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decernenda_fw-la censuerit_fw-la ibidem_fw-la tab._n 2._o in_o synod_n nationali_fw-la vel_fw-la provinciali_fw-la regis_fw-la rescripto_fw-la convocato_fw-la nihil_fw-la tractari_fw-la aut_fw-la determinari_fw-la potest_fw-la nisi_fw-la eo_fw-la assentiente_fw-la nec_fw-la quicquam_fw-la vim_o legis_fw-la obtinet_fw-la priusquam_fw-la regalis_fw-la assensus_fw-la adhibitus_fw-la fuerit_fw-la dr._n zouch_n descript_n juris_fw-la eccles._n p._n 1._o sect._n 2._o see_v also_o to_o the_o same_o purpose_n dr._n duck_n de_fw-fr authoritate_fw-la juris_fw-la civilis_fw-la in_o anglia_fw-it lib._n 2._o cap._n 8._o p._n 3._o sect_n 27._o and_o the_o lord_n chief_a justice_n cook_n 4._o p._n instit_fw-la cap._n 74._o cite_v thereby_o he_o 2_o the_o king_n himself_o in_o the_o proclamation_n before_o mention_v declare_v that_o such_o canon_n constitution_n etc._n etc._n agree_v upon_o by_o the_o archbishop_n bishop_n and_o clergy_n of_o ireland_n to_o the_o end_n and_o purpose_n by_o he_o 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indeed_o follow_v that_o no_o canon_n nor_o ordinance_n shall_v be_v make_v or_o put_v in_o execution_n by_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o convocation_n of_o the_o clergy_n which_o shall_v be_v contrariant_n or_o repugnant_a to_o the_o king_n prerogative_n royal_a or_o the_o custom_n and_o statute_n of_o this_o realm_n etc._n etc._n rastal_n collection_n word_n rome_n numb_a 1._o law_n 1._o which_o statutis_fw-la be_v but_o declaratory_o of_o the_o common_a law_n say_v my_o lord_n coke_n 4._o instit_fw-la cap._n 74._o p._n 323._o so_o that_o the_o same_o be_v ground_v both_o on_o statâ—to_n and_o common_a law_n the_o like_a statute_n to_o this_o particular_a we_o have_v enact_v in_o ireland_n entitle_v a_o act_n against_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n in_o vicessimo_fw-la octavo_fw-la hen._n 8._o and_o refer_v to_o in_o the_o proclamation_n before_o speak_v of_o in_o the_o second_o consideration_n a_o great_a lawyer_n one_o mr._n j.m._n in_o a_o speech_n before_o a_o committee_n of_o the_o lord_n at_o the_o parliament_n hold_v anno_fw-la 1641._o have_v occasion_n to_o speak_v of_o this_o statute_n for_o his_o speech_n be_v against_o the_o canon_n make_v the_o year_n before_o avouch_v plain_o that_o that_o clause_n the_o clergy_n shall_v not_o make_v canon_n without_o the_o king_n leave_n impli_v not_o that_o by_o his_o leave_n alone_o they_o may_v make_v they_o but_o certain_o the_o most_o know_a man_n in_o any_o science_n or_o faculty_n have_v not_o the_o privilege_n of_o never_o mistake_v in_o what_o they_o say_v for_o to_o he_o that_o advise_o consider_v the_o matter_n and_o scope_n of_o that_o statute_n it_o will_v appear_v plain_o that_o the_o abridge_n the_o over-growing_a power_n of_o the_o clergy_n assume_v by_o they_o in_o make_v and_o enact_v canon_n and_o press_v their_o authority_n on_o other_o and_o together_o with_o this_o the_o cut_v they_o off_o from_o any_o relation_n to_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n and_o make_v they_o dependent_n on_o the_o king_n alone_o for_o the_o better_a order_n of_o what_o shall_v be_v debate_v and_o determine_v in_o their_o synodical_a meeting_n be_v if_o not_o the_o only_a yet_o the_o principal_a aim_n of_o that_o statute_n add_v here_o further_o that_o a_o successive_a and_o continue_a practice_n from_o the_o time_n when_o that_o statute_n be_v make_v to_o this_o day_n deliver_v the_o best_a and_o true_a sense_n of_o it_o baldus_n it_o practiea_n est_fw-la legum_fw-la optima_fw-la intellectrix_fw-la baldus_n for_o thus_o as_o i_o have_v set_v down_o it_o be_v practise_v in_o the_o time_n of_o edward_n the_o 6_o queen_n elizabeth_n 1562._o king_n james_n anno_fw-la 1603._o king_n charles_n the_o first_o in_o this_o kingdom_n of_o ireland_n anno_fw-la 1634._o and_o though_o i_o say_v nothing_o of_o the_o canon_n themselves_o make_v in_o the_o year_n 1640._o because_o all_o authority_n as_o to_o they_o be_v annul_v by_o act_n of_o parliament_n anno_fw-la 13_o caroli_n secundi_fw-la yet_o 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 omni_fw-la repub._n christiana_n ex_fw-la authoritate_fw-la supremi_fw-la magistrate_n we_o politici_fw-la pendere_fw-la debeat_fw-la idque_fw-la &_o apart_o ant_n ut_fw-la loqui_fw-la solemus_fw-la &_o apart_o post_fw-la vir_fw-la ut_fw-la nec_fw-la iis_fw-la statuendi_fw-la canon_n ecclesiasticos_fw-la causâ_fw-la liceat_fw-la convenire_fw-la nisi_fw-la autipsius_fw-la mandato_fw-la &_o inssu_fw-la ad_fw-la id_fw-la negotii_fw-la convocatis_fw-la aut_fw-la ejus_fw-la saltem_fw-la authoritate_fw-la venia_fw-la ab_fw-la eo_fw-la petita_fw-la &_o obtenta_fw-la munitis_fw-la nec_fw-la canon_n in_o quos_fw-la illi_fw-la sic_fw-la consenserint_fw-la tali_fw-la sint_fw-la aut_fw-la vim_o aliquam_fw-la habeant_fw-la obligandi_fw-la quoad_fw-la supremi_fw-la magistratus_fw-la assensus_fw-la accedat_fw-la cujus_fw-la approbatione_fw-la &_o publica_fw-la authoritate_fw-la simulac_fw-la confirmati_fw-la fuerint_fw-la illico_fw-la pro_fw-la legibus_fw-la habendi_fw-la sunt_fw-la &_o 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