_o to_o its_o constitution_n by_o restore_v it_o to_o all_o the_o spiritual_a liberty_n and_o advantage_n it_o may_v just_o claim_v by_o the_o law_n of_o the_o land_n and_o its_o own_o perpetual_a usage_n from_o which_o as_o convey_v to_o we_o by_o the_o act_n themselves_o book_n the_o general_a design_n of_o this_o book_n i_o will_v show_v in_o a_o plain_a and_o naked_a relation_n of_o matter_n of_o fact_n that_o a_o
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ungrateful_a who_o can_v so_o much_o delight_n in_o say_v and_o even_o plead_v that_o the_o convocation_n subsist_v by_o the_o royal_a writ_n exclusive_a of_o the_o archiepiscopal_a authority_n when_o the_o dean_n of_o the_o province_n certificatorium_fw-la or_o return_v with_o the_o exhibit_v whereof_o the_o convocation_n proper_o open_v declare_v and_o recognize_v in_o every_o particular_a the_o immediate_a authority_n by_o which_o they_o assemble_v the_o archiepiscopal_a authority_n direct_o recognise_v in_o the_o dean_n of_o the_o province_n certificatorium_fw-la i_o have_v before_o repeat_v some_o of_o the_o term_n in_o which_o that_o instrument_n recognize_v the_o archiepiscopal_a authority_n but_o for_o a_o more_o full_a satisfaction_n to_o the_o reader_n i_o will_v here_o subjoin_v it_o at_o large_a reverendissimo_fw-la in_o christo_fw-la patri_fw-la ac_fw-la domino_fw-la domino_fw-la thomae_fw-la providentia_fw-la divina_fw-la cantuar_n archiepiscopo_fw-la totius_fw-la angliae_fw-la primati_fw-la &_o metropolitano_n vestrove_v in_o hac_fw-la parte_fw-la locum_fw-la tenenti_fw-la sive_fw-la commissario_fw-la vel_fw-la commissariis_fw-la henricus_fw-la permissione_n divina_fw-la london_n episcopus_fw-la omnimodam_fw-la reverentiam_fw-la &_o obedientiam_fw-la tanto_fw-la reverendissimo_fw-la patri_fw-la debitam_fw-la cum_fw-la honore_n literas_fw-la vestras_fw-la reverendissimas_fw-la citatorias_fw-la &_o monitoriale_n jamdudum_fw-la nobis_fw-la sub_fw-la sigillo_fw-la vestro_fw-la direct_v cum_fw-la ea_fw-la qua_fw-la decuit_fw-la reverentia_fw-la humiliter_fw-la recepimus_fw-la exequend_a sub_fw-la tenore_fw-la verborum_fw-la sequentium_fw-la videl_n thomas_n providentia_fw-la divina_fw-la etc._n etc._n see_v the_o form_n of_o the_o mandate_n p._n 9_o 57_o quarum_fw-la quidem_fw-la literarum_n vigore_fw-la pariter_fw-la &_o authoritate_fw-la nos_fw-la praefatus_fw-la henricus_fw-la london_n episcopus_fw-la omnes_fw-la &_o singulos_fw-la confratres_fw-la nostros_fw-la coepiscopos_a ecclesiae_fw-la vestrae_fw-la christi_fw-la cant._n constitutos_fw-la peremptory_a citari_fw-la &_o premoneri_fw-la ac_fw-la per_fw-la eos_fw-la decanos_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la cathedralium_n &_o collegiatarum_n &_o singula_fw-la capitula_fw-la earundem_fw-la archidiaconosque_fw-la &_o alios_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la praelatos_fw-la exemptos_fw-la &_o non_fw-la exemptos_fw-la clerumque_fw-la cujuslibet_fw-la dioec_fw-la provinciae_fw-la vestrae_fw-la cantuar._n antedictae_fw-la peremptory_a citari_fw-la &_o praemoneri_fw-la respective_a fecimus_fw-la quòd_fw-la iidem_fw-la episcopi_fw-la decani_fw-la etc._n etc._n compareant_fw-la coram_fw-la peternitate_fw-la vestra_fw-la reverendissima_fw-la aut_fw-la vestro_fw-la in_o hac_fw-la parte_fw-la locum_fw-la tenente_fw-la sive_fw-la commissario_fw-la vel_fw-la commissariis_fw-la die_v &_o loco_fw-la in_o eisdem_fw-la vestris_fw-la literis_fw-la reverendissimis_fw-la plenius_fw-la specificat_fw-la &_o designat_fw-la cum_fw-la continuatione_fw-la &_o prorogatione_fw-la dierum_fw-la extunc_fw-la sequentium_fw-la &_o locorum_fw-la si_fw-la &_o quatenus_fw-la expediat_fw-la ad_fw-la tractandum_fw-la super_fw-la arduis_fw-la &_o urgentibus_fw-la negotiis_fw-la etc._n etc._n ut_fw-la prius_fw-la in_o mandato_n ulteriusque_fw-la authoritate_fw-la &_o per_fw-la receptionem_fw-la literarum_n destrarum_fw-la reverendissimarum_fw-la citotoriarum_fw-la &_o monitorialium_fw-la praedictarum_fw-la fatemur_fw-la nos_fw-la henricum_fw-la london_n episcopum_fw-la antedictum_fw-la peremptory_a fore_fw-la &_o esse_fw-la citatum_fw-la ad_fw-la comparendum_fw-la coram_fw-la vestra_fw-la reverendissima_fw-la paternitate_fw-la aut_fw-la vestro_fw-la in_o hac_fw-la parte_fw-la locum_fw-la tenente_fw-la sive_fw-la commissario_fw-la vel_fw-la commissariis_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la die_v &_o loco_fw-la praecitatis_fw-la de_fw-la &_o super_fw-la negotiis_fw-la memoratis_fw-la tractatur_fw-la '_o et_fw-la nos_fw-la iisdem_fw-la literis_fw-la vestris_fw-la reverendissimis_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la juxta_fw-la vim_o formam_fw-la tenorem_fw-la &_o effectum_fw-la carundem_fw-la debite_fw-la parebimus_fw-la intimavimus_fw-la insuper_fw-la &_o denuntiavimus_fw-la &_o intimari_fw-la &_o denuntiari_fw-la fecimus_fw-la dictae_fw-la provinciae_fw-la vestrae_fw-la cantuar._n coepiscopis_a etc._n etc._n quòd_fw-la eos_fw-la a_o personali_fw-la comparitione_fw-la in_o hujusmodi_fw-la negotio_fw-la convocationis_fw-la &_o congregationis_fw-la dictis_fw-la die_fw-la &_o loco_fw-la ut_fw-la praemittitur_fw-la divina_fw-la favente_fw-la clementia_fw-la excusatos_fw-la reverendissima_fw-la vestra_fw-la paternitas_fw-la non_fw-la habere_fw-la intendit_fw-la ista_fw-la vice_fw-la nisi_fw-la