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in_o scriptis_fw-la redigant_fw-la &_o coram_fw-la ipso_fw-la reverendissimo_fw-la &_o confratribus_fw-la episcopis_fw-la exhibeant_fw-la anno_fw-la 1661._o the_o prolocutor_n be_v confirm_v committee_n of_o both_o house_n be_v order_v in_o the_o upper-house_n to_o compose_v service_n for_o the_o 29_o of_o may_n and_o the_o 30_o of_o january_n etc._n etc._n and_o when_o afterward_o by_o the_o come_n of_o the_o royal_a licence_n they_o think_v themselves_o at_o liberty_n to_o enter_v upon_o the_o business_n which_o be_v the_o chief_a cause_n of_o their_o meeting_n the_o archbishop_n direct_v the_o member_n of_o the_o lower-house_n to_o proceed_v in_o it_o in_o the_o self_n same_o word_n that_o archbishop_n laud_n have_v use_v in_o the_o year_n 1640._o convocation_n the_o inference_n from_o the_o archbishops_n declare_v the_o cause_n of_o convocation_n i_o have_v be_v thus_o particular_a in_o my_o deduction_n of_o authority_n to_o show_v the_o right_n of_o the_o precedent_n to_o mark_v out_o a_o scheme_n of_o business_n to_o be_v transact_v in_o convocation_n because_o as_o by_o the_o tenor_n of_o the_o mandate_n his_o first_o step_n in_o summon_v we_o be_v lead_v to_o the_o foundation_n of_o his_o grace_n power_n over_o the_o member_n of_o the_o lower-house_n so_o in_o this_o their_o entrance_n upon_o business_n we_o clear_o see_v his_o influence_n and_o authority_n over_o their_o proceed_n that_o be_v we_o have_v the_o view_n of_o a_o ecclesiastical_a synod_n consist_v of_o a_o metropolitan_a bishop_n and_o presbyter_n all_o go_v on_o to_o act_n within_o their_o proper_a sphere_n and_o suitable_o to_o the_o constitution_n of_o a_o episcopal_a church_n the_o metropolitan_a have_v advise_v with_o his_o suffragan-bishop_n about_o the_o state_n and_o condition_n of_o the_o church_n of_o which_o he_o and_o they_o be_v constitute_v governor_n recommend_v to_o the_o synod_n the_o consideration_n of_o such_o improvement_n or_o reformation_n as_o evident_o tend_v to_o its_o honour_n and_o safety_n the_o clergy_n be_v there_o in_o readiness_n to_o receive_v the_o opinion_n and_o direction_n of_o their_o ecclesiastical_a superior_n and_o to_o offer_v their_o own_o judgement_n as_o there_o shall_v be_v occasion_n with_o all_o duty_n and_o humility_n and_o in_o short_a to_o give_v their_o assistance_n of_o every_o kind_n in_o a_o proper_a subordination_n towards_o the_o ready_a and_o effectual_a dispatch_n of_o all_o business_n that_o shall_v be_v regular_o propose_v for_o the_o advancement_n of_o religion_n the_o archbishop_n and_o bishop_n we_o see_v deliberate_v above_o and_o the_o clergy_n debate_v the_o same_o matter_n below_o to_o be_v ready_a with_o their_o opinion_n and_o resolution_n when_o require_v and_o thus_o they_o appear_v like_o one_o body_n of_o man_n meet_v about_o the_o same_o common_a business_n in_o which_o all_o in_o their_o several_a station_n be_v immediate_o concern_v proceed_v also_o with_o such_o a_o paternal_a affection_n on_o the_o one_o hand_n and_o such_o dutiful_a obedience_n on_o the_o other_o as_o become_v their_o holy_a function_n and_o be_v due_a to_o measure_n for_o preserve_v the_o order_n and_o unity_n of_o the_o church_n but_o some_o late_a principle_n and_o practice_n have_v another_o tendency_n for_o instance_n the_o clergy_n proceed_v in_o business_n of_o the_o great_a moment_n and_o even_o come_v to_o form_a resolution_n thereupon_o without_o ever_o acquaint_v their_o ecclesiastical_a superior_n and_o much_o less_o offer_v they_o first_o in_o general_n as_o point_n that_o in_o their_o opinion_n deserve_v or_o
with_o such_o mean_a method_n to_o proclaim_v her_o breach_n and_o make_v she_o the_o public_a scorn_n of_o her_o enemy_n for_o the_o sake_n of_o our_o church_n and_o religion_n may_v the_o author_n of_o these_o method_n be_v once_o bring_v to_o such_o a_o spirit_n and_o temper_n as_o shall_v at_o least_o oblige_v he_o to_o common_a decency_n or_o however_o restrain_v he_o from_o such_o open_a and_o virulent_a abuse_n of_o his_o ecclesiastical_a governor_n order_n make_v in_o convocation_n against_o the_o publication_n of_o debatés_fw-fr whilâ—…_n depend_v he_o seem_v to_o have_v overcome_v the_o obligation_n of_o duty_n but_o may_v remember_v that_o in_o some_o former_a convocation_n particular_a order_n have_v be_v make_v against_o reveal_v the_o debate_n even_o in_o discourse_n till_o finish_v and_o that_o upon_o penaltiés_fw-fr which_o he_o be_v take_v great_a pain_n to_o deserve_v anno_fw-la 1529._o sess_n 3._o reverendissimus_fw-la monuit_fw-la omnes_fw-la sub_fw-la poenâ_fw-la excommunicationis_fw-la ne_fw-la aliquis_fw-la revelet_fw-la extra-domum_a aliquibus_fw-la personis_fw-la cujuscunqué_fw-fr statûs_fw-la nisi_fw-la inter_fw-la semetipsos_fw-la anno_fw-la 1529._o sess_n 19_o reverendissimus_fw-la omnes_fw-la &_o singulos_fw-la admonuit_fw-la ne_fw-la quicquam_fw-la revelent_fw-mi de_fw-fr hujusmodi_fw-la communicatione_n anno_fw-la 1529._o sess_n 20._o episcopus_fw-la london_n commissarius_fw-la etc._n etc._n monuit_fw-la omnes_fw-la ne_fw-la quicquam_fw-la revelarent_fw-la ibi_fw-la dictum_fw-la vel_fw-la recitatum_fw-la sub_fw-la poenâ_fw-la excommunicationis_fw-la latae_fw-la sententiae_fw-la anno_fw-la 1541._o sess_n 8._o accessit_fw-la prolocutor_n cum_fw-la quibusdam_fw-la de_fw-la electis_fw-la à _fw-la clero_fw-la &_o exposuerunt_fw-la querelas_fw-la svas_fw-la etc._n etc._n ubi_fw-la reverendissimus_fw-la praecepit_fw-la ne_fw-la quid_fw-la effutirent_fw-la de_fw-la rebus_fw-la ipsis_fw-la expositis_fw-la anno_fw-la 1557._o the_o archbishop_n 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aliquis_fw-la è_fw-la clero_fw-la copiam_fw-la canonis_fw-la aut_fw-la partis_fw-la canonis_fw-la proposituri_fw-la &_o tractaturi_fw-la exscribere_fw-la aut_fw-la de_fw-la aliquo_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la canone_o foras_fw-la fabulare_fw-la praesumpserit_fw-la donec_fw-la hac_fw-la convocatione_n sive_fw-la sacrâ_fw-la synodo_fw-la plenary_a &_o finaliter_fw-la assensum_fw-la &_o sacra_fw-la regius_fw-la majestate_fw-la approbat_fw-la erit_fw-la sub_fw-la poena_fw-la suspensionis_fw-la cujuslibet_fw-la è_fw-la clero_fw-la per_fw-la tres_fw-la menses_fw-la &_o synodicae_n monitionis_fw-la pro_fw-la quolibet_fw-la praelato_fw-la qui_fw-la ita_fw-la peccaverit_fw-la prout_fw-la in_o actu_fw-la synodico_fw-la sequen_n continetur_fw-la viz._n etc._n etc._n dominus_fw-la prolocutor_n venit_fw-la cum_fw-la 5_o aliis_fw-la è_fw-la domo_fw-la inferiori_fw-la &_o eye_v declaravit_fw-la istum_fw-la actum_fw-la synodicum_fw-la praeceden_fw-mi &_o voluit_fw-la eundem_fw-la dominum_fw-la prolocutorem_fw-la ad_fw-la declarand_n istum_fw-la actum_fw-la toto_fw-la coetui_fw-la dictae_fw-la domûs_fw-la mox_fw-la revertebat_fw-la &_o dixit_fw-la se_fw-la &_o totum_fw-la coetum_fw-la domûs_fw-la inferioris_fw-la consensum_fw-la &_o assensum_fw-la suos_fw-la confectioni_fw-la dicti_fw-la actûs_fw-la synodici_fw-la adhibuisse_fw-la &_o eundem_fw-la unanimiter_fw-la approbâsse_fw-la the_o convocation_n in_o which_o those_o strict_a provision_n for_o secrecy_n be_v make_v will_v without_o doubt_n have_v animadvert_v severe_o upon_o such_o a_o shameful_a method_n of_o send_v the_o debate_n i_o be_o sorry_a to_o say_v the_o division_n session_n by_o session_n into_o all_o part_n of_o the_o kingdom_n but_o after_o a_o general_a request_n to_o this_o writer_n that_o in_o the_o manner_n of_o vent_v his_o resentment_n he_o will_v at_o least_o have_v a_o great_a regard_n to_o the_o honour_n of_o our_o church_n i_o will_v consider_v the_o matter_n of_o his_o paper_n so_o far_o as_o it_o concern_v the_o substitution_n of_o a_o prolocutor_n and_o affect_v the_o account_n i_o have_v give_v of_o this_o point_n chap._n 4._o p._n his_o insincerity_n in_o the_o other_o part_n of_o that_o relation_n have_v be_v already_o lay_v open_a and_o this_o about_o substitution_n as_o depend_v upon_o the_o register_n of_o convocation_n be_v the_o only_a head_n that_o fall_v under_o my_o consideration_n reasins_z why_o a_o sub-prolocutor_n ought_v to_o be_v confirm_v in_o the_o upper_a house_n in_o the_o four_o chapter_n p._n 74._o i_o infer_v a_o necessity_n that_o the_o substitute_n be_v admit_v and_o confirm_v by_o the_o upper_a house_n because_o without_o this_o he_o be_v not_o the_o person_n agree_v on_o between_o the_o bishop_n and_o clergy_n for_o the_o mutual_a conveyance_n of_o their_o message_n nor_o can_v their_o lordship_n receive_v any_o thing_n from_o he_o as_o the_o sense_n of_o the_o inferior_a clergy_n and_o much_o less_o return_v their_o own_o pleasure_n by_o he_o add_v to_o this_o that_o at_o the_o open_v of_o convocation_n and_o in_o the_o middle_n upon_o death_n or_o promotion_n the_o clergy_n can_v proceed_v to_o a_o election_n without_o his_o grace_n leave_n nor_o be_v he_o ever_o think_v to_o be_v qualify_v for_o the_o exercise_n of_o any_o part_n of_o the_o office_n before_o confirmation_n he_o blame_v i_o for_o a_o further_a observation_n to_o the_o same_o purpose_n right_o of_o the_o archbishop_n p._n 67._o that_o neither_o the_o speaker_n of_o the_o house_n of_o commons_o nor_o the_o house_n it_o self_n have_v the_o power_n to_o substitute_n a_o speaker_n but_o however_o i_o have_v declare_v all_o along_o against_o infer_v a_o independence_n of_o the_o low_a house_n from_o the_o independence_n of_o the_o commons_o it_o be_v i_o hope_v no_o unseasonable_a suggestion_n to_o those_o who_o so_o much_o desire_n to_o make_v the_o proceed_n in_o parliament_n their_o rule_n that_o in_o this_o point_n of_o substitution_n they_o go_v beyond_o their_o rule_n it_o be_v true_a the_o dignitaries_n of_o the_o low_a house_n have_v a_o personal_a right_o to_o be_v summon_v and_o as_o such_o be_v capable_a of_o appear_v by_o proxy_n but_o can_v actual_o appear_v so_o without_o the_o consent_n and_o approbation_n of_o the_o precedent_n nor_o be_v it_o at_o all_o to_o the_o purpose_n to_o talk_v of_o the_o ordinary_a substitution_n of_o proxy_n unless_o that_o power_n infer_v a_o absolute_a and_o immediate_a right_n to_o substitute_n a_o prolocutor_n or_o speaker_n see_v chap._n 3._o which_o he_o must_v needs_o know_v to_o be_v otherwise_o in_o the_o house_n of_o peer_n where_o the_o nobility_n substitute_n their_o proxy_n but_o not_o a_o speaker_n instance_n of_o substitution_n oâ—_n authority_n of_o the_o upper_a house_n defend_v against_o the_o late_a paper_n number_n 1_o these_o consideration_n from_o the_o reason_n of_o the_o thing_n and_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o office_n be_v confirm_v p._n 75._o by_o instance_n of_o application_n to_o the_o upper_a house_n upon_o the_o substitution_n of_o a_o prolocutor_n for_o the_o low_a the_o first_o that_o of_o archdeacon_n wolman_n be_v too_o express_a to_o be_v evade_v anno_fw-la 1533._o sess_n 3._o in_o the_o upper_a house_n book_n ibidem_fw-la dominus_fw-la prolocutor_n d._n wolman_n affirmavit_fw-la se_fw-la aegrotum_fw-la esse_fw-la &_o petiit_fw-la ut_fw-la durante_fw-la infirmitate_fw-la ejus_fw-la mr._n fox_n si_fw-la vellet_fw-la adesse_fw-la vel_fw-la mr._n d._n bell_n exerceret_fw-la officium_fw-la suum_fw-la &_o concessum_fw-la est_fw-la and_o this_o instance_n be_v make_v more_o full_a and_o clear_a by_o the_o additional_a remark_n he_o bring_v out_o of_o some_o other_o extract_v which_o be_v yet_o conceal_v another_o extract_n from_o the_o same_o register_n say_v he_o p._n 8._o give_v this_o further_a account_n of_o it_o which_o do_v the_o prolocutor_n be_v sick_a desire_v that_o mr._n fox_n archdeacon_n of_o leicester_n and_o mr._n bell_n archdeacon_n of_o gloucester_n may_v be_v substitute_v in_o his_o place_n ad_fw-la cujus_fw-la petitionem_fw-la dictus_fw-la dominus_fw-la praesidens_fw-la cum_fw-la consensu_fw-la dominorum_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la &_o praelatorum_fw-la &_o cleri_fw-la tunc_fw-la praesentium_fw-la licentiavit_fw-la dictum_fw-la ri._n wolmannum_fw-la abesse_fw-la pro_fw-la tempore_fw-la infirmitatis_fw-la suae_fw-la i_o know_v not_o certain_o in_o who_o hand_n these_o extracts_n be_v but_o must_v beg_v leave_n to_o think_v that_o in_o the_o course_n of_o this_o controversy_n we_o shall_v have_v hear_v more_o of_o they_o have_v they_o be_v to_o the_o advantage_n of_o
which_o the_o king_n gain_v and_o the_o archbishop_n lose_v be_v express_v by_o the_o statute_n in_o the_o word_n always_o which_o shall_v always_o be_v assemble_v by_o authority_n of_o the_o king_n be_v write_v before_o that_o statute_n the_o convocation_n have_v be_v sometime_o call_v at_o the_o sole_a motion_n and_o pleasure_n of_o the_o archbishop_n and_o sometime_o upon_o the_o royal_a writ_n but_o since_o the_o archbishop_n be_v confine_v to_o wait_v for_o the_o direction_n of_o the_o royal_a writ_n the_o intention_n therefore_o of_o direct_v the_o royal_a writ_n to_o the_o archbishop_n be_v twofold_a 1._o to_o signify_v the_o pleasure_n of_o the_o prince_n that_o at_o that_o particular_a time_n his_o grace_n shall_v exert_v the_o summoning-authority_n inherent_a in_o his_o see_n as_o it_o have_v be_v ever_o exert_v at_o the_o command_n of_o the_o king_n of_o england_n 2._o to_o be_v a_o legal_a discharge_n from_o the_o restraint_n of_o this_o statute_n and_o a_o security_n 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