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the_o archdeacon_n and_o other_o inferior_a prelate_n to_o the_o bishop_n say_v canisius_n 92._o unless_o the_o custom_n of_o the_o country_n have_v bring_v in_o another_o order_n the_o archdeacon_n have_v a_o certain_a circuit_n of_o the_o diocie_n wherein_o he_o exercise_v his_o office_n and_o jurisdiction_n for_o every_o diocie_n be_v divide_v into_o certain_a archdeaconry_n comprehend_v about_o the_o four_o part_n of_o the_o diocy_n if_o they_o be_v great_a diocy_n â—4_n but_o if_o they_o be_v lesser_a diocy_n they_o have_v but_o one_o archdeacon_n as_o canterbury_n rochester_n gloucester_n bristol_n worcester_n etc._n etc._n the_o archdeacon_n by_o virtue_n of_o his_o degree_n and_o order_n have_v no_o jurisdiction_n but_o only_o by_o prescription_n of_o time_n that_o be_v a_o papal_a custom_n which_o be_v yet_o retain_v in_o the_o english_a church_n 85._o in_o hieroms_n time_n at_o rome_n the_o deacon_n begin_v to_o exalt_v themselves_o above_o minister_n against_o which_o 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archdeacon_n be_v also_o minister_n but_o yet_o they_o exercise_v their_o jurisdiction_n over_o a_o whole_a shire_n minister_n and_o other_o within_o the_o bound_n of_o their_o archdeaconry_n not_o as_o minister_n but_o as_o archdeacon_n when_o the_o bishop_n shall_v have_v visit_v his_o diocie_n and_o inquire_v into_o needful_a reparation_n of_o the_o church_n and_o what_o other_o thing_n be_v out_o of_o order_n he_o send_v his_o chief_a deacon_n to_o visit_v for_o he_o at_o the_o first_o they_o be_v send_v only_o to_o visit_v and_o make_v report_n 153._o but_o not_o to_o sententiate_v in_o any_o man_n cause_n say_v d._n field_n or_o to_o meddle_v with_o the_o correct_v and_o reform_v of_o any_o thing_n but_o afterward_o in_o process_n of_o time_n they_o be_v authorize_v to_o hear_v and_o determine_v the_o small_a matter_n and_o to_o reform_v the_o light_a and_o lesser_a offence_n hence_o in_o time_n it_o câ—me_v that_o archdeacon_n much_o use_v by_o bishop_n as_o most_o attendant_a on_o they_o in_o the_o visitation_n of_o their_o church_n and_o reform_v small_a disorder_n at_o length_n by_o prescription_n claim_v the_o correction_n of_o great_a thing_n at_o have_v of_o long_a time_n put_v themselves_o into_o the_o exercise_n of_o such_o authority_n so_o the_o archdeacon_n in_o the_o end_n become_v great_a than_o the_o dean_n let_v be_v common_a minister_n the_o lazy_a bishop_n send_v his_o deacon_n to_o inquire_v into_o the_o life_n and_o conversation_n of_o the_o clergy_n and_o minister_n which_o be_v not_o his_o office_n yet_o you_o see_v from_o what_o a_o small_a beginning_n he_o be_v rise_v to_o so_o great_a a_o height_n it_o be_v dangerous_a to_o depart_v from_o the_o right_a pattern_n show_v upon_o the_o mount_n again_o to_o make_v a_o preacher_n of_o the_o word_n a_o deacon_n be_v to_o conjoin_v these_o two_o office_n which_o the_o apostle_n do_v separate_v archdeacon_n than_o almost_o through_o all_o england_n by_o papal_a prescription_n have_v jurisdiction_n within_o their_o bound_n and_o power_n to_o visit_v to_o inquire_v into_o offence_n to_o receive_v presentment_n &_o to_o punish_v with_o ecclesiastical_a censure_n to_o substitute_v official_o to_o supply_v their_o room_n in_o their_o consistory_n whereby_o it_o have_v happen_v that_o the_o subject_n have_v be_v molest_v for_o one_o and_o the_o self_n same_o fault_n by_o the_o bishop_n chauncelour_n and_o the_o archdeacon_n or_o his_o official_a 101._o in_o a_o canon_n late_o make_v anno_o 1603_o they_o have_v transact_v the_o matter_n so_o that_o they_o shall_v not_o meddle_v with_o the_o presentment_n receive_v at_o other_o visitation_n how_o the_o transaction_n be_v keep_v i_o can_v tell_v it_o be_v to_o be_v observe_v that_o chauncelour_n and_o official_o be_v civilian_n 70._o minister_n do_v sometime_o also_o bear_v these_o office_n but_o utter_o ignorant_a in_o these_o faculty_n for_o these_o court_n be_v confuse_a court_n wherein_o matrimonial_a testamentary_a and_o other_o cause_n of_o temporal_a matter_n be_v handle_v not_o belong_v to_o ecclesiastical_a cognisance_n no_o wonder_n the_o minister_n be_v ignorant_a in_o they_o but_o on_o the_o other_o part_n it_o be_v a_o shame_n if_o a_o civilian_n shall_v know_v better_o how_o to_o deal_v with_o a_o offender_n and_o to_o bring_v he_o to_o repentance_n again_o what_o a_o gross_a absurdity_n and_o intolerable_a abuse_n be_v it_o in_o the_o church_n of_o god_n that_o chauncelour_n commissary_n &_o official_o be_v civilian_n shall_v meddle_v with_o the_o censure_n of_o the_o church_n the_o bishop_n have_v vendicate_v to_o himself_o the_o whole_a power_n of_o excommunication_n and_o then_o he_o transfer_v this_o his_o power_n by_o a_o general_a commission_n to_o another_o which_o he_o may_v not_o lawful_o do_v no_o not_o to_o a_o minister_n far_o less_o to_o a_o doctor_n of_o the_o civil_a law_n who_o he_o appoint_v to_o be_v his_o chauncelour_n or_o the_o archdeacon_n to_o he_o who_o he_o appoint_v to_o be_v his_o official_a they_o
to_o every_o pastor_n neither_o canon_n nor_o civil_a law_n shall_v take_v from_o they_o in_o a_o part_n of_o the_o diocie_n as_o archpresbyter_n who_o they_o call_v rural_a dean_n and_o now_o they_o be_v employ_v for_o the_o most_o part_n to_o convocate_v their_o classis_fw-la 2._o to_o intimate_v to_o they_o something_o direct_v by_o missive_n from_o the_o ordinary_a as_o occasion_n shall_v require_v 3._o to_o induct_v into_o benefice_n in_o place_n of_o the_o archdeacon_n be_v busy_v in_o some_o remote_a part_n there_o be_v two_o sort_n of_o acchpresbyter_n of_o old_a the_o city_n archpresbyter_n who_o be_v now_o call_v the_o cathedral_n or_o city_n deane_n &_o the_o country_n archpresbyter_n who_o be_v call_v now_o the_o rural_a deane_n who_o be_v at_o the_o first_o institution_n moderator_n of_o the_o classis_fw-la or_o country_n presbytery_n &_o thereafter_o make_v a_o country_n bishop_n or_o chorepiscopus_n within_o his_o own_o circuit_n as_o the_o city_n bishop_n be_v at_o the_o first_o but_o precedent_n or_o moderator_n of_o the_o presbytery_n of_o the_o city_n and_o suburb_n for_o we_o must_v not_o think_v that_o the_o country_n bishop_n rule_v alone_o without_o his_o classical_a presbytery_n more_o than_o the_o city_n bishop_n do_v in_o process_n of_o time_n the_o city_n bishop_n grow_v to_o this_o great_a statelyne_n which_o now_o we_o see_v and_o the_o oâ—â—_n chorepiscopus_n decrease_v and_o be_v throw_v down_o by_o degree_n till_o at_o last_o he_o be_v come_v to_o this_o poor_a estate_n of_o a_o rural_a deane_n he_o it_o not_o rank_v in_o this_o hierarchy_n among_o the_o person_n have_v judicial_a administration_n but_o among_o those_o who_o have_v none_o as_o you_o see_v to_o intimate_v to_o the_o priest_n with_o in_o his_o deanrie_n what_o be_v the_o bishop_n pleasure_n either_o several_o or_o to_o convocate_v they_o together_o to_o that_o effect_n or_o to_o put_v any_o person_n in_o possession_n sometime_o of_o his_o benefice_n 24._o for_o the_o archdeacon_n every_o diocie_n in_o england_n as_o we_o hear_v before_o out_o of_o mucket_n be_v divide_v in_o archdeaconries_n more_o or_o fewer_n according_a to_o their_o extent_n achdeacour_n into_o deanery_n the_o deanery_n comprehend_v ten_o parish_n sometime_o more_o seldom_o few_o but_o cathedral_n and_o collegiat_fw-la church_n be_v exeme_v out_o of_o the_o archdeaconry_n and_o rural_a deanery_n over_o these_o deanery_n be_v set_v rural_a dean_n quiâ—us_fw-la praeficiuntur_fw-la decâ—nirurales_n antiquis_fw-la archipresbyter_n be_v non_fw-la multum_fw-la â—issimiles_fw-la say_v he_o then_o again_o in_o every_o diocie_n there_o be_v jurisdiction_n exempt_a either_o from_o the_o archdeacon_n and_o subject_n immediate_o to_o the_o bishop_n or_o exempt_v from_o both_o or_o from_o the_o whole_a province_n of_o the_o archbishop_n and_o subject_n immediate_o to_o the_o king_n in_o respect_n of_o appellation_n they_o want_v no_o corrupt_a order_n of_o government_n which_o they_o 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without_o due_a citation_n they_o be_v swear_v every_o year_n say_v lindwood_n quit_v quolibet_fw-la anno_fw-la mutantur_fw-la decani_fw-la 150._o et_fw-la fiunt_fw-la novi_fw-la they_o be_v to_o hold_v chapiters_n in_o a_o set_v course_n four_o time_n in_o the_o year_n and_o at_o other_o time_n as_o often_o as_o occasion_n shall_v require_v say_v d._n field_n out_o of_o lindw_n but_o lindwood_n write_v thus_o â—â—pitulis_fw-la et_fw-la horum_fw-la capituloruâ—_n quaedâ—m_fw-la tenentur_fw-la de_fw-la tribus_fw-la hebdomadis_fw-la in_o tres_fw-la quâ—_n dam_n semelin_fw-mi quarta_fw-la anni_fw-la &_o haec_fw-la dicuntur_fw-la capitulâ—_n principalia_fw-la propter_fw-la majorem_fw-la confluenâ—iâ—m_fw-la cleri_fw-la &_o quia_fw-la in_o his_o de_fw-la negotijs_fw-la arduioribus_fw-la tracteri_fw-la consuevit_fw-la some_o do_v meet_v every_o three_o week_n some_o every_o quarter_n of_o year_n their_o chapiters_n convening_n every_o three_o week_n be_v our_o presbytery_n which_o do_v meet_v in_o some_o place_n every_o week_n in_o other_o place_n in_o two_o or_o three_o week_n especial_o in_o winter_n these_o chapiter_n be_v call_v capitula_fw-la ruralia_fw-la country_n or_o rural_a chapiters_n say_v lindwood_n because_o they_o be_v assemble_v in_o the_o country_n town_n in_o these_o chapiters_n the_o dean_n do_v publish_v the_o decree_n of_o provincial_n and_o episcopal_a synod_n for_o the_o bishop_n himself_o do_v not_o demit_fw-la himself_o so_o far_o as_o to_o be_v present_a and_o therefore_o send_v one_o to_o make_v intimation_n or_o to_o the_o dean_n to_o do_v it_o praesertim_fw-la cum_fw-la non_fw-la deceat_fw-la statum_fw-la pontificalem_fw-la in_o singulis_fw-la capitulis_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la interest_n say_v lindwood_n d._n field_n prove_v that_o of_o old_a they_o have_v power_n to_o visit_v their_o circuit_n twice_o every_o year_n and_o to_o suspend_v layman_n from_o the_o sacrament_n and_o clergy_n man_n from_o the_o execution_n of_o their_o office_n 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episcopal_a for_o they_o do_v it_o by_o themselves_o without_o the_o chapter_n those_o which_o beside_o the_o common_a have_v no_o peculiar_a function_n be_v place_v either_o in_o soâ—e_a cathedral_n or_o collegiat_fw-la church_n or_o in_o a_o parish_n church_n in_o some_o cathedral_n or_o collegiar_n church_n whereof_o they_o be_v member_n or_o no_o member_n of_o those_o who_o be_v member_n the_o chief_a be_v the_o dean_n then_o in_o some_o church_n of_o ancient_a foundation_n other_o dignity_n also_o as_o the_o subdeane_n the_o chancellor_n the_o chief_a chaunter_n the_o thesaurer_n last_o the_o canon_n or_o prebendary_n of_o which_o in_o the_o church_n which_o be_v more_o ancient_a some_o be_v residentiaries_n some_o not_o the_o great_a residentiaries_n administrate_n and_o govern_v in_o all_o thing_n with_o the_o dean_n in_o that_o church_n and_o they_o have_v a_o seat_n in_o the_o choir_n and_o the_o power_n of_o a_o voice_n in_o the_o chapter_n canon_n or_o prebendary_n noâ—_n residentiaries_n have_v a_o seat_n in_o the_o choir_n but_o not_o a_o voice_n in_o the_o chapter_n those_o who_o who_o be_v not_o member_n serve_v either_o to_o the_o administration_n of_o the_o public_a liturgy_n or_o sacrament_n as_o the_o petty_a canon_n or_o vicar_n choral_n or_o by_o assist_v those_o who_o do_v celebrate_v as_o the_o pistler_n &_o the_o gospeller_n there_o be_v also_o other_o bearing_z office_n in_o cathedral_n church_n but_o they_o be_v rank_v among_o the_o lay_a sort_n by_o the_o composer_n of_o the_o table_n such_o as_o be_v sing_v boy_n vergerer_n ballif_n and_o other_o set_v down_o afterward_o the_o author_n of_o the_o admonition_n to_o the_o parliament_n do_v thus_o muster_v the_o drone_n of_o these_o cathedral_n churches_n 15._o we_o shall_v be_v too_o long_o to_o tell_v your_o honour_n of_o the_o cathedral_n church_n the_o den_n aforesaid_a of_o all_o loiter_a lubber_n where_o mr._n dean_n m._n vicedeane_n mr._n canon_n or_o prebendary_n the_o great_a 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