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the_o commission_n grant_v to_o the_o convocation_n of_o that_o year_n at_o the_o first_o open_v of_o the_o parliament_n and_o of_o it_o be_v according_a to_o law_n and_o this_o speak_v plain_o of_o the_o king_n leave_n and_o license_v grant_v and_o alone_o needful_a herein_o see_v more_o full_o thereof_o in_o dr._n heylins_n life_n of_o the_o archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n p._n 423.424.425_o i_o conclude_v this_o matter_n with_o the_o decision_n of_o a_o great_a casuist_n he_o in_o discourse_v of_o ecclesiastical_a law_n and_o the_o manner_n how_o they_o be_v enact_v in_o the_o church_n of_o england_n jus_fw-la condendi_fw-la leges_fw-la ecclesiasticas_fw-la say_v he_o est_z paene_n episcopos_fw-la presbyteros_fw-la aliasque_fw-la personas_fw-la à _fw-la totius_fw-la regni_fw-la clero_fw-la rite_n electas_fw-la &_o in_fw-la legitima_fw-la synodo_fw-la rite_n congregatas_fw-la ita_fw-la tamen_fw-la ut_fw-la ejus_fw-la juris_fw-la sine_fw-la potestatis_fw-la exercitium_fw-la in_o 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subditos_fw-la obligant_fw-la bishop_n sanderson_n de_fw-fr conscient_fw-la obligat_fw-la praelect_v 7._o sect._n 30._o mr._n hooker_n eccles._n polit._n book_n 8._o in_o p._n 219.220.221_o etc._n etc._n thus_o much_o have_v be_v say_v touch_v the_o canon_n of_o our_o church_n and_o their_o authority_n so_o far_o forth_o at_o this_o present_a as_o suit_n with_o the_o present_a occasion_n and_o what_o they_o be_v produce_v in_o proof_n of_o in_o several_a provincial_a constitution_n we_o find_v it_o decree_v that_o concern_v matter_n belong_v to_o ecclesiastical_a cognizance_n proceed_n may_v be_v make_v against_o any_o layman_n or_o public_a officer_n as_o sheriff_n and_o other_o even_o to_o the_o inflict_a public_a censure_n upon_o they_o many_o of_o this_o kind_n will_v occur_v to_o the_o reader_n that_o be_v conversant_a in_o they_o that_o constitution_n aeterna_fw-la sanctis_fw-la de_fw-la paenis_fw-la enact_v in_o a_o council_n at_o lambeth_n under_o boniface_n archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n anno_fw-la 1260._o in_o the_o time_n of_o king_n henry_n the_o three_o and_o that_o constitution_n ut_fw-la invadentibus_fw-la de_fw-la immunitate_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la enact_v by_o the_o same_o boniface_n likewise_o the_o constitution_n contingit_fw-la aliquando_fw-la eodem_fw-la and_o accidit_fw-la novitate_fw-la perversa_fw-la eodem_fw-la enact_v by_o john_n stratford_n archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n in_o the_o time_n
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