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A68659 A vievv of the civile and ecclesiasticall law and wherein the practice of them is streitned, and may be releeved within this land. VVritten by Sr Thomas Ridley Knight, and Doctor of the Civile Law. Ridley, Thomas, Sir, 1550?-1629.; Gregory, John, 1607-1646. 1634 (1634) STC 21055.5; ESTC S115990 285,847 357

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due_n shall_v be_v collect_v proportionable_o as_o every_o place_n shall_v be_v find_v able_a and_o that_o these_o due_n so_o collect_v shall_v be_v every_o year_n bring_v to_o the_o bishop_n place_n of_o abode_n that_o there_o they_o may_v be_v dispose_v of_o towards_o the_o maintenance_n of_o the_o bishop_n the_o relief_n of_o the_o poor_a and_o stranger_n and_o the_o encouragement_n of_o his_o clergy_n that_o so_o there_o may_v be_v concord_n and_o unanimity_n between_o he_o and_o they_o etc._n etc._n the_o latin_a translation_n of_o these_o canon_n be_v set_v forth_o by_o turrian_n and_o alphons_n pisan_n and_o be_v to_o be_v find_v in_o the_o 1._o tom_n of_o the_o counsel_n set_v forth_o by_o binius_fw-la in_o the_o translation_n this_o canon_n be_v the_o 54._o but_o he_o that_o mind_v to_o see_v it_o in_o the_o arabic_a must_v look_v for_o the_o 58._o some_o say_v that_o these_o canon_n be_v
peaceable_a age_n they_o draw_v near_o and_o make_v bold_a to_o build_v their_o font_n a_o little_a distance_n from_o the_o church_n afterward_o they_o obtain_v that_o they_o may_v be_v set_v in_o the_o church-porch_n and_o at_o last_o get_v they_o into_o the_o church_n but_o they_o be_v not_o place_v in_o every_o church_n for_o at_o the_o first_o they_o be_v only_o find_v in_o city_n where_o the_o bishop_n himself_o reside_v and_o only_o in_o the_o great_a church_n of_o such_o a_o city_n and_o though_o service_n may_v be_v say_v in_o the_o lesser_a minister_n and_o rural_a church_n yet_o the_o right_n of_o sepulture_n and_o baptism_n belong_v to_o the_o cathedral_n church_n unless_o it_o be_v in_o case_n of_o necessity_n and_o it_o be_v therefore_o call_v the_o mother-church_n because_o that_o as_o the_o people_n in_o their_o mother_n womb_n be_v bear_v man_n so_o in_o the_o font_n of_o baptism_n as_o in_o the_o church_n womb_n they_o be_v bear_v christian_n in_o succeed_a age_n when_o it_o be_v find_v that_o the_o mother_n church_n be_v too_o far_o distant_a from_o some_o village_n and_o so_o situate_v that_o in_o the_o winter_n time_n the_o people_n can_v not_o repair_v thither_o consideration_n be_v have_v of_o this_o inconvenience_n and_o the_o bishop_n take_v occasion_n from_o hence_o to_o transfer_v the_o right_n of_o baptism_n and_o sepulture_n to_o the_o rural_a church_n and_o this_o together_o with_o the_o right_n of_o tithe_n etc._n etc._n make_v it_o a_o parochial_a church_n of_o that_o kind_n which_o we_o now_o have_v but_o because_o also_o in_o many_o parish_n some_o family_n live_v so_o remote_a from_o their_o church_n that_o they_o can_v not_o convenient_o frequent_v it_o it_o be_v indulge_v to_o those_o that_o they_o may_v build_v themselves_o either_o in_o or_o near_o their_o mansion-place_n a_o private_a oratory_n reserve_v for_o the_o most_o part_n the_o right_a of_o baptism_n and_o sepulture_n to_o the_o parish-church_n which_o in_o respect_n of_o these_o lesser_a oratory_n be_v to_o be_v account_v their_o baptismal_a and_o mother-church_n it_o be_v also_o provide_v that_o these_o family_n notwithstanding_o their_o grant_n of_o a_o private_a oratory_n shall_v upon_o high_a day_n repair_v to_o their_o chief_a church_n as_o it_o seem_v by_o the_o council_n hold_v at_o agatha_n can._n 21._o tom._n 1._o si_fw-mi quis_fw-la extra_fw-la parochias_fw-la in_o quibus_fw-la legitimus_fw-la est_fw-la ordinariúsque_fw-la conventus_fw-la oratorium_fw-la in_o agro_fw-la habere_fw-la voluerit_fw-la reliquis_fw-la festivitatibus_fw-la ut_fw-la ibi_fw-la missasteneat_fw-la or_o as_o grattan_n have_v it_o in_o the_o decree_n audiat_fw-la propter_fw-la fatigationem_fw-la familiae_fw-la juxta_fw-la ordinem_fw-la permittimus_fw-la paschate_n verò_fw-la natali_n domini_fw-la epipbania_n ascensione_n domini_fw-la pentecoste_n &_o natali_n s._n johannis_n baptistae_n &_o si_fw-la qui_fw-la maximè_fw-la dies_fw-la in_o festivitatibus_fw-la haebeautur_fw-la nonnisi_fw-la in_fw-la civitatibus_fw-la aut_fw-la parochii●…ean_fw-la or_o as_o gratian_n have_v it_o audiant_fw-la those_o private_a oratory_n be_v afterward_o call_v capellas_n chapel_n and_o those_o that_o in_o they_o exercise_v the_o ministerial_a function_n be_v call_v capellans_n chaplain_n but_o for_o the_o reason_n of_o the_o name_n see_v baronius_n upon_o the_o roman_a martyrologue_n at_o the_o 11._o of_o june_n or_o if_o the_o cardinal_n there_o satisfy_v not_o see_v what_o cujacius_n have_v observe_v out_o of_o hesychius_n ad_fw-la 4._o lib._n decretal_a c._n capellanus_fw-la de_fw-fr secundis_fw-la nuptus_fw-la by_o that_o which_o have_v be_v say_v it_o may_v appear_v in_o some_o sort_n what_o be_v a_o baptismal_a church_n and_o it_o be_v agreeable_a to_o that_o which_o linwood_n have_v note_v upon_o the_o provincial_n constitution_n baptisterium_fw-la in_o verb._n baptismal_a eccles_n a_o baptismal_a church_n say_v he_o be_v sive_fw-la cathedralis_fw-la sive_fw-la parochialis_fw-la talis_fw-la viz_o quae_fw-la habet_fw-la populum_fw-la nam_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la collegiata_fw-la vel_fw-la conventuali_fw-la qua_fw-la non_fw-la habet_fw-la populum_fw-la non_fw-la debet_fw-la esse_fw-la baptisterium_fw-la dicitur_fw-la etiam_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la baptismalis_fw-la respectis_fw-la capellarum_fw-la subjectarum_fw-la quarum_fw-la plebis_fw-la infant_n in_fw-la ea_fw-la baptizantur_fw-la &_o none_o in_o ipsis_fw-la capellis_fw-la imn_v o_o ad_fw-la ipsas_fw-la ecclesias_fw-la baptismales_fw-la tanquam_fw-la matrices_fw-la pro_fw-la baptismo_fw-la recurritur_fw-la etc._n etc._n concern_v these_o baptismal_a church_n the_o canon_n say_v that_o there_o can_v be_v but_o una_fw-la in_o eadem_fw-la terminatione_fw-la cum_fw-la suis_fw-la capellis_fw-la cap._n plures_fw-la 16._o q._n 1._o and_o that_o the_o tithe_n be_v of_o right_a to_o be_v pay_v to_o these_o church_n it_o be_v evident_a by_o the_o decree_n where_o anastasius_n provide_v that_o no_o man_n under_o pain_n of_o excommunication_n shall_v tenere_fw-la aut_fw-la extra_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la baptismalem_fw-la dare_v decimas_fw-la &_o oblationes_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la quas_fw-la dare_v debet_fw-la populus_fw-la c._n statuiums_n eod_a do_fw-mi and_o leo_n non_fw-la tantùm_fw-la nebis_fw-la sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la majoribus_fw-la nostris_fw-la visum_fw-la est_fw-la decimas_fw-la justo_fw-la ordine_fw-la plebibus_fw-la tantùm_fw-la ubi_fw-la sacrosancta_fw-la baptismata_fw-la dantur_fw-la debere_fw-la dari_fw-la c._n de_fw-fr decimis_fw-la ibid._n yet_o notwithstanding_o all_o the_o care_n that_o can_v be_v take_v the_o complaint_n be_v quidam_fw-la laici_fw-la vel_fw-la in_o propriis_fw-la vel_fw-la in_o beneficus_fw-la svas_fw-la habent_fw-la basilicas_fw-la &_o contempta_fw-la episcopi_fw-la dispositione_n non_fw-la ad_fw-la ecclesias_fw-la ubi_fw-la baptismum_fw-la &_o pradicationem_fw-la &_o manuum_fw-la impositionem_fw-la &_o alia_fw-la christi_fw-la sacramenta_fw-la acci_fw-la piunt_fw-la decimas_fw-la saa_v daunt_v sed_fw-la vel_fw-la propriis_fw-la basilicis_fw-la vel_fw-la aliis_fw-la ecclesiis_fw-la pro_fw-la libitu_fw-la svo_fw-la tribuunt_fw-la c._n in_o sacris_fw-la ibid._n what_o distinction_n of_o church_n our_o own_o ancestor_n have_v and_o how_o near_o it_o come_v to_o that_o which_o have_v be_v say_v we_o may_v observe_v out_o of_o the_o decree_n make_v at_o winchester_n in_o the_o reign_n of_o king_n cnute_n where_o it_o be_v provide_v that_o all_o those_o that_o any_o way_n violate_v the_o peace_n of_o the_o church_n shall_v receive_v a_o proportionable_a penalty_n therefore_o say_v the_o decree_n num_fw-la 3._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d can_v be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ne_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ealle_fw-mi 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d na_fw-mi 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d habban_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d on_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d mid_a 120_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 60_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d mid_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d first_o let_v the_o break_n of_o the_o church_n peace_n be_v according_a to_o the_o deed_n itself_o and_o according_a to_o the_o dignity_n of_o the_o church_n all_o church_n have_v not_o alike_o dignity_n in_o worldly_a worth_n though_o they_o have_v a_o holy_a consecration_n alike_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o peacebreaking_a in_o the_o head_n church_n have_v the_o same_o punishment_n as_o that_o of_o break_v the_o king_n peace_n and_o that_o be_v five_o pound_n by_o english_a law_n in_o a_o inferior_a minster_n it_o be_v 120_o shilling_n and_o that_o also_o be_v the_o king_n mulct_n in_o lesser_a church_n where_o little_a service_n be_v say_v and_o yet_o there_o be_v a_o bury_a place_n it_o be_v 60_o shilling_n in_o field-churche_n where_o there_o be_v no_o bury_v place_n it_o be_v 30_o shilling_n how_o tithe_n be_v to_o be_v pay_v to_o these_o church_n it_o may_v be_v understand_v by_o a_o other_o decree_n of_o the_o same_o parliament_n num_fw-la 11._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d on_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d haebbe_fw-it 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d on_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d haebbe_fw-it 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d on_o ne_fw-fr 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d aele_fw-ge 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v aelcan_fw-fr 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o it_o be_v in_o the_o law_n of_o edgar_n where_o this_o decree_n also_o be_v set_v down_o num_fw-la 3._o that_o be_v if_o a_o thane_n have_v a_o church_n in_o his_o bocland_n to_o which_o there_o belong_v a_o bury_a place_n let_v he_o give_v the_o three_o part_n of_o his_o own_o tything_n to_o that_o church_n if_o he_o have_v a_o church_n without_o a_o bury_a place_n let_v he_o give_v of_o the_o nine_o part_n to_o his_o priest_n that_o which_o he_o will_v and_o let_v all_o cyricsceat_fw-la go_v to_o the_o elder_a minster_n out_o of_o all_o freehold_n for_o that_o which_o the_o law_n call_v bocland_n see_v lambard_n in_o the_o explication_n of_o word_n premise_v to_o his_o archatonomia_fw-la where_o also_o he_o tell_v what_o a_o thane_n be_v baptismal_a
division_n i_o will_v in_o a_o word_n or_o two_o make_v plain_a the_o necessity_n thereof_o and_o therefore_o for_o a_o ground_n of_o all_o the_o rest_n i_o will_v assume_v this_o for_o a_o matter_n confess_v that_o every_o man_n know_v that_o every_o well_o order_v commonwealth_n stand_v on_o two_o part_n principal_o the_o politic_a part_n which_o consist_v of_o the_o prince_n and_o people_n and_o the_o ecclesiastical_a part_n which_o stand_v in_o sacris_fw-la &_o sacerdotibus_fw-la and_o therefore_o well_o say_v the_o emperor_n two_o of_o the_o great_a thing_n that_o god_n ever_o give_v unto_o 1._o in_o authent_n quon_n oport_n episcopod_n in_o prin_fw-mi col_fw-fr 1._o auth._n de_fw-fr non_fw-fr alienand_n etc._n etc._n rebut_n eccl._n c._n 2._o §._o 1._o the_o world_n mean_v earthly_a thing_n be_v the_o empire_n or_o secular_a government_n whereby_o the_o outward_a man_n be_v order_v and_o make_v as_o aristotle_n say_v bone_fw-la civis_fw-la that_o be_v a_o good_a and_o loyal_a subject_n and_o the_o priesthood_n whereby_o the_o inward_a man_n be_v rule_v and_o be_v make_v as_o the_o say_a author_n testify_v bone_fw-la vir_fw-la that_o be_v a_o good_a and_o virtuous_a man_n which_o be_v two_o wonderful_a effect_n of_o the_o whole_a government_n in_o general_a neither_o can_v the_o one_o of_o these_o be_v want_v but_o the_o other_o will_v be_v ruinate_v and_o bring_v to_o desolation_n second_o no_o man_n be_v ignorant_a of_o this_o but_o in_o politic_a government_n two_o thing_n sway_v the_o whole_a state_n the_o one_o be_v peace_n at_o home_n and_o the_o other_o be_v war_n abroad_o which_o as_o they_o have_v their_o season_n so_o they_o have_v their_o cause_n and_o effect_n the_o one_o from_o counsel_n at_o home_n the_o other_o from_o discipline_n abroad_o neither_o can_v the_o one_o or_o the_o other_o of_o these_o be_v maintain_v but_o by_o their_o private_a and_o proper_a law_n beside_o in_o peace_n who_o see_v not_o there_o be_v as_o much_o need_n of_o 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