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A66109	Wake, William, 1657-1737.	An appeal to all the true members of the Church of England, in behalf of the King's ecclesiastical supremacy ... by William Wake ...	1698.0		.xml	application/xml	31831	1350	69	Some things which , at first Sight , may seem an Abatement of the Authority of the Church , is rather such a way of Regulating the Exercise of its Power , as , under Religious Princes , is for the Churches Advantage . But I shall chuse rather to express the process of this Convocation , in the Words of an Author , who may perhaps be less liable to Exception ; and whose account of it is this : That the Clergy being met in their Convocation , according to the Tenour and Effect of his Majesties Writ , his Majesty was pleased , by Vertue of his Prerogative Royal , and Supreme Authority in Causes Ecclesiastical , to give and grant unto Them , by his Letters Patents , dated April 12. and June 25. full , free , and lawful Liberty , Licence , Power and Authority , to Convene , Treat , Debate , Consider , Consult and Agree upon such Canons , Orders , Ordinances , and Constitutions , as they should think necessary , fit , and convenient , for the Honour and Service of Alimighty God , the good and quiet of the Church , and the better Government thereof from time to time &c. — Which being Agreed on by the Clergy , and by them presented to the King , humbly requiring him to give his Royal Assent unto them , according to the Statute made in the 25 of King Henry VIII .	cache/A66109.xml	txt/A66109.txt