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A20031	A true, modest, and iust defence of the petition for reformation, exhibited to the Kings most excellent Maiestie Containing an answere to the confutation published under the names of some of the Vniuersitie of Oxford. Together vvith a full declaration out of the Scriptures, and practise of the primitiue Church, of the severall points of the said petition.	Sprint, John, d. 1623. Anatomy of the controversed ceremonies of the church of England.	1618 (1618)	STC 6469; ESTC S119326	135,310	312

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28._o and_o can_v *_o 30._o they_o decree_v concern_v the_o suspension_n of_o bishop_n to_o this_o synod_n subscribe_v 12._o presbyter_n from_o hence_o it_o be_v clear_a that_o presbyter_n assemble_v in_o a_o synod_n have_v power_n to_o excommunicate_v the_o imperial_a law_n say_v we_o charge_v all_o bishop_n and_o priest_n that_o they_o separate_v no_o 11._o novil_n constitut_o 125._o c._n 11._o man_n from_o the_o sacred_a communion_n before_o they_o show_v the_o cause_n etc._n etc._n and_o he_o that_o presume_v to_o excommunicate_v let_v he_o be_v put_v from_o the_o communion_n thus_o it_o be_v indifferent_a for_o bishop_n or_o presbyter_n to_o excommunicate_v obj._n 6._o not_o in_o very_a church_n but_o in_o every_o city_n there_o be_v presbyter_n assist_v and_o aid_v 183._o perpet_n gov_fw-mi p._n 183._o the_o bishop_n and_o these_o be_v clergy_n man_n to_o help_v he_o in_o all_o sacred_a action_n and_o advise_v he_o in_o all_o judicial_a and_o ecclesiastical_a proceed_n 184._o 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quomodo_fw-la securus_fw-la abis_fw-la qui_fw-la gregi_fw-la tibi_fw-la commisso_fw-la omnem_fw-la de_fw-la se_fw-la securitatem_fw-la aufer_v etc._n etc._n how_o 4._o epist_n 4._o can_v thou_o be_v secure_a be_v absent_a when_o thy_o flock_n can_v be_v safe_a or_o secure_a who_o shall_v comfort_v they_o in_o their_o tribulation_n provide_v for_o they_o in_o their_o tentation_n quid_fw-la facient_fw-la novellae_fw-la plantationes_fw-la christi_fw-la etc._n etc._n what_o shall_v the_o tender_a plant_n do_v set_v with_o thy_o hand_n who_o shall_v dig_v and_o dung_n they_o about_o hedge_n they_o in_o &_o prune_v they_o etc._n etc._n these_o duty_n it_o be_v impossible_a for_o non-residents_a to_o perform_v 8._o that_o be_v not_o to_o be_v suffer_v which_o bring_v apparent_a peril_n and_o danger_n to_o the_o flock_n but_o this_o do_v the_o absence_n of_o the_o pastor_n when_o the_o shepherd_n be_v absent_a the_o wolf_n come_v to_o devour_v ezek._n 34._o 5._o they_o be_v scatter_v without_o 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they_o be_v so_o small_a in_o substance_n that_o they_o be_v not_o able_a to_o maintain_v the_o proper_a pastor_n greg._n 1._o 14._o 4._o 4._o this_o objection_n help_v not_o they_o that_o possess_v many_o and_o rich_a benefice_n who_o be_v not_o drive_v to_o have_v plurality_n of_o necessity_n but_o of_o a_o ambitious_a and_o covetous_a mind_n and_o superfluity_n 2._o object_n many_o have_v but_o one_o parish_n etc._n etc._n which_o will_v require_v two_o or_o ten_o man_n to_o speak_v at_o once_o etc._n etc._n answ_n neither_o do_v it_o follow_v because_o some_o parish_n be_v large_a and_o have_v many_o chapel_n which_o will_v require_v two_o or_o ten_o man_n etc._n etc._n that_o therefore_o a_o man_n may_v be_v as_o well_o non_fw-fr resident_a in_o diverse_a parish_n 1._o the_o one_o be_v a_o non_fw-fr residence_n necessary_a it_o be_v but_o one_o parish_n by_o the_o law_n the_o other_o voluntary_a the_o chapel_n be_v unite_v for_o nearness_n of_o place_n and_o want_v of_o 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