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restrain_v from_o delegate_a the_o same_o to_o every_o man_n without_o any_o difference_n or_o distinction_n of_o person_n c._n extra_n de_fw-fr elect_a c._n episcopi_fw-la ea_fw-la qvae_fw-la sunt_fw-la etc._n etc._n bishop_n may_v commit_v matter_n of_o jurisdiction_n as_o of_o judgement_n excommunication_n and_o such_o like_a to_o other_o have_v no_o jurisdiction_n but_o notwithstanding_o they_o must_v be_v such_o manner_n of_o person_n as_o be_v capable_a of_o jurisdiction_n but_o a_o lay_v man_n be_v not_o capable_a of_o jurisdiction_n therefore_o he_o may_v not_o excommunicate_v because_o custom_n can_v not_o work_v that_o a_o clerk_n no_o bishop_n shall_v exercise_v those_o thing_n which_o be_v reserve_v to_o the_o order_n of_o a_o bishop_n 6._o c._n 10._o andre_n in_o c._n ij_o de_fw-mi preb_fw-mi lib._n 6._o and_o the_o reason_n be_v quia_fw-la consuetudo_fw-la non_fw-la facit_fw-la quem_fw-la capacem_fw-la because_o a_o custom_n make_v not_o one_o capable_a every_o bishop_n 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majesty_n have_v authority_n to_o place_n justice_n of_o peace_n in_o every_o sheer_a yet_o can_v he_o not_o appoint_v a_o spaniard_n or_o a_o italian_a bear_v a_o bishop_n likewise_o as_o he_o himself_o by_o reason_n of_o his_o function_n &_o the_o ministeri_fw-la commit_v unto_o he_o by_o law_n positive_a be_v make_v as_o he_o suppose_v capable_a to_o excommunicate_v so_o ought_v he_o to_o delegate_v the_o same_o his_o office_n only_o to_o one_o of_o the_o ministry_n &_o not_o to_o a_o doctor_n or_o bachelor_n of_o law_n a_o mere_a lay_v man_n though_o he_o profess_v the_o gospel_n much_o less_o to_o a_o suspect_a or_o know_v popish_a doctor_n or_o bachelor_n of_o law_n &_o a_o mere_a lie_v man_n too_o a_o enemy_n to_o the_o gospel_n for_o what_o authorty_fw-la have_v these_o kind_n of_o man_n over_o the_o minister_n of_o the_o gospel_n do_v ever_o moses_n or_o josua_n or_o david_n or_o josiah_n command_v any_o hebrew_n not_o of_o the_o tribe_n of_o levi_n to_o execute_v the_o 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ult._n lyndw._n ne_fw-la clerici_fw-la vel_fw-la monac_n c._n ult._n presenti_fw-la decreto_fw-la etc._n etc._n we_o ordain_v by_o this_o present_a decree_n that_o clerk_n benefice_v or_o place_v in_o holy_a order_n be_v neither_o admit_a governor_n of_o villadge_n as_o to_o be_v steward_n or_o bailiff_n of_o such_o administration_n by_o occasion_n whereof_o they_o may_v be_v liable_a to_o make_v account_n unto_o lay_v man_n neither_o yet_o that_o they_o exercise_v any_o secular_a jurisdiction_n special_o those_o whereunto_o judgement_n of_o blood_n be_v annex_v and_o from_o these_o decree_n i_o conclude_v thus_o 1_o whosoever_o ought_v to_o attend_v upon_o the_o altar_n and_o to_o give_v himself_o to_o prayer_n and_o make_n of_o supplication_n ought_v not_o by_o any_o testament_n to_o be_v make_v a_o tutor_n or_o guardian_n 2_o but_o every_o one_o honour_a with_o the_o holy_a priesthood_n and_o place_v in_o the_o ministry_n of_o clerk_n aught_o to_o attend_v upon_o the_o altar_n and_o 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clerici_fw-la iuris_fw-la secular_a exerceant_fw-la cum_o honestatis_fw-la etc._n etc._n insomuch_o as_o it_o be_v repute_v a_o special_a decency_n of_o ecclesiastical_a honesty_n to_o be_v far_o estrange_v from_o carnal_a action_n we_o deem_v it_o a_o very_a heinous_a and_o filthy_a thing_n that_o hand_n depute_v unto_o heavenly_a ministery_n shall_v be_v entangle_v with_o secular_a affair_n or_o that_o certain_a clerk_n seek_v after_o earthly_a gain_n and_o temporal_a jurisdiction_n through_o a_o foul_a and_o greedy_a ravine_n do_v receive_v from_o lay_v man_n secular_a jurisdiction_n and_o be_v call_v justicer_n and_o minister_v justice_n which_o they_o can_v minister_v without_o a_o dissipation_n and_o injury_n of_o ecclesiastical_a order_n therefore_o we_o desirous_a to_o extirpate_v this_o horrible_a vice_n straight_o forbid_v all_o person_n of_o church_n and_o vicar_n with_o perpetuity_n yea_o also_o all_o other_o manner_n of_o person_n whatsoever_o place_v in_o the_o ministry_n 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