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A65589
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A defence of pluralities, or, Holding two benefices with cure of souls as now practised in the Church of England.
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Wharton, Henry, 1664-1695.
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Wing W1561; ESTC R8846
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dispensation_n it_o shall_v void_a the_o first_o then_o the_o power_n and_o manner_n of_o dispensation_n be_v declare_v and_o appoint_v and_o the_o person_n name_v who_o shall_v be_v capable_a of_o receive_v such_o a_o dispensation_n that_o be_v all_o chaplain_n of_o the_o king_n queen_n and_o royal_a family_n eight_o chaplain_n of_o every_o archbishop_n six_o of_o a_o duke_n or_o bishop_n five_o of_o a_o marquis_n or_o earl_n four_o of_o a_o viscount_n three_o of_o a_o baron_n lord_n chancellor_n and_o knight_n of_o the_o garter_n two_o of_o a_o duchess_n marchioness_n countess_z or_o baroness_n be_v widow_n one_o of_o the_o chief_a justice_n of_o the_o king_n bench_n and_o warden_n of_o the_o cinque-port_n all_o brother_n and_o son_n of_o temporal_a lord_n and_o knight_n all_o doctor_n and_o bachelor_n of_o divinity_n or_o of_o the_o canon_n law_n who_o shall_v be_v admit_v to_o any_o of_o those_o degree_n by_o either_o of_o the_o university_n these_o be_v the_o only_a person_n 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receive_v those_o profit_n nor_o the_o incumbent_n expect_v his_o salary_n from_o the_o bishop_n this_o the_o bishop_n willing_o do_v as_o soon_o as_o by_o the_o erection_n of_o many_o parish-priest_n the_o necessity_n of_o maintain_v so_o many_o itinerant_a priest_n cease_v and_o their_o cathedral_n be_v sufficient_o endow_v for_o the_o maintenance_n of_o themselves_o and_o their_o college_n of_o clergy_n constant_o attend_v the_o service_n of_o the_o cathedral_n church_n yet_o however_o they_o part_v with_o the_o propriety_n and_o immediate_a dispensation_n of_o that_o part_n of_o the_o ecclesiastical_a revenue_n of_o their_o diocese_n they_o still_o limit_v and_o appoint_v the_o use_n in_o which_o they_o shall_v be_v employ_v by_o the_o parochial_a clergy_n this_o appear_v from_o several_a constitution_n before_o cite_v upon_o other_o occasion_n and_o from_o other_o which_o may_v be_v allege_v to_o the_o same_o purpose_n as_o the_o french_a capitular_a 196._o make_v in_o the_o year_n 779_o which_o order_v cap._n 7._o de_fw-fr decimis_fw-la ut_fw-la unusquisque_fw-la svam_fw-la decimam_fw-la donet_fw-la atque_fw-la per_fw-la jussionem_fw-la pontificis_fw-la dispensentur_fw-la another_o capitular_a direct_v it_o more_o express_o in_o these_o word_n ut_fw-la decimae_fw-la in_o potestate_fw-la episcopi_fw-la sint_fw-la qualiter_fw-la à _fw-la presbyteris_fw-la dispensentur_fw-la 730._o the_o same_o be_v decree_v in_o the_o council_n of_o worm_n cap._n 59_o and_o may_v be_v find_v in_o regino_n l._n 1._o c._n 42._o this_o privilege_n of_o the_o bishop_n continue_v in_o england_n at_o lest_o until_o the_o time_n of_o king_n alfred_n who_o confirm_v it_o by_o a_o law_n and_o appoint_v the_o tithe_n deliver_v to_o the_o priest_n to_o be_v divide_v into_o three_o part_n 24._o unam_fw-la partem_fw-la and_o ecclesiae_fw-la reparationem_fw-la alteram_fw-la pauperibus_fw-la erogandam_fw-la tertiam_fw-la verò_fw-la ministris_fw-la dei_fw-la qui_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la 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diocesan_n as_o well_o as_o to_o accept_v they_o without_o their_o permission_n so_o the_o national_a synod_n of_o france_n 154_o hold_v in_o the_o year_n 744._o in_o the_o presence_n of_o boniface_n the_o pope_n lâ—gate_n decree_v cap._n 5._o de_fw-fr sacerdotibus_fw-la qui_fw-la suos_fw-la titulos_fw-la absque_fw-la licentia_fw-la episcopi_fw-la dimittunt_fw-la ut_fw-la tamdiu_fw-la à _fw-la communione_fw-la habeantur_fw-la alieni_fw-la quousque_fw-la ad_fw-la suos_fw-la titulos_fw-la revertantur_fw-la and_o cap._n 10._o quando_fw-la presbyteri_fw-la vel_fw-la diaconi_fw-la per_fw-la parochias_fw-la constituuntur_fw-la oportet_fw-la eos_fw-la episcopo_fw-la svo_fw-la professionem_fw-la facere_fw-la the_o first_o capitular_a of_o charles_n the_o great_a 192._o make_v in_o the_o year_n 769._o renew_v both_o these_o canon_n cap._n 9_o nemo_fw-la accipiat_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la in_o parochiam_fw-la sine_fw-la consensu_fw-la episcopi_fw-la svi_fw-la nec_fw-la de_fw-la unâ_fw-la ad_fw-la aliam_fw-la transeat_fw-la another_o capitular_a command_v those_o clergyman_n to_o be_v degrade_v who_o forsake_v their_o church_n and_o accept_v the_o cure_n of_o other_o 932._o presbyter_n vel_fw-la diaconus_fw-la qui_fw-la deserit_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la svam_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la aliam_fw-la transierit_fw-la deponatur_fw-la some_o capitular_o and_o council_n apply_v this_o to_o the_o bishop_n as_o well_o as_o the_o inferior_a clergy_n and_o forbid_v as_o well_v they_o to_o be_v translate_v from_o one_o bishopric_n