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it_o be_v it_o be_v but_o the_o be_v put_v to_o the_o proof_n of_o it_o which_o be_v no_o very_o difficult_a task_n and_o for_o sureness_n sake_n shall_v by_o and_o by_o be_v make_v good_a and_o for_o the_o reparation_n of_o church_n that_o the_o same_o belong_v to_o ecclesiastical_a though_o the_o law_n be_v clear_a for_o it_o will_v you_o be_v make_v more_o clear_a by_o have_v those_o law_n for_o it_o produce_v but_o before_o that_o be_v enter_v upon_o some_o notice_n must_v be_v take_v of_o what_o have_v be_v allege_v and_o pass_v roundly_o from_o the_o mouth_n of_o many_o that_o concern_v themselves_o much_o in_o his_o matter_n that_o by_o ancient_a contract_n the_o mayor_n sheriff_n and_o commonalty_n of_o waterford_n stand_v oblige_v to_o the_o make_v good_a this_o reparation_n whence_o the_o inference_n it_o make_v that_o all_o contract_n be_v of_o civil_a cognizance_n therefore_o the_o bishop_n be_v no_o competent_a judge_n of_o that_o branch_n of_o the_o cause_n which_o be_v bring_v before_o he_o the_o same_o be_v not_o cognizable_a in_o the_o ecolesiastical_a court_n this_o allegation_n at_o the_o first_o hear_n seem_v mighty_a fair_a and_o plausible_a insomuch_o as_o some_o person_n otherwise_o no_o enemy_n to_o episcopal_a jurisdiction_n be_v much_o concern_v and_o startle_v thereat_o and_o when_o they_o first_o hear_v it_o they_o conclude_v present_o that_o the_o bishop_n have_v take_v a_o matter_n in_o hand_n which_o he_o ought_v not_o to_o have_v move_v a_o hand_n towards_o as_o not_o appertain_v to_o his_o jurisdiction_n and_o so_o have_v usurp_v on_o the_o temporal_a court_n nay_o so_o strange_o transport_v be_v some_o that_o in_o their_o heat_n they_o do_v not_o stick_v to_o affirm_v that_o the_o bishop_n by_o do_v what_o he_o do_v have_v incur_v some_o heavy_a penalty_n which_o they_o will_v not_o abate_v of_o a_o ace_n less_o than_o a_o praemunire_n itself_o and_o many_o and_o hard_a and_o bitter_a be_v the_o cenfure_n that_o several_a open_a mouth_n pronounce_v upon_o he_o but_o cause_n as_o well_o as_o person_n be_v sometime_o prejudge_v and_o both_o be_v so_o in_o this_o case_n as_o a_o preparative_n to_o the_o clear_n and_o make_v good_a that_o both_o cause_n and_o person_n be_v thus_o prejudge_v i_o shall_v speak_v something_o concern_v the_o matter_n of_o contract_n so_o main_o insist_v upon_o and_o that_o which_o raise_v the_o cry_n as_o if_o the_o bishop_n ground_v his_o proceed_n on_o that_o contract_n and_o therein_o encroach_v on_o the_o temporal_a jurisdiction_n let_v it_o therefore_o for_o the_o present_a be_v suppose_v that_o the_o bishop_n do_v ground_v his_o ecclesiastical_a proceed_n on_o that_o contract_n although_o indeed_o the_o cause_n be_v not_o so_o lay_v yet_o suppose_v it_o be_v the_o inference_n that_o be_v thence_o make_v peradventure_o be_v not_o good_a as_o that_o the_o do_v thereof_o be_v a_o encroachment_n on_o the_o temporal_a jurisdiction_n peradventure_o
they_o i_o can_v pass_v by_o although_o i_o do_v but_o touch_v at_o they_o the_o many_o error_n concur_v in_o this_o latter_a essay_n as_o that_o first_o the_o time_n of_o appeal_n from_o that_o which_o they_o pretend_v themselves_o aggrieve_v with_o be_v lapse_v when_o this_o appeal_n be_v interpose_v moreover_o that_o one_o and_o the_o same_o cause_n by_o the_o same_o person_n at_o the_o same_o time_n be_v thus_o bring_v to_o trial_n before_o two_o distinct_a judicatories_n which_o be_v vexatious_a at_o least_o in_o those_o that_o procure_v the_o same_o to_o be_v do_v so_o that_o the_o intermediate_v jurisdiction_n be_v pass_v by_o contrary_a to_o the_o ancient_a liberty_n and_o custom_n in_o such_o case_n observe_v and_o which_o be_v among_o other_o matter_n digest_v into_o article_n and_o chapter_n confirm_v in_o the_o parliament_n hold_v at_o clarendon_n in_o the_o reign_n of_o king_n henry_n 2d_o anno_fw-la domini_fw-la 1164._o namely_o that_o all_o appeal_v in_o england_n must_v proceed_v regular_o from_o the_o archdeacon_n to_o the_o bishop_n from_o the_o bishop_n to_o the_o archbishop_n and_o if_o the_o archbishop_n fail_v to_o do_v justice_n the_o last_o complaint_n must_v be_v to_o the_o king_n to_o give_v order_n for_o redress_n that_o be_v say_v my_o lord_n primate_n bramhall_n vindication_n of_o the_o church_n of_o england_n p._n 75._o by_o fit_a delegate_n see_v to_o this_o purpose_n the_o statute_n of_o appeal_n 24_o hen._n 8._o cap._n 12._o and_o this_o contrary_a to_o the_o 56_o canon_n of_o this_o church_n whereby_o the_o pain_n of_o nullity_n be_v inflict_v on_o all_o act_n which_o be_v speed_v in_o appeal_n where_o the_o jurisdiction_n intermediate_v be_v pass_v by_o for_o although_o it_o be_v true_a that_o the_o king_n authority_n ought_v not_o to_o be_v dispute_v or_o disobey_v by_o any_o subject_a where_o it_o do_v appear_v to_o be_v yet_o that_o must_v ever_o be_v esteem_v a_o true_a and_o regular_a obedience_n which_o the_o king_n himself_o 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warrantable_o allege_v in_o favour_n and_o on_o behalf_n of_o the_o appellant_n so_o as_o to_o enjoy_v benefit_n of_o restitution_n into_o and_o be_v allow_v their_o secundum_fw-la fatale_fw-la or_o second_o year_n for_o prosecute_a their_o former_a appeal_n no_o impediment_n i_o say_v can_v warrantable_o be_v allege_v by_o these_o appellant_n to_o capacitate_v they_o for_o this_o restitution_n for_o although_o the_o matter_n and_o pretend_a grievance_n complain_v of_o against_o the_o bishop_n at_o the_o hear_n thereof_o before_o the_o most_o honourable_a council_n be_v refer_v to_o two_o honourable_a member_n of_o the_o same_o and_o in_o the_o issue_n thereof_o from_o those_o hononrable_n referree_v something_o like_o the_o nature_n of_o a_o compromise_n be_v make_v between_o both_o party_n which_o may_v seem_v sufficient_a to_o stop_v the_o run_v on_o of_o these_o fatalia_fw-la juris_fw-la namely_o in_o respect_n of_o the_o complainants_n their_o engage_v to_o perform_v what_o 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