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14._o 33_o 34_o 35_o 40._o and_o 1_o tim._n 2._o 11_o 12._o let_v all_o thing_n be_v dâ—ne_v decent_o and_o in_o order_n for_o god_n be_v not_o the_o author_n of_o confusion_n but_o peace_n let_v your_o woman_n keep_v silence_n in_o the_o church_n etc._n etc._n this_o chant_a and_o rehearse_v of_o gloria_fw-la patri_fw-la by_o all_o the_o people_n with_o a_o loud_a voice_n together_o with_o the_o priest_n at_o the_o end_n of_o the_o psalm_n be_v long_o since_o thus_o censure_v as_o a_o strange_a disorderly_a innovation_n by_o patri_fw-la cassianus_n a_o presbyter_n of_o marselles_n illud_fw-la autem_fw-la quod_fw-la in_o hac_fw-la provincia_n vidimus_fw-la ut_fw-la uno_fw-la cantante_fw-la in_o clausula_fw-la psalmi_n omnes_fw-la adstantes_fw-la concinent_fw-la cum_fw-la clamoro_fw-la gloria_fw-la patri_fw-la et_fw-la filio_fw-la et_fw-la spiritui-sancto_a misquam_fw-la per_fw-la orientem_fw-la audivimus_fw-la sed_fw-la cum_fw-la silentio_fw-la omnium_fw-la ab_fw-la eo_fw-la qui_fw-la cantat_fw-la finito_fw-la psalmo_fw-la orationem_fw-la succedere_fw-la therefore_o most_o sit_v to_o be_v reform_v now_o there_o be_v no_o rubric_n law_n or_o canon_n that_o prescribe_v it_o in_o our_o church_n 4._o because_o it_o be_v direct_o contrary_a to_o the_o precedent_n and_o practice_n of_o the_o 24._o elder_n and_o the_o great_a multitude_n of_o saint_n of_o all_o nation_n and_o kindred_n and_o people_n rev._n 4._o 11_o 12._o cap._n 7._o 10_o 11_o 12._o who_o when_o they_o give_v praise_n and_o glory_n unto_o god_n do_v all_o fall_n down_o on_o their_o face_n not_o stand_n up_o upon_o their_o foot_n before_o the_o throne_n and_o he_o that_o sit_v thereon_o say_v thou_o be_v worthy_a o_o lord_n to_o receive_v glory_n and_o honour_n and_o praise_v blessing_n and_o glory_n and_o wisdom_n and_o thanksgiving_n and_o honour_n and_o power_n and_o might_n be_v unto_o our_o god_n for_o ever_o and_o ever_o amen_n the_o same_o in_o substance_n and_o word_n almost_o with_o gloria_fw-la patri_fw-la etc._n etc._n at_o which_o all_o now_o use_v to_o rise_v and_o stand_v upright_o instead_o of_o fall_v down_o on_o their_o face_n yea_o rise_v up_o not_o only_o from_o their_o seat_n but_o knee_n when_o they_o be_v pray_v o_o lord_n make_v haste_n to_o help_v we_o to_o chant_v or_o say_v glory_n be_v to_o the_o father_n etc._n etc._n subjoin_v to_o that_o and_o other_o prayer_n 5._o because_o this_o start_n and_o stand_v up_o at_o gloria_fw-la patri_fw-la be_v original_o introduce_v prescribe_v by_o popish_a missal_n council_n canon_n priest_n and_o take_v up_o in_o imitation_n of_o popish_a prelate_n priest_n monk_n papist_n in_o their_o celebration_n of_o their_o mass_n in_o which_o they_o all_o stand_v up_o together_o when_o gloria_fw-la patri_fw-la be_v repeat_v at_o the_o entrance_n of_o their_o several_a mass_n the_o end_n of_o every_o psalm_n and_o other_o part_n of_o their_o mass_n when_o and_o by_o what_o pope_n and_o council_n it_o be_v first_o introduce_v i_o can_v certain_o define_v chronicon_fw-la reichespengense_n patri_fw-la fredericus_fw-la lindebrogus_n with_o other_o forecited_n inform_v we_o that_o pope_n damasus_n anno_fw-la 368._o in_o fine_a cujusque_fw-la psalmi_n gloria_fw-la patri_fw-la cantari_fw-la primus_fw-la invenit_fw-la &_o constituit_fw-la but_o that_o he_o enjoin_v all_o or_o any_o to_o stand_v up_o when_o it_o be_v thus_o sing_v or_o read_v no_o author_n once_o record_v the_o capitularia_fw-la of_o the_o emperor_n charles_n the_o great_a and_o ludovicus_n pius_n collect_v by_o abbot_n ansegisus_fw-la and_o benedictus_fw-la levita_fw-la l._n 1._o tit._n 70._o de_fw-fr fide_fw-la presbyterorum_fw-la ab_fw-la episcopis_fw-la discutienda_fw-la ordain_v ut_fw-la episcopi_fw-la diligenter_fw-la discutiant_fw-la per_fw-la svas_fw-la parochias_fw-la etc._n etc._n ut_fw-la gloria_fw-la patri_fw-la cum_fw-la omni_fw-la honore_fw-la apud_fw-la omnes_fw-la caâ—tetur_fw-la &_o ipse_fw-la sacerdos_n cum_fw-la sanctis_fw-la angelis_n &_o populo_fw-la dei_fw-la communi_fw-la voce_fw-la sanctus_n sanctus_n sanctus_n decantet_fw-la but_o that_o they_o shall_v stand_v up_o when_o they_o sing_v it_o there_o be_v not_o one_o
to_o their_o people_n once_o a_o month_n quarter_n year_n yea_o cry_v up_o common-prayer_n to_o suppress_v frequent_a constant_a preach_n when_o as_o the_o 977._o council_n of_o trent_n itself_o resolve_v that_o preach_v of_o god_n word_n be_v the_o principal_a part_n of_o a_o bishop_n office_n and_o belong_v chief_o to_o bishop_n whereupon_o it_o enjoin_v they_o and_o the_o parish-priest_n throughout_o their_o diocese_n to_o preach_v every_o lord_n day_n and_o holy_a day_n and_o in_o the_o time_n of_o fast_n lent_n and_o advent_v to_o preach_v the_o word_n of_o god_n daily_o or_o at_o least_o thrice_o a_o week_n and_o at_o all_o other_o time_n whenever_o it_o may_v be_v opportune_o do_v for_o the_o salvation_n of_o their_o people_n who_o they_o be_v diligent_o to_o admonish_v that_o they_o repair_v to_o the_o church_n to_o hear_v god_n word_n when_o ever_o they_o can_v convenient_o do_v it_o yea_o sabâ—ati_fw-la bernardinus_fw-la senensis_fw-la a_o famous_a popish_a friar_n be_v not_o 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our_o bishop_n minister_n shall_v much_o more_o diligent_o press_v and_o apply_v themselves_o to_o the_o diligent_a frequent_a preach_v and_o all_o people_n to_o the_o assiduous_a hear_n of_o god_n word_n than_o to_o the_o read_n or_o hear_v of_o common-prayer_n which_o too_o many_o esteem_v the_o principal_a mean_n to_o instruct_v and_o save_v their_o soul_n and_o more_o necessary_a than_o preach_v of_o the_o gospel_n of_o christ_n though_o 21._o the_o power_n of_o god_n unto_o salvation_n and_o principle_n mean_v of_o faith_n of_o convert_v and_o save_v the_o soul_n of_o those_o who_o believe_v it_o 6._o that_o there_o be_v some_o thing_n in_o the_o book_n of_o common-prayer_n very_o necessary_a and_o fit_a to_o be_v amend_v as_o 1._o the_o mis-recital_n of_o ezech._n 18._o 21_o 22._o in_o the_o very_a beginning_n of_o the_o book_n which_o many_o much_o abuse_n to_o the_o defer_v of_o their_o repentance_n 2_o the_o continuance_n of_o the_o old_a english_a translation_n of_o the_o psalm_n epistle_n gospel_n and_o other_o text_n of_o scripture_n according_a to_o the_o version_n of_o mr._n tyndal_n thomas_n matthews_n and_o mr._n coverdale_n which_o be_v not_o so_o exact_a so_o agreeable_a with_o the_o original_a and_o dialect_n of_o this_o age_n as_o the_o more_o complete_a refine_a translation_n make_v by_o king_n james_n his_o command_n now_o only_o read_v and_o use_v in_o our_o church_n and_o most_o private_a family_n therefore_o most_o fit_a to_o be_v use_v and_o henceforth_o insert_v into_o the_o common-prayer-book_n to_o take_v away_o all_o former_a controversy_n and_o exception_n against_o the_o old_a translation_n as_o well_o by_o mr._n thomas_n cartwright_n the_o lincoln-shire-minister_n altar_n damascenum_n the_o assembly_n of_o perth_n and_o other_o heretofore_o and_o of_o flectaâ—ur_n sundry_a minister_n of_o late_a time_n especial_o against_o that_o of_o â—sal_n 105._o v._n 28._o occasion_v by_o the_o printer_n omission_n of_o one_o syllable_n to_o 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translation_n whatsoever_o the_o old_a english_a translation_n of_o trevisa_n tyndall_n matthews_n câ—verdale_n the_o bishop_n bible_n dr._n fulke_n mr._n cartwright_n the_o epistle_n and_o gospel_n print_v in_o english_a at_o paris_n anno_fw-la 1558._o yea_o against_o the_o very_a sense_n and_o scope_n of_o the_o text_n itself_o and_o our_o english_a dialect_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o nomine_fw-la etc._n etc._n be_v never_o render_v or_o translate_v at_o but_o in_o the_o name_n alone_o in_o all_o text_n liturgy_n collect_v writ_n warrant_n history_n author_n whatsoever_o and_o the_o phrase_n â—t_z the_o name_n never_o hear_v of_o read_z use_v in_o any_o english_a latin_a greek_a hebrew_n syriack_n arabic_a french_a spanish_a italian_a german_n sclavonian_a or_o other_o writer_n whatsoever_o but_o only_o in_o this_o text_n and_o all_o to_o justify_v the_o ceremony_n of_o bow_v the_o head_n and_o put_v off_o the_o hat_n at_o the_o sound_n or_o hear_v of_o the_o name_n jesus_n 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for_o their_o much_o speak_v express_o prohibit_v by_o our_o saviour_n mat_n 6._o 7_o to_o 16._o and_o by_o eccleâ—_n 5._o 1_o 2._o prov._n 10._o 19_o which_o repetition_n seem_v to_o countenance_v the_o catholic_n papist_n vain_a battology_n and_o abuse_n of_o the_o lord_n prayer_n in_o their_o mâ—ssals_n office_n rosary_n psalter_n bead_n by_o many_o successive_a rehearsal_n thereof_o against_o the_o express_a command_n and_o institution_n of_o christ_n 4_o the_o often_o rehearsal_n of_o good_a lord_n deliver_v we_o we_o beseech_v thou_o to_o hear_v we_o good_a lord_n by_o all_o the_o people_n in_o the_o read_n of_o the_o litany_n which_o antiphony_n and_o responsal_n between_o minister_n clerk_n and_o people_n except_o 4._o amen_o at_o the_o close_n of_o every_o prayer_n have_v no_o precept_n nor_o precedent_n in_o scripture_n or_o solid_a antiquity_n but_o only_o in_o popish_a missal_n pontifical_n office_n processional_n ceremonial_n psalter_n primer_n and_o the_o interposition_n of_o it_o no_o less_o than_o twice_o in_o the_o midst_n of_o the_o litany_n and_o prayer_n for_o the_o king_n divide_v it_o into_o three_o part_n seem_v not_o only_o superfluous_a but_o incongruous_a and_o ridiculous_a to_o many_o i_o shall_v not_o at_o all_o insist_v upon_o kneel_v at_o the_o sacrament_n the_o cross_n in_o baptism_n the_o king_n in_o marriage_n for_o which_o there_o be_v neither_o command_n nor_o example_n in_o scripture_n or_o the_o primitive_a church_n next_o after_o the_o apostle_n which_o mr._n cartwright_n mr._n knewstubs_n the_o lincolnshire_n minister_n mr._n parker_n mr._n paybody_n doctor_n john_n burgess_n archbishop_n whitguift_n master_n hooker_n doctor_n prideaux_n and_o sundry_a other_o have_v at_o large_a debate_v pro_fw-la &_o etc._n contra_fw-la and_o may_v be_v omit_v or_o leave_v arbitrary_a to_o all_o but_o only_o confine_v myself_o to_o some_o few_o particular_n which_o other_o have_v but_o slight_o touch_v not_o satisfactory_o discuss_v sect_n 1._o of_o the_o frequent_a repetition_n of_o glory_n be_v to_o the_o father_n etc._n etc._n at_o
nisi_fw-la cum_fw-la eos_fw-la pedibus_fw-la iter_fw-la facientes_fw-la viae_fw-la difficultas_fw-la &_o longitudo_fw-la aliter_fw-la cogit_fw-la superpellicit_n cum_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la usus_fw-la id_fw-la postulat_fw-la omnes_fw-la utantur_fw-la quae_fw-la non_fw-la lacera_fw-la sint_fw-la non_fw-la sordida_fw-la et_fw-la quae_fw-la etiam_fw-la manicas_fw-la habeant_fw-la superpellicea_n autem_fw-la illa_fw-la quae_fw-la manicis_fw-la carent_fw-la &_o quae_fw-la non_fw-la superpelliceorum_fw-la sed_fw-la mantilium_fw-la nomine_fw-la potius_fw-la digna_fw-la sunt_fw-la omnino_fw-la prohibemus_fw-la canoniciverò_fw-la catbedralium_n &_o collegiatarum_fw-la quo_fw-la tempore_fw-la cappa_fw-la induuntur_fw-la two_o rocheto_fw-la induantur_fw-la sub_fw-la cappa_fw-la clericâ—_n autent_n cum_fw-la superpelliceis_n fuerint_fw-la induti_fw-la nullo_n modo_fw-la in_o manibus_fw-la flores_fw-la nec_fw-la aliud_fw-la quod_fw-la statui_fw-la svo_fw-la &_o ecclesiae_fw-la non_fw-la conveniat_fw-la habeant_fw-la non_fw-la vagentur_fw-la per_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la nec_fw-la deambulent_fw-la nec_fw-la circumoursitent_a sed_fw-la grave_n semper_fw-la sint_fw-la in_o incessu_fw-la &_o staâ—â—_n singuli_fw-la autem_fw-la praeterea_fw-la praesertim_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o aliquo_fw-la minorum_fw-la saltem_fw-la ordinum_fw-la sunt_fw-la proprium_fw-la superpelliceum_fw-la habeant_fw-la quo_fw-la â—tiam_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la cui_fw-la ascripti_fw-la sunt_fw-la et_fw-la alibi_fw-la cum_fw-la ipsi_fw-la suis_fw-la fungi_fw-la muneribus_fw-la contigerit_fw-la uti_fw-la possint_fw-la si_fw-mi quis_fw-la personatus_fw-la vestes_fw-la clericales_fw-la aut_fw-la monachales_n vel_fw-la ad_fw-la eorum_fw-la formam_fw-la induerit_fw-la &_o be_v qui_fw-la eas_fw-la assumpserit_fw-la &_o be_v qui_fw-la accomodarit_fw-la grave_n poenas_fw-la subeant_fw-la qui_fw-la verò_fw-la clericus_fw-la cujusvis_fw-la etiam_fw-la gradus_fw-la ordinis_fw-la dignitatis_fw-la in_o aliquo_fw-la de_fw-la praemissis_fw-la non_fw-la obtemperaverit_fw-la be_v praeter_fw-la poenas_fw-la jam_fw-la inflictas_fw-la aut_fw-la salutari_fw-la poenitentia_fw-la aut_fw-la pecunia_fw-la aut_fw-la suspensione_n ab_fw-la ordinum_fw-la munere_fw-la et_fw-la beneficiorum_fw-la administratione_fw-la aut_fw-la ipsis_fw-la etiam_fw-la beneficiis_fw-la aut_fw-la carcere_fw-la aut_fw-la exilio_fw-la aut_fw-la pluribus_fw-la simul_fw-la ex_fw-la iis_fw-la paenis_fw-la aut_fw-la gravioribus_fw-la pro_fw-la modo_fw-la culpae_fw-la episcopi_fw-la arbiratu_fw-la mulctetur_fw-la qui_fw-la iterum_fw-la in_o eadem_fw-la re_fw-la peccaverit_fw-la duplicata_fw-la paena_fw-la pro_fw-la ratione_fw-la criminis_fw-la ab_fw-la codem_fw-la plectur_n this_o synond_n likewise_o decree_v that_o the_o parish_n priest_n who_o be_v to_o carry_v the_o eucharist_n to_o sick_a person_n do_v wear_v a_o surplice_n and_o proceed_v in_o this_o manner_n 373._o vbi_fw-la manus_fw-la laverit_fw-la tum_fw-la superpelliceo_fw-la stola_fw-la pluviali_fw-la ubi_fw-la potest_fw-la indutus_fw-la ad_fw-la altar_n genibus_fw-la flexis_fw-la oret_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la verò_fw-la caeteri_fw-la clericive_a qui_fw-la comitantur_fw-la superpellicem_fw-la adhibeant_fw-la si_fw-mi canonicorum_fw-la capitulum_fw-la sit_fw-la cappam_fw-la vel_fw-la almutiam_fw-la aliudve_fw-la indumentum_fw-la ut_fw-la illis_fw-la in_o choro_fw-la moris_fw-la est_fw-la reliqui_fw-la fideles_fw-la bini_fw-la prosequantur_fw-la capite_fw-la aperto_fw-la &_o quamplurimi_fw-la candelis_fw-la accensis_fw-la ac_fw-la primo_fw-la loco_fw-la viri_fw-la in_fw-la quibus_fw-la scholar_n sanctissimi_fw-la sacramenti_fw-la praecedant_fw-la postremo_fw-la foeminae_fw-la omnes_fw-la praesertim_fw-la ecclesiastici_fw-la homines_fw-la hymno_fw-la &_o psalmos_fw-la paenitentiale_n aliosve_fw-la intima_fw-la animae_fw-la pielate_fw-la simâ—l_fw-la cum_fw-la parocho_fw-la sed_fw-la alternatim_fw-la pronunciant_fw-la atque_fw-la alii_fw-la etiam_fw-la religiosi_fw-la orent_fw-la it_o likewise_o add_v 60._o in_o celebratione_fw-la missae_fw-la sacerdos_n ne_fw-la se_fw-la confer_v at_o ad_fw-la altar_n nisi_fw-la clericum_fw-la in_o decenti_fw-la habitu_fw-la &_o cum_fw-la superpelliceo_fw-la mundo_fw-la cum_fw-la manicis_fw-la sibi_fw-la inservientem_fw-la habuerit_fw-la enjoin_v the_o parish_n clerk_n to_o wear_v a_o surplice_n as_o well_o as_o the_o priest_n this_o last_o french_a popish_a synod_n prescribe_v the_o constant_a use_n of_o surplisses_n to_o all_o canon_n prebend_n parish_n priest_n and_o curate_n under_o several_a ecclesiastical_a and_o temporal_a punishment_n with_o great_a rigour_n and_o severity_n when_o as_o ordo_fw-la romanus_n antiquus_fw-la de_fw-la divinis_fw-la officiis_n &_o missa_fw-la the_o roman_a pontifical_n ceremonial_n missal_n in_o their_o rubric_n of_o say_v or_o sing_v mass_n prefix_v to_o they_o do_v only_o enjoy_v their_o use_n without_o any_o penalty_n ecclesiastical_a or_o civil_a express_v in_o they_o to_o be_v inflict_v on_o nonconformist_n thereunto_o for_o the_o use_n of_o surplisses_n in_o our_o british_a church_n during_o the_o briton_n or_o saxon_n time_n i_o remember_v nothing_o in_o canon_n or_o history_n only_o our_o alchuinus_n tutor_n to_o charles_n the_o great_a an._n 800._o de_fw-fr divinis_fw-la officiis_n c._n 38_o 39_o writing_n of_o the_o several_a vestment_n wherewith_o priest_n be_v clad_v in_o the_o old_a testament_n etc._n observe_v habent_fw-la etiam_fw-la nunc_fw-la ministri_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la christi_fw-la superhumerale_fw-mi quod_fw-la amicium_fw-la vocamus_fw-la quando_fw-la ad_fw-la altar_n ministrant_fw-la quod_fw-la fit_a ex_fw-la lino_n purissimo_fw-la per_fw-la linum_fw-la quod_fw-la ex_fw-la terra_fw-la sumitur_fw-la &_o per_fw-la multos_fw-la labores_fw-la ad_fw-la candorem_fw-la ducitur_fw-la designatur_fw-la corpus_fw-la humanum_fw-la quod_fw-la ex_fw-la terra_fw-la constat_fw-la sicut_fw-la ergò_fw-la linum_fw-la per_fw-la multos_fw-la labores_fw-la ad_fw-la candorem_fw-la reducitur_fw-la ita_fw-la corpus_fw-la humanum_fw-la multis_fw-la calamitatibus_fw-la attritum_fw-la candidum_fw-la &_o purum_fw-la esse_fw-la debet_fw-la ab_fw-la omni_fw-la sorde_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la posteà _fw-la sequitur_fw-la pederis_n quae_fw-la vulgo_fw-la alba_n dicitur_fw-la significat_fw-la autem_fw-la perseverantiam_fw-la in_o bona_fw-la actione_n after_o which_o he_o mention_n the_o stola_fw-la dalmatica_fw-la caâ—ula_fw-la use_v by_o priest_n and_o pallium_fw-la archiepiscoporum_fw-la to_o distinguish_v the_o archbishop_n from_o his_o suffragans_n subjoyn_v stephaâ—uâ—s_fw-la natione_fw-la romanus_n ex_fw-la patre_fw-la labio_n ut_fw-la legitur_fw-la in_o gestis_fw-la pontificalibus_fw-la â—â—nstituit_fw-la sacerdotibus_fw-la levitisque_fw-la vestes_fw-la sacras_fw-la in_o usu_fw-la quotidiano_fw-la non_fw-la uti_fw-la nisi_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la whether_o any_o of_o these_o garment_n be_v then_o use_v in_o england_n or_o the_o same_o with_o surplisses_n for_o fashion_n as_o colour_n i_o can_v define_v the_o first_o mention_n i_o observe_v in_o our_o historian_n of_o surplisses_n and_o their_o wear_n by_o that_o name_n be_v in_o the_o year_n of_o our_o lord_n 1237._o the_o 21._o of_o henry_n the_o 3d._n where_o 1140._o mat_n paris_n record_v that_o otto_n the_o pope_n legate_n summon_v all_o the_o popish_a bishop_n abbot_n and_o clergy_n to_o a_o council_n in_o paul_n church_n london_n to_o which_o he_o go_v in_o great_a pomp_n enter_v the_o church_n he_o put_v on_o his_o pontifical_a garment_n and_o among_o the_o rest_n a_o surplice_n which_o he_o thus_o express_v pontificalibus_fw-la se_fw-la induit_fw-la scilicet_fw-la superpelliceo_fw-la et_fw-la desuper_fw-la cappa_fw-la chorali_fw-la pellibus_fw-la variis_fw-la furrata_fw-la et_fw-la mitra_fw-la et_fw-la precedentibus_fw-la archiepiscopis_fw-la cantuariensi_fw-la et_fw-la eboracensi_fw-la cum_fw-la cum_fw-la processione_n solemni_fw-la cum_fw-la cruse_n &_o caeriis_fw-la acconsis_fw-la et_fw-la cum_fw-la letania_n the_o second_o day_n the_o council_n be_v begin_v missi_fw-la sunt_fw-la ex_fw-la parte_fw-la domini_fw-la regis_fw-la comes_fw-la lincolniensis_fw-la johannes_n et_fw-fr johannes_n filius_fw-la galfridi_fw-la et_fw-la gulielmus_fw-la de_fw-fr raele_n canonicus_n sancti_fw-la pauli_n ut_fw-la dicto_fw-la legato_n ex_fw-la parte_fw-la regis_fw-la et_fw-la regni_fw-la inhiberent_fw-la ne_fw-la ibi_fw-la contra_fw-la regium_fw-la coronam_fw-la et_fw-la dignitatem_fw-la aliquid_fw-la statuere_fw-la attemptaret_fw-la et_fw-la remansit_fw-la ibi_fw-la ut_fw-la hoc_fw-la observaretur_fw-la gulielmus_fw-la de_fw-fr raele_n capa_fw-la canonica_fw-la et_fw-la superpelliceo_fw-la aliis_fw-la reedentibus_fw-la by_o which_o it_o seem_v the_o canon_n sit_v in_o this_o council_n in_o their_o 61._o canonical_a cap_n or_o cowl_n and_o surplisses_n as_o well_o as_o the_o pope_n legate_n himself_o anno_fw-la 1247._o the_o 31._o of_o king_n henry_n the_o 3d._n his_o reign_n praecepit_fw-la dominus_fw-la râ—x_fw-la ut_fw-la omnes_fw-la presbyteri_fw-la londinienses_fw-la festive_a vestiti_fw-la superpelliciis_fw-la et_fw-la capis_fw-la â—um_fw-la suis_fw-la clâ—ricis_fw-la decenter_n vestâ—tis_fw-la cum_fw-la vexillis_fw-la crucious_a et_fw-fr caereis_n accensis_fw-la die_fw-la erastina_fw-la 713._o viz._n s._n edvardi_fw-la summo_fw-la mane_n ordinatè_fw-la et_fw-la reverenter_fw-la convenirent_fw-la apud_fw-la s._n paulum_fw-la to_o a_o accompany_v the_o king_n bishop_n and_o noble_n thence_o to_o the_o church_n of_o westminster_n in_o solemn_a procession_n to_o bring_v the_o viol_n of_o christ_n blood_n send_v to_o the_o king_n from_o jerusalem_n who_o carry_v the_o viol_n himself_o from_o paul_n to_o westminster_n under_o a_o canopy_n which_o they_o according_o perform_v the_o mass_n priest_n of_o that_o age_n use_v surpriss_n in_o their_o procession_n here_o in_o england_n about_o the_o year_n 1290._o john_n peckham_n archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n appropriate_v the_o church_n of_o preston_n to_o the_o monk_n of_o canterbury_n and_o endow_v a_o perpetual_a vicar_n in_o it_o grant_v in_o the_o instrument_n that_o the_o monkâ—_n 2120._o onera_fw-la reparationis_fw-la et_fw-la rejectionis_fw-la cancelli_fw-la praedictae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la de_fw-la preston_n intus_fw-la
&_o exterius_fw-la necnon_fw-la et_fw-la inventionis_fw-la librorum_fw-la vestimentorum_fw-la superpelliceorum_fw-la &_o ornamentorum_fw-la dictae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la quae_fw-la per_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la rectores_fw-la inveniri_fw-la &_o reparari_fw-la debent_fw-la aut_fw-la solent_fw-la subeant_fw-la which_o intimate_v that_o priest_n and_o vicar_n do_v then_o use_v to_o wear_v and_o find_v their_o own_o surplice_n and_o that_o by_o the_o same_o archbishop_n provincial_a constitution_n who_o decree_v 180._o dignissimus_fw-la ut_fw-la sacramentum_fw-la eucharistiae_fw-la circumferatur_fw-la cum_fw-la debita_fw-la reverentia_fw-la ad_fw-la egrotos_fw-la sacerdoti_fw-la sâ—ltem_fw-la induto_fw-la superpelliceo_fw-la gerente_fw-la orarium_fw-la cum_fw-la lumine_fw-la praevio_fw-la in_o lucerna_fw-la cum_fw-la campana_fw-la ut_fw-la populus_fw-la ad_fw-la revetentiam_fw-la debitam_fw-la excitetur_fw-la qui_fw-la ad_fw-la prosternendum_fw-la se_fw-la vel_fw-la adorandum_fw-la saltem_fw-la humiliter_fw-la informatur_fw-la sacerdotali_fw-la prudentia_fw-la ubicunque_fw-la regem_fw-la gloriae_fw-la sub_fw-la panis_fw-la latibulo_fw-la evenerit_fw-la deportari_fw-la the_o original_a ground_n of_o kneel_v at_o as_o well_o as_o to_o the_o sacrament_n this_o be_v the_o 1._o constitution_n in_o our_o english_a church_n i_o have_v yet_o observe_v prescribe_v priest_n to_o wear_v surplisses_n when_o they_o deliver_v the_o eucharist_n or_o carry_v it_o to_o sick_a person_n on_o which_o lindwode_n have_v this_o gloss_n â—t_a sic_fw-la tolerare_fw-la potest_fw-la licet_fw-la minister_n sacerdotis_fw-la non_fw-la sit_fw-la indutus_fw-la superpelliced_fw-la licet_fw-la honestus_fw-la sit_fw-la quod_fw-la ipsius_fw-la minister_n superpelliced_fw-la induatur_fw-la considerata_fw-la qualitate_fw-la beneficii_fw-la et_fw-la facultatibus_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la which_o intimate_v that_o parish_n clerk_n shall_v wear_v surplisses_n as_o well_o as_o priest_n robert_n winchelsie_n b._n his_o next_o successor_n in_o the_o see_v of_o canterbury_n as_o lindwode_n or_o simon_n islip_n as_o john_n de_fw-fr aton_n record_n about_o the_o year_n 1300._o decree_v what_o popish_a trinket_n book_n ornament_n vestment_n shall_v be_v provide_v in_o every_o parish_n church_n by_o the_o parishioner_n among_o which_o he_o enumerate_v dalmatica_fw-la tunica_fw-la &_o cum_fw-la capa_fw-la de_fw-la choro_fw-la tria_fw-la superpellâ—cea_n unum_fw-la rochetum_fw-la on_o which_o lindwode_n have_v this_o gloss_n tria_fw-la superpellicea_n ad_fw-la usum_fw-la scilicet_fw-la trium_fw-la ministrorum_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la vizt_v sacerdotis_fw-la diaconi_fw-la &_o sub_fw-la diaconi_fw-la rochetum_fw-la quod_fw-la differt_fw-la à _fw-la superpelliceo_fw-la quia_fw-la superpellicium_fw-la habet_fw-la manicas_fw-la pendulas_fw-la sed_fw-la rochetum_fw-la est_fw-la sine_fw-la manicis_fw-la &_o ordinatur_fw-la pro_fw-la clerico_n ministraturo_fw-la sacerdoti_fw-la vel_fw-la forsan_fw-la ad_fw-la opus_fw-la ipsius_fw-la sacerdotis_fw-la in_o baptizando_fw-la pueros_fw-la ne_fw-la per_fw-la manicas_fw-la ipsius_fw-la brachia_fw-la impediantur_fw-la his_o next_o successor_n walter_n raynod_n decree_v 38._o that_o archdeacon_n among_o other_o thing_n shall_v take_v care_n that_o there_o shall_v be_v in_o every_o parish_n church_n ad_fw-la minus_fw-la duplicia_fw-la sacerdotalia_fw-la vestimenta_fw-la the_o one_o for_o lord_n day_n the_o other_o for_o holiday_n as_o lindwode_n gloss_v it_o &_o ut_fw-la honour_n debitus_fw-la divinis_fw-la officiis_n in_fw-la omnibus_fw-la impendatur_fw-la praecipimus_fw-la etiam_fw-la ut_fw-la qui_fw-la altari_fw-la ministrat_n suppelliceo_fw-la induatur_fw-la on_o which_o lindwode_n have_v this_o gloss_n vizt_v presbytero_fw-la celebranti_fw-la assistens_fw-la et_fw-la idem_fw-la in_o missae_fw-la tempore_fw-la ministrans_fw-la vel_fw-la potest_fw-la intelligi_fw-la de_fw-la sacer_n dote_v quovis_fw-la tempore_fw-la accedente_fw-la 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do_v subditi_fw-la existant_fw-la sed_fw-la maxim_n curam_fw-la animarum_fw-la habeant_fw-la ut_fw-la secundum_fw-la apostolum_n populum_fw-la dei_fw-la suis_fw-la exemplis_fw-la benè_fw-la corrigant_fw-la &_o sanae_fw-la quoque_fw-la doctrinae_fw-la sermonibus_fw-la instruant_fw-la bonis_fw-la utique_fw-la moribus_fw-la abstinentiae_fw-la virtutibus_fw-la justitiae_fw-la operibus_fw-la doctrinae_fw-la studiis_fw-la adornati_fw-la yea_o the_o 279._o 2d_o council_n of_o cavailon_n under_o the_o emperor_n charles_n the_o great_a about_o the_o year_n 810._o cap._n 1_o 2_o 4_o 5._o decree_v according_a to_o the_o decree_n of_o the_o holy_a canon_n and_o the_o doctrine_n of_o other_o sacred_a scripture_n ut_fw-la episcopi_fw-la assidui_fw-la sint_fw-la in_o lectione_n &_o scrutentur_fw-la mysteria_fw-la verborum_fw-la dei_fw-la quibus_fw-la in_o ecclesâ—is_fw-la doctrinae_fw-la fulgore_fw-la splendeant_fw-la &_o verborum_fw-la dei_fw-la alimentis_fw-la animas_fw-la sibi_fw-la subditas_fw-la 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consensu_fw-la ut_fw-la unusquisque_fw-la nostrum_fw-la dictis_fw-la &_o exemplis_fw-la plebes_fw-la parochiae_fw-la suae_fw-la attentius_fw-la ad_fw-la meliora_fw-la inciten_n studeo_fw-la easque_fw-la ut_fw-la se_fw-la à _fw-la malis_fw-la cohibeant_fw-la etc._n etc._n solicitè_fw-fr admoneant_fw-la cum_fw-la itaque_fw-la praedicatores_fw-la sine_fw-la cessatione_fw-la populo_fw-la dei_fw-la praedicare_fw-la necesse_fw-la sit_fw-la juxta_fw-la illud_fw-la 58._o isaiae_n clama_fw-la necesses_fw-la quasi_fw-la tuba_fw-la exalta_fw-la vocem_fw-la tuam_fw-la &_o annuncia_fw-la populo_fw-la meo_fw-la scelera_fw-la eorum_fw-la etc._n etc._n tum_fw-la maximè_fw-la id_fw-la facere_fw-la necesse_fw-la est_fw-la quando_fw-la iram_fw-la domini_fw-la contra_fw-la populum_fw-la dei_fw-la meritis_fw-la exigentibus_fw-la grassari_fw-la perspexerint_fw-la juxta_fw-la illud_fw-la quod_fw-la dominus_fw-la per_fw-la ezechielem_fw-la prophetam_fw-la loquor_fw-la ezech._n 3._o 17._o etc._n etc._n &_o c._n 33._o 7_o 8_o etc._n etc._n which_o be_v second_v by_o many_o other_o dei_fw-la council_n in_o and_o after_o that_o age_n hence_o 416._o odo_n archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n in_o his_o constitution_n about_o the_o year_n 943._o cap._n 3._o de_fw-fr officio_fw-la episcopi_fw-la admonish_v all_o bishop_n and_o presbyter_n quatenus_fw-la cum_fw-la honestate_fw-la &_o modestia_fw-la bonis_fw-la exemplis_fw-la in_o sanctae_fw-la religionis_fw-la pielate_fw-la praedicent_fw-la &_o populum_fw-la dei_fw-la doctrina_fw-la sua_fw-la erudiant_fw-la &_o informent_fw-la ut_fw-la svas_fw-la parochias_fw-la omni_fw-la anno_fw-la cum_fw-la omni_fw-la vigslantia_fw-la praedicando_fw-la verbum_fw-la dei_fw-la circumeant_fw-la absque_fw-la ullo_fw-la timore_fw-la vel_fw-la adulatione_fw-la cum_fw-la omni_fw-la fiducia_fw-la verbum_fw-la dei_fw-la praedicare_fw-la regi_fw-la principibus_fw-la populi_fw-la svi_fw-la omnibus_fw-la dignitatibus_fw-la &_o nunquam_fw-la veritatem_fw-la subter_fw-la 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etc._n etc._n and_o one_o of_o the_o elder_n answer_v say_v unto_o i_o what_o be_v these_o which_o be_v array_v in_o white_a robe_n and_o whence_o come_v they_o and_o i_o say_v unto_o he_o sir_n thou_o know_v and_o he_o say_v unto_o i_o these_o be_v they_o which_o come_v out_o of_o great_a tribulation_n and_o have_v wash_v their_o robe_n and_o make_v they_o white_a in_o the_o blood_n of_o the_o lamb_n therefore_o be_v they_o before_o the_o throne_n of_o god_n and_o serve_v he_o day_n and_o night_n in_o his_o temple_n etc._n etc._n and_o the_o seven_o angel_n come_v out_o of_o the_o temple_n have_v the_o seven_o plague_n clothe_v in_o white_a and_o have_v their_o breast_n gird_v with_o golden_a girdle_n and_o i_o see_v heaven_n open_v and_o behold_v a_o white_a horse_n and_o he_o that_o sit_v upon_o he_o be_v clothe_v in_o a_o vesture_n dip_v in_o blood_n and_o his_o name_n be_v call_v the_o word_n of_o god_n and_o the_o army_n which_o be_v in_o heaven_n follow_v he_o upon_o white_a 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