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degree_n then_o in_o the_o time_n of_o hen._n 8._o john_n pym_n in_o another_o speech_n 4._o caroli_n will_v have_v the_o arminian_n point_v settle_v and_o determine_v in_o parliament_n viz_o concern_v predestination_n absolute_a reprobation_n universal_a grace_n freewill_n and_o final_a perseverance_n before_o the_o king_n shall_v have_v subsidy_n grant_v tonnage_n or_o poundage_n but_o if_o they_o will_v give_v no_o money_n to_o the_o king_n till_o those_o difficult_a poin_n be_v clear_v and_o resolve_v the_o king_n must_v never_o have_v any_o subsidy_n grant_v for_o those_o question_n be_v so_o mysterious_a and_o abstruse_a that_o all_o the_o divine_n in_o the_o world_n can_v yet_o resolve_v full_o upon_o they_o but_o these_o and_o such_o like_a difficult_a question_n in_o divinity_n belong_v to_o the_o convocation_n of_o the_o clergy_n as_o cook_n show_v instit._n pag._n 322._o and_o they_o be_v to_o be_v call_v in_o time_n of_o parliament_n by_o the_o king_n writ_n and_o be_v to_o 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as_o queen_n elizabeth_n do_v and_o
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civil_a law_n say_v patritii_fw-la cum_fw-la plebeis_fw-la conjugia_fw-la ne_fw-la contrahunto_fw-la and_o in_o our_o law_n it_o be_v repute_v a_o disparagement_n for_o a_o ward_n in_o chivalry_n which_o in_o old_a time_n be_v as_o much_o as_o to_o say_v a_o gentleman_n to_o be_v marry_v to_o the_o daughter_n of_o one_o that_o dwell_v in_o a_o burrow_n as_o lambard_n show_v in_o his_o perambulation_n of_o kent_n pag._n 504._o so_o the_o old_a statute_n of_o merton_n anno_fw-la dom._n 1235._o cap._n 7._o de_fw-fr dominis_n qui_fw-la maritaverint_fw-la illos_fw-la quos_fw-la habent_fw-la in_o custodia_fw-la sua_fw-la villanis_fw-la &_o aliis_fw-la sicut_fw-la burgensibus_fw-la ubi_fw-la disparagentur_fw-la etc._n etc._n lord_n coke_n show_v what_o cause_n belong_v to_o the_o court_n christian_n viz._n probate_a of_o will_n and_o testament_n legacy_n reparation_n of_o church_n and_o churchyard_n tyth_n oblation_n mortuary_n and_o such_o like_a duty_n matrimonial_a cause_n degree_n of_o affinity_n or_o consanguinity_n divorce_n and_o what_o else_o belong_v thereunto_o and_o divers_a other_o particular_n as_o appear_v in_o divers_a statute_n and_o the_o book_n of_o the_o civil_a lawyer_n as_o punishment_n of_o adultery_n fornication_n and_o incontinency_n incest_n with_o many_o other_o the_o like_a as_o heresy_n schism_n error_n abuse_n offence_n contempt_n and_o enormity_n as_o lord_n coke_n say_v 4._o instit._fw-la pag._n 325._o and_o so_o also_o the_o excellent_o learned_a lawyer_n dr._n cousin_n dean_n of_o the_o arch_n in_o his_o apology_n for_o ecclesiastical_a court_n and_o their_o proceed_n against_o simony_n usury_n defamation_n sacrilege_n disapidation_n etc._n etc._n but_o now_o the_o presbyterian_o neglect_n and_o cast_v off_o most_o of_o these_o particular_n that_o there_o be_v no_o punishment_n for_o those_o gross_a offence_n and_o sin_n which_o be_v not_o fit_a to_o be_v mention_v among_o christian_n say_v the_o apostle_n there_o be_v of_o late_a a_o infinite_a number_n of_o bastard_n get_v and_o the_o justice_n of_o peace_n only_o take_v care_n for_o keep_v the_o bastard_n but_o there_o be_v no_o punishment_n or_o correction_n for_o the_o scandal_n to_o religion_n and_o the_o vulgar_a people_n go_v together_o like_a dog_n and_o bitch_n without_o licence_n or_o publication_n of_o bane_n in_o any_o parish_n the_o holy_a communion_n be_v cast_v aside_o and_o neglect_v in_o most_o parish_n most_o shameful_o the_o common-people_n in_o most_o parish_n will_v rather_o be_v without_o the_o sacrament_n then_o give_v one_o penny_n to_o buy_v bread_n and_o wine_n for_o it_o that_o they_o be_v become_v atheist_n in_o most_o place_n and_o many_o sectary_n profess_v public_o that_o they_o will_v not_o have_v church_n or_o stone-house_n nor_o minister_n or_o magistrate_n and_o yet_o the_o parliament_n pretend_v to_o reform_v all_o according_a to_o the_o word_n of_o god_n in_o all_o thing_n to_o advance_v the_o throne_n of_o christ_n and_o the_o tribunal_n of_o christ_n with_o all_o his_o holy_a ordinance_n in_o full_a force_n and_o power_n as_o the_o language_n be_v of_o the_o presbyterian_a minister_n chap._n viii_o some_o observation_n out_o of_o the_o civil_a law_n in_o the_o empire_n concern_v the_o separation_n of_o court_n and_o some_o also_o out_o of_o the_o ancient_a statute_n as_o selden_n have_v relate_v they_o lord_n cook_n defence_n of_o the_o bishop_n be_v in_o parliament_n and_o of_o the_o convocation_n and_o high_a commission_n and_o other_o ecclesiastical_a court_n as_o the_o court_n ecclesiastical_a and_o temporal_a be_v separate_v in_o our_o kingdom_n so_o ancient_o there_o be_v some_o such_o division_n in_o the_o empire_n yet_o the_o emperor_n give_v great_a power_n and_o authority_n to_o the_o ecclesiastical_a judge_n according_a to_o that_o which_o justinian_n say_v of_o spiritual_a cause_n in_o the_o novel_a 123._o si_fw-la pro_fw-la criminal_a si_fw-la ecclesiasticum_fw-la negotium_fw-la sit_fw-la âullam_n communionem_fw-la habento_fw-la civiles_fw-la magistratus_fw-la cum_fw-la ea_fw-la disceptatione_n sed_fw-la religiosissimi_fw-la episcopi_fw-la finem_fw-la imponunto_fw-la if_o it_o be_v a_o ecclesiastical_a suit_n let_v the_o civil_a magistrate_n have_v nothing_o to_o do_v there_o with_o that_o plea_n but_o let_v the_o bishop_n end_v it_o whereby_o it_o appear_v that_o prohibition_n from_o the_o temporal_a court_n be_v not_o then_o allowable_a which_o certain_o come_v not_o into_o use_n till_o after_o