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conscienee_n because_o they_o be_v the_o breach_n of_o a_o affirmative_a law_n which_o do_v not_o so_o strong_o check_v the_o vice_n as_o inform_v to_o the_o duty_n especial_o when_o pleasure_n or_o profit_n have_v bribe_v the_o judgement_n for_o i_o fear_v some_o hold_v steal_v tithe_n the_o sweet_a part_n of_o their_o inheritance_n as_o it_o be_v say_v by_o the_o epicure_n 7_o zetzes_n chil._n 7_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d who_o dote_v upon_o voluptuous_a sweet_a delicate_n call_v honey_n the_o ten_o part_n of_o the_o ambrosia_n and_o perhaps_o that_o sect_n set_v up_o the_o trade_n of_o bee-monger_n in_o athens_n as_o synesius_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 136._o synesiuâ—_n 136._o so_o i_o be_o afraid_a the_o tickle_a sweetness_n of_o tithe_n be_v the_o cause_n why_o the_o smart_n and_o sourness_n of_o sacrilege_n be_v not_o feel_v nor_o taste_v and_o therefore_o in_o my_o opinion_n 155._o thom._n 〈◊〉_d q._n 155._o thomas_n aquinas_n do_v well_o to_o make_v sacrilege_n speciem_fw-la luxuriae_fw-la so_o that_o it_o may_v be_v a_o sin_n and_o yet_o they_o never_o be_v convince_v of_o it_o i_o be_o sure_a not_o only_o the_o ancient_a father_n of_o the_o most_o pure_a primitive_a church_n but_o even_o the_o godly_a emperor_n do_v esteem_v it_o a_o sin_n and_o that_o in_o a_o high_a degree_n that_o when_o they_o grant_v general_a pardon_n at_o easter_n and_o other_o solemn_a timâ—s_n they_o except_v sacrilegious_a person_n as_o theodosius_n the_o great_a crim._n theod._n tit_n de_fw-fr indulg_n crim._n ob_fw-la diem_fw-la paschae_fw-la quem_fw-la intimo_fw-la cord_n celebramus_fw-la quos_fw-la reatus_fw-la astringit_fw-la carcer_fw-la inclusit_fw-la solvimus_fw-la attamen_fw-la sacrilegus_fw-la maximè_fw-la à _fw-la communione_fw-la istius_fw-la munieris_fw-la separetur_fw-la so_o also_o gratian_n and_o valentinian_n religio_fw-la anniversariae_fw-la observationis_fw-la hortatur_fw-la ut_fw-la omnes_fw-la periculo_fw-la carceris_fw-la &_o à _fw-la metu_fw-la 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 magâ—_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 liâ—_n dion_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d cujac_n what_o liâ—_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 cujaciâ—_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 beside_o it_o or_o above_o it_o yea_o there_o be_v statute_n dispensatorie_n as_o
that_o of_o the_o plurality_n and_o non_fw-fr recidencie_n which_o the_o archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n limit_n by_o his_o approbation_n 41._o eccl._n anglicanae_n canon_n 41._o and_o privilege_n must_v necessary_o be_v where_o there_o be_v multitude_n of_o statute_n which_o be_v so_o strict_a in_o point_n of_o injunction_n as_o if_o the_o maker_n of_o they_o have_v not_o consider_v that_o politic_a law_n must_v be_v make_v with_o respect_n to_o moral_a possibility_n as_o what_o man_n may_v do_v and_o yet_o the_o punishment_n of_o their_o transgression_n be_v not_o express_v but_o leave_v to_o the_o pleasure_n or_o displeasure_n of_o the_o king_n but_o these_o be_v not_o the_o privilege_n that_o the_o king_n royal_a prerogative_n do_v grant_v as_o immunity_n and_o impunity_n for_o then_o the_o law_n shall_v be_v only_o punitine_a if_o there_o be_v only_o use_v of_o protection_n and_o pardon_n but_o as_o law_n be_v also_o remunerative_a so_o prince_n have_v power_n to_o reward_v after_o a_o privilege_a manner_n and_o chief_o in_o our_o kingdom_n where_o it_o seem_v to_o be_v on_o purpose_n omit_v by_o the_o write_a law_n and_o leave_v to_o the_o king_n pleasure_n and_o power_n especial_o concern_v ecclesiastical_a person_n who_o have_v most_o need_n of_o they_o and_o may_v now_o as_o free_o enjoy_v they_o as_o any_o other_o person_n for_o though_o heretofore_o it_o be_v prejudicial_a to_o our_o king_n to_o grant_v privilege_n to_o all_o ecclesiastical_a person_n when_o they_o be_v so_o increase_v in_o multitude_n and_o overgrow_v in_o magnitude_n for_o the_o whole_a kingdom_n and_o the_o pope_n will_v confirm_v they_o as_o irrevocable_a yet_o now_o they_o be_v but_o few_o in_o number_n and_o small_a in_o power_n and_o the_o king_n may_v call_v they_o in_o when_o he_o please_v this_o want_n of_o these_o privilege_n have_v be_v the_o cause_n of_o much_o evil_n in_o the_o church_n and_o the_o more_o they_o be_v impeach_v by_o those_o that_o profess_v themselves_o the_o maintainer_n of_o the_o king_n peace_n law_n and_o royal_a prerogative_n the_o more_o will_v the_o state_n ecclesiastical_a run_v to_o ruin_n and_o they_o be_v much_o infringe_v in_o our_o university_n which_o i_o be_o force_v to_o complain_v of_o with_o fear_n lest_o that_o fall_n out_o which_o happen_v to_o the_o university_n of_o prague_n which_o be_v utter_o ruin_v by_o charles_n the_o five_o take_v the_o privilege_n away_o at_o don_n leâ—is_n desire_n whereas_o francis_n the_o first_o of_o france_n fear_v and_o favour_v the_o university_n of_o paris_n restore_v all_o the_o privilege_n which_o lewis_n the_o eleven_o have_v take_v away_o upon_o a_o just_a ground_n of_o sedition_n 〈◊〉_d dino_n hist_o 〈◊〉_d which_o have_v make_v it_o to_o revive_v and_o flourish_v ever_o since_o but_o there_o be_v some_o politics_n that_o hold_v it_o a_o needless_a thing_n to_o be_v any_o way_n indulgent_a to_o silly_a scholar_n tit_n cujaâ—_n send_v 1._o tit_n as_o cujacius_n say_v out_o of_o galen_n that_o they_o express_v weak_a man_n under_o the_o title_n of_o scholastici_fw-la they_o make_v mere_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d john_n a_o noake_n of_o they_o but_o the_o fault_n be_v in_o themselves_o according_a to_o the_o french_a proverb_n qui_fw-la se_fw-la fait_fw-fr brebis_fw-la le_fw-fr lâ—up_fw-fr la_fw-fr mange_n for_o though_o the_o clergy_n be_v weak_a of_o itself_o and_o tempt_v the_o contemner_n of_o it_o to_o overtop_n and_o overturn_a it_o yet_o since_o we_o have_v a_o pious_a prudent_a prince_n that_o be_v royal_o ready_a upon_o the_o first_o appeal_n to_o protect_v and_o relieve_v his_o poor_a clergy_n we_o be_v not_o to_o be_v pity_v if_o we_o neglect_v to_o implore_v his_o supreme_a assistance_n and_o thus_o it_o be_v something_o evident_a how_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 grant_v and_o sustain_v by_o the_o king_n law_n and_o royal_a prerogative_n i_o must_v now_o in_o brief_a show_v the_o like_a of_o the_o honour_n annex_v to_o the_o power_n of_o jurisdiction_n §_o 6_o the_o power_n of_o jurisdiction_n which_o i_o do_v here_o intend_v be_v not_o that_o deligate_v power_n which_o be_v in_o bishop_n vicar_n or_o official_o nor_o that_o power_n archdeacon_n and_n dean_n enjoy_v either_o by_o custom_n or_o privilege_n but_o that_o ordinary_a power_n which_o be_v in_o bishop_n to_o this_o power_n of_o jurisdiction_n there_o be_v honour_n annex_v by_o the_o law_n of_o this_o land_n and_o the_o king_n royal_a prerogative_n which_o i_o divide_v as_o before_o into_o revenue_n ordinary_a and_o privilege_n the_o revenue_n be_v their_o temporall_n and_o part_n of_o the_o perquisit_n call_v the_o census_n cathedraticus_fw-la the_o first_o of_o which_o be_v give_v and_o grant_v by_o the_o king_n royal_a bounty_n &_o confirm_v by_o the_o law_n the_o other_o be_v set_v down_o and_o approve_v by_o the_o same_o law_n bishop_n temporall_n be_v annex_v to_o their_o see_v by_o the_o king_n gift_n 1._o 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