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A20775 A discourse of the state ecclesiasticall of this kingdome, in relation to the civill Considered vnder three conclusions. With a digression discussing some ordinary exceptions against ecclesiasticall officers. By C.D. Downing, Calubyte, 1606-1644. 1632 (1632) STC 7156; ESTC S109839 68,091 106

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poenarum_fw-la eximi_fw-la iubeamus_fw-la verùm_fw-la eos_fw-la excipimus_fw-la quos_fw-la scelera_fw-la graviora_fw-la compulerunt_fw-la tit_n theod._n eodem_fw-la tit_n ut_fw-la qui_fw-la sunt_fw-la sacrilegi_fw-la &_o sepulchri_fw-la violatores_fw-la so_o in_o many_o of_o the_o novel_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d upon_o easter_n day_n set_v all_o person_n free_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 5._o harmenopulus_n promp_v jur._n civ_o l._n 6._o tit_n 5._o but_o if_o any_o be_v guilty_a of_o sacrilege_n set_v he_o be_v keep_v still_o in_o hold_n so_o that_o you_o see_v it_o be_v reckon_v inter_fw-la extraordinaria_fw-la crimina_fw-la in_o those_o day_n and_o so_o it_o will_v be_v think_v with_o we_o if_o profit_n do_v not_o blind_v the_o judgement_n in_o the_o payer_n of_o tithe_n and_o indiscreet_a covetousness_n lead_v many_o clergyman_n to_o make_v no_o distinction_n betwixt_o free_a and_o friendly_a composition_n with_o a_o bountiful_a patron_n and_o sacrilege_n in_o my_o poor_a judgement_n the_o canon_n law_n be_v but_o just_a patronatus_fw-la quicunque_fw-la c._n 6._o q._n de_fw-fr jur._n patronatus_fw-la in_o decree_a that_o si_fw-mi patronus_fw-la laicus_fw-la ad_fw-la inopiam_fw-la fuerit_fw-la redactus_fw-la he_o must_v have_v some_o competent_a sustenance_n from_o the_o incumbent_n especial_o if_o he_o have_v not_o be_v sacrilegious_a and_o so_o by_o god_n judgement_n bring_v to_o it_o and_o i_o do_v conceive_v that_o this_o may_v be_v notwithstanding_o they_o do_v not_o charge_v any_o parsonage_n with_o annuity_n rent_n which_o be_v prohibit_v by_o the_o statute_n of_o elizab._n 2._o 3_o eliz._n c._n 2._o thus_o it_o be_v plain_a that_o the_o revenue_n and_o maintenance_n of_o the_o clergy_n be_v possess_v by_o the_o king_n law_n and_o may_v be_v demand_v as_o due_a by_o they_o §_o 5._o the_o other_o part_n of_o the_o honour_n of_o the_o clergy_n annex_v to_o the_o power_n of_o order_n be_v in_o privilege_n &_o immunity_n by_o which_o this_o power_n be_v exercise_v with_o more_o ease_n delight_n and_o respect_n and_o as_o it_o be_v with_o the_o whole_a man_n without_o distraction_n now_o all_o the_o privilege_n the_o church_n do_v enjoy_v or_o desire_v arise_v and_o be_v raise_v by_o the_o king_n law_n and_o royal_a prerogative_n as_o that_o ancient-often-confirmed_n magna_fw-la charta_fw-la do_v full_o confirm_v all_o former_a privilege_n of_o the_o clergy_n cap_n mag●_n ta_o cap_n and_o that_o be_v then_o favour_n enough_o for_o than_o they_o have_v privilege_n to_o a_o surfeit_a surplusage_n but_o now_o the_o clergy_n stand_v in_o more_o need_n of_o they_o and_o they_o humble_o expect_v they_o only_o from_o the_o favour_n of_o their_o prince_n who_o have_v a_o plenitude_n of_o power_n to_o grant_v more_o and_o large_a privilege_n than_o ever_o they_o will_v desire_v for_o all_o privilege_n be_v grant_v in_o relation_n to_o some_o law_n and_o the_o power_n of_o a_o absolute_a prince_n be_v above_o all_o law_n as_o dion_n chrysostome_n tell_v just_a trajane_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d li●_n dion_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d cujac_n what_o li●_n or_o as_o the_o same_o counsellor_n to_o the_o same_o emperor_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o cujacius_n explain_v and_o limit_n to_o coactive_a corrective_a law_n which_o dion_n say_v begin_v in_o augustus_n day_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d dion_n dion_n none_o of_o the_o ancient_a roman_n be_v free_v from_o law_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v from_o the_o necessity_n of_o obey_v and_o i_o do_v believe_v that_o the_o scripture_n see_v that_o they_o say_v more_o for_o the_o right_n of_o king_n than_o any_o book_n in_o the_o world_n do_v if_o not_o full_o set_v down_o this_o power_n yet_o permit_v it_o with_o approbation_n in_o some_o case_n especial_o for_o the_o public_a good_a of_o the_o church_n which_o i_o be_o sure_a be_v a_o far_o more_o conscionable_a and_o commendable_a course_n than_o to_o accommodate_v religion_n to_o serve_v the_o turn_n of_o the_o state_n as_o that_o judicious_a amiratus_n upon_o tacitus_n bisogna_fw-it accommodar_fw-mi la_fw-fr ragione_fw-la di_fw-it stato_fw-it alla_fw-mi religione_fw-la &_o nan_o la_fw-fr religione_fw-la alla_fw-fr ragione_fw-la di_fw-it stato_fw-it our_o king_n then_o be_v a_o most_o absolute_a monarch_n have_v this_o prerogative_n and_o from_o that_o we_o have_v and_o hold_v our_o privilege_n not_o from_o that_o write_a prerogative_n abstract_v out_o of_o fitzherberts_n abridgement_n by_o sr_n william_n stanford_n whereby_o the_o king_n exchequer_n have_v many_o privilege_n and_o peculiar_a process_n as_o the_o civilian_n call_v they_o privilegia_fw-la fisci_fw-la fiscus_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d habet_fw-la 2_o cujaci●_n serve_v l._n 2_o but_o from_o a_o unwritten_a unrestrained_a right_n of_o dominion_n whereby_o he_o have_v plenary_a power_n not_o only_o to_o make_v legal_a proposition_n of_o validity_n or_o void_a in_o their_o first_o institution_n or_o to_o interpret_v they_o either_o by_o declare_v they_o to_o be_v correct_v in_o some_o point_n and_o case_n especial_o if_o he_o correct_v they_o by_o a_o more_o particular_a express_a press_a law_n as_o he_o may_v correct_v the_o law_n of_o nature_n by_o the_o law_n of_o nation_n the_o law_n of_o nation_n by_o the_o law_n of_o arm_n the_o law_n of_o arm_n by_o the_o law_n of_o particular_a league_n and_o all_o by_o the_o power_n of_o dominion_n or_o restrain_v they_o in_o respect_n of_o some_o person_n or_o public_a society_n but_o he_o may_v dispense_v also_o with_o they_o since_o some_o penal_a statute_n be_v make_v with_o relation_n to_o his_o power_n of_o pardon_n after_o the_o act_n therefore_o it_o be_v not_o so_o much_o to_o exempt_v they_o from_o be_v obnoxious_a to_o the_o punishment_n by_o pre-interpreting_a that_o it_o be_v not_o intend_v to_o extend_v to_o such_o person_n for_o so_o the_o privilege_n be_v not_o against_o law_n but_o 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a_o discourse_n of_o the_o state_n ecclesisticall_a of_o thy_o kingdom_n in_o relation_n to_o the_o civil_a consider_v under_o three_o conclusion_n with_o a_o digression_n discuss_v some_o ordinary_a exception_n against_o ecclesiastical_a officer_n by_o c._n d._n oxford_z print_v by_o william_n turner_n 1632._o to_o the_o right_n honourable_a william_n ealre_a of_o salisbury_n viscount_n cranburne_n lord_n cecyll_n of_o esendon_n knight_n of_o the_o most_o illustrious_a order_n of_o the_o garter_n and_o one_o of_o his_o majesty_n most_o honourable_a privy_a council_n may_v it_o please_v your_o honour_n to_o accept_v this_o present_a discourse_n as_o a_o acknowledgement_n of_o your_o lordship_n favour_n towards_o your_o observant_a chaplain_n calybute_n downinge_n errata_fw-la page_n 8._o mark_fw-mi for_o text_n read_v tit_n p._n 15._o mark_fw-mi clayman_n r._n clapmar_n p._n 17._o l._n 15._o with_o state_n r._n with_o the_o state_n p._n 21._o l._n 28._o sic_fw-la stantibus_fw-la r._n exstantibus_fw-la p._n 35._o l._n 18._o ordinar_n r._n ordinario_fw-la p._n 39_o l._n 1._o add_v à_fw-fr farlo_o p._n ib._n angliterra_n r._n anghtlterra_fw-la p._n 52._o l._n ib._n 506._o r._n 56._o p._n 54._o mark_fw-mi hallandes_n affair_n p._n 55._o l._n 8._o common_a r._n cannon_n law_n p._n 57_o l._n 18._o conatus_fw-la r._n canutus_n p._n 59_o mark_fw-mi francum_n r._n aerarium_fw-la p._n 67._o l._n 24._o vacant_a prudentissimus_fw-la r._n vacant_a sèd_a prudentissimus_fw-la p._n 94._o l._n ult._n deal_n othobone_n upon_o conclusion_n i._o that_o the_o present_a state_n ecclesiastical_a be_v most_o convenient_a and_o best_a agree_v with_o the_o civil_a with_o what_o care_n and_o cost_v state_n and_o kingdom_n which_o uphold_v and_o derive_v all_o happiness_n to_o man_n as_o he_o be_v a_o sociable_a and_o a_o feeble_a creature_n shall_v be_v preserve_v none_o will_v deny_v especial_o since_o they_o be_v so_o subject_a to_o decay_v and_o the_o cause_n of_o their_o corruption_n so_o many_o 117._o senec._n 117._o for_o the_o best_a temper_a commonwealth_n be_v not_o of_o any_o constant_a continuance_n but_o full_a of_o change_n and_o those_o at_o last_o will_v after_o much_o interchange_n drive_v it_o to_o a_o full_a and_o fatal_a period_n it_o must_v therefore_o be_v the_o care_n of_o the_o present_a age_n to_o see_v that_o it_o receive_v no_o detriment_n while_o they_o be_v in_o it_o for_o they_o may_v be_v so_o orderly_o as_o to_o work_v no_o distemper_n but_o conserve_v it_o in_o health_n and_o wealth_n or_o at_o least_o keep_v it_o from_o decay_v so_o fast_o that_o have_v some_o space_n to_o fall_v in_o it_o may_v recover_v or_o they_o have_v time_n to_o leave_v it_o and_o not_o fall_v with_o it_o nor_o that_o fall_n upon_o they_o now_o the_o best_a and_o all_o that_o the_o pass_v present_a generation_n can_v do_v be_v either_o to_o keep_v thing_n in_o primitive_a order_n or_o to_o reform_v they_o to_o it_o the_o first_o of_o which_o be_v difficult_a to_o 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not_o include_v they_o they_o exclude_v he_o and_o he_o have_v no_o supereminent_a power_n over_o they_o as_o they_o impeach_v his_o right_n so_o they_o will_v enlarge_v their_o own_o liberty_n till_o it_o be_v dissolve_v into_o a_o loose_a licentious_a libertinism_n 6._o polybius_n hist_o lib._n 6._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o polybius_n well_o express_v it_o and_o if_o they_o do_v not_o thus_o it_o be_v the_o great_a virtue_n see_v they_o must_v have_v such_o power_n limit_v by_o law_n leave_v to_o discretion_n and_o they_o will_v find_v it_o a_o hard_a peeece_n of_o patience_n to_o abstain_v and_o contain_v themselves_o within_o such_o bound_n of_o obedience_n as_o this_o state_n necessary_o require_v can_v man_n that_o profess_v themselves_o popular_a pass_v plausiblie_o and_o please_v the_o vulgar_a if_o they_o do_v not_o to_o their_o utmost_a uphold_v they_o in_o their_o high_a insolence_n agra_n tull●_n 2._o co●_n agra_n tully_n find_v this_o impossible_a when_o as_o 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and_o settling_n of_o the_o humour_n as_o a_o democracie_n be_v la_fw-fr feccia_fw-it della_fw-it plebe_fw-la hist_n gui●_n hist_n and_o as_o the_o spleen_n be_v not_o able_a to_o move_v itself_o be_v not_o troublesome_a so_o long_o as_o it_o be_v not_o press_v upon_o by_o the_o heart_n but_o permit_v full_a and_o equal_a liberty_n nor_o disturb_v by_o a_o flatus_fw-la hypocondriacus_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o once_o move_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d affect_v the_o head_n and_o heart_n with_o turbulent_a distemper_n notio_fw-la hipp_n notio_fw-la so_o in_o a_o democracie_n as_o long_o as_o they_o have_v all_o at_o their_o loose_a list_n and_o be_v not_o compel_v to_o keep_v within_o compass_n but_o apprehend_v themselves_o equal_a to_o the_o high_a in_o all_o respect_n and_o be_v not_o move_v by_o some_o seditious_a spirit_n they_o be_v quiet_a enough_o nam_fw-la multitudo_fw-la sicut_fw-la mare_fw-la per_fw-la se_fw-la immobilis_fw-la est_fw-la ide●_n livi_n psal_n 〈…〉_o ide●_n but_o if_o once_o they_o perceive_v that_o any_o go_v about_o to_o oppress_v or_o cross_v they_o in_o their_o false_a and_o fugitive_a liberty_n as_o they_o be_v very_o suspicious_a upon_o the_o least_o cause_n they_o present_o be_v ready_a but_o tentare_fw-la magis_fw-la quàm_fw-la tueri_fw-la libertatem_fw-la and_o if_o any_o one_o dare_v but_o begin_v to_o blow_v a_o trumpet_n of_o sedition_n as_o they_o do_v not_o easy_o statim_fw-la ferox_fw-la erit_fw-la si_fw-la non_fw-la ad_fw-la bellandum_fw-la saltem_fw-la ad_fw-la rebellandum_fw-la i_o do_v confess_v that_o this_o form_n of_o government_n may_v be_v of_o good_a use_n in_o some_o state_n at_o some_o time_n as_o in_o a_o popular_a state_n where_o these_o lay_v elder_n may_v be_v both_o church_n and_o city_n burgess_n as_o the_o democraticall_a helvetian_o approve_v it_o so_o also_o as_o for_o the_o enlarge_n of_o a_o monarchy_n 5._o machivellus_n l._n 1._o cap._n 5
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