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and_o again_o in_o the_o same_o chapter_n debet_fw-la rex_fw-la judicium_fw-la rectum_fw-la in_o regno_fw-la facere_fw-la &_o justitiam_fw-la per_fw-la consilium_fw-la procerum_fw-la regni_fw-la svi_fw-la tenere_fw-la ista_fw-la verò_fw-la debet_fw-la omne_fw-la rex_fw-la in_o propriâ_fw-la personâ_fw-la inspectis_fw-la &_o tactis_fw-la sacrosanctis_fw-la evangeliis_fw-la &_o super_fw-la sacras_fw-la &_o sanctas_fw-la reliquias_fw-la coram_fw-la regno_fw-la sacerdotio_fw-la &_o clero_fw-la jurare_fw-la antequà m_fw-la ab_fw-la archiepiscopis_fw-la &_o episcopis_fw-la regni_fw-la coronetur_fw-la lambard_n de_fw-fr priscis_fw-la anglorum_fw-la legibus_fw-la page_n 138._o &_o page_n 142._o hence_o we_o see_v that_o judicium_fw-la procerum_fw-la &_o consilium_fw-la procerum_fw-la be_v essential_a to_o the_o english_a government_n without_o which_o right_a and_o justice_n can_v reign_v but_o a_o perverse_a will_n will_v rule_v the_o roast_n hence_o it_o be_v that_o king_n edward_n the_o 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a_o account_n of_o this_o council_n and_o of_o the_o time_n when_o it_o be_v hold_v bed._n eccl._n histor_n gent._n anglor_n lib._n 1._o cap._n 17._o thus_o it_o be_v in_o the_o first_o christian_a council_n that_o ever_o sit_v viz._n the_o 15_o chapter_n of_o the_o act_n of_o the_o apostle_n after_o the_o matter_n have_v be_v debate_v whether_o the_o believe_a gentile_n ought_v to_o be_v circumcise_a and_o to_o keep_v moses_n his_o law_n verse_n 22d_o it_o please_v the_o apostle_n and_o elder_n with_o the_o whole_a church_n to_o send_v etc._n etc._n and_o they_o write_v letter_n after_o this_o manner_n the_o apostle_n and_o elder_n and_o brethren_n send_v greeting_n unto_o etc._n etc._n it_o seem_v good_a to_o the_o holy_a ghost_n and_o to_o we_o etc._n etc._n so_o that_o the_o laity_n as_o well_o as_o the_o clergy_n have_v in_o this_o council_n decisive_a vote_n and_o if_o it_o shall_v appear_v by_o what_o follow_v that_o the_o people_n of_o this_o nation_n never_o be_v nor_o can_v 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populi_n mei_fw-la in_fw-la magnâ_fw-la servorum_fw-la dei_fw-la frequentiâ_fw-la religiose_fw-la studebam_fw-la tum_fw-la animorum_fw-la nostrorum_fw-la saluti_fw-la tum_fw-la communi_fw-la regni_fw-la nostri_fw-la conservationi_fw-la ut_fw-la legitima_fw-la nuptiarum_fw-la faedera_fw-mi etc._n etc._n here_o the_o king_n his_o bishop_n all_o his_o senator_n the_o natu_fw-la majores_fw-la &_o sapientes_fw-la of_o his_o people_n which_o be_v description_n of_o the_o laity_n in_o parliament_n of_o those_o time_n and_o a_o great_a number_n of_o god_n servant_n by_o which_o the_o clergy_n be_v mean_v make_v ecclesiastical_a law_n this_o be_v a_o parliament_n as_o appear_v not_o only_o by_o the_o presence_n of_o the_o laity_n but_o by_o many_o temporal_a law_n enact_v at_o the_o same_o time_n spelm._n conc._n tom._n 1._o fol._n 182_o 183_o etc._n etc._n in_o the_o year_n 694._o concilium_fw-la magnum_fw-la becanceldae_fw-la celebratum_fw-la est_fw-la presidente_fw-la withredo_n rege_fw-la cantiae_fw-la necnon_fw-la bertualdo_n archiepiscopo_fw-la britanniae_fw-la cum_fw-la tobiâ_fw-la episcopo_fw-la roffensi_fw-la abbatibus_fw-la abbatissis_fw-la praesbyteris_fw-la diaconibus_fw-la ducibus_fw-la satrapis_fw-la etc._n etc._n all_o these_o pariter_fw-la tractabant_fw-la anxie_fw-la examinabant_fw-la de_fw-la statu_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la dei_fw-la etc._n etc._n here_o the_o king_n be_v legislative_a power_n in_o ecclesiastical_a matter_n exert_v itself_o not_o personal_o but_o in_o this_o great_a council_n they_o do_v all_o enact_v statuimus_fw-la decernimus_fw-la praecipimus_fw-la for_o when_o the_o king_n himself_o be_v speak_v of_o the_o singular_a number_n be_v use_v nullus_fw-la unquam_fw-la habeat_fw-la licentiam_fw-la accipere_fw-la alicujus_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la vel_fw-la familiae_fw-la monasterii_fw-la dominium_fw-la quae_fw-la à _fw-la meipso_fw-la vel_fw-la antecessoribus_fw-la meis_fw-la etc._n etc._n spelm._n conc._n pag._n 189_o 190._o a_o council_n be_v hold_v at_o berghamjtede_n anno_fw-la 5_o to_z withredi_fw-la regis_fw-la cantiae_fw-la i._n e._n anno_fw-la christi_fw-la 697._o sub_fw-la bertualdo_n archiepiscopo_fw-la cantuariensi_fw-la praesentibus_fw-la gybmundo_n episcopo_fw-la roffensi_fw-la &_o omnibus_fw-la ordinibus_fw-la gentis_fw-la illius_fw-la cum_fw-la viris_fw-la quibusdam_fw-la militaribus_fw-la in_o quo_fw-la de_fw-la moribus_fw-la cavetur_fw-la ad_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la cognitionem_fw-la plerumque_fw-la pertinentibus_fw-la these_o ordines_fw-la gentis_fw-la illius_fw-la seem_v by_o the_o preface_n to_o these_o law_n to_o be_v mean_v of_o the_o ordines_fw-la ecclesiastici_fw-la gentis_fw-la illius_fw-la but_o withal_o that_o they_o cum_fw-la viris_fw-la utique_fw-la militaribus_fw-la humanissimè_fw-la &_o communi_fw-la omnium_fw-la assensu_fw-la have_v leges_fw-la decreuêre_fw-la spelm._n conc._n 194._o so_o that_o these_o ecclesiastical_a law_n be_v enact_v by_o the_o assent_n of_o the_o viri_fw-la militares_fw-la 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act_n of_o supremacy_n that_o pass_v in_o king_n henry_n the_o eighths_n time_n all_o such_o jurisdiction_n authority_n etc._n etc._n be_v personal_o vest_v in_o the_o king_n his_o heir_n and_o successor_n but_o of_o that_o distinction_n more_o shall_v be_v say_v god_n willing_a some_o other_o time_n pursuant_n to_o this_o imagination_n of_o the_o pope_n power_n be_v translate_v to_o the_o king_n he_o tell_v we_o that_o latter_a law_n have_v devolve_v upon_o the_o king_n even_o the_o power_n of_o the_o pope_n in_o foro_fw-la externo_fw-la pag._n 145._o he_o say_v pag._n 145_o 146._o that_o during_o the_o schism_n in_o the_o papacy_n between_o vrban_n and_o clement_n king_n william_n rufus_n claim_v as_o other_o prince_n do_v a_o right_a to_o declare_v to_o which_o pope_n he_o will_v adhere_v and_o that_o none_o shall_v be_v receive_v as_o pope_n in_o england_n without_o his_o licence_n and_o election_n here_o if_o i_o understand_v the_o doctor_n aright_o he_o take_v for_o grant_v 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that_o to_o gratify_v the_o pope_n and_o tie_v he_o to_o his_o interest_n he_o find_v it_o convenient_a to_o have_v some_o relaxation_n make_v of_o those_o law_n than_o be_v parliament_n call_v and_o at_o their_o first_o meeting_n one_o cause_n of_o their_o convention_n declare_v to_o be_v to_o provide_v remedy_n touch_v the_o statute_n of_o provision_n for_o eschew_v debate_n between_o the_o pope_n and_o the_o king_n and_o his_o realm_n and_o then_o we_o find_v leave_v give_v to_o the_o king_n from_o time_n to_o time_n to_o dispense_v with_o those_o law_n and_o that_o but_o for_o a_o time_n and_o this_o declare_v to_o be_v a_o novelty_n vid._n cotton_n abridgement_n pag._n 341._o 346._o annis_n 15._o &_o 16._o rich._n 2._o and_o the_o complaint_n of_o the_o english_a nation_n in_o matth._n paris_n against_o the_o pope_n provision_n be_v ground_v upon_o this_o viz._n that_o patroni_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la ad_fw-la eas_fw-la cum_fw-la vacaverint_fw-la clericos_fw-la idoneos_fw-la praesentare_fw-la non_fw-la poterant_fw-la sed_fw-la conferebantur_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la romanis_n qui_fw-la penitùs_fw-la idioma_fw-la regni_fw-la ignorabant_fw-la &_o pecuniam_fw-la extra_fw-la regnum_fw-la asportabant_fw-la these_o oppression_n fall_v chief_o upon_o the_o clergy_n as_o appear_v by_o most_o of_o the_o law_n against_o provision_n of_o which_o hereafter_o for_o the_o pope_n assume_v a_o great_a power_n over_o they_o and_o church_n of_o which_o they_o be_v patron_n than_o he_o can_v pretend_v to_o over_o the_o laity_n and_o they_o sometime_o comply_v with_o his_o provision_n and_o submit_v to_o collate_n italian_n and_o foreigner_n as_o at_o other_o time_n they_o do_v to_o heavy_a exaction_n insomuch_o that_o in_o the_o year_n 1240._o misit_fw-la dominus_fw-la papa_n praecepta_fw-la sva_fw-la domino_fw-la cantuariensi_fw-la archiepiscopo_fw-la edmundo_n &_o sarisberiensi_fw-la &_o lincolniensi_fw-la episcopis_fw-la ut_fw-la trecentis_fw-la romanis_n in_fw-la 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canon_n etc._n etc._n contrary_a to_o the_o king_n prerogative_n or_o the_o law_n of_o the_o realm_n this_o be_v a_o prohibition_n to_o the_o king_n and_o they_o not_o to_o make_v any_o such_o canon_n constitution_n or_o ordinance_n as_o be_v contrary_a to_o law._n sir_n roger_n five_o particular_a be_v that_o our_o king_n suffer_v no_o synodical_a decree_n to_o be_v of_o force_n but_o by_o their_o allowance_n and_o confirmation_n for_o which_o he_o quote_v florentius_n wigornensis_n anno_fw-la 1127._o where_o it_o be_v say_v rex_fw-la auditis_fw-la concilii_fw-la gestis_fw-la consensum_fw-la praebuit_fw-la &_o authoritate_fw-la regius_fw-la &_o potestate_fw-la concessit_fw-la &_o confirmavit_fw-la statuta_fw-la concilii_fw-la à _fw-la gulielmo_n cantuariensi_fw-la archiepiscopo_fw-la &_o sanctae_fw-la romanae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la legato_fw-la apud_fw-la westmonasterium_fw-la celebrati_fw-la now_o that_o council_n consist_v not_o of_o the_o clergy_n only_o but_o as_o ecclesiastical_a 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ecclesiastical_a law._n but_o what_o inference_n can_v be_v draw_v from_o hence_o to_o prove_v any_o personal_a supremacy_n in_o the_o king_n separate_z and_o distinct_a from_o the_o assent_n of_o his_o people_n in_o their_o synod_n and_o council_n i_o do_v not_o apprehend_v but_o one_o observation_n i_o can_v omit_v upon_o this_o council_n compare_v with_o that_o other_o hold_v anno_fw-la dom._n 1175._o &_o ann._n 21._o hen._n 2._o for_o whereas_o in_o the_o former_a the_o laity_n be_v present_a as_o well_o as_o the_o clergy_n we_o find_v the_o king_n give_v his_o royal_a assent_n to_o their_o canon_n and_o so_o they_o become_v ecclesiastical_a law_n bind_v to_o the_o whole_a nation_n in_o the_o latter_a the_o laity_n be_v not_o present_a by_o any_o account_n that_o i_o can_v find_v of_o it_o and_o therefore_o to_o make_v their_o canon_n general_a law_n the_o king_n assent_n will_v not_o have_v be_v sufficient_a nor_o be_v it_o single_o have_v for_o gervas_n dorob_fw-la anno_fw-la dom._n 1175._o pag._n 1429._o collect_v tell_v we_o in_o hoc_fw-la concilio_n ad_fw-la emendationem_fw-la anglicanae_n ecclesiae_fw-la assensu_fw-la domini_fw-la regis_fw-la &_o primorum_fw-la regni_fw-la haec_fw-la subscripta_fw-la promulgata_fw-la sunt_fw-la capitula_fw-la and_o that_o the_o clergy_n in_o those_o day_n when_o they_o take_v upon_o they_o to_o hold_v synod_n apart_o from_o the_o laity_n do_v not_o imagine_v that_o the_o king_n alone_o can_v give_v their_o canon_n any_o validity_n in_o law_n where_o they_o entrench_v upon_o or_o interser_v with_o the_o law_n of_o the_o land_n will_v appear_v by_o observe_v that_o when_o in_o king_n henry_n the_o three_o time_n the_o clergy_n in_o opposition_n to_o the_o gravamina_fw-la laicorum_fw-la have_v make_v many_o provisional_a article_n for_o the_o enlarge_n their_o own_o jurisdiction_n pro_fw-la quibus_fw-la episcopi_fw-la angliae_fw-la fuerant_fw-la pugnaturi_fw-la matthew_n paris_n say_v thus_o of_o they_o viz._n 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