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over_o the_o estate_n ecclesiastical_a and_o spiritual_a etc._n etc._n the_o seventeen_o paragraph_n in_o keeble_n book_n of_o statute_n it_o be_v enact_v that_o such_o jurisdiction_n etc._n etc._n spiritual_a and_o ecclesiastical_a as_o by_o any_o spiritual_a or_o ecclesiastical_a power_n or_o authority_n have_v heretofore_o be_v or_o may_v lawful_o be_v exercise_v or_o use_v for_o the_o visitation_n of_o the_o ecclesiastical_a state_n and_o person_n and_o for_o reformation_n order_n and_o correction_n of_o the_o same_o and_o of_o all_o manner_n of_o error_n etc._n etc._n abuse_n offence_n contempt_n and_o enormity_n shall_v for_o ever_o by_o authority_n of_o this_o present_a parliament_n be_v unite_v to_o the_o crown_n by_o the_o 18_o paragraph_n of_o that_o act_n the_o queen_n and_o her_o successor_n have_v power_n by_o virtue_n of_o this_o act_n instantiâ—m_fw-la by_o letter_n patent_n under_o the_o great_a seal_n to_o assign_v etc._n etc._n as_o often_o as_o they_o shall_v think_v meet_a and_o for_o such_o time_n such_o person_n or_o person_n as_o the_o queen_n etc._n etc._n shall_v think_v meet_a to_o exercise_v all_o manner_n of_o jurisdiction_n ecclesiastical_a or_o spiritual_a and_o to_o visit_v reform_v redress_n order_n correct_v and_o amend_v all_o such_o error_n etc._n etc._n abuse_n offence_n contempt_n and_o anormity_n whatsoever_o which_o by_o any_o manner_n of_o spiritual_a or_o ecclesiastical_a power_n authority_n or_o jurisdiction_n can_v or_o lawful_o may_v be_v reform_v ordered_n redress_v correct_v restrain_a or_o amend_v and_o such_o person_n or_o person_n so_o to_o be_v name_v etc._n etc._n shall_v have_v full_a power_n by_o virtue_n of_o this_o act_n and_o of_o the_o say_a letter_n patent_n to_o exercise_v use_v and_o execute_v all_o the_o premise_n according_a to_o the_o tenor_n and_o effect_n of_o the_o say_a letter_n patent_n see_v sir_n edw._n coke_n 4._o inst._n in_o his_o chapter_n of_o ecclesiastical_a court_n fol._n 324_o 325._o and_o see_v the_o 3d._n obseru._n fol._n 326._o observe_v the_o word_n viz._n it_o be_v enact_v out_o of_o necessity_n etc._n etc._n and_o ibid._n necessity_n do_v cause_v this_o commission_n and_o it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v exercise_v but_o upon_o necessity_n for_o it_o be_v never_o intend_v that_o it_o shall_v be_v a_o continual_a stand_a commission_n etc._n etc._n that_o the_o main_a object_n of_o that_o act_n be_v to_o deprive_v the_o popish_a clergy_n almere_n case_n and_o tailor_n and_o massie_n case_n leave_v to_o the_o proper_a diocesan_n upon_o the_o last_o recite_v clause_n in_o that_o of_o 1._o eliz._n be_v ground_v the_o late_a court_n call_v the_o high_a commission_n court_n from_o which_o act_n it_o may_v be_v observe_v and_o collect_v that_o it_o need_v a_o act_n of_o parliament_n to_o give_v such_o authority_n to_o the_o queen_n to_o grant_v such_o letter_n patent_n or_o commission_n and_o that_o without_o a_o act_n of_o parliament_n such_o commission_n can_v not_o have_v be_v 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ecclesiastical_a power_n can_v
or_o lawful_o may_v be_v reform_v redress_v correct_v etc._n etc._n in_o sir_n edw._n coke_n 12_o rep._n fol._n 49_o it_o be_v resolve_v trin._n 6._o jae_n per_fw-la totam_fw-la curiam_fw-la in_o the_o court_n of_o common-plea_n there_o be_v then_o five_o judge_n of_o that_o court_n coke_n be_v chief_a justice_n that_o the_o high_a commissioner_n by_o virtue_n of_o their_o commission_n and_o that_o act_n of_o parliament_n aught_o to_o proceed_v according_a to_o ecclesiastical_a law._n second_o if_o their_o commission_n give_v they_o any_o power_n which_o be_v not_o allow_v or_o warrant_v by_o that_o act_n of_o parliament_n it_o be_v not_o legal_a which_o prove_v that_o such_o power_n can_v be_v exercise_v by_o a_o commission_n under_o the_o great_a seal_n mere_o without_o a_o act_n of_o parliament_n see_v drake_n case_v in_o justice_n croke_n report_n of_o the_o time_n of_o king_n charles_n fol._n 220._o there_o it_o be_v also_o resolve_v that_o the_o king_n by_o his_o commissioner_n 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vicegerent_n and_o other_o commission_n to_o other_o by_o his_o appointment_n and_o he_o refer_v to_o the_o commission_n at_o large_a insert_v in_o his_o book_n of_o precedent_n see_v in_o the_o same_o 12._o rep._n of_o sir_n edw._n coke_n f._n 88_o excellent_a rule_n to_o be_v observe_v upon_o such_o extraordinary_a commission_n viz._n they_o ought_v to_o be_v solemn_o read_v for_o they_o may_v possible_o contain_v many_o thing_n against_o the_o law_n as_o the_o commission_n in_o that_o case_n mention_v do_v the_o commissioner_n may_v every_o one_o of_o they_o require_v copy_n of_o the_o commission_n the_o commissioner_n ought_v to_o sit_v in_o a_o open_a place_n and_o at_o certain_a day_n note_v also_o that_o such_o commission_n ought_v not_o to_o be_v keep_v secret_a but_o they_o ought_v to_o be_v enrol_v in_o the_o chancery_n that_o the_o subject_n may_v be_v under_o a_o know_a authority_n see_v sir_n coke_n 4._o instit._fw-la fol._n 332._o the_o middle_a of_o that_o fol._n and_o upon_o irregular_a and_o illegal_a commission_n in_o ecclesiastical_a cause_n the_o remedy_n be_v by_o prohibition_n out_o of_o the_o court_n at_o westminster_n in_o the_o same_o 4_o instit._n fol._n 340._o the_o author_n have_v this_o note_n nota_fw-la 340._o stephen_n gardiner_n bishop_n of_o winchester_n be_v deprive_v at_o lambeth_n by_o commission_n from_o king_n edward_n the_o vi_o make_v to_o ten_o person_n proceed_v upon_o it_o ex_fw-la officio_fw-la mero_fw-la mixto_fw-la vel_fw-la promoto_fw-la omni_fw-la appellatione_fw-la remotâ_fw-la summarie_n de_fw-fr plano_fw-la absque_fw-la omni_fw-la forma_fw-la &_o figura_fw-la judicii_fw-la sola_fw-la facti_fw-la veritate_fw-la inspecta_fw-la the_o author_n pass_v no_o opinion_n upon_o it_o quaere_fw-la by_o what_o law_n this_o be_v warrant_v it_o must_v be_v rare_a and_o extraordinary_a otherwise_o sir_n edw._n coke_n will_v not_o have_v so_o special_o mention_v it_o but_o a_o facto_fw-la ad_fw-la jus_fw-la non_fw-la valet_fw-la argumentum_fw-la note_v that_o part_n of_o the_o act_n of_o 1_o eliz._n viz._n the_o 18_o paragraph_n before_o verbatim_o transcribe_v viz._n of_o the_o queen_n eliz._n and_o her_o successor_n grant_v such_o letter_n patent_n or_o commission_n in_o ecclesiastical_a cause_n be_v repeal_v by_o the_o act_n make_v 16_o car._n 1._o cap._n 11._o see_v it_o in_o mr._n keeble_n book_n of_o statute_n at_o large_a see_v the_o last_o paragr_n or_o clause_n in_o that_o act_n of_o repeal_n of_o 16_o car._n 1._o it_o be_v enact_v that_o no_o new_a court_n shall_v be_v erect_v or_o appoint_v which_o shall_v have_v the_o like_a power_n or_o jurisdiction_n as_o the_o high_a commissioner_n have_v or_o pretend_v to_o have_v but_o that_o all_o such_o letter_n patent_n commission_n and_o grant_n and_o all_o power_n and_o authority_n thereby_o grant_v and_o all_o act_n sentence_n and_o decree_n to_o be_v make_v by_o virtue_n or_o colour_n of_o they_o shall_v be_v void_a note_v the_o late_a act_n of_o 13_o car._n 2._o cap._n 12._o in_o mr._n keeble_n book_n of_o statute_n do_v declare_v that_o the_o ordinary_a power_n of_o arch-bishop_n and_o bishop_n be_v not_o take_v away_o by_o that_o repeal_n act_n of_o 17_o car._n 1._o cap._n 11._o as_o this_o last_o act_n date_n it_o but_o by_o this_o act_n of_o 13_o car._n 2._o cap._n 12._o in_o the_o second_o paragraph_n the_o aforesaid_a repeal_n act_n of_o 17_o car._n 1._o and_o all_o the_o matter_n and_o clause_n therein_o contain_v except_v what_o concern_v the_o high_a commission_n court_n or_o the_o new_a erection_n of_o some_o such_o like_a court_n by_o commission_n be_v repeal_v see_v the_o three_o paragraph_n also_o of_o the_o act_n of_o 13._o car._n 2._o that_o the_o high_a commission_n court_n shall_v not_o be_v revive_v so_o that_o i_o conceive_v no_o such_o commission_n nor_o letter_n patent_n can_v now_o be_v grant_v but_o the_o repeal_n act_n of_o 16_o or_o 17_o car._n 1._o stand_v in_o force_n against_o it_o by_o what_o law_n or_o rule_v cromwell_n in_o the_o time_n of_o king_n henry_n viii_o and_o by_o what_o instruction_n he_o act_v do_v not_o appear_v the_o commission_n to_o make_v he_o vicar_n general_n which_o be_v sure_o in_o imitation_n of_o what_o have_v be_v use_v by_o the_o pope_n in_o the_o time_n of_o his_o usurpation_n or_o that_o of_o vicegerent_n in_o ecclesiastical_a matter_n which_o seem_v to_o be_v new_a and_o prime_a impressionis_fw-la be_v not_o now_o to_o be_v find_v of_o which_o dr._n burnet_n in_o the_o history_n of_o the_o reformation_n of_o the_o church_n of_o england_n folii_fw-la make_v some_o probable_a conjecture_n fol._n 181._o and_o wherein_o consist_v the_o difference_n between_o those_o two_o authority_n and_o title_n and_o the_o commission_n for_o the_o exercise_n of_o they_o be_v not_o easy_a to_o find_v out_o but_o the_o thing_n then_o principal_o design_v be_v to_o suppress_v the_o religious_a house_n belong_v to_o the_o regular_a clergy_n which_o be_v great_a support_v to_o 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time_n have_v divers_a previledge_n which_o they_o claim_v by_o prescription_n and_o among_o other_o not_o to_o contribute_v to_o the_o wage_n of_o the_o knight_n of_o the_o shire_n now_o the_o privilege_n must_v be_v as_o ancient_a as_o their_o tenure_n and_o service_n for_o their_o privilege_n come_v by_o reason_n of_o their_o service_n and_o their_o service_n be_v know_v by_o all_o to_o be_v before_o the_o conquest_n in_o the_o time_n of_o edward_n the_o confessor_n and_o in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o conqueror_n and_o it_o be_v express_o say_v by_o this_o learned_a and_o reverend_a judge_n that_o these_o tenant_n in_o ancient_a demesn_a claim_v this_o by_o prescription_n and_o it_o can_v not_o be_v so_o if_o the_o wage_n of_o the_o knight_n of_o the_o shire_n have_v begin_v within_o memory_n of_o man_n or_o of_o any_o record_n therefore_o it_o clear_o follow_v that_o knight_n of_o the_o shire_n to_o serve_v in_o parliament_n and_o the_o pay_a wage_n to_o they_o for_o their_o 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nor_o the_o great_a that_o have_v be_v guilty_a in_o this_o kind_n nor_o be_v it_o any_o proof_n of_o illiterateness_n nor_o to_o be_v charge_v only_o upon_o the_o profession_n of_o the_o common_a law_n as_o if_o it_o be_v a_o absurdity_n peculiar_a to_o we_o for_o the_o antiquity_n of_o the_o like_a etymology_n it_o be_v of_o above_o a_o thousand_o year_n stand_v and_o for_o the_o authority_n of_o it_o it_o be_v to_o be_v meet_v with_o in_o the_o imperial_a law_n of_o justinian_n the_o roman_a emperor_n and_o the_o last_o of_o the_o roman_a emperor_n even_o in_o the_o very_a text_n of_o the_o civil_a law_n it_o make_v the_o etymology_n of_o testamentum_fw-la exit_fw-la eo_fw-la appellatur_fw-la say_v the_o text_n quod_fw-la testatio_fw-la mentis_fw-la est_fw-la allusione_fw-la quadam_fw-la etymologica_fw-la ostendit_fw-la rei_fw-la &_o vocis_fw-la convenientiam_fw-la say_v vinius_n in_o his_o comment_n fol._n 270._o nomen_fw-la ab_fw-la officio_fw-la convenienter_fw-la habet_fw-la and_o vinius_n say_v further_a estque_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la allusiva_fw-la derivandi_fw-la ratio_fw-la omnibus_fw-la auctoribus_fw-la admodum_fw-la familiaris_fw-la in_o jocis_fw-la venustas_fw-la delectat_fw-la qualis_fw-la est_fw-la illa_fw-la ciceronis_fw-la fides_n quia_fw-la fiat_fw-la quod_fw-la dictum_fw-la est_fw-la and_o sir_n e._n c._n it_o may_v be_v be_v prompt_v to_o this_o etymon_n from_o that_o ancient_a author_n the_o mirror_n of_o just._n who_o in_o the_o place_n i_o before_o cite_v c._n 1._o sect_n 3._o though_o he_o do_v not_o express_o mention_v the_o word_n parliament_n yet_o speak_v of_o it_o under_o another_o name_n he_o tell_v we_o what_o their_o property_n be_v viz._n a_o parlour_n la_fw-fr ment._n thus_o much_o by_o way_n of_o digression_n for_o the_o vindication_n of_o that_o honour_n of_o our_o profession_n sir_n e._n c._n to_o who_o not_o only_o his_o own_o but_o all_o posterity_n be_v high_o oblige_v especial_o our_o profession_n the_o register_n of_o 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