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〈◊〉_d philustrat_n lib._n 2._o c_o cap._n â—_o apollonius_n do_v justly_o reprehend_v he_o in_o that_o he_o shall_v have_v better_o say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d because_o not_o to_o man_n alone_o but_o to_o all_o other_o live_v creature_n their_o issue_n be_v unto_o they_o as_o dear_a as_o their_o own_o life_n nevertheless_o we_o see_v by_o daily_a experience_n how_o much_o this_o care_n of_o parent_n over_o their_o child_n not_o without_o good_a reason_n alter_v and_o decay_v when_o the_o child_n be_v of_o that_o strength_n and_o discretion_n that_o they_o may_v well_o enough_o provide_v for_o themselves_o in_o which_o respect_n emancipation_n of_o child_n be_v grow_v to_o year_n be_v also_o devise_v another_o part_n of_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n consist_v partly_o in_o the_o repel_v of_o danger_n and_o injury_n from_o we_o and_o partly_o also_o in_o the_o just_a revenge_n thereof_o and_o although_o some_o interpreter_n of_o the_o civil_a law_n be_v deceive_v by_o the_o 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dispensation_n for_o 21._o for_o preamble_n of_o the_o statute_n 25._o hen._n 8._o ca._n 21._o humane_a law_n be_v grant_v to_o some_o above_o other_o and_o the_o ambiguity_n of_o god_n law_n and_o of_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n in_o some_o case_n to_o be_v declare_v and_o interpret_v it_o be_v more_o dishonourable_a to_o her_o majesty_n to_o attend_v these_o mean_a matter_n from_o time_n to_o time_n in_o her_o own_o person_n than_o it_o can_v be_v in_o the_o worst_a construction_n to_o put_v they_o over_o to_o some_o of_o her_o subject_n and_o as_o it_o can_v be_v convenient_a for_o her_o highness_n to_o attend_v in_o person_n the_o execution_n hereof_o so_o her_o royal_a dignity_n be_v no_o way_n impeach_v by_o yield_v this_o authority_n to_o the_o archbishop_n who_o must_v where_o cause_n require_v perform_v this_o duty_n but_o as_o a_o minister_n herein_o to_o her_o majesty_n and_o the_o state_n and_o who_o can_v dispense_v as_o he_o listen_v but_o with_o confirmation_n under_o the_o great_a seal_n of_o england_n as_o the_o statute_n do_v limit_v yet_o he_o importune_v her_o majesty_n still_o by_o tell_v she_o what_o her_o highness_n most_o noble_a father_n will_v have_v do_v if_o he_o have_v understand_v so_o much_o as_o the_o abstractor_n do_v not_o only_o to_o take_v dispensation_n away_o from_o the_o archbishop_n but_o belike_o in_o regard_n of_o they_o to_o take_v he_o away_o also_o as_o he_o do_v a_o abbot_n a_o match_n true_o and_o comparison_n as_o unlike_a as_o if_o we_o shall_v compare_v the_o abstractor_n to_o a_o honest_a modest_a man_n and_o for_o this_o end_n he_o exhort_v her_o majesty_n to_o submit_v herself_o to_o the_o sceptre_n of_o god_n word_n as_o though_o she_o have_v not_o do_v it_o hitherto_o but_o he_o and_o all_o the_o knot_n of_o they_o by_o these_o speech_n do_v indeed_o understand_v the_o submission_n &_o lick_v of_o the_o dust_n of_o their_o seniorie_n and_o eldership_n which_o be_v neither_o dishonourable_a for_o sooth_n nor_o so_o dangerous_a to_o her_o highness_n as_o be_v the_o commit_v overof_o dispense_n in_o cause_n requisite_a unto_o the_o archbishop_n because_o they_o among_o they_o have_v so_o conclude_v that_o it_o shall_v be_v touch_v the_o peril_n to_o her_o majesty_n honour_n and_o safety_n which_o grow_v by_o the_o archbishop_n dispense_n in_o matter_n repugnant_a to_o the_o holy_a scripture_n upon_o a_o corrupt_a construction_n a_o sinister_a judgement_n and_o not_o right_a discern_v what_o thing_n be_v repugnant_a to_o scripture_n it_o shall_v easy_o be_v yield_v unto_o that_o it_o be_v neither_o for_o her_o majesty_n honour_n nor_o safety_n to_o suffer_v the_o law_n of_o god_n to_o be_v break_v albeit_o those_o word_n of_o the_o statute_n as_o have_v be_v show_v do_v not_o extend_v unto_o all_o dispensation_n by_o virtue_n thereof_o to_o be_v grant_v but_o first_o he_o and_o his_o complice_n must_v beat_v their_o sconce_n a_o while_n to_o teach_v the_o archbishop_n how_o he_o ought_v aright_o to_o construe_v to_o judge_v and_o to_o discern_v the_o scripture_n where_o unto_o as_o he_o say_v his_o dispensation_n be_v repugnant_a belike_o according_a to_o some_o anagogical_a tropological_a or_o cabalistical_a sense_n of_o their_o own_o devise_n whereof_o they_o have_v perhaps_o dream_v yea_o and_o all_o this_o ado_n which_o he_o make_v about_o dispensation_n to_o the_o princess_n person_n be_v unseasonable_a and_o impertinent_a whole_o to_o the_o matter_n in_o hand_n concern_v the_o validity_n or_o invaliditie_n in_o law_n of_o dispensation_n for_o plurality_n and_o therefore_o may_v with_o better_a provision_n to_o his_o own_o credit_n have_v be_v spare_v 16._o section_n pag._n 140_o 141_o 142._o 143_o 144_o 145._o the_o abstractor_n which_o think_v he_o have_v find_v absurdity_n in_o the_o statute_n go_v on_o still_o in_o his_o own_o absurd_a deal_n purpose_v to_o show_v as_o well_o by_o statute_n as_o by_o the_o canon_n law_n certain_a adjunct_n necessary_o to_o be_v observe_v in_o these_o dispensation_n which_o he_o in_o this_o whole_a treatise_n labour_v to_o prove_v by_o both_o the_o say_a law_n to_o be_v unlawful_a which_o course_n must_v needs_o seem_v to_o wise_a man_n a_o strange_a piece_n of_o work_n that_o those_o law_n which_o do_v condemn_v they_o shall_v so_o exact_o describe_v their_o property_n and_o circumstance_n in_o what_o manner_n with_o what_o care_n and_o to_o what_o kind_n of_o person_n they_o ought_v to_o be_v grant_v and_o first_o of_o all_o he_o here_o wound_v the_o smoke_n very_o deep_o and_o fight_v valiant_o with_o his_o own_o shadow_n in_o that_o he_o will_v prove_v poverty_n to_o be_v no_o sufficient_a cause_n of_o dispensation_n and_o that_o every_o one_o dispense_v with_o already_o for_o plurality_n can_v not_o justly_o be_v repute_v for_o a_o poor_a man_n neither_o of_o which_o i_o do_v ever_o hear_v by_o any_o man_n hitherto_o to_o have_v be_v maintain_v but_o in_o go_v over_o his_o proof_n hereof_o i_o must_v put_v he_o in_o mind_n that_o rebuff_n his_o first_o witness_n hereto_o produce_v though_o he_o allow_v not_o of_o poverty_n for_o a_o sufficient_a cause_n of_o itself_o yet_o he_o insinuate_v thus_o much_o that_o be_v join_v with_o worthiness_n it_o be_v adminiculant_a as_o we_o call_v it_o and_o that_o it_o add_v weight_n to_o desert_n for_o procure_v of_o a_o dispensation_n for_o in_o deed_n as_o it_o be_v reason_n that_o a_o man_n worthy_a and_o able_a to_o profit_v the_o church_n shall_v have_v sufficient_a maintenance_n though_o it_o be_v by_o mo_z benefice_n than_o one_o for_o supply_v of_o his_o necessity_n and_o towards_o hospitality_n so_o if_o he_o be_v of_o sufficient_a patrimony_n otherwise_o though_o he_o be_v never_o so_o worthy_a and_o his_o ecclesiastical_a live_n be_v even_o under_o a_o mediocrity_n then_o there_o be_v less_o cause_n a_o great_a deal_n why_o he_o shall_v look_v for_o another_o and_o again_o the_o same_o
the_o least_o as_o be_v pay_v into_o her_o hanaper_n or_o be_v the_o symoniacall_a person_n a_o plurality_n man_n and_o so_o deprive_v from_o all_o his_o benefice_n and_o ecclesiastical_a promotion_n her_o nighnesse_n be_v then_o to_o have_v the_o whole_a first_o fruit_n of_o all_o his_o benefice_n and_o promotion_n forty_o time_n so_o much_o as_o she_o enjoy_v by_o grant_v his_o dispensation_n and_o as_o touch_v the_o fee_n due_a for_o dispensation_n grant_v for_o many_o benefice_n though_o the_o same_o fee_n may_v happy_o amount_v in_o some_o one_o year_n to_o many_o hundree_v yet_o by_o mean_n of_o the_o say_a dispensation_n her_o nighnesse_n be_v empoverish_v yearly_a by_o mante_n thousand_o the_o often_o cuerie_n benefice_n or_o promotion_n be_v void_a by_o resignation_n or_o deprivation_n the_o often_o to_o a_o other_o admit_v unto_o the_o same_o and_o the_o often_o do_v her_o nighnesse_n receive_v the_o first_o fruit_n of_o any_o such_o benefice_n pag._n 162_o now_o it_o be_v cuident_a that_o the_o conjoin_v of_o two_o three_o four_o or_o five_o thousand_o benefice_n or_o promotion_n unto_o one_o thousand_o man_n by_o dispensation_n be_v a_o manifcst_a impediment_n to_o the_o avoid_v of_o so_o many_o incumbent_n from_o so_o many_o benefice_n as_o which_o by_o death_n resignation_n or_o deprization_n of_o the_o say_a incumbent_n might_n and_o be_v likely_a to_o be_v make_v voidt_fw-ge and_o so_o the_o say_a dispensation_n be_v a_o hindrance_n to_o the_o avoid_v of_o benefice_n they_o must_v necessary_o be_v also_o a_o very_a direct_a mean_n to_o keep_v from_o her_o exchequer_n that_o treasure_n that_o otherwise_o shall_v ordinary_o be_v bring_v unto_o it_o and_o though_o by_o the_o death_n resignation_n or_o deprination_n of_o every_o plurality_n man_n every_o of_o his_o benefice_n be_v make_v void_a yet_o his_o say_a benefice_n be_v not_o so_o often_o make_v void_a as_o otherwise_o they_o shall_v be_v and_o therefore_o though_o her_o nighnesse_n have_v the_o first_o fruit_n of_o two_o three_o four_o or_o five_o benefice_n in_o the_o hand_n of_o one_o plurality_n man_n die_v resign_v or_o be_v deprive_v yet_o have_v she_o not_o the_o first_o of_o the_o say_a bevefice_n so_o often_o as_o otherwise_o the_o may_v have_v whereby_o her_o reve_v mue_n be_v lessen_v since_o therefore_o for_o one_o man_n to_o enjoy_v many_o benefice_n by_o dispensation_n maintain_v covetousness_n &_o be_v contrary_a to_o the_o ancient_a canon_n maintain_v ambition_n &_o minister_v matter_n for_o a_o roage_a a_o gad_a &_o a_o dissolute_a ministry_n since_o it_o convei_v stipend_n due_a unto_o many_o from_o many_o unto_o one_o since_o it_o be_v a_o hinder_a ance_n of_o residence_n and_o contain_v peril_n of_o soul_n since_o it_o be_v a_o kind_n of_o theft_n ravine_n &_o spoil_n since_o it_o be_v undecent_a &_o uncomelie_a since_o it_o be_v contrary_a to_o the_o good_a custom_n of_o the_o church_n since_o the_o honesty_n of_o the_o church_n thereby_o be_v defile_v the_o authority_n thereof_o conâ—emned_v the_o truth_n of_o christ_n tread_v under_o foot_n and_o love_v banish_v since_o among_o the_o rich_a prelate_n and_o plurified_a man_n themselves_n strife_n contention_n â—raules_n and_o envy_v arise_v and_o be_v nourish_v since_o the_o fire_n of_o god_n his_o wrath_n be_v kindle_v against_o we_o by_o they_o since_o it_o be_v against_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n &_o repugnant_a to_o the_o law_n of_o god_n and_o therefore_o nourish_v a_o monster_n in_o nature_n pag._n 163_o since_o it_o be_v against_o the_o weal_n peace_n profit_n and_o conservation_n of_o the_o realm_n since_o it_o be_v against_o the_o utilitic_a of_o the_o church_n and_o that_o the_o nessitie_n of_o the_o church_n require_v the_o clean_a contrary_n since_o it_o be_v prejudicial_a and_o derogatory_n to_o the_o iast_n will_n and_o testament_n of_o our_o ancestor_n since_o it_o be_v dishonourable_a and_o dangerous_a for_o her_o majesty_n person_n and_o safety_n since_o 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man_n since_o it_o be_v contrary_a to_o the_o government_n of_o evevie_v good_a and_o provident_a householder_n since_o it_o carry_v headlong_o the_o soul_n as_o well_o of_o he_o that_o give_v it_o as_o of_o he_o that_o take_v it_o to_o hell_n yea_o and_o since_o it_o be_v a_o impoverish_n of_o her_o majesty_n treasure_n &_o diminish_v of_o her_o revenue_n let_v we_o conciude_v for_o one_o man_n to_o enjoy_v two_o or_o mo_z benefice_n by_o dispensation_n to_o be_v a_o thing_n altogether_o intolerable_a and_o utterlie_o unlawful_a a_o answer_n to_o the_o second_o treatise_n of_o the_o abstract_n that_o dispensation_n for_o many_o benefice_n be_v unlawful_a 1._o section_n pag._n 107_o 108._o if_o this_o conclusion_n for_o proof_n whereof_o in_o this_o whole_a treatise_n he_o pretend_v to_o labour_v be_v grant_v unto_o he_o as_o in_o part_n it_o ought_v to_o be_v though_o that_o be_v untrue_a which_o he_o mean_v thereby_o may_v it_o not_o be_v say_v that_o either_o he_o know_v not_o 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be_v ordain_v he_o solemn_o vow_v to_o preach_v therefore_o he_o promise_v to_o be_v come_v a_o doctor_n in_o â—_o ult._n exit_z 〈…〉_o g._n de_fw-fr â—â—a_fw-fr â—e_n &_o qualit_fw-la both_o before_o and_o at_o and_o after_o the_o minister_a of_o his_o medicine_n a_o minister_n then_o take_v upon_o he_o to_o be_v a_o doctor_n of_o far_o great_a wisdom_n to_o be_v a_o physician_n of_o much_o more_o excellency_n namely_o to_o instruct_v and_o cure_v the_o soul_n of_o man_n with_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o gospel_n can_v he_o unblamable_o consult_v without_o knowledge_n or_o safe_o practice_v without_o skill_n can_v he_o teach_v be_v unlearned_a or_o heal_v be_v not_o experience_v and_o here_o if_o the_o magistrate_n will_v 7â—_n pag._n 7â—_n know_v the_o manner_n already_o set_v down_o to_o redress_v the_o same_o and_o how_o and_o in_o what_o sort_n he_o may_v safe_o proceed_v against_o a_o ignorant_a and_o unlearned_a man_n he_o must_v say_v panormitane_n see_v that_o the_o witness_n depose_v how_o that_o the_o party_n do_v never_o read_v any_o book_n of_o learning_n or_o that_o he_o do_v never_o go_v unto_o any_o school_n of_o learning_n because_o no_o man_n can_v attain_v unto_o learning_n unless_o he_o have_v be_v teach_v by_o one_o endue_v with_o learning_n or_o spend_v his_o time_n in_o the_o study_n of_o book_n of_o learning_n for_o without_o a_o teacher_n and_o without_o book_n no_o man_n can_v be_v learn_v which_o may_v be_v prove_v as_o well_o by_o the_o confession_n of_o the_o party_n as_o by_o the_o notoriousnesse_n of_o the_o fact_n and_o here_o panormitane_n will_v the_o practitioner_n in_o law_n diligent_o to_o mark_v how_o insufficiency_n unabilitie_n and_o unskilfulnesse_n of_o a_o clerk_n may_v be_v prove_v evident_a and_o notorious_a by_o not_o read_v of_o book_n as_o thus_o seius_n never_o read_v any_o book_n of_o physic_n or_o seius_n never_o resort_v unto_o any_o physic_n lecture_n therefore_o seius_n be_v no_o physician_n titius_n never_o 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stand_v never_o so_o much_o opinionate_a to_o the_o contrary_a false_o and_o traitorous_o surmise_v her_o highness_n her_o nobility_n and_o all_o the_o professor_n of_o the_o gospel_n within_o the_o land_n to_o be_v heretic_n and_o schismatics_n and_o themselves_o only_o with_o their_o crew_n and_o rabble_n of_o seminary_n to_o be_v catholic_n as_o though_o the_o law_n in_o force_n no_o whit_n appertain_v unto_o we_o but_o be_v only_o reserve_v by_o themselves_o against_o their_o day_n of_o jubilee_n long_o sithence_o gape_v for_o of_o they_o &_o hitherto_o by_o the_o infinite_a mercy_n of_o the_o lord_n deny_v they_o pag._n 73_o the_o lord_n make_v we_o thankful_a pardon_v our_o ingratitude_n and_o continue_v these_o his_o mercy_n long_o towards_o we_o and_o onâ—_n posterity_n i_o hope_v our_o prelate_n and_o minister_n of_o the_o gospel_n and_o all_o true_a christian_n be_v thus_o persuade_v by_o the_o word_n of_o god_n that_o papist_n be_v heretic_n and_o schismatic_n stranger_n 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2_o but_o every_o popish_a priest_n be_v a_o schismatique_a or_o heretic_n pag._n 47_o 3_o therefore_o no_o popish_a priest_n though_o he_o abjure_v etc._n etc._n may_v be_v choose_v a_o bishop_n or_o admit_v unto_o a_o ecclesiastical_a benefice_n or_o bear_v any_o public_a office_n the_o mayor_n proposition_n be_v the_o law_n of_o popery_n the_o minor_a the_o law_n of_o the_o gospel_n pag._n 75_o neither_o do_v this_o rule_n of_o law_n multa_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la facienda_fw-la quae_fw-la tamen_fw-la facta_fw-la valent_fw-la any_o whit_n gain_v say_v the_o truth_n of_o this_o argument_n for_o though_o it_o seem_v probable_o by_o this_o rule_n that_o a_o popish_a priest_n be_v once_o admit_v unto_o popish_a priesthood_n shall_v not_o be_v remove_v yet_o thereby_o it_o follow_v not_o that_o religion_n be_v restore_v and_o idolatry_n abolish_v he_o can_v not_o at_o the_o first_o restitution_n of_o the_o gospel_n and_o entry_n of_o her_o gracious_a reign_n have_v be_v seclude_v 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to_o be_v remember_v that_o if_o these_o inconvenience_n do_v but_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o for_o the_o most_o part_n follow_v the_o enjoyeng_v of_o mo_z benefice_n by_o one_o man_n or_o be_v but_o causae_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o impulsive_a unto_o that_o prohibition_n for_o the_o sure_a avoid_v of_o such_o danger_n then_o can_v any_o sound_a reason_n be_v ground_v upon_o they_o to_o prohibit_v mo_z benefice_n to_o be_v retain_v by_o one_o man_n both_o because_o a_o good_a man_n may_v use_v that_o thing_n well_o which_o may_v be_v a_o occasion_n of_o slide_v unto_o some_o other_o not_o so_o well_o stay_v and_o also_o for_o that_o the_o law_n may_v remain_v where_o the_o impulsive_a cause_n thereof_o cease_v and_o of_o the_o contrary_a such_o cause_n may_v be_v of_o force_n when_o the_o law_n be_v abrogate_a but_o if_o he_o will_v make_v they_o necessary_a &_o actual_a effect_n arise_v as_o of_o a_o formal_a or_o efficient_a cause_n from_o the_o retain_v of_o 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