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providimus_fw-la pro_fw-la aedificatione_n omnium_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la etc._n etc._n we_o have_v provide_v for_o the_o edify_n of_o all_o church_n that_o not_o only_o in_o city_n but_o in_o all_o parish_n the_o presbyter_n 10_o synod_n arelat_n sub_fw-la carolo_n cause_n 10_o preach_v the_o word_n to_o the_o people_n that_o they_o may_v learn_v to_o live_v well_o etc._n etc._n artic_a 2._o of_o the_o remove_n or_o supply_v of_o unlearned_a minister_n 1._o object_n how_o charitable_a be_v these_o man_n that_o will_v have_v man_n remove_v out_o of_o the_o ministry_n etc._n etc._n answ_n 1._o how_o can_v the_o petitioner_n be_v count_v uncharitable_a when_o they_o wish_v some_o charitable_a course_n to_o be_v take_v for_o the_o relief_n of_o unsufficient_a minister_n neither_o be_v it_o propound_v simple_o but_o with_o a_o disjunction_n or_o else_o that_o they_o be_v force_v to_o maintain_v preacher_n according_a to_o the_o value_n of_o their_o live_n etc._n etc._n and_o we_o pray_v you_o how_o many_o be_v there_o to_o be_v now_o find_v that_o be_v entreat_v to_o take_v upon_o they_o the_o ministry_n for_o want_v of_o sufficient_a man_n or_o that_o be_v in_o time_n past_o sufficient_a and_o be_v now_o decay_v by_o age_n sickness_n etc._n etc._n be_v there_o not_o almost_o a_o hundred_o other_o unsufficient_a minister_n to_o one_o of_o this_o sort_n and_o they_o that_o be_v of_o that_o quality_n why_o shall_v they_o not_o have_v coadjutor_n as_o augustine_n be_v to_o valerius_n eradius_fw-la to_o augustine_n nazianzene_n to_o his_o father_n anysius_n to_o acholius_n of_o thessalonica_n shall_v the_o people_n perish_v for_o want_v of_o instruction_n because_o of_o their_o infirmity_n but_o say_v it_o have_v be_v simple_o move_v to_o have_v all_o unsufficient_a minister_n remove_v so_o they_o be_v provide_v for_o be_v this_o course_n uncharitable_a then_o count_v the_o apostle_n uncharitable_a who_o will_v that_o he_o which_o labour_v not_o shall_v 3._o 2._o thess_n 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lord_n speak_v the_o hireling_n when_o he_o see_v the_o thief_n fly_v psal_n 141._o 6._o they_o that_o feed_v not_o the_o flock_n of_o christ_n be_v convince_v not_o to_o love_v christ_n for_o our_o saviour_n say_v to_o peter_n love_v thou_o i_o feed_v my_o flock_n john_n 21._o whereupon_o damasus_n well_o say_v omnis_fw-la negligenter_n pascens_fw-la decretail_n damas_n epist_n 4._o decretail_n etc._n etc._n every_o one_o negligent_o feed_v the_o lord_n flock_v so_o often_o commend_v be_v find_v not_o to_o love_v the_o chief_a shepherd_n nec_fw-la eius_fw-la se_fw-la velle_fw-la discipulum_fw-la fieri_fw-la cvius_fw-la exemplum_fw-la negligit_fw-la imitari_fw-la neither_o will_v become_v his_o disciple_n who_o example_n he_o neglect_v to_o imitate_v 7._o non-residents_a can_v discharge_v their_o pastoral_a duty_n be_v absent_a as_o it_o belong_v to_o the_o sheppard_n to_o heal_v the_o sick_a to_o bind_v up_o the_o 4._o esa_n 34._o 4._o break_a to_o seek_v that_o be_v lose_v bernard_n 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key_n commit_v to_o the_o apostle_n their_o suspension_n excommunication_n etc._n etc._n they_o claim_v not_o by_o god_n law_n but_o by_o man_n wherefore_o see_v it_o be_v confess_v that_o this_o manner_n of_o excommunication_n by_o lay_a man_n be_v humane_a the_o petitioner_n request_n be_v reasonable_a that_o this_o abuse_n be_v reform_v and_o such_o usurper_n upon_o the_o key_n of_o the_o church_n restrain_v four_o it_o be_v object_v if_o the_o discipline_n be_v once_o a_o foot_n we_o shall_v then_o hear_v tell_v of_o 22._o ans_fw-fr p._n 22._o lay_v elder_n etc._n etc._n answ_n 1._o the_o petitioner_n say_v nothing_o of_o lay_v elder_n in_o their_o petition_n but_o that_o there_o have_v be_v such_o lay_v elder_n in_o the_o church_n which_o have_v intermedle_v in_o the_o ecclesiastical_a affair_n it_o can_v be_v deny_v as_o reverend_a d._n fulke_n confess_v 13._o fulke_n ans_fw-fr to_o the_o rhem._n 1_o tim._n â—_o sect_n 13._o out_o of_o s._n ambrose_n thus_o write_v or_o else_o he_o mean_v of_o those_o elder_n that_o saint_n ambrose_n speak_v of_o upon_o the_o first_o verse_n of_o this_o chapter_n that_o be_v appoint_v only_o for_o government_n not_o for_o teach_v 2._o be_v not_o the_o like_a practise_v in_o the_o high_a commission_n for_o cause_n ecclesiastical_a wherein_o diverse_a reverend_a person_n of_o the_o civil_a state_n be_v commissioner_n and_o let_v not_o our_o brethren_n be_v so_o hot_a against_o lay_v elder_n see_v i_o hope_v they_o will_v not_o deny_v but_o that_o they_o may_v have_v voice_n in_o sinod_n and_o what_o great_a inconvenience_n be_v it_o for_o lay_v man_n to_o be_v assistant_n in_o ecclesiastical_a affair_n then_o for_o clergy_n elder_n of_o lay_v elder_n man_n to_o interpose_v themselves_o in_o civil_a and_o why_o may_v not_o as_o well_o civil_a person_n if_o it_o so_o please_v the_o state_n be_v of_o the_o convocation_n house_n as_o ecclesiastical_a of_o the_o parliament_n as_o it_o be_v practise_v in_o k._n henry_n the_o 8._o his_o 1182_o fox_n p._n 1182_o reign_n when_o that_o worthy_a lord_n crumwell_n be_v make_v vicegerent_n in_o matter_n ecclesiastical_a and_o be_v himself_o present_a in_o the_o assembly_n and_o at_o the_o disputation_n of_o the_o bishop_n 3._o yet_o be_v we_o far_o from_o make_v he_o a_o clergy_n man_n as_o the_o confuter_n a_o little_a before_o confess_v though_o they_o have_v soon_o forget_v themselves_o of_o civilian_n in_o these_o word_n a_o chancellor_n or_o a_o commissary_n be_v not_o a_o lie_v man_n in_o this_o case_n and_o yet_o there_o be_v a_o great_a difference_n between_o these_o lie_v elder_n which_o be_v but_o assistant_n in_o the_o presbytery_n with_o other_o &_o they_o who_o be_v sole_a agent_n and_o principal_n in_o ecclesiastical_a court_n and_o therefore_o we_o may_v retort_v the_o confuter_n say_v upon_o their_o own_o head_n that_o they_o reprove_v other_o for_o speak_v for_o lay_v elder_n and_o allow_v the_o same_o themselves_o but_o there_o be_v a_o principle_n in_o the_o law_n quod_fw-la semel_fw-la 21._o reg._n iuris_fw-la 21._o placuit_fw-la iterum_fw-la displicere_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la that_o with_o once_o do_v please_v can_v again_o displease_v and_o hierome_n can_v have_v tell_v they_o perdit_fw-la ocean_n hieron_n ocean_n authoritatem_fw-la dicendi_fw-la cujus_fw-la sermo_fw-la opere_fw-la destruitur_fw-la he_o lose_v the_o authority_n of_o teach_v that_o overthrow_v his_o word_n by_o his_o work_n of_o excommunication_n for_o trifle_n the_o excuse_n be_v that_o man_n be_v not_o excommunicate_v for_o trifle_n but_o for_o their_o contempt_n ans_fw-fr p._n 23._o answ_n indeed_o according_a to_o our_o saviour_n christ_n rule_n he_o that_o hear_v not_o the_o church_n 18_o mat._n 18._o 18_o must_v be_v hold_v as_o a_o heathen_a and_o publican_n but_o it_o be_v not_o yet_o prove_v that_o the_o official_a and_o his_o register_n make_v the_o church_n neither_o shall_v our_o brethren_n be_v ever_o able_a to_o show_v it_o 2._o it_o be_v true_a that_o the_o letter_n of_o excommunication_n presuppose_v a_o contumacy_n and_o contempt_n precede_v but_o he_o be_v not_o contumacious_a which_o at_o the_o first_o monition_n appear_v not_o upon_o every_o cause_n pretend_v as_o it_o may_v appear_v by_o these_o reason_n take_v out_o of_o the_o canon_n 1._o first_o no_o man_n shall_v be_v excommunicate_a before_o the_o offence_n be_v prove_v against_o he_o nemo_fw-la episcopus_fw-la aliquem_fw-la excommunicet_fw-la priusquam_fw-la causa_fw-la probetur_fw-la cause_n 2._o qu._n 1._o c._n 11._o but_o his_o contumacy_n be_v not_o prove_v who_o upon_o the_o first_o citation_n appear_v not_o for_o he_o may_v be_v ignorant_a of_o it_o or_o otherwise_o necessary_o let_v ergo_fw-la such_o a_o one_o be_v not_o to_o be_v excommunicate_a 2._o such_o only_a be_v to_o be_v excommunicate_v as_o be_v otherwise_o incorrigible_a as_o by_o christ_n rule_n he_o must_v be_v take_v as_o a_o heathen_a and_o publican_n that_o refuse_v to_o hear_v the_o adomonition_n of_o one_o of_o two_o last_o of_o the_o church_n anathema_n non_fw-la debet_fw-la imponi_fw-la nisi_fw-la illi_fw-la qui_fw-la aliter_fw-la non_fw-la potuerit_fw-la corrigi_fw-la anathema_n ought_v not_o to_o be_v impose_v but_o upon_o he_o that_o can_v not_o otherwise_o be_v amend_v council_n melden_v c._n 56._o excommunicatio_fw-la non_fw-la infligenda_fw-la est_fw-la nisi_fw-la his_fw-la qui_fw-la aliter_fw-la corrigi_fw-la noluerint_fw-la excommunication_n must_v be_v inflict_v upon_o such_o as_o can_v otherwise_o be_v correct_v coloniens_fw-la par_fw-fr 13._o c._n 4._o but_o they_o which_o once_o cite_v appear_v not_o be_v not_o straight_o way_n incorrigible_a ergo._n etc._n etc._n 3._o excommunication_n shall_v be_v only_o inflict_v for_o criminal_a offence_n non_fw-la nisi_fw-la pro_fw-la mortali_fw-la debet_fw-la imponi_fw-la crimine_fw-la meldens_n ibid._n excommunicationis_fw-la sententiae_fw-la ob_fw-la criminales_fw-la tantum_fw-la causas_fw-la easque_fw-la valdè_fw-la grave_n &_o lethale_n feruntur_fw-la augustans_fw-la c._n 33._o as_o the_o apostle_n bide_v a_o heretic_n to_o be_v after_o once_o or_o twice_o admonition_n reject_v tit._n 3._o 10_o as_o likewise_o the_o law_n of_o the_o land_n award_v the_o writ_n de_fw-fr excommunicato_fw-la capiendo_fw-la to_o take_v place_n only_o when_o the_o excommunication_n proceed_v upon_o contempt_n of_o some_o original_a matter_n of_o criminal_a offence_n as_o of_o heresy_n refuse_v to_o come_v to_o the_o church_n incontinency_n usury_n simony_n perjury_n idolatry_n but_o every_o absence_n upon_o the_o first_o citation_n proceed_v not_o of_o any_o such_o contempt_n wherefore_o a_o man_n ought_v not_o to_o be_v excommunicate_a for_o the_o fee_n of_o the_o court_n or_o 27_o can_n 23._o q._n 4._o c._n 27_o such_o like_a pro_fw-la vindicte_fw-la propriae_fw-la iniuriae_fw-la etc._n etc._n to_o be_v revenge_v for_o your_o own_o wrong_n you_o have_v give_v sentence_n of_o anathema_n which_o be_v against_o the_o cannon_n penitus_fw-la interdicimus_fw-la we_o forbid_v that_o for_o covetousness_n sake_n none_o dare_v to_o excommunicate_v any_o 49._o lateranens_fw-la sub_fw-la innocent_a 3._o c._n 49._o 4._o the_o canon_n allow_v that_o a_o man_n shall_v be_v twice_o or_o thrice_o cite_v before_o he_o be_v excommunicate_a secunda_fw-la vel_fw-la tertia_fw-la admonitione_n interposita_fw-la excommunicationis_fw-la sentetia_fw-mi procedat_fw-la caus_n 24._o 3._o 15._o neither_o shall_v the_o first_o citation_n be_v peremptory_a diem_fw-la peremptorium_fw-la ad_fw-la primam_fw-la citationem_fw-la non_fw-la statuendum_fw-la especial_o 5._o lateranens_fw-la sub_fw-la alexan_n p._n 3._o c._n 5._o for_o ecclesiastical_a matter_n but_o upon_o great_a &_o urgent_a necessity_n s._n paul_n allow_v a_o manifest_a heretic_n two_o admonition_n before_o he_o be_v reject_v much_o more_o where_o the_o offence_n be_v not_o manifest_a a_o canonical_a that_o be_v thrice_o admonition_n shall_v be_v use_v according_a to_o the_o constitution_n of_o oxford_n nemo_fw-la excommunicationem_fw-la promulget_fw-la etc._n etc._n no_o man_n shall_v denounce_v excommunication_n where_o the_o excess_n be_v not_o