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bestow_v such_o singular_a grace_n on_o his_o enemy_n who_o have_v desert_v his_o doctrine_n change_v his_o ordinance_n and_o institution_n robe_v he_o as_o much_o as_o in_o they_o lie_v of_o his_o prerogative_n and_o usurp_v to_o themselves_o a_o power_n which_o be_v peculiar_a to_o himself_o alone_o and_o these_o favour_n to_o be_v constant_o confer_v upon_o they_o and_o to_o be_v continue_v without_o intermission_n till_o the_o world_n end_n for_o there_o be_v little_a hope_n of_o their_o retractation_n and_o i_o dare_v aver_v that_o if_o any_o indifferent_a judgement_n shall_v serious_o ponder_v their_o manifold_a error_n whereof_o some_o be_v propose_v and_o prove_v in_o this_o treatise_n which_o i_o be_o ready_a to_o maintain_v against_o any_o legal_a opposition_n it_o will_v plain_o appear_v that_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n be_v but_o a_o corrupt_a branch_n of_o the_o universal_a church_n of_o christ_n and_o consequent_o sequester_v from_o the_o true_a church_n and_o though_o 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want_v sect_n x._o of_o clandestine_v marriage_n the_o church_n of_o rome_n that_o sancta_fw-la mater_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la pretend_v to_o so_o much_o power_n and_o authority_n in_o order_v and_o dispose_n of_o all_o thing_n belong_v to_o sacrament_n that_o it_o not_o only_o prescribe_v the_o manner_n and_o method_n of_o their_o administration_n but_o also_o penetrate_v into_o the_o very_a essence_n and_o substance_n of_o they_o subtract_v add_v and_o change_a what_o she_o please_v and_o indeed_o in_o five_o of_o they_o there_o may_v be_v some_o seem_a pretence_n for_o it_o they_o have_v receive_v the_o honour_n of_o be_v call_v sacrament_n from_o that_o church_n institution_n without_o sufficient_a ground_n in_o scripture_n for_o it_o whereof_o this_o of_o matrimony_n be_v one_o of_o which_o we_o shall_v here_o treat_v marriage_n be_v a_o contract_n between_o man_n and_o woman_n contain_v a_o mutual_a tradition_n to_o each_o other_o by_o proper_a word_n de_fw-fr presenti_fw-la the_o 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illius_fw-la genua_fw-la coram_fw-la altari_fw-la manus_fw-la habentem_fw-la junctas_fw-la ante_fw-la se_fw-la &_o orarium_fw-la diaconatus_fw-la super_fw-la se_fw-la etc._n etc._n archidiaconus_fw-la hoc_fw-la praeconium_fw-la proclamat_fw-la gratia_n domini_fw-la nostri_fw-la jesus_n christi_fw-la quae_fw-la omni_fw-la tempore_fw-la perficit_fw-la defectus_fw-la nostros_fw-la secundum_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la dei_fw-la patris_fw-la in_fw-la virtute_fw-la spiritus_fw-la sancti_fw-la adsit_fw-la iis_fw-la qui_fw-la hic_fw-la offeruntur_fw-la etc._n etc._n ipsa_fw-la est_fw-la quae_fw-la vocat_fw-la &_o offer_v ex_fw-la ordine_fw-la diaconorum_fw-la ad_fw-la ordinem_fw-la presbyteratus_n n._n presbyterum_fw-la ad_fw-la altar_n sanctum_fw-la &_o divinum_fw-la domus_fw-la genetricis_fw-la dei_fw-la mariae_fw-la etc._n etc._n precemur_fw-la igitur_fw-la omnes_fw-la ut_fw-la descendat_fw-la super_fw-la eos_fw-la gratia_fw-la &_o illapsus_fw-la spiritus_fw-la sancti_fw-la etc._n etc._n ter_z kyrie_fw-la eleison_fw-la &_o reliqua_fw-la episcopus_fw-la ponit_fw-la manus_fw-la svas_fw-la super_fw-la mysteria_fw-la &_o extendit_fw-la brachia_fw-la sva_fw-la colligitque_fw-la &_o contrahit_fw-la ea_fw-la tribus_fw-la vicibus_fw-la super_fw-la corpus_fw-la &_o sanguinem_fw-la accipiens_fw-la ex_fw-la calice_n in_fw-la pugillum_fw-la suum_fw-la dum_fw-la colligant_fw-la ea_fw-la &_o cooperiunt_fw-la peplo_fw-la seu_fw-la linteo_fw-la sacro_fw-la postea_fw-la revertitur_fw-la ad_fw-la illum_fw-la qui_fw-la est_fw-la ordinandus_fw-la &_o imponit_fw-la manus_fw-la super_fw-la caput_fw-la ejus_fw-la easque_fw-la illi_fw-la admetitur_fw-la iterumque_fw-la attollit_fw-la manus_fw-la porrigens_fw-la brachia_fw-la sva_fw-la in_o altum_fw-la easque_fw-la deprimit_fw-la tremulas_fw-la super_fw-la caput_fw-la ejus_fw-la hocque_fw-la tribus_fw-la vicibus_fw-la facit_fw-la episcopus_fw-la ipse_fw-la oculis_fw-la ipsius_fw-la desuper_fw-la cum_fw-la timore_fw-la aspicientibus_fw-la post_fw-la 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addit_fw-la n._n presbyter_n ad_fw-la altar_n sanctum_fw-la etc._n etc._n episcopus_fw-la in_o nomine_fw-la patris_fw-la etc._n etc._n cum_fw-la autem_fw-la confecerit_fw-la tria_fw-la crucis_fw-la signa_fw-la tunc_fw-la qui_fw-la consecratur_fw-la sacerdos_n redit_fw-la ad_fw-la altar_n hanc_fw-la mystecè_fw-la dicens_fw-la orationem_fw-la suscepimus_fw-la gratiam_fw-la tuam_fw-la domine_fw-la etc._n etc._n post_fw-la haec_fw-la redit_fw-la episcopus_fw-la ad_fw-la cum_fw-la qui_fw-la ordinatur_fw-la eumque_fw-la apprehendit_fw-la per_fw-la manum_fw-la svam_fw-la dexteram_fw-la &_o erigit_fw-la archidiaconus_fw-la autem_fw-la dicit_fw-la benedic_fw-la domine_fw-la episcopus_fw-la accipit_fw-la orarium_fw-la quod_fw-la super_fw-la ipsum_fw-la positum_fw-la est_fw-la &_o traducit_fw-la illud_fw-la super_fw-la humerum_fw-la ejus_fw-la dexterum_fw-la à _fw-la parte_fw-la anteriori_fw-la dicens_fw-la ad_fw-la laudem_fw-la &_o honorem_fw-la &_o decorem_fw-la &_o exaltationem_fw-la trinitatis_fw-la sanctae_fw-la &_o consubstantialis_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la pacem_fw-la &_o aedificationem_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la sanctae_fw-la dei._n respondent_fw-la clerici_fw-la ad_fw-la laudem_fw-la etc._n etc._n et_fw-la cum_fw-la pompa_fw-la defert_fw-la casulam_fw-la &_o tunicam_fw-la &_o zanada_n &_o singulam_fw-la dicitque_fw-la ad_fw-la laudem_fw-la etc._n etc._n deinde_fw-la tradit_fw-la ei_fw-la thuribulum_fw-la &_o praecipit_fw-la ut_fw-la imponat_fw-la adoramenta_fw-la apprehendit_fw-la autem_fw-la episcopus_fw-la manu_fw-la eum_fw-la qui_fw-la ordinatus_fw-la est_fw-la &_o adducit_fw-la ut_fw-la osculetur_fw-la mensam_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la eaque_fw-la salutata_fw-la manum_fw-la episcopi_fw-la deosculatur_fw-la qui_fw-la ipse_fw-la pacem_fw-la illi_fw-la donat_fw-la jubetque_fw-la ut_fw-la caeteri_fw-la omnes_fw-la pacem_fw-la illi_fw-la donent_fw-la et_fw-la statim_fw-la obsignat_fw-la episcopus_fw-la consummationem_fw-la corporis_fw-la sancti_fw-la cum_fw-la poculo_fw-la eumque_fw-la communicate_v &_o praecipit_fw-la ut_fw-la ipse_fw-la congregationem_fw-la communicet_fw-la cruse_n autem_fw-la signabit_fw-la &_o finiet_fw-la episcopus_fw-la eutichian_o etc._n etc._n when_o a_o priest_n be_v ordain_v he_o stand_v before_o the_o altar_n under_o the_o step_n thereof_o have_v his_o head_n uncover_v and_o incline_v till_o the_o oblation_n be_v perform_v then_o the_o bishop_n cut_v the_o hair_n of_o he_o that_o be_v to_o be_v ordain_v into_o the_o form_n of_o a_o cross_n and_o deliver_v he_o to_o his_o tutor_n and_o give_v he_o a_o precept_n concern_v the_o perfection_n of_o his_o doctrine_n and_o order_n etc._n etc._n forthwith_o afterward_o the_o bishop_n take_v he_o by_o the_o right_a hand_n and_o say_v the_o holy_a ghost_n call_v thou_o and_o bring_v he_o to_o the_o altar_n and_o place_n he_o on_o both_o his_o knee_n before_o the_o altar_n have_v his_o hand_n join_v before_o he_o and_o a_o deacon_n vestment_n upon_o he_o etc._n etc._n the_o archdeacon_n speak_v aloud_o this_o prayer_n the_o