The lavves and statutes of Geneua as well concerning ecclesiastical discipline, as ciuill regiment, with certeine proclamations duly executed, whereby Gods religion is most purelie mainteined, and their common wealth quietli gouerned: translated out of Frenche into Englishe by Robert Fills.
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The lavves and statutes of Geneua as well concerning ecclesiastical discipline, as ciuill regiment, with certeine proclamations duly executed, whereby Gods religion is most purelie mainteined, and their common wealth quietli gouerned: translated out of Frenche into Englishe by Robert Fills.
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Geneva (Switzerland)
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Printed at London :: By Rouland Hall [and Thomas Hacket], dwellyng in Gutter Lane, at the sygne of the halfe Egle and the Keye,
1562.
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Church discipline -- Early works to 1800.
Ecclesiastical law -- Switzerland -- Geneva -- Early works to 1800.
Church and state -- Switzerland -- Early works to 1800.
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"The lavves and statutes of Geneua as well concerning ecclesiastical discipline, as ciuill regiment, with certeine proclamations duly executed, whereby Gods religion is most purelie mainteined, and their common wealth quietli gouerned: translated out of Frenche into Englishe by Robert Fills." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/a01594.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 16, 2024.
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¶For the preseruacion and liberty of the citie.
Item that no maner person (accor∣dinge
to the acte made by the whole
counsell) shall or dare be so hardye to
speake, practise, moue, procure, or vse
anye meanes whatsoeuer it be, tou∣ching
alienation, change or alteraciō
of ye seigniory or gouernement of the
state of this Citie of Geneua, other∣wise
then god of his goodnes hath or∣deyned,
and is established at this pre∣sent,
but that euerye person doe hys
endeuour as he is boūd, to mainteine
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the holy euangelycall reformacion, ye
liberties and Franchises of the citie,
vpon paine to losse body and goodes.
Item yf any doe perceyue any ma∣ner
of practyse or conspiracie against
the principalite of this city, or against
the worde of god, and hys holy Gos∣gelly
that he is būnde to come and re∣uele
it incontinent vnto the lords of ye
councell, vpon the said paine.
Item that no maisters of craftes, or
prentises, of what occupacion soeuer
they be, shalbe so hardye to gather or
make any vnlawfull assembly, ney∣ther
to vse from henceforth anye ma∣ner
of ordinances or statutes hereto∣fore
made amonge their companyes,
but that they shal first present & shewe
them to the lordes Sendicques, to be
reformed by them according to their
discrecions, vpon paine to forfeyt for
euery tyme offēding .lx. shillings and
otherwyse to be punished as the case
shall require.
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