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church_n that_o no_o man_n can_v serve_v two_o master_n etc._n etc._n but_o all_o their_o reason_n be_v not_o of_o this_o sort_n for_o the_o council_n of_o toledo_n speak_v home_o 3._o that_o one_o man_n can_v perform_v his_o duty_n to_o more_o than_o one_o charge_n 49._o to_o the_o same_o purpose_n the_o six_o council_n at_o paris_n and_o withal_o that_o it_o bring_v a_o scandal_n on_o the_o christian_a church_n and_o a_o hindrance_n to_o public_a worship_n and_o the_o good_a of_o soul_n and_o savour_v too_o much_o of_o a_o worldly_a mind_n which_o be_v weighty_a argument_n the_o only_a considerable_a thing_n on_o the_o other_o side_n be_v that_o the_o bishop_n be_v to_o take_v care_n that_o the_o place_n be_v due_o supply_v but_o whether_o it_o be_v do_v by_o parson_n vicar_n or_o curate_n be_v not_o material_a but_o this_o will_v not_o hold_v for_o 1._o the_o care_n of_o soul_n be_v commit_v personal_o to_o he_o that_o do_v undertake_v it_o and_o a_o regard_n be_v have_v to_o the_o 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and_o not_o a_o arithmetical_a i._n e._n a_o regard_v aught_o to_o be_v have_v to_o the_o merit_n and_o capacity_n of_o person_n 6._o as_o a_o commander_n have_v more_o pay_n than_o many_o common_a soldier_n but_o this_o reach_n only_o to_o the_o value_n and_o not_o to_o the_o number_n of_o benefice_n but_o the_o question_n still_o remain_v whether_o a_o legal_a dispensation_n take_v not_o off_o the_o obligation_n in_o point_n of_o conscience_n since_o it_o be_v allow_v by_o law_n and_o the_o curate_n appoint_v by_o the_o bishop_n who_o commit_v the_o cure_n of_o soul_n to_o he_o in_o answer_n to_o this_o we_o must_v consider_v 1._o that_o the_o law_n propose_v in_o dispensation_n very_o allowable_a end_n as_o public_a service_n encouragement_n of_o learning_n reward_v of_o merit_n and_o therefore_o doctor_n by_o favour_n have_v not_o the_o privilege_n which_o other_o have_v and_o in_o case_n of_o incompetency_n as_o it_o be_v then_o judge_v no_o legal_a dispensation_n be_v needful_a 2._o some_o ancient_a canon_n take_v care_n of_o the_o supply_n of_o the_o place_n by_o competent_a person_n and_o in_o that_o case_n abate_v the_o rigour_n of_o the_o canon_n for_o sirmondus_n say_v in_o the_o canon_n of_o the_o council_n of_o nantz_n 8._o against_o plurality_n this_o clause_n be_v add_v unless_o he_o have_v presbyter_n under_o he_o to_o supply_v the_o duty_n of_o his_o place_n and_o the_o same_o clause_n be_v in_o regino_n 46._o l._n 1._o c._n 254._o and_o regino_n put_v it_o among_o the_o article_n of_o enquiry_n as_o to_o the_o clergy_n 612._o if_o any_o have_v more_o church_n than_o one_o without_o presbyter_n to_o assist_v he_o and_o in_o their_o old_a admonition_n to_o they_o at_o visitation_n it_o be_v to_o the_o same_o purpose_n but_o in_o other_o it_o be_v leave_v out_o 9_o thomassin_n be_v of_o opinion_n that_o the_o former_a enquiry_n relate_v to_o those_o who_o have_v chapel_n and_o not_o to_o more_o church_n because_o then_o there_o be_v none_o that_o 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17._o but_o there_o be_v some_o who_o find_v out_o 5._o that_o the_o ancient_a canon_n have_v another_o sense_n 13._o thence_o in_o the_o council_n of_o placentia_n in_o the_o canon_n sanctorum_fw-la dist._n 70._o c._n 2._o 175._o it_o be_v decree_v that_o one_o may_v have_v two_o church_n in_o the_o same_o diocese_n but_o not_o two_o preferment_n in_o several_a cathedral_n and_o in_o the_o council_n of_o clermont_n a._n d._n 1095._o the_o reason_n be_v give_v because_o according_a to_o the_o canon_n no_o man_n can_v have-two_a title_n and_o every_o one_o be_v bind_v to_o hold_v to_o the_o title_n to_o which_o he_o be_v first_o ordain_v but_o after_o all_o 8._o the_o council_n of_o nantz_n show_v plain_o that_o more_o parochial_a title_n be_v then_o allow_v if_o well_o provide_v for_o by_o such_o person_n as_o the_o bishop_n of_o the_o diocese_n approve_v now_o this_o very_a much_o alter_v the_o state_n of_o the_o case_n for_o then_o the_o obligation_n be_v real_a and_o not_o personal_a 3._o it_o be_v agree_v by_o the_o ancient_a canon_n 4._o that_o where_o there_o be_v a_o incompetency_n of_o maintenance_n vnio_n they_o allow_v a_o union_n for_o support_v now_o that_o be_v but_o the_o bishop_n act_n in_o join_v what_o have_v be_v divide_v suppose_v a_o sufficient_a subsistence_n and_o a_o reasonable_a distance_n with_o the_o bishop_n allowance_n have_v the_o same_o equity_n i.e._n the_o bishop_n act_n may_v unite_v two_o small_a benefice_n for_o a_o support_n not_o by_o a_o perpetual_a union_n but_o so_o long_o as_o he_o see_v cause_n which_o our_o law_n do_v still_o allow_v under_o such_o a_o value_n but_o it_o be_v rather_o a_o dispensation_n than_o a_o union_n for_o the_o right_n continue_v distinct_a in_o the_o court_n of_o rome_n there_o be_v prerogative_n union_n ad_fw-la vitam_fw-la etc._n which_o be_v very_o scandalous_a and_o be_v own_v by_o the_o best_a canonist_n to_o be_v destructive_a of_o all_o order_n 28._o and_o invent_v to_o defeat_v the_o 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the_o law_n of_o property_n as_o they_o be_v receive_v among_o we_o we_o be_v now_o to_o inquire_v how_o far_o any_o of_o our_o ecclesiastical_a constitution_n can_v be_v say_v to_o be_v build_v upon_o this_o foundation_n and_o upon_o immemorial_n custom_n general_o receive_v 1._o i_o place_n 1._o the_o distribution_n of_o this_o national_a church_n into_o two_o province_n in_o each_o whereof_o there_o be_v a_o archbishop_n with_o metropolitical_a power_n which_o lie_v chief_o in_o these_o thing_n 1._o the_o right_n of_o consecration_n of_o his_o suffragans_fw-la 2._o the_o right_n of_o visitation_n of_o every_o diocese_n in_o such_o way_n and_o manner_n as_o custom_n have_v settle_v it_o 3._o the_o right_n of_o receive_v appeal_n from_o inferior_a court_n of_o judicature_n in_o ecclesiastical_a matter_n 4._o the_o right_n of_o preside_v in_o provincial_a council_n of_o the_o suffragans_fw-la of_o his_o province_n which_o by_o the_o most_o ancient_a constitution_n of_o this_o church_n be_v to_o be_v hold_v once_o a_o year_n so_o it_o be_v decree_v in_o the_o council_n under_o theodore_n 153._o a._n d._n 673._o but_o by_o the_o difficulty_n of_o the_o time_n they_o be_v discontinue_v and_o so_o the_o authority_n of_o examine_v thing_n through_o the_o province_n come_v by_o a_o kind_n of_o devolution_n to_o the_o archbishop_n and_o his_o court_n 5._o the_o custody_n of_o vacant_a see_v by_o the_o custom_n of_o england_n fall_v to_o the_o metropolitan_a if_o there_o have_v be_v no_o custom_n or_o composition_n to_o the_o contrary_n and_o so_o it_o have_v be_v upon_o solemn_a 322._o debate_n resolve_v in_o our_o court_n of_o common_a law_n 176._o coke_n think_v that_o of_o common_a right_n it_o belong_v to_o the_o dean_n and_o chapter_n 43._o but_o by_o custom_n to_o the_o archbishop_n 91._o but_o panormitan_n say_v olim_fw-la there_o be_v no_o pretence_n of_o common_a right_n for_o they_o till_o the_o time_n of_o boniface_n viii_o 2._o the_o ordinary_a jurisdiction_n of_o every_o bishop_n over_o the_o clergy_n of_o his_o own_o diocese_n this_o be_v as_o ancient_a as_o christianity_n among_o we_o for_o no_o soon_o be_v church_n plant_v but_o there_o be_v bishop_n set_v over_o they_o who_o have_v from_o the_o beginning_n so_o much_o authority_n that_o none_o of_o the_o clergy_n can_v either_o receive_v or_o quit_v his_o benefice_n without_o their_o consent_n and_o approbation_n and_o they_o be_v all_o bind_v to_o give_v a_o account_n of_o their_o behaviour_n at_o their_o visitation_n and_o in_o case_n of_o contempt_n or_o other_o misdemeamour_n they_o be_v to_o proceed_v against_o they_o according_a to_o the_o canon_n of_o the_o church_n i_o do_v not_o say_v the_o diocese_n be_v at_o first_o all_o model_v alike_o or_o with_o the_o same_o bound_n which_o they_o now_o have_v which_o be_v unreasonable_a to_o suppose_v consider_v the_o gradual_a conversion_n of_o the_o nation_n for_o at_o first_o there_o be_v but_o one_o bishop_n in_o every_o one_o of_o 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and_o the_o more_o ancient_a the_o more_o suspicious_a but_o the_o lord_n chancellor_n and_o three_o chief_a judge_n declare_v 783._o that_o by_o the_o common_a law_n of_o england_n every_o bishop_n in_o his_o diocese_n and_o the_o archbishop_n in_o convocation_n may_v make_v canon_n to_o bind_v within_o the_o limit_n of_o their_o jurisdiction_n 3._o the_o subordinate_a jurisdiction_n which_o be_v lodge_v in_o the_o body_n of_o the_o clergy_n resident_a in_o cathedral_n church_n and_o of_o archdeacon_n in_o the_o several_a diocese_n i_o can_v find_v either_o of_o these_o to_o have_v have_v any_o jurisdiction_n here_o before_o the_o conquest_n neither_o be_v there_o any_o court_n of_o justice_n out_o of_o the_o several_a county_n before_o for_o all_o cause_n be_v transact_v in_o the_o county-court_n and_o sheriff_n turn_v and_o appeal_n lie_v from_o they_o to_o the_o supreme_a judicature_n of_o the_o king_n and_o the_o lord_n but_o this_o do_v not_o hinder_v but_o these_o court_n may_v be_v found_v on_o the_o law_n of_o england_n and_o so_o the_o original_a jurisdiction_n which_o of_o right_o belong_v to_o the_o bishop_n may_v by_o degree_n and_o a_o gradual_a consent_n come_v to_o be_v commit_v as_o to_o some_o part_n to_o the_o body_n of_o cathedral_n church_n and_o to_o the_o archdeacon_n who_o be_v say_v my_o lord_n coke_n 〈◊〉_d sixty_o in_o england_n we_o be_v tell_v in_o a_o late_a case_n of_o woodward_n and_o fox_n 269._o that_o there_o be_v archdeaconry_n in_o england_n by_o prescription_n which_o have_v no_o dependency_n on_o the_o bishop_n but_o be_v total_o exempt_a and_o for_o this_o godolphin_n be_v cite_v 65._o who_o refer_v to_o the_o gloss_n on_o the_o legatine_n constitution_n f._n 27._o where_o we_o read_v of_o some_o archdeacon_n have_v a_o customary_a and_o limit_a jurisdiction_n separate_v from_o the_o bishop_n for_o which_o a_o prescription_n lie_v but_o this_o be_v only_o for_o some_o special_a jurisdiction_n as_o the_o archdeacon_n of_o richmond_n for_o institution_n which_o come_v first_o by_o grant_n from_o the_o bishop_n but_o that_o not_o be_v to_o be_v produce_v they_o insist_v upon_o custom_n and_o prescription_n as_o the_o dean_n and_o chapter_n do_v where_o the_o ancient_a composition_n be_v lose_v but_o none_o who_o understand_v the_o ancient_a constitution_n of_o this_o church_n can_v suppose_v either_o of_o they_o to_o have_v be_v original_a since_o the_o right_n to_o the_o jurisdiction_n of_o the_o diocese_n be_v in_o the_o bishop_n before_o there_o be_v here_o either_o archdeacon_n or_o chapter_n with_o jurisdiction_n 150._o in_o the_o case_n of_o chiverton_n and_o trudgeon_n it_o be_v declare_v that_o a_o archdeacon_n may_v have_v a_o peculiar_a jurisdiction_n as_o to_o administration_n etc._n etc._n as_o the_o dean_n of_o st._n paul_n have_v at_o s._n pancras_n and_o so_o the_o archdeacon_n of_o cornwall_n as_o to_z wi_n in_o the_o case_n of_o gastril_n and_o jones_n the_o chief_a justice_n declare_v 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