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             The Bishop of Worcester's charge to the clergy of his diocese, in his primary visitation begun at Worcester, Sept. 11, 1690
             Stillingfleet, Edward, 1635-1699.
          
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           THE
           BISHOP
           OF
           WORCESTER'S
           CHARGE
           To
           the
           CLERGY
           OF
           HIS
           DIOCESE
           ,
           IN
           HIS
           
             Primary
             Visitation
          
           ,
           BEGUN
           At
           WORCESTER
           ,
           Sept.
           11.
           1690.
           
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             Henry
             Mortlock
          
           ,
           at
           the
           Phenix
           in
           S.
           
           Paul's
           Church-Yard
           .
           M
           DC
           XC
           I.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           To
           the
           Reverend
           CLERGY
           Of
           the
           DIOCESE
           Of
           WORCESTER
           .
        
         
           
             My
             BRETHREN
             ,
          
        
         
           WHat
           I
           lately
           delivered
           among
           you
           in
           the
           several
           Places
           of
           my
           Visitation
           ,
           and
           what
           I
           have
           since
           thought
           fit
           in
           some
           particulars
           to
           add
           ,
           I
           have
           here
           put
           together
           ,
           and
           sent
           it
           to
           you
           ,
           that
           it
           might
           remain
           with
           you
           ,
           not
           only
           as
           an
           Instance
           of
           my
           Duty
           ,
           but
           as
           a
           Monitor
           of
           your
           own
           .
           And
           I
           may
           reasonably
           hope
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           desire
           ,
           that
           the
           frequent
           Reading
           and
           Considering
           the
           Things
           I
           here
           recommend
           to
           you
           ,
           will
           make
           a
           deeper
           Impression
           on
           your
           Minds
           ,
           than
           a
           mere
           transient
           
           Discourse
           ;
           for
           I
           know
           nothing
           will
           more
           effectually
           preserve
           the
           Honor
           and
           Interest
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           than
           a
           diligent
           and
           conscientious
           Discharge
           of
           the
           Duties
           of
           our
           several
           Places
           .
           In
           this
           time
           of
           general
           Liberty
           ,
           our
           Adversaries
           ,
           of
           all
           kinds
           ,
           think
           themselves
           let
           loose
           upon
           us
           ;
           and
           therefore
           we
           have
           the
           more
           reason
           to
           look
           to
           our selves
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           
             Flock
             committed
             to
             our
             Charge
          
           .
        
         
           Yet
           ,
           I
           do
           not
           question
           ,
           but
           through
           the
           Goodness
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           serious
           and
           vigorous
           Application
           of
           our
           Minds
           to
           the
           great
           Business
           of
           our
           
             High
             and
             Holy
             Calling
          
           ,
           that
           Church
           which
           we
           so
           justly
           value
           ,
           will
           escape
           sinking
           in
           the
           Quick-Sands
           ,
           as
           it
           hath
           hitherto
           ,
           being
           dashed
           against
           the
           Rocks
           .
           If
           we
           behave
           our selves
           with
           that
           Prudence
           and
           Zeal
           and
           Circumspection
           which
           becomes
           us
           ,
           I
           hope
           
             the
             Inclinations
             of
             the
             People
          
           will
           never
           be
           made
           use
           of
           as
           an
           Argument
           against
           us
           .
           For
           ,
           although
           in
           a
           Corrupt
           Age
           ,
           that
           be
           one
           of
           the
           weakest
           Arguments
           in
           the
           World
           (
           if
           it
           be
           true
           )
           and
           only
           shews
           the
           Prevalency
           of
           Folly
           and
           Faction
           ;
           Yet
           there
           
           is
           no
           such
           Way
           to
           prevent
           the
           spreading
           of
           both
           ,
           as
           our
           constant
           Care
           to
           instruct
           our
           People
           in
           the
           main
           Duties
           of
           Religion
           ,
           and
           going
           before
           them
           in
           the
           Ways
           of
           Holyness
           and
           Peace
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           following
           Discourse
           ,
           I
           have
           first
           endeavoured
           to
           Assert
           and
           Vindicate
           the
           Authority
           of
           Bishops
           in
           the
           Christian
           Church
           ;
           and
           in
           as
           few
           Words
           ,
           and
           with
           as
           much
           Clearness
           as
           I
           could
           ,
           I
           have
           proved
           their
           Apostolical
           Institution
           .
           And
           the
           Judgment
           and
           Practice
           of
           the
           Universal
           Church
           from
           the
           Apostles
           Times
           ,
           will
           prevail
           with
           all
           unbyas'd
           Persons
           above
           any
           modern
           violent
           Inclinations
           to
           the
           contrary
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           next
           place
           I
           have
           recommended
           to
           you
           such
           things
           ,
           which
           I
           am
           sure
           are
           much
           for
           the
           Churches
           Service
           and
           Honour
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           our
           own
           ,
           and
           therefore
           ,
           I
           hope
           you
           will
           the
           more
           regard
           them
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           last
           place
           ,
           I
           have
           made
           it
           my
           Design
           to
           clear
           several
           Parts
           of
           the
           
             Ecclesiastical
             Law
          
           ,
           which
           concerns
           Church-Men
           ,
           and
           have
           shewed
           the
           Nature
           ,
           Force
           ,
           and
           Extent
           of
           it
           ;
           and
           how
           agreeable
           it
           is
           to
           
           the
           
             Common
             Law
          
           of
           England
           .
           In
           these
           things
           ,
           my
           aim
           was
           to
           do
           something
           towards
           the
           Good
           of
           this
           Church
           ,
           and
           particularly
           of
           this
           Diocese
           .
           And
           that
           the
           Glory
           of
           God
           ,
           the
           Salvation
           of
           Souls
           ,
           and
           Holiness
           and
           Peace
           may
           be
           Promoted
           therein
           ,
           is
           the
           hearty
           Prayer
           of
        
         
           
             Westminst
             .
             
               Jan.
               
                 33.
                 1690
                 
                 /
                 1.
              
               
            
          
           
             Your
             Affectionate
             Brother
             ,
             and
             Fellow-Servant
             to
             Our
             Common
             Lord
             ,
             ED.
             Wigorn.
             
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           
             My
             BRETHREN
             ,
          
        
         
           THIS
           being
           my
           
             Primary
             Visitation
          
           ,
           I
           thought
           it
           fitting
           to
           acquaint
           my self
           with
           the
           Ancient
           as
           well
           as
           Modern
           Practice
           of
           
             Episcopal
             Visitations
          
           ,
           and
           as
           near
           as
           I
           could
           ,
           to
           observe
           the
           Rules
           prescribed
           therein
           ,
           with
           respect
           to
           the
           Clergy
           ,
           who
           are
           now
           Summon'd
           to
           appear
           .
           And
           I
           find
           there
           were
           Two
           principal
           Parts
           in
           them
           ,
           a
           Charge
           and
           an
           Enquiry
           .
        
         
           The
           Charge
           was
           given
           by
           the
           Bishop
           himself
           ,
           and
           was
           called
           
             Admonitio
             Episcopi
          
           ,
           or
           Allocutio
           ;
           wherein
           
           he
           informed
           them
           of
           their
           Duty
           ,
           and
           exhorted
           them
           to
           perform
           it
           .
        
         
           The
           Enquiry
           was
           made
           according
           to
           certain
           Articles
           drawn
           out
           of
           the
           Canons
           ,
           which
           were
           generally
           the
           same
           ;
           according
           to
           which
           the
           
             Juratores
             Synodi
          
           (
           as
           
           the
           Ancient
           Canonists
           call
           them
           ;
           or
           
             Testes
             Synodales
          
           )
           were
           to
           give
           in
           their
           Answers
           upon
           Oath
           ;
           which
           was
           therefore
           called
           
             Juramentum
             Synodale
          
           ;
           for
           the
           
             Bishop's
             Visitation
          
           was
           accounted
           an
           
             Episcopal
             Synod
          
           .
        
         
           The
           former
           of
           these
           is
           my
           present
           business
           ;
           and
           I
           shall
           take
           leave
           to
           speak
           my
           mind
           freely
           to
           you
           ,
           this
           first
           time
           ,
           concerning
           several
           things
           which
           I
           think
           most
           Useful
           ,
           and
           fit
           to
           be
           considered
           and
           practised
           by
           the
           Clergy
           of
           this
           Diocess
           .
        
         
           For
           ,
           since
           it
           hath
           pleased
           God
           ,
           by
           his
           wise
           and
           over-ruling
           Providence
           ,
           (
           without
           my
           seeking
           )
           to
           bring
           me
           
           into
           this
           station
           in
           his
           Church
           ,
           I
           shall
           esteem
           in
           the
           best
           Circumstance
           of
           my
           present
           Condition
           ,
           if
           he
           please
           to
           make
           me
           an
           Instrument
           of
           
             doing
             good
          
           among
           you
           .
           To
           this
           End
           ,
           I
           thought
           it
           necessary
           
             in
             the
             first
             place
          
           ,
           most
           humbly
           to
           implore
           his
           Divine
           Assistance
           ,
           that
           I
           might
           both
           rightly
           understand
           ,
           and
           conscientiously
           perform
           that
           great
           Duty
           which
           is
           incumbent
           upon
           me
           ;
           for
           without
           his
           help
           ,
           all
           our
           Thoughts
           are
           vain
           ,
           and
           our
           best
           Purposes
           will
           be
           ineffectual
           .
           But
           God
           is
           not
           wanting
           to
           those
           who
           sincerely
           endeavour
           to
           know
           ,
           and
           to
           do
           their
           Duty
           ;
           and
           therefore
           in
           the
           
             next
             place
          
           ,
           I
           set
           my self
           (
           as
           far
           as
           my
           Health
           and
           other
           Occasions
           would
           permit
           )
           to
           consider
           
             the
             Nature
          
           and
           Extent
           of
           my
           Duty
           ;
           with
           a
           Resolution
           not
           to
           be
           discouraged
           ,
           altho
           I
           met
           with
           Difficulties
           in
           the
           performance
           of
           it
           .
           For
           such
           is
           the
           State
           and
           Condition
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           That
           no
           man
           can
           design
           to
           do
           good
           in
           it
           ;
           but
           when
           that
           crosses
           the
           particular
           Interests
           and
           Inclinations
           of
           others
           ,
           he
           must
           expect
           to
           meet
           with
           as
           much
           Trouble
           as
           their
           unquiet
           Passions
           can
           give
           him
           .
        
         
           If
           we
           therefore
           consulted
           nothing
           but
           our
           own
           Ease
           ,
           the
           only
           way
           were
           to
           let
           People
           follow
           their
           Humors
           and
           Inclinations
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           as
           little
           concerned
           as
           might
           be
           ,
           at
           what
           they
           either
           say
           or
           do
           .
           For
           if
           we
           go
           about
           to
           rowze
           and
           awaken
           them
           ,
           and
           much
           more
           to
           reprove
           and
           reform
           them
           ,
           we
           shall
           soon
           find
           them
           uneasie
           and
           impatient
           ;
           for
           few
           love
           to
           hear
           of
           their
           Faults
           ,
           and
           fewer
           to
           amend
           them
           .
        
         
           But
           it
           is
           the
           peculiar
           Honour
           of
           
             the
             Christan
             Religion
          
           ,
           to
           have
           an
           Order
           of
           Men
           ,
           set
           apart
           ,
           not
           merely
           as
           Priests
           ,
           to
           offer
           Sacrifices
           (
           for
           that
           all
           Religions
           have
           
           had
           )
           but
           as
           
             Preachers
             of
             Righteousness
          
           ,
           to
           set
           Good
           and
           Evil
           before
           the
           People
           committed
           to
           their
           Charge
           ;
           to
           inform
           them
           of
           their
           Duties
           ,
           to
           reprove
           them
           for
           their
           Miscarriages
           ;
           and
           that
           ,
           not
           in
           order
           to
           their
           Shame
           ,
           but
           their
           Reformation
           :
           Which
           requires
           not
           only
           Zeal
           ,
           but
           Discretion
           ,
           and
           a
           great
           mixture
           of
           Courage
           and
           Prudence
           ,
           that
           we
           may
           neither
           fail
           in
           doing
           our
           Duty
           ,
           nor
           in
           the
           best
           means
           of
           attaining
           the
           end
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           If
           we
           could
           reasonably
           suppose
           ,
           that
           all
           those
           who
           are
           bound
           to
           tell
           others
           their
           Duties
           ,
           would
           certainly
           do
           their
           own
           ,
           there
           would
           be
           less
           need
           of
           any
           such
           Office
           in
           the
           Church
           as
           that
           of
           Bishops
           ;
           who
           are
           to
           inspect
           ,
           and
           govern
           ,
           and
           visit
           ,
           and
           reform
           those
           who
           are
           
             to
             watch
          
           over
           others
           .
           But
           since
           there
           may
           be
           too
           great
           failings
           even
           in
           these
           ;
           too
           great
           neglect
           in
           some
           ,
           and
           disorder
           in
           others
           ;
           too
           great
           proneness
           to
           Faction
           and
           Schism
           ,
           and
           impatience
           of
           Contradiction
           from
           mere
           Equals
           ;
           therefore
           S.
           Jerom
           himself
           grants
           ,
           That
           to
           avoid
           these
           mischiefs
           ,
           there
           was
           a
           necessity
           of
           a
           Superior
           
             Order
             to
             Presbyters
          
           in
           the
           
             Church
             of
             God
             ;
             ad
             quem
          
           
           
             omnis
             Ecclesiae
             Cura
             pertineret
             ,
             &
             Schismatum
             seminatollerentur
          
           ;
           as
           he
           speaks
           ,
           even
           where
           he
           seems
           most
           to
           lessen
           the
           Authority
           of
           Bishops
           .
           But
           whatever
           some
           expressions
           of
           his
           may
           be
           ,
           (
           when
           the
           Bishop
           of
           Jerusalem
           and
           the
           
             Roman
             Deacons
          
           came
           into
           his
           head
           )
           his
           Reasons
           are
           very
           much
           for
           the
           Advantage
           of
           Episcopal
           Government
           .
           For
           can
           any
           Man
           say
           more
           in
           point
           of
           Reason
           for
           it
           ,
           than
           
             that
             nothing
             but
             Faction
             and
             Disorder
             followed
             the
             Government
             of
             Presbyters
             ,
             and
             therefore
             the
             whole
             Christian
             Church
             agreed
             in
             the
             necessity
             of
             a
             higher
             Order
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             Peace
             and
             Safety
             of
             the
             Church
             depends
             upon
             it
             ;
             that
          
           
           
           
             if
             it
             be
             taken
             away
             ,
             nothing
             but
             Schisms
             and
             Confusions
             will
             follow
             .
          
           I
           wish
           those
           who
           magnifie
           S.
           
           Jerom's
           Authority
           in
           
             this
             matter
          
           ,
           would
           submit
           to
           his
           Reason
           and
           Authority
           both
           ,
           as
           to
           the
           Necessity
           and
           Usefulness
           of
           the
           Order
           of
           Bishops
           in
           the
           Church
           .
        
         
           But
           beyond
           this
           ,
           in
           several
           Places
           ,
           he
           makes
           the
           
             Bishops
             to
             be
             Successors
             of
             the
             Apostles
             ,
          
           as
           well
           as
           the
           
           rest
           of
           the
           most
           Eminent
           Fathers
           of
           the
           Church
           have
           done
           .
           If
           the
           
             Apostolical
             Office
          
           ,
           as
           far
           as
           it
           concerns
           the
           Care
           and
           Government
           of
           Churches
           ,
           were
           not
           to
           continue
           after
           their
           Decease
           ,
           how
           came
           the
           best
           ,
           the
           most
           learned
           ,
           the
           nearest
           to
           the
           Apostolical
           Times
           ,
           to
           be
           so
           wonderfully
           deceived
           ?
           For
           if
           the
           Bishops
           did
           not
           succeed
           by
           the
           Apostles
           own
           Appointment
           ,
           they
           must
           be
           Intruders
           and
           Usurpers
           of
           the
           Apostolical
           Function
           ;
           and
           can
           we
           imagine
           the
           Church
           of
           God
           would
           have
           so
           uniuersally
           consented
           to
           it
           ?
           Besides
           ,
           the
           Apostles
           did
           not
           die
           all
           at
           once
           ;
           but
           there
           were
           Successors
           in
           several
           of
           the
           
             Apostolical
             Churches
          
           ,
           while
           some
           of
           the
           Apostles
           were
           living
           ;
           can
           we
           again
           imagine
           ,
           those
           would
           not
           have
           vindicated
           
             the
             Right
          
           of
           their
           own
           Order
           ,
           and
           declared
           to
           the
           Church
           ,
           That
           
             this
             Office
          
           was
           peculiar
           to
           themselves
           ?
           The
           Change
           of
           the
           Name
           from
           Apostles
           to
           Bishops
           ,
           would
           not
           have
           been
           sufficient
           Excuse
           for
           them
           ;
           for
           the
           Presumption
           had
           been
           as
           great
           in
           the
           Exercise
           of
           the
           Power
           without
           the
           Name
           .
           So
           that
           I
           can
           see
           no
           Medium
           ,
           but
           that
           either
           the
           Primitive
           Bishops
           did
           succeed
           the
           Apostles
           by
           
           
             their
             own
             Appointment
          
           and
           Approbation
           ,
           (
           which
           Irenaeus
           expresly
           affirms
           ,
           
             Qui
             ab
             Apostolis
             ipsis
             instituti
             sunt
             Episcopi
             in
             Ecclesiis
             )
          
           or
           else
           those
           who
           governed
           the
           Apostolical
           
           Churches
           after
           them
           ,
           outwent
           Diotrephes
           himself
           ;
           for
           he
           only
           rejected
           those
           whom
           the
           Apostle
           sent
           ;
           but
           these
           assumed
           to
           themselves
           the
           Exercise
           of
           an
           Apostolical
           Authority
           
           over
           the
           Churches
           planted
           and
           settled
           by
           them
           .
        
         
           But
           to
           let
           us
           see
           how
           far
           the
           Apostles
           were
           from
           thinking
           that
           this
           part
           of
           their
           Office
           was
           peculiar
           to
           themselves
           ,
           we
           find
           them
           in
           their
           own
           time
           ,
           as
           they
           saw
           occasion
           ,
           to
           appoin
           r
           others
           to
           take
           care
           of
           the
           Government
           of
           the
           Churches
           ,
           within
           such
           bounds
           as
           they
           thought
           fit
           .
           Thus
           Timothy
           was
           appointed
           by
           
           St.
           Paul
           at
           Ephesus
           ,
           to
           examine
           the
           Qualifications
           of
           such
           as
           were
           to
           be
           Ordained
           ;
           
             and
             not
             to
             lay
             hands
             suddenly
             on
             any
             ;
             to
             receive
             Accusations
             ,
          
           if
           there
           were
           Cause
           ,
           
           even
           
             against
             Elders
          
           ,
           to
           proceed
           judicially
           
             before
             two
             or
             three
             Witnesses
          
           ;
           and
           if
           there
           were
           Reason
           ,
           to
           give
           them
           
           
             a
             publick
             Rebuke
          
           .
           And
           that
           this
           ought
           not
           to
           be
           thought
           
           a
           
             slight
             matter
          
           ,
           he
           presently
           adds
           ,
           
             I
             charge
             thee
             before
          
           
           
             God
             ,
             and
             the
             Lord
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
             and
             the
             Elect
             Angels
             ,
             that
             thou
             observe
             these
             things
             ,
             without
             prefetring
             one
             before
             another
             ,
             doing
             nothing
             by
             partiality
             .
          
           Here
           is
           a
           very
           strict
           and
           severe
           Charge
           for
           the
           Impartial
           Exercise
           of
           Discipline
           in
           the
           Church
           upon
           Offenders
           .
           And
           although
           in
           the
           Epistle
           to
           Titus
           ,
           he
           be
           only
           in
           general
           required
           
           
             to
             set
             in
             order
             the
             things
             that
             are
             wanting
             ,
             and
             to
             ordain
             Elders
             in
             every
             City
             ,
             as
             he
             had
             appointed
             him
          
           ;
           yet
           we
           are
           not
           to
           suppose
           ,
           that
           this
           Power
           extended
           not
           to
           a
           Jurisdiction
           over
           them
           when
           he
           had
           ordained
           them
           .
           For
           if
           any
           of
           those
           whom
           he
           Ordained
           (
           as
           believing
           them
           qualified
           according
           to
           the
           Apostles
           Rules
           )
           should
           afterwards
           demeam
           themselves
           otherwise
           ;
           and
           be
           
             self
             willed
             ,
             froward
             ,
             given
             to
             Wine
             ,
             Brawlens
             ,
             Covetous
             ,
          
           
           or
           any
           way
           scandalous
           to
           the
           Church
           ,
           can
           we
           believe
           that
           Titus
           was
           not
           as
           well
           bound
           to
           correct
           them
           afterwards
           ,
           as
           to
           examine
           them
           before
           ?
           And
           what
           was
           this
           Power
           of
           Ordination
           and
           Jurisdiction
           ,
           but
           the
           very
           same
           which
           the
           Bishops
           have
           exercised
           ever
           since
           the
           Apostles
           Times
           ?
           But
           they
           who
           go
           about
           to
           
             Unbishop
             Timothy
          
           and
           Titus
           ;
           may
           as
           well
           
             Unscripture
             the
             Epistles
          
           that
           were
           written
           to
           them
           ;
           and
           make
           them
           only
           some
           particular
           and
           
             occasional
             Writings
          
           ,
           as
           they
           make
           Timothy
           and
           Titus
           to
           have
           been
           only
           some
           particular
           and
           
             occasional
             Officers
          
           .
           But
           
             the
             Christian
             Church
          
           preserving
           these
           Epistles
           ,
           as
           of
           constant
           and
           perpetual
           Use
           ,
           did
           thereby
           suppose
           the
           same
           kind
           of
           Office
           to
           continue
           ,
           for
           the
           sake
           whereof
           those
           excellent
           Epistles
           were
           written
           :
           And
           we
           have
           no
           greater
           Assurance
           that
           these
           Epistles
           were
           written
           by
           St.
           Paul
           ,
           than
           we
           have
           that
           there
           were
           Bishops
           to
           succeed
           the
           Apostles
           in
           the
           Care
           and
           Government
           of
           Churches
           .
        
         
           Having
           said
           thus
           much
           to
           clear
           the
           Authority
           we
           act
           by
           ,
           I
           now
           proceed
           to
           consider
           the
           Rules
           by
           which
           we
           are
           to
           govern
           our selves
           .
        
         
           Every
           Bishop
           of
           this
           Church
           ,
           in
           the
           Time
           of
           his
           Consecration
           ,
           makes
           a
           solemn
           Profession
           ,
           among
           other
           things
           ,
           
             That
             he
             will
             not
             only
             maintain
             and
             set
             forward
             ,
             as
             much
             as
             lies
             in
             him
             ,
             quietness
             ,
             love
             and
             peace
             among
             all
             Men
             ;
             but
             that
             he
             will
             correct
             and
             punish
             such
             as
             be
             unquiet
             ,
             disobedient
             and
             criminous
             within
             his
             Diocess
             ,
             according
             to
             such
             Authority
             as
             he
             hath
             by
             
               God's
               Word
            
             ,
             and
             to
             him
             shall
             be
             committed
             by
             the
             
               Ordinance
               of
               this
               Realm
            
             .
          
        
         
           So
           that
           we
           have
           Two
           Rules
           to
           proceed
           by
           ,
           
             viz.
             the
          
           
           
             Word
             of
             God
          
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Ecclesiastical
             Law
             of
             this
             Realm
          
           .
        
         
           (
           1.
           )
           
             By
             the
             Word
             of
             God
          
           ;
           and
           that
           requires
           from
           us
           ,
           Diligence
           ,
           and
           Care
           ,
           and
           Faithfulness
           ,
           and
           Impartiality
           ,
           
             remembring
             the
             Account
             we
             must
             give
             ,
             that
             we
             may
             do
             it
             with
             Joy
             ,
             and
             not
             with
             Grief
             .
          
           And
           we
           are
           not
           merely
           required
           to
           correct
           and
           punish
           ,
           but
           to
           warn
           and
           instruct
           ,
           and
           exhort
           the
           Persons
           under
           our
           Care
           ,
           to
           do
           those
           things
           which
           tend
           most
           to
           the
           Honour
           of
           our
           Holy
           Religion
           ,
           and
           the
           Church
           whereof
           we
           are
           Members
           .
           And
           for
           these
           Ends
           there
           are
           some
           things
           I
           shall
           more
           particularly
           recommend
           to
           You.
           
        
         
           (
           1.
           )
           That
           you
           would
           often
           consider
           the
           Solemn
           Charge
           that
           was
           given
           you
           ,
           and
           the
           Profession
           you
           madeof
           yourResolution
           to
           do
           yourDuty
           at
           your
           Ordination
           .
        
         
           I
           find
           by
           
             the
             Provincial
             Constitution
          
           of
           this
           Church
           ,
           
           
             that
             the
             Bishops
             were
             to
             have
             their
             solemn
             Profession
             read
             over
             to
             them
             twice
             in
             the
             year
             ,
          
           to
           put
           them
           in
           mind
           of
           their
           Duty
           .
           And
           in
           
             the
             Legatine
             Constitutions
          
           of
           Otho
           ,
           
           (
           22
           H.
           3.
           )
           the
           same
           Constitution
           is
           renewed
           ,
           not
           merely
           by
           a
           
             Legatine
             Power
          
           ,
           but
           by
           Consent
           of
           the
           Archbishops
           ,
           and
           Bishops
           of
           
             both
             Provinces
          
           ;
           wherein
           it
           
           is
           declared
           ,
           
             that
             Bishops
             ought
             to
             visit
             their
             Diocesses
             at
             fit
             times
             ,
             Correcting
             and
             Reforming
             what
             was
             amiss
             ,
             and
             sowing
             the
             Word
             of
             Life
             in
             the
             Lord's
             Field
          
           ;
           and
           to
           put
           them
           the
           more
           in
           mind
           of
           it
           ,
           
             they
             were
             twice
             in
             the
             year
             to
             have
             their
             solemn
             Profession
             read
             to
             them
          
           ;
           It
           seems
           then
           ,
           that
           Profession
           contained
           these
           things
           in
           it
           ;
           or
           else
           the
           reading
           that
           could
           not
           stir
           them
           up
           to
           do
           these
           things
           .
           What
           the
           Profession
           was
           which
           Presbyters
           then
           made
           at
           their
           Ordination
           ,
           we
           have
           not
           so
           clear
           an
           Account
           ,
           but
           in
           the
           same
           Council
           at
           Oxford
           ,
           8
           H.
           3.
           it
           is
           strictly
           
           enjoined
           ,
           
             that
             all
             Rectors
             and
             Vicars
             should
             instruct
             the
          
           
           
             People
             committed
             to
             their
             Charge
             ,
             and
             Feed
             them
             ,
          
           Pabulo
           Verbi
           Dei
           ,
           
             with
             the
             Food
             of
             Gods
             Word
          
           ;
           and
           it
           is
           introduced
           with
           that
           Expression
           ,
           
             that
             they
             might
             excite
             the
             Parochial
             Clergy
             to
             be
             more
             diligent
             in
             what
             was
             most
             proper
             for
             those
             times
             .
          
           And
           if
           they
           do
           it
           not
           ,
           they
           are
           there
           called
           
             Canes
             muti
          
           :
           and
           Lyndwood
           bestows
           many
           other
           hard
           
           Terms
           upon
           them
           ,
           which
           I
           shall
           not
           mention
           ;
           but
           he
           saith
           afterward
           ,
           
             those
             who
             do
             it
             not
             ,
             are
             but
             like
             Idols
             ,
             which
             bear
             the
             similitude
             of
             a
             Man
             ,
             but
             do
             not
             the
             Offices
             proper
             to
             Men.
          
           Nay
           ,
           he
           goes
           so
           far
           as
           to
           say
           ,
           
             That
             the
             Spiritual
             Food
             of
             God's
             Word
             is
             as
             necessary
             to
             the
             Health
             of
             the
             Soul
             ,
             as
             Corporal
             Food
             is
             to
             the
             Health
             of
             the
             Body
             .
          
           Which
           words
           are
           taken
           out
           of
           a
           Preface
           to
           a
           Canon
           in
           the
           
             Decretals
             De
             Officio
             Jud.
             Ordinarii
             ,
             inter
             Caetera
             .
          
           But
           they
           serve
           very
           well
           to
           shew
           how
           much
           even
           in
           the
           dark
           times
           of
           Popery
           ,
           they
           were
           then
           convinced
           of
           the
           necessity
           and
           usefulness
           of
           Preaching
           .
           These
           Constitutions
           were
           slighted
           so
           much
           ,
           that
           in
           9
           Edw.
           I
           the
           Offices
           of
           Preaching
           was
           sunk
           so
           low
           ,
           that
           in
           a
           †
           
             Provincial
             Constitution
          
           at
           that
           time
           ,
           great
           complaint
           is
           made
           
             of
             the
             Ignorance
             and
             Stupidity
             of
             the
             Parochial
             Clergy
             ,
             that
             they
             rather
             made
             the
             people
             worse
             than
             better
             .
          
           But
           at
           that
           time
           
             the
             Preaching
             Friers
          
           had
           got
           that
           Work
           into
           their
           hands
           by
           particular
           Privileges
           ,
           where
           it
           is
           well
           observed
           ,
           
             that
             they
             did
             not
             go
             to
             places
             which
             most
             needed
             their
             help
          
           ;
           but
           to
           Cities
           and
           Corporations
           ,
           where
           they
           found
           most
           Incouragement
           .
           But
           what
           Remedy
           was
           found
           by
           this
           Provincial
           Council
           ?
           Truly
           ,
           
             every
             Parochial
             Priest
             four
             times
             a
             year
             was
             bound
             to
             read
             an
             Explication
             of
             the
             Creed
             ,
             Ten
             Commandments
             ,
             the
             Two
             Precepts
             of
             Charity
             ,
             the
             Seven
          
           
           
             Works
             of
             Mercy
             ,
             the
             Seven
             deadly
             Sins
             ,
             the
             Seven
             principal
             Vertues
             ,
             and
             the
             Seven
             Sacraments
             .
          
           This
           was
           renewed
           in
           
           
             the
             Province
          
           of
           York
           ,
           (
           which
           hath
           distinct
           
             Provincial
             Constitutions
          
           )
           in
           the
           Time
           of
           Edw.
           4.
           
           And
           here
           was
           all
           they
           were
           bound
           to
           by
           these
           Constitutions
           .
        
         
           But
           when
           Wicliff
           and
           his
           Followers
           had
           awakened
           the
           People
           so
           far
           ,
           that
           there
           was
           no
           satisfying
           them
           without
           Preaching
           ,
           then
           a
           new
           
             Provinciat
             Constitution
          
           was
           
           made
           under
           Arundel
           ,
           Archbishop
           of
           Canterbury
           ;
           and
           the
           former
           Constitution
           was
           restrained
           to
           
             Parochial
             Priests
          
           who
           officiated
           as
           Curates
           ;
           but
           several
           others
           were
           Authorised
           to
           Preach
           ;
           as
           (
           1.
           )
           
             The
             Mendicant
             Friars
          
           were
           said
           to
           be
           authorised
           
             Jure
             Communi
          
           ;
           or
           rather
           
             Privilegio
             Speciali
          
           ,
           (
           but
           therefore
           Lyndwood
           saith
           ,
           it
           is
           said
           to
           
           be
           
             Jure
             Communi
          
           ,
           because
           that
           
             Privilege
             is
             recorded
             in
             the
             Text
             of
             the
             Canon
             Law
             )
          
           These
           were
           not
           only
           allowed
           to
           Preach
           in
           their
           own
           Churches
           ,
           but
           in
           
             Plateis
             publicis
          
           ,
           saith
           Lyndwood
           ,
           out
           of
           the
           Canon
           Law
           (
           wherein
           
           those
           words
           were
           expressed
           )
           ,
           and
           at
           any
           Hour
           ,
           unless
           it
           were
           the
           Time
           of
           Preaching
           in
           other
           Churches
           ;
           but
           other
           Orders
           ,
           as
           Augustinians
           and
           Carmelites
           ,
           had
           no
           such
           general
           Licence
           .
           Those
           Preaching
           Friars
           were
           a
           sort
           of
           
             Licensed
             Preachers
          
           at
           that
           time
           ,
           who
           had
           no
           Cures
           of
           Souls
           ;
           but
           they
           were
           then
           accounted
           a
           kind
           of
           Pastors
           .
           For
           
             Jo.
             de
             Athon
          
           distinguisheth
           Two
           sorts
           of
           
           Pastors
           ;
           Those
           who
           had
           Ecclesiastical
           Offices
           ,
           and
           those
           who
           had
           none
           ;
           but
           were
           such
           only
           Verbo
           &
           Exemplo
           ;
           but
           they
           gave
           very
           great
           Disturbance
           to
           the
           Clergy
           ,
           as
           the
           Pope
           himself
           confesses
           in
           the
           Canon
           
           Law.
           (
           2.
           )
           
             Legal
             Incumbents
          
           authorised
           to
           Preach
           in
           their
           own
           Parishes
           
             Jure
             Scripto
          
           .
           All
           Persons
           who
           
           had
           Cures
           of
           Souls
           ,
           and
           legal
           Titles
           were
           said
           to
           be
           
             missi
             à
             jure
             ad
             locum
             &
             Populum
             Curae
             suae
             ,
          
           and
           therefore
           might
           preach
           to
           their
           own
           People
           without
           a
           
             special
             Licence
          
           ;
           but
           if
           any
           one
           Preached
           in
           other
           Parts
           of
           the
           Diocess
           ,
           or
           were
           a
           Stranger
           in
           it
           ,
           then
           he
           was
           to
           be
           examined
           by
           the
           Diocesan
           ,
           and
           if
           he
           were
           found
           
             tam
             Moribus
             quam
             Scientia
             idoneus
          
           ,
           he
           might
           send
           him
           to
           Preach
           to
           one
           or
           more
           Parishes
           ,
           as
           he
           thought
           meet
           ;
           and
           he
           was
           to
           shew
           his
           Licence
           to
           the
           Incumbent
           of
           the
           Place
           before
           he
           was
           to
           be
           permitted
           to
           Preach
           ,
           under
           
             the
             Episcopal
             Seal
          
           .
           And
           thus
           ,
           as
           far
           as
           I
           can
           find
           ,
           the
           Matter
           stood
           as
           to
           Preaching
           ,
           before
           the
           Reformation
           .
        
         
           After
           it
           ,
           when
           the
           Office
           of
           Ordination
           was
           reviewed
           and
           brought
           nearer
           to
           the
           
             Primitive
             Form
          
           ;
           and
           instead
           of
           delivering
           the
           Chalice
           and
           Patten
           ,
           with
           these
           words
           ,
           
             Accipe
             potestatem
             offerre
             Deo
             Sacrificium
             ,
             &c.
          
           the
           Bishop
           delivered
           the
           Bible
           with
           these
           words
           ,
           
             Take
             thou
             Authority
             to
             Preach
             the
             Word
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             to
             minister
             the
             Holy
             Sacraments
             in
             the
             Congregation
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             The
             Priests
             Exhortation
             was
             made
             agreeable
             thereto
             ,
             wherein
             he
             exhorts
             the
             Persons
             in
             the
             Name
             of
             our
             Lord
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
             to
             consider
             the
             weight
             and
             importance
             of
             the
             Office
             and
             Charge
             they
             are
             called
             to
             ;
             not
             barely
             to
             instruct
             those
             who
             are
             already
             of
             Christ's
             Flock
             ;
             but
             to
             endeavour
             the
             Salvation
             of
             those
             who
             are
             in
             the
             midst
             of
             this
             naughty
             World.
             And
             therefore
             he
             perswades
             and
             charges
             them
             from
             a
             due
             regard
             to
             Christ
             ,
             who
             suffered
             for
             his
             Sheep
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             Church
             of
             Christ
             ,
             which
             is
             so
             dear
             to
             him
             ,
             to
             omit
             no
             Labor
             ,
             Care
             ,
             or
             Diligence
             in
             instructing
             and
             reforming
             those
             who
             are
             committed
             to
             their
             Charge
             .
             And
             the
             better
             to
             enable
             
             them
             to
             perform
             these
             things
             ,
             there
             are
             some
             Duties
             especially
             recommended
             to
             them
             ,
             viz.
             Prayer
             and
             Study
             of
             the
             Holy
             Scriptures
             ,
             according
             to
             which
             that
             they
             are
             to
             instruct
             others
             ,
             and
             to
             order
             their
             own
             Lives
             ,
             and
             of
             those
             who
             belong
             to
             them
             .
             And
             that
             they
             might
             the
             better
             attend
             so
             great
             a
             Work
             ,
             they
             are
             required
             to
             forsake
             and
             set
             aside
             (
             as
             much
             as
             they
             may
             )
             all
             worldly
             Cares
             and
             Studies
             ,
             and
             apply
             themselves
             wholly
             to
             this
             one
             thing
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             save
             themselves
             and
             them
             that
             hear
             them
             .
          
           After
           which
           follows
           the
           solemn
           Profession
           ,
           wherein
           they
           undertake
           to
           do
           these
           things
           .
        
         
           This
           is
           that
           ,
           my
           Brethren
           ,
           which
           I
           earnestly
           desire
           of
           you
           that
           you
           would
           often
           consider
           .
           You
           are
           not
           at
           liberty
           now
           ,
           whether
           you
           will
           do
           these
           things
           or
           not
           ;
           for
           you
           are
           under
           a
           most
           solemn
           Engagement
           to
           it
           .
           You
           have
           put
           your
           hands
           to
           the
           Plow
           ,
           and
           it
           is
           too
           late
           to
           think
           of
           looking
           back
           ;
           and
           you
           all
           know
           the
           Husbandman's
           Work
           is
           laborious
           and
           painful
           ,
           and
           continually
           Returning
           .
           It
           is
           possible
           after
           all
           his
           pains
           ,
           the
           Harvest
           may
           not
           answer
           his
           expectation
           ;
           but
           yet
           if
           he
           neither
           plows
           nor
           sows
           ,
           he
           can
           expect
           no
           Return
           ;
           if
           he
           be
           idle
           and
           careless
           ,
           and
           puts
           off
           the
           main
           of
           his
           Work
           to
           others
           ,
           can
           he
           reasonably
           look
           for
           the
           same
           Success
           ?
           Believe
           it
           ,
           all
           our
           Pains
           are
           little
           enough
           to
           awake
           the
           sleepy
           and
           secure
           Sinners
           ,
           to
           instruct
           the
           ignorant
           ,
           to
           reclaim
           the
           vitious
           ,
           to
           rebuke
           the
           profane
           ,
           to
           convince
           the
           erroneous
           ,
           to
           satisfie
           the
           doubtful
           ,
           to
           confirm
           the
           wavering
           ,
           to
           recover
           the
           lapsed
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           useful
           to
           all
           ,
           according
           to
           their
           feveral
           Circumstances
           and
           Conditions
           .
           It
           is
           not
           to
           Preach
           a
           Sermon
           or
           
           two
           in
           a
           Weeks
           time
           to
           your
           Parishoners
           ,
           that
           is
           the
           main
           of
           your
           Duty
           ;
           that
           is
           no
           such
           difficult
           Task
           ,
           if
           Men
           apply
           their
           Minds
           as
           they
           ought
           to
           do
           to
           Divine
           Matters
           ,
           and
           do
           not
           spend
           their
           Retirements
           in
           useless
           Studies
           ;
           but
           the
           great
           Difficulty
           lies
           in
           Watching
           over
           
           your
           Flock
           ,
           
             i.
             e.
          
           knowing
           their
           Condition
           ,
           and
           applying
           your selves
           suitably
           to
           them
           .
           He
           that
           is
           a
           Stranger
           to
           his
           Flock
           ,
           and
           only
           visits
           them
           now
           and
           then
           ,
           can
           never
           be
           said
           
             to
             watch
             over
             it
          
           ;
           he
           may
           watch
           over
           the
           Fleeces
           ;
           but
           he
           understands
           little
           of
           the
           State
           of
           his
           Flock
           ,
           viz.
           of
           the
           Distempers
           they
           are
           under
           ,
           and
           the
           Remedies
           proper
           for
           them
           .
        
         
           The
           Casuists
           say
           ,
           
             That
             the
             reason
             why
             there
             is
             no
             Command
          
           
           
             for
             Personal
             Residence
             in
             Scripture
             ,
             is
             ,
             because
             the
             Nature
             of
             the
             Duty
             it self
             requires
             it
          
           ;
           for
           if
           a
           Person
           be
           required
           to
           do
           such
           things
           which
           cannot
           be
           done
           without
           it
           ,
           Residence
           is
           implyed
           .
           As
           a
           Pilot
           to
           a
           Ship
           needs
           no
           Command
           to
           be
           in
           his
           Ship
           ;
           for
           how
           can
           he
           do
           the
           Office
           of
           a
           Pilot
           out
           of
           it
           ?
           Let
           none
           think
           to
           excuse
           themselves
           by
           saying
           
             that
             our
             Church
             only
             takes
             them
             for
             Curates
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             Bishops
             have
             the
             Pastoral
             Charge
          
           ;
           for
           ,
           by
           our
           old
           
             Provincial
             Constitutions
          
           (
           which
           are
           still
           
           in
           force
           so
           far
           as
           they
           are
           not
           repugnant
           to
           the
           Law
           of
           the
           Land
           )
           even
           those
           who
           have
           the
           smallest
           Cures
           are
           called
           Pastors
           ;
           and
           Lyndwood
           there
           notes
           ,
           that
           
             Parochialis
             Sacerdos
             dicitur
             Pastor
          
           ;
           and
           that
           not
           merely
           by
           way
           of
           Allusion
           ,
           but
           in
           respect
           of
           the
           Care
           of
           Souls
           .
           But
           we
           need
           not
           go
           so
           far
           back
           .
           For
           what
           is
           it
           they
           are
           admitted
           to
           ?
           Is
           it
           not
           
             ad
             Curam
             Animarum
          
           ?
           Did
           not
           they
           promise
           in
           their
           Ordination
           ,
           
             To
             teach
             the
             People
             committed
             to
             their
             Care
             and
             Charge
             ?
          
        
         
         
           The
           Casuists
           distinguish
           a
           threefold
           Cure
           of
           Souls
           .
           1.
           
           
             In
             foro
             interiori
             tantum
          
           ,
           and
           this
           they
           say
           is
           the
           
             Parochial
             Cure.
          
           2.
           
           
             In
             foro
             exteriori
             tantum
          
           ,
           where
           there
           is
           Authority
           to
           perform
           Ministerial
           Acts
           ,
           as
           to
           suspend
           ,
           excommunicate
           ,
           absolve
           ,
           
             (
             sine
             Pastorali
             Curâ
             :
          
           )
           and
           this
           Archdeacons
           have
           by
           virtue
           of
           their
           Office.
           3.
           
           
             In
             utroque
             simul
          
           ?
           where
           there
           is
           a
           special
           Care
           ,
           together
           with
           Jurisdiction
           :
           this
           is
           the
           Bishops
           .
           And
           every
           one
           of
           these
           ,
           say
           they
           ,
           
             secundum
             commune
             Jus
             Canonicum
          
           ,
           is
           obliged
           to
           Residence
           ;
           
             i.
             e.
          
           by
           
             the
             common
             Law
             Ecclesiastical
          
           ;
           of
           which
           more
           afterwards
           .
           The
           Obligation
           is
           to
           perpetual
           Residence
           ,
           but
           as
           it
           is
           in
           other
           positive
           Duties
           ,
           there
           may
           other
           Duties
           intervene
           ,
           which
           may
           take
           away
           the
           present
           force
           of
           it
           ;
           as
           Care
           of
           Health
           ,
           necessary
           Business
           ,
           publick
           Service
           
           of
           the
           King
           ,
           or
           Church
           ,
           &c.
           
           But
           then
           we
           are
           to
           observe
           ,
           that
           no
           Dispensation
           can
           justifie
           a
           Man
           in
           point
           of
           Conscience
           ,
           unless
           there
           be
           
             a
             sufficient
             Cause
          
           ;
           and
           no
           Custom
           can
           be
           sufficient
           again
           the
           natural
           Equity
           of
           the
           Case
           ,
           whereby
           every
           one
           is
           bound
           from
           
           the
           Nature
           of
           the
           Office
           he
           hath
           undertaken
           .
        
         
           I
           confess
           the
           Case
           in
           Reason
           is
           different
           ,
           where
           there
           is
           a
           sufficient
           Provision
           by
           another
           fit
           Person
           ,
           and
           approved
           by
           those
           who
           are
           to
           take
           Care
           that
           Places
           be
           well
           supplied
           ,
           and
           where
           there
           is
           not
           ;
           but
           yet
           ,
           this
           doth
           not
           take
           off
           the
           force
           of
           the
           
             Personal
             Obligation
          
           ,
           arising
           from
           undertaking
           the
           Cure
           themselves
           ,
           which
           the
           Ecclesiastical
           Law
           understands
           to
           be
           ,
           not
           
           merely
           by
           Promise
           ,
           but
           
             cum
             effectu
          
           ,
           as
           the
           Canonists
           speak
           ;
           which
           implies
           personal-Residence
           .
           Not
           that
           they
           are
           never
           to
           be
           away
           ;
           
             Non
             sic
             amare
             intelligi
          
           
           
             debet
             ut
             nunquam
             inde
             recedat
          
           ,
           saith
           Lyndwood
           ;
           but
           these
           
           Words
           are
           to
           be
           understood
           
             civili
             modo
          
           ,
           as
           he
           expresses
           it
           ,
           
             i.
             e.
          
           not
           without
           great
           Reason
           .
           There
           must
           not
           be
           ,
           saith
           he
           ,
           
             Callida
             Interpretatio
             sed
             talis
             ut
             cessent
             fraudes
             &
             negligentiae
          
           ;
           i.
           e.
           There
           must
           be
           no
           Art
           used
           to
           
           evade
           the
           Law
           ,
           nor
           any
           gross
           Neglect
           of
           it
           .
           It
           's
           true
           ,
           the
           Canonists
           have
           distinguished
           between
           Rectoriēs
           and
           Vicarages
           ,
           as
           to
           
             Personal
             Residence
          
           ;
           but
           we
           are
           to
           consider
           these
           things
           .
           1.
           
           The
           
             Canon
             Law
          
           strictly
           
           obliges
           every
           one
           that
           hath
           a
           
             Parochial
             Cure
          
           to
           
             perpetual
             Residence
          
           ;
           and
           excepts
           only
           two
           Cases
           ,
           when
           the
           Living
           is
           annexed
           to
           a
           Prebend
           or
           Dignity
           ;
           and
           then
           he
           who
           hath
           it
           ,
           is
           to
           have
           a
           perpetual
           Vicar
           instituted
           ,
           with
           a
           sufficient
           Maintenance
           .
           2.
           
           After
           this
           Liberty
           obtained
           for
           dignified
           Persons
           to
           have
           Vicars
           endowed
           in
           their
           Places
           ,
           the
           Point
           of
           Residence
           was
           strictly
           injoyned
           to
           them
           :
           and
           we
           find
           in
           the
           Provincial
           Constitutions
           a
           Difference
           made
           between
           Personatus
           and
           Vicaria
           ;
           but
           this
           was
           still
           meant
           of
           a
           
             Vicarage
             endowed
          
           .
           
           This
           was
           in
           the
           time
           of
           
             Stephen
             Langton
          
           ,
           Archbishop
           of
           Canterbury
           ;
           and
           in
           another
           Constitution
           he
           required
           an
           Oath
           of
           
             Personal
             Residence
          
           from
           all
           such
           
           Vicars
           ,
           altho'
           the
           Place
           were
           not
           above
           the
           value
           of
           five
           Marks
           ;
           which
           ,
           as
           appears
           by
           Lyndwood
           else
           where
           ,
           was
           then
           
             sufficient
             for
             Maintenance
             and
             Hospitality
          
           .
           
           And
           to
           cover
           the
           shameful
           Dispensations
           that
           were
           commonly
           granted
           to
           the
           higher
           Clergy
           ,
           under
           Pretence
           of
           the
           
             Papal
             Power
          
           ,
           the
           poor
           Vicars
           by
           a
           Constitution
           of
           Otho
           ,
           were
           bound
           to
           take
           a
           strict
           Oath
           of
           continual
           
           Residence
           ;
           and
           without
           it
           their
           Institution
           was
           declared
           to
           be
           Null
           .
           But
           even
           in
           that
           Case
           the
           Gloss
           
           there
           saith
           ,
           
             That
             they
             may
             be
             some
             time
             absent
             for
             the
             Benefit
             of
             the
             Church
             or
             State
          
           ;
           but
           not
           for
           their
           own
           particular
           Advantage
           .
           3.
           
           The
           Obligation
           in
           point
           of
           Conscience
           remains
           the
           same
           ,
           but
           
             Dispensing
             with
             Laws
          
           may
           take
           away
           the
           
             Penalty
             of
             Non-Residence
          
           in
           some
           Cases
           .
           
             Joh.
             de
             Athon
          
           ,
           Canon
           of
           Lincoln
           ,
           who
           wrote
           the
           
           Glosses
           on
           the
           
             Legatine
             Constitutions
          
           ,
           doth
           not
           deny
           ,
           but
           that
           Rectors
           are
           as
           well
           bound
           to
           Residence
           as
           Vicars
           ;
           but
           these
           are
           more
           strictly
           tied
           by
           their
           Oath
           ,
           and
           because
           a
           Vicar
           cannot
           appoint
           a
           Vicar
           ,
           but
           a
           Parson
           may
           .
           And
           altho
           that
           Name
           among
           some
           be
           used
           as
           a
           Term
           of
           Reproach
           ,
           yet
           in
           former
           Ages
           Personatus
           and
           Dignitas
           were
           the
           same
           thing
           ;
           and
           so
           used
           here
           in
           England
           in
           the
           Time
           of
           Henry
           II.
           but
           afterwards
           it
           came
           to
           be
           applied
           
           to
           him
           that
           had
           the
           Possession
           of
           a
           
             Parochial
             Benefice
          
           in
           his
           own
           
             immediate
             Right
          
           ;
           and
           was
           therefore
           bound
           to
           take
           Care
           of
           it
           .
           For
           the
           Obligation
           must
           in
           Reason
           be
           supposed
           to
           go
           along
           with
           the
           Advantage
           ;
           however
           Local
           Statutes
           may
           have
           taken
           off
           the
           Penalty
           .
        
         
           II.
           When
           you
           have
           thus
           considered
           the
           Obligation
           which
           lies
           upon
           you
           ,
           to
           take
           Care
           of
           your
           Elock
           ,
           let
           me
           in
           the
           next
           place
           recommend
           to
           you
           a
           plain
           ,
           useful
           ,
           and
           practical
           Way
           of
           Preaching
           among
           them
           .
           I
           mean
           ,
           such
           as
           is
           most
           likely
           to
           do
           good
           upon
           them
           (
           which
           certainly
           ought
           to
           be
           the
           just
           Measure
           of
           Preaching
           .
           )
           I
           do
           not
           mean
           therefore
           a
           loose
           and
           careless
           way
           of
           Talking
           in
           the
           Pulpit
           ,
           which
           will
           neither
           profit
           you
           ,
           nor
           those
           that
           hear
           you
           .
           He
           that
           once
           gets
           an
           ill
           Habit
           of
           speaking
           extempore
           ,
           will
           be
           tempted
           to
           continue
           it
           by
           the
           Easiness
           of
           it
           to
           himself
           ,
           and
           the
           Plausibleness
           of
           it
           to
           less
           judicious
           People
           .
           
           There
           is
           on
           the
           other
           side
           a
           Closeness
           and
           Strength
           of
           Reasoning
           ,
           which
           is
           too
           elaborate
           for
           common
           Understandings
           ;
           and
           there
           is
           an
           affected
           Fineness
           of
           Expression
           ,
           which
           by
           no
           means
           becomes
           the
           Pulpit
           :
           but
           it
           seems
           to
           be
           like
           stroaking
           the
           Consciences
           of
           People
           by
           Feathers
           dipt
           in
           Oil.
           And
           there
           is
           a
           way
           of
           putting
           
             Scripture
             Phrases
          
           together
           without
           the
           Sense
           of
           them
           ,
           which
           those
           are
           the
           most
           apt
           to
           admire
           ,
           who
           understand
           them
           least
           :
           But
           for
           those
           who
           have
           not
           improved
           their
           Minds
           by
           Education
           ,
           the
           plainest
           way
           is
           certainly
           ●he
           best
           and
           hardest
           ,
           provided
           ,
           it
           be
           not
           flat
           ,
           and
           dry
           ,
           and
           incoherent
           ,
           or
           desultory
           ,
           going
           from
           one
           thing
           to
           another
           ,
           without
           pursuing
           any
           particular
           Point
           home
           to
           Practice
           ,
           and
           applying
           it
           to
           the
           Consciences
           of
           the
           Hearers
           .
           And
           give
           me
           leave
           to
           tell
           you
           ,
           That
           mere
           general
           Discourses
           have
           commonly
           little
           Effect
           on
           the
           Peoples
           Minds
           ;
           if
           any
           thing
           moves
           them
           ,
           it
           is
           
             particular
             Application
          
           as
           to
           such
           things
           which
           their
           Consciences
           are
           concerned
           in
           .
        
         
           And
           here
           I
           must
           recommend
           to
           you
           the
           pursuing
           the
           Design
           of
           His
           
             Majesties
             Letter
          
           ,
           which
           hath
           been
           some
           time
           since
           communicated
           to
           you
           ;
           by
           it
           you
           are
           required
           to
           Preach
           at
           some
           Times
           on
           those
           particular
           Vices
           which
           you
           observe
           to
           be
           most
           prevalent
           in
           the
           Places
           you
           relate
           to
           ,
           such
           as
           
             Drunkenness
             ,
             Whoredom
             ,
             Swearing
             ,
             Profaning
             the
             Lord's
             Day
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           If
           ever
           we
           hope
           to
           reform
           them
           ,
           you
           must
           throughly
           convince
           them
           ,
           that
           what
           they
           do
           is
           displeasing
           to
           God.
           
        
         
           And
           there
           are
           two
           sorts
           of
           men
           you
           are
           to
           deal
           with
           ,
        
         
           1.
           
           Profane
           Scoffers
           at
           Religion
           .
           These
           seldom
           trouble
           you
           ;
           but
           if
           any
           Good
           be
           to
           be
           done
           upon
           
           them
           ,
           it
           is
           by
           plain
           and
           evident
           Proofs
           of
           the
           Good
           and
           Evil
           of
           Moral
           Actions
           .
           For
           ,
           as
           long
           as
           they
           think
           them
           indifferent
           ,
           they
           will
           never
           regard
           what
           you
           say
           ,
           as
           to
           the
           Rewards
           or
           Punishments
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Stupid
           and
           sensless
           People
           ,
           whose
           Minds
           are
           wholly
           sunk
           into
           the
           Affairs
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           
             buying
             and
             selling
             ,
             and
             getting
             gain
             .
          
           It
           is
           a
           very
           hard
           thing
           to
           get
           a
           thought
           into
           them
           above
           these
           Matters
           .
           And
           whatever
           you
           talk
           of
           mere
           Religion
           ,
           and
           another
           Life
           ,
           is
           like
           Metaphysicks
           to
           them
           ;
           they
           understand
           you
           not
           ,
           and
           take
           no
           Care
           to
           do
           it
           :
           but
           if
           you
           can
           convince
           them
           ,
           that
           they
           live
           in
           the
           Practice
           of
           great
           Sins
           ,
           which
           they
           shall
           certainly
           suffer
           for
           ,
           if
           they
           do
           not
           Repent
           ,
           they
           may
           possibly
           be
           awakened
           this
           way
           ;
           if
           not
           ,
           nothing
           but
           immediate
           Grace
           can
           work
           upon
           them
           ;
           which
           must
           work
           on
           the
           Will
           ,
           whatever
           becomes
           of
           the
           Understanding
           .
        
         
           III.
           After
           preaching
           ,
           let
           me
           intreat
           you
           to
           look
           after
           Catechising
           and
           instructing
           the
           Youth
           of
           your
           Parishes
           .
           He
           that
           would
           Reform
           the
           World
           to
           purpose
           ,
           must
           begin
           with
           the
           Youth
           ;
           and
           train
           them
           up
           betimes
           ,
           in
           the
           Ways
           of
           Religion
           and
           Virtue
           .
           There
           is
           far
           less
           probability
           of
           prevailing
           on
           those
           who
           have
           accustomed
           themselves
           to
           vicious
           Habits
           ,
           and
           are
           hardened
           in
           their
           Wickedness
           .
           It
           seems
           strange
           to
           some
           ,
           that
           considering
           the
           shortness
           of
           Human
           Life
           ,
           Mankind
           should
           be
           so
           long
           before
           they
           come
           to
           Maturity
           ;
           the
           best
           Account
           I
           know
           of
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           so
           much
           longer
           time
           for
           the
           Care
           of
           their
           Education
           ,
           to
           instil
           the
           Principles
           of
           Virtue
           and
           Religion
           into
           them
           ,
           thereby
           to
           soften
           the
           Fierceness
           ,
           to
           direct
           the
           
           Weakness
           ,
           to
           govern
           the
           Inclinations
           of
           Mankind
           .
           It
           is
           truly
           a
           sad
           Consideration
           that
           Christian
           Parents
           are
           so
           little
           sensible
           of
           their
           Duties
           ,
           as
           to
           the
           Education
           of
           their
           Children
           ;
           when
           those
           who
           have
           had
           only
           Natural
           Reason
           to
           direct
           them
           ,
           have
           laid
           so
           much
           Weight
           upon
           it
           .
           
             Without
             it
             ,
             Plato
          
           saith
           ,
           
             that
             Mankind
             grew
          
           
           
             the
             most
             unruly
             of
             all
             Creatures
             .
          
           Aristotle
           ,
           
             that
             as
             by
             Nature
             they
             are
             capable
             of
             being
             the
             best
             ,
             so
             being
             neglected
             ,
             they
             become
             the
             worst
             of
             Animals
             ,
          
           i.
           e.
           
             when
             they
             are
             brought
             up
             without
             Virtue
             .
             Education
             and
             Virtue
             ,
          
           saith
           he
           ,
           
             is
             a
             great
             thing
             ,
             yea
             ,
             it
             is
             all
             in
             all
             ,
             and
             without
             it
             they
             will
             be
             much
          
           
           
             worse
             than
             Beasts
          
           .
           The
           main
           Care
           of
           the
           Education
           of
           Children
           must
           lie
           upon
           Parents
           ;
           but
           yet
           Ministers
           ought
           not
           only
           to
           put
           them
           in
           mind
           .
           of
           their
           Duty
           ,
           but
           to
           assist
           them
           all
           they
           can
           ,
           and
           by
           publick
           Catechising
           ,
           frequently
           to
           instruct
           both
           those
           who
           have
           not
           learned
           ,
           and
           those
           who
           are
           ashamed
           to
           learn
           any
           other
           way
           .
           And
           you
           must
           use
           the
           best
           means
           you
           can
           to
           bring
           them
           into
           an
           Esteem
           of
           it
           ;
           which
           is
           by
           letting
           them
           see
           ,
           that
           you
           do
           it
           ,
           not
           merely
           because
           you
           are
           required
           to
           do
           it
           ,
           but
           because
           it
           is
           a
           thing
           so
           useful
           and
           beneficial
           to
           them
           ,
           and
           to
           their
           Children
           .
           There
           is
           a
           great
           deal
           of
           difference
           between
           Peoples
           being
           able
           to
           talk
           over
           a
           Set
           of
           Phrases
           ,
           about
           Religious
           Matters
           ,
           and
           understanding
           the
           true
           Grounds
           of
           Religion
           ;
           which
           are
           easiest
           learned
           ,
           and
           understood
           ,
           and
           remembered
           in
           the
           short
           Catechetical
           Way
           .
           But
           I
           am
           truly
           sorry
           to
           hear
           ,
           that
           where
           the
           Clergy
           are
           willing
           to
           take
           pains
           this
           way
           ,
           the
           People
           are
           unwilling
           to
           send
           their
           Children
           .
           They
           would
           not
           be
           unwilling
           to
           hear
           them
           instructed
           ,
           as
           early
           as
           might
           be
           ,
           
           in
           the
           way
           to
           get
           an
           Estate
           ,
           but
           would
           be
           very
           thankful
           to
           those
           who
           would
           do
           them
           such
           a
           kindness
           ;
           and
           therefore
           it
           is
           really
           a
           Contempt
           of
           God
           and
           Religion
           ,
           and
           another
           World
           ,
           which
           makes
           them
           so
           backward
           to
           have
           their
           Children
           taught
           the
           way
           to
           it
           .
           And
           methinks
           those
           who
           have
           any
           Zeal
           for
           the
           Reformation
           should
           love
           and
           pursue
           that
           which
           came
           into
           request
           with
           it
           .
           Indeed
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           it self
           hath
           been
           made
           so
           sensible
           of
           the
           Necessity
           of
           it
           ;
           that
           even
           the
           Council
           of
           Trent
           
           doth
           not
           only
           require
           
             Catechising
             Children
          
           ,
           but
           the
           Bishops
           to
           proceed
           with
           
             Ecclesiastical
             Censures
          
           against
           those
           who
           neglect
           it
           .
           But
           in
           the
           old
           
             Provincial
             Constitutions
          
           I
           can
           find
           but
           one
           Injunction
           about
           Catechising
           ;
           and
           that
           is
           
             when
             the
             Priest
             doubts
             whether
             the
             Children
             were
             Baptized
             or
             not
             ;
             and
             if
             they
             be
             born
             eight
             days
             before
             Easter
          
           
           
             and
             Whitsuntide
             ,
             they
             are
             not
             to
             be
             baptized
             till
             those
             days
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             mean
             time
             they
             are
             to
             receive
             Catechism
             .
          
           What
           is
           this
           
             receiving
             Catechism
          
           by
           Children
           ,
           before
           they
           are
           eight
           days
           old
           ?
           It
           is
           well
           Exorcism
           is
           joyned
           with
           it
           ;
           and
           so
           we
           are
           to
           understand
           by
           it
           the
           Interrogatories
           in
           Baptism
           :
           and
           Lyndwood
           saith
           ,
           the
           Catechism
           is
           
           not
           only
           required
           for
           
             Instruction
             in
             Faith
          
           ,
           but
           
             propter
             sponsionem
          
           ,
           when
           the
           Godfather
           answers
           ,
           
             De
             Fidei
             Observantiâ
          
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           true
           the
           
             Canon
             Law
          
           requires
           in
           adult
           Persons
           
             Chatechising
             before
             Baptism
          
           ;
           but
           I
           find
           nothing
           of
           the
           
             Catechising
             Children
          
           after
           it
           ;
           and
           no
           wonder
           ,
           since
           Lynd.
           
           wood
           faith
           ,
           
             the
             Laity
             are
             bound
             to
             no
             more
             than
             to
             believe
             as
             the
             Church
             believes
             ;
             nor
             the
             Clergy
             neither
             ,
             unless
             they
             can
             bear
             the
             Charges
             of
             Studying
             ,
             and
             have
             Masters
             to
             instruct
          
           
           them
           .
           This
           was
           good
           Doctrin
           ,
           when
           the
           Design
           was
           to
           keep
           People
           in
           Ignorance
           .
           For
           Learning
           is
           an
           irrecøncileable
           Enemy
           to
           the
           Fundamental
           Policy
           of
           the
           Roman
           Church
           ;
           and
           it
           was
           that
           which
           brought
           in
           the
           Reformation
           ,
           since
           which
           a
           just
           Care
           hath
           still
           been
           required
           for
           the
           Instruction
           of
           Youth
           ;
           and
           the
           fifty
           ninth
           Canon
           of
           our
           Church
           is
           very
           strict
           in
           it
           ,
           which
           I
           desire
           you
           often
           to
           consider
           with
           the
           first
           Rubrick
           after
           the
           Catechism
           ,
           and
           to
           act
           accordingly
           .
        
         
           IV.
           After
           Catechizing
           ,
           I
           recommend
           to
           you
           the
           due
           Care
           of
           bringing
           the
           Children
           of
           your
           Parishes
           to
           Confirmation
           .
           Which
           would
           be
           of
           excellent
           use
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           if
           the
           several
           Ministers
           would
           take
           that
           Pains
           about
           it
           ,
           which
           they
           ought
           to
           do
           .
           Remember
           that
           you
           are
           required
           
             to
             bring
             or
             send
             in
             Writing
             ,
             with
             your
             Names
             subscribed
             ,
             the
             Names
             of
             all
             such
             Persons
             in
             your
             Parish
             ,
             as
             you
             shall
             think
             fit
             to
             be
             Presented
             to
             the
             Bishop
             to
             be
             Confirmed
             .
          
           If
           you
           take
           no
           Care
           about
           it
           ,
           and
           suffer
           them
           to
           come
           unprepared
           for
           so
           great
           ,
           so
           solemn
           a
           thing
           ,
           as
           
             renewing
             the
             Promise
             and
             Vow
             made
             in
             Baptism
             ,
          
           can
           you
           think
           your selves
           free
           from
           any
           Guilt
           in
           it
           ?
           In
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           indeed
           great
           Care
           was
           taken
           to
           hasten
           Confirmation
           of
           Children
           all
           they
           could
           :
           
             Post
             Baptismum
             quam
             citius
             poterint
          
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           in
           our
           
             Constitution
             Provincial
          
           ;
           in
           another
           
             Synodical
             ,
             the
             Parochial
             Priests
          
           
           
             are
             charged
             to
             tell
             their
             Parishioners
             ,
             that
             they
             ought
             to
             get
             their
             Children
             Confirmed
             as
             soon
             as
             they
             can
             .
          
           In
           a
           Synod
           at
           Worcester
           ,
           under
           
             Walter
             de
             Cantilupo
          
           ,
           in
           the
           time
           of
           Henry
           III.
           the
           Sacrament
           of
           Confirmation
           is
           declared
           necessary
           for
           
             Strength
             against
             the
             Power
             of
             Darkness
          
           ;
           and
           therefore
           it
           was
           called
           
             Sacramentum
             pugnantium
          
           :
           and
           no
           
           
           wonder
           then
           that
           the
           
             Parochial
             Priests
          
           should
           be
           called
           upon
           so
           earnestly
           to
           bring
           the
           Children
           to
           Confirmation
           ;
           and
           the
           Parents
           were
           to
           be
           forbidden
           to
           enter
           into
           the
           Church
           ,
           if
           they
           neglected
           it
           for
           a
           Year
           after
           the
           Birth
           of
           the
           Child
           ,
           if
           they
           had
           opportunity
           .
           The
           Synod
           of
           Exeter
           allowed
           two
           Years
           ,
           and
           then
           if
           they
           were
           not
           Confirmed
           ,
           the
           Parents
           were
           
             to
             Fast
          
           
           every
           Friday
           ,
           
             with
             Bread
             and
             Water
             ,
             till
             it
             were
             done
             .
          
           And
           to
           the
           same
           purpose
           ,
           the
           Synod
           of
           Winchester
           in
           the
           time
           of
           Edw.
           I.
           in
           the
           Constitutions
           of
           Richard
           Bishop
           
           of
           Sarum
           ,
           two
           Years
           were
           allowed
           ,
           but
           that
           Time
           was
           afterwards
           thought
           too
           long
           ;
           and
           then
           the
           Priest
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Parents
           was
           to
           be
           suspended
           from
           
           entrance
           into
           the
           Church
           .
           But
           what
           Preparation
           was
           required
           ?
           None
           that
           I
           can
           find
           :
           But
           great
           Care
           is
           taken
           about
           the
           
             Fillets
             to
             bind
             their
             Heads
             to
             receive
             the
             Unction
             ,
             and
             the
             taking
             them
             off
             at
             the
             Font
             ,
             and
             burning
             them
             ,
             lest
             they
             should
             be
             used
             for
             Witchcraft
             ,
          
           as
           Lyndwood
           informs
           us
           .
           But
           we
           have
           no
           such
           Customs
           nor
           any
           
           of
           the
           Reformed
           Churches
           ;
           We
           depend
           not
           upon
           the
           
             Opus
             operatum
          
           ,
           but
           suppose
           a
           due
           and
           serious
           Preparation
           of
           Mind
           necessary
           ,
           and
           a
           solemn
           Performance
           of
           it
           .
           I
           hope
           ,
           by
           God's
           Assistance
           ,
           to
           be
           able
           ,
           in
           time
           ,
           to
           bring
           the
           Performance
           of
           this
           Office
           into
           a
           better
           Method
           ;
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           ,
           I
           shall
           not
           fail
           doing
           my
           Duty
           ,
           have
           you
           a
           care
           you
           do
           not
           fail
           in
           yours
           .
        
         
           V.
           As
           to
           the
           
             Publick
             Offices
          
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           I
           do
           not
           only
           recommend
           to
           you
           a
           due
           Care
           of
           the
           Diligent
           but
           of
           the
           Devout
           Performance
           of
           them
           .
           I
           have
           often
           wondered
           how
           a
           fixed
           and
           stated
           Liturgy
           for
           general
           Use
           ,
           should
           become
           a
           matter
           of
           Scruple
           and
           
           Dispute
           among
           any
           in
           a
           Christian
           Church
           ;
           unless
           there
           be
           something
           in
           Christianity
           which
           makes
           it
           unlawful
           to
           pray
           together
           for
           things
           which
           we
           all
           understand
           beforehand
           to
           be
           the
           Subject
           of
           our
           Prayers
           .
           If
           our
           common
           Necessities
           and
           Duties
           are
           the
           same
           ;
           if
           we
           have
           the
           same
           Blessings
           to
           pray
           and
           to
           Thank
           God
           for
           in
           our
           solemn
           Devotions
           ,
           why
           should
           any
           think
           it
           unlawful
           or
           unfitting
           to
           use
           the
           same
           Expressions
           ?
           Is
           God
           pleased
           with
           the
           Change
           of
           our
           Words
           and
           Phrases
           ?
           Can
           we
           imagine
           the
           Holy
           Spirit
           is
           gi
           ven
           to
           dictate
           new
           Expressions
           in
           Prayers
           ?
           Then
           they
           must
           pray
           by
           immediate
           Inspiration
           (
           which
           I
           think
           they
           will
           not
           pretend
           to
           ,
           lest
           all
           the
           Mistakes
           and
           Incongruities
           of
           such
           Prayers
           be
           imputed
           to
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           )
           ,
           but
           if
           not
           ,
           then
           they
           are
           left
           to
           their
           own
           Conceptions
           ,
           and
           the
           Spirits
           Assistance
           is
           only
           in
           the
           Exciting
           the
           Affections
           and
           Motions
           of
           the
           Soul
           towards
           the
           things
           prayed
           for
           ;
           and
           if
           this
           be
           allowed
           ,
           it
           is
           impossible
           to
           give
           a
           Reason
           why
           the
           Spirit
           of
           God
           may
           not
           as
           well
           excite
           those
           inward
           Desires
           ,
           when
           the
           Words
           are
           the
           same
           as
           when
           they
           are
           different
           .
           And
           we
           are
           certain
           ,
           that
           from
           the
           Apostles
           times
           downwards
           ,
           no
           one
           Church
           or
           Society
           of
           Christians
           can
           be
           produced
           ,
           who
           held
           it
           unlawful
           to
           pray
           by
           a
           set
           Form.
           On
           the
           other
           side
           ,
           we
           have
           very
           early
           Proofs
           of
           some
           common
           Forms
           of
           Prayer
           ,
           which
           were
           generally
           used
           in
           the
           Christian
           Churches
           ,
           and
           were
           the
           Foundations
           of
           those
           
             Ancient
             Liturgies
          
           ,
           which
           ,
           by
           degrees
           ,
           were
           much
           enlarged
           .
           And
           the
           Interpolations
           of
           latter
           times
           ,
           do
           no
           more
           overthrow
           the
           Antiquity
           of
           the
           Ground-work
           of
           them
           ,
           than
           the
           large
           Additions
           to
           a
           
           Building
           ,
           do
           prove
           there
           was
           no
           House
           before
           .
           It
           is
           an
           easie
           matter
           to
           say
           that
           such
           Liturgies
           could
           not
           be
           S.
           
           James's
           or
           S.
           
           Mark
           's
           ,
           because
           of
           such
           Errors
           and
           Mistakes
           ,
           and
           Interpolations
           of
           things
           and
           Phrases
           of
           latter
           times
           ;
           but
           what
           then
           ?
           Is
           this
           an
           Argument
           ;
           there
           were
           no
           ancient
           Liturgies
           in
           the
           Churches
           of
           Jerusalem
           or
           Alexandria
           ;
           when
           so
           long
           since
           ,
           as
           in
           
           Origen's
           time
           we
           find
           an
           entire
           Collect
           produced
           by
           him
           
           out
           of
           the
           Alexandrian
           Liturgy
           ?
           And
           the
           like
           may
           be
           shewed
           as
           to
           other
           Churches
           ,
           which
           by
           degrees
           came
           to
           have
           their
           Liturgies
           much
           inlarged
           by
           the
           Devout
           Prayers
           of
           some
           extraordinary
           Men
           ,
           such
           as
           S.
           Basil
           and
           S.
           Chrysostom
           in
           the
           Eastern
           Churches
           .
        
         
           But
           my
           design
           is
           not
           to
           vindicate
           our
           use
           of
           an
           excellent
           Liturgy
           ,
           but
           to
           put
           you
           upon
           the
           using
           it
           in
           such
           manner
           ,
           as
           may
           most
           recommend
           it
           to
           the
           People
           .
           I
           mean
           with
           that
           Gravity
           ,
           Seriousness
           ,
           Attention
           ,
           and
           Devotion
           ,
           which
           becomes
           so
           solemn
           a
           Duty
           as
           Prayer
           to
           God
           is
           .
           It
           will
           give
           too
           just
           a
           Cause
           of
           Prejudice
           to
           our
           Prayers
           ,
           if
           the
           People
           observe
           you
           to
           be
           careless
           and
           negligent
           about
           them
           ;
           or
           to
           run
           them
           over
           with
           so
           great
           haste
           ,
           as
           if
           you
           minded
           nothing
           so
           much
           as
           to
           get
           to
           the
           end
           of
           them
           .
           If
           you
           mind
           them
           so
           little
           your selves
           ,
           they
           will
           think
           themselves
           excused
           ,
           if
           they
           mind
           them
           less
           .
           I
           could
           heartily
           wish
           ,
           that
           in
           greater
           places
           ,
           especially
           in
           such
           Towns
           where
           there
           are
           People
           more
           at
           liberty
           ,
           the
           constant
           Morning
           and
           Evening
           Prayers
           were
           duly
           and
           devoutly
           read
           ;
           as
           it
           is
           already
           done
           with
           good
           Success
           in
           London
           ,
           and
           some
           other
           Cities
           .
           By
           this
           means
           Religion
           will
           gain
           ground
           ,
           when
           the
           publick
           Offices
           are
           daily
           performed
           ;
           and
           the
           
           People
           will
           be
           more
           acquainted
           with
           Scripture
           ,
           in
           hearing
           the
           Lessons
           ,
           and
           have
           a
           better
           esteem
           of
           the
           Prayers
           ,
           when
           they
           become
           their
           daily
           Service
           ,
           which
           they
           offer
           up
           to
           God
           as
           their
           Morning
           and
           Evening
           Sacrifice
           ;
           and
           the
           design
           of
           our
           Church
           will
           be
           best
           answered
           ,
           which
           appoints
           
             the
             Order
             for
             Morning
             and
             Evening
             Prayer
             daily
             to
             be
             said
             ,
             and
             used
             throughout
             the
             Year
             .
          
        
         
           VI.
           As
           to
           the
           Dissenters
           from
           the
           Church
           ;
           the
           present
           Circumstances
           of
           our
           Affairs
           require
           a
           more
           than
           ordinary
           Prudence
           in
           your
           Behaviour
           towards
           them
           .
           It
           is
           to
           no
           purpose
           to
           provoke
           or
           exasperate
           them
           ,
           since
           they
           will
           be
           but
           so
           much
           more
           your
           Emies
           for
           it
           ;
           and
           if
           you
           seem
           to
           court
           them
           too
           much
           ,
           they
           will
           interpret
           your
           Kindness
           to
           be
           a
           liking
           their
           Way
           better
           than
           your
           own
           ;
           so
           that
           were
           it
           not
           for
           some
           worldly
           Interest
           ,
           you
           would
           be
           just
           what
           they
           are
           ;
           which
           is
           in
           effect
           to
           say
           ,
           you
           would
           be
           Men
           of
           Conscience
           ,
           if
           ye
           had
           a
           little
           more
           Honesty
           .
           For
           they
           can
           never
           think
           those
           honest
           Men
           ,
           who
           comply
           with
           things
           against
           their
           Consciences
           ,
           only
           for
           their
           temporal
           Advantage
           ;
           but
           they
           may
           like
           them
           as
           Men
           of
           a
           Party
           ,
           who
           under
           some
           specious
           Colours
           promote
           their
           Interest
           .
           For
           my
           own
           part
           ,
           as
           I
           do
           sincerely
           value
           and
           esteem
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           (
           and
           I
           hope
           ever
           shall
           )
           ,
           so
           I
           am
           not
           against
           such
           a
           due
           temper
           towards
           them
           ,
           as
           is
           consistent
           with
           the
           preserving
           the
           Constitution
           of
           our
           Church
           .
           But
           if
           any
           think
           ,
           under
           a
           Pretence
           of
           Liberty
           ,
           to
           undermine
           and
           destroy
           it
           ,
           we
           have
           reason
           to
           take
           the
           best
           care
           we
           can
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           its
           Preservation
           .
           I
           do
           not
           mean
           by
           opposing
           Laws
           ,
           or
           affronting
           Authority
           ,
           but
           by
           countermining
           them
           in
           the
           
           best
           way
           ;
           
             i.
             e.
          
           by
           outdoing
           them
           in
           those
           things
           which
           make
           them
           most
           Popular
           ,
           if
           they
           are
           consistent
           with
           Integrity
           and
           a
           good
           Conscience
           .
           If
           they
           gain
           upon
           the
           People
           by
           an
           appearance
           of
           more
           than
           ordinary
           Zeal
           for
           the
           good
           of
           Souls
           ;
           I
           would
           have
           you
           to
           go
           beyond
           them
           in
           a
           true
           and
           hearty
           Concernment
           for
           them
           ;
           not
           in
           irregular
           Heats
           and
           Passions
           ,
           but
           in
           the
           
             Meekness
             of
             Wisdom
          
           ;
           in
           a
           calm
           and
           sedate
           Temper
           ;
           in
           doing
           good
           even
           to
           them
           who
           most
           despightfully
           reproach
           you
           ,
           and
           withdraw
           themselves
           and
           the
           People
           from
           you
           .
           If
           they
           get
           an
           Interest
           among
           them
           by
           Industry
           ,
           and
           going
           from
           Place
           to
           Place
           ,
           and
           Family
           to
           Family
           ;
           I
           hope
           you
           will
           think
           it
           your
           Duty
           to
           converse
           more
           freely
           and
           familiarly
           with
           your
           own
           People
           .
           Be
           not
           Strangers
           ,
           and
           you
           will
           make
           them
           Friends
           .
           Let
           them
           see
           by
           your
           particular
           Application
           to
           them
           ,
           that
           you
           do
           not
           despise
           them
           .
           For
           Men
           love
           to
           value
           those
           who
           seem
           to
           value
           them
           ;
           and
           if
           you
           once
           slight
           them
           ,
           you
           run
           the
           hazard
           of
           making
           them
           your
           Enemies
           .
           It
           is
           some
           Tryal
           of
           a
           Christians
           Patience
           as
           well
           as
           Humility
           ,
           to
           condescend
           to
           the
           Weaknesses
           of
           others
           ;
           but
           where
           it
           is
           our
           Duty
           ,
           we
           must
           do
           it
           ,
           and
           that
           chearfully
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           the
           best
           End
           ,
           viz.
           Doing
           the
           more
           good
           upon
           them
           .
           And
           all
           Condescension
           and
           Kindness
           for
           such
           an
           End
           ,
           is
           true
           Wisdom
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           Humility
           .
           I
           am
           afraid
           Distance
           and
           too
           great
           Stiffness
           of
           Behaviour
           towards
           them
           ,
           have
           made
           some
           more
           our
           Enemies
           than
           they
           would
           have
           been
           .
           I
           hope
           they
           are
           now
           convinced
           ,
           that
           the
           Persecution
           which
           they
           complained
           lately
           so
           much
           of
           ,
           was
           carried
           on
           by
           other
           Men
           ,
           and
           for
           other
           Designs
           
           than
           they
           would
           then
           seem
           to
           believe
           .
           But
           that
           Persecution
           was
           then
           a
           Popular
           Argument
           for
           them
           ;
           for
           ,
           the
           complaining
           side
           hath
           always
           the
           most
           Pity
           .
           But
           now
           that
           is
           taken
           off
           ,
           you
           may
           deal
           with
           them
           on
           more
           equal
           Terms
           .
           Now
           there
           is
           nothing
           to
           affright
           them
           ,
           and
           we
           think
           we
           have
           Reason
           enough
           on
           our
           side
           to
           persuade
           them
           .
           The
           Case
           of
           Separation
           stands
           just
           as
           it
           did
           in
           Point
           of
           Conscience
           ,
           which
           is
           not
           now
           one
           jot
           more
           reasonable
           or
           just
           than
           it
           was
           before
           .
           Some
           think
           Severity
           makes
           Men
           consider
           ;
           but
           I
           am
           afraid
           it
           heats
           them
           too
           much
           ,
           and
           makes
           them
           too
           violent
           and
           refractory
           .
           You
           have
           more
           reason
           to
           fear
           now
           ,
           what
           the
           Interest
           of
           a
           Party
           will
           do
           ,
           than
           any
           Strength
           of
           Argument
           .
           How
           very
           few
           among
           them
           understand
           any
           reason
           at
           all
           for
           their
           Separation
           !
           But
           Education
           ,
           Prejudice
           ,
           Authority
           of
           their
           Teachers
           sway
           them
           ;
           remove
           these
           and
           you
           convince
           them
           .
           And
           in
           order
           thereto
           ,
           acquaint
           your selves
           with
           them
           ,
           endeavour
           to
           oblige
           them
           ,
           let
           them
           see
           you
           have
           no
           other
           Design
           upon
           them
           ,
           but
           to
           do
           them
           good
           ;
           if
           any
           thing
           will
           gain
           upon
           them
           ,
           this
           will.
           
        
         
           But
           if
           after
           all
           ,
           they
           grow
           more
           headstrong
           and
           insolent
           by
           the
           Indulgence
           which
           the
           Law
           gives
           them
           ;
           then
           observe
           ,
           whether
           they
           observe
           those
           Conditions
           on
           which
           the
           Law
           gives
           it
           to
           them
           .
           For
           these
           are
           known
           Rules
           in
           Law
           ,
           
             that
             he
             forfeits
             his
             Privilege
             who
             goes
             beyond
             the
             Bounds
             of
             it
             ;
             that
             no
             Privileges
          
           
           
             are
             to
             be
             extended
             beyond
             the
             Bounds
             which
             the
             Laws
             give
             them
             ;
             for
             they
             ought
             to
             be
             observed
             as
             they
             are
             given
             .
          
           I
           leave
           it
           to
           be
           considered
           ,
           whether
           all
           such
           who
           
           do
           not
           observe
           the
           Conditions
           of
           the
           Indulgence
           ,
           be
           not
           as
           liable
           to
           the
           Law
           as
           if
           they
           had
           none
           .
        
         
           But
           there
           is
           a
           very
           profane
           abuse
           of
           this
           Liberty
           among
           some
           ,
           as
           though
           it
           were
           an
           Indulgence
           not
           to
           serve
           God
           at
           all
           .
           Such
           as
           these
           ,
           as
           they
           were
           never
           intended
           by
           the
           Law
           ,
           so
           they
           ought
           to
           enjoy
           no
           Benefit
           by
           it
           .
           For
           this
           were
           to
           Countenance
           Profaneness
           and
           Irreligion
           ;
           which
           I
           am
           afraid
           will
           grow
           too
           much
           upon
           us
           ,
           unless
           some
           effectual
           Care
           be
           taken
           to
           suppress
           it
           .
        
         
           VII
           .
           There
           is
           another
           Duty
           incumbent
           upon
           you
           ,
           which
           I
           must
           particularly
           recommend
           to
           your
           Care
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           ,
           of
           
             Visiting
             the
             Sick.
          
           I
           do
           not
           mean
           barely
           to
           perform
           the
           Office
           prescribed
           ,
           which
           is
           of
           very
           good
           use
           ,
           and
           ought
           not
           to
           be
           neglected
           ;
           but
           a
           particular
           Application
           of
           your selves
           to
           the
           State
           and
           Condition
           of
           the
           Persons
           you
           visit
           .
           It
           is
           no
           hard
           matter
           to
           run
           over
           some
           Prayers
           ,
           and
           so
           take
           leave
           ;
           but
           this
           doth
           not
           come
           up
           to
           the
           Design
           of
           our
           Church
           in
           that
           Office
           :
           For
           ,
           after
           the
           general
           Exhortation
           and
           Profession
           of
           the
           Christian
           Faith
           ,
           our
           Church
           requires
           ,
           that
           
             the
             sick
             Person
             be
             moved
             to
             make
             special
             Confession
             of
             his
             Sins
             ,
             if
             he
             feel
             his
             Conscience
             troubled
             with
             any
             weighty
             matter
          
           ;
           and
           then
           
             if
             the
             sick
             Person
             humbly
             and
             heartily
             desires
             it
             ,
          
           he
           is
           to
           be
           absolved
           after
           this
           manner
           ,
           
             Our
             Lord
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
             who
             hath
             left
             Power
             in
             his
             Church
             to
             absolve
             all
             Sinners
             who
             truly
             repent
             and
             believe
             in
             him
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           Where
           the
           Power
           of
           Absolution
           is
           grounded
           upon
           the
           Supposition
           of
           true
           Faith
           and
           Repentance
           ;
           and
           therefore
           ,
           when
           it
           is
           said
           afterwards
           ,
           
             And
             by
             his
             Authority
             committed
             to
             me
             ,
             I
             absolve
             thee
             from
             the
             same
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           it
           must
           proceed
           on
           the
           same
           supposition
           .
           For
           the
           Church
           cannot
           absolve
           when
           God
           doth
           not
           .
           So
           that
           all
           the
           real
           Comfort
           of
           the
           Absolution
           depends
           upon
           the
           Satisfaction
           of
           the
           Person
           's
           Mind
           ,
           as
           to
           the
           Sincerity
           of
           his
           Repentance
           and
           Faith
           in
           Christ.
           Now
           here
           lies
           the
           great
           Difficulty
           of
           this
           Office
           ;
           how
           to
           give
           your selves
           and
           the
           wounded
           Conscience
           Satisfaction
           ,
           as
           to
           the
           Sincerity
           of
           those
           Acts
           ;
           I
           do
           not
           mean
           as
           to
           the
           Sincerity
           of
           his
           present
           Thoughts
           ,
           but
           as
           to
           the
           Acceptableness
           of
           his
           Faith
           and
           Repentance
           with
           God
           in
           order
           to
           Remission
           of
           Sins
           .
           But
           what
           if
           you
           find
           the
           Persons
           so
           ignorant
           ,
           as
           not
           to
           understand
           what
           Faith
           and
           Repentance
           mean
           ?
           What
           if
           they
           have
           led
           such
           careless
           and
           secure
           Lives
           in
           this
           World
           ,
           as
           hardly
           ever
           to
           have
           had
           one
           serious
           Thought
           of
           another
           ?
           Is
           nothing
           to
           be
           done
           but
           to
           come
           and
           pray
           by
           them
           ,
           and
           so
           dismiss
           them
           into
           their
           Eternal
           State
           ?
           Is
           this
           all
           the
           good
           you
           can
           ,
           or
           are
           bound
           to
           do
           them
           ?
           I
           confess
           ,
           it
           is
           a
           very
           uncomfortable
           thing
           to
           tell
           Men
           how
           they
           are
           to
           begin
           to
           live
           ,
           when
           they
           are
           liker
           to
           dye
           than
           to
           live
           (
           and
           the
           People
           generally
           have
           a
           strange
           superstitious
           Fear
           of
           sending
           for
           the
           Minister
           ,
           while
           there
           is
           any
           hope
           of
           Recovery
           )
           .
           But
           at
           last
           you
           are
           sent
           for
           ;
           and
           what
           a
           melancholy
           Work
           are
           you
           then
           to
           go
           about
           ?
           You
           are
           ,
           it
           may
           be
           ,
           to
           make
           a
           Man
           sensible
           of
           his
           Sins
           ,
           who
           never
           before
           considered
           what
           they
           were
           ,
           or
           against
           whom
           they
           were
           committed
           ,
           or
           what
           eternal
           Misery
           he
           deserves
           by
           committing
           them
           .
           But
           I
           will
           suppose
           the
           best
           I
           can
           in
           this
           Case
           ,
           viz.
           That
           by
           your
           warm
           and
           serious
           Discourse
           ,
           you
           throughly
           awaken
           the
           Conscience
           of
           a
           
           long
           and
           habitual
           Sinner
           ;
           what
           are
           you
           then
           to
           do
           ?
           Will
           you
           presently
           apply
           all
           the
           Promises
           of
           Grace
           and
           Salvation
           to
           one
           whose
           Conscience
           is
           awakened
           only
           with
           the
           Fears
           of
           Death
           ,
           and
           the
           Terrors
           of
           a
           Day
           of
           Judgment
           ?
           This
           ,
           I
           confess
           ,
           is
           a
           hard
           Case
           ;
           on
           the
           one
           side
           ,
           we
           must
           not
           discourage
           good
           Beginnings
           in
           any
           ;
           we
           must
           not
           cast
           an
           awakened
           Sinner
           into
           Despair
           ;
           we
           must
           not
           limit
           the
           infinite
           Mercy
           of
           God
           :
           But
           on
           the
           other
           side
           ,
           we
           must
           have
           a
           great
           care
           of
           encouraging
           presumptuous
           Sinners
           to
           put
           off
           their
           Repentance
           to
           the
           last
           ,
           because
           then
           upon
           Confession
           of
           their
           Sins
           ,
           they
           can
           so
           easily
           obtain
           the
           Churches
           Absolution
           ,
           which
           goes
           no
           farther
           ,
           than
           
             truly
             Repenting
             and
             Believing
          
           .
           But
           here
           is
           the
           Difficulty
           ,
           how
           we
           can
           satisfie
           our selves
           that
           these
           do
           
             truly
             Repent
             and
             Believe
          
           ;
           who
           are
           out
           of
           a
           Capacity
           of
           giving
           Proof
           of
           their
           Sincerity
           by
           Amendment
           of
           Life
           ?
           I
           do
           not
           question
           the
           Sincerity
           of
           their
           present
           purposes
           ;
           but
           how
           often
           do
           we
           find
           those
           to
           come
           to
           nothing
           ,
           when
           they
           recover
           and
           fall
           into
           the
           former
           Temptations
           ?
           How
           then
           shall
           they
           know
           their
           own
           Sincerity
           till
           it
           be
           tryed
           ?
           How
           can
           it
           be
           tryed
           ,
           when
           they
           are
           going
           out
           of
           the
           State
           of
           Tryal
           ?
           The
           most
           we
           can
           do
           ,
           is
           to
           encourage
           them
           to
           do
           the
           best
           they
           can
           in
           their
           present
           Condition
           ,
           and
           to
           shew
           as
           many
           of
           the
           Fruits
           of
           true
           Repentance
           as
           their
           Circumstances
           will
           allow
           ;
           and
           with
           the
           greatest
           humility
           of
           Mind
           ,
           and
           most
           earnest
           Supplications
           to
           implore
           the
           infinite
           Mercy
           of
           God
           to
           their
           Souls
           .
           But
           besides
           these
           ,
           there
           are
           many
           Cases
           of
           sick
           Persons
           ,
           which
           require
           very
           particular
           Advice
           and
           Spiritual
           Direction
           ,
           
           which
           you
           ought
           to
           be
           able
           to
           give
           them
           ,
           and
           it
           cannot
           be
           done
           without
           some
           good
           Measure
           of
           Skill
           and
           Experience
           in
           Casuistical
           Divinity
           .
           As
           ,
           How
           to
           satisfie
           a
           doubting
           Conscience
           ,
           as
           to
           its
           own
           Sincerity
           ,
           when
           so
           many
           Infirmities
           are
           mixed
           with
           our
           best
           Actions
           ?
           How
           a
           Sinner
           who
           hath
           relapsed
           after
           Repentance
           can
           be
           satisfied
           of
           the
           Truth
           of
           his
           Repentance
           ,
           when
           he
           doth
           not
           know
           ,
           but
           he
           may
           farther
           relapse
           upon
           fresh
           Temptations
           ?
           How
           ,
           he
           shall
           know
           what
           Failings
           are
           consistent
           with
           the
           State
           of
           Grace
           ,
           and
           the
           Hopes
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           and
           what
           not
           ?
           What
           Measure
           of
           Conviction
           and
           Power
           of
           Resistance
           is
           necessary
           to
           make
           Sins
           to
           be
           Wilful
           and
           Presumptuous
           ?
           What
           the
           just
           Measures
           of
           Restitution
           are
           in
           order
           to
           true
           Repentance
           ,
           in
           all
           such
           Injuries
           which
           are
           capable
           of
           it
           ?
           I
           might
           name
           many
           others
           ,
           but
           these
           I
           only
           mention
           to
           shew
           how
           necessary
           it
           is
           for
           you
           to
           apply
           your selves
           to
           Moral
           and
           
             Casuistical
             Divinity
          
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           content
           your selves
           barely
           with
           the
           knowledg
           of
           what
           is
           called
           Positive
           and
           Controversial
           .
           I
           am
           afraid
           there
           are
           too
           many
           who
           think
           they
           need
           to
           look
           after
           no
           more
           than
           what
           qualifies
           them
           for
           the
           Pulpit
           ;
           (
           and
           I
           wish
           all
           did
           take
           sufficient
           Care
           of
           that
           )
           but
           if
           we
           would
           do
           our
           Duty
           as
           we
           ought
           ,
           we
           must
           inquire
           into
           ,
           and
           be
           able
           to
           Resolve
           Cases
           of
           Conscience
           .
           For
           
             the
             Priests
             Lips
             should
             keep
          
           this
           kind
           of
           
             Knowledge
             ;
             and
             the
             People
             should
             seek
             the
             Law
             at
             his
             mouth
             ;
             for
             he
             is
             the
             Messenger
             of
             the
             Lord
             of
             Hosts
             ,
          
           Mal.
           2.
           7.
           
           If
           this
           held
           in
           the
           Levitical
           Priesthood
           ,
           much
           more
           certainly
           under
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           where
           the
           Rates
           and
           Measures
           of
           our
           Duties
           are
           not
           to
           be
           determined
           by
           Levitical
           
           Precepts
           ,
           but
           by
           the
           general
           Reason
           and
           Nature
           of
           Moral
           Actions
           .
        
         
           VIII
           .
           Among
           the
           Duties
           of
           
             Publick
             Worship
          
           ,
           I
           must
           put
           you
           in
           mind
           of
           a
           
             Frequent
             Celebration
             of
             the
             Lords
             Supper
             .
          
           There
           is
           generally
           too
           great
           a
           Neglect
           of
           this
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           most
           proper
           part
           of
           
             Evangelical
             Worship
          
           .
           The
           Duties
           of
           
             Prayers
             and
             Praises
          
           ,
           are
           excellent
           and
           becoming
           Duties
           ,
           as
           we
           are
           Creatures
           with
           respect
           to
           our
           Maker
           and
           Preserver
           .
           The
           Duty
           of
           hearing
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           read
           and
           explained
           ,
           is
           consequent
           upon
           our
           owning
           it
           to
           be
           the
           Rule
           of
           our
           Faith
           and
           Manners
           ;
           and
           all
           who
           desire
           to
           understand
           and
           practise
           their
           Duty
           ,
           can
           never
           despise
           or
           neglect
           it
           .
           But
           that
           solemn
           Act
           of
           Worship
           wherein
           we
           do
           most
           shew
           our selves
           Christians
           ,
           is
           the
           celebrating
           the
           
             Holy
             Eucharist
          
           .
           For
           ,
           therein
           we
           own
           and
           declare
           
             the
             infinite
             Love
             of
             God
             in
             sending
             his
             Son
             into
             the
             world
             to
             die
             for
             Sinners
             ,
             in
             order
             to
             their
             Salvation
             ;
             and
             that
             this
             is
             not
             only
             a
             true
             Saying
             ,
             but
             worthy
             of
             all
             men
             to
             be
             credited
             .
          
           Therein
           ,
           
             we
             lift
             up
             our
             Hearts
             ,
             and
             give
             Thanks
             to
             our
             Lord
             God
             ;
             we
             joyn
             with
             Angels
             and
             Archangels
             in
             lauding
             and
             magnifying
             his
             Glorious
             Name
             .
          
           Therein
           ,
           we
           not
           only
           commemorate
           the
           Death
           and
           Sufferings
           of
           our
           Lord
           ,
           but
           are
           made
           Partakers
           of
           his
           Body
           and
           Blood
           ,
           after
           a
           Real
           ,
           but
           Sacramental
           Manner
           .
           Therein
           
             we
             offer
             up
             our selves
             to
             God
             ,
             to
             be
             a
             Reasonable
             ,
             Holy
             and
             Lively
             Sacrifice
             unto
             him
             .
          
           Therein
           we
           Adore
           and
           Glorifie
           the
           ever
           Blessed
           Trinity
           ;
           and
           humbly
           implore
           the
           Grace
           and
           Assistance
           of
           our
           ever
           Blessed
           Mediator
           .
           And
           what
           now
           is
           there
           in
           all
           this
           ,
           which
           is
           not
           very
           agreeable
           to
           the
           Faith
           ,
           Hope
           ,
           
           and
           Charity
           of
           Christians
           ?
           Nay
           ,
           what
           Duty
           is
           there
           ,
           which
           so
           much
           expresses
           all
           these
           together
           ,
           as
           this
           doth
           ?
           Nor
           ,
           whereby
           we
           may
           more
           reasonably
           expect
           greater
           Supplies
           of
           Divine
           Grace
           to
           be
           bestowed
           upon
           us
           ?
           What
           then
           makes
           so
           many
           to
           be
           so
           backward
           in
           this
           Duty
           ,
           which
           profess
           a
           Zeal
           and
           Forwardness
           in
           many
           others
           ?
           If
           we
           had
           that
           Warmth
           and
           Fervor
           of
           Devotion
           ,
           that
           Love
           to
           Christ
           ,
           and
           to
           each
           other
           ,
           which
           the
           Primitive
           Christians
           had
           ,
           we
           should
           make
           it
           as
           constant
           a
           part
           of
           our
           Publick
           Worship
           ,
           as
           they
           did
           ;
           but
           this
           is
           not
           to
           be
           expected
           .
           Neither
           did
           it
           always
           continue
           in
           the
           Primitive
           Church
           ,
           when
           Liberty
           ,
           and
           Ease
           ,
           and
           Worldly
           Temptations
           made
           Persons
           grow
           more
           remiss
           and
           careless
           in
           the
           solemn
           Duties
           of
           their
           Religion
           .
        
         
           S.
           Chrysostom
           takes
           notice
           in
           his
           time
           of
           the
           different
           Behaviour
           of
           Persons
           ,
           with
           respect
           to
           the
           holy
           Eucharist
           .
           
           There
           were
           some
           who
           pretended
           to
           greater
           Holiness
           and
           Austerity
           of
           Life
           than
           others
           ,
           who
           withdrew
           from
           the
           common
           Conversation
           of
           Mankind
           ,
           and
           so
           by
           degrees
           from
           joining
           in
           the
           Acts
           of
           Publick
           Worship
           with
           them
           .
           Which
           did
           unspeakable
           Mischief
           to
           Christianity
           ;
           for
           then
           the
           Perfection
           of
           the
           Christian
           Life
           ,
           was
           not
           supposed
           to
           consist
           in
           the
           active
           part
           of
           it
           ,
           but
           in
           Retirement
           and
           Contemplation
           .
           As
           tho
           our
           highest
           imitation
           of
           Christ
           lay
           in
           
             following
             him
             into
             the
             Wilderness
             to
             be
             tempted
             of
             the
             Devil
             ;
             and
             not
             in
             walking
             as
             he
             walked
             ,
          
           who
           frequented
           
             the
             Synagogues
             ,
             and
             went
             about
             doing
             good
             .
          
        
         
           But
           this
           way
           of
           Retirement
           happening
           to
           be
           admired
           by
           some
           great
           Men
           ,
           the
           Publick
           Worship
           came
           to
           
           be
           in
           less
           esteem
           ;
           and
           others
           upon
           Reasons
           of
           a
           different
           Nature
           withdrew
           themselves
           from
           such
           Acts
           of
           Devotion
           as
           required
           a
           stricter
           Attendance
           ,
           and
           a
           more
           prepared
           Temper
           of
           Mind
           .
           And
           there
           were
           some
           who
           did
           abstain
           ,
           because
           they
           were
           not
           so
           well
           satisfied
           with
           themselves
           as
           to
           their
           own
           Preparations
           ;
           and
           such
           as
           these
           S.
           Chrysostom
           seems
           to
           favor
           ,
           rather
           than
           such
           who
           came
           often
           without
           due
           care
           ,
           as
           to
           the
           whole
           Course
           of
           their
           Lives
           ;
           only
           out
           of
           custom
           ,
           or
           out
           of
           regard
           to
           the
           Orders
           of
           the
           Church
           .
           From
           hence
           many
           thought
           it
           better
           to
           forbear
           ,
           as
           long
           as
           they
           did
           it
           not
           out
           of
           Contempt
           .
           And
           so
           by
           degrees
           the
           People
           were
           content
           to
           look
           on
           it
           as
           a
           Sacrifice
           for
           them
           to
           be
           performed
           by
           others
           ,
           rather
           than
           as
           an
           Office
           ,
           wherein
           they
           were
           to
           bear
           a
           part
           themselves
           ;
           at
           least
           ,
           they
           thought
           once
           or
           thrice
           a
           year
           sufficient
           for
           them
           .
           And
           to
           this
           ,
           as
           appears
           by
           our
           old
           
             Provincial
             Constitutions
          
           ,
           
           they
           were
           forced
           by
           severe
           Canons
           .
        
         
           When
           the
           Reformation
           began
           ,
           this
           Disuse
           of
           this
           holy
           Sacrament
           ,
           was
           looked
           on
           ,
           by
           the
           chief
           Reformers
           ,
           as
           a
           great
           Abuse
           and
           Corruption
           crept
           into
           the
           Church
           ,
           which
           ought
           by
           all
           means
           to
           be
           Reformed
           ;
           and
           the
           frequent
           Celebration
           of
           it
           set
           up
           in
           the
           Reformed
           
           Churches
           .
           But
           unreasonable
           Scruples
           in
           some
           ,
           and
           Misapprehensions
           in
           others
           ,
           and
           a
           general
           Coldness
           and
           Indifference
           ,
           as
           to
           matters
           of
           Religion
           ,
           have
           hitherto
           hindered
           the
           Reviving
           this
           Primitive
           Part
           of
           Devotion
           among
           us
           .
        
         
           I
           do
           not
           go
           about
           to
           determine
           the
           Frequency
           in
           your
           Parishes
           ,
           which
           the
           Scripture
           doth
           not
           as
           to
           the
           Christian
           Church
           ,
           but
           supposes
           it
           to
           be
           
             often
             done
          
           ;
           
           but
           I
           may
           require
           you
           to
           take
           Care
           ,
           that
           Christ's
           Institution
           be
           observed
           among
           you
           ;
           and
           that
           with
           your
           utmost
           Care
           ,
           both
           as
           to
           the
           Decency
           and
           Purity
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           The
           last
           thing
           I
           recommend
           to
           you
           all
           ,
           is
           ,
           
             To
             have
             a
             great
             Care
             of
             your
             Conversations
             .
          
           I
           do
           not
           speak
           it
           out
           of
           a
           distrust
           of
           you
           ;
           I
           hope
           you
           do
           it
           already
           :
           and
           your
           Case
           will
           be
           so
           much
           worse
           ,
           if
           you
           do
           it
           not
           ,
           because
           you
           very
           well
           know
           how
           much
           you
           ought
           to
           do
           it
           .
           For
           the
           Honor
           of
           God
           and
           Religion
           ,
           and
           the
           Success
           of
           your
           Ministry
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           your
           own
           Salvation
           ,
           depend
           very
           much
           upon
           it
           .
           Lead
           your
           Flock
           by
           your
           Example
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           by
           your
           Doctrine
           ,
           and
           then
           you
           may
           much
           better
           hope
           that
           they
           will
           follow
           you
           ;
           for
           the
           People
           are
           naturally
           Spies
           upon
           their
           Ministers
           ,
           and
           if
           they
           observe
           them
           to
           mind
           nothing
           but
           the
           World
           all
           the
           Week
           ,
           they
           will
           not
           believe
           them
           in
           earnest
           ,
           when
           on
           the
           Lord's
           Days
           they
           persuade
           them
           against
           it
           .
           And
           it
           takes
           off
           the
           Weight
           of
           all
           Reproof
           of
           other
           Mens
           Faults
           ,
           if
           those
           they
           reprove
           have
           reason
           to
           believe
           them
           guilty
           of
           the
           same
           .
           I
           do
           not
           think
           it
           enough
           for
           
             a
             Preacher
             of
             Righteousness
          
           merely
           to
           avoid
           open
           and
           scandalous
           Sins
           ,
           but
           he
           ought
           to
           be
           a
           great
           Example
           to
           others
           in
           the
           most
           excellent
           Virtues
           which
           adorn
           our
           Profession
           ,
           not
           only
           in
           
             Temperance
             and
             Chastity
          
           ,
           in
           
             Justice
             and
             ordinary
             Charity
          
           ,
           but
           in
           a
           readiness
           to
           do
           good
           to
           all
           ,
           in
           forgiving
           Injuries
           ,
           in
           loving
           Enemies
           ,
           in
           evenness
           of
           Temper
           ,
           in
           Humility
           and
           Meekness
           ,
           and
           Patience
           ,
           and
           Submission
           to
           God's
           Will
           ,
           and
           in
           frequent
           Retirements
           from
           the
           World
           ,
           not
           merely
           for
           Study
           ,
           but
           for
           Devotion
           .
           If
           by
           these
           and
           
           such
           things
           you
           
             shine
             as
             Lights
          
           among
           your
           People
           ,
           they
           will
           be
           more
           ready
           to
           follow
           your
           Conduct
           ;
           and
           in
           probability
           you
           will
           not
           only
           stop
           their
           Mouths
           ,
           but
           gain
           their
           Hearts
           .
           For
           among
           all
           the
           Ways
           of
           advancing
           the
           Credit
           and
           Interest
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           one
           of
           the
           most
           successful
           will
           be
           the
           diligent
           Labors
           ,
           and
           the
           exemplary
           Lives
           of
           the
           Clergy
           in
           it
           .
        
         
           But
           if
           Men
           will
           not
           regard
           their
           own
           ,
           or
           the
           Churches
           Interest
           in
           this
           matter
           ;
           if
           they
           will
           break
           their
           Rules
           in
           such
           a
           manner
           ,
           as
           to
           dishonor
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           themselves
           by
           it
           ;
           -
           then
           you
           are
           to
           consider
           the
           next
           thing
           I
           was
           to
           speak
           to
           ,
           which
           is
           ,
        
         
           II.
           What
           Authority
           is
           given
           to
           us
           for
           the
           punishing
           Offenders
           in
           our
           Diocesses
           by
           the
           
             Ecclesiastical
             Law
          
           of
           this
           Realm
           .
           For
           this
           we
           are
           to
           consider
           ,
           that
           our
           Authority
           herein
           is
           not
           derived
           from
           any
           modern
           Canons
           or
           Constitutions
           of
           this
           Church
           (
           altho
           due
           Regard
           ought
           to
           be
           shewed
           to
           them
           )
           but
           from
           the
           ancient
           
             Common
             Law
             Ecclesiastical
          
           in
           this
           Realm
           ,
           which
           still
           continues
           in
           force
           .
           For
           as
           there
           is
           a
           
             Common
             Law
          
           with
           respect
           to
           
             Civil
             Rights
          
           ,
           which
           depends
           not
           on
           the
           
             Feudal
             Constitutions
          
           ,
           altho
           in
           many
           things
           it
           be
           the
           same
           with
           them
           ;
           but
           upon
           
             ancient
             Practice
             ,
             and
             general
             Consent
          
           of
           the
           People
           from
           Age
           to
           Age.
           So
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           there
           is
           a
           
             Common
             Law
             Ecclesiastical
          
           ,
           which
           altho
           in
           many
           things
           it
           may
           be
           the
           same
           with
           the
           
             Canon
             Law
          
           ,
           which
           is
           read
           in
           the
           Books
           ;
           yet
           it
           hath
           not
           its
           force
           from
           any
           Papal
           or
           
             Legatine
             Constitutions
          
           ,
           but
           from
           the
           
             Acceptance
             and
             Practice
          
           of
           it
           in
           our
           Church
           .
           I
           could
           easily
           shew
           
           (
           if
           the
           time
           would
           permit
           )
           that
           
             Papal
             and
             Legatine
             Constitutions
          
           were
           not
           received
           here
           ,
           altho
           directed
           hither
           ;
           
           that
           some
           
             Provincial
             Constitutions
          
           never
           obtained
           
           the
           Force
           of
           
             Ecclesiastical
             Laws
          
           ;
           but
           my
           business
           is
           to
           shew
           what
           did
           obtain
           and
           continue
           still
           to
           have
           the
           force
           of
           such
           
             Ecclesiastical
             Laws
          
           among
           us
           .
        
         
           By
           the
           Statute
           of
           25.
           
           H.
           8.
           c.
           19.
           it
           is
           declared
           ,
           
             That
             such
             Canons
             ,
             Constitutions
             ,
             Ordinances
             and
             Synodals
             Provincial
             being
             already
             made
             ,
             which
             be
             not
             contrariant
             nor
             repugnant
             to
             the
             Laws
             ,
             Statutes
             and
             Customs
             of
             this
             Realm
             ,
             nor
             to
             the
             Damage
             or
             Hurt
             of
             the
             King's
             Prerogative
             Royal
             ,
             shall
             now
             still
             be
             used
             and
             executed
             as
             they
             were
             afore
             the
             making
             of
             this
             Act
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           It
           's
           true
           ,
           a
           Review
           was
           appointed
           ,
           but
           such
           Difficulties
           were
           found
           in
           it
           ,
           as
           to
           the
           shaking
           the
           Foundations
           of
           the
           
             Ecclesiastical
             Law
          
           here
           ,
           that
           nothing
           was
           ever
           legally
           established
           in
           it
           ;
           and
           therefore
           this
           Law
           is
           still
           in
           force
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           Statute
           25.
           
           H.
           8.
           c.
           21.
           it
           is
           said
           ,
           
             That
             this
             Realm
             Recognising
             no
             Superior
             under
             God
             but
             the
             King
             ,
             hath
             been
             ,
             and
             is
             free
             from
             Subjection
             to
             any
             Mans
             Laws
             ,
             but
             only
             to
             such
             as
             have
             been
             Devised
             ,
             Made
             ,
             and
             Observed
             within
             this
             Realm
             ,
             for
             the
             Wealth
             of
             the
             same
             :
             or
             to
             such
             other
             ,
             as
             by
             the
             sufferance
             of
             the
             King
             and
             his
             Progenitors
             ,
             the
             People
             of
             this
             Realm
             have
             taken
             at
             their
             free
             Liberty
             ,
             by
             their
             own
             consent
             ,
             to
             be
             used
             amongst
             them
             ,
             and
             have
             bound
             themselves
             by
             long
             use
             and
             custom
             to
             observance
             of
             the
             same
             ,
             not
             as
             to
             the
             observance
             of
             the
             Laws
             of
             any
             Foreign
             Prince
             ,
             Potentate
             ,
             or
             Prelate
             ,
             but
             as
             to
             the
             Customs
             and
             ancient
             Laws
             of
             this
             Realm
             ,
             originally
             estabished
             ,
             as
             Laws
             of
             the
             same
             ,
             by
             the
             said
             Sufferance
             ,
             Consent
             ,
             Custom
             ,
             and
             none
             otherwise
             .
          
        
         
         
           All
           that
           I
           have
           now
           to
           do
           ,
           is
           to
           shew
           what
           Authority
           the
           Bishops
           had
           over
           the
           Clergy
           by
           the
           Ancient
           
             Ecclesiastical
             Law
          
           of
           this
           Realm
           ;
           and
           what
           Censures
           they
           were
           lyable
           to
           for
           some
           particular
           Offences
           .
        
         
           I.
           By
           the
           
             Ecclesiastical
             Law
          
           the
           Bishop
           is
           Judg
           of
           the
           Fitness
           of
           any
           Clerk
           presented
           to
           a
           Benefice
           .
           This
           is
           confessed
           by
           the
           ord
           Coke
           in
           these
           Words
           .
           
             And
             the
          
           
           
             Examination
             of
             the
             Ability
             ,
             and
             Sufficiency
             of
             the
             Person
             presented
             ,
             belongs
             to
             the
             Bishop
             ,
             who
             is
             the
             Ecclesiastical
             Judg
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             Examination
             he
             is
             a
             Judg
             ,
             and
             not
             a
             Minister
             ,
             and
             may
             and
             ought
             to
             refuse
             the
             Person
             presented
             ,
             if
             he
             be
             not
          
           Persona
           idonea
           .
           But
           this
           is
           plain
           to
           have
           been
           the
           Ancient
           Ecclesiastical
           Law
           of
           this
           Realm
           by
           the
           
             Articul
             .
             Cleri
          
           .
           in
           Edw.
           2.
           time
           ,
           
             De
             Idoneitate
             Personae
             praesentatae
             ad
             Beneficium
             Ecclesiasticum
             pertinet
             Examinatio
             ad
             Judicem
             Ecclesiasticum
             ,
             &
             ita
             est
             hactenus
             usitatum
             &
             fiat
             in
             futurum
             .
          
        
         
           By
           the
           
             Provincial
             Constitutions
          
           at
           Oxford
           in
           the
           time
           
           of
           Hen.
           3.
           the
           Bishop
           is
           required
           to
           admit
           the
           Clerk
           who
           is
           presented
           ,
           without
           Opposition
           ,
           within
           two
           Months
           ,
           
             dum
             tamen
             idoneus
             sit
          
           ;
           if
           he
           thinks
           him
           fit
           .
           So
           much
           time
           is
           allowed
           ,
           
             propter
             Examinationem
          
           ,
           saith
           Lyndwood
           ;
           even
           when
           there
           is
           no
           dispute
           about
           Right
           of
           Patronage
           .
           The
           main
           thing
           he
           is
           to
           be
           examined
           upon
           is
           
             his
             Ability
             to
             discharge
             his
             Pastoral
             Duty
             ,
          
           as
           Coke
           calls
           it
           ;
           or
           as
           Lyndwood
           saith
           ,
           whether
           he
           be
           
             commendandus
             Scientia
             &
             Moribus
          
           .
           As
           to
           the
           former
           ,
           the
           Bishop
           may
           judg
           himself
           ;
           but
           as
           to
           the
           latter
           ,
           he
           must
           take
           the
           Testimonials
           of
           others
           ;
           and
           I
           heartily
           wish
           the
           Clergy
           would
           be
           more
           careful
           in
           giving
           them
           ,
           by
           looking
           on
           it
           as
           a
           Matter
           of
           Conscience
           ,
           
           and
           not
           merely
           of
           Civility
           ;
           for
           otherwise
           it
           will
           be
           impossible
           to
           avoid
           the
           pestering
           the
           Church
           with
           scandalous
           and
           ignorant
           Wretches
           .
           If
           the
           Bishop
           refuses
           to
           admit
           within
           the
           time
           (
           which
           by
           the
           modern
           Canons
           is
           limited
           to
           twenty
           eight
           days
           after
           the
           Presentation
           delivered
           )
           he
           is
           liable
           to
           a
           
             Duplex
             Querela
          
           
           in
           the
           Ecclesiastical
           Courts
           ,
           and
           a
           
             Quare
             impedit
          
           at
           Common
           Law
           ;
           and
           then
           he
           must
           certifie
           the
           Reasons
           of
           his
           Refusal
           .
           In
           
           Specot's
           Case
           it
           is
           said
           ,
           that
           in
           15
           Hen.
           7.
           7
           ,
           8.
           
           
             All
             the
             Judges
             agreed
             ,
             that
             the
             Bishop
             is
             Judg
             in
             the
             Examination
             ,
             and
             therefore
             the
             Law
          
           
           
             giveth
             Faith
             and
             Credit
             to
             his
             Judgment
             .
          
           But
           because
           great
           Inconveniencies
           might
           otherwise
           happen
           ,
           the
           general
           Allegation
           is
           not
           sufficient
           ,
           but
           he
           must
           certifie
           specially
           and
           directly
           ;
           and
           the
           general
           Rule
           is
           ,
           and
           it
           was
           so
           resolved
           by
           the
           Judges
           ,
           
             That
             all
             such
             as
             are
             sufficient
             Causes
             of
             Deprivation
             of
             an
             Incumbent
             ,
             are
             sufficient
             Causes
             to
             refuse
             a
             Presentee
             .
          
           But
           by
           the
           Canon
           Law
           *
           more
           are
           allowed
           .
           In
           the
           Constitutions
           of
           Othobon
           ,
           the
           Bishop
           is
           required
           particularly
           to
           enquire
           into
           the
           Life
           and
           Conversation
           of
           him
           that
           is
           presented
           ;
           and
           afterwards
           ,
           that
           if
           a
           Bishop
           admits
           another
           who
           is
           guilty
           of
           the
           same
           Fault
           for
           which
           he
           rejected
           the
           former
           ,
           his
           Institution
           is
           declared
           null
           and
           void
           .
           By
           the
           Canon
           Law
           ,
           if
           a
           Bishop
           maliciously
           
           refuses
           to
           admit
           a
           fit
           Person
           ,
           he
           is
           bound
           to
           provide
           another
           Benefice
           for
           him
           ;
           but
           our
           Ecclesiastical
           Law
           ,
           much
           better
           puts
           him
           upon
           the
           Proof
           of
           the
           Cause
           of
           his
           Refusal
           .
           But
           if
           the
           Bishop
           doth
           not
           examin
           him
           ,
           the
           Canonists
           say
           it
           is
           a
           Proof
           sufficient
           that
           he
           did
           it
           malitiosè
           .
           If
           a
           Bishop
           once
           rejects
           
           
           a
           Man
           for
           Insufficiency
           ,
           he
           cannot
           afterwards
           accept
           or
           admit
           of
           him
           ;
           as
           was
           adjudged
           in
           the
           Bishop
           of
           
           Hereford's
           Case
           .
           If
           a
           Man
           brings
           a
           Presentation
           
           to
           a
           Benefice
           ,
           the
           Bishop
           is
           not
           barely
           to
           examin
           him
           as
           to
           Life
           and
           Abilities
           ,
           but
           he
           must
           be
           satisfied
           that
           he
           is
           in
           Orders
           .
           How
           can
           he
           be
           satisfied
           ,
           unless
           the
           other
           produce
           them
           ?
           How
           can
           he
           produce
           them
           ,
           when
           it
           may
           be
           they
           are
           lost
           ?
           What
           is
           to
           be
           done
           in
           this
           Case
           ?
           The
           Canon
           is
           express
           ,
           That
           
           
             no
             Bishop
             shall
             Institute
             any
             to
             a
             Benefice
             ,
             who
             hath
             been
             Ordained
             by
             any
             other
             Bishop
          
           (
           for
           if
           he
           Ordained
           him
           himself
           ,
           he
           cannot
           after
           reject
           him
           ,
           because
           the
           Law
           supposes
           him
           to
           have
           examined
           and
           approved
           him
           )
           
             except
             he
             first
             shew
             unto
             him
             his
             Letters
             of
             Orders
             ,
             and
             bring
             him
             a
             sufficient
             Testimony
             of
             his
             former
             good
             Life
             and
             Behaviour
             ,
             if
             the
             Bishop
             shall
             require
             it
             ,
             and
             lastly
             shall
             appear
             upon
             due
             Examination
             to
             be
             worthy
             of
             the
             Ministry
             .
          
           But
           yet
           in
           Palmes
           and
           the
           Bishop
           of
           
           Peterborough's
           Case
           ,
           it
           was
           adjudged
           that
           no
           Lapse
           did
           accrue
           by
           the
           Clerk's
           not
           shewing
           his
           Orders
           ,
           for
           the
           Bishop
           upon
           his
           not
           coming
           to
           him
           again
           ,
           Collated
           after
           six
           Months
           .
           But
           the
           Court
           agreed
           ,
           that
           the
           
           Clerk
           ought
           to
           make
           Proof
           of
           his
           Orders
           ;
           but
           they
           differed
           about
           the
           manner
           of
           their
           Proof
           .
           Anderson
           said
           ,
           the
           Bishop
           might
           give
           him
           his
           Oath
           .
           But
           if
           a
           Proof
           were
           necessary
           ,
           and
           the
           Clerk
           did
           not
           come
           to
           make
           Proof
           ,
           it
           seems
           to
           me
           to
           be
           a
           very
           hard
           Judgment
           .
        
         
           II.
           The
           Bishop
           by
           the
           Ecclesiastical
           Law
           ,
           is
           to
           visit
           his
           Diocess
           ,
           and
           to
           take
           an
           account
           of
           the
           Clergy
           
           how
           they
           behaye
           themselves
           in
           the
           Duties
           of
           their
           
           Places
           .
           By
           the
           eldest
           Canons
           I
           can
           find
           ,
           the
           Bishops
           Visitation
           is
           supposed
           as
           a
           thing
           implyed
           in
           his
           Office
           ;
           whereby
           he
           is
           obliged
           to
           look
           after
           the
           good
           Estate
           of
           his
           whole
           Diocess
           ,
           and
           especially
           of
           the
           Clergy
           in
           it
           .
           In
           the
           time
           of
           Hubert
           Arch-Bishop
           of
           Canterbury
           ,
           in
           the
           beginning
           of
           King
           Johns
           time
           care
           
           is
           taken
           in
           the
           Canons
           then
           made
           ,
           
             That
             Bishops
             should
             not
             be
             burdensom
             to
             the
             Clergy
             in
             the
             Number
             of
             the
             Attendants
             in
             their
             Visitations
             ;
             which
             then
             were
             Parochial
             ,
             and
             the
             Number
             allowed
             of
          
           20
           or
           30
           
             Horse
             ,
             was
             too
             heavy
             for
             the
             Clergy
             to
             bear
             .
          
           And
           therefore
           by
           degrees
           it
           was
           thought
           fit
           to
           turn
           that
           Charge
           into
           a
           Certainty
           ,
           which
           was
           the
           Original
           of
           Procurations
           .
           By
           the
           Fourth
           Council
           of
           Toledo
           ,
           the
           Bishop
           was
           to
           Visit
           his
           whole
           Diocess
           ,
           Parochially
           ,
           every
           Year
           .
           The
           Gloss
           saith
           ,
           
             if
             there
             were
             occasion
             for
             it
             ;
             and
             that
          
           
           
             the
             Bishop
             may
             visit
             as
             often
             as
             he
             sees
             Cause
             ;
             but
             if
             he
             be
             hindred
             ,
          
           the
           Canon
           saith
           ,
           
             he
             may
             send
             others
          
           (
           which
           is
           the
           original
           of
           the
           
             Arch-Deacons
             Visitation
             )
             to
             see
             not
             only
             the
             Condition
             of
             the
             Churches
             ,
             but
             the
             Lives
             of
             the
             Ministers
             .
          
           The
           Council
           of
           Braca
           in
           the
           latter
           end
           of
           the
           Sixth
           Century
           ,
           makes
           this
           the
           first
           Canon
           ,
           That
           all
           
           Bishops
           should
           Visit
           their
           Diocesses
           by
           Parishes
           ,
           and
           there
           should
           first
           examin
           the
           Clergy
           ,
           and
           then
           the
           People
           ;
           and
           in
           another
           Canon
           he
           was
           required
           to
           receive
           only
           his
           
             Cathedraticum
             ,
             i.
             e.
          
           a
           certain
           Sum
           in
           lieu
           of
           Entertainment
           ;
           which
           came
           to
           be
           setled
           by
           Prescription
           .
           The
           Council
           of
           Cavailon
           in
           
             France
             ,
             A.
             D.
          
           831.
           fixed
           no
           Sum
           ,
           but
           desired
           the
           Bishops
           
           to
           be
           no
           Burdens
           to
           the
           Clergy
           in
           their
           Parochial
           Visitations
           .
           Lyndwood
           saith
           the
           Ancient
           Procuration
           here
           
           was
           
             a
             Day
             and
             Nights
             Entertainment
          
           ;
           which
           after
           came
           to
           
           be
           a
           customary
           Payment
           :
           But
           however
           it
           was
           paid
           ,
           it
           is
           an
           evident
           Proof
           of
           the
           Right
           of
           the
           Bishops
           Visitations
           by
           the
           ancient
           Ecclesiastical
           Law
           ;
           and
           by
           such
           a
           Custom
           as
           is
           allowable
           by
           the
           Rules
           of
           our
           Common
           Law.
           
        
         
           III.
           There
           are
           some
           Faults
           ,
           which
           make
           the
           Clergy
           lyable
           to
           Deprivation
           by
           Virtue
           of
           the
           Ecclesiastical
           Law
           ,
           which
           was
           here
           received
           .
           I
           shall
           name
           only
           some
           of
           them
           and
           conclude
           ;
           these
           being
           sufficient
           for
           my
           present
           purpose
           .
        
         
           I.
           
             Excessive
             Drinking
          
           .
           All
           drinking
           
             (
             ad
             Potus
             aequales
          
           )
           was
           absolutely
           forbidden
           to
           Clergymen
           ,
           on
           pain
           
           of
           Suspension
           after
           Admonition
           ;
           not
           only
           by
           a
           Synodical
           ,
           but
           by
           a
           
             Provincial
             Constitution
          
           under
           Edmund
           Arch-Bishop
           of
           Canterbury
           .
           The
           
             Canon
             Law
          
           saith
           in
           that
           Case
           ,
           
             ab
             Officio
             vel
             Beneficio
             suspendatur
          
           :
           But
           our
           
           Constitution
           is
           more
           severe
           ,
           
             à
             Beneficio
             &
             Officio
          
           .
           The
           Council
           of
           Oxford
           not
           only
           strictly
           forbids
           all
           Clergymen
           whatever
           tends
           to
           
             Gluttony
             and
             Drunkenness
          
           ;
           
           but
           it
           requires
           the
           Bishops
           to
           proceed
           strictly
           against
           those
           who
           are
           guilty
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Form
           of
           the
           
             General
             Council
             ,
             i.
             e.
          
           the
           Lateran
           4.
           viz.
           by
           Admonition
           first
           ,
           and
           then
           
             Suspension
             .
             Lyndwood
          
           complains
           ,
           that
           
             this
             was
             not
             so
             much
             looked
             after
             as
             it
             should
             be
             ,
             because
             it
             brought
             no
             Profit
          
           ;
           I
           hope
           that
           Reason
           will
           not
           hold
           among
           those
           who
           pretend
           to
           Reformation
           ;
           which
           will
           be
           very
           defective
           if
           it
           extend
           not
           to
           our
           Lives
           as
           well
           as
           our
           Doctrines
           :
           For
           there
           can
           be
           no
           greater
           Reproach
           ,
           than
           to
           see
           those
           loose
           and
           dissolute
           in
           their
           Conversations
           ,
           who
           think
           it
           their
           Honour
           to
           be
           Ministers
           of
           a
           Reformed
           Church
           .
           It
           was
           a
           stinging
           Reflection
           upon
           our
           Church
           by
           the
           Arch-Bishop
           of
           
           Spalato
           ,
           (
           who
           was
           no
           very
           strict
           Man
           himself
           )
           
             that
             he
             saw
             nothing
             Reformed
             among
             us
             but
             our
             Doctrines
             .
          
           I
           hope
           there
           was
           more
           of
           Satyr
           than
           of
           Truth
           in
           it
           ;
           for
           
           I
           do
           not
           question
           ,
           but
           there
           were
           many
           then
           (
           as
           there
           are
           now
           )
           of
           Exemplary
           Lives
           and
           unblameable
           Conversations
           ;
           but
           if
           there
           be
           any
           others
           ,
           it
           will
           be
           the
           more
           shame
           not
           to
           proceed
           against
           them
           ;
           since
           even
           before
           the
           Reformation
           ,
           the
           Canons
           were
           so
           strict
           and
           severe
           in
           this
           matter
           .
           In
           the
           Council
           at
           Westminster
           in
           Henr.
           II.
           time
           ,
           under
           Richard
           Arch-Bishop
           of
           
             Canterbury
             ,
             all
             Clergymen
             are
             forbidden
             going
             into
             Taverns
             to
             eat
             or
             drink
             ,
             unless
             upon
             Travelling
          
           ;
           and
           the
           Sanction
           of
           this
           Canon
           is
           ,
           
             aut
             cesset
             ,
             aut
             deponatur
          
           .
           The
           
           same
           was
           forbidden
           in
           the
           Council
           at
           York
           ,
           in
           the
           time
           of
           Richard
           I.
           in
           the
           Council
           at
           London
           under
           Hubert
           ,
           in
           the
           time
           of
           King
           John.
           And
           since
           the
           Reformation
           ,
           
           the
           same
           Canon
           is
           renewed
           ,
           
             That
             no
             Ecclesiastical
          
           
           
             Persons
             shall
             at
             any
             time
             other
             than
             for
             their
             honest
             Necessities
             ,
             resort
             to
             any
             Taverns
             or
             Alehouses
             .
          
           And
           there
           have
           been
           Instances
           of
           the
           Severity
           of
           our
           Ecclesiastical
           
           Censures
           against
           Drunkenness
           in
           Clergy-men
           .
        
         
           In
           8
           
             Jac.
             Parker
          
           was
           deprived
           of
           his
           Benefice
           for
           Drunkenness
           ,
           and
           moved
           for
           a
           Prohibition
           ,
           but
           it
           was
           denyed
           him
           .
           
        
         
           In
           9
           Jac.
           another
           was
           deprived
           for
           the
           same
           Fault
           and
           the
           Judges
           at
           Common
           Law
           allowed
           the
           Sentence
           to
           be
           good
           .
        
         
           No
           doubt
           there
           are
           other
           Instances
           ,
           but
           we
           had
           not
           known
           of
           these
           ,
           if
           they
           had
           not
           been
           preserved
           
           in
           Books
           of
           Reports
           .
        
         
           II.
           
             Incontinency
             .
             Lyndwood
          
           saith
           ,
           those
           who
           are
           proved
           to
           be
           guilty
           of
           it
           ,
           are
           
             ipso
             Jure
             privati
          
           ;
           but
           
           
           he
           thinks
           a
           Declaratory
           Sentence
           of
           the
           Ecclesiastical
           Judges
           necessary
           for
           the
           Execution
           of
           it
           .
           Since
           the
           Reformation
           ,
           we
           have
           Instances
           of
           Deprivation
           for
           
           Adultery
           in
           our
           Law
           Books
           .
           One
           12
           Eliz.
           another
           16
           Eliz.
           a
           third
           27
           Eliz.
           These
           are
           enough
           to
           shew
           that
           the
           
             Ecclesiastical
             Law
          
           is
           allowed
           by
           the
           Judges
           of
           Common
           Law
           ,
           to
           continue
           in
           sufficient
           force
           for
           Deprivation
           in
           this
           Case
           .
        
         
           III.
           Simony
           .
           Which
           is
           the
           Name
           given
           by
           the
           Ecclesiastical
           Law
           ,
           to
           all
           Contracts
           for
           Gain
           in
           the
           disposing
           or
           obtaining
           any
           Ecclesiastical
           Promotion
           or
           Ministry
           .
           It
           is
           true
           ,
           these
           do
           not
           come
           up
           to
           the
           
           very
           Sin
           of
           
             Simon
             Magus
          
           ,
           which
           related
           to
           the
           immediate
           Gifts
           of
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           ;
           but
           because
           the
           whole
           Ministerial
           Office
           in
           all
           the
           Parts
           of
           it
           (
           especially
           the
           Cure
           of
           Souls
           )
           is
           of
           a
           
             Spiritual
             Nature
          
           ;
           and
           all
           Bargains
           are
           so
           repugnant
           to
           the
           Design
           of
           it
           ,
           therefore
           the
           Ecclesiastical
           Law
           hath
           fixed
           that
           detestable
           Name
           upon
           it
           :
           For
           ,
           all
           
             contractus
             non
             gratuiti
          
           in
           these
           things
           savour
           of
           
             turpe
             lucrum
          
           ,
           and
           tend
           to
           bring
           in
           
             turpe
             Commercium
          
           into
           the
           Church
           ;
           which
           would
           really
           overturn
           the
           whole
           Design
           of
           that
           Ministry
           ,
           which
           was
           designed
           for
           the
           Salvation
           of
           Souls
           .
           And
           therefore
           it
           was
           necessary
           ,
           that
           when
           Persons
           had
           received
           (
           by
           the
           Favor
           of
           Temporal
           Princes
           and
           other
           Benefactors
           ,
           who
           were
           Founders
           of
           Churches
           )
           such
           Endowments
           as
           might
           encourage
           them
           in
           their
           Function
           ,
           that
           severe
           Laws
           should
           be
           made
           against
           any
           such
           sordid
           and
           mischievous
           Contracts
           .
           And
           such
           there
           were
           here
           in
           England
           long
           before
           the
           excellent
           Stat.
           of
           31
           
             Eliz.
             c.
          
           6.
           although
           it
           seems
           the
           force
           of
           them
           was
           so
           much
           worn
           out
           ,
           as
           to
           make
           
           that
           Statute
           necessary
           for
           avoiding
           of
           Simony
           ;
           which
           is
           there
           explained
           to
           be
           
             Corruption
             in
             bestowing
             or
             getting
             Possession
             of
             Promotions
             Ecclesiastical
             .
          
        
         
           In
           a
           Council
           at
           London
           under
           Lanfranc
           in
           the
           Conqueror's
           time
           ,
           Simony
           was
           forbidden
           ,
           under
           the
           Name
           
           of
           
             Buying
             and
             Selling
             of
             Orders
          
           .
           And
           it
           could
           be
           nothing
           else
           before
           the
           Churches
           Revenue
           was
           setled
           :
           But
           in
           the
           time
           of
           Henr.
           I.
           
             Ecclesiastical
             Benefices
             were
          
           
           
             forbidden
             to
             be
             bought
             or
             sold
             ,
             and
             it
             was
             Deprivation
             then
             to
             any
             Clergy-Man
             to
             be
             convicted
             of
             it
             ;
             and
             a
             Lay-Man
             was
             to
             be
             out-law'd
             and
             excommunicated
             ,
             and
             deprived
             of
             his
             Right
             of
             Patronage
             .
          
           And
           this
           was
           done
           by
           a
           
             Provincial
             Synod
          
           of
           that
           time
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           Reign
           of
           Henr.
           II.
           it
           was
           decreed
           ,
           
             that
             if
          
           
           
             any
             Person
             received
             any
             Mony
             for
             a
             Presentation
             ,
             he
             was
             to
             be
             for
             ever
             deprived
             of
             the
             Patronage
             of
             that
             Church
          
           ;
           and
           this
           was
           not
           merely
           a
           
             Provincial
             Constitution
          
           ,
           but
           two
           Kings
           were
           present
           
             (
             Hen.
          
           2.
           and
           his
           Son
           )
           ,
           and
           added
           their
           Authority
           to
           it
           .
           This
           was
           not
           
             depriving
             a
             Man
             of
             his
             Freehold
             by
             a
             Canon
             ,
          
           as
           a
           learned
           Gentleman
           
           calls
           it
           ;
           for
           here
           was
           the
           greatest
           Authority
           ,
           Temporal
           as
           well
           as
           Ecclesiastical
           added
           to
           it
           .
        
         
           But
           we
           are
           told
           ,
           
             these
             Canons
             were
             of
             as
             little
             effect
             ,
             as
             that
             of
          
           Othobon
           ,
           
             which
             made
             all
             Simoniacal
             Contracts
             void
          
           ;
           but
           some
           of
           the
           most
           judicious
           Lawyers
           have
           held
           ,
           that
           Simony
           being
           
             contractus
             ex
             turpi
             causâ
          
           ,
           is
           
           void
           between
           Parties
           .
        
         
           All
           that
           I
           aim
           at
           is
           to
           shew
           ,
           that
           by
           our
           old
           Ecclesiastical
           Law
           ,
           Simoniaeus
           incurred
           a
           Deprivation
           and
           Disability
           before
           the
           Stat.
           31.
           
           Eliz.
           and
           therein
           I
           have
           the
           Opinion
           of
           a
           very
           Learned
           Judge
           concurring
           
           with
           me
           .
        
         
         
           IV.
           Dilapidations
           .
           By
           which
           the
           
             Ecclesiastical
             Law
          
           understands
           any
           considerable
           Impairing
           the
           Edifices
           ,
           
           Woods
           and
           Revenues
           belonging
           to
           Ecclesiastical
           Persons
           ,
           by
           Virtue
           of
           their
           Places
           .
           For
           it
           is
           the
           greatest
           Interest
           and
           Concernment
           of
           the
           Church
           to
           have
           things
           preserved
           for
           the
           Good
           of
           Successors
           ;
           and
           it
           is
           a
           part
           of
           common
           Justice
           and
           Honesty
           so
           to
           do
           .
           And
           the
           Lord
           Coke
           positively
           affirms
           ,
           
             that
             Dilapidation
             is
             a
             good
             Cause
             of
             Deprivation
             .
          
           And
           it
           was
           so
           Resolved
           by
           the
           
           Judges
           in
           the
           
             King's
             Bench
          
           ,
           12.
           
           Jac.
           Not
           by
           Virtue
           of
           any
           new
           Law
           or
           Statute
           ,
           but
           by
           the
           old
           Ecclesiastical
           Law.
           For
           which
           Coke
           refers
           to
           the
           Year-Books
           ,
           which
           not
           only
           shew
           what
           the
           
             Ecclesiastical
             Law
          
           then
           was
           ,
           but
           that
           it
           was
           allowed
           by
           the
           Common
           
           Law
           of
           England
           ;
           and
           we
           are
           told
           ,
           
             that
             is
             never
             given
             to
             change
          
           ;
           but
           it
           may
           be
           forced
           to
           it
           by
           a
           
             New
             Law
          
           ,
           which
           cannot
           be
           pretended
           in
           this
           Case
           .
           And
           by
           the
           old
           Constitutions
           here
           received
           ,
           the
           Bishops
           are
           required
           
             to
             put
             the
             Clergy
             in
             mind
             of
             keeping
             their
             Houses
             in
             sufficient
             Reparations
             ,
             and
             if
             they
             do
             it
             not
             within
             two
          
           
           
             months
             ,
             the
             Bishop
             is
             to
             take
             care
             ,
             it
             be
             done
             out
             of
             the
             Profits
             of
             the
             Benefice
             .
          
           By
           the
           Injunctions
           of
           Ed.
           VI.
           and
           Queen
           Elizabeth
           ,
           all
           Persons
           having
           Ecclesiastical
           Benefices
           are
           required
           to
           set
           apart
           the
           Fifth
           of
           their
           Revenue
           to
           Repair
           their
           Houses
           ;
           and
           afterwards
           to
           maintain
           them
           in
           good
           condition
           .
        
         
           V.
           Pluralities
           .
           By
           the
           
             Ecclesiastical
             Law
          
           ,
           which
           
           was
           here
           received
           ,
           the
           actual
           receiving
           Institution
           into
           a
           second
           Benefice
           made
           the
           first
           void
           
             ipso
             jure
          
           ;
           and
           if
           he
           sought
           to
           keep
           both
           above
           a
           Month
           ,
           the
           second
           was
           void
           too
           .
           Lyndwood
           observes
           ,
           that
           the
           Ecclesiastical
           Law
           had
           varied
           in
           this
           matter
           .
           And
           it
           proceeded
           
           by
           these
           steps
           ,
           (
           which
           are
           more
           than
           Lyndw.
           mentions
           .
           )
           
        
         
           I.
           It
           was
           absolutely
           forbidden
           to
           have
           two
           Parishes
           ,
           if
           there
           were
           more
           than
           ten
           Inhabitants
           in
           them
           ,
           because
           
           
             no
             Man
             could
             do
             his
             Duty
             in
             both
             Places
             .
          
           And
           if
           any
           Bishop
           neglected
           the
           Execution
           of
           it
           ,
           he
           was
           to
           be
           excommunicated
           for
           two
           Months
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           restored
           
           only
           upon
           Promise
           to
           see
           this
           Canon
           executed
           .
        
         
           II.
           The
           Rule
           was
           allowed
           to
           hold
           ,
           as
           to
           Cities
           ,
           but
           an
           Exception
           was
           made
           as
           to
           small
           and
           remote
           Places
           ,
           where
           there
           was
           a
           greater
           Scarcity
           of
           Persons
           
           to
           supply
           them
           .
        
         
           III.
           If
           a
           Man
           had
           two
           Benefices
           ,
           it
           was
           left
           to
           his
           
           Choice
           ,
           which
           he
           would
           have
           :
           but
           he
           could
           not
           hold
           both
           .
           This
           kind
           of
           Option
           was
           allowed
           by
           the
           
             Ecclesiastical
             Law
          
           then
           in
           force
           .
        
         
           IV.
           That
           if
           he
           takes
           a
           second
           Benefice
           ;
           that
           Institution
           
           is
           void
           ,
           by
           the
           third
           Council
           of
           Lateran
           ,
           under
           Alexander
           III.
           
        
         
           V.
           That
           by
           taking
           a
           second
           the
           first
           is
           void
           ;
           which
           
           is
           the
           famous
           Canon
           of
           the
           fourth
           Lateran
           Council
           .
        
         
           VI.
           That
           if
           he
           were
           not
           contented
           with
           the
           last
           ,
           but
           endeavour
           to
           keep
           both
           ,
           he
           should
           be
           deprived
           of
           both
           .
           And
           this
           was
           the
           
             Ecclesiastical
             Law
          
           as
           it
           was
           declared
           in
           our
           
             Provincial
             Constitutions
          
           .
           But
           the
           general
           Practice
           was
           to
           avoid
           the
           former
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Lateran
           Council
           .
           These
           were
           very
           severe
           Canons
           ,
           but
           that
           one
           Clause
           of
           the
           
             Pope's
             dispensing
             Power
          
           made
           them
           to
           signifie
           little
           ,
           unless
           it
           were
           to
           advance
           his
           Power
           and
           Revenue
           .
           For
           when
           the
           
             Dispensing
             Power
          
           came
           to
           be
           owned
           ,
           the
           Law
           had
           very
           little
           force
           ;
           especially
           as
           to
           the
           Consciences
           of
           Men.
           For
           if
           it
           were
           a
           Law
           of
           God
           ,
           how
           could
           any
           man
           dispense
           with
           it
           ?
           unless
           
           it
           were
           as
           apparent
           that
           he
           had
           given
           a
           Power
           in
           some
           Cases
           to
           Dispense
           ,
           as
           that
           he
           had
           made
           the
           Law.
           Those
           Casuists
           are
           very
           hard
           put
           to
           it
           ,
           who
           make
           Residence
           
             Jure
             Divino
          
           ,
           and
           yet
           say
           the
           Pope
           may
           dispense
           with
           it
           ;
           which
           at
           last
           comes
           only
           to
           this
           ,
           that
           the
           Pope
           can
           authoritatively
           declare
           the
           sufficiency
           of
           the
           Cause
           :
           so
           that
           the
           whole
           matter
           depends
           upon
           the
           Cause
           ;
           whether
           there
           can
           be
           any
           sufficient
           to
           excuse
           from
           Personal
           Residence
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           agreed
           on
           all
           hands
           ,
           that
           the
           habitual
           Neglect
           of
           a
           Charge
           we
           have
           taken
           upon
           our selves
           ,
           is
           an
           evil
           thing
           ,
           and
           that
           it
           is
           so
           to
           heap
           up
           Preferments
           merely
           for
           Riches
           ,
           or
           Luxury
           ,
           or
           Ambition
           ;
           but
           the
           main
           Question
           in
           point
           of
           Conscience
           is
           ,
           what
           is
           a
           sufficient
           Cause
           to
           justifie
           any
           Man's
           breaking
           so
           reasonable
           and
           just
           a
           Rule
           as
           that
           of
           Residence
           is
           .
        
         
           It
           cannot
           be
           denied
           ,
           that
           the
           eldest
           Canons
           of
           the
           Church
           were
           so
           strict
           and
           severe
           ,
           that
           they
           made
           it
           unlawful
           for
           any
           man
           to
           go
           from
           that
           Church
           in
           which
           he
           first
           received
           Orders
           ;
           as
           well
           as
           to
           take
           another
           Benefice
           in
           it
           :
           and
           so
           for
           any
           Bishop
           to
           be
           translated
           from
           that
           Place
           he
           was
           first
           Consecrated
           to
           ;
           as
           well
           as
           to
           hold
           another
           with
           it
           .
           But
           the
           Good
           of
           the
           Church
           being
           the
           main
           Foundation
           of
           all
           the
           Rules
           of
           it
           ;
           when
           that
           might
           be
           better
           promoted
           by
           a
           Translation
           ;
           it
           was
           by
           a
           tacit
           Consent
           looked
           on
           ,
           as
           no
           unjust
           violation
           of
           its
           Rules
           .
           The
           Question
           then
           is
           ,
           whether
           the
           Churches
           Benefit
           may
           not
           in
           some
           Cases
           make
           the
           Canons
           against
           Non-Residence
           as
           Dispensable
           ,
           as
           those
           against
           Translations
           ?
           And
           the
           Resolution
           of
           it
           doth
           not
           depend
           upon
           the
           voiding
           the
           particular
           Obligation
           of
           the
           Incumbent
           to
           his
           Cure
           ;
           but
           upon
           some
           
           more
           general
           Reason
           with
           respect
           to
           the
           State
           of
           the
           Church
           .
           As
           being
           imployed
           in
           the
           Service
           of
           it
           ,
           which
           requires
           a
           Persons
           having
           ,
           (
           not
           a
           bare
           Competency
           for
           Subsistence
           ,
           but
           )
           a
           sufficiency
           to
           provide
           Necessaries
           for
           such
           Service
           .
           For
           those
           seem
           to
           have
           very
           little
           Regard
           to
           the
           flourishing
           Condition
           of
           a
           Church
           ,
           who
           would
           confine
           the
           Sufficiency
           of
           a
           Subsistence
           ,
           merely
           to
           the
           Necessaries
           of
           Life
           .
           But
           it
           seems
           to
           be
           Reasonable
           ,
           that
           Clergy-Men
           should
           have
           Incouragement
           sufficient
           ,
           not
           only
           to
           keep
           them
           above
           Contempt
           ,
           but
           in
           some
           respect
           agreeable
           to
           the
           more
           ample
           Provision
           of
           other
           Orders
           of
           Men.
           And
           by
           God's
           own
           Appointment
           the
           Tribe
           of
           Levi
           did
           not
           fall
           short
           of
           any
           of
           the
           rest
           ,
           if
           it
           did
           not
           very
           much
           exceed
           the
           Proportion
           of
           others
           .
           We
           do
           not
           pretend
           to
           the
           Privileges
           they
           had
           ,
           only
           we
           observe
           from
           thence
           ,
           that
           God
           himself
           did
           appoint
           a
           plentiful
           Subsistence
           for
           those
           who
           attended
           upon
           his
           Service
           .
           And
           I
           do
           not
           know
           ,
           what
           there
           is
           Levitical
           ,
           or
           Ceremonial
           ,
           in
           that
           .
           I
           am
           sure
           ,
           the
           Duties
           of
           the
           Clergy
           now
           require
           a
           greater
           Freedom
           of
           Mind
           from
           the
           anxious
           Cases
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           than
           the
           Imployments
           of
           the
           Priests
           and
           Levites
           under
           the
           Law.
           But
           we
           need
           not
           go
           so
           far
           back
           ;
           if
           the
           Church
           injoyed
           all
           her
           Revenues
           as
           entirely
           ,
           as
           when
           the
           severe
           Canons
           against
           Pluralities
           were
           made
           ,
           there
           would
           not
           be
           such
           a
           Plea
           for
           them
           ,
           as
           there
           is
           too
           much
           Cause
           for
           in
           some
           Places
           ,
           from
           the
           want
           of
           a
           competent
           Subsistence
           .
           But
           since
           that
           time
           ,
           the
           Abundance
           of
           Appropriations
           (
           since
           turned
           into
           Lay-Fees
           )
           hath
           extremely
           lessened
           the
           Churches
           Revenues
           ,
           and
           have
           left
           us
           a
           great
           number
           of
           poor
           Vicarages
           ,
           and
           Arbitrary
           Cures
           ,
           which
           would
           hardly
           have
           afforded
           a
           Maintenance
           
           for
           the
           Nethinims
           under
           the
           Law
           ,
           who
           were
           only
           to
           be
           
             Hewers
             of
             Wood
             ,
             and
             Drawers
             of
             Water
             .
          
           But
           this
           doth
           not
           yet
           clear
           the
           Difficulty
           :
           for
           the
           Question
           is
           whether
           the
           Subsistence
           of
           the
           Clergy
           can
           lawfully
           be
           improved
           by
           a
           
             Plurality
             of
             Livings
          
           ?
           Truly
           ,
           I
           think
           this
           (
           if
           it
           be
           allowed
           in
           some
           Cases
           lawful
           )
           to
           be
           the
           least
           desireable
           way
           of
           any
           ;
           but
           in
           some
           Circumstances
           it
           is
           much
           more
           excusable
           than
           in
           others
           .
           As
           when
           the
           Benefices
           are
           mean
           ,
           when
           they
           lie
           near
           each
           other
           ,
           when
           great
           Care
           is
           taken
           to
           put
           in
           sufficient
           Curates
           with
           good
           Allowance
           ;
           when
           Persons
           take
           all
           Opportunities
           to
           do
           their
           Duties
           themselves
           ,
           and
           do
           not
           live
           at
           a
           distance
           from
           their
           Benefices
           in
           an
           idle
           and
           careless
           manner
           .
           But
           for
           Men
           to
           put
           in
           Curates
           merely
           to
           satisfie
           the
           Law
           ,
           and
           to
           mind
           nothing
           of
           the
           Duties
           of
           their
           Places
           ,
           is
           a
           horrible
           Scandal
           to
           Religion
           and
           our
           Church
           ,
           and
           that
           ,
           which
           if
           not
           amended
           ,
           may
           justly
           bring
           down
           the
           Wrath
           of
           God
           upon
           us
           .
           For
           the
           loosest
           of
           all
           the
           Popish-Casuists
           ,
           look
           upon
           this
           as
           a
           very
           great
           Sin
           ,
           even
           those
           who
           attributed
           to
           the
           Pope
           the
           highest
           Dispensing
           Power
           in
           this
           Case
           .
        
         
           But
           when
           the
           greate
           Liberty
           of
           Dispensing
           had
           made
           the
           Ecclesiastical
           Laws
           in
           great
           measure
           useless
           ,
           then
           it
           was
           thought
           fit
           by
           our
           Law-makers
           to
           Restrain
           and
           Limit
           it
           by
           a
           Statute
           made
           21.
           
           H.
           8.
           wherein
           it
           is
           Enacted
           ,
           
             That
             if
             any
             Person
             or
             Persons
             having
             one
             Benefice
             with
             Cure
             of
             Souls
             ,
             being
             of
             the
             yearly
             value
             of
             eight
             pounds
             ,
             or
             above
             ,
             accept
             or
             take
             any
             other
             with
             Cure
             of
             Soul
             ,
             and
             be
             instituted
             ,
             and
             inducted
             in
             possession
             of
             the
             same
             ,
             that
             then
             ,
             and
             immediately
             after
             such
             Possession
             had
             thereof
             ,
             the
             first
             Benefice
             shall
             be
             adjudged
             to
             be
             void
             .
             And
             all
             Licenses
             
             and
             Dispensations
             to
             the
             contrary
             ,
             are
             declared
             to
             be
             void
             and
             of
             none
             effect
             .
          
        
         
           This
           ,
           one
           would
           have
           thought
           had
           been
           an
           effectual
           Remedy
           against
           all
           such
           
             Pluralities
             and
             Dispensations
          
           to
           obtain
           them
           ;
           and
           this
           ,
           no
           doubt
           ,
           was
           the
           Primary
           Design
           of
           the
           Law
           ;
           but
           then
           follow
           so
           many
           Proviso's
           of
           Qualified
           Men
           to
           get
           Dispensations
           ,
           as
           take
           off
           a
           great
           deal
           of
           the
           Force
           and
           Effect
           of
           this
           Law.
           But
           then
           it
           ought
           well
           to
           be
           considered
           ,
           whether
           such
           a
           License
           being
           against
           the
           chief
           Design
           of
           a
           Law
           ,
           can
           satisfie
           any
           Man
           in
           point
           of
           Conscience
           ,
           where
           there
           is
           not
           a
           just
           and
           sufficient
           Cause
           ?
           For
           ,
           if
           the
           
             Popes
             Dispensation
          
           ,
           with
           the
           supposed
           Plenitude
           of
           his
           Power
           ,
           could
           not
           satisfie
           a
           Mans
           Conscience
           without
           an
           antecedent
           Cause
           ,
           as
           the
           Casuists
           resolve
           ,
           much
           less
           can
           such
           Proviso's
           do
           it
           .
        
         
           
             It
             is
             the
             general
             Opinion
             of
             Divines
             ,
             and
             Lawyers
             ,
          
           saith
           
           
             Lessius
             ,
             that
             no
             Man
             is
             safe
             in
             Conscience
             by
             the
             Popes
             Dispensation
             for
             Pluralities
             ,
             unless
             there
             be
             a
             just
             Cause
             for
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
             No
             Man
             can
             with
             a
             safe
             Conscience
             ,
             take
             a
             Dispensation
             from
             the
             Pope
             for
             more
             Benefices
             than
             one
             ,
             merely
             for
             his
          
           
           
             own
             Advantage
          
           ,
           saith
           Panormitan
           ;
           and
           from
           him
           Sylvester
           and
           
             Summ.
             Angelica
          
           .
        
         
           
             A
             Dispensation
          
           ,
           saith
           Card.
           
             Tolet
             ,
             secures
             a
             Man
             as
             to
             the
             Law
             ,
             ;
             but
             as
             to
             Conscience
             there
             must
             be
             a
             good
             Cause
          
           
           
             for
             it
             .
             And
             that
             is
             ,
             when
             the
             Church
             hath
             more
             benefit
             by
             it
             ,
             than
             it
             would
             have
             without
             it
             .
          
        
         
           But
           the
           Pope's
           
             Dispensing
             Power
          
           went
           much
           farther
           in
           Point
           of
           Conscience
           in
           their
           Opinion
           ,
           than
           that
           which
           is
           setled
           among
           us
           by
           Act
           of
           Parliament
           .
           For
           it
           is
           expressed
           in
           the
           Stat.
           21
           Hen.
           8.
           that
           the
           Dispensation
           is
           intended
           to
           keep
           Men
           from
           
             incurring
             the
             Danger
             ,
             Penalty
          
           ,
           
           
             and
             Forfeiture
             in
             this
             Statute
             comprised
             .
          
           So
           that
           the
           most
           qualified
           Person
           can
           only
           say
           ,
           that
           the
           Law
           doth
           not
           deprive
           him
           ;
           but
           he
           can
           never
           plead
           that
           it
           can
           satisfie
           him
           in
           Point
           of
           Conscience
           ,
           unless
           there
           be
           some
           Cause
           for
           it
           ,
           which
           is
           of
           more
           moment
           to
           the
           Church
           ,
           than
           a
           Man
           's
           sole
           and
           constant
           Attendance
           on
           a
           particular
           Cure
           is
           .
           But
           this
           Stat.
           is
           more
           favourable
           to
           the
           Clergy
           ,
           than
           the
           
             Canon
             Law
          
           was
           before
           ,
           in
           two
           Particulars
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           In
           declaring
           that
           no
           
             simple
             Benefices
          
           ,
           or
           mere
           Dignities
           ,
           as
           the
           Canonists
           call
           them
           ,
           
             are
             comprehended
             under
             the
             Name
             of
             Benefices
             ,
             having
             Cure
             of
             Souls
             ,
          
           viz.
           
             No
             Deanery
             ,
             Arch-deaconry
             ,
             Chancellorship
             ,
             Treasurership
             ,
             Chantership
             ,
             or
             Prebend
             in
             any
             Cathedral
             or
             Collegiate
             Church
             ,
             nor
             Parsonage
             that
             hath
             a
             Vicar
             endowed
             ,
             nor
             any
             Benefice
             perpetually
             appropriate
             .
          
           But
           all
           these
           before
           were
           within
           the
           reach
           of
           the
           Canon
           Law
           ,
           and
           a
           Dispensation
           was
           necessary
           for
           them
           :
           Which
           shews
           ,
           that
           this
           Law
           had
           a
           particular
           respect
           to
           the
           necessary
           Attendance
           on
           Parochial
           Cures
           ,
           and
           looked
           on
           other
           Dignities
           and
           Preferments
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           as
           a
           sufficient
           Encouragement
           to
           
             extraordinary
             Merit
          
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           That
           no
           notice
           is
           taken
           of
           Livings
           under
           the
           value
           of
           8l
           .
           which
           I
           suppose
           is
           that
           of
           20
           E.
           1.
           for
           that
           of
           H.
           8.
           was
           not
           till
           five
           Years
           after
           .
           But
           after
           that
           Valuation
           ,
           it
           was
           to
           be
           judged
           according
           to
           it
           ,
           and
           not
           according
           to
           the
           real
           Value
           ,
           as
           the
           Judges
           declared
           12
           Car.
           I.
           in
           
           the
           Case
           of
           Drake
           and
           Hill.
           Now
           here
           was
           a
           regard
           had
           to
           the
           Poorness
           of
           Benefices
           ,
           so
           far
           ,
           that
           the
           Statute
           doth
           not
           deprive
           the
           Incumbent
           upon
           taking
           a
           second
           Living
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           under
           8
           l.
           The
           Question
           that
           arises
           from
           hence
           is
           ,
           Whether
           such
           Persons
           are
           allowed
           
           to
           enjoy
           such
           Pluralities
           by
           Law
           ;
           or
           only
           left
           to
           the
           Ecclesiastical
           Law
           ,
           as
           it
           was
           before
           ?
           It
           is
           certain
           ,
           that
           such
           are
           not
           liable
           to
           the
           Penalty
           of
           this
           Law
           ;
           but
           before
           
           any
           Person
           might
           be
           deprived
           by
           the
           Ecclesiastical
           Law
           for
           taking
           a
           second
           Benefice
           without
           Dispensation
           ,
           of
           what
           value
           soever
           ;
           now
           here
           comes
           a
           Statute
           which
           enacts
           ,
           that
           all
           who
           take
           a
           second
           Benefice
           of
           8l
           .
           without
           Qualification
           ,
           shall
           lose
           his
           legal
           Title
           to
           the
           first
           ;
           but
           what
           if
           it
           be
           under
           ?
           Shall
           he
           lose
           it
           or
           not
           ?
           Not
           ,
           by
           this
           Law.
           But
           suppose
           the
           Ecclesiastical
           Law
           before
           makes
           him
           liable
           to
           Deprivation
           ;
           doth
           the
           Statute
           alter
           the
           Law
           without
           any
           Words
           to
           that
           purpose
           ?
           The
           Bishop
           had
           a
           Power
           before
           to
           deprive
           ,
           where
           is
           it
           taken
           away
           ?
           The
           Patron
           had
           a
           Right
           to
           present
           upon
           such
           Deprivation
           ;
           how
           comes
           he
           to
           lose
           it
           ?
           And
           I
           take
           it
           for
           granted
           ,
           that
           no
           antecedent
           Rights
           are
           taken
           away
           by
           Implications
           ;
           but
           there
           must
           be
           express
           Clauses
           to
           that
           purpose
           .
           So
           that
           I
           conclude
           the
           ancient
           Ecclesiastical
           Law
           to
           be
           still
           in
           force
           ,
           where
           it
           is
           not
           taken
           away
           by
           Statute
           .
        
         
           And
           thus
           my
           Brethren
           ,
           I
           have
           laid
           before
           you
           the
           Authority
           and
           the
           Rules
           we
           are
           to
           act
           by
           ;
           I
           have
           endeavoured
           to
           recommend
           to
           you
           ,
           the
           most
           useful
           Parts
           of
           your
           Duty
           ;
           and
           I
           hope
           you
           will
           not
           give
           me
           occasion
           to
           shew
           what
           Power
           we
           have
           by
           the
           Ecclesiastical
           Law
           of
           this
           Realm
           to
           proceed
           against
           Offenders
           .
           Nothing
           will
           be
           more
           uneasie
           to
           me
           ,
           than
           to
           be
           forced
           to
           make
           use
           of
           any
           Severity
           against
           you
           .
           And
           my
           Hearts
           desire
           is
           ,
           that
           we
           may
           all
           sincerely
           and
           faithfully
           discharge
           the
           Duties
           of
           our
           several
           Places
           ,
           that
           the
           Blessing
           of
           God
           may
           be
           upon
           us
           all
           ;
           so
           that
           we
           may
           
             save
             our selves
             and
             those
             committed
             to
             our
             Charge
             .
          
        
         
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A61530-e410
           
             
               Regino
               l.
               2.
               p.
               205.
               
            
             
               
                 Hispan
                 .
                 Concil
              
               .
               p.
               29.
               
            
          
           
             
               
                 Regino
                 Collect.
                 Canon
              
               .
               lib.
               2.
               p.
               204.
               
            
             
               Burchrd
               .
               l.
               1.
               c.
               91
               ,
               92.
               
            
             
               Gratian.
               35.
               q.
               5.
               c.
               7.
               
            
          
           
             
               Hieron
               Comment
               .
               ad
               Titam
               .
            
             
               Epist.
               ad
               Evagr.
               
            
          
           
             Advers
             Luciferian
             .
          
           
             
               
                 Hier.
                 in
                 Psal.
                 Ad
                 Evagr.
                 Ad
                 Marcell
                 .
                 Cyprian
                 .
                 Ep.
              
               3.
               66.
               
            
             
               
                 Aug.
                 in
                 Ps.
              
               44.
               44.
               
            
             
               
                 Ambros.
                 ad
                 Eph.
              
               4.
               11.
               1
               
               Cor.
               12.
               28.
               
               
                 Theod.
                 ad
              
               1
               Tim.
               1.
               3
               ,
            
          
           
             Iren.
             l.
             3.
             c.
             3.
             
          
           
             3
             John
             9
             ,
             10.
             
          
           
             1
             Tim.
             3.
             2
             ,
             3
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             5.
             22.
             
          
           
             19.
             
          
           
             20.
             
          
           
             21.
             
          
           
             Titus
             1.
             5.
             
          
           
             
               
                 De
                 voto
                 &
                 voti
                 Redempt
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Lyndw.
                 f.
              
               103.
               
            
          
           
             
               Co●cil
               .
               Anglic.
               vol.
            
             2.
             f.
             182.
             
          
           
             
               
                 Constit.
                 Othor
                 .
                 f.
              
               292.
               
            
             
               
                 Concil
                 .
                 Angl.
                 vol.
              
               2.
               f.
               227.
               
            
          
           
             
               Constit.
               Provinc
               .
               De
               Officio
               Archi-Presbyteri
               ,
               f.
            
             33.
             
             
               Concil
               .
               Anglic.
               vol.
            
             1.
             p.
             183.
             
          
           
             
               Lyndw.
               v.
               latratu
               f.
            
             33.
             
               V.
               Pabulo
               V.
               Dei.
            
             
          
           
             †
             
               Prov.
               Constit.
               De
               Offic.
               Arch-Presbyt
               f.
            
             282.
             
             
               Concil
               .
               Anglic.
               vol.
            
             2.
             p.
             332.
             
          
           
             
               Concil
               .
               Anglic.
            
             2
             Vol.
             p.
             700.
             707.
             
          
           
             
               Concil
               .
               Anglic.
            
             2
             Vol.
             p.
             649.
             
             
               Constit.
               de
               Haeret
            
             .
             f.
             156.
             
          
           
             Lyndw.
             f.
             156.
             
          
           
             C.
             Dudam
             .
             Clem.
             de
             Sepulturis
             .
          
           
             
               Jo.
               de
               Athon
               .
               in
               Constitut.
               Othobon
               .
            
             f.
             46.
             
          
           
             C.
             Dudam
             .
             de
             Sepulturis
             .
          
           
             
               Non
               potest
               esse
               Pastoris
               excusatio
               ,
               si
               lupus
               oves
               comedit
               ,
               &
               Pastor
               nescit
               .
            
             Extr.
             de
             Reg.
             Juris
             c.
             10.
             
          
           
             
               Reginald
               .
               Pra●is
            
             ,
             l.
             30.
             tr
             .
             3.
             c.
             5.
             p.
             52.
             
          
           
             Constit.
             Provinc
             .
             de
             Clericis
             non
             Resid
             .
             c.
             quum
             hostis
             .
          
           
             
               Joh.
               Athon
               .
               ad
               Constit.
               Othon
               .
               f.
            
             14.
             
          
           
             
               Reginald
               .
               ib.
               n.
            
             53.
             
          
           
             Can.
             Relatum
             .
             Ex.
             De
             Clericis
             non
             Resid
             .
          
           
             Lyndw.
             in
             c.
             quum
             host
             is
             .
             Resideant
             cum
             effectu
             .
          
           
             
               Joh.
               de
               Athon
               .
               in
               Constit.
               Othon
               .
               f.
            
             14.
             
             Continui
             .
          
           
             Can.
             Echipandae
             .
             De
             Praebend
             .
             &
             Dign
             .
          
           
             
               De
               Praesumpt
               .
               f.
            
             55.
             2.
             
          
           
             De
             Clericis
             non
             Resident
             .
             cum
             hostis
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             
               Lynd.
               f.
            
             34.
             
             
               Joh.
               de
               Athon
               .
               in
               consist
               .
               Othon
               .
               f.
            
             12.
             
          
           
             
               Otho
               de
               Instit.
               Vic.
               f.
            
             14.
             
             
               Othobon
               f.
            
             46.
             
          
           
             Joh.
             de
             Athon
             .
             in
             Constit.
             Othon
             .
          
           
             
               
                 Can.
                 Quia
                 nonnulla
                 de
                 Clericis
                 non
                 Resid
                 .
              
            
             
               Quadrilog
               .
               1.
               1.
               c.
               5.
               
            
          
           
             
               
                 Plato
                 de
                 Leg.
                 l.
              
               6.
               
            
             
               
                 Arist.
                 Polit.
                 l.
              
               1.
               c
               2.
               
            
          
           
             
               Nicom
               .
               l.
            
             2.
             c.
             1
             7.
             c
             7.
             
          
           
             Sess.
             24.
             
               de
               Reform
               .
               c.
            
             4.
             
          
           
             
               
                 Lyndw.
                 Prov.
                 Cost
                 .
                 f.
              
               134
               ,
               135.
               
            
             
               
                 Concil
                 .
                 Anglic.
              
               2.
               
               Vol.
               324.
               330.
               
            
          
           
             
               De
               Consecr
               .
               Dist.
            
             4.
             c.
             54
             57
             
          
           
             
               
                 Lynd.
                 f.
              
               1.
               11.
               
               Sciat
               .
            
             
               
                 Si
                 enim
                 habeant
                 expensas
                 &
                 Magistros
                 ,
                 peccarent
                 ni●●
                 plus
                 sciant
                 quam
                 Laici
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Provinc
               .
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               Othob
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               Provinc
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