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city_n as_o i_o have_v appoint_v thou_o which_o ordain_v of_o other_o signify_v also_o institution_n in_o the_o charge_n or_o cure_v whereto_o they_o minister_v as_o bishop_n carleton_n confess_v jurisdict_v regal_a episcopal_n 4._o chap._n pag._n 40._o again_o *_o who_o be_v in_o these_o place_n to_o receive_v accusation_n hear_v witness_n which_o can_v be_v without_o appoint_a assembly_n and_o meeting_n silence_v false_a teacher_n excommunicate_a offender_n see_v tit._n 1.11_o rev._n 2.20_o 1._o tim._n 1.3.5.19_o against_o a_o elder_a receive_v not_o a_o accusation_n but_o before_o two_o or_o three_o witness_n now_o he_o say_v the_o same_o author_n pag._n 42._o that_o be_v appoint_v to_o hear_v accusation_n and_o to_o receive_v the_o testimony_n of_o witness_n be_v seat_v in_o a_o place_n of_o judgement_n with_o jurisdiction_n see_v more_o of_o this_o in_o success_n clergy_n §_o 4._o and_o this_o they_o do_v when_o the_o temporal_a governor_n of_o those_o place_n licence_v they_o 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or_o dispense_v with_o they_o to_o execute_v their_o function_n in_o the_o church_n 1676._o church_n consecr_n of_o protest_v bps._n vindicated_n c._n 4._o p._n 445._o a._n bp._n br._n w._n t._n 1._o edit_n dub._n 1676._o pamphl_n but_o if_o you_o look_v narrow_o into_o the_o word_n of_o the_o instrument_n you_o may_v observe_v that_o the_o cardinal_n very_o cautious_o here_o say_v not_o dispensamus_fw-la or_o recipimus_fw-la in_o the_o present_a as_o he_o do_v in_o every_o one_o of_o his_o other_o dispensing_n but_o dispensabimus_fw-la in_o the_o future_a a._n bp._n br._n it_o may_v perhaps_o be_v object_v that_o the_o dispensative_a word_n be_v recipiemus_fw-la we_o will_v receive_v not_o we_o do_v receive_v i_o answer_v the_o case_n be_v all_o one_o if_o it_o be_v unlawful_a to_o receive_v they_o in_o the_o present_a it_o be_v as_o unlawful_a to_o receive_v they_o in_o the_o future_a ibid._n future_a ibid._n pamphl_n he_o say_v not_o recipiemus_fw-la simple_o but_o with_o a_o 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whether_o they_o be_v confirm_v by_o a_o general_n or_o by_o a_o special_a dispensation_n so_o they_o be_v confirm_v or_o dispense_v with_o at_o all_o to_o hold_v all_o their_o benefice_n and_o to_o exercise_v their_o respective_a function_n in_o the_o church_n which_o no_o man_n can_v deny_v ibid._n deny_v ibid._n pamphl_n that_o the_o roman_a bishop_n hold_v not_o the_o order_n receive_v by_o the_o new_a form_n sufficient_o valid_a be_v clear_a from_o the_o bishop_n of_o gloucester_n his_o degrade_n ridley_n only_o from_o his_o presbytership_n not_o his_o episcopacy_n for_o say_v he_o we_o do_v not_o acknowledge_v you_o for_o a_o bishop_n mr._n mason_n ridley_n be_v consecrate_v by_o the_o old_a form_n and_o therefore_o this_o objection_n be_v impertinent_a 1625._o impertinent_a mas_o vindic._n eccl._n angl._n l_o 2._o c._n 15._o §._o 10._o p_o 209._o edit_fw-la lond._n 1625._o pamp._n the_o same_o you_o may_v see_v in_o fox_n concern_v hooper_n make_v priest_n by_o the_o old_a 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