Selected quad for the lemma: land_n
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A38840
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The Evil eye plucked out, or, A discourse proving that church revenues cannot be alienated by any secular persons or powers without a manifest violation of the known fundamental laws of this kingdom, and of publick justice, and a common-honesty
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Wing E3555; ESTC R6758
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whether_o the_o parliament_n have_v enact_v it_o or_o no_o for_o in_o the_o year_n of_o our_o lord_n 1532._o 8.24_o hen._n 8.24_o &_o anno_fw-la regni_fw-la 24._o he_o suppress_v the_o collegiate_n body_n of_o the_o holy_a trinity_n in_o london_n and_o give_v their_o plate_n and_o land_n to_o his_o new_a favourite_n and_o keeper_n sir_n thomas_n audley_n and_o do_v not_o tarry_v for_o the_o act_n of_o parliament_n which_o come_v not_o forth_o till_o the_o year_n of_o our_o lord_n 1535._o 8._o 27_o h_n n_o 8._o &_o anno_fw-la regni_fw-la 27._o nor_o dare_v the_o parliament_n do_v less_o than_o humour_n he_o for_o fear_v of_o their_o head_n he_o have_v so_o awe_v they_o in_o not_o spare_v the_o blood_n of_o their_o predecessor_n and_o those_o who_o have_v the_o great_a integrity_n and_o courage_n he_o quick_o cut_v off_o out_o of_o the_o way_n of_o his_o design_n but_o do_v you_o judge_v now_o will_v it_o not_o have_v be_v think_v a_o bless_a and_o a_o just_a act_n of_o himself_o and_o the_o commons_o have_v they_o thus_o cut_v off_o the_o revenue_n of_o the_o baron_n or_o if_o himself_o and_o the_o lord_n have_v thus_o devest_v the_o commons_o of_o their_o estate_n or_o if_o himself_o and_o the_o clergy_n in_o their_o convocation_n have_v thus_o enact_v the_o disseize_v of_o the_o laity_n but_o good_a god_n what_o will_v not_o a_o powerful_a lecher_n do_v when_o revenge_n and_o gain_n spur_v he_o on_o one_o side_n and_o he_o be_v sure_a to_o meet_v with_o nothing_o but_o helpless_a tear_n and_o word_n to_o oppose_v he_o it_o be_v certain_a there_o have_v not_o be_v in_o the_o whole_a world_n so_o great_a a_o dishonour_n and_o so_o vile_a a_o scandal_n to_o the_o protestant_a religion_n as_o the_o impious_a practice_n of_o this_o dissolute_a prince_n and_o yet_o after_o all_o this_o that_o he_o may_v gather_v together_o the_o fragment_n of_o this_o shipwreck_v honour_n which_o he_o have_v so_o rash_o prostitute_v in_o the_o sight_n of_o all_o christendom_n he_o begin_v at_o length_n to_o stick_v some_o little_a feather_n of_o the_o goose_n that_o he_o have_v pluck_v and_o make_v some_o small_a show_n of_o love_n to_o the_o church_n who_o he_o have_v ravish_v by_o raise_v towards_o his_o latter_a end_n here_o and_o there_o a_o little_a bishopric_n which_o by_o their_o endowment_n may_v be_v discern_v to_o have_v proceed_v from_o a_o very_a moderate_a zeal_n and_o by_o the_o slenderness_n of_o their_o revenue_n in_o respect_n of_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o kingdom_n as_o the_o bishopric_n of_o oxon._n 8._o 31.32.33_o hen._n 8._o value_v in_o the_o king_n book_n at_o 354_o l._n 16_o s._n 4_o d._n ob_fw-la found_v hen._n 8.33_o peterborough_n value_v per_fw-la annum_fw-la in_o the_o king_n book_n 414_o l._n 19_o s._n 11_o d._n found_v hen._n 8.31_o gloucester_n value_v per_fw-la annum_fw-la 315_o l._n 17_o s._n 8_o d._n hen._n 8._o 31._o the_o bishopric_n of_o bristol_n value_v per_fw-la annum_fw-la 338_o l._n 8_o s._n 4_o l._n hen._n 8.31_o c._n 9_o and_o although_o he_o finger_v the_o revenue_n of_o the_o bishopric_n of_o norwich_n yet_o he_o substitute_v other_o land_n and_o to_o excuse_v the_o exchange_n allege_v that_o they_o be_v of_o more_o value_n than_o those_o he_o take_v as_o be_v express_v in_o the_o statute_n hen._n 8.32.47_o 8.47_o 32_o hen._n 8.47_o this_o be_v a_o poor_a pittance_n in_o proportion_n to_o that_o he_o take_v and_o yet_o be_v engage_v by_o his_o promise_n and_o princely_a word_n to_o advance_v the_o glory_n of_o god_n without_o which_o the_o commons_o notwithstanding_o that_o dastardly_a fear_n they_o be_v possess_v with_o will_v never_o have_v past_o that_o act_n for_o the_o dissolution_n 27_o hen._n 8._o so_o that_o we_o have_v a_o here_o fair_a example_n how_o much_o such_o person_n design_v the_o glory_n of_o god_n or_o any_o countenance_n to_o religion_n nor_o do_v that_o argument_n which_o some_o have_v bring_v from_o any_o emergent_a necessity_n of_o affair_n for_o any_o robbery_n or_o depilation_n of_o the_o church_n signify_v any_o more_o to_o justify_v such_o a_o proceed_n than_o the_o former_a bring_v from_o a_o number_n of_o impious_a fact_n for_o first_o evil_a be_v not_o to_o be_v do_v that_o good_a may_v come_v of_o it_o and_o such_o it_o must_v be_v confess_v to_o be_v to_o take_v away_o man_n property_n and_o to_o spoil_v the_o innocent_a nor_o be_v every_o thing_n that_o be_v call_v a_o necessity_n such_o indeed_o or_o if_o it_o be_v 162._o justin_n jastitut_o tit_n digest_v 162._o quae_fw-la propter_fw-la necessitatem_fw-la recepta_fw-la sunt_fw-la non_fw-la debent_fw-la in_o argumentum_fw-la trahi_fw-la nor_o be_v it_o equal_a for_o any_o sort_n of_o man_n to_o spoil_v and_o disseise_v another_o sort_n on_o the_o pretence_n of_o pure_a necessity_n when_o it_o be_v indeed_o to_o the_o security_n and_o ease_n of_o themselves_o for_o this_o be_v to_o make_v those_o that_o be_v party_n judge_n which_o no_o law_n ever_o allow_v nor_o themselves_o will_v be_v content_a to_o suffer_v or_o suppose_v that_o necessity_n shall_v supersede_n all_o right_a suppose_v it_o shall_v be_v lawful_a 11.50_o caiaphas_n maxim_n joh._n 11.50_o to_o kill_v one_o man_n to_o save_v a_o nation_n or_o to_o undo_v one_o sort_n of_o man_n to_o save_v the_o rest_n and_o withal_o that_o such_o a_o necessity_n shall_v fall_v on_o this_o kingdom_n i_o will_v fain_o know_v by_o what_o law_n of_o god_n or_o man_n the_o clergy_n only_o shall_v be_v the_o devovoted_a people_n and_o that_o their_o maintenance_n shall_v be_v sacrifice_v more_o than_o the_o estate_n of_o other_o joseph_n example_n in_o egypt_n will_v hardly_o allow_v this_o who_o for_o the_o preservation_n of_o the_o life_n of_o the_o egyptian_n when_o he_o take_v the_o estate_n of_o other_o man_n to_o the_o king_n advantage_n meddle_v not_o with_o the_o land_n of_o the_o priest_n 47.26_o gen._n 47.26_o but_o leave_v their_o revenue_n as_o free_a as_o pharaoh_n much_o less_o do_v he_o sell_v it_o to_o maintain_v or_o ease_v other_o if_o necessity_n must_v fall_v let_v it_o fall_v on_o all_o man_n alike_o where_o all_o lift_n together_o the_o great_a load_n will_v become_v portable_a and_o true_o law_n maxim_n of_o the_o common_a law_n in_o pari_fw-la necessitate_v potior_fw-la est_fw-la conditio_fw-la possidentis_fw-la in_o like_a necessity_n the_o condition_n of_o the_o possessor_n be_v most_o advantageous_a the_o law_n tell_v we_o 12._o bracton_n lib._n 2._o fol._n 12._o that_o the_o church_n be_v in_o the_o condition_n of_o aminor_a ecclesia_fw-la fungitur_fw-la vice_fw-la minoris_fw-la and_o it_o be_v a_o strange_a piece_n of_o degenerous_a inhumanity_n to_o spoil_v a_o minor_a 2._o justin_n jastitut_o tit_n digest_v 110._o §._o 2._o pupillus_n pati_fw-la posse_fw-la non_fw-la intelligitur_fw-la that_o pupil_n shall_v be_v expose_v no_o government_n ever_o allow_v or_o endure_v it_o be_v true_a there_o be_v some_o cause_n for_o which_o clergyman_n as_o well_o as_o other_o may_v be_v disseise_v as_o in_o case_n of_o treason_n and_o the_o like_a 29._o mag._n char._n cap._n 29._o but_o no_o man_n must_v be_v disseise_v before_o he_o be_v convict_v nor_o when_o he_o be_v convict_v can_v he_o loose_v more_o than_o he_o have_v which_o in_o ecclesiastical_a preferment_n be_v only_o for_o the_o life_n of_o the_o clerk_n after_o his_o death_n they_o do_v cedere_fw-la successori_fw-la go_v to_o the_o successor_n and_o in_o the_o vacancy_n no_o waist_n be_v suffer_v by_o the_o law_n 5._o 14_o edw._n 3._o pro_fw-la clero_fw-la cap._n 4_o 5._o in_o manor_n park_n pond_n or_o warren_n etc._n etc._n no_o fine_n be_v to_o be_v levy_v of_o tenant_n nor_o any_o under_o wood_n to_o be_v fell_v nor_o any_o other_o thing_n do_v which_o may_v tend_v to_o the_o disherison_n of_o the_o church_n 14_o edw._n 3._o c._n 4._o &_o 5._o pro_fw-la clero_fw-la nor_o will_v any_o consent_n of_o the_o possessor_n if_o they_o shall_v be_v so_o perfidious_a make_v a_o alienation_n ever_o the_o more_o legal_a for_o though_o they_o be_v usufructuary_n their_o interest_n extend_v but_o to_o their_o own_o time_n 46._o ulpian_n lib._n 46._o nemo_fw-la plus_fw-la juris_fw-la ad_fw-la alium_fw-la transfer_v potest_fw-la quam_fw-la ipse_fw-la haberet_fw-la no_o man_n can_v transfer_v to_o other_o a_o great_a right_o than_o himself_o have_v and_o if_o such_o estate_n shall_v ever_o discontinue_v from_o that_o use_n and_o end_n whereunto_o by_o the_o grant_v and_o will_n of_o the_o donor_n they_o be_v original_o design_v they_o ought_v both_o in_o equity_n and_o law_n to_o return_v to_o they_o again_o or_o to_o their_o heir_n this_o be_v certain_a that_o it_o be_v the_o most_o reasonable_a thing_n in_o the_o world_n that_o every_o man_n shall_v do_v what_o he_o think_v fit_a with_o his_o own_o and_o this_o be_v as_o certain_a that_o to_o pervert_v or_o frustrate_v the_o