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             Parliaments power in lawes for religion, or, An ansvvere to that old and groundles [sic] calumny of the papists, nick-naming the religion of the Church of England, by the name of a parliamentary-religion sent to a friend who was troubled at it, and earnestly desired satisfaction in it.
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           Parliaments
           Power
           ,
           In
           Lawes
           for
           RELIGION
           .
           OR
           ,
           AN
           ANSVVERE
           To
           that
           old
           and
           groundles
           Calumny
           of
           the
           Papists
           ,
           nick-naming
           the
           
             Religion
          
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           by
           the
           name
           of
           a
           
             Parliamentary
          
           RELIGION
           .
           Sent
           to
           a
           freind
           ,
           who
           was
           troubled
           at
           it
           ,
           and
           earnestly
           desired
           satisfaction
           in
           it
           .
        
         
           
             OXFORD
             ,
          
           Printed
           by
           HENRY
           HALL
           Printer
           to
           the
           UNIVERSITIE
           .
           1645.
           
        
      
       
       
       
         
           The
           Preface
           .
        
         
           
             SYR
             ,
          
        
         
           AT
           my
           being
           with
           you
           last
           ,
           you
           seemed
           to
           bee
           much
           scandalized
           for
           the
           Church
           of
           
             England
             .
          
           You
           told
           me
           you
           were
           well
           assured
           that
           her
           
             Doctrine
          
           was
           most
           true
           and
           orthodox
           ,
           her
           
             Government
          
           conform
           to
           the
           word
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           best
           Ages
           of
           the
           Church
           ;
           her
           
             Liturgy
          
           an
           Extract
           of
           the
           Primitive
           Formes
           :
           Nothing
           in
           all
           the
           whole
           composure
           but
           what
           did
           tend
           to
           edification
           ,
           and
           increase
           of
           Piety
           .
           But
           that
           you
           were
           not
           satisfied
           in
           the
           waies
           and
           meanes
           by
           which
           this
           Church
           proceeded
           in
           her
           
             Reformation
          
           :
           That
           you
           had
           heard
           it
           oft
           objected
           by
           some
           Partisans
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           
             Rome
             ,
          
           that
           our
           
             Religion
          
           
           was
           meere
           
             Parliamentarian
             ;
          
           or
           ,
           as
           Doctor
           
             Harding
          
           said
           long
           since
           ,
           That
           
             we
             had
             a
             Parliament-Religion
             ,
             a
             Parliament-Faith
             ,
             and
             a
             Parliament-Gospell
             ;
          
           to
           which
           
             Sanders
          
           and
           some
           others
           added
           ,
           That
           we
           had
           
             none
             but
             Parliament
             Bishops
             ,
             and
             a
             Parliament-Clergy
             .
          
           That
           you
           were
           apt
           enough
           to
           think
           ,
           the
           
             Papists
          
           made
           not
           all
           this
           noise
           without
           some
           ground
           for
           it
           ,
           in
           regard
           you
           see
           the
           
             Parliaments
          
           in
           these
           latter
           times
           so
           bent
           to
           catch
           at
           all
           occasions
           whereby
           to
           manifest
           their
           power
           in
           
             Ecclesiasticall
          
           matters
           .
           And
           finally
           ,
           that
           you
           were
           heartily
           ashamed
           ,
           that
           being
           so
           often
           choaked
           with
           these
           objections
           ,
           you
           neither
           knew
           how
           to
           traverse
           the
           Inditement
           ,
           or
           plead
           not
           guilty
           to
           the
           Bill
           .
           This
           was
           the
           sum
           of
           your
           Discourse
           ;
           and
           upon
           this
           you
           did
           desire
           me
           to
           be
           think
           my selfe
           of
           some
           fit
           plaister
           for
           this
           sore
           ,
           to
           satisfie
           you
           (
           if
           I
           could
           )
           of
           your
           doubts
           and
           jealousies
           ,
           assuring
           me
           that
           your
           desires
           proceeded
           not
           from
           curiositie
           ,
           or
           an
           itch
           of
           knowledg
           ,
           or
           out
           of
           any
           disaffection
           to
           the
           high
           Court
           of
           
             Parliament
             ;
          
           but
           meerly
           from
           an
           honest
           zeale
           to
           the
           Church
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           whose
           credit
           and
           renown
           you
           did
           far
           prefer
           before
           your
           life
           ,
           or
           whatsoever
           else
           could
           be
           deere
           unto
           you
           ;
           adding
           withall
           ,
           That
           if
           I
           would
           take
           paines
           for
           your
           satisfaction
           ,
           and
           help
           you
           out
           of
           those
           perplexities
           which
           you
           were
           involved
           in
           ,
           I
           should
           not
           
           only
           doe
           good
           service
           to
           the
           Church
           it selfe
           ,
           but
           to
           many
           a
           wavering
           Member
           of
           it
           ,
           whom
           these
           objections
           mainly
           stagger
           in
           their
           Resolution
           .
           In
           fine
           ,
           that
           you
           desired
           to
           be
           informed
           how
           far
           the
           
             Parliaments
          
           of
           
             England
          
           have
           been
           interessed
           ,
           in
           the
           former
           times
           ,
           in
           matters
           which
           concern
           
             Religion
             ,
          
           and
           God's
           publique
           worship
           ;
           what
           ground
           there
           is
           for
           all
           this
           clamour
           of
           the
           
             Papists
          
           ;
           and
           whether
           the
           two
           Houses
           ,
           or
           eyther
           of
           them
           have
           exercised
           ,
           of
           old
           ,
           any
           such
           authority
           in
           things
           of
           
             Ecclesiasticall
          
           and
           
             Spirituall
          
           nature
           ,
           as
           they
           now
           pretend
           to
           .
           VVhich
           ,
           though
           it
           be
           a
           dangerous
           and
           invidious
           Subject
           (
           as
           the
           times
           now
           are
           )
           yet
           for
           your
           sake
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           truths
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           honour
           also
           of
           
             Parliaments
             ,
          
           which
           seeme
           to
           suffer
           much
           in
           the
           accusation
           ,
           I
           shall
           undertake
           it
           ;
           Premising
           first
           ,
           that
           I
           intend
           not
           to
           say
           any
           thing
           to
           the
           point
           of
           
             Right
             ,
          
           whether
           or
           not
           the
           
             Parliament
          
           may
           lawfully
           meddle
           in
           such
           matters
           as
           concern
           
             Religion
             ,
          
           but
           shall
           apply
           my selfe
           only
           unto
           matters
           of
           fact
           ,
           as
           they
           relate
           unto
           the
           
             Reformation
          
           here
           by
           Lawe
           established
           .
           And
           for
           my
           method
           in
           this
           businesse
           ,
           I
           will
           begin
           with
           the
           
             Ejection
          
           of
           the
           
             Pope
          
           and
           his
           authority
           ;
           descending
           next
           to
           the
           
             Translation
          
           of
           the
           Scriptures
           into
           the
           
             English
          
           tongue
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Reformation
          
           of
           the
           Church
           in
           
             Doctrinals
          
           and
           
             Formes
          
           of
           
             Worship
             ;
          
           and
           so
           proceed
           unto
           
           the
           power
           of
           making
           
             Canons
          
           for
           the
           well
           ordering
           of
           the
           
             Clergy
             ,
          
           and
           the
           direction
           of
           the
           people
           in
           all
           such
           particulars
           as
           doe
           concern
           them
           in
           the
           exercise
           of
           their
           
             Religion
             .
          
           And
           in
           the
           canvasing
           of
           these
           points
           ,
           I
           shall
           make
           it
           good
           ,
           that
           till
           these
           busie
           and
           unfortunate
           dayes
           ,
           in
           which
           every
           man
           intrudeth
           on
           the
           
             Preistly
          
           function
           ,
           the
           
             Parliaments
          
           did
           not
           any
           thing
           at
           all
           either
           in
           matters
           
             Doctrinal
             ,
          
           or
           in
           making
           
             Canons
             ,
          
           or
           in
           
             translating
          
           of
           the
           Scriptures
           ;
           and
           that
           concerning
           
             Formes
          
           of
           
             Worship
          
           they
           did
           nothing
           neyther
           ,
           but
           strengthen
           and
           establish
           what
           was
           done
           before
           in
           the
           
             Clergy-way
             ,
          
           by
           adding
           the
           Secular
           authority
           to
           the
           
             Constitutions
          
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           usage
           of
           the
           best
           and
           happiest
           times
           of
           Christianity
           .
        
      
    
     
       
       
         
           PARLIAMENTS
           POWER
           ,
           in
           Lawes
           for
           Religion
           .
        
         
           
             
               1.
               
            
             Of
             the
             Ejection
             of
             the
             Pope
             .
          
           
             AND
             first
             ,
             beginning
             with
             the
             
               Ejection
            
             of
             the
             
               Pope
            
             and
             his
             authority
             ,
             that
             led
             the
             way
             unto
             the
             Reformation
             of
             Religion
             which
             did
             after
             follow
             :
             It
             was
             first
             voted
             and
             decreed
             in
             the
             
               Convocation
               ,
            
             before
             ever
             it
             became
             the
             subject
             of
             an
             Act
             of
             
               Parliament
               .
            
             For
             in
             the
             yeare
             1530.
             22o
             .
             
               H.
            
             8.
             the
             
               Clergy
            
             being
             caught
             in
             a
             
               Premunire
            
             were
             willing
             to
             redeeme
             their
             danger
             by
             a
             summe
             of
             money
             ,
             and
             to
             that
             end
             the
             Clergy
             of
             the
             Province
             of
             
               Canterbury
            
             bestowed
             upon
             the
             king
             the
             summe
             of
             100000
             pounds
             ,
             to
             be
             paid
             by
             equall
             portions
             in
             the
             five
             yeares
             following
             .
             But
             the
             king
             would
             not
             so
             be
             satisfied
             unlesse
             they
             would
             acknowledge
             him
             for
             the
             
               supreme
               head
               on
               Earth
               of
               the
               Church
               of
               England
               ,
            
             which
             though
             it
             was
             hard
             meate
             ,
             and
             would
             not
             easily
             downe
             amongst
             them
             ,
             yet
             it
             passed
             at
             last
             .
             For
             ,
             being
             throughly
             debated
             in
             a
             
               Synodicall
            
             way
             ,
             both
             in
             the
             upper
             and
             lower
             houses
             of
             
               Convocation
               ,
            
             they
             did
             in
             fine
             agree
             upon
             this
             expression
             .
             
               Cujus
               (
               Ecclesiae
               sc.
               Anglicanae
               )
               singularem
               Protectorem
               ,
               unicum
               et
               supremum
               Dominum
               ,
               et
               (
               quantum
               per
               Christi
               leges
               licet
               )
               supremum
               Caput
               ,
               ipsius
               Majestatem
               recognoscimus
               .
            
             To
             this
             they
             
             all
             assented
             and
             subscribed
             their
             hands
             ,
             and
             afterwards
             incorporated
             it
             into
             the
             publique
             Act
             or
             Instrument
             ,
             which
             was
             presented
             to
             the
             King
             in
             the
             name
             of
             his
             
               Clergy
               ,
            
             for
             the
             redeeming
             of
             their
             error
             ,
             and
             the
             graunt
             of
             their
             money
             ,
             which
             as
             it
             doth
             at
             large
             appeare
             in
             the
             Records
             and
             Acts
             of
             the
             
               Convocation
               ,
            
             so
             is
             it
             touched
             upon
             in
             an
             Historicall
             way
             in
             the
             
               Antiq.
               Britan
               :
               Mason
               de
               Minist.
               Anglic.
            
             and
             some
             other
             Authors
             ;
             by
             whom
             it
             also
             doth
             appeare
             ,
             that
             what
             was
             thus
             concluded
             on
             by
             the
             Clergy
             of
             the
             Province
             of
             
               Canterbury
               ,
            
             was
             also
             ratified
             and
             confirmed
             by
             the
             
               Convocation
            
             for
             the
             Province
             of
             
               Yorke
            
             (
             according
             to
             the
             usuall
             custom
             )
             save
             that
             they
             did
             not
             buy
             their
             Pardon
             at
             so
             deare
             a
             rate
             .
             This
             was
             the
             leading
             Card
             to
             the
             game
             which
             followed
             .
             For
             on
             this
             ground
             were
             built
             the
             
               Statutes
            
             prohibiting
             all
             
               Appeales
            
             to
             
               Rome
               ,
            
             and
             for
             
               determining
               all
               Ecclesiasticall
               suites
               and
               controversies
               within
               the
               Kingdome
            
             24.
             
               H.
            
             8.
             
               c.
            
             12.
             
             That
             for
             
               the
               manner
               of
               Electing
               and
               Consecrating
               of
               Archbishops
               and
               Bishops
               .
            
             25.
             
               H.
            
             8.
             
               c.
            
             20.
             and
             ,
             the
             
               prohibiting
               the
               payment
               of
               all
               impositions
               to
               the
               Court
               of
               Rome
            
             ;
             and
             
               for
               obtayning
               all
               such
               Dispensations
               from
               the
               See
               of
            
             Canterbury
             
               which
               formerly
               were
               procured
               from
               the
               Popes
               of
               Rome
               .
            
             25.
             
               H.
            
             8.
             
               c
               ,
            
             21.
             which
             last
             is
             built
             expresly
             upon
             this
             foundation
             ;
             
               That
               the
               King
               is
               the
               only
               supreme
               Head
               of
               the
               Church
               of
               England
               ,
               and
               was
               so
               recognized
               by
               the
               Prelates
               and
               Clergy
               ,
               representing
               the
               said
               Church
               in
               their
               Convocation
               .
            
             And
             on
             the
             very
             same
             foundation
             was
             the
             Statute
             raised
             26.
             
               H.
            
             8.
             
               c.
            
             1.
             where
             in
             the
             King
             is
             declared
             
               to
               be
               the
               supreme
               head
               of
               the
               Church
               of
               England
               ,
               &
               to
               have
               all
               honors
               &
               Preeminencies
               which
               were
               annexed
               unto
               that
               Title
               ,
            
             as
             by
             the
             Act
             it selfe
             doth
             at
             full
             appeare
             ,
             which
             Act
             being
             made
             (
             I
             speake
             it
             from
             the
             Act
             it selfe
             )
             only
             for
             
               corroboration
               and
               confirmation
            
             of
             that
             which
             had
             beene
             done
             in
             the
             
               Convocation
               ,
            
             did
             afterwards
             draw
             on
             the
             Statute
             for
             the
             
               Tenths
            
             and
             
               First-fruits
               ,
            
             as
             the
             point
             incident
             to
             the
             
               Headship
            
             or
             supreme
             authority
             ,
             26.
             
               H.
            
             8
             ,
             
               c.
            
             3.
             
          
           
             The
             second
             step
             to
             the
             
               Ejection
            
             of
             the
             
               Pope
               ,
            
             was
             the
             
               submission
               of
               the
               Clergy
            
             to
             the
             said
             
               K.
               Henry
               ,
            
             whom
             they
             had
             recognized
             for
             their
             
               supreme
               Head
               .
            
             And
             this
             was
             first
             concluded
             on
             in
             the
             
               Convocation
               ,
            
             before
             it
             was
             proposed
             or
             agitated
             in
             the
             houses
             of
             
               Parliament
            
             ;
             and
             was
             commended
             only
             to
             the
             care
             of
             the
             
               Parliament
               ,
            
             that
             it
             might
             have
             the
             force
             of
             a
             Law
             by
             a
             
               civill
               Sanction
               .
            
             The
             
             whole
             debate
             with
             all
             the
             traverses
             and
             emergent
             difficulties
             which
             appeared
             therein
             are
             specified
             at
             large
             in
             the
             Records
             of
             
               Convocation
               ,
               Anno
            
             1532.
             
             But
             being
             you
             have
             not
             oportunity
             to
             consult
             those
             Records
             ,
             I
             shall
             prove
             it
             by
             the
             Act
             of
             
               Parliament
               ,
            
             called
             commonly
             the
             
               Act
               of
               the
               submission
               of
               the
               Clergy
               ,
            
             but
             bearing
             this
             Title
             in
             the
             
               Abridgement
            
             of
             the
             Statutes
             set
             out
             by
             
               Poulton
               ,
               That
               the
               Clergy
               in
               their
            
             Convocations
             
               shall
               enact
               no
               Constitutions
               without
               the
               Kings
               assent
               .
            
             In
             which
             it
             is
             premised
             for
             granted
             that
             the
             
               Clergy
            
             of
             the
             Realm
             of
             
               England
               ,
            
             had
             not
             only
             
               acknowledg'd
               according
               to
               the
               Truth
               ,
               that
               the
            
             Convocation
             
               of
               the
               same
            
             Clergy
             ,
             
               is
               ,
               alwaies
               hath
               beene
               ,
               and
               ought
               to
               be
               assembled
               alwaies
               by
               the
               Kings
               Writ
               ;
               but
               also
               submitting
               themselves
               to
               the
               Kings
               Majesty
               ,
               had
               promised
            
             in
             verbo
             Sacerdotii
             ,
             
               That
               they
               would
               never
               from
               henceforth
               presume
               to
               attempt
               ,
               alleage
               ,
               claime
               ,
               or
               put
               in
               ure
               ,
               enact
               ,
               promulge
               or
               execute
               any
               new
            
             Canons
             ,
             Constitutions
             ,
             Ordinances
             Provinciall
             ,
             or
             other
             ,
             
               or
               by
               whatsoever
               other
               name
               they
               shall
               be
               called
               in
               the
            
             Convocation
             ,
             
               unlesse
               the
               Kings
               most
               Royall
               assent
               may
               to
               them
               be
               had
               ,
               to
               make
               ,
               promulge
               and
               execute
               the
               same
               ,
               and
               that
               his
               Majestie
               doe
               give
               his
               most
               royall
               Assent
               and
               Authority
               in
               that
               behalfe
               .
            
             Upon
             which
             ground
             worke
             of
             the
             
               Clergies
               ,
            
             the
             
               Parliament
            
             shortly
             after
             built
             this
             superstructure
             ,
             to
             the
             same
             effect
             :
             
               viz.
               That
               none
               of
               the
               said
            
             Clergy
             
               from
               thenceforth
               should
               presume
               to
               attempt
               ,
               alleage
               ,
               claime
               or
               put
               in
               ure
               any
            
             Constitutions
             
               or
            
             Ordinances
             ,
             Provinciall
             or
             Synodals
             ,
             
               or
               any
               other
            
             Canons
             ;
             
               nor
               shall
               enact
               ,
               promulge
               ,
               or
               execute
               any
               such
            
             Canons
             ,
             Constitutions
             ,
             
               or
            
             Ordinances
             Provinciall
             
               (
               by
               whatsoever
               name
               or
               names
               they
               may
               be
               called
               )
               in
               their
            
             Convocations
             
               in
               time
               comming
               (
               which
               alwaies
               shall
               be
               assembled
               by
               the
               kings
               Writ
               )
               unlesse
               the
               same
            
             Clergy
             
               may
               have
               the
               kings
               most
               royall
               Assent
               and
               Licence
               to
               make
               ,
               promulge
               and
               execute
               such
            
             Canons
             ,
             Constitutions
             
               and
            
             Ordinances
             Provinciall
             
               or
            
             Synodicall
             ,
             
               upon
               paine
               of
               every
               one
               of
               the
               said
            
             Clergy
             
               doing
               the
               contrary
               to
               this
               Act
               ,
               and
               thereof
               convict
               ,
               to
               suffer
               imprisonment
               and
               make
               fine
               at
               the
               kings
               will
               .
            
             25.
             
               H.
            
             8.
             
               c.
            
             19.
             
             So
             that
             the
             
               Statute
               ,
            
             in
             effect
             ,
             is
             no
             more
             than
             this
             ,
             an
             
               Act
            
             to
             bind
             the
             
               Clergy
            
             to
             performe
             their
             promise
             ,
             to
             keepe
             them
             fast
             unto
             their
             word
             for
             the
             time
             to
             come
             ,
             that
             no
             new
             
               Canon
            
             should
             bee
             made
             in
             the
             times
             succeeding
             in
             favour
             of
             the
             
               Pope
               ,
            
             or
             by
             his
             authority
             ,
             or
             to
             the
             diminution
             of
             the
             
               Kings
               Royall
               Prerogative
               ,
            
             or
             
             contrary
             to
             the
             Lawes
             and
             Statutes
             of
             this
             Realme
             of
             
               England
               ,
            
             as
             many
             
               Papall
               Constitutions
            
             were
             in
             the
             former
             Ages
             :
             which
             
               Statute
            
             I
             desire
             you
             to
             take
             notice
             of
             ,
             because
             it
             is
             the
             rule
             and
             measure
             of
             the
             Churches
             power
             in
             making
             
               Canons
               ,
               Constitutions
               ,
            
             or
             whatsoever
             else
             you
             shall
             please
             to
             call
             them
             in
             their
             
               Convocations
               .
            
          
           
             The
             third
             and
             finall
             Act
             conducing
             to
             the
             
               Popes
               Ejection
               ,
            
             was
             an
             Act
             of
             
               Parliament
            
             28.
             
               H.
            
             8.
             
               c.
            
             10.
             
             Entituled
             an
             
               Act
               extinguishing
               the
               Authority
               of
               the
               Bishop
               of
               Rome
               .
            
             By
             which
             it
             was
             Enacted
             
               That
               if
               any
               person
               should
               extoll
               the
               authority
               of
               the
               Bishop
               of
            
             Rome
             ,
             
               he
               should
               incurre
               the
               penalty
               of
               a
               Praemunire
               ;
               that
               every
               Officer
               ,
               both
            
             Ecclesiasticall
             
               and
            
             Lay
             ,
             
               should
               be
               sworne
               to
               renounce
               the
               said
               Bishop
               and
               his
               authority
               ,
               and
               to
               resist
               it
               to
               his
               power
               ,
               and
               to
               repute
               any
               Oath
               formerly
               taken
               in
               maintenance
               of
               the
               said
               Bishop
               ,
               or
               his
               authority
               ,
               to
               be
               void
               ;
               and
               finally
               that
               the
               refusall
               of
               the
               said
               Oath
               should
               be
               judged
               high
               Treason
               .
            
             But
             this
             was
             also
             usherd
             in
             by
             the
             Determination
             first
             ,
             and
             after
             by
             the
             Practice
             of
             all
             the
             
               Clergie
               .
            
             For
             in
             the
             yeare
             1534
             ,
             which
             was
             two
             yeares
             before
             the
             passing
             of
             this
             Act
             ,
             the
             King
             had
             sent
             this
             
               Proposition
            
             to
             be
             agitated
             in
             both
             
               Vniversities
               ,
            
             and
             in
             the
             greatest
             and
             most
             famous
             
               Monasteries
            
             of
             the
             Kingdome
             ,
             that
             is
             to
             say
             ,
             
               An
               aliquid
               authoritatis
               in
               hoc
               regno
               Angliae
            
             Pontifici
             Romano
             
               de
               jure
               competat
               plus
               quam
               alii
               cuicunque
               Episcopo
               extero
               ?
            
             By
             whom
             it
             was
             determined
             
               Negatively
               ,
            
             that
             the
             Bishop
             of
             
               Rome
            
             had
             no
             more
             power
             of
             right
             in
             the
             kingdome
             of
             
               England
               ,
            
             than
             any
             other
             forraigne
             Bishop
             :
             Which
             being
             testified
             and
             returned
             under
             their
             hands
             and
             seales
             respectively
             (
             the
             Originals
             whereof
             are
             still
             remayning
             in
             the
             Library
             of
             Sir
             
               Robert
               Cotton
            
             )
             was
             a
             good
             preamble
             to
             the
             Bishops
             and
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             Clergy
             assembled
             in
             their
             
               Convocation
            
             to
             conclude
             the
             like
             .
             And
             so
             accordingly
             they
             did
             ,
             and
             made
             an
             
               Instrument
            
             thereof
             subscribed
             by
             the
             hands
             of
             all
             the
             
               Bishops
               ,
            
             and
             others
             of
             the
             
               Clergie
               ,
            
             and
             afterwards
             confirmed
             the
             same
             by
             their
             
               corporall
               Oathes
            
             :
             The
             copies
             of
             which
             
               Oathes
            
             and
             
               Instrument
            
             you
             shall
             finde
             in
             
               Foxes
               Acts
               and
               Monuments
               vol.
            
             2.
             
               fol.
            
             1203.
             and
             
               fol.
            
             1210.
             
             
               &
            
             1211.
             of
             the
             Edition
             of
             
               Iohn
               Day
               ,
               An.
            
             1570.
             
             And
             this
             was
             semblably
             the
             ground
             of
             a
             following
             Statute
             35.
             
               H.
            
             8.
             
               c.
            
             1.
             
             Wherein
             another
             
               Oath
            
             was
             devised
             and
             ratified
             ,
             to
             be
             imposed
             upon
             the
             Subject
             ,
             for
             the
             more
             cleare
             asserting
             of
             the
             
             
               Kings
               Supremacy
               ,
            
             and
             the
             utter
             exclusion
             of
             the
             
               Popes
            
             for
             ever
             ;
             which
             Statutes
             though
             they
             were
             all
             repealed
             by
             one
             Act
             of
             
               Parliament
            
             1.
             
             
               &
            
             2.
             of
             
               Phil.
               &
               Mary
               c.
            
             8.
             yet
             they
             were
             brought
             in
             force
             againe
             1.
             
               Eliz.
               c.
            
             1.
             save
             that
             the
             name
             of
             
               Supreme
               Head
            
             was
             changed
             unto
             that
             of
             the
             
               Supreme
               Governour
               ,
            
             and
             certaine
             clauses
             altered
             in
             the
             
               Oath
            
             of
             
               Supremacy
               .
            
             Where
             (
             by
             the
             way
             )
             you
             must
             take
             notice
             that
             the
             Statutes
             which
             concerne
             the
             
               Kings
               Supremacy
               ,
            
             are
             not
             
               introductory
            
             of
             any
             new
             Right
             ,
             that
             was
             not
             in
             the
             Crown
             before
             ,
             but
             only
             
               declaratory
            
             of
             an
             old
             ,
             as
             our
             best
             Lawyers
             tell
             us
             ,
             and
             the
             Statute
             of
             the
             26.
             of
             
               H.
            
             8.
             
               c.
            
             1.
             doth
             clearly
             intimate
             .
             So
             that
             in
             the
             
               Ejection
            
             of
             the
             
               Pope
            
             of
             
               Rome
               ,
            
             which
             was
             the
             first
             and
             greatest
             step
             towards
             the
             worke
             of
             
               Reformation
               ,
            
             the
             
               Parliament
            
             did
             nothing
             ,
             for
             ought
             yet
             appeares
             ,
             but
             what
             was
             done
             before
             in
             the
             
               Convocation
               ,
            
             and
             did
             no
             more
             than
             fortifie
             the
             results
             of
             
               Holy
               Church
            
             by
             the
             Addition
             and
             Corroboration
             of
             the
             
               Secular
               Power
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             
               2.
               
            
             Of
             the
             
               Translation
            
             of
             the
             
               Scriptures
               ,
            
             and
             permitting
             them
             to
             bee
             read
             in
             the
             
               English
            
             Tongue
             .
          
           
             THE
             second
             step
             towards
             the
             worke
             of
             
               Reformation
               ,
            
             (
             and
             indeed
             one
             of
             the
             most
             especiall
             parts
             thereof
             )
             was
             the
             
               Translation
            
             of
             the
             
               Bible
            
             into
             the
             
               English
            
             Tongue
             ,
             and
             the
             permitting
             all
             sorts
             of
             people
             to
             peruse
             the
             same
             ,
             as
             that
             which
             visibly
             did
             tend
             to
             the
             discovery
             of
             the
             errors
             and
             corruptions
             in
             the
             Church
             of
             
               Rome
               ,
            
             and
             the
             intolerable
             Pride
             and
             Tyranny
             of
             the
             
               Romane
            
             Prelates
             ,
             upon
             which
             grounds
             it
             had
             beene
             formerly
             translated
             into
             
               English
            
             by
             the
             hand
             of
             
               Wickliff
               ,
            
             and
             after
             ,
             on
             the
             spreading
             of
             
               Luther's
            
             Doctrine
             ,
             by
             the
             paines
             of
             
               Tyndall
               ,
            
             a
             stout
             and
             active
             man
             in
             king
             
               Henries
            
             daies
             ,
             but
             not
             so
             well
             befreinded
             as
             the
             worke
             deserved
             :
             especially
             considering
             that
             it
             happened
             in
             such
             a
             time
             when
             many
             printed
             Pamphlets
             did
             disturbe
             the
             State
             (
             and
             some
             of
             them
             of
             
               Tindals
            
             making
             )
             which
             seemed
             to
             tend
             unto
             Sedition
             and
             the
             change
             of
             Government
             .
             Which
             being
             remonstrated
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             he
             caused
             divers
             of
             his
             Bishops
             ,
             together
             with
             sundry
             of
             the
             learnedest
             and
             most
             eminent
             Divines
             of
             all
             the
             Kingdome
             to
             come
             before
             him
             :
             whom
             he
             required
             freely
             and
             plainly
             to
             declare
             aswell
             
             what
             their
             opinion
             was
             of
             the
             foresaid
             
               Pamphlets
               ,
            
             as
             what
             they
             did
             thinke
             fit
             to
             be
             done
             concerning
             the
             
               Translation
            
             of
             the
             
               Bible
            
             into
             the
             
               English
            
             Tongue
             ;
             And
             they
             upon
             mature
             advise
             and
             deliberation
             ,
             unanimously
             condemned
             the
             aforesaid
             bookes
             of
             Heresie
             and
             Blasphemie
             (
             no
             smaller
             crime
             .
             )
             Then
             ,
             for
             
               translating
            
             of
             the
             Scriptures
             into
             the
             
               English
            
             tongue
             ,
             they
             agreed
             all
             with
             one
             assent
             ,
             that
             it
             depended
             wholly
             on
             the
             Will
             and
             Pleasure
             of
             the
             Soveraign
             Prince
             ,
             who
             might
             doe
             therein
             as
             he
             conceived
             to
             be
             most
             agreeable
             to
             his
             occasions
             ;
             but
             that
             with
             reference
             to
             the
             present
             estate
             of
             things
             ,
             it
             was
             more
             expedient
             to
             explaine
             the
             Scripture
             to
             the
             people
             by
             the
             way
             of
             
               Sermons
               ,
            
             then
             to
             permit
             it
             to
             be
             read
             promiscuously
             by
             all
             sorts
             of
             men
             :
             yet
             so
             that
             hopes
             were
             to
             be
             given
             unto
             the
             
               Laity
               ,
            
             that
             if
             they
             did
             renounce
             their
             errours
             ,
             and
             presently
             deliver
             to
             the
             hands
             of
             his
             Majesties
             Officers
             all
             such
             bookes
             and
             
               Bibles
            
             (
             which
             they
             conceived
             to
             bee
             translated
             with
             great
             fraud
             and
             falshood
             )
             as
             any
             of
             them
             had
             in
             keeping
             ,
             his
             Majesty
             would
             cause
             a
             true
             and
             catholick
             
               Translation
            
             of
             it
             to
             be
             published
             in
             convenient
             time
             ,
             for
             the
             use
             of
             his
             Subjects
             .
             This
             was
             the
             summe
             and
             substance
             of
             the
             present
             
               Conference
               ,
            
             which
             you
             shall
             finde
             laid
             downe
             at
             large
             in
             the
             Registers
             of
             Archbishop
             
               Warham
               .
            
             And
             according
             to
             this
             advice
             the
             King
             sets
             out
             a
             
               Proclamation
            
             
               not
               only
               prohibiting
               the
               buying
               ,
               reading
               ,
               or
               translating
               of
               any
               the
               aforesaid
               bookes
               ,
               but
               straitly
               charging
               all
               his
               Subjects
               which
               had
               any
               of
               the
               bookes
               of
               Scripture
               ,
               eyther
               of
               the
               old
               Testament
               or
               of
               the
               new
               ,
               in
               the
               
                 English
              
               tongue
               ,
               to
               bring
               them
               in
               without
               delay
               .
            
             But
             for
             the
             other
             part
             ,
             of
             giving
             hopes
             unto
             the
             people
             of
             a
             true
             
               Translation
               ,
            
             if
             they
             delivered
             in
             the
             false
             (
             or
             that
             at
             least
             which
             was
             pretended
             to
             be
             false
             )
             I
             finde
             no
             word
             at
             all
             in
             the
             
               Proclamation
               .
            
             That
             was
             a
             worke
             reserved
             unto
             better
             times
             ,
             or
             left
             to
             be
             sollicited
             by
             the
             Bishops
             themselves
             ,
             and
             other
             learned
             men
             who
             had
             given
             the
             counsell
             ;
             by
             whom
             (
             indeede
             )
             the
             people
             were
             kept
             up
             in
             hope
             that
             all
             should
             bee
             accomplished
             unto
             their
             desires
             .
          
           
             And
             so
             indeed
             it
             proved
             at
             last
             .
             For
             in
             the
             
               Convocation
            
             of
             the
             yeare
             1536.
             the
             authority
             of
             the
             
               Pope
            
             being
             abrogated
             ,
             and
             
               Cranmer
            
             fully
             setled
             in
             the
             See
             of
             
               Canterbury
               ,
            
             the
             
               Clergy
            
             did
             agree
             upon
             a
             forme
             of
             Petition
             to
             be
             presented
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             that
             he
             would
             
             graciously
             indulge
             unto
             his
             Subjects
             of
             the
             
               Laity
            
             the
             reading
             of
             the
             
               Bible
            
             in
             the
             
               English
            
             tongue
             ,
             and
             that
             a
             new
             
               Translation
            
             of
             it
             might
             be
             forth
             with
             made
             for
             that
             end
             and
             purpose
             .
             According
             to
             which
             godly
             motion
             ,
             his
             Majesty
             did
             not
             only
             give
             order
             for
             a
             new
             
               Translation
               ,
            
             which
             afterwards
             he
             authorized
             to
             be
             read
             both
             in
             publique
             and
             private
             ;
             but
             in
             the
             
               interim
            
             he
             permitted
             
               Cromwell
            
             his
             
               Vicar-Generall
            
             to
             set
             out
             an
             
               Injunction
            
             for
             providing
             the
             whole
             
               Bible
            
             both
             in
             
               Latine
            
             and
             
               English
               ,
            
             after
             the
             
               translation
            
             then
             in
             use
             ,
             (
             which
             was
             call'd
             commonly
             by
             the
             name
             of
             
               Matthew's
            
             
               Bible
               ,
            
             but
             was
             indeede
             no
             other
             ,
             than
             that
             of
             
               Tyndall
            
             somewhat
             altered
             )
             to
             be
             kept
             in
             every
             parish
             Church
             throughout
             the
             kingdome
             ,
             for
             every
             one
             that
             would
             to
             repaire
             unto
             ,
             and
             caused
             this
             marke
             or
             character
             of
             authority
             to
             be
             set
             upon
             them
             in
             red
             Letters
             
               Set
               forth
               with
               the
               Kings
               most
               Gracious
               Licence
               ,
            
             which
             you
             may
             see
             in
             
               Fox
            
             his
             
               Acts
               &
               Monum.
               p.
            
             1248.
             
             
               &
            
             1363
             ▪
             Afterwards
             ,
             when
             the
             new
             
               Translation
            
             so
             often
             promised
             ,
             and
             so
             long
             expected
             ,
             was
             complete
             and
             finished
             ,
             printed
             at
             
               London
            
             by
             the
             Kings
             authority
             ,
             and
             countenanced
             by
             a
             grave
             and
             pious
             Preface
             of
             Archbishop
             
               Cranmer
            
             ;
             the
             King
             sets
             out
             a
             
               Proclamation
            
             dated
             May
             .
             6.
             
             
               An.
            
             1541.
             
             
               Commanding
               all
               the
               
                 Curates
              
               and
               
                 Parishioners
              
               throughout
               the
               kingdome
               ,
               who
               were
               not
               already
               furnished
               with
               
                 Bibles
              
               so
               authorized
               and
               translated
               as
               before
               is
               said
               ,
               to
               provide
               themselves
               before
               
                 Alhallowtide
              
               next
               following
               ,
               and
               to
               cause
               the
               
                 Bibles
              
               so
               provided
               to
               be
               placed
               conveniently
               in
               their
               severall
               and
               respective
               Churches
               ;
               straitly
               requiring
               all
               his
               Bishops
               and
               other
               Ordinaries
               to
               take
               speciall
               care
               ,
               to
               see
               his
               said
               Commands
               put
               in
               execution
               .
            
             And
             therewithall
             came
             out
             
               Instructions
            
             from
             the
             King
             to
             be
             published
             by
             the
             
               Clergy
            
             in
             their
             severall
             parishes
             ,
             the
             better
             to
             possesse
             the
             people
             with
             the
             Kings
             good
             affection
             towards
             them
             in
             suffering
             them
             to
             have
             the
             benefit
             of
             such
             heavenly
             Treasure
             ;
             and
             to
             direct
             them
             in
             a
             course
             by
             which
             they
             might
             enjoy
             the
             same
             to
             their
             greater
             comfort
             ,
             the
             reformation
             of
             their
             lives
             ,
             and
             the
             peace
             and
             quiet
             of
             the
             Church
             .
             Which
             
               Proclamation
            
             and
             
               Instructions
            
             are
             still
             preserved
             in
             that
             most
             admirable
             Treasury
             of
             Sir
             
               Robert
               Cotton
               .
            
             And
             unto
             these
             Commands
             of
             so
             great
             a
             Prince
             ,
             both
             Bishops
             ,
             Priests
             and
             People
             did
             apply
             themselves
             with
             such
             cheerefull
             reverence
             ,
             that
             
               Bonner
            
             (
             even
             that
             bloody
             butcher
             ,
             as
             he
             after
             proved
             )
             caused
             sixe
             of
             them
             
             to
             be
             chayned
             in
             severall
             places
             of
             Saint
             
               Paul's
            
             Church
             in
             
               London
               ,
            
             for
             all
             that
             were
             so
             well
             inclined
             to
             resort
             unto
             ,
             for
             their
             edification
             and
             instruction
             ,
             the
             booke
             being
             very
             chargeable
             ,
             because
             very
             large
             ;
             and
             therefore
             called
             commonly
             (
             for
             distinctions
             sake
             )
             
               The
               Bible
               of
               the
               greater
               Volume
               .
            
             Thus
             have
             we
             seene
             the
             
               Scriptures
            
             faithfully
             
               Translated
            
             into
             the
             
               English
            
             Tongue
             ,
             the
             
               Bible
            
             publickly
             set
             up
             in
             all
             parish-churches
             ,
             that
             ev'ry
             one
             wch
             would
             might
             peruse
             the
             same
             ,
             and
             leave
             permitted
             to
             all
             people
             to
             buy
             them
             for
             their
             private
             uses
             ,
             and
             reade
             them
             to
             themselves
             ,
             or
             before
             their
             families
             ,
             and
             all
             this
             brought
             about
             by
             no
             other
             meanes
             than
             by
             the
             Kings
             authority
             ▪
             only
             grounded
             on
             the
             advice
             and
             judgement
             of
             the
             
               Convocation
               .
            
             But
             long
             it
             was
             not
             I
             confesse
             ,
             before
             the
             
               Parliament
            
             put
             in
             for
             a
             share
             ,
             and
             claimed
             some
             interest
             in
             the
             worke
             ;
             but
             whether
             for
             the
             better
             or
             the
             worse
             ▪
             I
             leave
             you
             to
             judge
             .
             For
             in
             the
             yeare
             1542
             ,
             the
             King
             being
             then
             in
             agitation
             of
             a
             league
             with
             
               Charles
            
             the
             Emperour
             ,
             he
             caused
             a
             complaint
             to
             be
             made
             unto
             him
             in
             his
             Court
             of
             
               Parliament
            
             
               That
               the
               liberty
               granted
               to
               the
               people
               in
               having
               in
               their
               hands
               the
               bookes
               of
               the
               old
               and
               new
               
                 Testament
                 ,
              
               had
               beene
               much
               abused
               by
               many
               false
               glosses
               and
               interpretations
               which
               were
               made
               upon
               them
               ,
               tending
               to
               the
               seducing
               of
               the
               people
               ,
               especially
               of
               the
               younger
               sort
               ,
               and
               the
               raysing
               of
               sedition
               within
               the
               Realme
               .
            
             And
             thereupon
             it
             was
             enacted
             by
             the
             authority
             of
             the
             
               Parliament
            
             (
             on
             whom
             he
             was
             content
             to
             cast
             the
             envy
             of
             an
             Act
             so
             contrary
             to
             his
             former
             gracious
             
               Proclamations
            
             )
             
               that
               all
               manner
               of
               bookes
               of
               the
               old
               and
               new
            
             Testament
             
               of
               the
               crafty
               ,
               false
               ,
               and
               untrue
               Translation
               of
            
             Tyndall
             ,
             
               be
               forthwith
               abolished
               ,
               and
               forbidden
               to
               be
               used
               and
               kept
               .
               As
               also
               ,
               that
               all
               other
            
             Bibles
             
               not
               being
               of
            
             Tyndalls
             
               translation
               in
               which
               were
               found
               any
               Preambles
               or
               Annotations
               ,
               other
               than
               the
               quotations
               or
               Summaries
               of
               the
               Chapters
               ,
               should
               be
               purged
               of
               the
               said
               Preambles
               and
               Annotations
               ,
               eyther
               by
               cutting
               them
               out
               ,
               or
               blotting
               them
               in
               such
               wise
               that
               they
               might
               not
               be
               perceived
               or
               read
               .
            
             And
             finally
             
               that
               the
            
             Bible
             
               be
               not
               read
               openly
               in
               any
               Church
               ,
               but
               by
               the
               leave
               of
               the
               King
               or
               of
               the
               Ordinary
               of
               the
               place
               ;
               nor
               privately
               by
               any
               Women
               ,
               Artificers
               ,
               Prentices
               ,
               Iourneymen
               ,
               Husbandmen
               ,
               Labourers
               ,
               or
               by
               any
               of
               the
               servants
               of
               Yeomen
               or
               under
               ,
            
             with
             severall
             paines
             to
             those
             who
             should
             doe
             the
             contrary
             .
             This
             is
             the
             substance
             of
             the
             Statute
             of
             the
             34.
             
             
               &
            
             35.
             
               H.
            
             8.
             
               cap.
            
             1.
             
             which
             though
             it
             shewes
             that
             there
             was
             somewhat
             done
             in
             
               Parliament
               ,
            
             in
             a
             matter
             which
             concern'd
             
               Religion
            
             (
             which
             howsoever
             if
             you
             marke
             it
             ,
             was
             rather
             the
             adding
             of
             the
             
               penalties
               ,
            
             than
             giving
             any
             resolution
             or
             decision
             of
             the
             points
             in
             Question
             )
             yet
             I
             presume
             the
             
               Papists
            
             will
             not
             use
             this
             for
             an
             Argument
             ,
             that
             we
             have
             eyther
             a
             
               Parliament-Religion
               ,
            
             or
             a
             
               Parliament-Gospell
            
             ;
             or
             that
             we
             stand
             indebted
             to
             the
             
               Parliament
            
             for
             the
             use
             of
             the
             Scriptures
             in
             the
             
               English
            
             Tongue
             ,
             which
             is
             so
             principall
             a
             part
             of
             the
             Reformation
             .
             Nor
             did
             the
             
               Parliament
            
             speede
             so
             prosperously
             in
             the
             undertakiug
             (
             which
             the
             wise
             King
             permitted
             them
             to
             have
             an
             hand
             in
             for
             the
             foresaid
             ends
             )
             or
             found
             so
             generall
             an
             obedience
             in
             it
             from
             the
             common
             people
             ,
             as
             would
             have
             beene
             expected
             in
             these
             times
             ,
             on
             the
             like
             occasion
             ;
             but
             that
             the
             King
             was
             faine
             to
             quicken
             and
             give
             life
             to
             the
             Acts
             thereof
             by
             his
             
               Proclamatiom
               .
               An.
            
             1546.
             which
             you
             shall
             find
             in
             
               Fox
            
             his
             booke
             .
             
               fol.
            
             1427.
             
          
           
             To
             drive
             this
             nayle
             a
             little
             farther
             .
             The
             terror
             of
             this
             Statute
             dying
             with
             
               H.
            
             8.
             or
             being
             repealed
             by
             that
             of
             K.
             
               E.
            
             6.
             1
             
               E.
            
             6.
             
               c.
            
             12.
             the
             
               Bible
            
             was
             againe
             made
             publique
             ;
             and
             not
             only
             suffered
             to
             be
             read
             by
             particular
             persons
             ,
             either
             privately
             ,
             or
             in
             the
             Church
             ;
             but
             ordered
             to
             be
             read
             over
             yearely
             in
             the
             Congregation
             ,
             as
             a
             part
             of
             the
             
               Liturgy
               ,
            
             or
             divine
             Service
             ;
             which
             how
             farre
             it
             relates
             to
             the
             Court
             of
             
               Parliament
            
             we
             shall
             see
             anon
             .
             But
             for
             the
             publishing
             thereof
             in
             print
             for
             the
             use
             of
             the
             people
             ,
             for
             the
             comfort
             and
             edification
             of
             private
             persons
             ,
             that
             was
             done
             only
             by
             the
             King
             ,
             at
             least
             in
             his
             name
             ,
             and
             by
             his
             authority
             .
             And
             so
             it
             also
             stood
             in
             Q.
             
               Elizabeths
            
             time
             ,
             the
             
               Translation
            
             of
             the
             
               Bible
            
             being
             againe
             reviewed
             by
             some
             of
             the
             most
             learned
             Bishops
             appointed
             thereunto
             by
             the
             
               Queenes
            
             Commission
             (
             from
             whence
             it
             had
             the
             name
             of
             the
             
               Bishops-Bible
            
             )
             and
             upon
             that
             Review
             ,
             reprinted
             by
             her
             sole
             Commandement
             ,
             and
             by
             her
             sole
             authority
             left
             free
             and
             open
             to
             the
             use
             of
             her
             well
             affected
             and
             Religious
             Subjects
             .
             Nor
             did
             the
             
               Parliament
            
             doe
             any
             thing
             in
             all
             her
             Reigne
             with
             reference
             to
             the
             Scriptures
             in
             the
             
               English
            
             tongue
             ,
             otherwise
             than
             as
             the
             reading
             of
             them
             in
             that
             tongue
             in
             the
             
               Congregation
               ,
            
             is
             to
             be
             reckoned
             for
             a
             part
             of
             the
             
               English
               Liturgy
               ,
            
             whereof
             more
             hereafter
             .
             In
             the
             
               translation
            
             of
             them
             into
             
               Welch
            
             or
             
               British
               ,
            
             somewhat
             indeed
             was
             done
             which
             doth
             looke
             this
             way
             .
             It
             being
             ordered
             in
             the
             
               Parliament
            
             
             5.
             
               Eliz.
               c.
            
             28.
             
             That
             the
             B.
             B.
             of
             
               Hereford
               ,
               St.
               Davids
               ,
               Bangor
               ,
               Landaffe
               ,
            
             and
             
               St.
               Asaph
               ,
               Should
               take
               care
               amongst
               them
               for
            
             translating
             
               the
               whole
            
             Bible
             ,
             
               with
               the
               booke
               of
            
             Common
             ▪
             Prayer
             
               into
               the
            
             Welch
             
               or
            
             British
             
               tongue
               ,
               on
               paine
               of
               forfeiting
            
             40
             
               a
               peece
               ,
               in
               default
               hereof
               .
            
             And
             to
             encourage
             them
             thereunto
             ,
             it
             was
             enacted
             ,
             that
             
               one
               booke
               of
               either
               sort
               being
               so
            
             translated
             
               and
               imprinted
               ,
               should
               be
               provided
               and
               bought
               for
               every
               Cathedrall
               Church
               ,
               as
               also
               for
               all
               parish
               Churches
               and
               Chappells
               of
               ease
               ,
               where
               the
               said
               tongue
               is
               commonly
               used
               :
               the
               Ministers
               to
               pay
               the
               one
               halfe
               of
               the
               price
               ,
               and
               the
               parishioners
               the
               other
               .
            
             But
             then
             you
             must
             observe
             withall
             ,
             that
             it
             had
             beene
             before
             determined
             in
             the
             
               Convocation
            
             of
             the
             selfe
             same
             yeare
             .
             
               An.
            
             1562.
             
             That
             the
             
               Common-prayer
               of
               the
            
             Church
             
               ought
               to
               be
               celebrated
               in
               a
               tongue
               which
               was
               understood
               by
               the
               people
            
             (
             as
             you
             may
             see
             in
             the
             booke
             of
             
               Articles
               of
               Religion
               .
               Art.
            
             24.
             which
             came
             out
             that
             yeare
             )
             and
             consequently
             as
             well
             in
             the
             
               Welch
            
             or
             
               British
               ,
            
             as
             in
             any
             other
             .
             And
             for
             the
             new
             
               Translation
            
             of
             K.
             
               Iames
            
             his
             time
             ,
             to
             shew
             that
             the
             
               Translation
            
             of
             Scripture
             is
             no
             worke
             of
             
               Parliament
               ,
            
             as
             it
             was
             principally
             occasioned
             by
             some
             passages
             in
             the
             
               Conference
            
             at
             
               Hampton
               Court
            
             without
             recourse
             unto
             the
             
               Parliament
               ,
            
             so
             was
             it
             done
             only
             by
             such
             men
             as
             the
             King
             appointed
             ,
             and
             by
             his
             authority
             alone
             imprinted
             ,
             published
             and
             imposed
             ;
             care
             being
             taken
             by
             the
             
               Canon
            
             of
             the
             yeare
             1603.
             
             
               That
               one
               of
               them
               should
               be
               provided
               for
               each
               severall
               Church
               ,
               at
               the
               charge
               of
               the
               Parish
               .
            
             No
             flying
             in
             this
             case
             to
             an
             Act
             of
             
               Parliament
               ,
            
             either
             to
             authorize
             the
             doing
             of
             it
             ,
             or
             to
             impose
             it
             being
             done
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               3.
               
            
             Of
             the
             
               Reformation
            
             of
             Religion
             in
             points
             of
             
               Doctrine
               .
            
          
           
             NExt
             ,
             let
             us
             look
             upon
             the
             method
             used
             in
             former
             times
             in
             the
             
               reforming
            
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             whether
             in
             points
             of
             
               Doctrine
               ,
            
             or
             in
             
               formes
            
             of
             
               Worship
               ,
            
             and
             we
             shall
             find
             it
             still
             the
             same
             .
             The
             
               Clergy
            
             did
             the
             worke
             as
             to
             them
             seemed
             best
             ,
             never
             advising
             with
             the
             
               Parliament
               ,
            
             but
             upon
             the
             
               post
               fact
               ,
            
             and
             in
             most
             cases
             not
             at
             all
             .
             And
             first
             for
             
               Doctrinals
               ,
            
             there
             was
             but
             little
             done
             in
             king
             
               Henries
            
             time
             but
             that
             which
             was
             acted
             by
             the
             
               Clergie
            
             only
             in
             their
             
               Convocations
               ,
            
             and
             so
             
             commended
             to
             the
             people
             by
             the
             Kings
             sole
             authority
             ,
             the
             matter
             never
             being
             brought
             within
             the
             cognizance
             of
             the
             two
             Houses
             of
             
               Parliament
               .
            
             For
             in
             the
             yeare
             1536
             ,
             being
             the
             yeare
             in
             which
             the
             
               Popes
            
             authoritie
             was
             for
             ever
             banished
             ,
             there
             were
             some
             
               Articles
            
             agreed
             on
             in
             the
             
               Convocation
               ,
            
             and
             represented
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             under
             the
             hands
             of
             all
             the
             Bishops
             ,
             Abbats
             ,
             Priors
             ,
             and
             inferiour
             Clergy
             usually
             called
             unto
             those
             meetings
             ;
             the
             Originall
             whereof
             being
             in
             Sir
             
               Robert
               Cottons
            
             Library
             I
             have
             often
             seene
             :
             which
             being
             approved
             of
             by
             the
             King
             ,
             were
             forthwith
             published
             under
             the
             Title
             of
             
               Articles
               devised
               by
               the
               Kings
               Highnesse
               to
               stable
               Christian
               quietnesse
               and
               unity
               amongst
               the
               people
               .
            
             In
             which
             it
             is
             to
             be
             observed
             ,
             first
             ;
             that
             those
             
               Articles
            
             make
             mention
             of
             3
             Sacraments
             only
             ,
             that
             is
             to
             say
             of
             
               Baptisme
               ,
               Penance
               ,
            
             and
             the
             
               Sacrament
               of
               the
               Altar
               .
            
             And
             secondly
             ,
             that
             in
             the
             declaration
             of
             the
             Doctrine
             of
             
               Iustification
               ,
               Images
               ,
               honouring
               of
               the
               Saints
               departed
               ,
            
             as
             also
             concerning
             many
             of
             the
             usuall
             Ceremonies
             ,
             and
             the
             fire
             of
             
               Purgatory
               ,
            
             they
             differ'd
             very
             much
             from
             those
             opinions
             which
             had
             beene
             formerly
             received
             in
             the
             Church
             of
             
               Rome
               ,
            
             as
             you
             may
             partly
             see
             by
             that
             extract
             of
             them
             which
             occurres
             in
             
               Fox
            
             his
             
               Acts
               and
               Monuments
               ,
               vol.
            
             2.
             
               fol.
            
             1246.
             
             For
             the
             confirming
             of
             which
             booke
             ,
             and
             recommending
             it
             to
             the
             use
             of
             the
             people
             ,
             his
             Majesty
             was
             pleased
             in
             the
             
               Injunctions
            
             of
             the
             yeare
             1536.
             to
             give
             command
             
               To
               all
               Deanes
               ,
               Parsons
               ,
               Vicars
               and
               Curats
               ,
               so
               to
               open
               and
               declare
               in
               their
               Sermons
               and
               other
               Collations
               the
               said
               
                 Articles
              
               unto
               them
               which
               be
               under
               their
               Cure
               ,
               that
               they
               might
               plainly
               know
               and
               discerne
               ,
               which
               of
               them
               be
               necessary
               to
               be
               beleeved
               and
               observed
               for
               their
               salvation
               ,
               and
               which
               doe
               only
               concerne
               the
               Decent
               and
               politique
               Order
               of
               the
               Church
               .
            
             And
             this
             he
             did
             upon
             this
             ground
             ,
             that
             
               the
               said
            
             Articles
             
               had
               beene
               concluded
               and
               condiscended
               upon
               by
               the
            
             Prelates
             
               and
            
             Clergy
             
               of
               the
               Realme
            
             in
             their
             
               Convocation
               ,
            
             as
             appeareth
             in
             the
             very
             words
             of
             the
             
               Injunction
            
             :
             for
             which
             see
             
               Fox
            
             his
             
               Acts
               and
               Monuments
               fol.
            
             1247.
             
             I
             finde
             not
             any
             thing
             in
             
               Parliament
            
             which
             relates
             to
             this
             ,
             either
             to
             countenance
             the
             worke
             ,
             or
             to
             require
             obedience
             and
             conformity
             from
             the
             hands
             of
             the
             people
             .
             And
             ,
             to
             say
             truth
             ,
             neither
             the
             King
             nor
             Clergy
             did
             account
             it
             necessary
             ,
             but
             thought
             their
             owne
             authority
             sufficient
             to
             goe
             through
             with
             it
             ,
             though
             certainly
             it
             was
             more
             necessary
             at
             that
             time
             then
             in
             any
             
             since
             ,
             the
             power
             and
             reputation
             of
             the
             
               Clergy
            
             being
             under
             foot
             ,
             the
             King
             scarce
             setled
             in
             the
             
               Supremacy
            
             so
             lately
             recognized
             unto
             him
             ,
             and
             therfore
             the
             authority
             of
             the
             
               Parliament
            
             of
             more
             use
             than
             afterward
             ,
             in
             times
             well
             ballanced
             and
             established
             .
          
           
             'T
             is
             true
             that
             in
             some
             other
             yeares
             of
             that
             Princes
             Reigne
             ,
             we
             finde
             some
             use
             and
             mention
             of
             an
             Act
             of
             
               Parliament
               ,
            
             in
             matters
             which
             concern'd
             Religion
             ,
             but
             in
             was
             only
             in
             such
             times
             when
             the
             hopes
             of
             
               Reformation
            
             were
             in
             the
             wane
             ,
             and
             the
             worke
             went
             retrograde
             .
             For
             in
             the
             yeare
             1539.
             being
             the
             31
             
               H.
            
             8.
             
             When
             the
             Lord
             
               Cromwel's
            
             power
             began
             to
             decline
             ,
             and
             the
             King
             was
             in
             a
             necessitie
             of
             compliance
             with
             his
             neighbouring
             Princes
             ,
             there
             passed
             an
             Act
             of
             
               Parliament
            
             commonly
             called
             the
             Statute
             of
             the
             six
             
               Articles
            
             (
             or
             the
             whip
             with
             six
             stringes
             )
             In
             which
             it
             was
             enacted
             .
             
               
                 That
                 whosoever
                 by
                 word
                 or
                 writing
                 should
                 preach
                 ,
                 teach
                 ,
                 or
                 publish
                 ,
                 that
                 in
                 the
                 blessed
                 Sacrament
                 of
                 the
              
               Altar
               ,
               
                 under
                 forme
                 of
                 bread
                 and
                 wine
                 ,
                 there
                 is
                 not
                 really
                 the
                 naturall
                 Body
                 and
                 Blood
                 of
                 our
              
               Saviour
               Jesus
               Christ
               ,
               
                 conceived
                 of
                 the
                 virgin
              
               Mary
               ,
               (
               
                 or
                 affirme
                 otherwise
                 thereof
                 then
                 was
                 maintained
                 and
                 taught
                 in
                 the
                 Church
                 of
              
               Rome
               )
               
                 should
                 be
                 adjudged
                 an
              
               Heretick
               ,
               
                 and
                 suffer
                 death
                 by
                 burning
                 ,
                 and
                 forfeit
                 all
                 his
                 Lands
                 and
                 Goods
                 ,
                 as
                 in
                 case
                 of
                 high
                 Treason
                 .
                 Secondly
                 ,
                 that
                 Whosoever
                 should
                 teach
                 or
                 preach
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Communion
                 of
                 the
                 blessed
                 Sacrament
              
               in
               both
               kindes
               
                 is
                 necessary
                 for
                 the
                 health
                 of
                 mans
                 Soule
                 ,
                 and
                 ought
                 so
                 to
                 be
                 ministred
                 .
                 Thirdly
                 ,
                 or
                 that
                 any
                 man
                 after
                 the
              
               Order
               
                 of
              
               Priest-hood
               
                 received
                 might
              
               marry
               ,
               
                 or
                 contract
                 matrimony
                 :
                 Fourthly
                 ,
                 or
                 that
                 any
                 woman
                 which
                 had
              
               vowed
               
                 and
                 professed
              
               chastity
               ,
               
                 might
                 contract
                 marriage
                 .
                 Fifthly
                 ,
                 or
                 that
              
               private
               Masse
               
                 were
                 not
                 lawfull
                 and
                 laudable
                 ,
                 and
                 agreeable
                 to
                 the
                 word
                 of
                 God
                 .
                 Or
                 ,
                 sixthly
                 ,
                 that
              
               Auricular
               Confession
               
                 was
                 not
                 necessary
                 and
                 expedient
                 to
                 be
                 used
                 in
                 the
                 Church
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 should
                 suffer
                 death
                 ,
                 and
                 forfeit
                 Lands
                 and
                 Goods
                 ,
                 as
                 a
                 felon
                 .
              
               31
               
                 of
                 H.
              
               8.
               
                 c
                 ▪
              
               14.
               
            
             The
             rigour
             of
             which
             terrible
             Statute
             was
             shortly
             after
             mitigated
             in
             the
             said
             Kings
             Reigne
             ,
             32.
             
               H.
            
             8.
             
               c
               ,
            
             10.
             and
             35.
             
               of
               H.
            
             8.
             
               c.
            
             5.
             and
             the
             whole
             Statute
             absolutely
             repealed
             by
             Act
             of
             
               Parliament
               ,
            
             1.
             
               Ed.
            
             6.
             
               c.
            
             12.
             
             But
             then
             it
             is
             to
             be
             observed
             first
             ,
             that
             this
             
               Parliament
            
             of
             King
             
               Henry
            
             the
             Eighth
             ,
             did
             not
             determine
             any
             thing
             in
             those
             six
             points
             of
             Doctrine
             which
             are
             therein
             recited
             ,
             but
             only
             tooke
             upon
             them
             to
             devise
             a
             course
             for
             the
             
               suppressing
            
             of
             the
             contrary
             opinions
             ,
             by
             adding
             by
             the
             secular
             Power
             ,
             the
             punishment
             
             of
             Death
             ,
             and
             forfeiture
             of
             Lands
             and
             Goods
             ,
             unto
             the
             censures
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             which
             were
             grown
             weake
             ,
             if
             not
             invalid
             ;
             and
             consequently
             ,
             by
             degrees
             became
             neglected
             ever
             since
             the
             said
             King
             
               Henry
            
             tooke
             the
             Headship
             on
             him
             ,
             and
             exercised
             the
             same
             by
             a
             Lay
             
               Vicar-Generall
               .
            
             And
             secondly
             ,
             you
             must
             observe
             that
             it
             appeareth
             evidently
             by
             the
             Act
             it selfe
             ,
             that
             at
             the
             same
             time
             the
             King
             had
             called
             a
             
               Synod
            
             and
             
               Convocation
               of
               all
               the
               Archbishoppes
               ,
               Bishoppes
               ,
               and
               other
               learned
               men
               of
               the
               Clergy
               ,
               that
               the
               Articles
               were
               first
               deliberately
               and
               advisedly
               debated
               ,
               argued
               and
               reasoned
               by
               the
               said
               Archbishops
               ,
               Bishops
               ,
               and
               other
               learned
               men
               of
               the
               Clergy
               ,
               and
               their
               opinions
               in
               the
               same
               declared
               and
               made
               knowne
               ,
            
             before
             the
             matter
             came
             in
             
               Parliament
               ,
            
             and
             finally
             that
             being
             brought
             into
             the
             
               Parliament
               ,
            
             there
             was
             not
             any
             thing
             declared
             and
             passed
             as
             
               doctrinall
               ,
            
             but
             
               by
               the
               assent
               of
               the
               Lords
               spirituall
               ,
               and
               other
               learned
               men
               of
               the
               Convocation
               ,
            
             as
             by
             the
             Act
             it selfe
             doth
             at
             large
             appeare
             .
             Finally
             ,
             whatsoever
             may
             be
             drawne
             from
             hence
             ,
             can
             be
             only
             this
             ,
             That
             King
             
               Henry
            
             did
             make
             use
             of
             his
             Court
             of
             
               Parliament
            
             for
             the
             establishing
             and
             confirming
             of
             some
             points
             of
             
               Popery
               ,
            
             which
             seemed
             to
             be
             in
             danger
             of
             a
             
               Reformation
               .
            
             And
             this
             compared
             with
             the
             Statute
             of
             the
             34.
             
             
               &
            
             35.
             prohibiting
             the
             reading
             of
             the
             
               Bible
            
             by
             most
             sorts
             of
             people
             ,
             doth
             clearely
             shew
             that
             the
             
               Parliaments
            
             of
             those
             times
             did
             rather
             hinder
             and
             retard
             the
             worke
             of
             
               Reformation
               ,
            
             in
             some
             especiall
             parts
             thereof
             ,
             than
             give
             any
             furtherance
             to
             the
             same
             .
          
           
             But
             to
             proceede
             .
             There
             was
             another
             point
             of
             
               Reformation
            
             begunne
             in
             the
             Lord
             
               Cromwel's
            
             time
             ,
             but
             not
             produced
             ,
             nor
             brought
             unto
             perfection
             till
             after
             his
             decease
             ,
             and
             then
             too
             ,
             not
             without
             the
             midwifery
             of
             an
             Act
             of
             
               Parliament
               .
            
             For
             in
             the
             yeare
             1537.
             the
             Bishops
             and
             others
             of
             the
             Clergy
             of
             the
             
               Convocation
               ,
            
             had
             composed
             a
             booke
             entituled
             the
             
               Institution
               of
               a
               Christian
               man
               ,
            
             which
             being
             subscribed
             by
             all
             their
             hands
             ,
             was
             by
             them
             presented
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             by
             his
             most
             excellent
             judgement
             to
             be
             allowed
             of
             ,
             or
             condemned
             .
             This
             booke
             ,
             conteyning
             the
             cheife
             heads
             of
             Christian
             Religion
             ,
             was
             forth
             with
             printed
             ,
             and
             exposed
             to
             publique
             view
             .
             But
             some
             things
             not
             being
             clearely
             explicated
             ,
             or
             otherwise
             subject
             to
             exception
             ,
             he
             caused
             it
             to
             be
             reviewed
             ,
             and
             to
             that
             end
             ;
             as
             
               Supreme
               Head
               ,
               on
               Earth
               ,
               of
               the
               Church
               of
               England
            
             (
             I
             speake
             the
             very
             words
             of
             the
             
             Act
             of
             
               Parliament
               .
            
             32.
             
               H.
            
             8
             ▪
             
               c.
            
             26.
             )
             
               appointed
               the
               Archbishops
               and
               Bishops
               of
               both
               Provinces
               ,
               and
               also
               a
               great
               number
               of
               the
               best
               learned
               ,
               honestest
               ,
               and
               most
               virtuous
               sort
               of
               the
               Doctors
               in
               Divinity
               ,
               men
               of
               discretion
               ,
               judgement
               ,
               and
               good
               disposition
               ,
               to
               be
               called
               together
               ,
               to
               the
               intent
               that
               according
               to
               the
               very
               Gospell
               and
               Law
               of
               God
               ,
               without
               any
               partiall
               respect
               or
               affection
               to
               the
            
             Papisticall
             
               sort
               ,
               or
               any
               other
               Sect
               or
               Sects
               whatsoever
               ,
               they
               should
               declare
               ,
               by
               writing
               ,
               and
               publish
               ,
               as
               well
               the
               principall
               Articles
               and
               Points
               of
               our
            
             Faith
             
               and
            
             Beleife
             ;
             
               with
               the
               Declaration
               ,
               true
               understanding
               and
               observation
               of
               such
               other
               expedient
               points
               ,
               as
               by
               them
               ,
               with
               his
            
             Grace's
             advise
             ,
             
               Counsaile
               and
               Consent
               ,
               shall
               be
               thought
               needfull
               and
               expedient
               :
               As
               also
               for
               the
               lawfull
            
             Rites
             ,
             Ceremonies
             ,
             
               and
               observation
               of
               Gods
               service
               within
               this
               Realme
               .
            
             This
             was
             in
             the
             yeare
             1540.
             at
             what
             time
             the
             
               Parliament
            
             was
             also
             sitting
             ,
             of
             which
             the
             King
             was
             pleased
             to
             make
             this
             especiall
             use
             ,
             that
             whereas
             the
             
               worke
               which
               was
               in
               hand
            
             (
             I
             use
             againe
             the
             words
             of
             the
             Statute
             )
             
               required
               ripe
               and
               mature
               deliberation
               ,
               and
               was
               not
               rashly
               to
               be
               defined
               and
               set
               forth
               ,
            
             and
             so
             not
             fit
             to
             be
             restrained
             to
             the
             present
             Session
             :
             An
             Act
             was
             passed
             to
             this
             effect
             ,
             
               that
               all
               Determinations
               ,
               Declarations
               ,
               Decrees
               ,
               Definitions
               and
               Ordinances
               ,
               as
               according
               to
            
             God's
             Word
             
               and
            
             Christs
             Gospell
             
               should
               at
               any
               time
               hereafter
               be
               set
               forth
               by
               the
               said
            
             Archbishops
             and
             Bishops
             ,
             
               and
            
             Doctors
             
               in
            
             Divinity
             ,
             
               now
               appointed
               ,
               or
               hereafter
               to
               be
               appointed
               by
               his
            
             Royall
             Majesty
             ,
             
               or
               else
               by
               the
               whole
            
             Clergy
             
               of
            
             England
             ,
             
               in
               and
               upon
               the
               Matter
               of
            
             Christ's
             
               Religion
               ,
               and
               the
            
             Christian
             Faith
             ,
             
               and
               the
               lawfull
            
             Rites
             ,
             Ceremonies
             ,
             
               and
               observations
               of
               the
               same
               ,
               by
               his
            
             Majesties
             advice
             
               and
               confirmation
               under
               the
               Great
               Seale
               of
            
             England
             ,
             
               shall
               be
               by
               all
               his
               Graces
               Subjects
               fully
               beleeved
               ,
               obeyed
               ,
               observed
               and
               performed
               to
               all
               purposes
               and
               intents
               ,
               upon
               the
               paines
               and
               penalties
               therein
               to
               be
               comprized
               ,
               as
               if
               the
               same
               had
               beene
               in
               expresse
               words
               and
               sentences
               plainly
               and
               fully
               made
               ,
               set
               forth
               ,
               declared
               and
               conteined
               in
               the
               said
               Act.
            
             32.
             of
             
               H.
            
             8.
             
               c
               ,
            
             26.
             
             Where
             note
             that
             the
             two
             houses
             of
             
               Parliament
            
             were
             so
             farre
             from
             medling
             in
             the
             matter
             which
             was
             then
             in
             hand
             ,
             that
             they
             did
             not
             so
             much
             as
             require
             to
             see
             the
             
               determinations
            
             and
             Decrees
             of
             those
             learned
             men
             whom
             his
             Majesty
             had
             then
             assembled
             ,
             before
             they
             passed
             the
             present
             Act
             to
             binde
             the
             subject
             fully
             to
             beleeve
             ,
             observe
             and
             performe
             the
             same
             ;
             but
             left
             it
             wholly
             to
             the
             judgement
             and
             discretion
             of
             the
             
               King
            
             and
             
               Clergy
               ,
            
             
             and
             trusted
             them
             besides
             with
             the
             ordaining
             and
             inflicting
             of
             such
             
               paines
            
             and
             
               penalties
            
             on
             disobedient
             and
             unconformable
             persons
             ,
             as
             to
             them
             seemed
             meete
             .
          
           
             This
             ground
             worke
             laid
             ,
             the
             worke
             went
             forwards
             in
             good
             order
             ,
             and
             at
             last
             being
             brought
             unto
             as
             much
             perfection
             as
             the
             said
             Archbishops
             ,
             Bishops
             ,
             and
             other
             learned
             men
             could
             give
             it
             ,
             without
             the
             cooperation
             and
             concurrence
             of
             the
             
               Royall
               assent
               ,
            
             it
             was
             presented
             once
             againe
             to
             the
             King's
             consideration
             ,
             who
             very
             carefully
             perused
             it
             ,
             and
             alterd
             many
             things
             with
             his
             owne
             hand
             ,
             as
             appeareth
             by
             the
             booke
             it selfe
             still
             extant
             in
             the
             famous
             Library
             of
             Sir
             
               Robert
               Cotton
               ,
            
             and
             having
             so
             altered
             and
             corrected
             it
             in
             some
             passages
             ,
             returned
             it
             to
             the
             Arcbishop
             of
             
               Canterbury
               ,
            
             who
             bestowed
             some
             further
             paines
             upon
             it
             ,
             to
             the
             end
             that
             being
             to
             come
             forth
             in
             the
             Kings
             name
             ,
             and
             by
             his
             authority
             ,
             there
             should
             be
             nothing
             in
             the
             same
             which
             might
             be
             justly
             reprehended
             .
             The
             businesse
             being
             in
             this
             forwardnesse
             ,
             the
             King
             declares
             in
             
               Parliament
               ,
               An.
            
             1544.
             being
             the
             34
             yeare
             of
             his
             Reigne
             
               his
               zeale
               and
               care
               ,
               not
               only
               to
               suppresse
               all
               such
               bookes
               and
               writings
               as
               were
               noysom
               and
               pestilent
               ,
               and
               tended
               to
               the
               seducing
               of
               his
               subjects
               :
               but
               also
               to
               ordaine
               and
               establish
               a
               certaine
               forme
               of
               pure
               and
               sincere
               teaching
               ,
               agreeable
               to
               Gods
               Word
               ,
               and
               the
               true
               doctrine
               of
               the
               
                 Catholick
              
               and
               
                 Apostolick
              
               Church
               ,
               whereunto
               men
               may
               have
               recourse
               for
               the
               decision
               of
               some
               such
               controversies
               ,
               as
               have
               in
               times
               past
               ,
               &
               yet
               doe
               happen
               to
               arise
               .
            
             And
             for
             a
             preparatory
             thereunto
             ,
             that
             so
             it
             might
             come
             forth
             with
             the
             greater
             credit
             ,
             he
             caused
             an
             Act
             to
             passe
             in
             
               Parliament
            
             for
             the
             
               abolishing
               of
               all
               bookes
               and
               writings
               comprizing
               any
               matters
               of
            
             Christian
             Religion
             ,
             
               contrary
               to
               that
               doctrine
               which
               since
               the
               yeare
            
             1540.
             
               is
               ▪
               or
               any
               time
               during
               the
               Kings
               life
               ,
               shall
               be
               set
               forth
               by
               his
            
             Highnesse
             ,
             
               and
               for
               the
               punishment
               of
               all
               such
            
             (
             and
             that
             too
             with
             most
             grievous
             paines
             )
             
               which
               should
               preach
               ,
               teach
               ,
               mainteine
               or
               defend
               any
               matter
               or
               thing
               contrary
               to
               the
            
             booke
             of
             Doctrine
             
               which
               was
               then
               in
               readinesse
            
             34.35
             .
             
               H.
            
             8.
             
               c.
            
             1.
             
             Which
             done
             he
             caused
             the
             said
             booke
             to
             be
             imprinted
             in
             the
             yeare
             next
             following
             ,
             under
             the
             Title
             of
             
               A
               necessary
               Doctrine
               for
               all
               sorts
               of
               people
            
             ;
             prefixing
             a
             Preface
             thereto
             in
             his
             owne
             Royall
             name
             ,
             to
             all
             his
             faithfull
             and
             loving
             Subjects
             ,
             that
             they
             might
             know
             the
             better
             in
             those
             dangerous
             times
             ,
             what
             to
             beleeve
             in
             point
             of
             
               Doctrine
               ,
            
             and
             how
             they
             
             were
             to
             carry
             and
             behave
             themselves
             in
             point
             of
             practice
             .
             which
             Statute
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             the
             greatest
             evidence
             which
             those
             times
             afford
             ,
             to
             shew
             ,
             that
             both
             ,
             or
             either
             of
             the
             houses
             of
             
               Parliament
            
             had
             any
             thing
             to
             doe
             in
             matters
             which
             concern'd
             
               Religion
            
             ;
             so
             it
             entitles
             them
             to
             no
             more
             (
             if
             at
             all
             to
             any
             thing
             )
             then
             that
             they
             did
             make
             way
             to
             a
             booke
             of
             doctrine
             which
             was
             before
             digested
             by
             the
             
               Clergy
            
             only
             ,
             revised
             after
             and
             corrected
             by
             the
             
               Kings
            
             owne
             hand
             ,
             and
             finally
             perused
             and
             perfected
             by
             the
             
               Metropolitan
               .
            
             And
             more
             than
             so
             (
             besides
             ,
             that
             being
             but
             one
             swallowe
             ,
             it
             can
             make
             no
             summer
             )
             it
             is
             acknowledged
             and
             confessed
             in
             the
             Act
             it selfe
             (
             if
             
               Poulton
            
             understand
             it
             rightly
             in
             his
             
               Abridgement
            
             )
             that
             
               recourse
               must
               be
               had
               to
               the
               Catholick
               and
               Apostolick
               Church
               ,
               for
               the
               decision
               of
               Controversies
               .
            
             Which
             as
             it
             gives
             the
             
               Clergy
            
             the
             Decisive
             power
             ,
             so
             it
             left
             nothing
             to
             the
             Houses
             but
             to
             assist
             and
             ayde
             them
             with
             the
             
               Temporall
            
             sword
             ,
             when
             the
             
               Spirituall
            
             Word
             could
             not
             doe
             the
             deede
             ,
             the
             point
             thereof
             being
             blunted
             ,
             and
             the
             edge
             abated
             .
          
           
             Next
             let
             us
             looke
             upon
             the
             time
             of
             king
             
               Ed.
            
             6.
             and
             we
             shall
             find
             the
             
               Articles
            
             and
             Doctrine
             of
             the
             Church
             (
             excepting
             such
             as
             were
             conteined
             in
             the
             booke
             of
             
               Common-Prayer
            
             )
             to
             be
             composed
             ,
             confirmed
             and
             setled
             in
             no
             other
             way
             than
             by
             the
             
               Clergy
            
             only
             in
             their
             
               Convocation
               ,
            
             the
             kings
             authority
             cooperating
             and
             concurring
             with
             them
             .
             For
             ,
             in
             the
             
               Synod
            
             held
             in
             
               London
               An.
            
             1552.
             
             The
             
               Clergy
            
             did
             compose
             and
             agree
             upon
             a
             booke
             of
             Articles
             ,
             conteining
             the
             chiefe
             heads
             of
             the
             
               Christian
               Faith
               ,
            
             especially
             with
             referrence
             to
             such
             points
             of
             Controversie
             as
             were
             in
             difference
             betweene
             the
             
               Reformators
            
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             
               England
               ,
            
             and
             the
             Church
             of
             
               Rome
               ,
            
             and
             other
             opponents
             whatsoever
             ;
             which
             after
             were
             approved
             and
             published
             by
             the
             Kings
             authority
             .
             They
             were
             in
             number
             41
             ,
             and
             were
             published
             by
             this
             following
             Title
             ,
             that
             is
             to
             say
             ,
             
               Articuli
               de
               quibus
               in
            
             Synodo
             London
             ,
             
               An.
            
             1552.
             
               ad
               tollendum
               opinionum
               dissentionem
               ,
               et
               consensum
               verae
            
             Religionis
             
               firmandum
               ,
               inter
            
             Episcopos
             
               &
               alios
            
             Eruditos
             viros
             
               convenerat
               ,
               Regia
               Authoritate
               in
               lucem
               Editi
               .
            
             And
             ,
             it
             is
             worth
             our
             observation
             ,
             that
             though
             the
             
               Parliament
            
             was
             held
             at
             the
             very
             time
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             
               Parliament
            
             passed
             severall
             Acts
             which
             concerned
             Church-matters
             ,
             as
             
               viz.
            
             An
             
               Act
               for
               uniformity
               of
               Divine
               Service
               ,
               and
               for
               the
               confirmation
               of
               the
               booke
               of
               Ordination
               ,
            
             5.
             
             
               &
            
             6.
             
               Ed.
            
             6.
             
               c.
            
             1.
             
             
               An
               Act
               declaring
               which
               daies
               only
               shall
               
               be
               kept
               for
               holy-dayes
               ,
               and
               which
               for
               fasting
               dayes
               ,
               c.
            
             3.
             
             
               An
               Act
               against
               striking
               or
               drawing
               weapon
               either
               in
               the
               Church
               ,
               or
               Church-yard
               ▪
               c.
            
             4.
             and
             finally
             another
             Act
             
               for
               the
               legitimating
               of
               the
               marriages
               of
               Priests
               and
               Ministers
               ,
               c.
            
             12.
             yet
             neither
             in
             this
             
               Parliament
               ,
            
             nor
             in
             that
             which
             followed
             ,
             is
             there
             so
             much
             as
             the
             least
             syllable
             which
             reflects
             this
             way
             ,
             or
             medleth
             any
             thing
             at
             all
             with
             the
             booke
             of
             
               Articles
               .
            
             Where
             ,
             by
             the
             way
             ,
             if
             you
             behold
             the
             lawfullnesse
             of
             
               Priests
               Marriages
            
             as
             a
             matter
             
               Doctrinall
               ,
            
             or
             thinke
             we
             owe
             that
             Point
             of
             
               Doctrine
               ,
            
             and
             the
             indulgence
             granted
             to
             the
             
               Clergy
            
             in
             it
             ,
             to
             the
             care
             and
             goodnesse
             of
             the
             
               Parliament
               ,
            
             you
             may
             please
             to
             know
             ,
             that
             the
             point
             had
             beene
             before
             determined
             in
             the
             
               Convocation
               ,
            
             and
             stands
             determined
             by
             and
             for
             the
             
               Clergy
            
             in
             the
             31.
             of
             those
             
               Articles
               ,
            
             and
             that
             the
             
               Parliament
            
             looked
             not
             on
             it
             as
             a
             point
             of
             
               Doctrine
               ,
            
             but
             as
             it
             was
             a
             matter
             
               practicall
               ,
            
             conducing
             to
             the
             benefit
             and
             improvement
             of
             the
             Common-wealth
             .
             Or
             if
             it
             did
             ,
             yet
             was
             the
             Statute
             built
             on
             no
             other
             ground-worke
             ,
             than
             the
             resolution
             of
             the
             
               Clergy
               ,
               the
               Marriage
               of
               Priests
               being
               before
               determined
               to
               be
               most
               lawfull
            
             (
             I
             use
             the
             very
             words
             of
             the
             Act
             it selfe
             )
             and
             
               according
               to
               the
               word
               of
               God
               ,
               by
               the
               learned
            
             Clergy
             
               of
               this
               Realm
               in
               their
            
             Convocations
             ,
             
               as
               well
               by
               the
               common
               assent
               ,
               as
               by
               subscription
               of
               their
               hands
               .
            
             5.6
             ▪
             
               Ed
               ▪
            
             6.
             
               c.
            
             12.
             
          
           
             And
             ,
             for
             the
             time
             of
             
               Q.
               Elizabeth
               ,
            
             it
             is
             most
             manifest
             that
             they
             had
             no
             other
             body
             of
             Doctrine
             in
             the
             first
             part
             of
             her
             Reigne
             ,
             then
             only
             the
             said
             
               Articles
            
             of
             K.
             
               Edward's
            
             booke
             ,
             and
             that
             which
             was
             delivered
             in
             the
             booke
             of
             
               Homilies
            
             of
             the
             said
             kings
             time
             ;
             in
             which
             the
             
               Parliament
            
             had
             as
             little
             to
             doe
             ,
             as
             you
             have
             seene
             they
             had
             in
             the
             booke
             of
             
               Articles
               .
            
             But
             in
             the
             
               Convocation
            
             of
             the
             yeare
             1562.
             being
             the
             fifth
             of
             the
             Queenes
             Reigne
             ,
             the
             Bishops
             and
             
               Clergy
            
             taking
             into
             consideration
             the
             said
             
               booke
               of
               Articles
               ,
            
             and
             altering
             what
             they
             thought
             most
             fitting
             ,
             to
             make
             it
             more
             conducible
             to
             the
             use
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             and
             the
             edification
             of
             the
             people
             ,
             presented
             it
             unto
             the
             Queene
             ,
             who
             caused
             it
             to
             be
             published
             with
             this
             name
             and
             Title
             ,
             
               viz.
               Articles
               whereupon
               it
               was
               agreed
               by
               the
               Archbishops
               and
               Bishops
               of
               both
            
             Provinces
             
               and
               the
               whole
            
             Clergy
             
               in
               the
            
             Convocation
             
               holden
               at
            
             London
             
               An.
            
             1562.
             
               for
               the
               avoiding
               of
               diversitie
               of
               opinions
               ,
               and
               for
               establishing
               of
               consent
               touching
               true
            
             Religion
             ,
             
               put
               forth
               by
               the
            
             Queenes
             
               authority
               .
            
             Of
             any
             thing
             done
             or
             pretended
             to
             
             be
             done
             by
             the
             power
             of
             
               Parliament
               ,
            
             either
             in
             the
             way
             of
             approbation
             ,
             or
             of
             confirmation
             ,
             not
             one
             word
             occurres
             either
             in
             any
             of
             the
             printed
             bookes
             ,
             or
             their
             publique
             Registers
             .
             At
             last
             indeed
             in
             the
             thirteenth
             of
             the
             said
             Queenes
             Reigne
             (
             which
             was
             eight
             yeares
             full
             after
             the
             passing
             of
             those
             
               Articles
            
             )
             comes
             out
             a
             Statute
             for
             
               the
               redressing
               of
               disorders
               in
               the
               Ministers
               of
               holy
               Church
            
             ;
             In
             which
             it
             was
             enacted
             .
             
               That
               all
               such
               as
               were
               ordeined
               
                 Priests
              
               or
               Ministers
               of
               God's
               Word
               and
               Sacraments
               ,
               after
               any
               other
               
                 forme
              
               than
               that
               appointed
               to
               be
               used
               in
               the
               Church
               of
               
                 England
              
               ;
               all
               such
               as
               were
               to
               be
               ordeined
               ,
               or
               permitted
               to
               preach
               ,
               or
               to
               be
               instituted
               into
               any
               
                 Benefice
              
               with
               cure
               of
               Soules
               ,
               should
               publiquely
               subscribe
               to
               the
               said
               
                 Articles
                 ,
              
               and
               testifie
               their
               assent
               unto
               them
            
             :
             which
             shewes
             (
             if
             you
             observe
             it
             well
             )
             that
             though
             the
             
               Parliament
            
             did
             well
             allow
             of
             and
             approve
             the
             said
             
               booke
               of
               Articles
               ,
            
             yet
             the
             said
             booke
             owes
             neither
             confirmation
             nor
             authority
             to
             the
             Act
             of
             
               Parliament
               .
            
             So
             that
             the
             wonder
             is
             the
             greater
             ,
             that
             that
             most
             insolent
             scoffe
             which
             is
             put
             upon
             us
             by
             the
             Church
             of
             
               Rome
               ,
            
             in
             calling
             our
             Religion
             by
             the
             name
             
               Parliamentaria
               Religio
               ,
            
             should
             passe
             so
             long
             without
             controle
             ,
             unlesse
             perhaps
             it
             was
             in
             reference
             to
             our
             Formes
             of
             worship
             ,
             of
             which
             I
             am
             to
             speake
             in
             the
             next
             place
             .
          
           
             But
             first
             we
             must
             make
             answere
             unto
             some
             objections
             which
             are
             made
             against
             us
             ,
             both
             from
             Law
             and
             practise
             .
             For
             Practise
             ,
             first
             it
             is
             alleaged
             by
             some
             out
             of
             Bishop
             
               Iewell
               ,
            
             in
             his
             answere
             to
             the
             cavill
             of
             Dr.
             
               Harding
               ,
            
             
               to
               be
               no
               strange
               matter
               to
               see
               Ecclesiasticall
               causes
               debated
               in
               
                 Parliament
              
               ;
               and
               that
               it
               is
               apparent
               by
               the
               Lawes
               of
               K.
               
                 Inas
                 ,
              
               K.
               
                 Alfred
                 ,
              
               K.
               
                 Edward
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               That
               our
               godly
               forefathers
               the
               Princes
               and
               Peeres
               of
               this
               Realme
               ,
               never
               vouchsafed
               to
               treate
               of
               matters
               touching
               the
               common
               State
               ,
               before
               all
               controversies
               of
               
                 Religion
                 ,
              
               and
               
                 Causes
                 Ecclesiasticall
              
               had
               beene
               concluded
               .
               
                 Def.
                 of
                 the
                 Apol.
                 pt.
              
               6.
               
                 c.
              
               2.
               
               §
               .
               1.
               
            
             But
             the
             answere
             unto
             this
             is
             easy
             .
             For
             first
             ,
             if
             our
             
               Religion
            
             may
             be
             called
             
               Parliamentarian
               ,
            
             because
             it
             hath
             received
             confirmation
             and
             debate
             in
             
               Parliament
               ,
            
             then
             the
             Religion
             of
             our
             Forefathers
             ,
             even
             
               Papistry
            
             it selfe
             (
             concerning
             which
             so
             many
             Acts
             of
             
               Parliament
            
             were
             made
             in
             K.
             
               Henry
            
             8.
             and
             Q.
             
               Maries
            
             time
             )
             must
             be
             called
             
               Parliamentarian
            
             also
             .
             And
             Secondly
             ,
             it
             is
             most
             certaine
             ,
             that
             in
             the
             
               Parliaments
            
             or
             
               Common
               
               Councels
            
             (
             call
             them
             which
             you
             will
             )
             both
             of
             King
             
               Inas
            
             time
             ,
             and
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             
               Saxon
            
             Kings
             which
             Bishop
             
               Iewell
            
             speakes
             of
             ,
             not
             only
             
               Bishops
               ,
               Abbats
               ,
            
             and
             the
             higher
             part
             of
             the
             
               Clergy
               ,
            
             but
             the
             whole
             body
             of
             the
             
               Clergy
            
             generally
             had
             their
             votes
             and
             suffrages
             ,
             eyther
             in
             person
             or
             by
             Proxy
             .
             Concerning
             which
             ,
             take
             this
             for
             the
             leading
             Case
             ,
             That
             in
             the
             Parliament
             or
             Common
             Councell
             in
             K.
             
               Ethelbert's
            
             time
             ,
             who
             first
             of
             all
             the
             
               Saxon
            
             Kings
             received
             the
             Gospell
             ,
             the
             
               Clergy
            
             were
             convened
             in
             as
             full
             a
             manner
             ,
             as
             the
             Lay
             subjects
             of
             that
             Prince
             ▪
             
               Convocato
               cōmuni
               Concilio
               tam
               Cleri
               ,
               quàm
               Populi
               ,
            
             saith
             Sr.
             
               H.
               Spelman
            
             in
             his
             Collection
             of
             the
             Councels
             .
             
               An.
            
             605.
             
               p.
            
             118.
             
             And
             for
             the
             
               Parliament
            
             of
             King
             
               Ina
            
             which
             leades
             the
             way
             in
             Bishop
             
               Iewell
               ,
            
             it
             was
             (
             saith
             the
             same
             Sr.
             
               H.
               Spelman
               p.
            
             630.
             
             
               Commune
               Concilium
               Episcoporum
               ,
               Procerum
               ,
               Comitum
               ,
               necnon
               omnium
               Sapientum
               ,
               Seniorum
               ,
               populorumque
               totius
               Regni
            
             ;
             where
             doubtlesse
             
               Sapientes
            
             and
             
               Seniores
            
             (
             and
             you
             know
             what
             
               Seniores
            
             signifieth
             in
             the
             
               Ecclesiasticall
            
             notion
             )
             must
             be
             some
             body
             else
             then
             those
             which
             after
             are
             expressed
             by
             the
             name
             of
             
               Populi
               ,
            
             which
             shewes
             the
             falshood
             and
             absurdity
             of
             the
             collection
             made
             by
             Master
             
               Prynne
               ,
            
             that
             in
             the
             epistle
             to
             his
             booke
             against
             Doctor
             
               Cousins
               ,
               viz.
            
             That
             the
             
               Parliament
            
             (
             as
             it
             is
             now
             constituted
             )
             
               hath
               an
               ancient
               ,
               genuine
               ,
               just
               and
               lawfull
               Prerogative
               ,
               to
               establish
               true
               Religion
               in
               our
               Church
               ,
               and
               to
               abolish
               and
               suppresse
               all
               false
               ,
               new
               ,
               and
               counterfeit
               doctrines
               whatsoever
            
             :
             unlesse
             he
             meanes
             ,
             upon
             the
             
               post-fact
               ,
            
             after
             the
             Church
             hath
             done
             her
             part
             ,
             in
             determining
             wh●t
             was
             true
             ,
             what
             false
             ;
             what
             new
             ,
             what
             ancient
             ;
             and
             finally
             what
             Doctrines
             might
             be
             counted
             counterfeit
             ,
             and
             what
             sincere
             .
             And
             as
             for
             Law
             ,
             't
             is
             true
             indeed
             ,
             that
             by
             the
             Statute
             1
             
               Eliz.
               cap.
            
             1.
             
             The
             Court
             of
             
               Parliament
            
             hath
             pawer
             to
             
               determine
               and
               judge
               of
               Heresie
            
             ;
             which
             at
             first
             sight
             seemes
             somewhat
             strange
             ,
             but
             on
             the
             second
             view
             ,
             you
             will
             easily
             finde
             that
             this
             relates
             only
             to
             new
             and
             emergent
             Heresies
             ,
             not
             formerly
             declared
             for
             such
             in
             any
             of
             the
             first
             foure
             
               Generall
               Councells
               ,
            
             nor
             in
             any
             other
             Generall
             Councell
             adjudging
             by
             expresse
             words
             of
             holy
             Scripture
             ;
             as
             also
             that
             in
             such
             
               new
               Heresies
               ,
            
             the
             following
             words
             restraine
             this
             power
             to
             the
             
               Assent
               of
               the
               Clergy
               in
               their
               Convocation
               ,
            
             as
             being
             best
             able
             to
             instruct
             the
             
               Parliament
            
             what
             they
             are
             to
             doe
             ,
             and
             where
             they
             are
             to
             make
             use
             of
             the
             secular
             sword
             for
             cutting
             off
             a
             desperat
             
             Heretick
             from
             the
             Church
             of
             CHRIST
             ,
             or
             rather
             from
             the
             body
             of
             all
             
               Christian
            
             people
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               4.
               
            
             Of
             the
             
               Formes
            
             of
             
               Worship
               .
            
          
           
             THIS
             rub
             removed
             ,
             we
             now
             proceed
             unto
             a
             view
             of
             such
             formes
             of
             Worship
             as
             have
             beene
             setled
             in
             this
             Church
             ,
             since
             the
             first
             dawning
             of
             the
             day
             of
             
               Reformation
            
             ;
             in
             which
             our
             
               Parliaments
            
             have
             indeed
             done
             somewhat
             ,
             though
             it
             be
             not
             much
             .
             The
             first
             point
             which
             was
             altered
             in
             the
             publique
             
               Liturgies
               ,
            
             was
             that
             the
             
               Creed
               ,
            
             the
             
               Pater-noster
               ,
            
             and
             the
             ten
             
               Commandements
               ,
            
             were
             ordered
             to
             be
             said
             in
             the
             
               English
            
             tongue
             ,
             to
             the
             intent
             the
             people
             might
             be
             perfect
             in
             them
             ,
             and
             learn
             them
             without
             book
             ,
             as
             our
             phrase
             is
             .
             The
             next
             ;
             the
             setting
             forth
             and
             using
             of
             the
             
               English
               Letanie
               ,
            
             on
             such
             daies
             and
             times
             ,
             in
             which
             it
             was
             accustomably
             to
             be
             read
             as
             a
             part
             of
             the
             Service
             .
             But
             neither
             of
             these
             two
             was
             done
             by
             
               Parliament
               ,
            
             nay
             (
             to
             say
             truth
             )
             the
             
               Parliament
            
             did
             nothing
             in
             them
             .
             All
             which
             was
             done
             in
             eyther
             of
             them
             ,
             was
             only
             by
             the
             Kings
             authority
             ,
             by
             virtue
             of
             the
             
               Head
               ship
            
             or
             
               Supremacy
            
             which
             was
             vested
             in
             him
             ,
             eyther
             cooperating
             and
             concurring
             with
             his
             
               Convocation
               ,
            
             or
             else
             directed
             and
             assisted
             by
             such
             learned
             
               Prelates
               ,
            
             with
             whom
             he
             did
             advise
             in
             matters
             which
             concern'd
             the
             Church
             ,
             and
             did
             relate
             to
             
               Reformation
               .
            
             By
             virtue
             of
             which
             
               Head-ship
            
             or
             
               Supremacy
            
             he
             ordained
             the
             first
             ,
             and
             to
             that
             end
             caused
             certain
             
               Articles
            
             or
             
               Injunctions
            
             to
             be
             published
             by
             the
             Lord
             
               Cromwell
               ,
            
             then
             his
             
               Vicar-Generall
               .
               An.
            
             1536.
             
             And
             by
             the
             same
             did
             he
             give
             order
             for
             the
             second
             ,
             I
             meane
             ,
             for
             the
             saying
             of
             the
             
               Letany
            
             in
             the
             
               English
            
             tongue
             ,
             by
             his
             own
             royall
             
               Proclamation
               .
               An.
            
             1545.
             for
             which
             ,
             consult
             the
             
               Acts
            
             &
             
               Mon.
               fol.
            
             1248.
             1312.
             
             But
             these
             were
             only
             preparations
             to
             a
             greater
             worke
             which
             was
             reserved
             unto
             the
             times
             of
             King
             
               Ed.
            
             6.
             
             In
             the
             beginning
             of
             whose
             Reigne
             there
             passed
             a
             
               Statute
            
             for
             the
             
               administring
               the
               Sacrament
               in
               both
               kindes
               to
               any
               person
               that
               should
               devoutly
               and
               humbly
               desire
               the
               same
               .
            
             1
             
               Ed.
            
             6.
             
               cap.
            
             1.
             
             In
             which
             it
             is
             to
             be
             observed
             ,
             that
             though
             the
             
               Statute
            
             doe
             declare
             ,
             that
             the
             ministring
             of
             the
             same
             in
             
               both
               kinds
            
             to
             the
             people
             was
             more
             agreeable
             to
             the
             first
             
               Institution
            
             of
             the
             said
             Sacrament
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             common
             usage
             of
             the
             
               primitive
            
             times
             .
             Yet
             
             Mr.
             
               Fox
            
             assures
             us
             (
             and
             we
             may
             take
             his
             word
             )
             that
             they
             did
             build
             that
             Declaration
             ,
             and
             consequently
             the
             Act
             which
             was
             raised
             upon
             it
             ,
             
               upon
               the
               Iudgement
               and
               opinion
               of
               the
               best
               learned
               men
               ,
               whose
               resolution
               and
               advise
               they
               followed
               in
               it
               .
               fol.
            
             1489.
             
             And
             for
             the
             
               Forme
            
             by
             which
             the
             said
             most
             Blessed
             Sacrament
             was
             to
             be
             so
             delivered
             to
             the
             Common
             people
             ,
             it
             was
             commended
             to
             the
             care
             of
             the
             most
             grave
             and
             learned
             Bishops
             ,
             and
             others
             ,
             assembled
             by
             the
             King
             at
             his
             Castle
             of
             
               Windsor
            
             ;
             who
             upon
             long
             ,
             wise
             ,
             learned
             and
             deliberate
             advice
             did
             
               finally
               agree
            
             (
             saith
             
               Fox
            
             )
             
               upon
               one
               Godly
               and
               uniform
               Order
               for
               receiving
               the
               same
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               right
               rule
               of
               Scriptures
               ,
               and
               the
               first
               use
               of
               the
               primitive
               Church
               .
               fol.
            
             1491.
             which
             Order
             ,
             as
             it
             was
             set
             forth
             in
             print
             .
             
               An.
            
             1548.
             with
             a
             
               Proclamation
            
             in
             the
             name
             of
             the
             King
             ,
             to
             give
             authority
             thereunto
             amongst
             the
             people
             ,
             so
             was
             it
             recommended
             by
             especiall
             Letters
             writ
             unto
             every
             Bishop
             severally
             from
             the
             Lords
             of
             the
             Counsell
             ,
             to
             see
             the
             same
             put
             in
             execution
             ;
             A
             copy
             of
             which
             Letters
             you
             may
             find
             in
             
               Fox
               .
               fol.
            
             1491.
             as
             afore
             is
             said
             .
          
           
             Hitherto
             nothing
             done
             by
             
               Parliament
            
             in
             the
             
               Formes
            
             of
             
               Worship
               ,
            
             but
             in
             the
             following
             yeare
             there
             was
             .
             For
             the
             Protector
             and
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             Kings
             Counsell
             being
             fully
             bent
             for
             a
             
               Reformation
               ,
            
             thought
             it
             expedient
             that
             one
             uniform
             ,
             quiet
             and
             godly
             Order
             should
             be
             had
             throughout
             the
             Realm
             ,
             for
             Officiating
             God's
             Divine
             Service
             .
             And
             
               to
               that
               end
            
             (
             I
             use
             the
             very
             words
             of
             the
             Act
             it selfe
             )
             
               appointed
               the
               Archbishop
               of
            
             Canterbury
             ,
             
               and
               certain
               of
               the
               most
               learned
               and
               discreet
               Bishops
               ,
               and
               other
               learned
               men
               of
               the
               Realm
               to
               meet
               together
               ,
               requiring
               them
               ,
               that
               having
               as
               well
               eye
               and
               respect
               to
               the
               most
               pure
               and
               sincere
            
             christian
             Religion
             
               taught
               in
               Scriptures
               ,
               as
               to
               the
            
             usages
             
               in
               the
            
             primitive
             Church
             ,
             
               they
               should
               draw
               and
               make
               one
               convenient
               and
               meet
            
             Order
             ,
             Rite
             
               and
            
             Fashion
             
               of
            
             Common
             Prayer
             ,
             
               and
               Administration
               of
            
             Sacraments
             
               to
               be
               had
               and
               used
               in
               this
               his
               Majesties
               Realm
               of
            
             England
             .
             Well
             ,
             what
             did
             they
             being
             thus
             assembled
             ?
             that
             the
             Statute
             tells
             us
             :
             where
             it
             is
             said
             ,
             that
             
               by
               the
               ayd
               of
               the
               holy
               Ghost
            
             (
             I
             pray
             you
             marke
             this
             well
             )
             
               and
               with
               one
               uniform
               agreement
               they
               did
               conclude
               upon
               and
               set
               forth
               an
            
             Order
             ,
             
               which
               they
               delivered
               to
               the
               Kings
               Highnesse
               ,
               in
               a
               book
               entituled
               ,
               The
               Booke
               of
               Common-Prayer
               and
               Administration
               of
               the
               Sacraments
               ,
               and
               other
               Rites
               and
               Ceremonies
               of
               the
               Church
               ,
               after
               the
               use
               of
               the
               Church
            
             
             of
             
               England
               .
            
             All
             this
             was
             done
             before
             the
             
               Parliament
            
             did
             any
             thing
             .
             But
             what
             was
             done
             by
             them
             at
             last
             ?
             Why
             first
             ,
             considering
             the
             most
             godly
             travaile
             of
             the
             Kings
             Highnesse
             ,
             and
             the
             Lord
             Protector
             and
             others
             of
             his
             Highnesse
             Counsell
             ,
             in
             gathering
             together
             the
             said
             Bishops
             and
             learned
             men
             .
             Secondly
             ,
             the
             godly
             prayers
             ,
             Orders
             ,
             Rites
             and
             Ceremonies
             in
             the
             said
             book
             mentioned
             .
             Thirdly
             ,
             the
             motives
             and
             inducements
             which
             inclined
             the
             aforesaid
             learned
             men
             to
             alter
             those
             things
             which
             were
             altered
             ,
             and
             to
             reteine
             those
             which
             were
             reteined
             ;
             and
             finally
             ,
             taking
             into
             consideration
             the
             honour
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             the
             great
             quietnesse
             which
             by
             the
             grace
             of
             God
             would
             ensue
             upon
             it
             ;
             they
             gave
             his
             Majesty
             most
             hearty
             and
             lowely
             thanks
             for
             the
             same
             ,
             and
             most
             humbly
             prayed
             him
             that
             it
             
               might
               be
               ordeined
               by
               his
            
             Majesty
             ,
             
               with
               the
               assent
               of
               the
               Lords
               and
               Commons
               assembled
               in
            
             Parliament
             ,
             
               and
               by
               authority
               of
               the
               same
               ,
               that
               the
               said
            
             Form
             of
             Common-prayer
             
               and
               none
               other
               ,
               after
               the
               Feast
               of
            
             Pentecost
             
               next
               following
               ,
               should
               be
               used
               in
               all
               this
               Majesties
               Dominions
               with
               severall
               penalties
               to
               such
               ,
               as
               either
               should
               deprave
            
             or
             neglect
             the
             same
             .
             2.
             
             
               &
            
             3.
             
               Ed.
            
             6.
             
               cap.
            
             1.
             
             So
             far
             the
             very
             words
             of
             the
             Act
             it selfe
             .
             By
             which
             it
             evidently
             appeareth
             that
             the
             two
             Houses
             of
             
               Parliament
            
             did
             nothing
             in
             the
             present
             businesse
             ,
             but
             impose
             that
             
               Form
            
             upon
             the
             people
             ,
             which
             by
             the
             learned
             and
             religious
             
               Clergie
               men
            
             (
             whom
             the
             King
             appointed
             thereunto
             )
             was
             agreed
             upon
             ,
             and
             made
             it
             
               penall
            
             unto
             such
             as
             eyther
             should
             deprave
             the
             same
             ,
             or
             neglect
             to
             use
             it
             .
             And
             thus
             doth
             
               Poulton
            
             (
             no
             meane
             Lawyer
             )
             understand
             the
             Statute
             ,
             who
             therfore
             gives
             no
             other
             Title
             to
             it
             in
             his
             
               Abridgement
            
             published
             in
             the
             yeare
             1612
             ▪
             than
             this
             
               The
               Penalty
               for
               not
               using
               uniformity
               of
               Service
               ,
               and
               Ministration
               of
               the
               Sacraments
               .
            
             So
             then
             ,
             the
             making
             of
             
               one
               uniform
               Order
            
             of
             celebrating
             Divine
             Service
             ,
             was
             the
             worke
             of
             the
             
               Clergy
               ,
            
             the
             making
             of
             the
             
               Penalties
               ,
            
             was
             the
             worke
             of
             the
             
               Parliament
               .
            
          
           
             And
             so
             much
             for
             the
             first
             Liturgy
             of
             King
             
               Edwards
            
             Reigne
             ;
             in
             which
             you
             see
             how
             little
             was
             done
             by
             the
             authority
             or
             power
             of
             
               Parliament
               ,
            
             so
             little
             ,
             that
             if
             it
             had
             beene
             lesse
             ,
             it
             had
             been
             just
             nothing
             .
             But
             some
             exceptions
             being
             taken
             against
             the
             Liturgy
             by
             some
             of
             the
             preciser
             sort
             at
             home
             ,
             and
             by
             
               Calvin
            
             abroad
             ,
             the
             book
             was
             brought
             under
             a
             review
             :
             and
             though
             it
             had
             been
             framed
             at
             first
             (
             if
             the
             
               Parliament
            
             which
             said
             so
             erred
             not
             )
             by
             
               the
               ayd
               of
               the
               
               holy
               Ghost
               himself
               ,
            
             yet
             to
             
               comply
               with
               the
               curiositie
               of
               the
            
             Ministers
             ,
             and
             
               mistakes
               of
               the
            
             People
             ,
             
               rather
               then
               for
               any
               other
               weighty
               cause
               ,
            
             As
             the
             Statute
             5.
             
             
               &
            
             6.
             
               Ed.
            
             6.
             
               cap.
            
             1.
             it
             was
             thought
             expedient
             by
             the
             King
             ,
             with
             the
             Assent
             of
             the
             Lords
             and
             Commons
             in
             
               Parliament
            
             assembled
             ,
             that
             the
             said
             
               Order
               of
               Common-Service
            
             should
             be
             faithfully
             and
             godly
             perused
             ,
             explained
             and
             made
             fully
             perfect
             .
          
           
             Perused
             and
             Explained
             ;
             by
             whom
             ?
             Why
             ,
             questionlesse
             by
             those
             who
             made
             it
             ;
             or
             else
             ,
             by
             those
             (
             if
             they
             were
             not
             the
             same
             men
             )
             who
             were
             appointed
             by
             the
             King
             to
             draw
             up
             ,
             and
             compose
             a
             
               Form
            
             of
             
               Ordination
            
             for
             the
             use
             of
             the
             Church
             .
             And
             this
             
               Assent
            
             of
             theirs
             (
             for
             it
             was
             no
             more
             )
             was
             the
             only
             part
             that
             was
             ever
             acted
             by
             the
             
               Parliament
               ,
            
             in
             matter
             of
             this
             present
             nature
             ,
             save
             that
             a
             Statute
             passed
             in
             the
             former
             
               Parliament
               ,
            
             3.
             
             
               &
            
             4.
             
               Ed.
            
             6.
             
               c.
            
             12.
             unto
             this
             effect
             ,
             
               that
               such
               Form
               and
               manner
               of
               making
               and
               consecrating
            
             Archbishops
             ,
             Bishops
             ,
             Priests
             ,
             Deacons
             
               and
               other
            
             Ministers
             
               of
               the
            
             Church
             (
             which
             before
             I
             spake
             of
             )
             
               as
               by
               six
               Prelates
               ,
               and
               six
               other
               men
               of
               this
               Realm
               ,
               learned
               in
               Gods
               Lawes
               ,
               by
               the
               King
               to
               be
               appointed
               and
               assigned
               ,
               shall
               be
               devised
               for
               that
               purpose
               ,
               and
               set
               forth
               under
               the
               Great
               Seale
               ,
               shall
               be
               lawfully
               used
               and
               exercised
               ,
               and
               none
               other
               .
            
             Where
             note
             ,
             that
             the
             King
             only
             was
             to
             nominate
             and
             appoint
             the
             men
             ,
             the
             Bishops
             and
             other
             learned
             men
             were
             to
             make
             the
             book
             ,
             &
             that
             the
             
               Parliament
            
             in
             a
             
               blinde
               obedience
               ,
            
             or
             at
             the
             least
             upon
             a
             charitable
             confidence
             in
             the
             integrity
             of
             the
             men
             so
             nominated
             ,
             did
             confirm
             that
             book
             ,
             before
             any
             of
             their
             
               Members
            
             had
             ever
             seene
             it
             ,
             though
             afterwards
             indeed
             ,
             in
             the
             following
             
               Parliament
               ,
            
             this
             book
             ,
             together
             with
             the
             book
             of
             
               Common-prayer
               ,
            
             so
             printed
             and
             explained
             ,
             retained
             a
             more
             formall
             confirmation
             ,
             as
             to
             the
             use
             thereof
             throughout
             the
             kingdome
             ,
             but
             in
             no
             other
             respect
             ,
             for
             which
             see
             the
             Statute
             5.
             
             
               &
            
             6.
             
               Ed.
            
             6.
             
               c.
            
             1.
             
             [
             As
             for
             the
             time
             of
             Q.
             
               Elizabeth
               ,
            
             when
             the
             
               Common
               prayer
            
             book
             now
             in
             use
             (
             being
             the
             same
             almost
             with
             the
             last
             of
             King
             
               Edward
            
             )
             was
             to
             be
             brought
             again
             into
             the
             Church
             ,
             from
             whence
             it
             was
             cast
             out
             in
             Q.
             
               Maries
            
             Reigne
             ;
             it
             was
             committed
             to
             the
             care
             of
             some
             learned
             men
             ,
             that
             is
             to
             say
             ,
             to
             Master
             
               Whitehead
            
             (
             once
             Chaplain
             to
             Q.
             
               Anne
               Bullen
            
             )
             Doctor
             
               Parker
               ,
            
             after
             Archbishop
             of
             
               Canterbury
               ,
            
             D.
             
               Grindall
            
             after
             Bishop
             of
             
               London
               ,
            
             D.
             
               Coxe
            
             after
             Bishop
             of
             
               Ely
               ,
            
             D.
             
               Pilkinton
            
             after
             Bishop
             of
             
               Durham
               ,
            
             D.
             
               May
            
             Deane
             of
             S.
             
               Paules
               ,
            
             D.
             
               Bill
            
             Provost
             
             of
             
               Eaton
               ,
            
             after
             Deane
             of
             
               Westminster
               ,
            
             and
             Sr.
             
               Tho.
               Smith
               .
            
             By
             whom
             being
             alter'd
             in
             some
             few
             passages
             which
             the
             Statute
             points
             to
             1
             
               Eliz.
               cap.
            
             21.
             
             It
             was
             presented
             to
             the
             
               Parliament
               ,
            
             and
             by
             the
             
               Parliament
            
             received
             and
             established
             without
             more
             adoe
             ,
             or
             troubling
             any
             
               Committee
            
             of
             both
             or
             either
             Houses
             to
             consider
             of
             it
             ,
             for
             ought
             appeares
             in
             their
             Records
             .
             All
             that
             the
             
               Parliament
            
             did
             in
             it
             ;
             being
             to
             put
             it
             into
             the
             condition
             in
             which
             it
             stood
             before
             in
             King
             
               Ed.
               
            
             Reigne
             ,
             partly
             by
             repealing
             the
             Repeale
             of
             King
             
               Ed.
               
            
             Statutes
             ,
             made
             in
             the
             1
             of
             Q.
             
               Mary
               cap.
            
             2.
             and
             partly
             by
             the
             adding
             of
             some
             farther
             penalties
             on
             such
             as
             did
             deprave
             the
             book
             ,
             or
             neglect
             to
             use
             it
             ,
             or
             wilfully
             did
             absent
             themselves
             from
             their
             parish-Churches
             .
             And
             for
             the
             
               Alterations
            
             made
             therein
             in
             King
             
               Iames
            
             his
             time
             ,
             being
             small
             and
             in
             the
             
               Rubrick
            
             only
             ,
             and
             for
             the
             additions
             of
             the
             
               Thanksgivings
            
             at
             the
             end
             of
             the
             
               Letany
               ,
            
             the
             Prayer
             for
             the
             Queen
             and
             the
             royall
             Issue
             ,
             and
             the
             doctrine
             of
             the
             Sacraments
             at
             the
             end
             of
             the
             
               Catechisme
               ,
            
             which
             were
             not
             in
             the
             book
             before
             ;
             they
             were
             never
             referred
             unto
             the
             
               Parliament
               ,
            
             but
             were
             done
             only
             by
             authority
             of
             the
             Kings
             
               Commission
               ,
            
             and
             stand
             in
             force
             by
             virtue
             only
             of
             his
             
               Proclamation
               ,
            
             which
             you
             may
             find
             before
             the
             book
             ,
             the
             charge
             of
             buying
             the
             said
             book
             so
             explained
             and
             altered
             ,
             being
             layd
             upon
             the
             severall
             and
             respective
             parishes
             ,
             by
             no
             other
             authority
             than
             that
             of
             of
             the
             eightieth
             
               Canon
               ,
            
             made
             in
             
               Convocation
               .
               An.
            
             1603.
             
             The
             like
             may
             also
             be
             affirmed
             of
             the
             
               Formes
            
             of
             Prayer
             for
             the
             
               Inauguration
            
             day
             of
             our
             Kings
             and
             Queenes
             ,
             the
             Prayer-books
             for
             the
             fifth
             of
             
               November
               ,
            
             and
             the
             fifth
             of
             
               August
               ,
            
             and
             those
             which
             have
             beene
             used
             in
             all
             publique
             
               Fasts
               :
            
             All
             which
             ,
             without
             the
             help
             of
             
               Parliaments
               ,
            
             have
             been
             composed
             by
             the
             Bishops
             ,
             and
             imposed
             by
             the
             King
             .
          
           
             Now
             unto
             this
             discourse
             of
             the
             
               Formes
            
             of
             
               Worship
               ,
            
             I
             shall
             subjoyn
             a
             word
             or
             two
             of
             the
             times
             of
             
               Worship
               ,
            
             that
             is
             to
             say
             ,
             the
             
               holy
               daies
            
             observed
             in
             the
             Church
             of
             
               England
            
             ;
             and
             so
             observed
             ,
             that
             they
             doe
             owe
             that
             observation
             cheifely
             to
             the
             Churches
             power
             .
             For
             whereas
             it
             was
             found
             in
             the
             former
             times
             that
             the
             number
             of
             the
             holy
             daies
             was
             grown
             so
             great
             ,
             that
             they
             became
             a
             burden
             to
             the
             common
             people
             ,
             and
             a
             great
             hindrance
             to
             the
             thrift
             and
             manufactures
             of
             the
             kingdome
             ;
             there
             was
             a
             
               Canon
            
             made
             in
             the
             
               Convocation
               .
               An.
            
             1536
             ,
             for
             cutting
             off
             of
             many
             superstitious
             and
             superfluous
             
             holy
             daies
             ,
             and
             the
             reducing
             them
             unto
             the
             number
             in
             which
             now
             they
             stand
             (
             save
             that
             St.
             
             
               Georges
            
             day
             ,
             and
             
               Mary
               Magdalens
            
             day
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             Festivals
             of
             the
             blessed
             Virgin
             had
             their
             place
             amongst
             them
             )
             according
             to
             which
             
               Canon
               ,
            
             there
             went
             out
             a
             
               Monitory
            
             from
             the
             Archibishop
             of
             
               Canterbury
            
             to
             all
             the
             Suffragans
             of
             his
             
               Province
               ,
            
             respectively
             to
             see
             the
             same
             observed
             in
             their
             severall
             Diocesses
             ,
             which
             is
             still
             extant
             on
             Record
             .
             But
             being
             the
             authority
             of
             the
             Church
             was
             then
             in
             the
             wane
             ,
             it
             was
             thought
             necessary
             to
             confirm
             their
             Acts
             ,
             and
             see
             execution
             done
             upon
             it
             by
             the
             Kings
             
               Injunction
            
             :
             which
             did
             accordingly
             come
             forth
             with
             this
             
               Form
            
             or
             preamble
             ,
             That
             the
             
               abolishing
               of
               the
               said
               holy
               daies
               was
               Decreed
               ,
               ordained
               and
               established
               by
               the
               kings
               Highnesse
               Authority
               ,
               as
               supreme
               Head
               in
               Earth
               of
               the
               Church
               of
            
             England
             ,
             
               with
               the
               common
               consent
               and
               assent
               of
               the
            
             Prelates
             
               and
            
             Clergy
             
               of
               this
               his
               Realm
               ,
               in
               Convocation
               lawfully
               assembled
               and
               Congregate
               ,
            
             Of
             which
             see
             
               Fox
            
             his
             
               Acts
               and
               Monuments
               fol.
            
             1246.1247
             .
             Afterwards
             in
             the
             yeare
             1541.
             
             The
             King
             perceiving
             with
             what
             difficulty
             the
             People
             were
             induced
             to
             leave
             off
             those
             
               holy
               daies
               ,
            
             to
             which
             they
             had
             been
             so
             long
             accustomed
             ,
             published
             his
             
               Proclamation
            
             of
             the
             twenty
             third
             of
             Iuly
             ,
             for
             the
             abolishing
             of
             such
             
               holy
               daies
            
             (
             amongst
             other
             things
             )
             as
             were
             prohibited
             before
             by
             his
             
               Injunctions
            
             :
             both
             built
             upon
             the
             same
             foundation
             ,
             namely
             ,
             the
             resolution
             of
             the
             
               Clergy
            
             in
             their
             
               Convocation
               .
            
          
           
             And
             so
             it
             stood
             untill
             the
             Reigne
             of
             King
             
               E.
            
             6.
             at
             what
             time
             the
             
               Reformation
            
             of
             the
             publique
             
               Liturgy
            
             drew
             after
             it
             by
             consequence
             an
             alteration
             in
             the
             present
             businesse
             ,
             no
             daies
             being
             to
             be
             kept
             or
             accounted
             
               holy
               ,
            
             but
             those
             for
             which
             the
             Church
             had
             set
             apart
             a
             peculiar
             office
             ,
             and
             not
             all
             those
             neither
             .
             For
             ,
             whereas
             there
             are
             severall
             and
             peculiar
             offices
             for
             the
             day
             of
             the
             
               Conversion
            
             of
             Saint
             
               Paul
               ,
            
             and
             the
             day
             of
             St.
             
               Barnabas
            
             the
             Apostles
             ;
             neither
             of
             these
             are
             kept
             as
             
               holy
               daies
               ,
            
             nor
             reckoned
             or
             esteemed
             as
             such
             in
             the
             Act
             of
             
               Parliament
               ,
            
             wherein
             the
             names
             and
             number
             of
             the
             
               holy
               daies
            
             is
             precisely
             specified
             ,
             which
             makes
             some
             think
             the
             Act
             of
             
               Parliament
            
             to
             have
             had
             an
             over-ruling
             power
             on
             the
             
               Common-prayer
               Book
            
             ;
             but
             it
             is
             not
             so
             ,
             there
             being
             a
             specification
             of
             the
             
               holy
               daies
            
             in
             the
             book
             it selfe
             ,
             with
             this
             direction
             ,
             
               These
               to
               be
               observed
               for
               holy
               daies
               and
               none
               other
            
             ;
             in
             which
             the
             Feasts
             of
             the
             
               Conversion
               of
               St.
               Paul
               ,
            
             and
             
             the
             Apostle
             
               Barnabas
            
             are
             omitted
             plainly
             ,
             and
             upon
             which
             specification
             the
             Stat.
             5.
             
             
               &
            
             6.
             
               Ed.
            
             6.
             
               cap.
            
             3.
             which
             concerns
             the
             
               holy
               daies
            
             seemes
             most
             exprestly
             to
             be
             built
             .
             And
             for
             the
             
               Offices
            
             on
             those
             daies
             in
             the
             
               Common-prayer
               Book
               ,
            
             you
             may
             please
             to
             know
             that
             every
             
               holy-day
            
             consisteth
             of
             two
             speciall
             parts
             ,
             that
             is
             to
             say
             ,
             Rest
             ,
             or
             cessation
             from
             bodily
             labour
             ,
             and
             celebration
             of
             Diuine
             or
             Religious
             duties
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             dayes
             before
             remembred
             are
             so
             far
             kept
             holy
             ,
             as
             to
             have
             still
             their
             proper
             and
             peculiar
             
               Offices
               ,
            
             which
             is
             observed
             in
             all
             the
             
               Cathedralls
            
             of
             this
             kingdome
             ,
             and
             the
             
               Chappels
               Royall
               ,
            
             where
             the
             service
             is
             read
             every
             day
             ;
             and
             in
             most
             Parish
             churches
             also
             as
             oft
             as
             eyther
             of
             them
             fals
             upon
             a
             
               Sunday
               ,
            
             though
             the
             people
             be
             not
             on
             those
             daies
             enjoyned
             to
             rest
             from
             bodily
             labour
             ,
             no
             more
             then
             on
             the
             
               Coronation
               day
               ,
            
             or
             the
             fifth
             of
             
               November
               ,
            
             which
             yet
             are
             reckoned
             by
             the
             people
             for
             a
             kind
             of
             
               holy
               daies
               .
            
             Put
             all
             which
             hath
             been
             said
             together
             ,
             and
             the
             summe
             is
             this
             ,
             That
             the
             proceedings
             of
             this
             Church
             in
             the
             Reformation
             were
             not
             meerly
             
               Regall
               ,
            
             (
             as
             it
             is
             objected
             by
             some
             
               Puritans
            
             )
             much
             lesse
             that
             they
             were
             
               Parliamentarian
            
             in
             so
             great
             a
             work
             ,
             as
             the
             
               Papists
            
             falsely
             charge
             upon
             us
             ,
             the
             
               Parliaments
            
             for
             the
             most
             part
             doing
             little
             in
             it
             ,
             but
             that
             they
             were
             directed
             in
             a
             justifiable
             way
             ,
             the
             worke
             being
             done
             
               Synodically
               ,
            
             by
             the
             
               Clergie
            
             only
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             usage
             of
             the
             
               Primitive
            
             times
             ,
             the
             King
             concurring
             with
             them
             ,
             and
             corroborating
             what
             they
             had
             resolved
             on
             ,
             eyther
             by
             his
             own
             single
             Act
             in
             his
             Letters
             Patent
             ,
             
               Proclamations
            
             and
             
               Injunctions
               ,
            
             or
             by
             some
             publique
             Act
             of
             State
             ,
             as
             in
             times
             ,
             and
             by
             Acts
             of
             
               Parliament
               ,
            
          
        
         
           
             
               5.
               
            
             Of
             the
             power
             of
             making
             
               Canons
            
             for
             the
             well
             ordering
             of
             the
             
               Clergy
               ,
            
             and
             the
             directing
             of
             the
             
               People
            
             in
             the
             publique
             duties
             of
             
               Religion
               .
            
          
           
             WE
             are
             now
             come
             to
             the
             last
             part
             of
             this
             Designe
             ,
             unto
             the
             Power
             of
             making
             
               Canons
               ,
            
             in
             which
             the
             
               Parliament
            
             of
             
               England
            
             have
             had
             lesse
             to
             doe
             than
             in
             eyther
             of
             the
             other
             which
             are
             gone
             before
             .
             Concerning
             which
             I
             must
             desire
             you
             to
             remember
             ,
             that
             the
             
               Clergy
               ,
            
             who
             had
             power
             before
             to
             make
             such
             
               Canons
            
             and
             
               Constitutions
            
             in
             their
             
               Convocations
            
             as
             to
             them
             seemed
             meet
             ,
             promised
             the
             King
             in
             
             
               verbo
               Sacerdotii
               ,
            
             not
             to
             Enact
             or
             Execute
             any
             new
             
               Canons
               ,
            
             but
             by
             his
             Majesties
             royall
             Assent
             ,
             and
             by
             his
             Authority
             first
             obteined
             in
             that
             behalfe
             :
             Which
             is
             thus
             briefly
             touched
             upon
             in
             the
             
               Antiq.
               
               Britan.
            
             in
             the
             life
             of
             
               William
               Warham
            
             Archbishop
             of
             
               Canterbury
               .
               Clerus
               in
            
             verbo
             Sacerdotii
             
               fidem
               Regi
               dedit
               ,
               ne
               ullas
               deinceps
               in
            
             Synodo
             
               ferrent
               Ecclesiasticas
               leges
               ,
               nisi
               &
               Synodus
               authoritate
               Regiâ
               congregata
               ,
               &
               Constitutiones
               in
               Synodis
               publicatae
               eadem
               authoritate
               ratae
               essent
               .
            
             Upon
             which
             ground
             I
             doubt
             not
             but
             I
             might
             securely
             raise
             this
             proposition
             ,
             That
             whatsoever
             the
             
               Clergy
            
             did
             ,
             or
             might
             doe
             lawfully
             before
             the
             Act
             of
             
               Submission
               ,
            
             in
             their
             
               Convocation
               ,
            
             of
             their
             owne
             power
             ,
             without
             the
             Kings
             authority
             and
             consent
             concurring
             ,
             the
             same
             they
             can
             ,
             and
             may
             doe
             still
             ,
             since
             the
             said
             Act
             of
             their
             
               Submission
            
             ;
             the
             Kings
             authority
             and
             consent
             cooperating
             with
             them
             in
             their
             Counsailes
             ,
             and
             giving
             confirmation
             to
             their
             Constitutions
             .
             Further
             ,
             it
             doth
             appeare
             by
             the
             aforesaid
             Act.
             25.
             
               H.
            
             8.
             
               c.
            
             19.
             
             That
             all
             such
             
               Canons
               ,
               Constitutions
               ,
               Ordinances
               ,
            
             and
             Synodalls
             Provinciall
             ,
             as
             were
             made
             before
             the
             said
             
               Submission
               ,
            
             which
             be
             not
             contrariant
             nor
             repugnant
             to
             the
             Lawes
             ,
             Statutes
             ,
             and
             Customes
             of
             this
             Realm
             ,
             nor
             to
             the
             Damage
             or
             hurt
             of
             the
             Kings
             prerogative
             Royall
             ,
             were
             to
             be
             used
             and
             executed
             as
             in
             former
             times
             .
             
               And
               by
               the
               Statute
               26.
               
                 H.
              
               8.
               
                 c.
              
               1.
               
               Of
               the
               Kings
               
                 Supremacy
                 ,
              
               that
               (
               according
               to
               the
               
                 Recognition
              
               made
               in
               
                 Convocation
              
               )
               our
               said
               Soveraigne
               Lord
               ,
               his
               Heires
               and
               Successors
               Kings
               of
               this
               Realm
               ,
               shall
               have
               full
               power
               and
               authority
               from
               time
               to
               time
               ,
               to
               visit
               ,
               represse
               ,
               reform
               ,
               order
               ,
               correct
               ,
               &c.
               all
               such
               errors
               ,
               heresies
               ,
               abuses
               ,
               offences
               ,
               contempts
               ,
               and
               enormities
               whatsoever
               they
               be
               ,
               &c.
               as
               may
               be
               most
               to
               the
               pleasure
               of
               Almighty
               God
               ,
               the
               increase
               of
               virtue
               in
               
                 Christs
              
               Religion
               ,
               and
               for
               the
               peace
               ,
               unity
               and
               tranquillity
               of
               this
               Realm
               ,
               and
               the
               confirmation
               of
               the
               same
               .
            
             So
             that
             you
             see
             these
             severall
             waies
             of
             ordering
             matters
             for
             the
             publique
             weale
             and
             governance
             of
             the
             
               Church
            
             ;
             First
             ,
             by
             such
             
               ancient
               Canons
            
             and
             Constitutions
             ,
             as
             being
             made
             in
             former
             times
             ,
             are
             still
             in
             force
             .
             Secondly
             ,
             By
             such
             
               new
               Canons
            
             as
             are
             ,
             or
             shall
             be
             made
             in
             
               Convocation
               ,
            
             with
             and
             by
             the
             Kings
             Consent
             .
             And
             thirdly
             ,
             by
             the
             sole
             authority
             of
             the
             Soveraigne
             Prince
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             Precedents
             laid
             down
             in
             the
             book
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             the
             best
             ages
             of
             the
             Church
             .
             Concerning
             which
             you
             must
             remember
             what
             was
             said
             before
             ,
             
               viz.
            
             that
             the
             
             Statutes
             which
             concern
             the
             Kings
             
               Supremacy
               ,
            
             are
             
               Declaratory
            
             of
             an
             old
             Power
             only
             ,
             not
             
               introductory
            
             of
             a
             new
             ;
             which
             said
             ,
             we
             shall
             the
             better
             see
             whether
             the
             
               Parliament
            
             have
             had
             any
             thing
             to
             doe
             either
             in
             making
             
               Canons
               ,
            
             or
             prescribing
             Orders
             for
             the
             regulating
             of
             
               Spirituall
            
             and
             
               Ecclesiasticall
            
             matters
             ,
             and
             unto
             whom
             the
             same
             doth
             of
             right
             belong
             according
             to
             the
             Lawes
             of
             the
             Realm
             of
             
               England
               .
            
          
           
             And
             first
             ,
             King
             
               Henry
            
             being
             restored
             to
             his
             
               Head-ship
            
             or
             
               Supremacy
            
             (
             call
             it
             which
             you
             will
             )
             did
             not
             conceive
             himself
             so
             absolute
             in
             it
             (
             though
             at
             first
             much
             enamor'd
             of
             it
             )
             as
             not
             some
             times
             to
             take
             his
             
               Convocation
            
             with
             him
             ,
             but
             at
             all
             times
             to
             be
             advised
             by
             his
             
               Prelates
               ,
            
             when
             he
             had
             any
             thing
             to
             doe
             that
             concerned
             the
             Church
             ;
             for
             which
             there
             had
             been
             no
             provision
             made
             by
             the
             
               Ancient
               Canons
               ,
            
             grounding
             most
             times
             ,
             his
             
               Edicts
            
             and
             
               Injunctions
            
             Royall
             ,
             upon
             their
             advise
             and
             resolution
             .
             For
             on
             this
             ground
             ,
             I
             mean
             the
             judgement
             and
             conclusions
             of
             his
             
               Convocation
               ,
            
             did
             he
             set
             out
             the
             
               Injunctions
            
             of
             the
             yeare
             1536.
             for
             the
             abolishing
             of
             superstitious
             and
             superfluous
             holy
             daies
             ,
             the
             exterminating
             of
             the
             Popes
             authority
             ,
             the
             publishing
             of
             the
             book
             of
             Articles
             ,
             which
             before
             we
             spake
             of
             num
             ,
             8.
             by
             all
             Parsons
             ,
             Vicars
             and
             Curats
             ;
             for
             preaching
             down
             the
             use
             of
             Images
             ,
             Reliques
             ,
             Pilgrimages
             and
             superstitious
             Miracles
             ;
             for
             rehearsing
             openly
             in
             the
             Church
             ,
             in
             the
             
               English
               tongue
               ,
            
             the
             
               Creed
               ,
            
             the
             
               Pater-noster
               ,
            
             and
             the
             ten
             
               Commandements
            
             ;
             for
             the
             due
             and
             reverent
             ministring
             of
             the
             Sacraments
             and
             Sacramentals
             ,
             for
             providing
             
               English
               Bibles
            
             to
             be
             set
             up
             in
             every
             Church
             for
             the
             use
             of
             the
             people
             ;
             for
             the
             regular
             and
             sober
             life
             of
             
               Clergy
            
             men
             ,
             and
             the
             releefe
             of
             the
             poore
             .
             And
             on
             the
             other
             side
             the
             King
             proceeded
             some
             times
             only
             by
             the
             advice
             of
             his
             
               Prelates
               ,
            
             as
             in
             the
             
               Injunctions
            
             of
             the
             yeare
             1538.
             for
             quarterly
             Sermons
             in
             each
             Parish
             ;
             for
             admitting
             none
             to
             preach
             but
             men
             sufficiently
             Licensed
             :
             for
             keeping
             a
             Register
             book
             of
             Christnings
             ,
             Weddings
             and
             Burialls
             ;
             for
             the
             due
             paying
             of
             Tythes
             ,
             as
             had
             been
             accustomed
             :
             for
             the
             abolishing
             of
             the
             commemoration
             of
             
               St.
               Tho.
               Becket
            
             :
             for
             singing
             
               Parce
               nobis
               Domine
               ,
            
             instead
             of
             
               Ora
               pro
               nobis
               ,
            
             and
             the
             like
             to
             these
             .
             And
             of
             this
             sort
             were
             the
             
               Injunctions
            
             which
             came
             out
             in
             some
             yeares
             succeeding
             ,
             for
             the
             taking
             away
             of
             
               Images
            
             and
             
               Reliques
               ,
            
             with
             all
             the
             Ornaments
             of
             the
             same
             :
             and
             all
             the
             Monuments
             and
             writings
             of
             fained
             Miracles
             ,
             and
             for
             restraint
             of
             offering
             
             or
             setting
             up
             lights
             in
             any
             Church
             ,
             but
             only
             to
             the
             
               Blessed
               Sacrament
               of
               the
               Altar
               ,
            
             in
             which
             he
             was
             directed
             chiefly
             by
             Archbishop
             
               Cranmer
            
             :
             as
             also
             those
             for
             eating
             of
             white-meates
             in
             the
             time
             of
             Lent
             ,
             the
             abolishing
             the
             fast
             on
             
               St.
               
               Marks
            
             day
             ,
             and
             the
             ridiculous
             (
             but
             superstitious
             )
             sports
             ,
             accustomably
             used
             on
             the
             dayes
             of
             
               Saint
               Clement
               ,
               St.
               Catherine
            
             and
             
               St.
               Nicholas
               .
            
             All
             which
             and
             more
             was
             done
             in
             the
             said
             Kings
             Reigne
             without
             help
             of
             
               Parliament
               .
            
             For
             which
             I
             shall
             refer
             you
             to
             the
             
               Acts
               &
               Mon.
               fol.
            
             1385.
             1425.
             1441.
             
             The
             like
             may
             also
             be
             affirmed
             of
             the
             
               Injunctions
            
             published
             in
             the
             name
             of
             K.
             
               Ed.
            
             6.
             
             
               An.
            
             1547.
             and
             printed
             also
             then
             for
             the
             use
             of
             the
             Subjects
             :
             and
             of
             the
             severall
             Letters
             missive
             which
             went
             forth
             in
             his
             name
             ,
             prohibiting
             the
             bearing
             of
             Candles
             on
             
               Candlemas
            
             day
             :
             of
             Ashes
             in
             
               Lent
               ,
            
             and
             of
             Palmes
             on
             
               Palm-Sunday
            
             :
             for
             the
             taking
             down
             of
             all
             the
             Images
             throughout
             the
             kingdom
             :
             for
             administring
             the
             Communion
             in
             both
             kinds
             ,
             dated
             
               March
            
             13.
             1548.
             for
             abrogating
             of
             private
             Masses
             
               Iun.
            
             24.
             1549.
             for
             bringing
             in
             all
             
               Missals
               ,
               Graduals
               ,
               Processionals
               ,
               Legends
            
             and
             
               Ordinals
               ,
            
             about
             the
             latter
             end
             of
             December
             of
             the
             same
             yeare
             :
             for
             taking
             down
             of
             Altars
             and
             setting
             up
             Tables
             instead
             thereof
             
               An.
            
             1550.
             and
             the
             like
             to
             these
             :
             All
             which
             particulars
             you
             have
             in
             
               Foxes
            
             book
             of
             
               Acts
               &
               Mon.
            
             in
             King
             
               Edwards
            
             life
             ,
             which
             whether
             they
             were
             done
             of
             the
             Kings
             meer
             motion
             ,
             or
             by
             advice
             of
             his
             Counsell
             ,
             or
             by
             consultation
             with
             his
             Bishops
             (
             for
             there
             is
             little
             left
             upon
             Record
             of
             the
             
               Convocations
            
             of
             that
             time
             ,
             more
             than
             the
             
               Articles
            
             of
             the
             yeare
             1552
             )
             certain
             I
             am
             that
             there
             was
             nothing
             done
             ,
             nor
             yet
             pretended
             to
             be
             done
             in
             all
             these
             particulars
             ,
             by
             the
             authority
             of
             
               Parliament
               .
            
          
           
             Thus
             also
             in
             Q.
             
               Elizabeths
            
             time
             ,
             before
             the
             new
             Bishops
             were
             well
             setled
             ,
             and
             the
             Queen
             assured
             of
             the
             affections
             of
             her
             
               Clergy
            
             she
             went
             that
             way
             to
             work
             in
             the
             
               Reformation
               ,
            
             which
             not
             only
             her
             two
             Predecessors
             ,
             but
             all
             the
             godly
             Kings
             and
             Princes
             in
             the
             
               Iewish
            
             State
             ,
             and
             many
             of
             the
             
               Christian
            
             Emperours
             in
             the
             
               Primitive
            
             times
             had
             done
             before
             her
             ,
             in
             the
             well
             ordering
             of
             the
             Church
             and
             People
             committed
             to
             their
             care
             and
             government
             by
             Almighty
             God
             .
             And
             to
             that
             end
             she
             published
             her
             
               Injunctions
               An.
            
             1559.
             
             A
             
               book
               of
               Orders
               An.
            
             1561.
             
             Another
             of
             
               Advertisements
               An.
            
             1562.
             all
             tending
             unto
             
               Reformation
               ,
            
             unto
             the
             building
             up
             of
             the
             
               new
               Ierusalem
               ,
            
             with
             the
             advise
             no
             doubt
             of
             some
             godly
             
               Prelates
               ,
            
             as
             were
             then
             
             about
             her
             .
             But
             past
             all
             doubt
             ,
             without
             the
             least
             concurrence
             of
             her
             Court
             of
             
               Parliament
               .
            
             But
             when
             the
             times
             were
             better
             setled
             ,
             and
             the
             first
             difficulties
             of
             her
             Reigne
             passed
             over
             ,
             she
             left
             
               Church-work
            
             to
             the
             disposing
             of
             
               Church-men
               ,
            
             who
             by
             their
             place
             and
             calling
             were
             most
             proper
             for
             it
             .
             And
             they
             being
             met
             in
             
               Convocation
               ,
            
             and
             thereto
             authorized
             as
             the
             Lawe
             required
             ,
             did
             make
             and
             publish
             severall
             books
             of
             
               Canons
               ,
            
             as
             
               viz.
            
             1571.
             
             
               An.
            
             1584.
             
             
               An.
            
             1597.
             
             Which
             being
             confirmed
             by
             the
             Queene
             under
             the
             broad
             Seale
             of
             
               England
               ,
            
             were
             in
             force
             of
             
               Lawes
            
             to
             all
             intents
             and
             purposes
             ,
             which
             they
             were
             first
             made
             ;
             but
             being
             confirmed
             without
             those
             formall
             words
             ,
             
               Her
               Heires
            
             and
             
               Successors
               ,
            
             are
             not
             binding
             now
             ,
             but
             expired
             together
             with
             the
             Queene
             .
             No
             Act
             of
             
               Parliament
            
             required
             to
             confirm
             them
             then
             ,
             nor
             never
             required
             ever
             since
             on
             the
             like
             occasion
             .
             A
             fuller
             evidence
             whereof
             we
             cannot
             have
             ,
             then
             in
             the
             
               Canons
            
             of
             the
             yeare
             1603.
             being
             the
             first
             yeare
             of
             King
             
               Iames
               ,
            
             made
             by
             the
             
               Clergy
            
             only
             in
             the
             
               Convocation
               ,
            
             and
             confirmed
             only
             by
             the
             King
             .
             For
             ,
             though
             the
             
               old
               Canons
            
             were
             in
             force
             ,
             which
             had
             been
             made
             before
             the
             
               Submission
               of
               the
               Clergy
            
             as
             before
             I
             shewed
             you
             ,
             which
             served
             in
             all
             these
             wavering
             and
             unsetled
             times
             for
             the
             perpetuall
             standing
             rule
             of
             the
             Churches
             Government
             ;
             yet
             many
             new
             emergent
             Cases
             did
             require
             new
             Rules
             ,
             and
             whilest
             there
             is
             a
             possibility
             of
             
               mali
               mores
               ,
            
             there
             will
             be
             a
             necessity
             of
             
               bonae
               Leges
               .
            
             Now
             in
             the
             Confirmation
             of
             these
             
               Canons
            
             we
             shall
             find
             it
             thus
             ,
             That
             the
             
               Clergy
            
             being
             met
             in
             their
             
               Convocation
            
             according
             to
             the
             Tenour
             and
             effect
             of
             his
             Majesties
             Writ
             ,
             
               his
               Majesty
               was
               pleased
               by
               virtue
               of
               his
               
                 Prerogative
                 Royall
              
               and
               
                 Supreme
                 authority
              
               in
               Causes
               
                 Ecclesiasticall
                 ,
              
               to
               give
               and
               grant
               unto
               them
               by
               his
               Letters
               Patents
               dated
               
                 Apr.
              
               12.
               
               
                 &
                 Iun.
              
               25.
               full
               ,
               free
               ,
               and
               lawfull
               liberty
               ,
               licence
               ,
               power
               ,
               and
               authority
               ,
               to
               confer
               ,
               treate
               ,
               debate
               ,
               consider
               ,
               consult
               ,
               and
               agree
               upon
               such
               
                 Canons
                 ,
                 Orders
                 ,
                 Ordinances
                 ,
              
               and
               
                 Constitutions
                 ,
              
               as
               they
               should
               think
               necessary
               ,
               fit
               ,
               and
               convenient
               ,
               for
               the
               honour
               and
               service
               of
               Almighty
               God
               ,
               the
               good
               and
               quiet
               of
               the
               Church
               ,
               and
               the
               better
               Government
               thereof
               from
               time
               to
               time
               ,
               &c.
               to
               be
               kept
               by
               all
               persons
               within
               this
               Realm
               ,
               as
               far
               as
               lawfully
               ,
               being
               members
               of
               the
               Church
               ,
               it
               may
               concern
               them
               :
               which
               being
               agreed
               on
               by
               the
               
                 Clergy
                 ,
              
               and
               by
               them
               presented
               to
               the
               King
               ,
               humbly
               requiring
               him
               to
               give
               his
               Royall
               assent
               unto
               them
               ,
               according
               
               to
               the
               Statute
               made
               in
               the
               25.
               of
               K.
               
                 H.
              
               8.
               and
               by
               his
               Majesties
               Prerogative
               and
               Supreme
               authority
               in
               Ecclesiasticall
               Causes
               ,
               to
               ratifie
               and
               confirm
               the
               same
               :
               his
               Majesty
               was
               graciously
               pleased
               to
               confirm
               and
               ratifie
               them
               by
               his
               Letters
               Patents
               ,
               for
               Himselfe
               ,
               his
               Heires
               and
               lawfull
               Successours
               ;
               straitly
               commanding
               and
               requiring
               all
               his
               loving
               Subjects
               ,
               diligently
               to
               observe
               ,
               execute
               and
               keep
               the
               same
               in
               all
               points
               ,
               wherein
               they
               doe
               or
               may
               concern
               all
               or
               any
               of
               them
            
             .
             No
             running
             to
             the
             
               Parliament
            
             to
             confirm
             these
             
               Canons
               ,
            
             nor
             any
             question
             made
             till
             this
             present
             ,
             by
             temperate
             and
             knowing
             men
             ,
             that
             there
             wanted
             any
             Act
             for
             their
             confirmation
             ,
             which
             the
             Lawe
             could
             give
             them
             .
          
           
             But
             against
             this
             ,
             and
             all
             which
             hath
             been
             said
             before
             ,
             it
             will
             be
             objected
             ,
             That
             being
             the
             Bishops
             of
             the
             Church
             are
             fully
             and
             wholly
             
               Parliamentarian
               ,
            
             and
             have
             no
             more
             authority
             and
             jurisdiction
             ,
             
               nisi
               a
               Parliamentis
               derivatam
               ,
            
             but
             that
             which
             is
             conferred
             upon
             them
             by
             the
             power
             of
             
               Parliaments
               ,
            
             as
             both
             
               Sanders
            
             and
             
               Schultingius
            
             doe
             expresly
             say
             ;
             whatsoever
             they
             shall
             doe
             or
             conclude
             upon
             ,
             either
             in
             
               Convocation
               ,
            
             or
             in
             private
             
               Conferences
               ,
            
             may
             be
             called
             
               Parliamentarian
            
             also
             .
             And
             this
             last
             calumny
             they
             build
             on
             the
             severall
             Statutes
             24.
             
               H.
            
             8.
             
               c.
            
             12.
             
               touching
               the
               manner
               of
               electing
               and
               Consecrating
               Archbishops
               and
               Bishops
               .
            
             that
             of
             the
             1.
             
               Ed.
            
             6.
             
               c.
            
             2.
             
               appointing
               how
               they
               shall
               be
               chosen
               ,
               and
               what
               Seales
               they
               shall
               use
               .
            
             those
             of
             the
             3
             
               &
            
             4
             
               Ed.
            
             6.
             
               c.
            
             12.
             and
             5
             
               &
            
             6
             
               Ed.
            
             6.
             
               for
               authorising
               of
               the
               book
               of
               Ordination
               .
            
             But
             chiefly
             that
             of
             the
             8
             
               Eliz.
               c.
            
             1.
             for
             making
             good
             all
             Acts
             since
             1
             
               Eliz.
               in
               consecrating
               any
               Archbishop
               or
               Bishop
               within
               this
               Realm
               .
            
             To
             give
             a
             generall
             answer
             to
             each
             severall
             cavill
             ,
             you
             may
             please
             to
             know
             ;
             that
             the
             Bishops
             ,
             as
             they
             now
             stand
             in
             the
             Church
             of
             
               England
            
             derive
             their
             Calling
             together
             with
             their
             Authority
             and
             Power
             in
             
               Spirituall
            
             matters
             ,
             from
             no
             other
             hands
             ,
             than
             those
             of
             
               Christ
            
             and
             his
             
               Apostles
               ,
            
             their
             
               Temporall
            
             honors
             and
             possessions
             ,
             from
             the
             bounty
             and
             affection
             only
             of
             our
             Kings
             and
             Princes
             ;
             their
             
               Ecclesiasticall
            
             Jurisdiction
             in
             Causes
             
               Matrimoniall
               ,
               Testamentary
            
             and
             the
             like
             ,
             for
             which
             no
             Action
             lieth
             at
             the
             
               Common-Lawe
               ,
            
             from
             continuall
             usage
             and
             prescription
             ;
             and
             owe
             no
             more
             unto
             the
             
               Parliament
            
             than
             all
             sort
             of
             Subjects
             doe
             besides
             ,
             whose
             fortunes
             and
             Estates
             have
             been
             occasionally
             and
             collaterally
             confirmed
             in
             
               Parliament
               .
            
             And
             as
             for
             the
             particular
             Statutes
             
             which
             are
             touched
             upon
             ,
             that
             of
             the
             24
             
               H.
            
             8.
             doth
             only
             constitute
             and
             ordain
             a
             way
             by
             which
             they
             might
             be
             chose
             and
             consecrated
             ,
             without
             recourse
             to
             
               Rome
            
             for
             a
             
               confirmation
               ,
            
             which
             formerly
             had
             put
             the
             Prelates
             to
             great
             charge
             and
             trouble
             :
             but
             for
             the
             
               Form
            
             and
             manner
             of
             their
             
               Consecration
               ,
            
             the
             Statute
             leaves
             it
             to
             those
             
               Rites
            
             and
             
               Ceremonies
            
             wherewith
             before
             it
             was
             performed
             ;
             And
             therefore
             
               Sanders
            
             doth
             not
             stick
             to
             affirm
             ,
             that
             all
             the
             Bishops
             which
             were
             made
             in
             King
             
               Henries
            
             dayes
             were
             Lawfully
             and
             Canonically
             ordained
             and
             Consecrated
             ,
             the
             Bishops
             of
             that
             time
             ,
             not
             only
             being
             taken
             and
             acknowledged
             in
             Queen
             
               Maries
            
             dayes
             ,
             for
             lawfull
             and
             Canonicall
             Bishops
             ,
             but
             called
             on
             to
             assist
             at
             the
             Consecration
             of
             such
             other
             Bishops
             (
             
               Cardinall
               Poole
            
             himselfe
             for
             one
             )
             as
             were
             promoted
             in
             her
             Reigne
             ,
             whereof
             see
             
               Mason's
            
             book
             
               de
               Minist.
               Ang.
               l.
            
             3.
             
               c..
            
             Next
             for
             the
             Statute
             1
             
               Ed.
            
             6.
             
               cap.
            
             2.
             besides
             that
             it
             is
             satisfied
             in
             part
             by
             the
             former
             Answer
             as
             it
             relates
             to
             their
             
               Canonicall
               Consecrations
               ,
            
             it
             was
             repealed
             in
             
               Terminis
            
             in
             the
             first
             of
             Q.
             
               Maries
            
             Reigne
             ,
             and
             never
             stood
             in
             force
             nor
             practice
             to
             this
             day
             .
             That
             of
             the
             authorizing
             of
             the
             book
             of
             
               Ordination
            
             in
             two
             severall
             
               Parliaments
            
             of
             that
             King
             ,
             the
             one
             
               a
               parte
               antè
               ,
            
             and
             the
             other
             
               a
               parte
               pòst
               ,
            
             as
             before
             I
             told
             you
             ,
             might
             indeed
             seem
             somewhat
             to
             the
             purpose
             ,
             if
             any
             thing
             were
             wanting
             in
             it
             which
             had
             been
             used
             in
             the
             formula's
             of
             the
             
               Primitive
               times
            
             ;
             or
             if
             the
             book
             had
             been
             composed
             in
             
               Parliament
               ,
            
             or
             by
             
               Parliament
               men
               ,
            
             or
             otherwise
             received
             more
             Authority
             from
             them
             ,
             then
             that
             it
             might
             be
             lawfully
             used
             and
             exercised
             throughout
             the
             Kingdom
             .
             But
             it
             is
             plain
             that
             none
             of
             these
             things
             were
             objected
             in
             Queen
             
               Maries
            
             dayes
             ,
             when
             the
             
               Papists
            
             stood
             most
             upon
             their
             points
             ,
             the
             
               Ordinall
            
             not
             being
             called
             in
             ,
             because
             it
             had
             too
             much
             of
             the
             
               Parliament
               ,
            
             but
             because
             it
             had
             too
             little
             of
             the
             
               Pope
               ,
            
             and
             relished
             too
             strongly
             of
             the
             
               Primitive
            
             Piety
             .
             And
             for
             the
             Statute
             of
             the
             8
             of
             Q.
             
               Elizabeth
               ,
            
             which
             is
             cheifly
             stood
             on
             ,
             all
             that
             was
             done
             therein
             was
             no
             more
             than
             this
             ,
             and
             on
             this
             occasion
             .
             A
             question
             had
             been
             made
             by
             captious
             and
             unquiet
             men
             ,
             and
             amongst
             the
             rest
             by
             Dr.
             
               Bonner
               ,
            
             sometimes
             Bishop
             of
             
               London
               ,
            
             whether
             the
             Bishops
             of
             those
             times
             were
             lawfully
             ordained
             ,
             or
             not
             ;
             the
             reason
             of
             the
             doubt
             being
             this
             (
             which
             I
             mervaile
             
               Mason
            
             did
             not
             see
             )
             because
             the
             
               Book
            
             of
             
               Ordination
            
             which
             was
             annulled
             and
             abrogated
             in
             the
             first
             of
             Q.
             
               Mary
               ,
            
             had
             not
             
             been
             yet
             restored
             ,
             and
             revived
             by
             any
             legall
             Act
             of
             Q.
             
               Elizabeths
            
             time
             :
             which
             Cause
             being
             brought
             before
             the
             
               Parliament
            
             in
             the
             8.
             yeare
             of
             her
             Reigne
             ,
             the
             
               Parliament
            
             took
             notice
             first
             ,
             that
             their
             not
             restoring
             of
             that
             book
             to
             the
             former
             Power
             in
             Termes
             significant
             and
             expresse
             ,
             was
             but
             
               Casus
               omissus
            
             ;
             and
             then
             declare
             that
             by
             the
             Statute
             5
             
               &
            
             6
             
               Ed.
            
             6.
             
             It
             had
             been
             added
             to
             the
             Book
             of
             
               Common
               Prayer
               ,
            
             and
             Administration
             of
             the
             Sacraments
             ,
             as
             a
             member
             of
             it
             ,
             at
             least
             as
             an
             Appendant
             to
             it
             ,
             and
             therefore
             by
             the
             Statute
             1
             
               Eliz.
               c.
            
             2.
             was
             restored
             againe
             together
             with
             the
             said
             book
             of
             
               Common
               Prayer
               ,
            
             intentionally
             at
             the
             least
             ,
             if
             not
             in
             
               Terminis
               .
            
             But
             being
             the
             words
             in
             the
             said
             Statute
             were
             not
             cleare
             enough
             to
             remove
             all
             doubts
             ,
             they
             therefore
             did
             revive
             it
             now
             ,
             and
             did
             accordingly
             enact
             ,
             that
             
               whatsoever
               had
               been
               done
               by
               virtue
               of
               that
               Ordination
               ,
               should
               be
               good
               in
               Lawe
               .
            
             This
             is
             the
             Totall
             of
             the
             Statute
             ,
             and
             this
             shewes
             rather
             in
             my
             judgement
             ,
             that
             the
             Bishops
             of
             the
             Queenes
             first
             times
             had
             too
             little
             of
             the
             
               Parliament
            
             in
             them
             ,
             then
             that
             they
             were
             conceived
             to
             have
             had
             too
             much
             .
             And
             so
             I
             come
             to
             your
             last
             objection
             which
             concernes
             the
             
               Parliament
               ,
            
             whose
             entertayning
             all
             occasions
             to
             manifest
             their
             power
             in
             
               Ecclesiasticall
            
             matters
             ,
             doth
             seem
             to
             you
             to
             make
             that
             groundles
             slander
             of
             the
             
               Papists
            
             the
             more
             faire
             and
             plausible
             .
          
           
             'T
             is
             true
             indeed
             ,
             that
             many
             
               Members
            
             of
             both
             Houses
             in
             these
             latter
             times
             ,
             have
             been
             very
             ready
             to
             imbrace
             all
             businesses
             which
             are
             offered
             to
             them
             ,
             cut
             of
             a
             probable
             hope
             of
             drawing
             the
             managery
             of
             all
             Affaires
             as
             well
             
               Ecclesiasticall
            
             as
             
               Civill
            
             into
             their
             own
             hands
             :
             and
             some
             there
             are
             who
             being
             they
             cannot
             hope
             to
             have
             their
             fancies
             authorised
             in
             a
             
               Regular
            
             way
             ,
             doe
             put
             them
             upon
             such
             designes
             ,
             as
             neither
             can
             consist
             with
             the
             nature
             of
             
               Parliaments
               ,
            
             nor
             the
             esteem
             and
             reputation
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             
               Christ
               .
            
             And
             this
             hath
             been
             a
             practice
             even
             as
             old
             as
             
               Wicklef
               ,
            
             who
             in
             the
             time
             of
             K.
             
               Rich.
            
             2.
             addressed
             his
             Petition
             to
             the
             
               Parliament
            
             (
             as
             we
             reade
             in
             
               Walsingham
            
             )
             for
             the
             
               Reformation
            
             of
             the
             
               Clergy
               ,
            
             the
             rooting
             out
             of
             many
             false
             and
             erroneous
             Tenents
             ,
             and
             for
             establishing
             of
             his
             own
             Doctrines
             (
             who
             though
             he
             had
             some
             
               Wheat
               ,
            
             had
             more
             
               Tares
            
             by
             ods
             )
             in
             the
             Church
             of
             
               England
               ,
            
             &
             lest
             he
             might
             be
             thought
             to
             have
             gone
             a
             way
             ,
             as
             dangerous
             and
             unjustifiable
             ,
             as
             it
             was
             strange
             and
             new
             ,
             he
             laid
             it
             down
             for
             a
             Position
             ,
             that
             the
             
               Parliament
            
             or
             
               Temporall
               
               Lords
            
             (
             where
             by
             the
             way
             ,
             this
             ascribes
             no
             authority
             or
             power
             at
             all
             to
             the
             
               House
               of
               Commons
            
             )
             might
             lawfully
             examine
             and
             
               Reform
            
             the
             
               Disorders
            
             and
             
               Corruptions
            
             of
             the
             
               Church
               ,
            
             and
             on
             discovery
             of
             the
             errors
             and
             corruptions
             of
             it
             ,
             devest
             her
             of
             all
             Titles
             and
             Temporall
             endowments
             ,
             till
             she
             were
             
               reformed
               .
            
             But
             for
             all
             this
             ,
             and
             (
             more
             than
             this
             )
             for
             all
             he
             was
             so
             strongly
             backed
             by
             the
             Duke
             of
             
               Lancaster
               ,
            
             neither
             his
             
               Petition
            
             nor
             his
             
               Position
            
             found
             any
             welcome
             in
             the
             
               Parliament
               ,
            
             further
             than
             that
             it
             made
             them
             cast
             many
             a
             longing
             eye
             on
             the
             
               Churches
               Patrimony
               ,
            
             or
             produced
             any
             other
             effect
             towards
             the
             worke
             of
             
               Reformation
               ,
            
             which
             he
             chiefly
             aymed
             at
             ,
             then
             that
             it
             hath
             since
             served
             for
             a
             
               Precedent
            
             to
             
               Penry
               ,
               Pryn
               ,
            
             and
             such
             like
             turbulent
             
               Innovators
            
             to
             disturbe
             the
             
               Church
               ,
            
             and
             set
             on
             foot
             those
             dreames
             and
             dotages
             ,
             which
             otherwise
             they
             durst
             not
             publish
             .
             And
             to
             say
             truth
             ,
             as
             long
             as
             the
             
               Clergy
            
             were
             in
             power
             ,
             and
             had
             authority
             in
             
               Convocation
            
             to
             doe
             what
             they
             would
             in
             matters
             which
             concern'd
             
               Religion
               ,
            
             those
             of
             the
             
               Parliament
            
             conceived
             it
             neither
             safe
             nor
             fitting
             to
             intermeddle
             in
             such
             businesse
             as
             concern'd
             the
             
               Clergy
               ,
            
             for
             feare
             of
             being
             questioned
             for
             it
             at
             the
             
               Churches
            
             barre
             .
             But
             when
             that
             power
             was
             lessen'd
             ,
             if
             it
             were
             not
             lost
             ,
             by
             the
             
               Submission
            
             of
             the
             
               Clergy
            
             to
             K.
             
               H.
            
             8.
             and
             the
             Act
             of
             the
             
               Supremacy
            
             which
             ensued
             upon
             it
             ;
             then
             did
             the
             
               Parliaments
            
             begin
             to
             intrench
             upon
             the
             
               Church's
            
             Rights
             ,
             to
             offer
             at
             and
             enterteine
             such
             businesses
             ,
             as
             formerly
             were
             held
             peculiar
             to
             the
             
               Clergy
            
             only
             ;
             next
             ,
             to
             dispute
             their
             
               Charters
               ,
            
             and
             reverse
             their
             
               Priviledges
               ,
            
             and
             finally
             to
             impose
             some
             hard
             Lawes
             upon
             them
             :
             Of
             which
             
               Matt.
               Parker
            
             thus
             complaines
             in
             the
             life
             of
             
               Cranmer
               ,
               Qua
               Ecclesiasticarum
               legum
               potestate
               abdicata
               ,
               populus
               in
            
             Parliamento
             
               coepit
               de
               rebus
               divinis
               inconsulto
            
             Clero
             
               Sancire
               ,
               tum
               absentis
               Cleri
               privilegia
               sensim
               detrahere
               ,
               juraque
               duriora
               quibus
            
             Clerus
             
               invitus
               teneretur
               ,
               constituere
               .
            
             But
             these
             were
             only
             
               tentamenta
               ,
            
             offers
             and
             undertakings
             only
             ,
             and
             no
             more
             than
             so
             .
             Neither
             the
             
               Parliaments
            
             of
             K.
             
               Edward
               ,
            
             or
             
               Q.
               Elizabeths
            
             times
             knew
             what
             it
             was
             to
             make
             
               Committees
               for
               Religion
               ,
            
             or
             thought
             it
             fit
             that
             
               Vzzah
            
             should
             support
             the
             
               Arke
               ,
            
             though
             he
             saw
             it
             tottering
             .
             That
             was
             a
             worke
             belonging
             to
             the
             
               Levites
            
             only
             ,
             none
             of
             the
             other
             
               Tribes
            
             were
             to
             meddle
             with
             it
             .
             But
             as
             the
             
               Puritan
               faction
            
             grew
             more
             strong
             and
             active
             ,
             so
             they
             applied
             themselves
             more
             openly
             to
             the
             Houses
             of
             
               Parliament
               ,
            
             but
             specially
             to
             
             the
             House
             of
             
               Commons
               ,
            
             putting
             all
             power
             into
             their
             hands
             as
             well
             in
             
               Ecclesiasticall
            
             and
             
               Spirituall
               Causes
               ,
            
             as
             in
             matters
             
               Temporall
               .
            
             This
             ,
             amongst
             others
             ,
             confidently
             affirmed
             by
             Mr.
             
               Prynne
               ,
            
             in
             the
             Epistle
             to
             his
             book
             called
             
               Anti-Arminianisme
               ,
            
             where
             he
             averres
             ,
             that
             
               all
               our
               Bishops
               ,
               our
               Ministers
               ,
               our
               Sacraments
               ,
               our
               Consecration
               ,
               our
               Articles
               of
               Religion
               ,
               our
               Homilies
               ,
               Common-Prayer-book
               ,
               yea
               and
               all
               the
               Religion
               of
               our
               Church
               ,
               is
               no
               other
               way
               publiquely
               received
               ,
               supported
               ,
               or
               established
               amongst
               us
               ,
               but
               by
               Acts
               of
               Parliament
               .
            
             And
             this
             not
             only
             since
             the
             time
             of
             the
             
               Reformation
               ,
            
             but
             that
             
               Religion
               ,
               and
               Church
               affaires
               were
               determined
               ,
               ratified
               ,
               declared
               and
               ordered
               by
               Act
               of
               Parliament
               ,
               and
               no
               wayes
               else
               ,
               even
               then
               when
               Popery
               and
               Church-men
               had
               the
               greatest
               sway
               .
            
             Which
             strange
             assertion
             falling
             from
             the
             Pen
             of
             so
             great
             a
             
               Scribe
               ,
            
             was
             forthwith
             cheerfully
             received
             amongst
             our
             
               Pharisees
               ,
            
             who
             hoped
             to
             have
             the
             highest
             places
             ,
             not
             only
             in
             the
             
               Synagogue
               ,
            
             but
             the
             Court
             of
             
               Sanhedrim
               ,
            
             advancing
             the
             authority
             of
             
               Parliaments
            
             to
             so
             high
             a
             pitch
             ,
             that
             by
             degrees
             they
             fastned
             on
             them
             ,
             both
             an
             
               infallibility
            
             of
             judgement
             ,
             and
             an
             
               omnipotency
            
             of
             Power
             .
             Nor
             can
             it
             be
             denied
             (
             to
             deale
             truly
             with
             you
             )
             but
             that
             they
             met
             with
             many
             apt
             Schollers
             in
             that
             house
             ,
             who
             eyther
             out
             of
             a
             desire
             to
             bring
             all
             the
             grist
             to
             their
             own
             Mill
             ,
             or
             willing
             to
             enlarge
             the
             great
             power
             of
             
               Parliaments
            
             by
             making
             new
             
               Precedents
            
             for
             Posteritie
             ,
             or
             out
             of
             faction
             ,
             or
             affection
             ,
             or
             what
             else
             you
             please
             ,
             began
             to
             put
             their
             Rules
             in
             practise
             ,
             and
             draw
             all
             matters
             whatsoever
             within
             the
             cognizance
             of
             that
             Court
             ;
             In
             wch
             their
             embracements
             were
             at
             last
             so
             generall
             ,
             and
             that
             humour
             in
             the
             House
             so
             prevalent
             ,
             that
             one
             being
             once
             demanded
             what
             they
             did
             amongst
             them
             ,
             returned
             this
             Answer
             ,
             
               That
               they
               were
               making
               a
               new
               Creed
            
             :
             Another
             being
             heard
             to
             say
             ,
             
               That
               he
               could
               not
               be
               quiet
               in
               his
               Conscience
               ,
               till
               the
               holy
               Text
               should
               be
               confirmed
               by
               an
               Act
               of
               Theirs
               ,
            
             which
             passages
             if
             they
             be
             not
             true
             and
             reall
             (
             as
             I
             have
             them
             from
             an
             honest
             hand
             )
             I
             assure
             you
             they
             are
             bitter
             jests
             .
             But
             this
             ,
             although
             indeed
             it
             be
             the
             sicknesse
             and
             disease
             of
             the
             present
             times
             ,
             and
             little
             to
             the
             honour
             of
             the
             Court
             of
             
               Parliament
               ,
            
             can
             be
             no
             prejudice
             at
             all
             to
             the
             Cause
             of
             
               Religion
               ,
            
             or
             to
             the
             way
             and
             meanes
             of
             the
             
               Reformation
               ,
            
             amongst
             sober
             and
             discerning
             men
             :
             the
             
               Doctrine
            
             of
             the
             
               Church
            
             being
             setled
             ,
             the
             
               Liturgie
            
             published
             and
             confirmed
             ,
             the
             
               Canons
            
             authorized
             and
             executed
             ,
             when
             no
             such
             
             humor
             was
             predominant
             ,
             nor
             no
             such
             Power
             pretended
             to
             ,
             by
             both
             or
             eyther
             of
             the
             Houses
             of
             the
             High
             Court
             of
             
               Parliament
               .
            
          
           
             Thus
             ,
             Syr
             ,
             according
             to
             my
             promise
             ,
             and
             your
             expectation
             have
             I
             collected
             my
             
               Remembrances
               ,
            
             and
             represented
             them
             unto
             you
             in
             as
             good
             a
             fashion
             as
             my
             other
             troublesome
             affaires
             ,
             and
             the
             distractions
             of
             the
             time
             would
             give
             me
             leave
             ;
             and
             therein
             made
             you
             see
             ,
             if
             my
             judgement
             faile
             not
             ,
             that
             the
             
               Parliament
            
             hath
             done
             no
             more
             in
             matters
             wch
             concern'd
             
               Religion
               ,
            
             and
             the
             
               Reformation
            
             of
             this
             
               Church
               ,
            
             then
             what
             hath
             formerly
             been
             done
             by
             the
             
               secular
               Powers
               ,
            
             in
             the
             best
             and
             happiest
             times
             of
             
               Christianity
            
             ;
             and
             consequently
             ▪
             that
             the
             clamour
             of
             the
             
               Papists
               ,
            
             which
             hath
             disturbed
             you
             ,
             is
             both
             false
             and
             groundlesse
             .
             Which
             if
             it
             may
             be
             serviceable
             to
             your selfe
             ,
             or
             others
             ,
             whom
             the
             like
             doubts
             and
             prejudices
             have
             possessed
             or
             scrupled
             ,
             it
             is
             all
             I
             wish
             :
             my
             studies
             and
             endeavors
             ayming
             at
             no
             other
             end
             ,
             then
             to
             doe
             all
             the
             service
             I
             can
             possibly
             to
             the
             
               Church
            
             of
             God
             ;
             to
             whose
             Graces
             and
             divine
             Protection
             you
             are
             most
             heartily
             commended
             in
             our
             Lord
             and
             Saviour
             JESUS
             CHRIST
             .
             by
          
           
             
               SIR
            
             
               Your
               most
               affectionate
               freind
               to
               serve
               you
               .
               
                 E.
                 Y.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 Covent-Garden
              
               
                 
                   Iun.
                
                 29.
                 1645.