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facilitate_v the_o introduce_v their_o religion_n when_o so_o many_o protestant_a incumbent_n will_v so_o easy_o be_v turn_v out_o by_o no_o other_o mean_n but_o by_o these_o bond_n of_o resignation_n and_o therefore_o it_o be_v not_o mere_o the_o interest_n of_o our_o parochial_a clergy_n but_o of_o our_o religion_n which_o lie_v at_o stake_n and_o this_o i_o suppose_v will_v be_v sufficient_a to_o justify_v this_o undertake_n westminster_n july_n 10._o 1695._o e._n w._n a_o discourse_n concern_v bond_n of_o resignation_n etc._n etc._n the_o design_n of_o this_o discourse_n be_v to_o inquire_v into_o a_o case_n too_o common_o practise_v among_o we_o and_o too_o little_o examine_v which_o be_v concern_v bond_n of_o resignation_n give_v by_o clergyman_n to_o patron_n in_o order_n to_o the_o obtain_v a_o presentation_n to_o a_o benefice_n with_o cure_n of_o soul_n this_o be_v a_o case_n which_o respect_v both_o law_n and_o conscience_n and_o it_o be_v not_o so_o easy_a a_o matter_n as_o 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ecclesiastical_a jurisdiction_n but_o it_o do_v not_o assign_v the_o extent_n of_o their_o jurisdiction_n but_o leave_v it_o to_o the_o bishop_n themselves_o from_o who_o their_o authority_n be_v derive_v and_o the_o law_n still_o distinguish_v between_o potestas_fw-la ordinaria_fw-la and_o delegata_fw-la 2._o for_o the_o former_a suppose_v a_o person_n to_o act_v in_o his_o own_o right_a and_o not_o by_o deputation_n ordin_n which_o i_o suppose_v no_o chancellor_n or_o official_o will_v pretend_v to_o but_o how_o far_o now_o a_o commission_n to_o exercise_v jurisdiction_n do_v hold_v when_o the_o person_n who_o give_v it_o be_v dead_a be_v not_o my_o present_a business_n to_o inquire_v but_o in_o sutton_n case_n it_o seem_v to_o be_v take_v for_o grant_v by_o the_o counsel_n that_o a_o chancellor_n patent_n 65._o confirm_v by_o dean_n and_o chapter_n do_v give_v a_o man_n a_o freehold_a for_o life_n if_o he_o be_v capable_a of_o do_v his_o duty_n otherwise_o he_o may_v be_v deprive_v for_o insufficiency_n as_o doctor_n sutton_n be_v but_o noy_n say_v 91._o that_o the_o court_n be_v in_o doubt_n how_o far_o the_o act_n of_o the_o predecessor_n can_v bind_v the_o successor_n as_o to_o the_o profit_n and_o in_o the_o prebend_n of_o hatcherlies_n case_n 152._o dodderidge_n declare_v that_o ecclesiastical_a jurisdiction_n in_o judicial_a act_n may_v be_v execute_v by_o substitute_n but_o a_o grant_v of_o it_o be_v not_o good_a but_o during_o the_o bishop_n life_n and_o shall_v not_o bind_v the_o successor_n and_o coke_n think_v it_o a_o very_a hard_a thing_n that_o the_o successor_n shall_v not_o remove_v he_o but_o be_v bind_v to_o answer_v for_o the_o act_n and_o offence_n of_o a_o commissary_n which_o he_o never_o put-in_a but_o these_o thing_n belong_v not_o to_o our_o present_a business_n any_o far_a than_o to_o show_v that_o however_o in_o some_o case_n the_o bishop_n may_v substitute_v other_o yet_o as_o to_o resignation_n of_o benefice_n for_o all_o that_o i_o 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upon_o evidence_n at_o bar_n 157._o that_o a_o resignation_n to_o a_o proctor_n do_v not_o make_v the_o church_n void_a until_o it_o be_v accept_v by_o the_o bishop_n and_o acknowledge_v before_o he_o 2._o but_o suppose_v the_o resignation_n be_v make_v into_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o bishop_n be_v he_o bind_v to_o accept_v it_o by_o what_o law_n for_o what_o reason_n must_v he_o not_o inquire_v into_o the_o reason_n and_o inducement_n of_o the_o resignation_n whether_o it_o be_v corrupt_a or_o not_o no_o bishop_n can_v be_v bind_v to_o accept_v a_o corrupt_a resignation_n and_o whether_o it_o be_v so_o or_o not_o he_o be_v bind_v to_o inquire_v and_o if_o he_o be_v not_o satisfy_v by_o what_o law_n can_v he_o be_v require_v to_o do_v that_o which_o he_o can_v do_v with_o a_o good_a conscience_n if_o the_o law_n have_v trust_v he_o with_o accept_v a_o resignation_n it_o have_v likewise_o trust_v he_o with_o judge_v whether_o it_o be_v fit_a to_o be_v accept_v or_o not_o in_o gayton_n 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