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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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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 the_o popish_a hierarchy_n not_o at_o all_o to_o impeach_v the_o lawful_a power_n and_o jurisdiction_n of_o episcopacy_n for_o we_o find_v at_o the_o same_o time_n as_o cromwell_n commission_n be_v in_o force_n and_o have_v be_v then_o but_o new_o pass_v that_o cranmer_n archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n make_v his_o metropolitical_a visitation_n under_o which_o as_o i_o conceive_v most_o proper_o fall_v the_o conusance_n of_o any_o contempt_n or_o abuse_v commit_v by_o any_o of_o his_o suffragan_n bishop_n if_o not_o in_o a_o bishop_n provincial_a synod_n archiepiscopi_fw-la jurisdictioni_fw-la subsunt_fw-la immediate_a suffraganti_fw-la see_v lind._o provin_n the_o exclusion_n of_o the_o pope_n in_o the_o time_n of_o king_n hen._n viii_o make_a no_o diminution_n of_o the_o power_n or_o jurisdiction_n of_o the_o clergy_n as_o to_o determine_v of_o ecclesiastical_a cause_n or_o make_v canon_n constitution_n and_o other_o synodical_a act_n as_o be_v right_o observe_v by_o dr._n heylin_n in_o his_o introduction_n to_o the_o history_n of_o laud_n late_a archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n upon_o this_o ground_n it_o be_v that_o to_o this_o day_n they_o exercise_v all_o manner_n of_o ecclesiastical_a jurisdiction_n in_o their_o own_o name_n and_o under_o the_o distinct_a seal_n of_o their_o office_n the_o statute_n that_o make_v some_o alteration_n in_o the_o matter_n be_v all_o repeal_v see_v dr._n heylin_n introduct_n aforesaid_a ibid._n fol._n 341._o the_o legislative_a power_n in_o matter_n ecclesiastical_a continue_v in_o the_o convocation_n for_o make_v canon_n and_o constitution_n confirm_v by_o the_o king_n and_o parliament_n discipline_n and_o the_o admonition_n still_o reside_v in_o the_o bishop_n and_o those_o under_o they_o in_o case_n of_o any_o irregularity_n in_o the_o metropolitan_a resort_v must_v doubtless_o be_v to_o the_o head_n of_o the_o church_n upon_o earth_n the_o king_n as_o it_o be_v in_o the_o case_n of_o archbishop_n abbot_n who_o shoot_v at_o
a_o deer_n unfortunate_o kill_v the_o keeper_n and_o his_o jurisdiction_n he_o be_v suspend_v be_v supply_v by_o commission_n as_o you_o may_v read_v in_o dr._n heylin_n of_o the_o life_n of_o archbishop_n laud_n in_o the_o 87th_o fol._n of_o the_o book_n itself_o but_o more_o full_o fol._n 170._o the_o bishop_n of_o london_n be_v next_o in_o place_n and_o dignity_n to_o the_o metropolitan_o see_v his_o privilege_n ibid._n 185._o see_v dr._n heylin_n judgement_n in_o the_o work_n of_o reform_v the_o church_n either_o in_o doctrine_n or_o exercise_n of_o the_o discipline_n pertinent_a to_o the_o matter_n now_o in_o hand_n but_o in_o point_n of_o law_n it_o will_v be_v no_o very_o difficult_a thing_n to_o discover_v he_o to_o be_v mistake_v fol._n 327._o see_v the_o power_n of_o the_o metropolitan_a and_o of_o the_o appeal_n from_o he_o to_o a_o provincial_a synod_n and_o a_o stop_v put_v there_o and_o a_o ne_fw-fr ultra_fw-la and_o that_o there_o be_v no_o vicar_n upon_o earth_n appoint_v to_o be_v the_o supreme_a judge_n in_o ecclesiastical_a matter_n in_o the_o opinion_n of_o the_o council_n of_o nice_a discourse_v of_o by_o dr._n still_v fleet_n in_o his_o antiquity_n of_o the_o british_a church_n fol._n 100_o but_o still_o it_o must_v be_v understand_v that_o this_o fix_a power_n in_o the_o ecclesiastical_a judge_n and_o court_n in_o england_n be_v derive_v from_o the_o crown_n but_o now_o under_o the_o crown_n settle_v in_o this_o method_n not_o to_o be_v interrupt_v this_o be_v quoad_fw-la 19_o potestatem_fw-la jurisdictionis_fw-la non_fw-la ordinis_fw-la finis_fw-la introduction_n time_n and_o place_v not_o material_a unless_o the_o defendant_n make_v they_o so_o by_o his_o plea_n as_o here_o plea._n conclusion_n of_o the_o plea._n three_o point_n first_o point_n first_o proposition_n reason_n authority_n the_o town-clerk_n of_o athens_n the_o party_n to_o a_o suit._n lord_n beauch_n case_n a_o difference_n councillor_n attorney_n witness_v juror_n justa_n occasio_fw-la lequendi_fw-la the_o minor_a proposition_n the_o commons_o as_o now_o elect_v have_v ever_o be_v a_o part_n of_o the_o parliament_n dr._n heylin_n in_o the_o life_n of_o archbishop_n laud._n sir_n rob._n filmer_n dugd._n in_o his_o orig._n juridic_n mr._n pryn_n in_o his_o preface_n to_o sir_n rob._n cotton_n abr._n as_o he_o conjecture_n dr._n manwaring_n pryn_n plea_n for_o the_o lord_n â—5â—_n king_n charles_n the_o second_o fol._n 32._o fol._n 223._o of_o his_o work_n the_o commons_o as_o now_o constitute_v begin_v before_o 49_o h._n 3._o rushw._n hist._n collec_n part_n 1._o fol._n 52._o proof_n that_o the_o house_n of_o commons_o have_v ever_o be_v a_o part_n of_o the_o parl._n in_o his_o pref._n to_o his_o 10_o rep._n proof_n by_o record_n of_o parliament_n 51_o e._n 3._o 5_o h._n 4._o nu_fw-la 71._o 5_o h._n 4._o na_fw-la 74._o mr._n pryn_n ut_fw-la supra_fw-la foe_fw-mi 771._o address_n to_o the_o king_n ought_v to_o be_v with_o reverence_n â—1_n h._n 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