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〈◊〉_d pref._n in_o psal_n 43._o name_n of_o the_o day_n of_o the_o week_n as_o augustine_n thus_o write_v of_o dies_fw-la mercurij_fw-la nolumus_fw-la ut_fw-la dicunt_fw-la atque_fw-la utinam_fw-la corrigantur_fw-la ne_fw-la dicant_fw-la we_o will_v not_o have_v man_n call_v it_o mercury_n day_n or_o wednesday_n and_o i_o wish_v that_o order_n be_v take_v that_o they_o may_v not_o so_o call_v it_o the_o very_a papist_n themselves_o confess_v that_o the_o word_n sunday_n be_v a_o heathenish_a call_n and_o some_o of_o our_o best_a writer_n acknowledge_v that_o the_o name_n of_o sunday_n &_o the_o rest_n 10._o fulk_n rhemis_n annot_fw-mi in_o apoc_n 1._o 10._o have_v a_o heathenish_a beginning_n &_o therefore_o be_v better_a to_o be_v otherwise_o term_v but_o pass_v over_o these_o light_a matter_n we_o will_v first_o produce_v our_o reason_n for_o a_o learned_a ministry_n and_o then_o examine_v they_o in_o justification_n or_o excuse_n of_o a_o unpreach_a order_n in_o the_o church_n 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laicis_fw-la vix_fw-la tolerabilis_fw-la videtur_fw-la inscitia_fw-la quanto_fw-la magis_fw-la in_o ijs_fw-la qui_fw-la praesunt_fw-la nec_fw-la excusatione_fw-la digna_fw-la est_fw-la nec_fw-la venia_fw-la if_o ignorance_n in_o lay_a man_n be_v intolerale_fw-mi much_o less_o in_o those_o that_o be_v set_v over_o they_o be_v it_o excusable_a or_o pardonable_a epist_n 22._o ad_fw-la cler_n constantinopol_n 5._o that_o be_v not_o to_o be_v suffer_v which_o tend_v to_o the_o ruin_n of_o faith_n but_o by_o a_o unlearned_a ministry_n faith_n decay_v which_o come_v by_o hear_v the_o word_n preach_v rom._n 10._o 17._o thus_o reason_v the_o council_n of_o toletane_v 4._o c._n 24._o let_v all_o their_o work_n be_v in_o preach_v ut_fw-la aedificent_fw-la cunctos_fw-la fidei_fw-la scientiam_fw-la etc._n etc._n that_o they_o may_v edify_v all_o in_o the_o knowledge_n of_o faith_n 6._o that_o shall_v not_o be_v permit_v in_o the_o church_n which_o give_v occasion_n to_o the_o destruction_n of_o man_n soul_n but_o such_o be_v a_o unteach_a ministry_n if_o the_o blind_a lead_v the_o blind_a both_o fall_n into_o the_o ditch_n math._n 15._o 14._o and_o it_o be_v as_o hierome_n say_v tanquam_fw-la perforatam_fw-la navim_fw-la debilis_fw-la gubernator_fw-la regat_fw-la as_o chromatium_fw-la hierom._n ad_fw-la chromatium_fw-la though_o a_o unskilful_a pilot_n shall_v be_v set_v to_o guide_v a_o break_a ship_n 7._o s._n paul_n do_v especial_o require_v this_o as_o a_o essential_a property_n in_o a_o minister_n to_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d apt_a or_o able_a to_o teach_v 1_o tim._n 3._o 2._o hierom_n say_v well_o innocens_fw-la &_o absque_fw-la sermone_fw-la conversatio_fw-la quantum_fw-la exemplo_fw-la prodest_fw-la ocean_n hier._n ocean_n tantum_fw-la silentio_fw-la nocet_fw-la a_o innocent_a conversation_n without_o teach_v as_o it_o help_v by_o example_n so_o it_o hinder_v by_o silence_n and_o it_o be_v origenes_n note_n upon_o these_o word_n of_o paul_n woe_n be_v i_o if_o i_o preach_v not_o the_o gospel_n etc._n etc._n propter_fw-la hoc_fw-la solum_fw-la math_n tract_n â—3_n in_o math_n etc._n etc._n for_o this_o thing_n only_o if_o i_o preach_v not_o not_o for_o conversation_n be_v this_o woe_n pronounce_v 8._o that_o aught_o to_o be_v decline_v which_o be_v send_v as_o a_o punishment_n and_o judgement_n upon_o the_o people_n but_o dumb_a and_o ignorant_a minister_n be_v a_o punishment_n etc._n etc._n as_o the_o lord_n threatneh_fw-it to_o take_v away_o the_o prophet_n esay_n 3._o 2._o and_o there_o shall_v be_v like_o prophet_n like_o priest_n esay_n 24._o 2._o so_o say_v isidore_n as_o he_o be_v allege_v aquisgran_n c._n 25._o pro_fw-la malo_fw-la merito_fw-la plebis_fw-la aufertur_fw-la doctrina_fw-la praedicationis_fw-la ergo_fw-la etc._n etc._n 9_o all_o those_o who_o christ_n send_v be_v furnish_v with_o gift_n according_o eph._n 4._o 8._o 11._o he_o have_v give_v gift_n unto_o man_n etc._n etc._n some_o apostle_n some_o doctor_n etc._n etc._n jeroboam_fw-la make_v of_o the_o base_a of_o his_o people_n to_o be_v priest_n of_o his_o golden_a calf_n only_o aaron_n son_n minister_v to_o the_o lord_n at_o jerusalem_n 2._o chron._n 13._o 9_o 10._o what_o shepherd_n will_v carry_v into_o the_o field_n a_o dog_n that_o can_v not_o not_o bark_n for_o as_o hierome_n well_o say_v ocean_n hier._n ocean_n latrata_fw-la canum_fw-la baculoque_fw-la pastorum_fw-la luporum_fw-la rabbis_n deterrenda_fw-la est_fw-la the_o wolf_n rage_n the_o shepherd_n staff_n and_o dog_n bark_v must_v assuage_v wherefore_o see_v ignorant_a minister_n be_v as_o dumb_a dog_n jeroboam'_v priest_n man_n of_o no_o gift_n they_o be_v not_o send_v of_o christ_n etc._n etc._n 10._o we_o will_v adjoine_v the_o consent_n of_o antiquity_n and_o decree_n of_o counsel_n that_o have_v condemn_v rude_a and_o ignorant_a minister_n ca._n apostol_n 57_o episcopus_fw-la aut_fw-la presbyter_n qui_fw-la negligentius_fw-la etc._n etc._n a_o bishop_n or_o presbyter_n that_o be_v negligent_a about_o the_o people_n and_o do_v not_o instruct_v they_o in_o piety_n must_v be_v put_v from_o the_o communion_n valens_n ca._n 2._o pro_fw-la aedificatione_n omnium_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la &c_n &c_n for_o the_o edify_n of_o all_o church_n it_o please_v we_o that_o not_o only_o in_o city_n but_o in_o all_o parish_n we_o give_v power_n to_o presbyter_n to_o preach_v that_o if_o the_o presbyter_n be_v sick_a can_v preach_v himself_o the_o homily_n of_o the_o father_n be_v read_v by_o the_o deacon_n toletan_n 4_o c._n 24._o ignorantia_fw-la mater_fw-la etc._n etc._n ignorance_n the_o mother_n of_o all_o error_n be_v espcial_o to_o be_v avoid_v in_o the_o minister_n of_o god_n who_o have_v take_v upon_o they_o to_o preach_v to_o the_o people_n let_v such_o therefore_o know_v the_o scripture_n that_o all_o their_o work_n may_v consist_v in_o preach_v and_o to_o edify_v all_o in_o faith_n and_o manner_n aquisgranens_fw-la c._n 13._o ex_fw-la gregor_n praeconis_fw-la officium_fw-la suscepit_fw-la he_o take_v upon_o he_o the_o office_n of_o a_o preacher_n whosoever_o come_v into_o the_o priesthood_n the_o minister_n then_o or_o priest_n if_o he_o be_v unskilful_a of_o preach_v what_o voice_n can_v he_o give_v that_o he_o be_v a_o dumb_a crier_n coloniens_fw-la p._n 4_o c._n 1._o officium_fw-la parachorum_fw-la etc._n etc._n the_o office_n of_o parish_n minister_n consist_v in_o two_o thing_n the_o dissemination_n of_o the_o word_n and_o administration_n of_o discipline_n objection_n make_v in_o defence_n of_o a_o unlearned_a ministry_n answer_v object_n 1._o do_v not_o the_o sufficiency_n of_o minister_n suscipere_fw-la magis_fw-la &_o minus_fw-la admit_v of_o his_o degree_n answ_n do_v it_o follow_v the_o sufficiency_n of_o minister_n do_v suscipere_fw-la magis_fw-la &_o minus_fw-la ergo_fw-la all_o need_v not_o preach_v we_o grant_v that_o there_o be_v diversity_n of_o gift_n some_o have_v less_o some_o great_a but_o be_v it_o simple_o infer_v that_o therefore_o they_o which_o have_v no_o gift_n at_o all_o shall_v be_v admit_v 2._o obi._n be_v the_o minister_n of_o the_o primitive_a
if_o this_o be_v unlawful_a much_o more_o the_o other_o 10._o the_o canon_n do_v not_o only_o hold_v it_o unlawful_a for_o lay_v man_n to_o possess_v tithe_n usus_fw-la decimarum_fw-la secularibus_fw-la provenire_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la caus_n 16._o qu._n 1._o c._n 68_o nullus_fw-la decimas_fw-la ad_fw-la alios_fw-la pertinentes_fw-la accipiat_fw-la leo_fw-la cause_n 16._o qu._n 2._o c._n 4._o but_o they_o do_v grievous_o censure_v they_o qui_fw-la non_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la restituerint_fw-la iterum_fw-la etc._n etc._n he_o that_o restore_v not_o to_o the_o church_n the_o thing_n which_o belong_v to_o the_o church_n neither_o do_v yield_v his_o evidence_n to_o be_v cancel_v let_v he_o stand_v accurse_v till_o he_o do_v it_o caus_n 12._o q._n 2._o c._n 13._o decimas_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o usus_fw-la pietatis_fw-la concessas_fw-la esse_fw-la etc._n etc._n tithe_n which_o the_o canon_n show_v to_o have_v be_v give_v to_o pious_a use_n we_o forbid_v any_o lay_v man_n to_o hold_v 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and_o a_o divers_a profession_n to_o be_v in_o one_o office_n and_o by_o the_o same_o canon_n the_o bishop_n that_o shall_v make_v a_o lie_v man_n his_o vicar_n be_v hold_v to_o be_v contemptor_n canonum_fw-la a_o contemner_n of_o the_o canon_n but_o nothing_o be_v now_o more_o usual_a then_o for_o lay_v man_n civilian_n to_o be_v chancellor_n and_o vicar_n general_n to_o bishop_n the_o second_o defence_n the_o chancellor_n official_a commissary_n decree_v the_o party_n to_o be_v excommunicate_a a_o minister_n associate_v unto_o he_o by_o exprresse_n authority_n from_o the_o ordinary_a denounce_v the_o sentence_n of_o excommunication_n 22_o ans_fw-fr p._n 22_o answ_n 1._o this_o be_v but_o a_o new_a trick_n and_o frivolous_a device_n who_o know_v not_o the_o minister_n assistant_n to_o the_o chancellor_n who_o be_v for_o the_o most_o part_n of_o the_o mean_a and_o simple_a of_o the_o clergy_n be_v but_o a_o cipher_n he_o do_v nothing_o but_o by_o his_o master_n direction_n 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apostle_n and_o presbyter_n assemble_v in_o council_n say_v it_o seem_v good_a to_o the_o holy_a ghost_n and_o coelestium_fw-la council_n african_a can_v 138._o epist_n ad_fw-la coelestium_fw-la to_o we_o act._n 15._o 28._o thus_o say_v the_o council_n of_o african_a unless_o there_o be_v any_o that_o think_v god_n inspire_v one_o particular_a person_n with_o righteousness_n and_o forsake_v a_o number_n of_o priest_n assemble_v in_o synod_n again_o there_o will_v arise_v less_o danger_n to_o the_o church_n by_o this_o mean_n for_o there_o be_v a_o rule_n in_o the_o law_n excommunicatus_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la excommunicare_fw-la he_o that_o be_v excommunicate_v himself_o can_v excommunicate_v another_o cause_n 24._o q._n 1._o c._n 4._o but_o a_o bishop_n or_o any_o one_o ecclesiastical_a person_n may_v by_o many_o occasion_n stand_v under_o the_o censure_n of_o excommunication_n church_n in_o what_o case_n bishop_n be_v liable_a to_o the_o censure_n of_o the_o church_n as_o if_o he_o have_v two_o wife_n cause_n 24._o q._n 3._o c._n 19_o or_o if_o he_o be_v a_o teacher_n of_o error_n he_o must_v be_v deliver_v to_o satan_n cause_n 24._o q._n 3._o c_o 13._o pelagius_n or_o if_o he_o be_v a_o usurer_n cause_n 14._o q._n 4._o c._n 4._o or_o a_o blasphemer_n or_o swearer_n carth._n 4._o cap._n 61._o or_o a_o player_n at_o dice._n trullan_n c._n 50._o or_o be_v negligent_a in_o preach_v and_o so_o continue_v can_v apost_n 57_o or_o give_v order_n for_o money_n chalced._n c._n 2_o or_o be_v promote_v for_o money_n constant_n conc._n 6._o gener_fw-la c._n 22._o or_o make_v a_o lie_v man_n his_o vicar_n general_a hispatiens_n 2._o c._n 9_o or_o take_v upon_o he_o any_o civil_a office_n as_o vice-presidentship_a justiciariship_n decr._n greg._n 3._o 58._o 4._o or_o sit_v in_o cause_n of_o blood_n or_o give_v sentence_n for_o the_o cut_n off_o of_o any_o meber_v as_o of_o ear_n hand_n etc._n etc._n ibid._n c_o 5._o so_o write_v alexander_n 3_o in_o his_o rescript_n to_o the_o bishop_n of_o canterbury_n but_o a_o bishop_n or_o any_o one_o man_n may_v stand_v excommunicate_a where_o a_o assembly_n or_o company_n can_v in_o this_o case_n by_o who_o shall_v the_o discipline_n be_v administer_v ergo_fw-la it_o be_v safe_a that_o the_o censure_n of_o the_o church_n shall_v be_v dispose_v by_o many_o then_o by_o one_o arg._n 10._o presbyter_n by_o the_o word_n of_o god_n and_o practice_v of_o the_o church_n be_v interest_v in_o the_o spiritual_a rule_n and_o government_n of_o the_o church_n but_o the_o excommunication_n belong_v to_o the_o spiritual_a regiment_n ergo_fw-la for_o the_o proof_n of_o the_o proposition_n first_o in_o the_o scripture_n we_o find_v that_o the_o apostle_n call_v together_o the_o presbyter_n for_o the_o decide_n of_o doubtful_a question_n and_o by_o the_o apostle_n the_o elder_n that_o labour_v in_o the_o word_n be_v make_v ruler_n the_o elder_n that_o rule_v well_o especial_o they_o that_o labour_v in_o the_o word_n 1._o tim._n 5._o 17._o they_o then_o that_o labour_v in_o the_o word_n be_v also_o roll_a elder_n for_o how_o else_o shall_v they_o have_v a_o double_a honour_n be_v exclude_v from_o government_n which_o be_v count_v one_o of_o the_o great_a honour_n of_o the_o church_n now_o the_o practice_n of_o the_o church_n be_v most_o evident_a hier._n say_v communi_fw-la presbyterorum_fw-la concilio_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la regebantur_fw-la 1._o â—â—â—rom_fw-la inâ—_n â—_z 1._o in_o the_o begin_n church_n be_v govern_v by_o the_o common_a advice_n of_o presbyter_n cause_n 11._o q._n 3_o c._n 106._o debent_fw-la 12._o sacerdotes_fw-la episcopum_fw-la circumstare_fw-la etc._n etc._n twelve_o priest_n must_v stand_v by_o the_o bisbop_n when_o he_o denounce_v excommunication_n can_n 108._o when_o the_o penitent_a party_n be_v to_o be_v reconcile_v the_o bishop_n must_v be_v assist_v with_o as_o many_o cause_n 12._o q._n 2._o c._n 5._o the_o bishop_n can_v not_o dispose_v of_o the_o temporal_a thing_n of_o the_o church_n much_o less_o of_o spiritual_a inconsulto_fw-la presbyterio_fw-la not_o have_v before_o consult_v with_o his_o presbytery_n neither_o be_v the_o assistance_n of_o the_o presbytery_n for_o decency_n and_o order_n only_o but_o of_o necessity_n episcopus_fw-la nullius_fw-la causam_fw-la audiat_fw-la absque_fw-la praesentia_fw-la clericorum_fw-la aliter_fw-la erit_fw-la sententia_fw-la irrita_fw-la the_o bishop_n shall_v hear_v no_o man_n cause_n without_o the_o presence_n of_o his_o clark_n otherwise_o let_v the_o sentence_n be_v void_a carth._n 4._o c._n 23._o thus_o it_o be_v evident_a that_o at_o the_o beginning_n the_o presbyter_n do_v assist_v the_o bishop_n in_o the_o regiment_n and_o government_n of_o the_o church_n as_o be_v confess_v also_o by_o our_o learned_a writer_n the_o government_n of_o the_o church_n at_o the_o first_o be_v so_o apportion_v that_o neither_o the_o presbyter_n shall_v do_v any_o thing_n without_o the_o bishop_n 307._o perpetual_a gover_n p._n 307._o nor_o the_o bishop_n dispose_v matter_n of_o importance_n without_o his_o presbytery_n d._n fulke_o thus_o testify_v it_o be_v manifest_a that_o the_o authority_n of_o bind_v 4._o ans_fw-fr to_o rhem_n in_o 2_o cor._n 2._o sect_n 4._o and_o lose_v commit_v and_o retain_v pertain_v general_o to_o all_o the_o apostle_n alike_o and_o to_o every_o pastor_n in_o his_o cure_n thus_o be_v it_o in_o the_o beginning_n but_o by_o little_a and_o little_a in_o process_n of_o time_n bishop_n begin_v to_o encroach_v upon_o presbyter_n and_o their_o office_n 1._o bishop_n have_v at_o the_o first_o but_o a_o priority_n before_o their_o presbyter_n they_o be_v not_o presbyter_n how_o bishop_n by_o little_a and_o little_o encroach_v upon_o presbyter_n to_o suffer_v a_o presbyter_n to_o stand_v before_o they_o carth._n 4._o 34._o and_o within_o door_n collegam_fw-la se_fw-la presbyterorum_fw-la esse_fw-la cognoscat_fw-la let_v the_o bishop_n take_v himself_o to_o be_v the_o presbyter_n colleague_n 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except_v 4._o but_o not_o content_v to_o stay_v here_o
the_o public_a use_n of_o the_o key_n be_v commit_v to_o pastor_n as_o the_o private_a 5._o and_o see_v presbyter_n in_o city_n have_v deal_v with_o the_o censure_n the_o pastor_n of_o the_o country_n shall_v not_o be_v exclude_v 6._o neither_o be_v the_o frequent_v of_o synod_n any_o hindrance_n to_o the_o ecclesiastical_a presbytery_n 7._o 8._o 9_o nor_o any_o other_o inconvenience_n need_v to_o be_v fear_v we_o trust_v your_o majesty_n will_v follow_v the_o example_n of_o david_n to_o distribute_v the_o office_n indifferent_o among_o the_o son_n of_o aaron_n 1._o chronicl_n 24._o 4._o that_o a_o 37._o theodoret._n lib._n 5._o c._n 37._o few_o only_o have_v not_o the_o preeminence_n and_o the_o rest_n be_v despise_v theodosius_n the_o emperor_n when_o he_o be_v excommunicate_v a_o levi_fw-la homuncione_fw-la of_o a_o light_a cockbrain_n fellow_n because_o he_o grant_v not_o the_o thing_n which_o he_o request_v will_v not_o enter_v into_o the_o church_n before_o he_o have_v be_v of_o 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petit._n p._n 24._o answ_n 1._o the_o 52._o canon_n of_o the_o laodicene_a council_n which_o decree_v that_o marriage_n shall_v not_o be_v solemnize_v in_o lent_n do_v no_o more_o show_n that_o the_o restraint_n of_o marriage_n be_v not_o superstitious_a then_o because_o can_v 24._o mention_n be_v make_v of_o 7._o ecclesiastical_a order_n and_o can_v 48._o of_o chrism_n to_o be_v use_v after_o baptism_n it_o may_v be_v infer_v that_o neither_o be_v these_o observation_n popish_a we_o count_v not_o only_o those_o corruption_n popish_a which_o the_o pope_n in_o his_o ruff_n invent_v but_o those_o of_o elder_a time_n which_o he_o have_v retain_v and_o see_v the_o mystery_n of_o iniquity_n wrought_v in_o the_o apostle_n time_n it_o be_v no_o marvaill_n if_o it_o wrought_v in_o the_o time_n of_o this_o council_n 2._o this_o canon_n object_v make_v but_o one_o restraint_n of_o marriage_n in_o time_n of_o lent_n but_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n bring_v in_o three_o from_o church_n more_o 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quomodo_fw-la securus_fw-la abis_fw-la qui_fw-la gregi_fw-la tibi_fw-la commisso_fw-la omnem_fw-la de_fw-la se_fw-la securitatem_fw-la aufer_v etc._n etc._n how_o 4._o epist_n 4._o can_v thou_o be_v secure_a be_v absent_a when_o thy_o flock_n can_v be_v safe_a or_o secure_a who_o shall_v comfort_v they_o in_o their_o tribulation_n provide_v for_o they_o in_o their_o tentation_n quid_fw-la facient_fw-la novellae_fw-la plantationes_fw-la christi_fw-la etc._n etc._n what_o shall_v the_o tender_a plant_n do_v set_v with_o thy_o hand_n who_o shall_v dig_v and_o dung_n they_o about_o hedge_n they_o in_o &_o prune_v they_o etc._n etc._n these_o duty_n it_o be_v impossible_a for_o non-residents_a to_o perform_v 8._o that_o be_v not_o to_o be_v suffer_v which_o bring_v apparent_a peril_n and_o danger_n to_o the_o flock_n but_o this_o do_v the_o absence_n of_o the_o pastor_n when_o the_o shepherd_n be_v absent_a the_o wolf_n come_v to_o devour_v ezek._n 34._o 5._o they_o be_v scatter_v without_o 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face_n to_o negligent_a shepherd_n 10._o we_o will_v in_o the_o last_o place_n adjoine_v the_o consent_n and_o practice_v of_o the_o church_n against_o residentes_fw-la the_o constitution_n of_o the_o church_n against_o non_fw-la residentes_fw-la non-residents_a first_o the_o canon_n have_v limit_v the_o time_n of_o the_o pastor_n absence_n si_fw-la intra_fw-la sex_n menses_fw-la non_fw-la redierit_fw-la etc._n etc._n if_o he_o that_o be_v non-resident_n return_v not_o within_o six_o month_n he_o must_v be_v deprive_v innocen_n 3._o greg._n 3._o 4._o 11._o qui_fw-la infra_fw-la proximum_fw-la mensem_fw-la etc._n etc._n he_o that_o refuse_v to_o be_v resident_a within_o one_o month_n let_v he_o be_v deprive_v synod_n hildesheman_n c._n 16._o but_o the_o ancient_a canon_n give_v not_o so_o much_o liberty_n episcopus_fw-la per_fw-la tres_fw-la dominicos_fw-la etc._n etc._n the_o bishop_n must_v not_o be_v absent_a above_o 3._o lord_n day_n from_o his_o church_n sardic_n c._n 4._o oportet_fw-la eos_fw-la qui_fw-la persunt_fw-la ecclesiis_fw-la etc._n etc._n they_o which_o be_v set_v over_o church_n ought_v every_o day_n but_o especial_o the_o lord_n day_n to_o teach_v the_o people_n precept_n of_o godliness_n out_o of_o the_o scripture_n tertull._n c._n 9_o second_o the_o canon_n punish_v such_o pastor_n as_o be_v absent_a from_o their_o flock_n he_o that_o return_v not_o to_o his_o church_n oportet_fw-la communione_fw-la privari_fw-la must_v be_v put_v from_o the_o communion_n antiochen_n c._n 17._o as_o it_o be_v allege_v distinct_a 92._o c_o 7._o et_fw-la qui_fw-la receperit_fw-la amittat_fw-la etc._n etc._n he_o that_o will_v not_o be_v resident_a let_v he_o lose_v that_o which_o he_o receive_v and_o he_o that_o give_v it_o be_v deprive_v of_o his_o gift_n late_a sub_fw-la alex._n 3._o c._n 13_o three_o non-residents_a be_v deprive_v of_o all_o privilege_n or_o benefit_n of_o law_n qui_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la non_fw-la deservierit_fw-la etc._n etc._n he_o that_o attend_v not_o upon_o his_o church_n must_v be_v deprive_v sublato_fw-la impedimento_fw-la appellationis_fw-la without_o have_v any_o remedy_n by_o appeal_n decr._n greg._n 3_o 4._o 6._o non_fw-la obstantibê°_n indulgentijs_fw-la apostol_n revoces_fw-la eas_fw-la ad_fw-la residentian_n etc._n etc._n notwithstanding_o indulgence_n apostolical_a call_v they_o home_o to_o their_o church_n 16._o decr._n greg._n 3._o 4._o 16._o 4_o gratian_n the_o empr._n make_v a_o law_n that_o advocate_n choose_v to_o any_o place_n of_o government_n in_o their_o country_n shall_v not_o extra_fw-la eam_fw-la evagari_fw-la wander_v abrood_n from_o the_o charge_n cod._n l._n 2._o tit_n 7._o leg_n 2._o and_o justinian_n decree_v that_o advocate_n above_o 3._o year_n absent_a from_o the_o city_n shall_v lose_v their_o privilege_n ibid._n ti_o 8._o l._n 7._o much_o more_o be_v the_o residence_n of_o pastor_n require_v in_o their_o church_n who_o have_v cure_v of_o soul_n if_o their_o presence_n be_v so_o necessary_a that_o have_v charge_n only_o of_o man_n body_n and_o good_n objection_n answer_v 1._o object_n many_o have_v two_o parish_n commit_v unto_o they_o which_o both_o will_v not_o make_v one_o live_v answ_n 1._o it_o be_v better_o the_o pastor_n shall_v want_v maintenance_n then_o that_o many_o soul_n shall_v perish_v for_o want_v of_o instruction_n 2._o where_o the_o church_n have_v not_o maintenance_n enough_o of_o itself_o it_o be_v not_o help_v by_o accept_v of_o another_o for_o that_o minister_n which_o be_v the_o other_o substitute_n be_v in_o want_n still_o so_o the_o parson_n be_v provyde_v for_o but_o neither_o the_o place_n nor_o the_o people_n 3._o in_o this_o case_n provision_n may_v be_v otherwise_o make_v for_o maintenance_n then_o by_o plurality_n as_o by_o dispose_v otherwise_o of_o impropriate_a tithe_n that_o such_o as_o be_v not_o yet_o improve_v may_v be_v demise_v for_o the_o old_a rent_n to_o the_o incumbent_a preacher_n such_o as_o be_v improve_v shall_v be_v tax_v with_o a_o convenient_a portion_n issue_v forth_o to_o the_o preacher_n as_o also_o church_n may_v be_v unite_v for_o the_o same_o end_n which_o unite_n be_v by_o the_o canon_n allow_v in_o 4._o case_n 1._o for_o the_o paucity_n and_o fewne_n of_o the_o people_n quae_fw-la minus_fw-la unite_v in_o what_o case_n church_n may_v be_v unite_v decem_fw-la mancipia_fw-la habeat_fw-la alijs_fw-la coniungatur_fw-la ecclesijs_fw-la toletan_n 16._o can_n 4._o 2_o propter_fw-la vicinitatem_fw-la loci_fw-la for_o the_o nearness_n of_o the_o place_n as_o gregory_n do_v unite_v cumanam_n &_o micenatem_fw-la ecclesias_fw-la vicinitas_fw-la loci_fw-la nos_fw-la invitat_fw-la cause_n 17._o qu._n 1._o c._n 48._o 3._o when_o any_o church_n be_v va_v or_o decay_v post_fw-la quam_fw-la hostilis_fw-la impietas_fw-la diversarum_fw-la civitatum_fw-la vastavit_fw-la ecclesias_fw-la cause_n 16._o qu._n 1._o c._n 49._o 4._o si_fw-la ita_fw-la fuerint_fw-la tenues_fw-la in_o substantia_fw-la &_o if_o they_o be_v so_o small_a in_o substance_n that_o they_o be_v not_o able_a to_o maintain_v the_o proper_a pastor_n greg._n 1._o 14._o 4._o 4._o this_o objection_n help_v not_o they_o that_o possess_v many_o and_o rich_a benefice_n who_o be_v not_o drive_v to_o have_v plurality_n of_o necessity_n but_o of_o a_o ambitious_a and_o covetous_a mind_n and_o superfluity_n 2._o object_n many_o have_v but_o one_o parish_n etc._n etc._n which_o will_v require_v two_o or_o ten_o man_n to_o speak_v at_o once_o etc._n etc._n answ_n neither_o do_v it_o follow_v because_o some_o parish_n be_v large_a and_o have_v many_o chapel_n which_o will_v require_v two_o or_o ten_o man_n etc._n etc._n that_o therefore_o a_o man_n may_v be_v as_o well_o non_fw-fr resident_a in_o diverse_a parish_n 1._o the_o one_o be_v a_o non_fw-fr residence_n necessary_a it_o be_v but_o one_o parish_n by_o the_o law_n the_o other_o voluntary_a the_o chapel_n be_v unite_v for_o nearness_n of_o place_n and_o want_v of_o sufficient_a maintenance_n but_o some_o have_v church_n far_o distant_a which_o each_o of_o they_o will_v suffice_v for_o the_o pastor_n sustentation_n therefore_o the_o reason_n be_v not_o alike_o 2._o such_o parish_n what_o course_n shall_v be_v take_v with_o large_a parish_n large_a parish_n may_v without_o any_o inconvenience_n be_v divide_v as_o large_a diocese_n have_v be_v share_v into_o diverse_a as_o the_o bishopric_n of_o tholouse_n be_v divide_v into_o five_o extravag_n come_v lib._n 7._o tit_n 2._o cap._n 5._o and_o here_o in_o england_n the_o diocese_n of_o ely_n and_o oxford_n be_v take_v out_o of_o lincoln_n so_o also_o large_a parish_n may_v safe_o be_v apportion_v into_o more_o propter_fw-la nimiam_fw-la distantiam_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la etc._n etc._n for_o the_o great_a distance_n of_o the_o church_n a_o new_a may_v be_v build_v in_o the_o parish_n and_o a_o certain_a portion_n of_o maintenance_n be_v allot_v this_o liberty_n alexanber_n the_o three_o grant_v in_o his_o rescript_n to_o the_o arch_a bishop_n of_o york_n decret_n greg._n lib._n 3._o tit_n 48._o cap._n 3._o 3_o or_o else_o he_o that_o be_v rector_n of_o the_o mother_n church_n ought_v
to_o provide_v sufficient_a maintenance_n for_o the_o chapel_n as_o vrbane_n the_o second_o take_v order_n in_o the_o placentine_a synod_n si_fw-mi quae_fw-la capellae_fw-la sunt_fw-la quae_fw-la suis_fw-la reditibus_fw-la etc._n etc._n if_o there_o be_v any_o chapel_n which_o be_v not_o able_a by_o their_o revenue_n to_o maintain_v the_o clerk_n the_o rector_n of_o the_o mother-church_n shall_v provide_v both_o for_o the_o maintenance_n and_o ecclesiastical_a duty_n in_o the_o chapel_n the_o like_a constitution_n be_v make_v consil_n oxoni_fw-la sub_fw-la stephan_n in_o singulis_fw-la parochialibus_fw-la ecclesijs_fw-la etc._n etc._n in_o every_o parish_n church_n where_o the_o parish_n be_v scatter_v there_o shall_v be_v two_o or_o three_o presbyter_n according_a to_o the_o largeness_n and_o ability_n of_o the_o church_n lest_o when_o one_o be_v sick_a the_o ordinary_a duty_n shall_v be_v withdraw_v object_n 3._o it_o have_v be_v permit_v by_o wise_a and_o godly_a magistrate_n that_o have_v give_v way_n unto_o it_o etc._n etc._n answ_n 1._o if_o prince_n have_v give_v way_n by_o their_o law_n to_o nonresidency_a force_v through_o the_o iniquity_n of_o time_n to_o tolerate_v that_o which_o they_o can_v not_o altogether_o remove_v that_o do_v no_o more_o make_v it_o lawful_a then_o for_o the_o same_o reason_n usury_n shall_v be_v approve_v because_o in_o some_o positive_a law_n it_o have_v be_v in_o some_o case_n permit_v 2._o if_o it_o have_v be_v in_o some_o case_n and_o in_o some_o person_n permit_v and_o they_o of_o best_a desert_n this_o be_v no_o excuse_n for_o nonresidency_a for_o most_o parson_n that_o will_v and_o many_o of_o they_o of_o mean_a desert_n and_o upon_o small_a colour_n and_o occasion_n as_o it_o be_v now_o practise_v 3._o prince_n rather_o and_o other_o magistrate_n civil_a and_o ecclesiastical_a have_v by_o law_n more_o restrain_v then_o permit_v nonresidency_a as_o have_v be_v declare_v before_o arg_fw-mi 10._o object_n 4._o that_o it_o be_v absolute_o unlawful_a etc._n etc._n neither_o have_v be_v prove_v or_o ever_o will_v etc._n etc._n answ_n absence_n from_o the_o flock_n for_o a_o time_n upon_o necessary_a occasion_n be_v permit_v both_o by_o the_o scripture_n and_o by_o the_o ancient_a canon_n as_o 1._o for_o the_o service_n of_o the_o church_n as_o paul_n say_v bring_v mark_v with_o thou_o for_o he_o be_v profitable_a unto_o i_o to_o minister_v flock_n in_o what_o case_n the_o pastor_n absence_n be_v permit_v for_o a_o time_n from_o his_o flock_n 2._o tim._n 4._o 11._o so_o ambrose_n paucorum_fw-la dierum_fw-la occupatione_fw-la detentus_fw-la etc._n etc._n be_v detain_v ā_o few_o day_n call_v away_o by_o the_o necessity_n of_o another_o church_n i_o have_v be_v absent_a from_o your_o assembly_n ser._n 28._o pro_fw-la servitijs_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la etc._n etc._n a_o man_n may_v be_v absent_a for_o the_o service_n of_o the_o church_n as_o be_v present_a at_o counsel_n dispute_v against_o heretic_n and_o such_o like_a decret_n greg._n lib._n 3._o tit_n 4._o cap._n 13._o 2._o when_o the_o flock_n itself_o do_v pursue_v their_o pastor_n si_fw-mi quis_fw-la plebis_fw-la etc._n etc._n if_o any_o man_n be_v absent_a because_o of_o the_o opposition_n of_o his_o people_n antioch_n can_v 18._o in_o this_o case_n paul_n shake_v off_o the_o dust_n of_o his_o foot_n against_o the_o jew_n and_o turn_v to_o the_o gentile_n act._n 13._o 46._o but_o it_o be_v not_o the_o stubburnesse_n of_o a_o few_o that_o shall_v make_v a_o man_n leave_v his_o flock_n as_o augustine_n excellent_o show_v thou_o will_v say_v feci_fw-la omne_fw-la nihil_fw-la i_o video_fw-la profecisse_fw-la etc._n etc._n i_o have_v do_v what_o i_o can_v yet_o i_o profit_v not_o i_o will_v i_o may_v rest_v somewhere_o else_o oh_o that_o i_o have_v the_o wing_n of_o a_o dove_n etc._n etc._n thus_o man_n say_v sed_fw-la plerunque_fw-la ita_fw-la ligantur_fw-la ut_fw-la volare_fw-la non_fw-la possint_fw-la ligantur_fw-la non_fw-la visco_fw-la sed_fw-la officio_fw-la but_o they_o be_v bind_v they_o can_v fly_v not_o with_o bird_n lime_n but_o in_o duty_n therefore_o see_v they_o can_v forsake_v their_o flock_n let_v they_o say_v with_o the_o apostle_n i_o desire_v to_o be_v dissolve_v and_o be_v with_o christ_n aug._n in_o psal_n 54._o it_o must_v not_o be_v then_o the_o perverseness_n of_o some_o but_o the_o resistance_n of_o the_o whole_a flock_n which_o shall_v force_v a_o man_n to_o depart_v in_o this_o case_n 3._o for_o health_n sake_n the_o pastor_n for_o a_o while_n may_v be_v absent_a as_o to_o change_v the_o air_n or_o when_o he_o be_v detain_v by_o sickness_n as_o epaphroditus_n be_v keep_v from_o the_o phillippian_o phil._n 2._o 26_o 27._o so_o gregory_n cause_v one_o to_o be_v restore_v qui_fw-la aegritudinis_fw-la causa_fw-la per_fw-la duorum_fw-la mensium_fw-la spacium_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la defuit_fw-la which_o by_o occasion_n of_o sickness_n have_v be_v absent_a two_o month_n caus_n 7._o q._n 1._o cap._n 3._o as_o augustine_n when_o he_o be_v sick_a remove_v from_o hippo._n epist_n 56._o 4._o in_o time_n of_o persecution_n our_o saviour_n allow_v to_o flee_v from_o one_o city_n to_o a_o other_o mat._n 10._o 23._o metu_fw-la hostilitatis_fw-la cause_n 7._o qu._n 1._o cap._n 42._o but_o do_v it_o therefore_o follow_v if_o for_o a_o time_n upon_o those_o necessary_a occasion_n the_o pastor_n may_v be_v absent_a that_o therefore_o he_o may_v upon_o a_o ambitious_a covetous_a humour_n and_o at_o his_o pleasure_n and_o that_o very_a often_o or_o continual_o absent_v himself_o object_n 5._o in_o what_o congruity_n may_v he_o be_v count_v a_o idle_a non_fw-fr resident_a that_o be_v always_o present_a in_o some_o part_n of_o his_o charge_n etc._n etc._n ans_fw-fr and_o be_v it_o enough_o that_o a_o man_n at_o some_o time_n and_o in_o some_o part_n of_o his_o charge_n take_v pain_n what_o daub_v be_v this_o then_o give_v a_o man_n 10_o or_o 20_o benefice_n for_o he_o may_v at_o some_o time_n and_o in_o some_o one_o of_o they_o do_v a_o little_a duty_n let_v we_o be_v ashamed_a that_o profess_v the_o gospel_n to_o use_v such_o cloak_n which_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n have_v reject_v late_a par_fw-fr 29._o cap._n 6._o this_o be_v render_v as_o a_o reason_n why_o one_o shall_v not_o have_v diverse_a office_n in_o diverse_a church_n quia_fw-la singula_fw-la officia_fw-la quae_fw-la sunt_fw-la in_o ecclesijs_fw-la assiduitatem_fw-la exigunt_fw-la personarum_fw-la every_o office_n in_o the_o church_n require_v the_o assiduity_n of_o the_o person_n colon._n part_n 1._o cap._n 32._o vnus_fw-la presbyter_n per_fw-la omnes_fw-la sibi_fw-la commissas_fw-la ecclesias_fw-la solus_fw-la nec_fw-la persolvere_fw-la potest_fw-la etc._n etc._n one_o presbyter_n can_v do_v all_o the_o duty_n in_o all_o church_n commit_v to_o he_o mogant_n cap._n 64._o vnus_fw-la pluribus_fw-la ecclesijs_fw-la curam_fw-la impendere_fw-la necessarium_fw-la nequit_fw-la one_o can_v take_v care_n for_o many_o church_n object_n 6._o there_o be_v no_o more_o intolerable_a non_fw-fr resident_n then_o some_o etc._n etc._n ans_fw-fr that_o some_o of_o the_o petitioner_n or_o such_o as_o favour_v they_o be_v intolerable_a non-residents_a be_v but_o idle_a word_n and_o be_v worthy_a of_o no_o answer_n the_o confuter_n shall_v never_o be_v able_a to_o show_v any_o such_o thing_n object_n 7._o it_o be_v impossible_a as_o church_n live_n ministry_n untruth_n non-residents_a help_v not_o but_o hinder_v a_o learned_a ministry_n be_v now_o allot_v that_o nonresidency_a shall_v not_o be_v permit_v and_o yet_o a_o learned_a ministry_n maintain_v prince_n and_o peer_n attend_v upon_o etc._n etc._n ans_fw-fr non_fw-fr residency_n nourish_v a_o unlearned_a ministry_n so_o far_o be_v it_o from_o maintain_v a_o learned_a when_o poor_a curate_n be_v constrain_v to_o serve_v for_o small_a stipend_n and_o as_o the_o synod_n of_o collen_n true_o complain_v 9_o coloviens_fw-la sub_fw-la alph._n med_n 3_o c._n 9_o church_n be_v spoil_v of_o their_o due_a service_n meliores_fw-la qui_fw-la laborare_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la cupiunt_fw-la excluduntur_fw-la they_o which_o will_v do_v more_o good_a in_o the_o church_n be_v exclude_v as_o though_o prince_n and_o peer_n be_v not_o able_a to_o maintain_v chaplain_n to_o attend_v upon_o they_o but_o such_o as_o live_v of_o their_o flock_n where_o they_o labour_v not_o it_o be_v ambition_n that_o draw_v such_o to_o prince_n court_n not_o any_o necessary_a service_n which_o be_v contrary_a to_o the_o canon_n sardicens_fw-la cap._n 8_o 9_o 10._o episcopus_fw-la ambitione_n magis_fw-la quam_fw-la deo_fw-la servire_fw-la si_fw-la videbitur_fw-la etc._n etc._n a_o bishop_n rather_o for_o ambition_n than_o god_n service_n go_v to_o court_n must_v be_v deprive_v yet_o his_o majesty_n as_o reason_n be_v may_v have_v to_o preach_v before_o he_o man_n of_o the_o best_a gift_n without_o any_o long_a absence_n from_o their_o flock_n bernard_n when_o pope_n innocent_a send_v for_o he_o refuse_v to_o go_v make_v 153._o epist._n 153._o his_o