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             An appendix to A seasonable vindication of free-admission, to, and frequent administration of the Lords Holy Communion, to all visible church-members, regenerate or unregenerate. By William Prynne Esquire, a bencher of Lincolns Inne.
             Prynne, William, 1600-1669.
             Prynne, William, 1600-1669. Seasonable vindication of free-admission, and frequent administration of the Holy Communion to all visible church-members, regenerate or unregenerate.
          
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           AN
           APPENDIX
           TO
           A
           SEASONABLE
           VINDICATION
           OF
           FREE-ADMISSION
           ,
           TO
           ,
           AND
           FREQUENT
           ADMINISTRATION
           OF
           THE
           Lords
           Holy
           Communion
           ,
           To
           all
           Visible
           Church-members
           ,
           Regenerate
           or
           Unregenerate
           .
        
         
           
             By
          
           William
           Prynne
           
             Esquire
             ,
             a
             Bencher
             of
          
           Lincolns
           Inne
           .
        
         
           
             Augustin
             .
             in
             Psal.
             48.
             
             Enar.
             Concio
             .
             1.
             Tom.
             8.
             pars
             1.
             
               p.
            
             535.
             
          
           Manducant
           illi
           et
           adorant
           ;
           manducant
           isti
           et
           saturantur
           ,
           tamen
           
             Omnes
             manducant
             .
          
           Exigitur
           de
           manducante
           quod
           manducat
           ;
           non
           prohibeatur
           manducare
           a
           Dispensatore
           ;
           sed
           moneatur
           timere
           Exactorem
           .
           Audiant
           ergo
           ista
           Peccatores
           et
           Justi
           ;
           Gentes
           et
           qui
           habitant
           orbem
           ,
           terrigenae
           et
           filii
           h●minum
           ,
           simul
           in
           unum
           dives
           et
           pauper
           ,
           non
           divisi
           ,
           non
           separati
           :
           Tempus
           Messis
           hoc
           faciet
           ,
           manus
           ventilatoris
           hoc
           poterit
           .
           Nunc
           simul
           in
           unum
           audiant
           Dives
           et
           Pauper
           ,
           
             Simul
             in
             unum
             pascantur
             Haedi
             et
             Agni
             ,
          
           donec
           veniat
           qui
           segreget
           alios
           ad
           dextram
           ,
           alios
           ad
           sinistram
           .
           Simul
           in
           unum
           audiant
           docentem
           ,
           ne
           segregati
           ab
           invicem
           audiant
           judicantem
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           in
           the
           Year
           1657.
           
        
      
    
     
       
       
       
         
           An
           Appendix
           to
           a
           Seasonable
           Vindication
           of
           a
           Free
           —
           Admission
           to
           ,
           and
           Frequent
           Administration
           of
           the
           Lords
           Holy
           Communion
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           HAving
           at
           large
           demonstrated
           the
           constant
           practice
           of
           the
           Primitive
           Church
           in
           the
           frequent
           administration
           of
           the
           Holy
           Communion
           to
           all
           Visible
           unexcommunicate
           Church
           Members
           ,
           by
           the
           testimony
           of
           
             Fathers
             ,
             Councils
             ,
          
           &
           other
           
             Writers
          
           of
           all
           sorts
           ,
           with
           the
           continuation
           ,
           approbation
           of
           this
           laudable
           Practice
           in
           our
           own
           and
           other
           reformed
           Churches
           ,
           till
           of
           late
           years
           ;
           I
           cannot
           but
           with
           much
           grief
           of
           heart
           ,
           behold
           the
           discontinuance
           and
           disusage
           of
           it
           in
           sundry
           of
           our
           Churches
           for
           divers
           years
           together
           ,
           as
           a
           sad
           symptome
           both
           of
           the
           Corruption
           ,
           Degeneracy
           ,
           Apostacy
           ,
           unzealousness
           of
           our
           Church
           and
           Ministers
           in
           these
           reforming
           times
           ;
           It
           being
           
             a
          
           
             Tho.
             
             Beacon
          
           his
           true
           observatior
           ;
           
             That
             when
             the
             Church
             of
             Christ
             was
             most
             pure
             ,
             the
             Sacrament
             of
             the
             body
             and
             bloud
             of
             Christ
             was
             most
             often
             received
             of
             the
             Christians
             .
          
           Therefore
           the
           rare
           using
           ,
           suspending
           ,
           and
           quite
           
           casting
           aside
           of
           this
           Sacrament
           for
           sundry
           years
           together
           in
           many
           Churches
           ,
           is
           an
           undoubted
           evidence
           ,
           not
           of
           the
           
             reformatiō
             ,
          
           but
           
             corruptiō
             ,
             apostacy
          
           of
           those
           
             Churches
          
           (
           especially
           of
           their
           Ministers
           ,
           the
           chief
           Authors
           of
           it
           through
           ambition
           ,
           faction
           ,
           design
           ,
           Anabaptistical
           ,
           or
           Popish
           principles
           :
           which
           I
           hope
           those
           who
           profess
           themselves
           Judges
           of
           the
           Law
           will
           now
           take
           care
           publikely
           to
           redresse
           ,
           upon
           the
           peoples
           
             *
          
           sad
           complaints
           of
           their
           Ministers
           neglects
           herein
           ,
           on
           the
           one
           hand
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           to
           give
           them
           relief
           for
           their
           Tithes
           ,
           when
           or
           where
           injuriously
           detained
           ,
           on
           the
           other
           hand
           .
           For
           their
           better
           incouragement
           herein
           ,
           I
           shall
           for
           the
           Honor
           of
           the
           
             Professors
             of
             the
             Law
          
           of
           that
           
             honorable
          
           Society
           of
           
             Lincolns
             Inn
             ,
          
           whereof
           I
           am
           a
           Member
           ,
           present
           the
           world
           with
           some
           Memorable
           Orders
           ,
           made
           by
           the
           
             Benchers
          
           of
           that
           Society
           in
           the
           Reigns
           of
           
             Q.
             Eliz.
             K.
             James
             ,
          
           and
           
             K.
             Charls
             ,
          
           for
           the
           frequent
           receiving
           of
           the
           
             Lords
             Supper
          
           in
           the
           Chapel
           therof
           ,
           by
           every
           Member
           of
           the
           same
           ;
           and
           expulsion
           of
           all
           such
           out
           of
           the
           Society
           as
           unworthy
           to
           be
           Members
           ,
           who
           refused
           frequently
           to
           receive
           it
           ;
           or
           forbore
           to
           Communicate
           in
           the
           Chapel
           there
           ;
           (
           according
           very
           well
           with
           the
           Discipline
           of
           the
           Primitive
           Church
           and
           times
           )
           now
           fit
           to
           be
           revived
           in
           the
           said
           Christian
           Society
           ,
           where
           two
           or
           three
           Sacraments
           for
           many
           years
           past
           have
           been
           ,
           and
           still
           are
           constantly
           administred
           every
           Term
           ,
           to
           give
           good
           Example
           to
           all
           other
           Churches
           ,
           Chapels
           throughout
           the
           Nation
           ,
           and
           convince
           all
           present
           Members
           of
           that
           Society
           ,
           who
           negligently
           ,
           or
           obstinately
           forbear
           to
           repair
           to
           the
           Ordinances
           ,
           and
           Sacrament
           there
           administred
           in
           this
           age
           ,
           how
           well
           they
           deserve
           to
           feel
           the
           rod
           of
           the
           antient
           
             Discipline
          
           of
           the
           Society
           ,
           inflicted
           upon
           such
           delinquents
           in
           former
           times
           ,
           comprised
           in
           these
           following
           Orders
           entred
           in
           the
           
             Black
             Books
          
           thereof
           for
           that
           end
           ,
           and
           the
           benefit
           of
           Posterity
           .
        
         
           
             b
          
           Ad
           Concilium
           ibidem
           tentum
           in
           fest.
           Ascentionis
           
           Anno
           12.
           
           Reginae
           Elizabethae
           ,
           in
           praesentia
           of
           12.
           
           
             Benchers
             ,
             this
             Letter
             from
             the
             Lords
             of
             the
          
           
           
             Queens
             Council
             was
             read
             and
             entred
             in
             the
          
           Black
           Book
           .
        
         
           
             
               To
               our
               loving
               Friends
               ,
               the
               Antients
               and
               Benchers
               of
               Lincolns
               Inne
               ,
            
             
               VVHereas
               of
               late
               time
               knowledge
               hath
               been
               given
               to
               us
               of
               her
               Majesties
               Council
               ,
               and
               the
               same
               also
               manifestly
               and
               orderly
               declared
               this
               day
               in
               the
               
                 Starred
                 Chamber
              
               at
               
                 VVestminster
                 ,
              
               being
               then
               accompanied
               with
               the
               most
               Reverend
               Father
               in
               God
               the
               
                 Archbishop
              
               of
               
                 Canterbury
                 ,
              
               and
               other
               
                 Bishops
              
               of
               the
               Realm
               ,
               and
               certain
               of
               her
               Majesties
               
                 Iustices
                 ,
              
               and
               others
               of
               her
               learned
               Counsel
               ,
               that
               these
               persons
               hereafter
               named
               ,
               that
               is
               to
               say
               ,
               
                 Roger
                 Corham
                 ,
                 Gerrard
                 Lother
                 ,
                 Henry
                 Harper
                 ,
                 John
                 Brown
                 ,
              
               and
               
                 Thomas
                 Egerton
                 ,
              
               being
               Fellows
               of
               
                 Lincolns
                 Inne
                 ,
              
               have
               of
               long
               time
               misused
               themselves
               ,
               in
               contempt
               of
               the
               Lawes
               of
               this
               Realm
               ,
               and
               contrary
               to
               the
               Laws
               ecclesiastical
               ;
               partly
               in
               not
               resorting
               to
               the
               Church
               ,
               or
               other
               place
               of
               Common
               Prayers
               at
               accustomed
               times
               ;
               partly
               
                 in
                 not
                 receiving
                 the
                 blessed
                 Communion
                 at
                 times
                 convenient
                 ,
              
               but
               contrariwise
               ,
               using
               other
               Rites
               and
               Services
               ,
               which
               are
               by
               the
               Laws
               of
               the
               Land
               prohibited
               ,
               and
               in
               these
               disorders
               ,
               have
               lived
               and
               continued
               a
               long
               time
               ,
               to
               the
               evil
               example
               of
               others
               in
               their
               Society
               .
               We
               have
               upon
               good
               deliberation
               ordered
               and
               decreed
               ,
               and
               by
               these
               presents
               do
               ordain
               and
               decree
               in
               the
               Queens
               Majesties
               name
               ,
               that
               every
               of
               the
               said
               persons
               shall
               immediately
               for
               these
               their
               former
               long
               and
               manifest
               contempts
               and
               offences
               ,
               
                 be
                 excluded
                 out
                 of
                 Commons
                 in
                 that
                 House
                 ,
                 and
                 shall
                 forbear
                 to
                 give
                 any
                 Counsel
                 in
                 the
                 Law
                 ,
                 or
                 to
                 resort
                 to
                 any
                 barr
                 or
                 place
                 of
                 Iustice
                 ,
                 there
                 to
                 plead
                 by
                 Plaint
                 ,
                 Defence
                 ,
                 or
                 Demand
                 ,
                 in
                 any
                 Sute
                 or
                 Cause
                 belonging
                 to
                 the
                 Law
                 ,
              
               other
               than
               for
               themselves
               ,
               if
               they
               shall
               be
               by
               ordinary
               Processe
               thereto
               called
               ;
               And
               that
               they
               and
               every
               of
               them
               shall
               obey
               this
               Order
               ,
               untill
               they
               shall
               by
               Gods
               goodnesse
               reconcile
               themselves
               ,
               and
               amend
               those
               their
               defaults
               ;
               which
               is
               a
               thing
               more
               desired
               ,
               than
               any
               punishment
               of
               them
               :
               &
               the
               same
               their
               reconciliation
               
               to
               be
               testified
               by
               the
               Bishop
               of
               
                 London
              
               their
               Ordinary
               :
               Whereupon
               they
               shall
               be
               received
               again
               into
               Commons
               ,
               and
               allowed
               to
               give
               Counsel
               ,
               and
               plead
               to
               all
               purposes
               ,
               as
               before
               this
               Order
               they
               might
               have
               done
               .
               And
               otherwise
               upon
               continuance
               in
               their
               obstinacy
               ▪
               
                 to
                 be
                 utterly
                 excluded
                 for
                 ever
                 from
                 the
                 Society
                 ,
              
               with
               such
               further
               punishment
               as
               shall
               thereto
               belong
               .
            
             
               Furthermore
               ,
               to
               avoid
               the
               increase
               of
               these
               contempts
               in
               that
               House
               ,
               we
               have
               thought
               meet
               ,
               and
               so
               we
               doe
               by
               these
               presents
               command
               ,
               that
               no
               person
               of
               your
               Society
               being
               commonly
               or
               wittingly
               known
               or
               vehemently
               suspected
               to
               mislike
               of
               the
               Rites
               and
               Orders
               established
               in
               this
               Realm
               for
               Religion
               ,
               be
               called
               ,
               or
               allowed
               from
               henceforth
               ,
               to
               any
               degree
               in
               that
               house
               until
               the
               same
               have
               sufficiently
               purged
               himself
               of
               the
               said
               suspstion
               .
            
             
               And
               to
               the
               intent
               that
               this
               our
               Order
               and
               Decree
               may
               be
               duely
               executed
               ,
               we
               will
               and
               straitly
               command
               you
               with
               all
               convenient
               speed
               openly
               in
               the
               accustomed
               place
               of
               your
               Assembly
               ,
               to
               notifie
               the
               same
               to
               the
               parties
               above-named
               ,
               and
               to
               all
               others
               of
               that
               Fellowship
               ,
               to
               the
               end
               they
               may
               thereof
               take
               knowledge
               ,
               and
               avoid
               all
               occasions
               of
               offence
               in
               the
               like
               on
               their
               own
               part
               ,
               or
               otherwise
               they
               must
               look
               to
               be
               ordered
               ,
               according
               to
               their
               deserts
               .
               At
               
                 Westminster
              
               the
               20th
               of
               May
               ,
               1569.
               
            
             
               
                 Your
                 loving
                 Friends
                 ,
                 
                   
                     Nicholas
                     Bacon
                     ,
                     
                       C.
                       S.
                       
                    
                  
                   
                     J.
                     Pembrook
                     .
                  
                   
                     W.
                     Northampton
                     ,
                  
                   
                     E.
                     Bedford
                     .
                  
                   
                     R.
                     Leicester
                     .
                  
                   
                     G.
                     Clinton
                     .
                  
                   
                     William
                     Howard
                     ,
                  
                   
                     F.
                     Knowels
                     ,
                  
                   
                     W.
                     Cicill
                     ,
                  
                   
                     R.
                     Sadler
                     .
                  
                
              
            
          
        
         
         
           After
           this
           Letter
           :
           
             Lincolns
             Inne
             .
          
        
         
           
             c
          
           Ad
           Concilium
           ibidem
           tentum
           4
           die
           Junii
           ,
           Anno
           
           Regni
           
             Elizabethae
          
           Reginae
           
             12.
             in
             the
             presence
             of
             14.
             
             Benchers
             .
          
        
         
           It
           is
           Ordered
           ,
           that
           for
           as
           much
           as
           Mr.
           
             Cortham
             ,
          
           Mr.
           
             Gerrard
             Lother
             ,
          
           and
           Mr.
           
             Brown
          
           have
           been
           out
           of
           Commons
           ,
           and
           sequestred
           from
           practise
           by
           the
           Councils
           Letters
           for
           Ecclesiasticall
           causes
           ,
           by
           the
           space
           of
           one
           year
           and
           more
           ,
           that
           unless
           they
           bring
           certificate
           of
           their
           Reconciliation
           in
           Religion
           from
           the
           Bishop
           ,
           before
           the
           last
           day
           of
           this
           term
           ,
           
             that
             then
             they
             three
             shall
             be
             utterly
             expulsed
             the
             House
             ,
             without
             all
             hope
             of
             readmission
             .
          
           And
           that
           all
           others
           which
           have
           been
           called
           before
           the
           said
           Bishop
           ,
           and
           other
           Judges
           in
           causes
           ecclesiastical
           ,
           
             for
             suspition
             of
             their
             sincerity
             in
             Religion
             ,
          
           or
           their
           Offences
           in
           these
           matters
           ,
           
             shall
             be
             likewise
             expulsed
             the
             Fellowship
             ,
          
           unlesse
           they
           bring
           certificate
           of
           their
           Reconciliation
           from
           the
           said
           Bishop
           ,
           before
           
             Quindena
             Michaelis
             .
          
           And
           if
           Mr.
           
             Egerton
          
           shall
           bring
           Certificate
           from
           the
           Bishop
           that
           
             he
             is
             reconciled
             in
             Religion
             before
             the
             end
             of
             this
             term
             ,
          
           then
           he
           likewise
           to
           be
           called
           to
           the
           barre
           at
           the
           next
           Moote
           .
        
         
           One
           chief
           cause
           of
           these
           Gentlemens
           suspension
           from
           Commons
           ,
           Practice
           ,
           and
           Final
           expulsion
           ,
           is
           expressed
           to
           be
           ,
           
             Their
             not
             receiving
             the
             blessed
             Communion
             at
             times
             convenient
             .
          
           Which
           was
           seconded
           with
           other
           succeeding
           Presidents
           of
           Expulsion
           for
           this
           very
           cause
           .
        
         
           
             (
             d
             )
             Ad
             Concilium
             ibidem
             tentum
             28
             die
             Octobris
             ,
             Anno
             Regni
          
           Elizabethae
           14.
           
             in
             praesentia
             Gubernatorum
          
           (
           being
           13.
           in
           Number
           ,
           whereof
           three
           were
           not
           long
           after
           made
           Judges
           under
           the
           Queen
           .
           )
        
         
           
             Inprimis
          
           it
           is
           ordered
           ,
           that
           if
           Mr.
           
             Blackwell
          
           upon
           Saturday
           next
           be
           not
           at
           Service
           in
           the
           Chappel
           here
           ,
           and
           upon
           Sunday
           next
           at
           the
           Service
           and
           Sermon
           in
           the
           Chapel
           here
           ,
           and
           there
           decently
           behave
           himself
           all
           the
           Service
           while
           ,
           and
           
             receive
             the
             Communion
             here
             upon
             Sunday
             next
             ,
          
           that
           then
           he
           shall
           stand
           out
           of
           Commons
           
           and
           forbear
           the
           benefit
           of
           his
           Chamber
           .
           And
           unlesse
           
             he
             receive
             the
             Communion
             here
             openly
             some
             Sunday
             this
             Term
          
           〈…〉
           
             He
             shall
             be
             no
             fellow
             of
             this
             House
             ,
             and
             stand
             expulsed
             from
             thenceforth
             .
          
        
         
           
             d
          
           
             Ad
             Concilium
             ibidem
             tentum
             17.
             die
             Novembr
             .
             Anno
             Regni
             Dom.
             R.
          
           Elizabethae
           18.
           at
           which
           11
           Benchers
           were
           present
           ,
           
             Richard
             King
             smell
          
           Attorney
           of
           the
           Queens
           Court
           of
           Wards
           and
           Liveries
           ,
           being
           the
           first
           .
        
         
           Mr.
           
             Vicars
          
           is
           
             expulsed
             the
             Fellowship
             of
             this
             House
             ,
             for
             that
             he
             hath
             obstinately
             refused
             to
             receive
             the
             Communion
             according
             to
             the
             Orders
             of
             this
             House
             .
          
        
         
           
             e
          
           
             Ad
             Concilium
             ibidem
             tentum
             :
             die
             Jovis
             8.
             die
             Maii
             Anno
             Regni
             Dom.
             
             Reginae
          
           Elizabethae
           ,
           &c.
           2c
           .
           in
           the
           presence
           of
           13
           Benchers
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           ordered
           ,
           that
           
             Every
             Man
          
           of
           the
           House
           
             shall
             at
             the
             least
             once
             in
             the
             year
          
           (
           〈◊〉
           be
           in
           Commons
           
             receive
             the
             Holy
             Communion
          
           in
           some
           Term
           time
           ,
           within
           the
           Chapel
           of
           
             Lincolns
             Inne
             .
          
        
         
           
             f
          
           
             Ad
             Concilium
             ibidem
             tentum
             28
             die
             Maii
             ,
             Anno
             Regni
          
           Elizabethae
           ,
           
             &c.
             
             26.
             in
             praesentia
          
           Thomae
           Egerton
           ,
           then
           
             Sollicitor
             ,
          
           and
           ten
           more
           Benchers
           .
        
         
           Mr.
           
             Henry
             Stephens
          
           sometimes
           a
           Gent.
           of
           this
           Fellowship
           
             for
             not
             Communicating
             by
             the
             space
             of
             two
             years
             ,
          
           being
           also
           moved
           ,
           
             to
             communicate
             ,
             he
             refused
             ;
          
           and
           therefore
           it
           is
           ordered
           ,
           
             that
             for
             those
             causes
             he
             shall
             be
             expelled
             out
             of
             this
             Fellowship
             .
          
        
         
           These
           Presidents
           I
           find
           in
           
             Queen
             Elizabeths
          
           Reign
           ;
           from
           which
           I
           descend
           to
           
             King
             James
             .
          
           The
           Benchers
           of
           the
           Society
           taking
           Notice
           of
           the
           Paucity
           of
           those
           who
           resorted
           to
           the
           
             Sacrament
          
           of
           the
           Lords
           Supper
           when
           administred
           every
           term
           ,
           thereupon
           made
           this
           ensuing
           Order
           .
        
         
           
             g
          
           
             Ad
             Concilium
             ibidem
             tentum
             ,
             2
             die
             Maii
             Anno
          
           
           
             Regni
             Regis
          
           Jacobi
           ,
           &c.
           
           3.
           in
           the
           presence
           of
           15
           Masters
           of
           the
           Bench
           presen
           〈…〉
           .
        
         
         
           
             For
             as
             much
             as
             it
             appeareth
             at
             this
             Council
             ,
             that
             there
             is
             in
             Commons
             in
             this
             House
             of
             Benchers
             ,
             Barresters
             ,
             and
             young
             Gentlemen
             every
             Term
             to
             the
             number
             of
             140
             persons
             and
             above
             ;
             but
             there
             having
             been
             
               in
               every
               Term
               a
               Communion
               in
               the
               Chapel
               of
               this
               House
               ;
            
             that
             of
             the
             said
             140.
             persons
             
               there
               communicateth
               not
               usually
               above
               the
               number
               of
               Forty
               .
            
             Thereupon
             Sir
             
               John
               Tindal
            
             Knight
             Dean
             of
             the
             Chapel
             ,
             Mr.
             
               Irbie
               ,
            
             Mr.
             
               Hughes
               ,
            
             and
             Mr.
             
               Winch
               ,
            
             four
             of
             the
             Masters
             of
             the
             Bench
             ,
             are
             intreated
             to
             call
             before
             them
             all
             such
             as
             have
             
               so
               neglected
               to
               receive
               ,
               and
               to
               examine
               their
               Religion
               ,
            
             and
             life
             ,
             and
             of
             their
             Opinions
             and
             proceedings
             in
             this
             behalf
             to
             certifie
             the
             Bench
             ,
             so
             soon
             as
             conveniently
             they
             may
             .
          
        
         
           Further
           ,
           at
           this
           Council
           it
           was
           ordered
           ;
           
             That
             
               all
               such
               as
               are
               now
               in
               Commons
               in
               this
               House
               every
               one
               of
               them
               shall
               communicate
               in
               our
               Chapel
               on
               Sunday
               next
               ,
               or
               on
               Thursday
               following
               ,
            
             ●●ing
             ●●cension
             ●ay
             ,
             A●●if
             
               any
               shall
               refuse
               or
               neglect
               so
               to
               Receive
               ,
               he
               shall
               be
               expelled
               this
               House
               and
               Fellowship
               ,
            
             unl
             〈…〉
             shall
             shew
             good
             〈…〉
             the
             Bench
             of
             
               such
               his
               refusal
               ,
               or
               forbearing
               to
               communicate
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             h
          
           At
           a
           
             Council
          
           held
           in
           
             Lincolns
             Inne
             ,
          
           30
           Januar.
           
           Anno
           18.
           
           
             Jacobi
             Regis
             .
          
           Mr.
           
             Clinton
          
           a
           Popish
           Recusant
           ;
           who
           would
           not
           conform
           himself
           (
           in
           repairing
           to
           the
           Chapel
           ,
           and
           receiving
           the
           Sacrament
           )
           was
           declared
           ,
           
             not
             to
             be
             called
             to
             the
             barr
             ,
          
           and
           
             likewise
             expelled
             the
             Society
             :
          
           And
           at
           a
           Council
           there
           held
           ,
           23
           Aprilis
           19
           
             Jacobi
             ▪
          
           Mr.
           
             Anthony
             Hunt
          
           for
           the
           self-same
           cause
           ;
           
             was
             expelled
             the
             House
             ,
          
           by
           a
           special
           Order
           .
        
         
           After
           this
           ,
           during
           the
           reign
           of
           
             King
             Charls
             ,
          
           Mr.
           
             Andrew
             Brown
             .
          
           and
           Mr.
           
             Richard
             Minshaw
          
           were
           both
           by
           several
           Orders
           of
           the
           Council
           of
           Benchers
           in
           
             Lincolns
             Inn
             ,
          
           first
           suspended
           the
           House
           ,
           for
           not
           repairing
           to
           the
           Chapel
           ,
           and
           Receiving
           the
           Communion
           of
           the
           Lords
           Supper
           ,
           and
           continuing
           still
           obstinate
           (
           notwithstanding
           the
           Queens
           Letter
           and
           intercession
           )
           finally
           
             expelled
             the
             Society
             ,
          
           
           as
           appears
           by
           the
           
             i
          
           
             Orders
          
           of
           29
           Julii
           ,
           &
           30
           Octobris
           Anno
           2.
           
           Caroli
           Regis
           ,
           entred
           in
           the
           Black
           Book
           .
        
         
           
             k
          
           Novembr
           .
           18.
           1641.
           at
           a
           
             Council
          
           held
           in
           
             Lincolns
             Inne
          
           before
           Mr.
           
             Oliver
             Saint-John
             ,
          
           then
           Sollicitor
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           Sir
           
             Rowland
             Wainsford
             ,
          
           Attorney
           of
           the
           Court
           of
           Wards
           and
           Liveries
           ,
           and
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Benchers
           ,
           the
           
             Butler
             was
             ordered
             ,
             to
             deliver
             the
             Names
             of
             such
             to
             the
             Bench
             
               as
               had
               not
               received
               the
               Communion
               in
               the
               Chapel
               of
               this
               House
               ,
               within
               one
               year
               last
               past
               ;
            
             to
             the
             end
             that
             they
             might
             tender
             the
             Oaths
             of
             Supremacy
             and
             Allegiance
             to
             them
             ,
          
           by
           a
           special
           Commission
           then
           directed
           to
           them
           to
           administer
           these
           Oaths
           to
           all
           Members
           of
           the
           House
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Innes
           of
           Chancery
           thereto
           belonging
           ,
           
             who
             were
             suspected
             in
             their
             Religion
             .
          
           The
           not
           receiving
           the
           Sacrament
           at
           least
           once
           a
           year
           in
           the
           Chapel
           of
           the
           House
           ,
           being
           then
           and
           in
           all
           former
           times
           ,
           reputed
           a
           sufficient
           badge
           of
           
             suspition
             in
             Religion
             ,
          
           and
           inclination
           to
           
             Popery
             .
          
           How
           then
           it
           can
           be
           now
           reputed
           a
           Character
           of
           Saints
           ,
           or
           Protestants
           of
           the
           highest
           Form
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           most
           refined
           sublimated
           orthodox
           Christians
           ,
           transcends
           my
           Capacity
           to
           comprehend
           .
        
         
           By
           these
           Presidents
           (
           omitting
           
             l
          
           others
           of
           like
           Nature
           ,
           )
           it
           is
           apparent
           ,
           That
           
             Queen
             Elizabeth
             ,
          
           with
           her
           
             Council
             ,
          
           Judges
           ,
           &
           the
           Masters
           of
           the
           
             Bench
          
           of
           the
           Honorable
           Society
           of
           
             Lincolns
             Inne
             ,
          
           during
           hers
           ,
           King
           
             James
             ,
          
           and
           King
           
             Charles
          
           successive
           reigns
           ,
           reputed
           all
           those
           admitted
           into
           it
           ,
           of
           what
           quality
           soever
           ,
           unworthy
           to
           be
           called
           to
           the
           
             Barr
             ,
             Bench
             ,
          
           or
           permitted
           to
           reside
           in
           ,
           or
           continue
           Members
           of
           the
           Society
           ;
           who
           neglected
           or
           peremptorily
           refused
           to
           repair
           constantly
           to
           the
           
             Chapel
          
           to
           Gods
           publike
           Ordinances
           ,
           or
           to
           receive
           
             the
             Lords
             Supper
          
           there
           with
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Society
           ,
           at
           least
           
             once
             every
             year
             :
          
           Whereupon
           after
           due
           admonition
           and
           perseverance
           in
           this
           their
           irreligious
           neglect
           ,
           they
           finally
           expelled
           them
           the
           House
           ,
           as
           putrid
           Members
           ,
           suspected
           ,
           
             tainted
             in
             their
             religion
             ,
          
           lest
           they
           should
           corrupt
           and
           leven
           others
           ;
           even
           as
           the
           Primitive
           Church
           ,
           and
           Christians
           
           constantly
           excommunicated
           ,
           expelled
           all
           those
           from
           their
           Church
           ,
           Society
           ,
           who
           neglected
           or
           refused
           to
           communicate
           constantly
           with
           them
           in
           the
           Lords
           Supper
           ,
           when
           it
           was
           administred
           .
           Which
           Godly
           Discipline
           ,
           I
           heartily
           wish
           may
           now
           be
           carefully
           revived
           ,
           severely
           executed
           in
           all
           our
           
             Innes
             of
             Court
             ,
          
           and
           all
           Churches
           throughout
           the
           Realm
           ,
           as
           well
           on
           refractory
           
             Ministers
             ,
          
           who
           obstinately
           refuse
           to
           administer
           the
           Sacrament
           to
           their
           people
           ,
           as
           on
           negligent
           or
           obstinate
           Non-Communicants
           ,
           who
           repair
           not
           to
           the
           Communion
           ,
           when
           and
           where
           it
           is
           administred
           ;
           All
           of
           them
           forgetting
           that
           memorable
           saying
           of
           St.
           
             Bernard
             ,
          
           recorded
           by
           
             m
          
           
             Thomas
             Beacon
             ;
             He
             that
             hath
             a
             wound
             ,
             seeketh
             a
             Medicine
             :
             We
             have
             a
             wound
             whiles
             we
             are
             under
             sinne
             ;
             The
             Medicine
             is
             
               The
               Sacrament
               ,
               Daily
               receive
               ,
               daily
               thou
               shalt
               be
               healed
               ;
            
          
           
             n
          
           
             Duo
             enim
             illud
             Sacramentum
             operatur
             in
             nobis
             ;
             ut
             videlicet
             ita
             sensum
             minuat
             in
             minimis
             ,
             et
             in
             gravioribus
             peccatis
             tollat
             omnino
             consensum
             :
             Si
             quis
             vestrum
             ,
             non
             tam
             saepe
             modo
             ,
             non
             tam
             acerbos
             sentit
             iracundiae
             motus
             ,
             invidiae
             ,
             luxuriae
             ,
             aut
             ceterorum
             hujusmodi
             ,
             gratias
             agat
             Corpori
             &
             Sanguini
             Domini
             ,
             quoniam
             virtus
             Sacramenti
             operatur
             in
             eo
             ;
             et
             gaudeat
             quod
             pessimum
             ulcus
             accedat
             ad
             Sanitatem
             .
             Tanta
             siquidem
             est
             vis
             Sacramentorum
             qui
             diebus
             istis
             recoluntur
             ,
             ut
             possint
             ipsa
             quoque
             lapidia
             scindere
             cordae
             ,
             &
             pectus
             omne
             licet
             ferreum
             emollire
             sufficiant
             :
          
           as
           the
           same
           
             Bernard
          
           elegantly
           resolves
           .
           Those
           Ministers
           then
           may
           justly
           fear
           their
           hearts
           are
           harder
           than
           stone
           ,
           and
           brests
           more
           obdurate
           than
           iron
           ,
           who
           
             o
          
           
             neglect
          
           or
           
             refuse
          
           diligently
           ,
           frequently
           ,
           constantly
           to
           administer
           this
           Sacrament
           to
           their
           people
           to
           break
           their
           stony
           hearts
           ,
           soften
           their
           iron
           brests
           ,
           abate
           the
           power
           of
           their
           greatest
           sinnes
           ,
           close
           up
           and
           cure
           their
           wounded
           souls
           ;
           and
           those
           Christians
           doubtlesse
           are
           the
           greatest
           Enemies
           to
           their
           own
           Salvation
           and
           Spiritual
           Cure
           ,
           who
           make
           the
           greatness
           ,
           heinousness
           of
           their
           sinnes
           ,
           the
           only
           Argument
           to
           keep
           them
           from
           the
           constant
           use
           of
           this
           holy
           Sacrament
           ,
           which
           should
           be
           the
           strongest
           motive
           to
           invite
           them
           thereunto
           ,
           that
           they
           
           might
           be
           healed
           and
           reformed
           by
           it
           .
           It
           is
           '
           acknowledged
           by
           all
           Divines
           ,
           that
           this
           Sacrament
           is
           both
           a
           special
           means
           of
           Grace
           ,
           and
           Soveraign
           Balsom
           to
           cure
           all
           wounded
           sin-sick
           Souls
           .
           Therfore
           for
           any
           Ministers
           ,
           or
           Spiritual
           Physicians
           to
           suspend
           their
           people
           ,
           or
           for
           any
           visible
           Churchmembers
           to
           seclude
           themselves
           totally
           from
           this
           means
           of
           Grace
           ,
           and
           Soveraign
           Medicament
           ,
           till
           the
           work
           of
           saving
           Grace
           be
           visibly
           wrought
           in
           them
           ,
           and
           their
           Spiritual
           wounds
           and
           maladies
           perfectly
           cured
           ,
           is
           professedly
           to
           keep
           them
           from
           the
           means
           ,
           till
           they
           have
           attained
           the
           end
           therof
           without
           them
           ,
           and
           diametrically
           to
           contradict
           both
           our
           Saviours
           Doctrine
           and
           Practice
           ,
           
             Mat.
             9.
             12
             ,
             13.
             
             They
             that
             be
             whole
             need
             not
             the
             Physician
             ,
             but
             those
             that
             are
             sick
             :
             For
             I
             came
             not
             to
             call
             the
             righteous
             ,
             but
             sinners
             to
             repentance
             .
          
           Wherefore
           
             p
          
           
             Nolite
             illorum
             acquiescere
             consiliis
             qui
             cum
             sint
             Christiani
             ,
             Christi
             tamen
             vel
             sequi
             facta
             ,
             vel
             obsequi
             dictis
             opprobrio
             ducunt
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A91143e-150
           
             a
             In
             his
             Catechism
             ,
             Vol.
             1.
             f.
             463.
             
          
           
             *
             See
             My
             Legal
             Resolution
             of
             two
             Important
             Quaeres
             .
          
           
             b
             Lib.
             Niger
             5.
             f.
             111
             ,
             112.
             
          
           
             Lincolns
             Inne
             .
          
           
             c
             Lib.
             Niger
             5.
             f.
             151.
             b.
             
          
           
             (
             
               b
            
             )
             Lib.
             Niger
             5.
             f.
             113.
             b.
             
          
           
             d
             Lib
             Niger
             5.
             f.
             200.
             
          
           
             e
             Lib.
             Niger
             5.
             f.
             248.
             b.
             
          
           
             f
             Ibidem
             ,
             f.
             358.
             b.
             
          
           
             g
             Lib.
             Niger
             6.
             p.
             308.
             2.
             
          
           
             Lincolns
             Inne
             .
          
           
             h
             Lib.
             Niger
             7.
             f.
             46
             
          
           
             i
             Lib.
             Niger
             7.
             f.
             183
             ,
             184
             ,
             185
             ,
             186
             ,
             187
             ,
             188
             ,
             190
             ,
             191
             ,
             199
             ,
             294.
             
          
           
             k
             Lib.
             Niger
             7.
             f.
             493.
             
          
           
             l
             See
             Lib.
             Niger
             5.
             f.
             181
             ,
             182.
             
          
           
             m
             In
             his
             Catechism
             ,
             Vol.
             1.
             f.
             463.
             
          
           
             n
             Bernard
             .
             in
             Coena
             Domini
             Ser.
             f.
             38.
             
          
           
             o
             Si
             lucri
             spiritualis
             gratia
             hoc
             faciunt
             ,
             laudandus
             est
             zelus
             ,
             sed
             praesumptio
             corrigenda
             ,
             
               Bern.
               
            
             Epist.
             42.
             
          
           
             p
             Bernard
             Epist.
             42.