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Episcopall inheritance, or, A reply to the humble examination of a printed abstract of the answers to nine reasons of the Hovse of Commons against the votes of bishops in Parliament also a determination of the learned and reverend bishop of Sarum Englished.
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Langbaine, Gerard, 1609-1658.
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praepositus_fw-la aut_fw-la minister_fw-la regis_fw-la nec_fw-la aliquis_fw-la laicus_fw-la homo_fw-la de_fw-la legibus_fw-la quae_fw-la ad_fw-la episcopum_fw-la pertinent_fw-la se_fw-la intromittat_fw-la nec_fw-la aliquis_fw-la laicus_fw-la homo_fw-la alium_fw-la hominem_fw-la sine_fw-la justitia_fw-la episcopi_fw-la ad_fw-la judicium_fw-la adducat_fw-la iudicium_fw-la verò_fw-la in_fw-la nullum_fw-la locum_fw-la portetur_fw-la nisi_fw-la in_fw-la episcopali_fw-la sede_fw-la aut_fw-la in_fw-la illo_fw-la loco_fw-la quem_fw-la ad_fw-la hoc_fw-la episcopus_fw-la constituerit_fw-la and_o the_o punishment_n for_o disobedience_n to_o the_o ecclesiastical_a judge_n be_v much_o alike_o as_o former_o be_v enact_v under_o the_o saxon_a king_n as_o by_o king_n alured_n si_fw-la quis_fw-la dei_fw-la rectitudines_fw-la 377._o aliquas_fw-la disforciet_fw-la reddat_fw-la lashlite_fw-la cum_fw-la dacis_fw-la witam_n cum_fw-la anglis_fw-la and_o the_o same_o law_n be_v afterwards_o confirm_v and_o renew_v by_o king_n canutus_n and_o by_o other_o king_n 17._o whereby_o it_o appear_v how_o before_o the_o conquest_n and_o likewise_o after_o for_o a_o long_a time_n the_o authority_n and_o jurisdiction_n of_o the_o church_n be_v maintain_v and_o uphold_v by_o the_o settle_a law_n of_o the_o kingdom_n how_o they_o have_v power_n in_o their_o court_n to_o excomunicate_v and_o further_o by_o the_o help_n of_o the_o king_n and_o the_o sheriff_n to_o proceed_v against_o stubborn_a offender_n and_o such_o asopposed_a or_o contemn_v their_o authority_n so_o that_o here_o be_v the_o present_a practice_n and_o law_n confirm_v by_o many_o hundred_o year_n continuance_n and_o this_o be_v according_a to_o that_o which_o justinian_n say_v of_o all_o spiritual_a cause_n in_o the_o novel_a 123._o si_fw-la pro_fw-la criminal_a si_fw-la ecclesiasticum_fw-la negotium_fw-la sit_fw-la nullam_fw-la communionem_fw-la habento_fw-la civiles_fw-la magistratus_fw-la cum_fw-la ea_fw-la disceptatione_fw-la sed_fw-la religiosissimi_fw-la episcopi_fw-la negotio_fw-la finem_fw-la imponunto_fw-la if_o it_o be_v a_o ecclesiastical_a suit_n let_v the_o civil_a magistrate_n have_v nothing_o to_o do_v there_o with_o that_o plea_n but_o let_v the_o bishop_n end_v it_o whereby_o it_o appear_v that_o prohibition_n from_o the_o temporal_a court_n be_v not_o then_o allowable_a which_o certain_o come_v not_o into_o use_n till_o after_o the_o council_n of_o clarendon_n under_o hen._n 2._o wherein_o the_o clergy_n be_v enforce_v to_o appear_v in_o the_o temporal_a court_n one_o canon_n thereof_o be_v clerici_fw-la accusati_fw-la de_fw-la quacunque_fw-la re_fw-la summoniti_fw-la à _fw-la justitiario_n regis_fw-la veniant_fw-la in_fw-la curiam_fw-la responsuri_fw-la ibidem_fw-la de_fw-la hoc_fw-la unde_fw-la videbitur_fw-la curiae_fw-la regis_fw-la quid_fw-la ibi_fw-la sit_fw-la respondendum_fw-la et_fw-la in_fw-la curia_fw-la ecclesiastica_fw-la unde_fw-la videbitur_fw-la quod_fw-la ibi_fw-la sit_fw-la respondendum_fw-la ita_fw-la quod_fw-la regis_fw-la justitiarius_n mittet_fw-la in_fw-la curiam_fw-la sanctae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la ad_fw-la videndum_fw-la quo_fw-la modo_fw-la res_fw-la ibi_fw-la tractabitur_fw-la et_fw-la si_fw-la clericus_fw-la vel_fw-la confessus_fw-la vel_fw-la convictus_fw-la fuerit_fw-la non_fw-la debet_fw-la eum_fw-la de_fw-la caetero_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la tueri_fw-la but_o touch_v this_o and_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o constitution_n in_o 1164._o that_o council_n matth_n paris_n do_v sharp_o inveigh_v against_o they_o hancrecognitionem_fw-la sive_fw-la recordationem_fw-la de_fw-la consuetudinibus_fw-la et_fw-la libertatibus_fw-la iniquis_fw-la et_fw-la dignitatibus_fw-la deo_fw-la detestabilibus_fw-la archiepiscopi_fw-la episcopi_fw-la et_fw-la clerus_fw-la cum_fw-la comitibus_fw-la baronibus_fw-la et_fw-la proceris_fw-la juraverunt_fw-la and_o as_o he_o add_v his_fw-la itaque_fw-la gestis_fw-la potestas_fw-la laica_fw-la in_fw-la res_fw-la et_fw-la personas_fw-la ecclesiasticas_fw-la omnia_fw-la pro_fw-la libitu_fw-la ecclesiastico_fw-la jure_fw-la contempto_fw-la tacentibus_fw-la aut_fw-la vix_fw-la murmurantibus_fw-la episcopis_fw-la potius_fw-la quà m_fw-la resistentibus_fw-la usurpabant_fw-la and_o this_o appear_v also_o by_o that_o which_o mr_n selden_n relate_v in_o his_o note_n upon_o eadmer_n pag._n 168._o that_o long_o after_o in_o ed._n 1._o time_n the_o clergy_n have_v so_o many_o opposition_n and_o hindrance_n in_o their_o proceed_n from_o the_o temporal_a court_n that_o they_o exhibit_v a_o petitionin_n parliament_n wherein_o they_o recitethe_v grant_v and_o constitution_n of_o will_n 1._o allow_v they_o their_o own_o court_n by_o themselves_o and_o specify_v their_o complaint_n particular_o which_o hecall_v gravamina_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la anglicanae_fw-la and_o say_v they_o arethose_n selden_n mention_v in_o the_o proem_n of_o articuli_fw-la cleri_fw-la and_o in_o this_o age_n we_o have_v great_a cause_n to_o complain_v of_o prohibition_n but_o whereof_o i_o will_v say_v no_o more_o now_o as_o for_o the_o temporal_a court_n the_o conqueror_n appoint_v they_o to_o follow_v his_o court_n royal_a which_o custom_n continue_v for_o many_o year_n till_o under_o king_n john_n at_o the_o instant_a request_n of_o the_o nobility_n it_o be_v grant_v vt_fw-la communia_fw-la placita_fw-la non_fw-la sequentur_fw-la curiam_fw-la 1._o regis_fw-la sed_fw-la in_fw-la loco_fw-la certo_fw-la tenerentur_fw-la that_o the_o court_n of_o justice_n for_o common_a plea_n shall_v not_o follow_v the_o king_n court_n royal_a but_o be_v hold_v in_o a_o place_n certain_a as_o now_o common_o they_o be_v in_o westminster_n hall_n whereas_o before_o the_o king_n appoint_v one_o grand-lord_n chief_a justice_n of_o all_o england_n who_o for_o his_o authority_n and_o power_n be_v a_o great_a officer_n both_o of_o state_n and_o justice_n than_o any_o in_o these_o last_o age_n ever_o since_o that_o office_n be_v diminish_v by_o king_n ed._n 1._o and_o most_o of_o those_o great_a justice_n be_v bishop_n till_o at_o length_n the_o pope_n forbid_v it_o xxiiii_o but_o the_o court_n be_v now_o divide_v in_o the_o kingdom_n many_o hundred_o year_n the_o ancient_a manner_n be_v forget_v and_o unknown_a save_v only_o to_o the_o learned_a and_o the_o scar_n of_o the_o norman_a conquest_n be_v so_o overgrow_v that_o few_o man_n be_v sensible_a what_o relic_n of_o slavery_n do_v still_o remain_v upon_o we_o by_o change_v the_o order_n of_o the_o court_n the_o language_n of_o the_o law_n in_o great_a part_n with_o other_o thing_n that_o i_o will_v not_o now_o mention_v but_o be_v so_o settle_v by_o the_o conqueror_n and_o continue_v by_o his_o successor_n the_o temporal_a court_n in_o process_n of_o time_n grow_v too_o powerful_a for_o the_o ecclesiastical_a and_o by_o their_o injunction_n and_o prohibition_n stop_v many_o proceed_n especial_o after_o the_o council_n of_o clarendon_n under_o hen._n 2._o wherein_o the_o power_n of_o the_o clergy_n be_v much_o abate_v and_o all_o ecclesiastical_a jurisdiction_n so_o crush_v that_o it_o continue_v lame_a ever_o after_o although_o the_o clergy_n by_o appeal_n to_o rome_n do_v oftentimes_o help_v themselves_o and_o much_o molest_v their_o adversary_n at_o length_n under_o hen._n 8._o upon_o his_o breach_n with_o the_o pope_n the_o ecclesiastical_a jurisdiction_n be_v much_o abridge_v and_o restrain_v in_o very_o many_o particular_n and_o reduce_v to_o a_o narrow_a compass_n become_v much_o more_o subject_a and_o obnoxious_a to_o the_o injunction_n order_n and_o prohibition_n of_o all_o the_o temporal_a court_n that_o now_o i_o marvel_v that_o any_o shall_v complain_v or_o envy_n at_o their_o power_n or_o greatness_n there_o be_v no_o cause_n of_o any_o value_n or_o moment_n but_o by_o one_o order_n or_o other_o isdrawne_v from_o they_o to_o the_o temporal_a court_n and_o now_o at_o last_o there_o want_v not_o some_o that_o will_v have_v all_o ecclesiastical_a authority_n and_o jurisdiction_n either_o whole_o suppress_v from_o the_o first_o court_n to_o the_o last_o or_o at_o least_o so_o abate_v mingle_v or_o change_v that_o what_o form_n or_o force_n of_o government_n shall_v be_v leave_v remain_v seem_v very_o uncertain_a but_o if_o presbytery_n and_o such_o like_a consistory_n of_o the_o foreign_a and_o new_a fangle_a devise_v be_v erect_v there_o will_v follow_v great_a confusion_n and_o disorder_n to_o the_o infinite_a disturbance_n of_o peace_n and_o quietness_n in_o the_o kingdom_n by_o alteration_n ofso_o many_o law_n and_o custom_n and_o of_o the_o common_a law_n itself_o whereby_o the_o kingdom_n have_v be_v govern_v so_o many_o year_n and_o settle_v in_o peace_n and_o all_o man_n estate_n and_o land_n hold_v in_o certain_a possession_n for_o such_o great_a and_o universal_a change_n as_o will_v follow_v upon_o the_o dissolution_n of_o the_o hierarchy_n and_o take_v away_o their_o vote_n in_o parliament_n and_o other_o eminent_a part_n of_o government_n will_v produce_v such_o ill_a event_n and_o troublesome_a distraction_n as_o will_v not_o be_v pacify_v within_o the_o compass_n of_o any_o man_n life_n now_o in_o be_v which_o i_o hearty_o pray_v god_n to_o prevent_v and_o by_o his_o good_a spirit_n so_o to_o direct_v and_o bless_v the_o endeavour_n and_o counsel_n of_o the_o supreme_a court_n of_o justice_n now_o assemble_v that_o all_o our_o fear_n and_o doubt_n may_v be_v quiet_v and_o the_o voice_n of_o peace_n and_o truth_n restore_v to_o our_o dwelling_n
the_o price_n of_o his_o land_n as_o other_o zealous_a christian_n then_o do_v to_o pious_a use_n why_o 4._o have_v satan_n fill_v thy_o heart_n to_o lie_v unto_o the_o holy_a ghost_n and_o to_o keep_v back_o part_n of_o the_o price_n of_o the_o land_n while_o it_o remain_v be_v it_o not_o thy_o own_o and_o after_o it_o be_v sell_v be_v it_o not_o in_o thy_o own_o power_n but_o after_o he_o have_v give_v it_o than_o it_o be_v not_o in_o his_o own_o power_n to_o resume_v or_o detain_v a_o part_n this_o text_n deserve_v well_o to_o be_v consider_v on_o before_o man_n proceed_v to_o arbitrary_a resumption_n of_o thing_n consecrate_v to_o pious_a use_n xi_o butconcern_v the_o legislative_a power_n and_o votesof_n bishop_n in_o make_v law_n to_o regulate_v the_o commonwealth_n and_o to_o preserve_v peace_n and_o justice_n 402._o among_o all_o sort_n of_o man_n there_o be_v not_o to_o be_v forget_v a_o ancient_a law_n of_o king_n aethelstan_n that_o worthy_a king_n in_o his_o law_n have_v one_o chapter_n 11._o de_fw-la officio_fw-la episcopi_fw-la and_o quid_fw-la pertinet_fw-la ad_fw-la officium_fw-la ejus_fw-la episcopo_fw-la jure_fw-la pertinet_fw-la omnem_fw-la rectitudinem_fw-la promovere_fw-la dei_fw-la scilicet_fw-la ac_fw-la seculi_fw-la imprimis_fw-la debet_fw-la paeem_fw-la ordinatum_fw-la dei_fw-la instruere_fw-la quid_fw-la ei_fw-la jure_fw-la sit_fw-la agendum_fw-la and_o quid_fw-la secularibus_fw-la iudicare_fw-la debeant_fw-la debet_fw-la enim_fw-la sedulò_fw-la pacem_fw-la et_fw-la concordiam_fw-la operari_fw-la cum_fw-la seculi_fw-la iudicibus_fw-la qui_fw-la rectum_fw-la velle_fw-la diligunt_fw-la and_o incompellationum_fw-la adlegationem_fw-la docere_fw-la ne_fw-la quis_fw-la alij_fw-la perperà magat_fw-la in_fw-la jurejurando_fw-la vel_fw-la in_o ordalio_n nec_fw-la pati_fw-la debet_fw-la aliquam_fw-la circumventionem_fw-la injusta_fw-la mensurae_fw-la vel_fw-la injusti_fw-la ponderis_fw-la sed_fw-la convenit_fw-la ut_fw-la per_fw-la consilium_fw-la et_fw-la testimonium_fw-la eius_fw-la omne_fw-la legis_fw-la scitum_fw-la et_fw-la burgi_n mensura_fw-la et_fw-la omne_fw-la pondus_fw-la ponderis_fw-la sit_fw-la secundum_fw-la dictionem_fw-la ejus_fw-la institutum_fw-la valde_fw-la rectum_fw-la ne_fw-fr quis_fw-la proximum_fw-la suum_fw-la seducat_fw-la pro_fw-la quo_fw-la decidat_fw-la in_fw-la peccatum_fw-la et_fw-la semper_fw-la debet_fw-la christianus_fw-la providere_fw-la contra_fw-la omnia_fw-la quae_fw-la praedicta_fw-la sunt_fw-la and_o ideo_fw-la debet_fw-la se_fw-la magis_fw-la de_fw-la pluribus_fw-la intromittere_fw-la ut_fw-la sciat_fw-la quomodo_fw-la grex_fw-la agate_n quem_fw-la ad_fw-la dei_fw-la manum_fw-la custodire_fw-la suscepit_fw-la ne_fw-la diabolus_fw-la eum_fw-la laniet_fw-la nec_fw-la malum_fw-la aliquid_fw-la superseminet_fw-la nunquam_fw-la erit_fw-la populo_fw-la bene_fw-la consultum_fw-la nec_fw-la dignè_fw-la deo_fw-la conservabitur_fw-la ubi_fw-la lucrum_fw-la impium_fw-la et_fw-la magis_fw-la falsum_fw-la diligitur_fw-la ideo_fw-la debent_fw-la omnes_fw-la amici_fw-la dei_fw-la quod_fw-la iniquum_fw-la est_fw-la evervare_fw-la quod_fw-la justum_fw-la est_fw-la elevare_fw-la non_fw-la patiut_fw-la propter_fw-la falsum_fw-la et_fw-la pecuniae_fw-la quaestum_fw-la se_fw-la forisfaciant_fw-la homines_fw-la erga_fw-la verè_fw-la sapientem_fw-la deum_fw-la cui_fw-la displicet_fw-la omnis_fw-la iniustitia_fw-la christianis_fw-la autem_fw-la omnibus_fw-la necessarium_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la rectum_fw-la diligant_fw-la and_o iniqua_fw-la condemnent_fw-la and_o saltem_fw-la sacris_fw-la ordinibus_fw-la evecti_fw-la iustum_fw-la semper_fw-la erigant_fw-la et_fw-la prava_fw-la deponant_fw-la hinc_fw-la debent_fw-la episcopi_fw-la cum_fw-la seculi_fw-la judicibus_fw-la interest_fw-la iudicijs_fw-la ne_fw-la permittant_fw-la si_fw-la possint_fw-la ut_fw-la illius_fw-la culp_fw-la â_fw-la aliqua_fw-la pravitatum_fw-la germina_fw-la pullulaverint_fw-la et_fw-la sacerdotibus_fw-la pertinet_fw-la in_fw-la suà _fw-la diocesi_fw-la ut_fw-la ad_fw-la rectum_fw-la sedulo_fw-la quemcunque_fw-la juvent_fw-la nec_fw-la patiantur_fw-la si_fw-la possint_fw-la ut_fw-la christianus_fw-la aliquis_fw-la alij_fw-la noceat_fw-la non_fw-la potens_fw-la impotenti_fw-la non_fw-la summus_fw-la infimo_fw-la non_fw-la praelatus_fw-la subditis_fw-la non_fw-la dominus_fw-la hominibus_fw-la suis_fw-la vel_fw-la seruis_fw-la aut_fw-la liberis_fw-la molestus_fw-la existat_fw-la et_fw-la secundùm_fw-la episcopi_fw-la dictionem_fw-la et_fw-la per_fw-la suam_fw-la mensuram_fw-la convenit_fw-la ut_fw-la servi_fw-la testamentales_fw-la operentur_fw-la super_fw-la omnem_fw-la sciram_fw-la cui_fw-la praeest_fw-la et_fw-la rectum_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la non_fw-la sit_fw-la aliqua_fw-la mensurabilis_fw-la virga_fw-la longior_fw-la quà m_fw-la alia_fw-la sed_fw-la per_fw-la episcopi_fw-la mensuram_fw-la omnes_fw-la institutae_fw-la sint_fw-la et_fw-la exequatae_fw-la per_fw-la suam_fw-la diocesim_fw-la et_fw-la omne_fw-la pondus_fw-la constet_fw-la secundùm_fw-la dictionem_fw-la eius_fw-la et_fw-la si_fw-la aliquid_fw-la controversiarum_fw-la intersit_fw-la discernat_fw-la episcopus_fw-la et_fw-la uniuscuiusque_fw-la domini_fw-la necesse_fw-la proprium_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la compatiatur_fw-la et_fw-la condescendat_fw-la seruis_fw-la suis_fw-la sicut_fw-la indulgentiùs_fw-la poterit_fw-la qui_fw-la à _fw-la domino_fw-la deo_fw-la empti_fw-la sunt_fw-la aeque_fw-la chari_fw-la servus_fw-la et_fw-la liber_fw-la et_fw-la omnes_fw-la codem_fw-la praetio_fw-la redemit_fw-la et_fw-la omnes_fw-la sumus_fw-la dei_fw-la necessariò_fw-la servi_fw-la et_fw-la sic_fw-la judicabit_fw-la nobis_fw-la siout_fw-la antejudicavimus_fw-la eis_fw-la quibus_fw-la judicium_fw-la super_fw-la habuimus_fw-la in_fw-la terris_fw-la it_o be_v manifest_a hereby_o that_o by_o the_o ancient_a law_n of_o this_o kingdom_n what_o trust_v charge_n and_o care_n be_v repose_v in_o the_o bishop_n not_o only_o to_o direct_v matter_n ecclesiastical_a but_o also_o to_o assist_v rule_n and_o guide_v temporal_a affair_n to_o preserve_v peace_n justice_n upright_o deal_v just_a and_o true_a administration_n of_o several_a office_n and_o duty_n whereby_o religion_n be_v much_o advance_v and_o adorn_v when_o man_n be_v honest_a and_o upright_a in_o their_o action_n contract_n bargain_n andcivill_a deal_n amongthemselve_n so_o that_o they_o may_v not_o clash_v or_o oppose_v religion_n or_o such_o act_n as_o have_v special_a relation_n to_o religion_n for_o all_o public_a statute_n act_n and_o constitution_n for_o the_o most_o part_n do_v in_o some_o degree_n more_o or_o less_o trench_n upon_o religion_n and_o the_o furtherance_n or_o hindrance_n thereof_o so_o that_o they_o can_v hardly_o bedu_o and_o right_o enact_v and_o frame_v without_o the_o advice_n counsel_n and_o assistance_n of_o bishop_n and_o the_o clergy_n xii_o and_o though_o some_o canon_n may_v seem_v to_o forbid_v the_o bishop_n and_o clergy_n to_o intermeddle_v with_o secular_a affair_n yet_o that_o be_v not_o absolute_o forbid_v but_o in_o a_o qualify_a sense_n as_o in_o the_o famous_a council_n of_o cloveshoe_n under_o cuthbert_n archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n an._n 747._o canon_n 1._o negotijs_fw-la secularibus_fw-la plus_fw-la quà m_fw-la dei_fw-la servitijs_fw-la quod_fw-la ab_fw-la sit_fw-la subditus_fw-la existit_fw-la to_o attend_v secular_a affair_n more_o than_o spiritual_a and_o to_o be_v whole_o employ_v and_o conversant_a in_o temporal_a matter_n without_o due_a regard_n to_o the_o better_a part_n but_o it_o will_v not_o hinder_v sacred_a study_n nor_o the_o diligent_a preach_n of_o the_o gospel_n that_o some_o man_n at_o convenient_a time_n have_v a_o charge_n and_o oversight_n of_o temporal_a affair_n and_o the_o carriage_n of_o public_a business_n and_o concerning_o this_o see_v more_o in_o bishop_n davenant_n determination_n at_o cambridge_n quaest._n 11._o civilis_fw-la 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