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of_o former_a time_n have_v ever_o receive_v and_o pursue_v those_o direction_n with_o the_o utmost_a readiness_n and_o then_o take_v care_n to_o oss_a their_o application_n and_o report_n with_o all_o the_o mark_n of_o duty_n and_o humility_n that_o therefore_o the_o public_a cancern_v of_o our_o church_n have_v in_o english_a convocation_n be_v transact_v by_o rule_n and_o method_n pure_o ecclesiastical_a that_o be_v by_o a_o synod_n consist_v of_o metropolitan_a bishop_n and_o presbyter_n all_o contribute_v their_o endeavour_n towards_o the_o same_o common_a end_n and_o within_o the_o bound_n assign_v by_o antiquity_n to_o their_o respective_a order_n and_o degree_n in_o the_o church_n of_o christ_n that_o however_o the_o bishop_n and_o presbyter_n have_v their_o separate_a place_n of_o debate_n and_o may_v not_o under_o that_o general_a appearance_n be_v unlike_o the_o two_o house_n of_o parliament_n yet_o as_o to_o their_o independence_n in_o act_v or_o any_o degree_n of_o
the_o inferior_a clergy_n in_o convocation_n 146_o chap._n xii_o the_o share_n of_o right_n belong_v to_o the_o clergy_n in_o prepare_v and_o in_o present_v the_o gravamina_fw-la and_o reformanda_fw-la 147_o the_o gravamina_fw-la often_o consider_v and_o present_v with_o the_o subsidy_n 147_o the_o gravamina_fw-la how_o address_v by_o the_o clergy_n 151_o the_o time_n when_o grievance_n shall_v be_v propose_v at_o the_o discretion_n of_o the_o upper_a house_n ibid._n grievance_n first_o offer_v in_o a_o general_a representation_n viuâ_fw-la voce_fw-la 152_o the_o clergy_n right_o to_o redress_v and_o the_o manner_n thereof_o 154_o the_o reformanda_fw-la frequent_o propose_v by_o the_o archbishop_n among_o the_o cause_n of_o convocation_n 155_o the_o clergy_n right_o to_o propose_v reformation_n 157_o the_o clergy_n right_o to_o bring_v in_o schedule_n of_o reformation_n 159_o a_o short_a state_n of_o the_o reformanda_fw-la from_o the_o forego_n account_n 161_o the_o care_n of_o the_o reformanda_fw-la in_o parliamento_fw-la usual_o leave_v to_o the_o archbishop_n and_o bishop_n 162_o deputy_n appoint_v by_o convocation_n to_o assist_v in_o solicit_v ibid._n chap._n xiii_o the_o clergy_n right_o to_o offer_v petition_n of_o other_o kind_n 164_o the_o several_a sort_n of_o petition_n particular_o occur_v in_o the_o act_n of_o convocation_n not_o specify_v to_o restrain_v the_o clergy_n from_o petition_n of_o other_o kind_n 1._o for_o make_v new_a canon_n 164_o 2._o for_o the_o revival_n of_o old_a one_o 165_o 3._o for_o the_o abolition_n or_o suspension_n of_o law_n ibid._n 4._o about_o festival_n 166_o 5._o for_o the_o archbishops_n intercession_n with_o the_o king_n ibid._n 6._o for_o the_o more_o strict_a execution_n of_o discipline_n 167_o petition_n of_o several_a kind_n an._n 1555._o 167_o clergy_n petition_n of_o all_o kind_n present_v immediate_o to_o the_o vpper-house_n 168_o the_o usual_a time_n of_o present_v such_o petition_n 169_o chap._n fourteen_o the_o part_n to_o which_o the_o clergy_n have_v a_o right_n in_o judicial_a case_n in_o convocation_n the_o occasion_n of_o bring_v offender_n ordinary_o try_v in_o the_o bishop_n court_n before_o the_o convocation_n 169_o constitution_n for_o bring_v heretic_n before_o the_o convocation_n 170_o offender_n usual_o say_v to_o be_v bring_v coram_fw-la archiepiscopo_fw-la episcopis_fw-la &_o clero_fw-la as_o the_o judicature_n 171_o the_o sentence_n run_v in_o the_o name_n of_o the_o archbishop_n by_o authority_n of_o the_o synod_n 171_o this_o account_v not_o oppose_v to_o any_o restraint_n lay_v upon_o the_o whole_a convocation_n by_o subsequent_a statute_n ibid._n chap._n xv._o the_o clergy_n right_o of_o a_o negative_a or_o final_a dissent_n from_o the_o vpper-house_n 172_o the_o original_a of_o the_o clergy_n negative_a ibid._n a_o negative_a or_o final_a dissent_n a_o peculiar_a but_o yet_o establish_v right_o of_o the_o english_a clergy_n 173_o all_o denial_n of_o the_o clergy_n ever_o make_v with_o great_a humility_n and_o condescension_n ibid._n this_o no_o prejudice_n to_o the_o clergy_n absolute_a right_n to_o a_o final_a dissent_n 175_o chap._n xvi_o the_o manner_n of_o pass_v business_n in_o convocation_n 176_o the_o manner_n of_o consent_v in_o the_o lower-house_n ibid._n the_o circumstance_n of_o that_o consent_n in_o some_o instance_n report_v to_o the_o vpper-house_n 177_o all_o instrument_n read_v public_o and_o final_o agree_v to_o in_o the_o upper-house_n 178_o the_o sanction_n of_o the_o metropolitan_a ibid._n article_n canon_n etc._n etc._n pass_v otherwise_o viz._n by_o subscription_n 180_o why_o article_n canon_n etc._n etc._n pass_v now_o by_o subscription_n 182_o chap._n xvii_o of_o prorogue_v and_o dissolve_v the_o royal_a writ_n for_o these_o purpose_n necessary_o direct_v to_o the_o archbishop_n 183_o the_o archbishops_n prorogation_n and_o dissolution_n upon_o these_o writ_n authoritative_a and_o canonical_a 184_o the_o archbishop_n execute_v they_o by_o his_o own_o metropolitical_a power_n and_o in_o his_o own_o name_n ibid._n the_o commission_n to_o do_v the_o same_o thing_n in_o parliament_n express_v a_o special_a power_n and_o authority_n from_o the_o king_n ibid._n the_o archbishops_n admonition_n immediate_o before_o prorogation_n or_o dissolution_n 185_o the_o schedule_n of_o prorogation_n or_o dissolution_n mention_v the_o royal_a writ_n but_o run_v in_o the_o name_n of_o the_o archbishop_n 186_o the_o english_a reformation_n unjust_o charge_v with_o destroy_v the_o canonical_a method_n of_o transact_v ecclesiastical_a affair_n ibid._n appendix_n contain_v the_o journal_o of_o five_o convocation_n with_o observation_n draw_v from_o they_o concern_v 1._o the_o right_n of_o continue_v or_o prorogue_v 2._o the_o right_n of_o determine_v controvert_v election_n 3._o the_o right_n of_o substitute_v a_o prolocutor_n 4._o the_o authority_n of_o the_o summons_n to_o convocation_n i._o of_o the_o right_n of_o continue_v or_o prorogue_v 223_o the_o schedule_n of_o continuation_n constant_o mention_v in_o the_o vpper-house-register_n 224_o the_o antiquity_n of_o schedule_n in_o convocation_n ibid._n the_o inferior-clergy_n present_v at_o the_o archbishops_n continuation_n 226_o a_o summary_n account_n of_o the_o schedule_n 227_o the_o derive_v our_o schedule_n from_o the_o lateran-council_n a_o improbable_a scheme_n 228_o the_o dispute_n depend_v not_o upon_o prorogue_v by_o schedule_n or_o otherwise_o 230_o the_o head_n upon_o which_o the_o dispute_n turn_v 231_o the_o schedule_n evident_o comprehend_v both_o bishop_n and_o clergy_n ibid._n the_o clause_n praelatorum_fw-la &_o cleri_fw-la a_o genuine_a part_n of_o the_o schedule_n 232_o the_o transmission_n of_o the_o schedule_n only_o a_o circumstance_n in_o this_o dispute_n 233_o reason_n to_o believe_v that_o the_o schedule_n have_v be_v ever_o send_v down_o 235_o the_o prolocutor_n be_v judge_v of_o the_o time_n of_o intimate_v when_o the_o precedent_n and_o bishops_n do_v interpose_v 234_o the_o form_n of_o intimate_v to_o be_v take_v from_o the_o most_o exact_a journal_o 235_o the_o ordinary_a phrase_n to_o be_v in_o reason_n the_o establish_v form_n 236_o declare_v by_o intimation_n the_o ordinary_a form_n ibid._n the_o prolocutor_n intimation_n have_v no_o reference_n to_o the_o consent_n of_o the_o house_n 237_o the_o intimation_n give_v by_o command_n of_o the_o precedent_n 239_o a_o formal_a intimation_n of_o the_o prolocutor_n not_o necessary_a to_o continue_v the_o lower-house_n 240_o the_o president_n be_v right_a to_o continue_v the_o clergy_n in_o the_o upper-house_n 241_o the_o phrase_n continuavit_fw-la quoad_fw-la hanc_fw-la domum_fw-la no_o argument_n of_o a_o separate_a power_n in_o the_o lower-house_n 243_o nor_o the_o phrase_n in_o parliament_n dominus_fw-la cancel_v contin_n praesens_fw-la parliamentum_fw-la 245_o a_o separate_a power_n of_o continue_v in_o the_o lower-house_n open_v a_o way_n to_o perpetual_a division_n of_o the_o synod_n 248_o intermediate_n session_n a_o great_a irregularity_n and_o mischief_n to_o the_o church_n 251_o the_o clergy_n of_o former_a time_n do_v not_o think_v of_o intermediate_n session_n 253_o ii_o observation_n touch_v the_o right_a to_o determine_v controvert_v election_n 256_o instance_n of_o such_o election_n occur_v in_o the_o acts._n ibid._n no_o question_n whether_o the_o archbishop_n have_v a_o right_a to_o determine_v election_n 261_o the_o lower-house_n have_v no_o right_a to_o intermeddle_v in_o return_v 262_o the_o pretence_n to_o a_o concurrent_a right_n in_o the_o lower-house_n consider_v 263_o the_o prolocutor_n and_o not_o the_o house_n determine_v the_o election_n in_o 1586._o 265_o the_o instance_n of_o 1640._o consider_v 266_o iii_o a_o additional_a account_n of_o the_o substitution_n of_o a_o prolocutor_n 268_o the_o late_a substitution_n in_o 1701._o ibid._n the_o account_n of_o it_o in_o a_o paper_n mark_v numb_a 1._o 269_o order_n make_v in_o convocation_n against_o publish_v the_o debate_n while_o depend_v 269_o reason_n why_o a_o sub-prolocutor_n ought_v to_o be_v confirm_v in_o the_o vpper-house_n 273_o instance_n of_o substitution_n by_o authority_n of_o the_o vpper-house_n defend_v against_o the_o late_a paper_n numb_a 1._o 272_o the_o argument_n for_o a_o independent_a power_n in_o the_o lower-house_n answer_v 276_o instance_n where_o the_o register_n of_o the_o vpper-house_n be_v want_v of_o no_o force_n 277_o the_o bare_a silence_n of_o the_o vpper-house-book_n no_o proof_n against_o positive_a evidence_n 279_o the_o precedent_n of_o 1640._o particular_o consider_v 280_o the_o paper_n numb_v 1._o speak_v against_o the_o sense_n of_o the_o house_n in_o this_o matter_n 281_o no_o difference_n between_o a_o prolocutor_n and_o referendary_a 282_o the_o duty_n belong_v to_o the_o office_n of_o a_o prolocutor_n be_v all_o annex_v to_o that_o of_o report_v as_o the_o consequence_n of_o it_o 284_o iu._n additional_a observation_n touch_v the_o authority_n of_o the_o summons_n to_o convocation_n 287_o the_o authority_n of_o summon_v apply_v both_o to_o the_o king_n and_o the_o archbishop_n ibid._n the_o archiepiscopal_a summons_n confess_v to_o be_v authoritative_a
before_o the_o act_n of_o submission_n 288_o the_o notion_n of_o a_o civil_a summons_n a_o argument_n for_o the_o papist_n against_o our_o reformation_n 289_o the_o intent_n of_o the_o statute_n no_o more_o than_o to_o restrain_v the_o archbishop_n from_o exert_v his_o authority_n without_o the_o royal-license_n 290_o the_o word_n authority_n in_o the_o statute_n imply_v a_o leave_n or_o licence_n 291_o the_o archbishops_n summons_n authoritative_a from_o the_o style_n of_o the_o mandate_n and_o return_n 292_o the_o case_n of_o the_o convocation_n be_v dissolve_v by_o the_o death_n of_o the_o prince_n 295_o a_o dissolution_n by_o the_o king_n death_n no_o prejudice_n to_o the_o archiepiscopal_a authority_n as_o give_v subsistence_n to_o a_o convocation_n 296_o the_o archiepiscopal_a authority_n recognise_v in_o the_o dean_n of_o the_o province_n certificatorium_fw-la set_v down_o at_o large_a 297_o v._o observation_n upon_o the_o table_n of_o fee_n and_o the_o catalogue_n of_o member_n prefix_v to_o the_o register_n of_o convocation_n 301_o inference_n from_o the_o table_n of_o fee_n 1._o that_o the_o officer_n of_o convocation_n be_v under_o the_o immediate_a jurisdiction_n of_o the_o archbish_n 303_o 2._o that_o the_o admission_n of_o proxy_n of_o the_o lower-clergy_n belong_v to_o his_o grace_n ibid._n 3._o that_o none_o can_v make_v proxy_n but_o who_o be_v personal_o cite_v ibid._n catalogue_n of_o convocation-member_n and_o inference_n from_o they_o 304_o 1._o that_o the_o entry_n of_o the_o lower-clergy_n in_o the_o upper-house-book_n show_v the_o convocation_n to_o be_v one_o body_n under_o one_o common_a head_n 304_o 2._o that_o the_o lower-house_n be_v include_v in_o the_o clause_n convocatio_fw-la prael_n &_o cleri_fw-la in_o continuation_n ibid._n 3._o that_o the_o member_n of_o both_o house_n in_o the_o convocation_n of_o 1640_o and_o 1661._o be_v eminent_a assertor_n of_o the_o right_n and_o liberty_n of_o the_o church_n ibid._n 4._o that_o therefore_o our_o present_a prelate_n in_o convocation_n have_v be_v unjust_o traduce_v for_o proceed_v by_o the_o same_o rule_n 306_o the_o constitution_n and_o proceed_n of_o a_o english_a convocation_n etc._n etc._n introduction_n the_o occasion_n and_o design_n of_o the_o follow_a discourse_n among_o the_o pretence_n that_o have_v be_v frame_v of_o late_a to_o gain_v the_o clergy_n in_o convocation_n some_o new_a exemption_n from_o their_o metropolitan_a and_o bishop_n no_o one_o have_v be_v insist_v on_o so_o much_o as_o a_o parliamentary_a capacity_n suppose_v to_o belong_v to_o they_o and_o it_o be_v a_o artificial_a management_n in_o those_o who_o set_v the_o design_n afoot_n to_o make_v this_o the_o chief_a ground_n of_o their_o claim_n not_o only_o because_o such_o exemption_n can_v have_v no_o colour_n from_o their_o ecclesiastical_a capacity_n and_o the_o constitution_n of_o the_o primitive_a synod_n but_o also_o because_o a_o alliance_n to_o the_o parliament_n in_o constitution_n be_v the_o most_o likely_a way_n to_o lead_v the_o generality_n of_o man_n to_o take_v the_o measure_n of_o their_o proceedieg_n from_o thence_o every_o one_o know_v that_o the_o parliament_n consist_v of_o two_o house_n and_o they_o have_v withal_o a_o opportunity_n of_o observe_v out_o of_o the_o public_a vote_n the_o separate_a method_n whereby_o the_o commons_o act_n and_o govern_v themselves_o and_o little_o more_o of_o the_o nature_n of_o a_o convocation_n be_v ordinary_o understand_v than_o that_o it_o also_o consist_v of_o two_o house_n debate_v apart_o this_o without_o recourse_n to_o the_o primitive_a time_n or_o opportunity_n to_o know_v our_o own_o establish_v method_n of_o act_v prepare_v man_n mind_n to_o favour_v the_o late_a claim_n of_o some_o of_o the_o clergy_n to_o such_o privilege_n as_o the_o commons_o enjoy_v in_o which_o error_n they_o have_v be_v industrious_o confirm_v by_o the_o endeavour_n of_o the_o same_o person_n to_o bring_v the_o parliament_n and_o convocation_n to_o such_o a_o alliance_n as_o be_v never_o think_v of_o before_o the_o publication_n of_o some_o late_a book_n alliance_n the_o late_a principle_n of_o parliamentary_a alliance_n that_o the_o member_n of_o the_o lower-house_n be_v the_o clergy_n commoner_n and_o spiritual_a commons_o that_o the_o whole_a convocation_n subsist_v by_o the_o king's-writ_a and_o not_o by_o the_o archiepiscopal_a mandate_n that_o the_o clergy_n thereof_o be_v attendant_z on_o the_o parliament_n as_o the_o parliament_n have_v a_o right_a to_o be_v attend_v by_o they_o be_v the_o ordinary_a language_n of_o a_o late_a book_n etc._n atterb_fw-ge right_n etc._n etc._n which_o yet_o be_v pretend_v to_o be_v write_v in_o defence_n of_o the_o church_n liberty_n and_o censure_v the_o principle_n of_o its_o adversary_n as_o of_o a_o slavish_a tendency_n from_o this_o principle_n other_o of_o the_o same_o kind_n relate_v to_o their_o constitution_n and_o privilege_n have_v since_o spring_v 2._o 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the_o royal-license_n for_o that_o end_n chap._n vii_o the_o right_n of_o the_o archbishop_n and_o bishop_n to_o require_v the_o clergy_n to_o consider_v any_o particular_a business_n throughout_o the_o convocation_n the_o forego_v chapter_n show_v the_o right_a of_o the_o precedent_n after_o consultation_n have_v with_o his_o brethren_n the_o bishop_n first_o to_o lay_v before_o the_o clergy_n the_o general_a cause_n of_o his_o summons_n and_o then_o to_o require_v they_o to_o retire_v and_o deliberate_a thereupon_o but_o the_o scene_n of_o business_n open_v and_o enlarge_n itself_o many_o unforeseen_a difficulty_n will_v unavoidable_o occur_v and_o new_a design_n also_o for_o the_o benefit_n of_o the_o church_n must_v natural_o arise_v from_o the_o mutual_a debate_n of_o the_o governor_n thereof_o assemble_v in_o convocation_n and_o according_o when_o any_o such_o occasion_n require_v the_o inferior_a clergy_n have_v be_v ever_o enjoin_v to_o debate_n and_o examine_v all_o matter_n 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have_v be_v insinuate_v into_o the_o mind_n of_o men._n i_o will_v therefore_o show_v that_o what_o the_o archbishop_n do_v in_o open_v the_o general_a cause_n of_o his_o summons_n and_o direct_v the_o clergy_n to_o deliberate_v about_o it_o at_o the_o begin_n of_o convocation_n the_o same_o thing_n he_o and_o his_o suffragans_fw-la have_v a_o right_a to_o do_v upon_o all_o emergent_a occasion_n during_o the_o whole_a course_n of_o their_o proceed_n and_o this_o will_v manifest_v to_o the_o world_n how_o the_o constitution_n and_o proceed_n of_o a_o english_a convocation_n to_o the_o glory_n of_o it_o be_v exact_o model_v according_a to_o the_o primitive_a distinction_n between_o bishop_n and_o their_o presbyter_n in_o point_n of_o order_n and_o authority_n while_n from_o the_o most_o early_a account_n of_o convocation_n to_o this_o day_n we_o see_v the_o metropolitan_a and_o bishop_n as_o the_o governor_n of_o the_o church_n propesing_n and_o directiing_n in_o ecclesiastical_a affair_n and_o the_o presbyter_n at_o hand_n with_o their_o advice_n and_o assistance_n in_o subservience_n to_o the_o same_o ends._n point_n the_o separation_n of_o the_o two_o house_n make_v no_o difference_n in_o this_o point_n nor_o do_v we_o find_v any_o difference_n in_o this_o point_n between_o the_o time_n before_o and_o after_o the_o separation_n of_o the_o bishop_n and_o clergy_n except_v this_o one_o that_o before_o it_o they_o all_o take_v the_o direction_n immediate_o from_o the_o precedent_n and_o retire_v in_o a_o body_n and_o since_o his_o grace_n upon_o those_o occasion_n have_v either_o send_v up_o for_o the_o whole_a house_n or_o which_o be_v more_o ordinary_a for_o the_o prolocutor_n with_o five_o or_o six_o more_o reverendissimus_fw-la cum_fw-la consensu_fw-la confratrum_fw-la voluit_fw-la jussit_fw-la mandavit_fw-la ad_fw-la se_fw-la accersiri_fw-la prolocutorem_fw-la and_o by_o he_o convey_v to_o his_o brethrem_fw-mi below_o the_o pleasure_n and_o instruction_n of_o the_o upper_a house_n but_o as_o to_o the_o manner_n end_n or_o authority_n of_o these_o occasional_a direction_n their_o division_n into_o two_o house_n make_v not_o the_o least_o difference_n in_o they_o as_o will_v appear_v beyond_o contradiction_n from_o the_o
materiis_fw-la supradictis_fw-la ad_fw-la domum_fw-la inferiorem_fw-la se_fw-la divertebat_fw-la ubi_fw-la babitâ_fw-la inter_fw-la choose_fw-la convocatione_n diutinâ_fw-la super_fw-la praemissis_fw-la tandem_fw-la ad_fw-la domum_fw-la superiorem_fw-la reversi_fw-la sunt_fw-la anno_fw-la 1444._o oct._n 22._o dominus_fw-la praecepit_fw-la clero_fw-la quatenùs_fw-la pro_fw-la corrigend_n &_o reformand_n per_fw-la bujusmodi_fw-la concilium_fw-la inter_fw-la se_fw-la diligenter_n communicarent_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la adventum_fw-la dominerum_fw-la ex_fw-la parte_fw-la domini_fw-la nostri_fw-la regis_fw-la &_o concilii_fw-la svi_fw-la illie_n in_fw-la brevi_fw-la adventurorum_fw-la anno_fw-la 1529._o sess_n 7._o the_o prolocutor_n in_o the_o upper_a house_n monuit_fw-la reverendissimus_fw-la ut_fw-la conciperentur_fw-la articuli_fw-la contra_fw-la haereticos_fw-la eod._n anno_fw-la sess_n 20._o ingressi_fw-la sunt_fw-la prolecutor_fw-la cum_fw-la diversis_fw-la archidiaconis_fw-la cum_fw-la quibus_fw-la episcopus_fw-la london_n babuit_fw-la secretam_fw-la communicationem_fw-la &_o voluit_fw-la choose_fw-la redire_fw-la in_o domum_fw-la inseriorem_fw-la &_o ibi_fw-la tractarent_fw-la de_fw-la bujusmodi_fw-la negotio_fw-la eod._n anno_fw-la sess_n 32._o reverendissiimus_n monuit_fw-la prolocutorem_fw-la etc._n etc._n inuicem_fw-la consultare_fw-la super_fw-la articulis_fw-la ipsis_fw-la super_fw-la opinionibus_fw-la suis_fw-la sess_n 97._o reverendissimus_fw-la putavit_fw-la expediens_fw-la ut_fw-la responsiones_fw-la fierent_fw-la ad_fw-la bujusmodi_fw-la querelas_fw-la viz._n to_o a_o certain_a address_n present_v to_o the_o king_n against_o the_o archbishop_n and_o bishop_n quem_fw-la libellum_fw-la tradidit_fw-la prolocutori_fw-la ad_fw-la perlegendum_fw-la ut_fw-la ostenderet_fw-la opiniones_fw-la svas_fw-la de_fw-la codem_fw-la sess_n 104._o episcopus_fw-la london_n commissarius_fw-la recitavit_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la reverendissimi_fw-la super_fw-la praedictà _fw-la supplicatione_n &_o voluit_fw-la prolocutorem_fw-la etc._n etc._n quod_fw-la concipiant_fw-la responsa_fw-la sva_fw-la in_o scriptis_fw-la sess_n 105._o the_o archbishop_n commissary_n press_v for_o a_o subsidy_n monuit_fw-la prolocutorem_fw-la ut_fw-la alios_fw-la consultaret_fw-la de_fw-la eadem_fw-la materid_fw-la &_o rediret_fw-la cum_fw-la responsis_fw-la suis_fw-la anno_fw-la 1534._o dec._n 2._o reverendissimus_fw-la voluit_fw-la prolocutorem_fw-la ingredi_fw-la ut_fw-la examinarent_fw-la libros_fw-la praedictos_fw-la &_o librum_fw-la tyndal_n &_o ut_fw-la ostendant_fw-la opiniones_fw-la svas_fw-la anno_fw-la 1541._o jan._n 27._o reverendissimus_fw-la ibi_fw-la tradidit_fw-la prolocutori_fw-la quosdam_fw-la libros_fw-la examinand_n &_o conficerent_fw-la leges_fw-la de_fw-la simoniâ_fw-la vitandâ_fw-la anno_fw-la 1558._o feb._n 10._o the_o prolocutor_n speak_v to_o the_o bishop_n episcopi_fw-la responderunt_fw-la quòd_fw-la eye_n expedire_fw-la videtur_fw-la ut_fw-la clerus_fw-la etc._n etc._n preces_fw-la faciant_fw-la domine_fw-la reginae_fw-la ne_fw-la quid_fw-la oneris_fw-la imponatur_fw-la clero_fw-la in_o parliamento_fw-la illo_fw-la anno_fw-la 1562._o the_o prolocutor_n be_v send_v for_o and_o coming-up_a with_o six_o other_o reverendissimus_fw-la de_fw-la &_o cum_fw-la consensu_fw-la confratrum_fw-la suorum_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la tradidit_fw-la quosdam_fw-la articulos_fw-la in_o scriptis_fw-la conceptos_fw-la mandando_fw-la quatenus_fw-la super_fw-la contentis_fw-la in_o dictis_fw-la articulis_fw-la diligenter_n inquirerent_fw-la ac_fw-la quicquid_fw-la inde_fw-la invenirint_fw-la in_fw-la scriptis_fw-la redigant_fw-la ac_fw-la dicto_fw-la reverendissimo_fw-la porrigant_fw-la &_o exhibeant_fw-la anno_fw-la 1640._o sess_n 10._o 1_o conu._n reverendissimus_fw-la pater_fw-la prolocutorem_fw-la &_o alios_fw-la de_fw-la donio_fw-la inseriori_fw-la decanos_fw-la archidiaconos_n &_o cleri_fw-la procuratores_fw-la ibidem_fw-la praesentes_fw-la voluit_fw-la ut_fw-la ipsi_fw-la inter_fw-la se_fw-la convenirent_fw-la &_o excogitarent_fw-la de_fw-la benevolentid_v etc._n etc._n &_o deinde_fw-la de_fw-la canonibus_fw-la &_o constitutionibus_fw-la statum_fw-la ecclesiasticum_fw-la &_o ecclesiae_fw-la utilitatem_fw-la concernen_fw-ge componendis_fw-la faciendis_fw-la &_o inter_fw-la se_fw-la consentiend_n ead._n sess_n prolocutore_fw-la comparente_fw-la cum_fw-la acto_fw-la decanis_fw-la eum_fw-la comitantibus_fw-la reverendissimus_fw-la eos_fw-la voluit_fw-la ad_fw-la conveniend_n die_v veneris_fw-la prox_n tempestiuè_fw-fr &_o adtuno_fw-it tractand_n cum_fw-la toto_fw-la coetu_fw-la domus_fw-la inferioris_fw-la citra_fw-la benevolentiam_fw-la sive_fw-la contributionem_fw-la voluntariam_fw-la dicto_fw-la domino_fw-la nostro_fw-la regi_fw-la concedend_n &_o ut_fw-la ipsi_fw-la formam_fw-la articulorum_fw-la in_o visitationibus_fw-la imposterum_fw-la ministrand_n concipiant_fw-la sess_n 16._o de_fw-fr mandato_fw-la reverendissimi_fw-la prolocutor_n cum_fw-la sex_n aliis_fw-la è_fw-la domo_fw-la inferiori_fw-la domum_fw-la superiorem_fw-la intravit_fw-la &_o reverendissimus_fw-la ei_fw-la tradidit_fw-la canonem_fw-la &_o forman_z juramenti_fw-la per_fw-la totum_fw-la ca'tum_fw-la domûs_fw-la inferioris_fw-la considerand_fw-fr tractand_v &_o consentiend_n anno_fw-la 1661._o nou._n 23._o reverendus_fw-la etc._n etc._n ad_fw-la eum_fw-la accersiri_fw-la jussit_fw-la prolocutorem_fw-la solum_fw-la quo_fw-la adveniente_fw-la dictus_fw-la reverendus_fw-la pater_fw-la tradidit_fw-la ei_fw-la partem_fw-la libri_fw-la publicarum_fw-la precum_fw-la per_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la domum_fw-la examinat_fw-la '_o &_o revis_fw-la '_o &_o in_o mandatis_fw-la dedit_fw-la ut_fw-la dictus_fw-la prolocutor_n unà _fw-la cum_fw-la clero_fw-la dictae_fw-la domus_fw-la inferioris_fw-la dictam_fw-la partem_fw-la cum_fw-la omni_fw-la celeritate_fw-la quâ_fw-la potuit_fw-la revideat_fw-la &_o emendet_fw-la si_fw-la sit_fw-la necessarium_fw-la nou._n 27._o praesidens_fw-la dedit_fw-la in_o manibus_fw-la dicti_fw-la prolocutoris_fw-la residuar_fw-la partem_fw-la libri_fw-la publicarum_fw-la precum_fw-la &_o requisivit_fw-la dictum_fw-la prolocutorem_fw-la ut_fw-la ille_fw-la una_fw-la cum_fw-la domo_fw-la suâ_fw-la eandem_fw-la omni_fw-la cum_fw-la celeritate_fw-la revideat_fw-la &_o post_fw-la revisionem_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la praesidenti_fw-la retradat_fw-la dec._n 10._o reverendus_fw-la pater_fw-la etc._n etc._n voluit_fw-la ad_fw-la se_fw-la accersiri_fw-la dominum_fw-la prolocutorem_fw-la ad_fw-la revidend_n emendationes_fw-la quo_fw-la adveniente_fw-la etc._n etc._n dictus_fw-la locumtenens_a ostendit_fw-la dictas_fw-la emendationes_fw-la per_fw-la domum_fw-la superiorem_fw-la fact_n &_o iune_fw-fr &_o ibidem_fw-la perlect_n &_o ordinavit_fw-la eum_fw-la ad_fw-la consulend_v domum_fw-la svam_fw-la inferiorem_fw-la de_fw-la &_o super_fw-la eisdem_fw-la chapter_n the_o appointment_n of_o committee_n reserve_v for_o the_o next_o chapter_n in_o draw_v down_o these_o testimony_n of_o a_o right_n in_o the_o upper-house_n to_o direct_v the_o business_n of_o convocation_n i_o have_v design_o wave_v the_o committee_n of_o the_o inferior_a clergy_n order_v by_o the_o precedent_n and_o bishop_n upon_o particular_a matter_n wherein_o their_o assistance_n be_v necessary_a instance_n of_o such_o appointment_n be_v very_o numerous_a and_o shall_v be_v produce_v at_o large_a in_o the_o next_o chapter_n which_o begin_v the_o proof_n of_o a_o right_n in_o the_o archbishop_n and_o his_o suffragans_fw-la to_o direct_v the_o manner_n as_o well_o as_o the_o matter_n of_o proceed_n in_o convocation_n testimony_n the_o inference_n from_o the_o forego_n testimony_n in_o the_o mean_a time_n the_o forego_n instance_n from_o the_o most_o early_a account_n we_o have_v of_o these_o thing_n till_o after_o the_o restoration_n may_v suffice_v to_o show_v a_o right_n in_o the_o upper-house_n to_o send_v for_o 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obedience_n and_o according_o execute_v without_o the_o least_o appearance_n of_o refusal_n of_o scruple_n in_o any_o one_o instance_n it_o be_v needless_a to_o explain_v how_o unlike_a this_o be_v to_o the_o communication_n between_o the_o two_o house_n of_o parliament_n it_o be_v enough_o as_o we_o go_v along_o to_o put_v the_o reader_n in_o mind_n of_o make_v the_o comparison_n and_o to_o reflect_v withal_o how_o well_o they_o have_v consider_v these_o thing_n who_o can_v first_o frame_v the_o parallel_n and_o then_o publish_v it_o to_o the_o world_n with_o such_o a_o seem_a assurance_n chap._n viii_o the_o right_n of_o the_o archbishop_n and_o his_o suffragans_fw-la to_o order_n committee_n of_o the_o lower-house_n the_o two_o last_o chapter_n show_v we_o how_o the_o precedent_n at_o the_o head_n of_o his_o suffragan_n bishop_n have_v at_o all_o time_n as_o occasion_v require_v enjoin_v the_o inferior_a clergy_n to_o consider_v and_o prepare_v matter_n according_a to_o the_o 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clergy_n be_v either_o upon_o a_o express_a command_n from_o the_o archbishop_n and_o bishop_n or_o by_o a_o general_a representation_n thereof_o to_o their_o lordship_n who_o be_v in_o that_o manner_n solicit_v to_o redress_v they_o either_o by_o their_o own_o ordinary_a power_n or_o by_o intercession_n with_o the_o king_n or_o application_n to_o the_o parliament_n be_v the_o best_a judge_n of_o the_o method_n most_o proper_a to_o be_v take_v for_o that_o end_n and_o give_v their_o direction_n according_o grievance_n the_o redress_n of_o grievance_n the_o grievance_n be_v reduce_v into_o article_n and_o read_v in_o the_o upper-house_n by_o the_o prolocutor_n be_v present_v to_o the_o archbishop_n and_o bishop_n to_o be_v by_o they_o particular_o consider_v and_o debate_v in_o order_n to_o their_o further_a prosecution_n of_o such_o measure_n as_o shall_v appear_v most_o effectual_a to_o the_o relief_n of_o their_o clergy_n after_o mature_a deliberation_n upon_o they_o with_o the_o clergy_n or_o among_o themselves_o as_o seem_v most_o convenient_a the_o article_n be_v either_o suspend_v for_o some_o time_n as_o those_o in_o 1411._o dec._n 7._o omnes_fw-la isti_fw-la suprascripti_fw-la articuli_fw-la quorum_fw-la reformatio_fw-la deliberationis_fw-la &_o dierum_fw-la exegit_fw-la inducias_fw-la de_fw-la consilio_fw-la &_o assensu_fw-la expressis_fw-la dominorum_fw-la in_o convocatione_n praesentium_fw-la positâ—_n fuerunt_fw-la adhuc_fw-la in_o suspenso_fw-la or_o be_v think_v in_o all_o respect_n just_a and_o reasonable_a they_o be_v approve_v and_o measure_v take_v by_o the_o precedent_n and_o bishop_n in_o convocation_n or_o by_o their_o ordinary_a authority_n if_o the_o matter_n be_v such_o as_o come_v under_o their_o own_o power_n in_o either_o of_o these_o capacity_n otherwise_o they_o convey_v they_o to_o the_o king_n in_o person_n in_o his_o council_n or_o in_o his_o parliament_n according_a to_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o request_n they_o offer_v convocation_n the_o reformanda_fw-la frequent_o propose_v by_o the_o arch_a bishop_n among_o the_o cause_n of_o convocation_n ii_o the_o reformanda_fw-la whether_o in_o convocatione_n in_o parliamento_fw-la or_o per_fw-la regem_fw-la be_v upon_o matter_n that_o concern_v the_o good_a of_o the_o church_n and_o religion_n in_o general_n and_o be_v therefore_o equal_o the_o care_n and_o concern_v as_o well_o of_o bishop_n as_o clergy_n be_v frequent_o move_v and_o propose_v by_o the_o archbishop_n at_o the_o open_v of_o the_o convocation_n among_o the_o cause_n of_o his_o summons_n anno_fw-la 1400._o jan._n 29._o the_o archbishop_n explain_v causas_fw-la &_o negotia_fw-la celebrationis_fw-la svi_fw-la concilij_fw-la provincialis_fw-la convocationis_fw-la cleri_fw-la vulgariter_fw-la nuncupat_fw-la viz._n pro_fw-la defectibus_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la provinciae_fw-la tam_fw-la in_o clero_fw-la quà m_fw-la in_o populo_fw-la juxta_fw-la juris_fw-la exigentiam_fw-la canonicè_fw-la reformandis_fw-la and_o then_o he_o descend_v to_o the_o particular_n anno_fw-la 1404._o may_v 17._o the_o first_o day_n of_o business_n the_o archbishop_n continue_v the_o convocation_n to_o may_v 21._o demandavit_fw-la alijs_fw-la praelatis_fw-la &_o clero_fw-la tunc_fw-la ibidem_fw-la praesentibus_fw-la quòd_fw-la singulis_fw-la diebus_fw-la interim_n ad_fw-la dictum_fw-la locum_fw-la domum_fw-la capitularem_fw-la convenirent_fw-la &_o laborarent_fw-la circa_fw-la reformanda_fw-la in_o cantuariensi_fw-la provinciâ_fw-la &_o exinde_fw-la articulos_fw-la conciperent_fw-la in_o scriptis_fw-la redigendos_fw-la ut_fw-la cum_fw-la dei_fw-la adjutorio_fw-la adhibita_fw-la corum_fw-la benevolentia_fw-la in_o hac_fw-la parte_fw-la quaeque_fw-la reformanda_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la possent_fw-la reformari_fw-la anno_fw-la 1416._o nou._n 16._o expositâ_fw-la per_fw-la reverendissimum_fw-la patrem_fw-la causa_fw-la convocationis_fw-la eorum_fw-la protunc_fw-la factae_fw-la &_o celebratae_fw-la communicató_n que_fw-fr inter_fw-la eosdem_fw-la viz._n the_o bishop_n and_o clergy_n then_o present_a aliquamdiu_fw-la de_fw-fr &_o super_fw-la varijs_fw-la reformandis_fw-la in_o provincia_n tandem_fw-la dominus_fw-la continuavit_fw-la etc._n etc._n anno_fw-la 1419._o among_o the_o cause_n of_o call_v the_o convocation_n particular_o explain_v by_o the_o archbishop_n the_o three_o be_v pro_fw-la defectibus_fw-la in_o clero_fw-la regnantibus_fw-la auctoritate_fw-la illius_fw-la provincialis_fw-la concilij_fw-la reformandis_fw-la and_o then_o he_o direct_v the_o lower-clergy_n to_o retire_v to_o their_o house_n &_o quòd_fw-la ibidem_fw-la de_fw-la &_o super_fw-la materijs_fw-la praedictis_fw-la tractarent_fw-la &_o communicarent_fw-la ad_fw-la finem_fw-la quòd_fw-la babitd_a deliberatione_n de_fw-fr &_o super_fw-la praemissis_fw-la ad_fw-la dei_fw-la laudem_fw-la auctoritate_fw-la concilij_fw-la finaliter_fw-la concludi_fw-la posset_n &_o concorditer_fw-la ordinari_fw-la anno_fw-la 1434._o the_o archbishop_n reckon_v up_o several_a grievance_n of_o the_o church_n et_fw-la tunc_fw-la babita_fw-la communicatione_n super_fw-la bujusmodi_fw-la gravaminibus_fw-la ordinatum_fw-la erat_fw-la tunc_fw-la ibidem_fw-la ut_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la gravamina_fw-la ac_fw-la alia_fw-la quaecunque_fw-la in_o quibus_fw-la dictus_fw-la clerus_fw-la se_fw-la sentijt_fw-la gravari_fw-la nec_fw-la non_fw-la si_fw-la quae_fw-la forent_fw-la crimina_fw-la &_o excessus_fw-la infra_fw-la clerum_fw-la usitat_fw-la quae_fw-la necessariâ_fw-la reformatione_fw-la indigerent_fw-la in_fw-la scriptis_fw-la redigerentur_fw-la ut_fw-la super_fw-la his_fw-la omnibus_fw-la ex_fw-la communi_fw-la consilio_fw-la consensu_fw-la &_o auxilio_fw-la remendium_fw-la posset_n debitum_fw-la adhiberi_fw-la anno_fw-la 1439._o the_o archbishop_n declare_v the_o cause_n of_o the_o convocation_n viz._n qualiter_fw-la jurisdictio_fw-la ecclesiastica_fw-la per_fw-la brevia_fw-la regius_fw-la &_o praecipuè_fw-la per_fw-la brevia_fw-la illa_fw-la de_fw-la praemunire_n facias_fw-la plus_fw-la solito_fw-la extitit_fw-la perturbata_fw-la impedita_fw-la atque_fw-la enormiter_fw-la laesa_fw-la qualiter_fw-la personae_fw-la ecclesiasticae_fw-la tam_fw-la seculares_fw-la quà m_fw-la regulares_fw-la per_fw-la falsa_fw-la indictamenta_fw-la &_o alius_fw-la vias_fw-la exquisitas_fw-la plus_fw-la solito_fw-la vexatae_fw-la &_o gravaâ—ae_fw-la sunt_fw-la his_fw-la diebus_fw-la and_o the_o next_o sesson_n dominus_fw-la mandavit_fw-la praelatis_fw-la &_o clero_fw-la quartenùs_fw-la super_fw-la praemissis_fw-la &_o alijs_fw-la materijs_fw-la quibuscunque_fw-la reformatione_fw-la recessaria_fw-la indigentibus_fw-la viz._n qualiter_fw-la illud_fw-la breve_fw-la de_fw-la praemunire_n facias_fw-la &_o ipsa_fw-la falsa_fw-la indictamenta_fw-la quae_fw-la hodiernis_fw-la diebus_fw-la falsò_fw-la nequiter_fw-la &_o malitiosè_fw-la usitantur_fw-la &_o continuantur_fw-la in_fw-la aliquo_fw-la mitigari_fw-la aut_fw-la pro_fw-la perpetuo_fw-la deleri_fw-la &_o finaliter_fw-la extingui_fw-la valeant_fw-la &_o billas_n &_o alia_fw-la advisamenta_fw-la in_o hac_fw-la parte_fw-la necessaria_fw-la ad_fw-la praemissa_fw-la reformanda_fw-la conciperent_fw-la anno_fw-la 1444._o after_o the_o mention_n of_o the_o foresay_a writ_n among_o the_o cause_n of_o convocation_n the_o archbishop_n add_v qualiter_fw-la in_o
the_o sincerity_n of_o his_o recantation_n in_o case_n of_o this_o kind_n the_o person_n be_v frequent_o bring_v before_o the_o next_o convocation_n especial_o such_o as_o have_v relapse_v after_o a_o abjuration_n of_o their_o error_n according_a to_o the_o language_n and_o corrupt_a opinion_n of_o those_o time_n the_o whole_a process_n in_o the_o interior_n court_v be_v return_v into_o the_o archbishop_n to_o be_v deposit_v there_o against_o the_o next_o convocation_n and_o when_o that_o come_v the_o person_n be_v produce_v and_o a_o relation_n of_o the_o former_a prosecution_n public_o give_v either_o by_o the_o archbishop_n or_o the_o diocesan_n convocation_n constitution_n for_o bring_v heretic_n before_o the_o convocation_n this_o be_v the_o ordinary_a practice_n long_o before_o that_o establishment_n of_o it_o by_o a_o constitution_n under_o archbishop_n chichle_n anno_fw-la 1416._o part_n of_o which_o i_o will_v here_o transcribe_v because_o it_o show_v the_o manner_n and_o 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processibus_fw-la se_fw-la habuerunt_fw-la personas_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la convictas_fw-la diligentiaque_fw-la aut_fw-la negligentijs_fw-la archidiaconorum_fw-la sive_fw-la commissariorum_n praedictorum_fw-la alijsque_fw-la omnibus_fw-la &_o singulis_fw-la circumstantijs_fw-la praemissis_fw-la quomodolibet_fw-la concernen_fw-ge ac_fw-la praesertim_fw-la de_fw-la abjurationibus_fw-la si_fw-la quos_fw-la interim_n haerse_n abjurare_fw-la contingat_fw-la in_o prox_n praelatorum_fw-la &_o cleri_fw-la convocatione_n sub_fw-la forma_fw-la publica_fw-la distincte_n &_o aperte_fw-la nos_fw-la &_o successores_fw-la nostros_fw-la certificare_fw-la curent_fw-la &_o eosdem_fw-la processus_n officiali_fw-la curiae_fw-la nostrae_fw-la cant._n effectualiter_fw-la liberent_fw-la penes_fw-la eundem_fw-la seu_fw-la in_o registrario_fw-la curiae_fw-la nostrae_fw-la cant._n remansur_fw-la sic_fw-la videlicet_fw-la quòd_fw-la quemlibet_fw-la cujus_fw-la interest_n pro_fw-la executione_fw-la ulteriori_fw-la 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a_o establish_a right_o of_o the_o lower-house_n and_o a_o part_n of_o the_o constitution_n of_o this_o national_a church_n nor_o be_v it_o my_o design_n to_o dimiâ—…sh_v it_o by_o the_o observation_n i_o be_o about_o to_o add_v that_o though_o the_o clergy_n negative_a as_o to_o subfidy_n be_v direct_o found_v in_o that_o common_a right_n of_o english_a subject_n not_o to_o be_v tax_v but_o by_o their_o own_o consent_n yet_o under_o that_o right_n the_o clergy_n of_o those_o day_n preserve_v such_o a_o sense_n of_o duty_n to_o their_o ecclesiastical_a superior_n humility_n all_o denial_n of_o the_o clergy_n make_v with_o great_a humility_n that_o all_o their_o denial_n be_v make_v with_o great_a humility_n and_o often_o accompany_v also_o with_o a_o request_n to_o be_v excuse_v for_o that_o time_n and_o also_o with_o their_o particular_a reason_n why_o they_o can_v not_o come_v up_o to_o the_o desire_n of_o the_o archbishop_n and_o his_o brethren_n for_o the_o grant_n of_o subsidy_n be_v always_o propose_v by_o the_o precedent_n upon_o which_o the_o clergy_n be_v direct_v to_o retire_v and_o debate_v and_o return_v their_o answer_n to_o he_o and_o his_o brethren_n general_o they_o concur_v with_o great_a readiness_n and_o when_o they_o dissent_v they_o usual_o show_v the_o cause_n thereof_o with_o the_o utmost_a humility_n anno_fw-la 1356._o 12_o kal._n jun._n they_o excuse_v themselves_o in_o a_o formal_a address_n to_o the_o archbishop_n and_o bishop_n vobis_fw-la reverendis_fw-la in_o christo_fw-la patribus_fw-la dominis_n die_fw-la gratia_fw-la archiepiscopo_fw-la cant._n vestrisque_fw-la suffraganeis_fw-la ad_fw-la celebrandum_fw-la concilium_fw-la provinc_fw-la juxta_fw-la sacrorum_fw-la instituta_fw-la canonum_fw-la congregatis_fw-la supplicat_fw-la humiliter_fw-la &_o devotè_fw-la clerus_fw-la cant._n provinciae_fw-la quatenus_fw-la pio_fw-la sibi_fw-la compatientes_fw-la affectu_fw-la rationes_fw-la svas_fw-la &_o motiva_fw-la infrà _fw-la scripta_fw-la 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