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commensurabilis_fw-la delicto_fw-la and_o therefore_o this_o offence_n be_v adjudge_v by_o the_o peyne_n to_o be_v but_o small_a the_o peyne_n can_v not_o be_v extend_v to_o deprivation_n quia_fw-la poena_fw-la non_fw-la debet_fw-la excedere_fw-la delictum_fw-la &_o beneficium_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la auferendum_fw-la alicui_fw-la etiam_fw-la a_o papa_n sine_fw-la magna_fw-la &_o manifest_v a_o causâ—_n nay_o be_v it_o so_o that_o deprivation_n have_v be_v mention_v in_o the_o canon_n as_o a_o meet_a peyne_n 6._o to_o have_v be_v inflict_v for_o the_o offence_n of_o refusal_n yet_o if_o upon_o any_o word_n of_o the_o canon_n a_o doubt_n may_v have_v rise_v whether_o deprivation_n shall_v follow_v or_o no_o in_o this_o case_n cum_fw-la simus_fw-la in_o poenalibus_fw-la verba_fw-la capi_fw-la debent_fw-la in_o potiorâ—_n significatu_fw-la ut_fw-la evitemus_fw-la poenam_fw-la nay_o more_o if_o by_o the_o woâ—ds_n of_o the_o canon_n veer_fw-mi &_o propriè_fw-la sumpta_fw-la it_o be_v without_o all_o controversy_n that_o deprivation_n for_o refusal_n may_v be_v inflict_v nevertheless_o this_o peyne_n by_o the_o opinion_n of_o baldus_n for_o this_o offence_n in_o some_o case_n be_v not_o to_o be_v inflict_v statuta_fw-la poenalia_fw-la semper_fw-la intelliguntur_fw-la say_v he_o habere_fw-la inse_a clausulam_fw-la si_fw-la delicta_fw-la dolo_fw-la committantur_fw-la if_o refusal_n they_o shall_v be_v make_v upon_o conscience_n and_o consequent_o not_o per_fw-la dolum_fw-la the_o peyne_n cease_v as_o a_o peyne_n by_o common_a right_n not_o comprise_v within_o the_o canon_n yea_o &_o in_o this_o case_n the_o peyne_n cease_v though_o the_o conscience_n be_v erroneous_a contra_fw-la legem_fw-la conscientiae_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la obediendum_fw-la superiori_fw-la etium_fw-la 3._o papae_fw-la duplex_fw-la enim_fw-la est_fw-la lex_fw-la quaedam_fw-la privata_fw-la seu_fw-la conscientiae_fw-la quaedam_fw-la publica_fw-la privata_fw-la est_fw-la potentior_fw-la publica_fw-la hinc_fw-la dicimus_fw-la quod_fw-la quae_fw-la spiritu_fw-la dei_fw-la aguntur_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la sub_fw-la lege_fw-la â—_o publica_fw-la and_o therefore_o conscientia_fw-la quanquam_fw-la erronea_fw-la &_o scrupulosa_fw-la sequenda_fw-la est_fw-la vide_fw-la si_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la de_fw-fr jure_fw-la informari_fw-la &_o veniens_fw-la contrâ—_n conscientiam_fw-la svam_fw-la etiam_fw-la scrupulosam_fw-la aedific_a at_o ad_fw-la gehennam_fw-la â—d_a est_fw-la committit_fw-la peccatum_fw-la mortale_fw-la quod_fw-la punietur_fw-la paena_fw-la gehennae_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la ignis_fw-la aeterni_fw-la and_o another_o he_o say_v quod_fw-la nemo_fw-la debet_fw-la gravare_fw-la conscientâ—am_fw-la svam_fw-la sed_fw-la salutem_fw-la animae_fw-la suae_fw-la praeferre_fw-la cuicunque_fw-la officio_fw-la and_o a_o other_o conclude_v propter_fw-la scandalum_fw-la vitandum_fw-la potest_fw-la de_fw-la jure_fw-la omitti_fw-la obedientia_fw-la 359._o quod_fw-la 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privari_fw-la beneficio_fw-la svo_fw-la since_o causa_fw-la etiam_fw-la per_fw-la romanum_fw-la pontificem_fw-la nam_fw-la existente_fw-la infirmitate_fw-la &_o sic_fw-la impotentia_fw-la seruiendi_fw-la cum_fw-la non_fw-la subtrahi_fw-la debeat_fw-la beneficiam_fw-la ne_fw-la ex_fw-la hoc_fw-la turbetur_fw-la status_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la ergo_fw-la multo_fw-la fortius_fw-la ubi_fw-la nulla_fw-la subest_fw-la causa_fw-la rationabilis_fw-la but_o in_o the_o case_n of_o refuse_v to_o subscribe_v or_o for_o the_o not_o use_v the_o rite_n ceremony_n and_o ornament_n for_o conscience_n there_o be_v no_o reasonable_a cause_n of_o deprivation_n therefore_o etc._n etc._n furthermore_o if_o the_o canon_n have_v decree_v that_o a_o minister_n refuse_v to_o subscribe_v shall_v be_v punish_v by_o ecclesiastical_a censure_n in_o this_o case_n the_o peyne_n of_o deprivation_n ought_v not_o to_o be_v inflict_v because_o by_o this_o clause_n ecclesiastical_a censure_n be_v understand_v interdiction_n 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