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provide_v always_o and_o nevertheless_o be_v it_o enact_v by_o the_o authority_n aforesaid_a that_o no_o person_n or_o person_n shall_v at_o any_o time_n hereafter_o be_v impeach_v or_o molest_v in_o body_n land_n live_n or_o good_n by_o occasion_n or_o mean_v of_o any_o certificate_n by_o any_o archbishop_n or_o bishop_n heretofore_o make_v or_o before_o the_o last_o day_n of_o this_o present_a session_n of_o parliament_n to_o be_v make_v by_o virtue_n of_o any_o act_n make_v in_o the_o first_o session_n of_o parliament_n touch_v or_o concern_v the_o refusal_n of_o the_o oath_n declare_v and_o set_v forth_o by_o act_n of_o parliament_n in_o the_o first_o year_n of_o the_o reign_n of_o our_o say_a sovereign_a lady_n queen_n elizabeth_n any_o thing_n in_o this_o act_n or_o any_o other_o act_n or_o statute_n she_o tofore_o make_v to_o the_o contrary_a notwithstanding_o 7._o the_o seasonable_a interpose_v of_o this_o statute_n make_v it_o a_o draw_v battle_n betwixt_o horn_n and_o bonner_n supersede_v their_o suit_n supersede_v the_o former_a part_n thereof_o here_o allege_v clear_v horn_n his_o episcopacy_n from_o all_o cavil_n of_o law_n the_o late_a proviso_n be_v purposely_o insert_v in_o favour_n of_o bonner_n who_o here_o himself_o find_v that_o which_o he_o never_o show_v to_o other_o that_o he_o as_o all_o other_o popish_a bishop_n deprive_v may_v be_v no_o more_o molest_v for_o refuse_v the_o oath_n of_o supremacy_n the_o parliament_n see_v they_o have_v already_o lose_v their_o livelihood_n and_o liberty_n for_o their_o erroneous_a conscience_n and_o have_v receive_v their_o thirty_o nine_o stripe_n more_o than_o which_o the_o state_n think_v not_o fit_a to_o inflict_v lest_o their_o justice_n shall_v degenerate_v into_o cruelty_n 8._o the_o enact_v of_o this_o statute_n do_v not_o stop_v the_o rail_a mouth_n of_o papist_n against_o our_o bishop_n but_o only_o make_v they_o alter_v their_o note_n and_o change_v their_o tune_n in_o revile_v they_o former_o they_o condemn_v they_o as_o illegal_a who_o calling_n be_v not_o sufficient_o warrant_v by_o the_o law_n of_o the_o land_n henceforward_o 〈…〉_o henceforward_o 〈…〉_o sanders_n and_o other_o rail_v on_o they_o for_o parliamentary_a bishop_n derive_v all_o their_o power_n and_o commission_n from_o the_o state_n but_o as_o well_o may_v the_o jesuit_n term_v 17._o term_v 〈…〉_o pag._n 449._o cuâ—on_n 17._o shemaiah_n nethaniah_n prerogative_n levites_n because_o send_v by_o jehâ—saphat_n to_o preach_v the_o word_n to_o the_o people_n of_o the_o land_n for_o that_o good_a king_n do_v not_o give_v but_o quicken_v and_o encourage_v their_o commission_n to_o teach_v as_o here_o the_o parliament_n do_v only_o publish_v notify_v and_o declare_v the_o legal_a authority_n of_o the_o english_a bishop_n who_o call_n and_o consecration_n to_o their_o place_n be_v former_o perform_v derive_v from_o apostolical_a or_o at_o leastwise_o ecclesiastical_a institution_n 9_o these_o be_v the_o prime_n of_o the_o first_o set_v of_o puritan_n 8._o anno_fw-la regin_v eliza._n 8._o 1567._o anno_fw-la dom._n 1567._o nonconformiâ—â—s_n the_o ring_n leader_n of_o the_o second_o set_v of_o nonconformiâ—â—s_n which_o be_v very_o age_v expire_v for_o the_o most_o part_n at_o or_o about_o this_o time_n when_o behold_v another_o generation_n of_o active_a and_o zealous_a nonconformist_n succeed_v they_o of_o these_o coleman_n button_n halingham_n and_o benson_n who_o christian_a name_n i_o can_v recover_v be_v the_o chief_a inveigh_v against_o the_o establish_a church-discipline_n account_v every_o thing_n from_o rome_n which_o be_v not_o from_o geneva_n endeavour_v in_o all_o thing_n to_o conform_v the_o government_n of_o the_o english_a church_n to_o the_o presbyterian_a reformation_n add_v these_o three_o more_o though_o of_o inferior_a note_n to_o the_o aforesaid_a quaternion_n william_n white_a thomas_n rowland_n robert_n hawkins_n all_o benefice_a within_o the_o diocese_n of_o london_n and_o take_v a_o taste_n of_o their_o spirit_n out_o of_o the_o register_n thereof_o 10._o for_o this_o
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