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           EPISCOPACY
           (
           As
           established
           by
           Law
           in
           England
           )
           NOT
           PREJUDICIAL
           TO
           REGAL
           POWER
           .
        
         
           
             A
             Treatise
             written
             in
             the
             time
             of
             the
          
           Long
           Parliament
           ,
        
         
           By
           the
           special
           Command
           of
           the
           late
           KING
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           published
           by
           the
           Right
           Reverend
           Father
           in
           God
           
             ROBERT
             SANDERSON
          
           Lord
           Bishop
           of
           Lincoln
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           by
           
             R.
             Norton
          
           ,
           for
           
             Timothy
             Garthwait
          
           in
           St.
           Pauls
           Church-yard
           ,
           1661.
           
        
      
       
         
         
           TO
           THE
           Most
           High
           and
           Mighty
           King
           CHARLES
           the
           II
           d
           ,
           By
           the
           Grace
           of
           God
           ,
           King
           of
           Great
           Britain
           ,
           France
           and
           Ireland
           ,
           Defender
           of
           the
           Faith
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           
             Most
             Gracious
             and
             Dread
             Soveraign
             ,
          
        
         
           THat
           I
           take
           the
           boldness
           humbly
           to
           present
           this
           
             short
             discourse
          
           to
           your
           Majesties
           Sacred
           hand
           and
           piercing
           eye
           ;
           it
           is
           upon
           this
           one
           and
           onely
           account
           ,
           that
           how
           mean
           soever
           
             the
             performance
          
           be
           ,
           
             the
             undertaking
          
           was
           in
           obedience
           to
           
             the
             command
          
           of
           a
           most
           Gracious
           Master
           ,
           your
           Majesties
           
             Royal
             Father
          
           of
           Blessed
           Memory
           .
           The
           Occasion
           this
           .
           When
           
             the
             Army
          
           had
           gotten
           
             the
             King
          
           into
           their
           own
           custody
           out
           of
           the
           hands
           of
           those
           that
           had
           long
           holden
           him
           
             in
             durance
             at
             Holdenby
          
           :
           to
           put
           
             a
             blind
          
           upon
           the
           world
           ,
           
           they
           
             made
             a
             shew
          
           of
           much
           good
           towards
           him
           ,
           which
           (
           as
           soon
           after
           appeared
           )
           they
           never
           meant
           him
           .
           Amongst
           other
           
             the
             pompous
             civilities
          
           ,
           wherewith
           (
           the
           better
           to
           cloak
           their
           hypocrisie
           )
           they
           entertained
           him
           ;
           it
           was
           their
           pleasure
           to
           vouchsafe
           him
           the
           attendance
           of
           some
           of
           his
           
             own
             Chaplains
          
           :
           which
           ,
           though
           it
           could
           merit
           little
           (
           for
           such
           
             a
             kindness
          
           could
           not
           
             with
             justice
          
           have
           been
           denyed
           to
           a
           far
           
             meaner
             person
          
           ;
           )
           was
           yet
           
             a
             boon
          
           his
           former
           Goalers
           thought
           
             too
             big
          
           for
           him
           .
           In
           that
           
             Summer
             Progress
          
           (
           such
           as
           it
           was
           )
           four
           of
           us
           of
           his
           own
           naming
           ,
           with
           
             the
             Clerk
             of
             his
             Closet
          
           ,
           were
           suffered
           to
           wait
           upon
           him
           .
           In
           which
           time
           of
           waiting
           ,
           (
           which
           was
           in
           
             August
             MDCXLVII
          
           .
           )
           His
           Majesty
           ,
           being
           then
           at
           Hampton-Court
           ,
           one
           day
           called
           me
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           told
           me
           he
           had
           
             a
             little
             work
          
           for
           me
           to
           do
           .
           Some
           
             about
             him
          
           ,
           it
           seems
           ,
           had
           been
           often
           discoursing
           with
           him
           about
           EPISCOPACY
           ,
           as
           it
           was
           claimed
           and
           exercised
           by
           
             the
             Bishops
          
           within
           this
           Realm
           .
           Which
           (
           whether
           out
           of
           their
           good-will
           to
           him
           ,
           or
           their
           no-good-will
           to
           the
           Church
           ,
           I
           am
           not
           able
           to
           say
           ,
           )
           
           they
           had
           endeavoured
           to
           represent
           unto
           him
           ,
           as
           not
           a
           little
           derogatory
           to
           
             the
             REGAL
             AUTHORITY
          
           ,
           as
           well
           in
           the
           point
           of
           Supremacy
           ,
           as
           of
           Prerogative
           :
           in
           the
           one
           ,
           by
           
             claiming
             the
             function
          
           as
           of
           Divine
           Right
           ;
           in
           the
           other
           ,
           by
           
             exercising
             the
             Jurisdiction
          
           in
           their
           own
           names
           .
           His
           Majesty
           said
           farther
           ,
           that
           he
           did
           not
           believe
           
             the
             Church-Government
             by
             Bishops
          
           as
           it
           was
           
             by
             Law
          
           established
           in
           this
           Realm
           ,
           to
           be
           in
           either
           of
           the
           aforesaid
           respects
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           way
           
             prejudicial
             to
             his
             Crown
          
           ;
           and
           that
           he
           was
           in
           his
           own
           judgement
           
             fully
             satisfied
          
           concerning
           the
           same
           :
           yet
           signified
           his
           pleasure
           withal
           ,
           that
           for
           the
           
             satisfaction
             of
             others
          
           I
           should
           take
           
             these
             two
             Objections
          
           into
           consideration
           ,
           and
           give
           him
           
             an
             Answer
          
           thereunto
           in
           writing
           .
           In
           Obedience
           to
           which
           his
           Majesties
           
             Royal
             pleasure
          
           ,
           after
           my
           return
           home
           ,
           I
           forthwith
           (
           according
           to
           my
           
             bounden
             duty
          
           )
           addressed
           my self
           to
           
             the
             work
          
           ;
           and
           was
           drawing
           up
           
             an
             Answer
          
           to
           both
           
             the
             Objections
          
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           I
           was
           able
           ;
           with
           a
           purpose
           to
           present
           the
           same
           (
           as
           soon
           as
           it
           should
           be
           finished
           )
           to
           
             his
             Majesty
          
           in
           
           writing
           ,
           upon
           the
           first
           offered
           opportunity
           .
           But
           behold
           ,
           before
           I
           could
           bring
           the
           business
           
             ad
             umbilicum
          
           ,
           and
           quite
           finish
           what
           was
           under
           my
           hand
           ,
           
             the
             Scene
             of
             affairs
          
           was
           strangely
           changed
           .
           The
           King
           trepann'd
           into
           
             the
             Isle
             of
             Wight
          
           ;
           the
           mask
           of
           Hypocrisie
           ,
           by
           long
           wearing
           now
           grown
           so
           thin
           and
           useless
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           fit
           for
           nothing
           but
           to
           be
           
             thrown
             by
          
           ;
           no
           kind
           of
           impiety
           and
           villany
           ,
           but
           durst
           appear
           bare-faced
           and
           in
           the
           open
           Sun
           ;
           high
           insolencies
           to
           the
           contempt
           of
           Authority
           every
           where
           committed
           ;
           Majesty
           it self
           trampled
           upon
           by
           
             the
             vilest
          
           of
           the
           People
           ;
           and
           
             the
             hearts
          
           of
           all
           loyal
           honest
           men
           sadly
           oppressed
           with
           griefs
           and
           fears
           .
           Yet
           had
           the
           men
           who
           steered
           
             the
             Publick
          
           as
           they
           listed
           ,
           (
           that
           they
           might
           give
           themselves
           the
           more
           recreation
           ,
           amuse
           
             the
             world
          
           anew
           ,
           and
           grace
           
             the
             black
             Tragedy
          
           they
           were
           acting
           with
           the
           more
           variety
           ,
           )
           a
           mind
           to
           play
           
             one
             game
          
           more
           the
           next
           year
           ;
           to
           wit
           ,
           
             the
             Treaty
          
           at
           the
           aforesaid
           
             Isle
             of
             Wight
          
           .
           Where
           ,
           assoon
           as
           I
           understood
           ,
           that
           by
           his
           Majestie
           
             's
             nomination
          
           ,
           I
           was
           to
           give
           my
           attendance
           ;
           I
           looked
           out
           
             the
             old
             
             Papers
          
           which
           I
           had
           laid
           aside
           a
           good
           while
           before
           ;
           
             made
             up
          
           what
           was
           then
           left
           unfinished
           ,
           and
           took
           
             the
             Copy
          
           with
           me
           to
           
             the
             Isle
          
           ;
           thinking
           that
           when
           
             the
             Treaty
          
           should
           be
           ended
           (
           for
           whilest
           it
           lasted
           his
           Majesty
           was
           taken
           up
           with
           other
           thoughts
           and
           debates
           of
           higher
           concern
           )
           I
           might
           possibly
           have
           the
           opportunity
           to
           give
           his
           Majesty
           
             an
             account
          
           thereof
           .
           What
           became
           of
           
             that
             Treaty
          
           ,
           and
           what
           after
           ensued
           ,
           is
           so
           
             well
             known
          
           to
           the
           world
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           
             no
             need
          
           ,
           and
           withal
           so
           sad
           ,
           that
           it
           can
           be
           
             no
             pleasure
          
           ,
           to
           remember
           .
           But
           thenceforward
           were
           those
           
             Papers
             laid
             aside
          
           once
           again
           ,
           and
           destined
           to
           
             perpetual
             silence
          
           ,
           had
           not
           a
           debate
           lately
           started
           ,
           concerning
           
             one
             of
             the
             principal
             points
          
           therein
           handled
           ,
           occasioned
           some
           persons
           of
           eminent
           place
           and
           esteem
           in
           the
           Church
           (
           and
           one
           of
           them
           conscious
           to
           the
           aforesaid
           command
           laid
           upon
           me
           by
           
             the
             late
             King
          
           ,
           )
           to
           desire
           a
           sight
           of
           those
           Papers
           .
           Which
           being
           by
           their
           encouragement
           now
           made
           publick
           (
           though
           having
           little
           other
           to
           commend
           them
           ,
           either
           to
           
             the
             world
          
           but
           Truth
           and
           Plainness
           ,
           or
           to
           your
           Majesty
           but
           that
           
           they
           had
           their
           first
           rise
           from
           his
           command
           whose
           Throne
           and
           Vertues
           you
           inherit
           ;
           )
           I
           humbly
           beseech
           
             your
             Majesty
          
           graciously
           to
           accept
           ;
           together
           with
           
             the
             Prayers
          
           of
        
         
           
             Your
             Majesties
             most
             Loyal
             Subject
             and
             devoted
             Servant
             
               ROBERT
               LINCOLN
            
             .
          
           
             LONDON
             ,
             
               August
               10.
               
               MDCLXI
               .
            
          
        
      
       
         
         
           By
           the
           KING
           .
        
         
           A
           PROCLAMATION
           ,
           Declaring
           that
           the
           proceedings
           of
           his
           Majesties
           Ecclesiastical
           Courts
           and
           Ministers
           ,
           are
           according
           to
           the
           Lawes
           of
           the
           Realm
           .
        
         
           WHereas
           in
           some
           of
           the
           Libellous
           books
           and
           Pamphlets
           lately
           published
           ,
           The
           most
           Reverend
           Fathers
           in
           God
           ,
           the
           Lords
           Arch-Bishops
           and
           Bishops
           of
           this
           Realm
           ,
           are
           said
           to
           have
           usurped
           upon
           his
           Majesties
           Prerogative
           Royal
           ,
           and
           to
           have
           proceeded
           in
           the
           high
           Commission
           and
           other
           Ecclesiastical
           Courts
           ,
           contrary
           to
           the
           Laws
           and
           Statutes
           of
           this
           Realm
           ;
           It
           was
           ordered
           by
           his
           Majesties
           high
           Court
           of
           Star-Chamber
           ,
           the
           Twelfth
           day
           of
           June
           last
           ,
           that
           the
           opinion
           of
           the
           two
           Lords
           chief
           Iustices
           ,
           the
           Lord
           chief
           Baron
           ,
           and
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Judges
           and
           Barons
           should
           be
           had
           and
           certified
           in
           those
           particulars
           ,
           viz.
           Whether
           Processes
           
           may
           not
           issue
           out
           of
           the
           Ecclesiastical
           Courts
           in
           the
           Name
           of
           the
           Bishops
           .
           Whether
           a
           Patent
           under
           the
           great
           Seal
           be
           necessary
           for
           the
           keeping
           of
           the
           Ecclesiastical
           Courts
           ,
           and
           enabling
           Citations
           ,
           Suspensions
           ,
           Excommunications
           ,
           and
           other
           censures
           of
           the
           Church
           .
           And
           whether
           Citations
           ought
           to
           be
           in
           the
           Kings
           name
           ,
           and
           under
           his
           Seal
           of
           Arms
           ,
           and
           the
           like
           for
           Institutions
           and
           Inductions
           to
           Benefices
           ,
           and
           Correction
           of
           Ecclesiastical
           offences
           .
           Whether
           Bishops
           ,
           Arch-Deacons
           and
           other
           Ecclesiastical
           persons
           may
           or
           ought
           to
           keep
           any
           visitation
           at
           any
           time
           unless
           they
           have
           express
           Commission
           or
           Patent
           under
           the
           great
           Seal
           of
           England
           to
           do
           it
           ,
           and
           that
           as
           his
           Majesties
           Uisitors
           only
           ,
           and
           in
           his
           name
           and
           Right
           alone
           .
        
         
           Whereupon
           ,
           his
           Majesties
           said
           Iudges
           having
           taken
           the
           same
           into
           their
           serious
           consideration
           ,
           did
           unanimously
           concur
           and
           agree
           in
           opinion
           ,
           and
           the
           first
           day
           of
           July
           last
           certified
           under
           their
           hands
           as
           followeth
           ,
           That
           Processes
           may
           issue
           out
           of
           the
           Ecclesiastical
           
           Courts
           in
           the
           name
           of
           the
           Bishops
           ;
           and
           that
           a
           Patent
           under
           the
           great
           Seal
           is
           not
           necessary
           for
           the
           keeping
           of
           the
           said
           Ecclesiastical
           Courts
           ,
           or
           for
           enabling
           of
           Citations
           ,
           Suspensions
           ,
           Excommunications
           and
           other
           Censures
           of
           the
           Church
           ;
           And
           that
           it
           is
           not
           necessary
           that
           Summons
           ,
           Citations
           ,
           or
           other
           Processes
           Ecclesiastical
           in
           the
           said
           Courts
           ,
           or
           Institutions
           ,
           or
           Inductions
           to
           Benefices
           ,
           or
           correction
           of
           Ecclesiastical
           offences
           by
           Censure
           in
           those
           Courts
           ,
           be
           in
           the
           Kings
           name
           or
           with
           the
           style
           of
           the
           King
           ,
           or
           under
           the
           Kings
           Seal
           ,
           or
           that
           their
           Seals
           of
           Office
           have
           in
           them
           the
           Kings
           Arms
           ;
           And
           that
           the
           Statute
           of
           
             Primo
             Edvardi
             Sexti
             ,
             cap.
             secundo
             ,
          
           which
           enacted
           the
           contrary
           ,
           is
           not
           now
           in
           force
           :
           And
           that
           the
           Bishops
           ,
           Arch-Deacons
           and
           other
           Ecclesiastical
           persons
           ,
           may
           keep
           their
           Uisitations
           as
           usually
           they
           have
           done
           ,
           without
           Commission
           under
           the
           great
           Seal
           of
           England
           so
           to
           do
           :
           which
           opinions
           and
           resolutions
           being
           declared
           under
           the
           hands
           of
           all
           his
           Majesties
           said
           Iudges
           ,
           and
           so
           certified
           into
           his
           
           Court
           of
           Star-Chamber
           ,
           were
           there
           recorded
           :
           and
           it
           was
           by
           that
           Court
           further
           ordered
           the
           fourth
           day
           of
           the
           said
           moneth
           of
           July
           ,
           that
           the
           said
           certificate
           should
           be
           inrolled
           in
           all
           other
           his
           Majesties
           Courts
           at
           Westminster
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           High
           Commission
           ,
           and
           other
           Ecclesiastical
           Courts
           ,
           for
           the
           satisfaction
           of
           all
           men
           ,
           That
           the
           proceedings
           in
           the
           High
           Commission
           and
           other
           Ecclesiastical
           Courts
           are
           agreeable
           to
           the
           Laws
           and
           Statutes
           of
           the
           Realm
           .
        
         
           And
           his
           Royal
           Majesty
           hath
           thought
           sit
           ,
           with
           advice
           of
           his
           Councel
           ,
           that
           a
           publick
           Declaration
           of
           these
           the
           opinions
           and
           resolutions
           of
           his
           Reverend
           and
           Learned
           Iudges
           ,
           being
           agreeable
           to
           the
           Iudgement
           and
           Resolutions
           of
           former
           times
           ,
           should
           be
           made
           known
           to
           all
           his
           Subjects
           ,
           as
           well
           to
           vindicate
           the
           legal
           proceedings
           of
           His
           Ecclesiastical
           Courts
           and
           Ministers
           ,
           from
           the
           unjust
           and
           scandalous
           imputation
           of
           invading
           or
           entrenching
           on
           his
           Royal
           Prerogative
           ,
           as
           to
           settle
           the
           minds
           and
           stop
           the
           mouths
           of
           all
           unquiet
           Spirits
           ,
           that
           
           for
           the
           future
           they
           presume
           not
           to
           censure
           his
           Ecclesiastical
           Courts
           or
           Ministers
           in
           these
           their
           Iust
           and
           warranted
           proceedings
           :
           And
           hereof
           his
           Majesty
           admonisheth
           all
           his
           Subjects
           to
           take
           warning
           as
           they
           shall
           answer
           the
           contrary
           at
           their
           perils
           .
        
         
           
             Given
             at
             the
             Court
             at
             Lyndhurst
             
               the
               18.
               day
               of
               August
               ,
               in
               the
               13.
               year
               of
               his
               Majesties
               Raign
               .
            
          
        
         
           God
           save
           the
           King.
           
        
      
       
         
           Imprinted
           at
           London
           by
           
             Robert
             Barker
          
           ,
           Printer
           to
           the
           Kings
           most
           Excellent
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           Assignes
           of
           
             Iohn
             Bill
             ,
             1637.
          
           
        
      
       
         
         
           Primo
           Julii
           1637.
           
           The
           Iudges
           Certificate
           concerning
           Ecclesiastical
           Iurisdiction
           .
        
         
           
             May
             it
             please
             your
             Lordships
             ,
          
        
         
           ACcording
           to
           your
           Lordships
           Order
           made
           in
           his
           Majesties
           Court
           of
           Star-Chamber
           the
           Twelfth
           of
           May
           last
           ,
           we
           have
           taken
           consideration
           of
           the
           particulars
           ,
           wherein
           our
           Opinions
           are
           required
           by
           the
           said
           Order
           ,
           and
           we
           have
           all
           agreed
           ,
        
         
           That
           Processes
           may
           issue
           out
           of
           the
           Ecclesiastical
           Courts
           in
           the
           name
           of
           Bishops
           ,
           and
           that
           a
           Patent
           under
           the
           great
           Seal
           is
           not
           necessary
           for
           the
           keeping
           of
           the
           said
           Ecclesiastical
           Courts
           ,
           or
           for
           the
           enabling
           of
           Citations
           ,
           Suspensions
           ,
           Excommunications
           or
           other
           Censures
           of
           the
           Church
           .
           And
           that
           it
           is
           not
           necessary
           that
           Summons
           ,
           Citations
           ,
           or
           other
           Processes
           Ecclesiastical
           in
           the
           said
           Courts
           ,
           or
           Institutions
           ,
           or
           Inductions
           to
           Benefices
           ,
           or
           Correction
           of
           Ecclesiastical
           offences
           by
           censure
           in
           those
           
           Courts
           ,
           be
           in
           the
           Kings
           name
           ,
           or
           with
           the
           Style
           of
           the
           King
           ,
           or
           under
           the
           Kings
           Seal
           ,
           or
           that
           their
           Seals
           of
           Office
           have
           in
           them
           the
           Kings
           Arms.
           And
           that
           the
           Statute
           of
           
             Primo
             Edvardi
             Sexti
             Cap.
             2.
          
           which
           enacted
           the
           contrary
           ,
           is
           not
           now
           in
           force
           .
        
         
           We
           are
           also
           of
           opinion
           ,
           That
           the
           Bishops
           ,
           Archdeacons
           and
           other
           Ecclesiastical
           persons
           may
           keep
           their
           Visitations
           as
           usually
           they
           have
           done
           without
           Commission
           under
           the
           great
           Seal
           of
           England
           so
           to
           do
           .
        
         
           
             
               Io.
               Bramstone
               .
            
             
               Io.
               Finch
               .
            
             
               Humfrey
               Davenport
               .
            
             
               Will.
               Iones
               .
            
             
               Io.
               Dinham
               .
            
             
               Richard
               Hutton
               .
            
             
               George
               Croke
               .
            
             
               Tho.
               Trevor
               .
            
             
               George
               Vernon
               .
            
             
               Ro.
               Berkley
               .
            
             
               Fr.
               Crawley
               .
            
             
               Ric.
               Weston
               .
            
          
        
         
           Inrolled
           in
           the
           Courts
           of
           Exchequer
           ,
           Kings
           Bench
           ,
           Common
           Pleas
           ,
           and
           Registred
           in
           the
           Courts
           of
           High
           Commission
           and
           Star-Chamber
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           EPISCOPACY
           not
           Prejudicial
           to
           Regal
           Power
           .
        
         
           
             SECT
             .
             I.
             
          
           
             The
             two
             great
             Objections
             proposed
             .
          
           
             I.
             HE
             that
             shall
             take
             the
             pains
             to
             inform
             himself
             rightly
             ,
             what
             power
             
               the
               Kings
               of
               England
            
             have
             from
             time
             to
             time
             claimed
             and
             exercised
             in
             Causes
             and
             over
             
               Persons
               Ecclesiastical
            
             ;
             as
             also
             by
             whom
             ,
             how
             ,
             and
             how
             far
             forth
             their
             said
             Power
             hath
             been
             from
             time
             to
             time
             either
             opposed
             ,
             or
             maintained
             :
             shall
             undoubtedly
             find
             that
             no
             persons
             in
             the
             
             world
             have
             more
             freely
             acknowledged
             ,
             and
             both
             by
             their
             writings
             and
             actions
             more
             zealously
             ,
             judiciously
             and
             effectually
             asserted
             
               the
               Soveraign
               Ecclesiastical
               power
               of
               Kings
               ,
            
             then
             the
             Protestant
             Bishops
             and
             Divines
             (
             whom
             our
             new
             Masters
             have
             been
             pleased
             of
             late
             to
             call
             
               the
               Prelatical
               party
            
             )
             in
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             have
             done
             .
             Yet
             so
             far
             hath
             prejudice
             (
             or
             something
             else
             )
             prevailed
             with
             some
             persons
             of
             quality
             in
             these
             times
             of
             so
             much
             loosness
             and
             distraction
             ;
             as
             to
             suffer
             themselves
             to
             be
             led
             into
             a
             belief
             ,
             or
             at
             leastwise
             to
             be
             willing
             the
             people
             should
             be
             deceived
             into
             the
             belief
             of
             these
             
               two
               things
               .
               First
            
             ,
             that
             the
             Opinion
             which
             maintaineth
             
               the
               Ius
               divinum
               of
               Episcopacy
            
             is
             destructive
             of
             
               the
               Regal
               power
            
             .
             And
             secondly
             ,
             that
             
               Episcopal
               Iurisdiction
            
             ,
             as
             it
             was
             exercised
             before
             and
             at
             the
             beginning
             of
             this
             present
             Parliament
             ,
             
             was
             derogatory
             from
             the
             honour
             of
             
               the
               King
            
             ,
             and
             prejudicial
             to
             the
             just
             Rights
             and
             
               Prerogatives
               of
               his
               Crown
            
          
           
             II.
             Truely
             ,
             they
             that
             know
             any
             thing
             of
             the
             practises
             and
             proceedings
             of
             
               the
               Anti-prelatical
               party
            
             ,
             cannot
             be
             ignorant
             ,
             that
             their
             aims
             (
             these
             or
             whatsoever
             other
             pretensions
             notwithstanding
             )
             are
             clearly
             to
             enlarge
             their
             own
             power
             by
             lessening
             the
             Kings
             ,
             and
             to
             raise
             their
             own
             estates
             upon
             the
             ruines
             of
             the
             Bishops
             .
             And
             therefore
             howsoever
             the
             aforesaid
             pretensions
             may
             seem
             at
             the
             first
             appearance
             to
             proceed
             from
             a
             sense
             of
             Loyalty
             ,
             and
             a
             tenderness
             of
             suffering
             any
             thing
             to
             be
             continued
             in
             the
             kingdom
             which
             might
             tend
             to
             the
             least
             
               diminution
               of
               his
               Majesties
               just
               power
               &
               greatness
               .
            
             yet
             ,
             (
             till
             their
             actions
             look
             otherwise
             then
             for
             some
             time
             past
             they
             have
             done
             )
             the
             pretenders
             
             must
             give
             us
             leave
             to
             think
             that
             their
             meaning
             therein
             is
             rather
             to
             do
             
               the
               Bishops
            
             hurt
             ,
             then
             to
             do
             
               the
               King
            
             service
             ;
             and
             that
             their
             affections
             (
             so
             far
             as
             by
             what
             is
             visible
             we
             are
             able
             to
             judge
             thereof
             )
             are
             much
             what
             alike
             the
             same
             towards
             
               them
               both
            
             .
             But
             to
             leave
             their
             Hearts
             to
             the
             judgement
             of
             him
             to
             whom
             they
             must
             stand
             or
             fall
             :
             for
             the
             just
             defence
             of
             truth
             ,
             and
             that
             (
             so
             far
             as
             we
             can
             help
             it
             )
             
               the
               people
            
             be
             not
             abused
             in
             this
             particular
             also
             ,
             as
             in
             sundry
             others
             they
             have
             been
             ,
             by
             such
             men
             ,
             as
             are
             content
             to
             use
             
               the
               Kings
               name
            
             when
             it
             may
             help
             on
             
               their
               own
               designs
            
             ;
             I
             shall
             first
             set
             forth
             
               the
               two
               main
               Objections
            
             severally
             to
             the
             best
             advantage
             of
             
               the
               Objectors
            
             ;
             and
             then
             endeavour
             by
             a
             clear
             and
             satisfactory
             answer
             to
             discover
             the
             weakness
             and
             vanity
             of
             them
             both
             .
          
           
             III.
             
               The
               former
               objection
            
             .
             Whereas
             
             in
             the
             
               Oath
               of
               Supremacy
            
             the
             supreme
             
               power
               Ecclesistical
            
             is
             acknowledged
             to
             be
             in
             
               the
               King
               alone
            
             ;
             and
             by
             
               the
               Statute
               of
               1.
               
               Eliz.
            
             All
             jurisdictions
             and
             preeminencies
             Spiritual
             and
             Ecclesiastical
             within
             the
             Realm
             of
             England
             are
             
               restored
               to
               the
               Crown
            
             as
             the
             ancient
             right
             thereof
             ,
             and
             forever
             
               united
               and
               annexed
            
             thereunto
             :
             
               the
               Bishops
            
             claiming
             their
             power
             and
             jurisdiction
             to
             belong
             unto
             them
             
               as
               of
               divine
               right
            
             ,
             seemeth
             to
             be
             a
             manifest
             violation
             of
             the
             said
             Oath
             and
             Statute
             ,
             and
             a
             real
             diminution
             of
             
               the
               Regal
               power
            
             in
             and
             by
             the
             said
             Oath
             and
             Statute
             acknowledged
             and
             confirmed
             .
             For
             whatsoever
             power
             is
             of
             
               divine
               right
            
             ,
             is
             immediatly
             derived
             
               from
               God
            
             ,
             and
             dependeth
             not
             upon
             any
             earthly
             King
             or
             Potentate
             whatsoever
             as
             superiour
             thereunto
             .
             These
             two
             tearms
             ,
             to
             be
             
               from
               Heaven
            
             ,
             and
             
               to
               be
               of
               Men
            
             ,
             being
             used
             in
             the
             
             Scriptures
             as
             terms
             opposite
             and
             inconsistent
             ,
             and
             such
             as
             cannot
             be
             both
             truly
             affirmed
             of
             the
             same
             thing
             .
          
           
             IV.
             
               The
               latter
               objection
            
             .
             Setting
             aside
             the
             dispute
             of
             
               jus
               divinum
            
             ,
             and
             whatsoever
             might
             be
             said
             either
             for
             or
             against
             the
             same
             :
             the
             very
             exercising
             of
             
               Episcopal
               jurisdiction
            
             in
             such
             a
             manner
             as
             it
             was
             with
             us
             ,
             
               the
               Bishops
            
             issuing
             out
             their
             Summens
             ,
             giving
             Censures
             ,
             and
             acting
             every
             other
             thing
             in
             the
             Ecclesiastical
             Courts
             ,
             
               in
               their
               own
            
             and
             not
             in
             
               the
               Kings
               name
            
             ,
             seemeth
             to
             derogate
             very
             much
             from
             
               the
               Regal
               power
            
             in
             the
             point
             of
             Ecclesiastical
             Soveraignty
             .
             For
             whereas
             the
             Judges
             in
             
               the
               Kings
               Bench
               ,
               Common
               Plees
               ,
            
             and
             other
             Common-Law-Courts
             do
             issue
             out
             their
             Writts
             ,
             and
             make
             all
             their
             
               Iudgments
               ,
               Orders
               ,
               Decrees
               ,
               &c.
            
             in
             
               the
               Kings
               name
            
             ;
             thereby
             acknowledging
             
             both
             their
             Power
             to
             be
             depending
             upon
             ,
             and
             derived
             from
             
               the
               Kings
            
             authority
             ,
             and
             themselves
             in
             the
             exercise
             of
             that
             Power
             to
             be
             but
             his
             Ministers
             sent
             and
             authorzied
             by
             him
             ;
             and
             so
             give
             him
             the
             just
             honour
             of
             his
             
               Supremacy
               temporal
            
             :
             The
             Bishops
             on
             the
             other
             side
             exercise
             
               a
               spiritual
               power
               or
               jurisdiction
               in
               their
               own
               names
               ,
            
             and
             as
             it
             were
             by
             their
             own
             authority
             ,
             without
             any
             the
             least
             acknowledgment
             of
             the
             effluxe
             or
             emanation
             of
             that
             power
             or
             jurisdiction
             from
             
               the
               King.
            
             Which
             custome
             as
             it
             had
             undoubtedly
             its
             first
             rise
             ,
             and
             after-growth
             from
             the
             exorbitant
             greatness
             of
             
               the
               Bishops
               of
               Rome
            
             ,
             who
             have
             usurped
             an
             unjust
             authority
             as
             well
             over
             Kings
             and
             Princes
             ,
             as
             over
             their
             Fellow-Bishops
             ,
             laboured
             all
             they
             could
             to
             lessen
             the
             authority
             of
             Kings
             ,
             especially
             
               in
               matters
               Ecclesiastical
            
             :
             so
             is
             the
             continuance
             
             thereof
             no
             otherwise
             to
             be
             esteemed
             then
             as
             a
             rag
             or
             relique
             of
             that
             
               Anti-Christian
               tyranny
            
             ,
             which
             was
             retained
             (
             as
             some
             other
             things
             also
             of
             evil
             consequence
             were
             )
             in
             those
             imperfect
             beginnings
             of
             Reformation
             ,
             when
             
               the
               Popes
               power
            
             was
             first
             abrogated
             under
             
               King
               Henry
               the
               Eighth
            
             .
             But
             it
             was
             afterwards
             in
             a
             more
             mature
             and
             perfect
             reformation
             taken
             in
             to
             consideration
             in
             the
             Raign
             of
             
               King
               Edward
               the
               Sixth
            
             :
             and
             remedy
             provided
             there-against
             by
             
               an
               Act
               of
               Parliament
            
             made
             in
             the
             first
             year
             of
             his
             Raign
             .
             Wherein
             it
             was
             enacted
             ,
             that
             
               all
               Summons
               ,
               Citations
               ,
               and
               other
               Processes
               Ecclesiastical
               should
               be
               made
               in
               the
               Kings
               name
               and
               with
               the
               style
               of
               the
               King
               ,
               as
               it
               is
               in
               Writts
               original
               and
               judicial
               at
               the
               Common
               Laws
            
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             Teste
             thereof
             only
             should
             be
             in
             the
             name
             of
             
               the
               Bishop
            
             .
          
           
           
             V.
             It
             is
             true
             indeed
             that
             this
             
               Statute
               of
               King
               Edward
            
             was
             within
             a
             few
             years
             after
             repealed
             ,
             and
             so
             the
             old
             usage
             and
             form
             again
             restored
             
               primo
               Mariae
            
             ,
             and
             hath
             ever
             since
             so
             continued
             during
             the
             Raigns
             of
             the
             said
             Queen
             ,
             of
             
               Queen
               Elizabeth
            
             ,
             of
             K.
             Iames
             ,
             and
             of
             
               his
               Majesty
               that
               now
               is
            
             until
             this
             present
             Parliament
             ,
             without
             any
             alteration
             or
             interruption
             .
             But
             the
             repealing
             of
             the
             Statute
             of
             
               primo
               Edw.
               6.
            
             and
             the
             reception
             of
             the
             former
             usage
             insuing
             thereupon
             ,
             ought
             not
             to
             be
             alleaged
             by
             the
             Bishops
             ,
             or
             to
             sway
             with
             any
             Protestant
             :
             inasmuch
             as
             that
             repeal
             was
             made
             by
             
               Queen
               Mary
            
             ,
             who
             was
             a
             professed
             Papist
             ,
             and
             who
             together
             with
             that
             form
             of
             proceeding
             in
             
               the
               Ecclesiastical
               Courts
            
             restored
             also
             the
             whole
             
               Popish
               Religion
            
             ,
             whereof
             that
             was
             a
             branch
             .
             Neither
             ought
             the
             un-interrupted
             continuance
             of
             the
             said
             form
             
             under
             
               Queen
               Elizabeth
            
             and
             the
             succeeding
             Kings
             ,
             (
             whether
             it
             happened
             through
             inadvertency
             in
             the
             State
             ,
             or
             through
             the
             incessant
             artifices
             and
             practises
             of
             the
             more
             active
             Bishops
             ,
             some
             or
             other
             whereof
             had
             alwayes
             a
             prevalent
             power
             with
             those
             Princes
             in
             their
             several
             Raigns
             )
             to
             hinder
             ;
             but
             that
             ,
             as
             the
             said
             manner
             of
             proceeding
             was
             in
             the
             said
             first
             year
             of
             
               Edward
               6.
            
             by
             the
             King
             and
             
               the
               three
               Estates
               in
               Parliament
            
             adjudged
             to
             favour
             the
             usurped
             power
             of
             
               the
               Bishops
               of
               Rome
            
             ,
             and
             to
             trench
             upon
             
               the
               Kings
            
             just
             and
             acknowledged
             
               authority
               in
               matters
               Ecclesiastical
            
             (
             as
             by
             the
             preamble
             of
             the
             said
             Act
             doth
             sufficiently
             appear
             ;
             )
             so
             it
             ought
             to
             be
             still
             no
             otherwise
             esteemed
             then
             as
             a
             branch
             of
             
               the
               Papal
               usurpation
            
             ,
             highly
             derogatory
             to
             the
             honour
             of
             
               the
               King
            
             ,
             and
             the
             rights
             of
             his
             Crown
             .
             This
             is
             (
             as
             I
             conceive
             )
             
             the
             sum
             of
             all
             that
             hath
             been
             ,
             and
             the
             utmost
             of
             what
             (
             I
             suppose
             )
             can
             be
             said
             in
             this
             matter
             .
          
        
         
           
             THE
             II.
             SECTION
          
           
             In
             answer
             to
             the
             former
             Objection
             .
          
           
             I.
             WHereunto
             I
             make
             answer
             as
             followeth
             .
             To
             the
             former
             Objection
             ,
             I
             say
             first
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             evidently
             of
             no
             force
             at
             all
             against
             those
             Divines
             ,
             who
             for
             the
             maintenance
             of
             Episcopacy
             lay
             their
             claim
             under
             another
             notion
             ,
             and
             not
             under
             that
             of
             
               Ius
               Divinum
            
             .
             Which
             expression
             ,
             for
             that
             it
             is
             (
             by
             reason
             of
             
               the
               ambiguity
            
             thereof
             )
             subject
             to
             be
             mistaken
             ,
             and
             that
             captious
             men
             are
             so
             willing
             to
             mistake
             it
             for
             their
             own
             advantage
             ;
             might
             peradventure
             without
             loss
             of
             
             Truth
             ,
             or
             prejudice
             to
             
               the
               Cause
            
             ,
             b●
             with
             as
             much
             prudence
             laid
             aside
             a●
             used
             ,
             as
             in
             this
             ,
             so
             in
             sundry
             other
             disputes
             and
             controversies
             of
             these
             Times
             .
          
           
             II.
             If
             it
             shall
             be
             replyed
             ,
             that
             then
             belike
             
               the
               Proctors
               for
               Episcopacy
            
             are
             not
             yet
             well
             agreed
             among
             themselves
             by
             what
             title
             they
             hold
             :
             and
             that
             is
             a
             shrewd
             prejudice
             against
             them
             ,
             that
             they
             have
             
               no
               good
               title
            
             .
             For
             it
             is
             ever
             supposed
             he
             that
             hath
             a
             good
             title
             ,
             knoweth
             what
             it
             is
             :
             and
             we
             are
             to
             presume
             the
             power
             to
             be
             usurped
             ,
             when
             he
             that
             useth
             it
             cannot
             well
             tell
             how
             he
             came
             by
             it
             .
             I
             say
             therefore
             secondly
             ,
             that
             
               the
               difference
            
             between
             the
             Advocates
             for
             Episcopacy
             is
             rather
             in
             
               the
               different
               manner
            
             of
             expressing
             the
             same
             thing
             ,
             then
             in
             their
             
               different
               judgement
            
             upon
             the
             substance
             of
             
               the
               matter
            
             .
             The
             one
             sort
             making
             choise
             of
             
               an
               expression
            
             
             which
             he
             knoweth
             he
             is
             able
             to
             make
             good
             against
             all
             gainsayers
             ,
             if
             they
             will
             but
             understand
             him
             aright
             :
             the
             other
             out
             of
             wariness
             or
             condescension
             forbearing
             
               an
               expression
            
             ,
             (
             no
             necessity
             requiring
             the
             use
             of
             it
             ,
             )
             which
             he
             seeth
             to
             have
             been
             subject
             to
             so
             much
             mis-construction
             .
          
           
             III.
             For
             the
             truth
             is
             ,
             all
             this
             ado
             about
             
               Ius
               divinum
            
             is
             in
             the
             last
             result
             no
             more
             then
             a
             meer
             
               verbal
               nicety
            
             :
             that
             term
             being
             not
             alwayes
             taken
             in
             one
             and
             the
             same
             latitude
             of
             signification
             .
             Sometimes
             it
             importeth
             
               a
               divine
               precept
            
             (
             which
             is
             indeed
             the
             primary
             and
             most
             proper
             signification
             :
             )
             when
             it
             appeareth
             by
             some
             clear
             express
             and
             peremptory
             
               command
               of
               God
            
             in
             his
             word
             ,
             to
             be
             
               the
               will
               of
               God
            
             that
             the
             thing
             so
             commanded
             should
             be
             perpetually
             and
             universally
             observed
             .
             Of
             which
             sort
             ,
             setting
             aside
             
               the
               Articles
               of
               the
               Creed
            
             ,
             and
             
               the
               Moral
               
               duties
               of
               the
               Law
            
             (
             which
             are
             not
             much
             pertinent
             to
             the
             present
             enquiry
             )
             there
             are
             ,
             as
             I
             take
             it
             ,
             very
             few
             things
             that
             can
             be
             properly
             said
             to
             be
             
               of
               divine
               positive
               right
            
             under
             
               the
               New
               Testament
            
             .
             The
             Preaching
             of
             
               the
               Gospel
            
             ,
             and
             administration
             of
             
               the
               Sacraments
            
             are
             two
             :
             which
             when
             I
             have
             named
             ,
             I
             think
             I
             have
             named
             all
             .
          
           
             IV.
             But
             there
             is
             a
             secondary
             and
             more
             extended
             signification
             of
             that
             term
             ,
             which
             is
             also
             of
             frequent
             use
             among
             Divines
             .
             In
             which
             sense
             such
             things
             ,
             as
             having
             
               no
               express
               command
            
             in
             the
             word
             ,
             are
             yet
             found
             to
             have
             authority
             and
             warrant
             from
             
               the
               institution
               ,
               example
            
             ,
             or
             approbation
             either
             of
             Christ
             himself
             ,
             or
             his
             Apostles
             ;
             and
             have
             (
             in
             regard
             of
             the
             importance
             and
             usefulness
             of
             
               the
               things
            
             themselves
             )
             been
             held
             ,
             by
             
               the
               consentient
               judgement
            
             of
             all
             the
             Churches
             of
             
             Christ
             in
             
               the
               primitive
            
             and
             succeeding
             ages
             ,
             needful
             to
             be
             continued
             :
             such
             things
             I
             say
             are
             (
             though
             not
             so
             properly
             as
             the
             former
             ,
             yet
             )
             usually
             and
             interpretativè
             said
             to
             be
             of
             
               Divine
               Right
            
             .
             Of
             which
             sort
             I
             take
             the
             observation
             of
             the
             
               Lords
               day
            
             ,
             the
             ordering
             of
             
               the
               Keys
            
             ,
             the
             distinction
             of
             
               Presbyters
               and
               Deacons
            
             ,
             and
             some
             other
             things
             (
             not
             all
             perhaps
             of
             equal
             consequence
             )
             to
             be
             .
             Unto
             
               Ius
               divinum
            
             in
             that
             former
             acception
             is
             required
             
               a
               Divine
               Precept
            
             :
             in
             this
             later
             ,
             it
             sufficeth
             thereunto
             that
             a
             thing
             be
             
               of
               Apostolical
               institution
               or
               practice
            
             .
             Which
             ambiguity
             is
             the
             more
             to
             be
             heeded
             ,
             for
             that
             the
             observation
             thereof
             is
             of
             great
             use
             for
             the
             avoyding
             of
             sundry
             mistakes
             that
             through
             the
             ignorance
             or
             neglect
             thereof
             daily
             happen
             to
             the
             engaging
             of
             men
             in
             endless
             disputes
             ,
             and
             entangling
             their
             consciences
             in
             unnecessary
             scruples
             .
          
           
           
             V.
             Now
             ,
             that
             the
             Government
             of
             the
             Churches
             of
             Christ
             by
             Bishops
             is
             of
             
               divine
               right
            
             in
             that
             first
             and
             stricter
             sence
             ,
             is
             an
             Opinion
             at
             least
             of
             great
             probability
             ,
             and
             such
             as
             may
             more
             easily
             and
             upon
             better
             grounds
             be
             defended
             then
             confuted
             :
             especially
             if
             in
             expounding
             those
             Texts
             that
             are
             alleaged
             for
             it
             we
             give
             such
             deference
             to
             the
             authority
             of
             the
             Ancient
             Fathers
             and
             their
             expositions
             thereof
             ,
             as
             wise
             and
             sober
             men
             have
             alwayes
             thought
             it
             fit
             we
             should
             do
             .
             Yet
             because
             it
             is
             both
             inexpedient
             to
             maintain
             a
             dispute
             where
             it
             needs
             not
             ,
             and
             needless
             to
             contend
             for
             more
             ,
             where
             less
             will
             serve
             the
             turne
             :
             I
             finde
             that
             
               our
               Divines
            
             that
             have
             travailed
             most
             in
             this
             Argument
             ,
             where
             they
             purposely
             treat
             of
             it
             ,
             do
             rather
             chuse
             to
             stand
             to
             the
             tenure
             of
             Episcopacy
             
               ex
               Apostolicâ
               designatione
            
             ,
             then
             to
             hold
             a
             
             contest
             upon
             the
             title
             of
             
               jus
               divinum
            
             ,
             no
             necessity
             requiring
             the
             same
             to
             be
             done
             .
             They
             therefore
             that
             so
             speak
             of
             this
             Government
             as
             established
             by
             
               Divine
               right
            
             ,
             are
             not
             all
             of
             them
             necessarily
             so
             to
             be
             understood
             ,
             as
             if
             they
             meant
             it
             in
             that
             first
             and
             stricter
             sense
             .
             Sufficient
             it
             is
             for
             the
             justification
             of
             
               the
               Church
               of
               England
            
             in
             the
             constitution
             and
             government
             thereof
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             (
             as
             certainly
             it
             is
             )
             
               of
               Divine
               right
            
             in
             the
             latter
             and
             larger
             signification
             :
             that
             is
             to
             say
             ,
             
               of
               Apostolical
               institution
            
             and
             approbation
             ;
             exercised
             by
             
               the
               Apostles
            
             themselves
             ,
             and
             by
             
               other
               persons
            
             in
             their
             times
             ,
             appointed
             and
             enabled
             thereunto
             by
             them
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             will
             of
             our
             Lord
             
               Iesus
               Christ
            
             ,
             and
             by
             vertue
             of
             
               the
               Commission
            
             they
             had
             received
             from
             him
             .
          
           
           
             VI.
             Which
             besides
             that
             it
             is
             clear
             from
             evident
             
               Texts
               of
               Scripture
            
             ,
             and
             from
             the
             testimony
             of
             as
             ancient
             and
             
               authentique
               Records
            
             as
             the
             world
             hath
             any
             to
             shew
             for
             the
             attesting
             of
             any
             other
             part
             of
             
               Ecclesiastical
               story
            
             ;
             it
             is
             also
             in
             truth
             a
             part
             of
             the
             established
             Doctrine
             of
             
               the
               Church
               of
               England
            
             :
             evidently
             deduced
             out
             of
             sundry
             passages
             in
             the
             
               booke
               of
               Consecration
            
             ,
             (
             which
             book
             is
             Approved
             in
             the
             Articles
             of
             our
             Religion
             
               Art.
               36.
            
             
             Confirmed
             by
             
               Act
               of
               Parliament
            
             ,
             and
             Subscribed
             unto
             by
             all
             persons
             that
             have
             heretofore
             taken
             Orders
             in
             the
             Church
             ,
             or
             Degrees
             in
             the
             University
             ;
             )
             and
             hath
             been
             constantly
             and
             uniformly
             Maintained
             by
             our
             
               best
               Writers
            
             ,
             and
             by
             all
             the
             sober
             ,
             orderly
             and
             Orthodoxe
             
             
               sons
               of
               this
               Church
            
             .
             The
             point
             hath
             been
             so
             abundantly
             proved
             by
             sundry
             Learned
             men
             ,
             and
             cleared
             from
             the
             exceptions
             of
             Novellists
             ;
             that
             more
             need
             not
             be
             said
             for
             the
             satisfaction
             of
             any
             intelligent
             man
             that
             will
             but
             first
             take
             the
             pains
             to
             read
             
               the
               books
            
             ,
             and
             then
             suffer
             himself
             to
             be
             master
             of
             his
             
               own
               reason
            
             .
          
           
             VII
             .
             Only
             I
             could
             wish
             ,
             that
             they
             who
             plead
             so
             eagerly
             for
             the
             
               jus
               divinum
               of
               the
               Lords
               day
               ,
            
             &
             yet
             reject
             (
             not
             without
             some
             scorn
             )
             
               the
               jus
               divinum
               of
               Episcopacy
            
             ,
             would
             ask
             their
             own
             hearts
             (
             dealing
             impartially
             therein
             )
             whether
             it
             be
             any
             
               apparent
               difference
            
             in
             the
             nature
             of
             
               the
               things
            
             themselves
             ,
             or
             in
             the
             strength
             of
             those
             reasons
             that
             have
             been
             brought
             for
             either
             ,
             that
             leadeth
             them
             to
             have
             such
             
             different
             judgments
             thereof
             ;
             or
             rather
             some
             
               prejudicate
               conceit
            
             of
             their
             own
             ;
             which
             having
             formerly
             fancied
             to
             themselves
             even
             as
             they
             stood
             affected
             to
             parties
             ,
             the
             same
             affections
             still
             abiding
             ,
             they
             cannot
             easily
             lay
             aside
             .
             Which
             partiality
             (
             for
             I
             am
             loath
             to
             call
             it
             perversness
             )
             of
             spirit
             ,
             is
             by
             so
             much
             the
             more
             inexcusable
             in
             this
             particular
             ;
             by
             how
             much
             
               Episcopal
               government
            
             seemeth
             to
             be
             grounded
             upon
             Scripture-Texts
             of
             greater
             pregnancy
             and
             clearness
             ,
             and
             attested
             by
             a
             fuller
             
               consent
               of
               Antiquity
            
             to
             have
             been
             Uniformly
             and
             Universally
             observed
             throughout
             the
             whole
             
               Christian
               world
            
             ,
             then
             
               the
               Lords
               day
            
             hath
             hitherto
             been
             shewen
             to
             be
             .
          
           
             VIII
             .
             But
             should
             it
             be
             granted
             that
             all
             
               the
               defenders
               of
               Episcopacy
            
             
             did
             indeed
             hold
             it
             to
             be
             
               jure
               divino
            
             in
             the
             strictest
             and
             most
             proper
             sence
             ;
             yet
             could
             not
             
               the
               Objectors
            
             thence
             reasonably
             conclude
             ,
             that
             it
             should
             be
             
               eo
               nomine
            
             inconsistent
             with
             
               the
               Regal
               power
            
             ,
             or
             so
             much
             as
             derogatory
             in
             the
             least
             degree
             to
             that
             
               Supream
               power
               Ecclesiastical
            
             ,
             which
             by
             the
             Laws
             of
             our
             Land
             is
             established
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             doctrine
             of
             our
             Church
             acknowledged
             to
             be
             inherent
             in
             
               the
               Crown
            
             .
             As
             themselves
             may
             easily
             see
             ,
             if
             they
             will
             but
             consider
             .
          
           
             IX
             .
             First
             ,
             that
             Regal
             and
             Episcopal
             power
             are
             two
             powers
             of
             quite
             different
             kinds
             :
             and
             such
             as
             considered
             purely
             in
             those
             things
             that
             are
             proper
             and
             essential
             to
             either
             ,
             have
             no
             mutual
             relation
             unto
             ,
             or
             dependence
             upon
             ,
             the
             one
             the
             other
             ;
             neither
             hath
             either
             of
             
             them
             any
             thing
             to
             do
             with
             the
             other
             .
             The
             one
             of
             them
             being
             
               purely
               spiritual
               and
               internal
            
             ,
             the
             other
             
               external
               and
               temporal
            
             :
             albeit
             in
             regard
             of
             the
             Persons
             that
             are
             to
             exercise
             them
             ,
             or
             some
             
               accidental
               circumstances
            
             appertaining
             to
             
               the
               exercise
            
             thereof
             ,
             it
             may
             happen
             the
             one
             to
             be
             somewayes
             helpful
             or
             prejudicial
             to
             the
             other
             ;
             yet
             is
             there
             no
             necessity
             at
             all
             that
             the
             very
             
               powers
               themselves
            
             in
             respect
             of
             their
             own
             natures
             should
             be
             (
             at
             that
             distance
             )
             either
             of
             them
             so
             destructive
             of
             other
             ,
             but
             that
             they
             might
             consist
             well
             enough
             together
             .
             Yea
             although
             either
             of
             them
             or
             both
             should
             claime
             (
             as
             indeed
             they
             both
             may
             do
             )
             to
             be
             of
             
               divine
               right
            
             independently
             upon
             the
             other
             .
             Let
             any
             man
             come
             up
             to
             the
             point
             ,
             and
             shew
             
             if
             he
             can
             ,
             how
             and
             wherein
             
               the
               Episcopal
               power
            
             is
             any
             thing
             at
             all
             diminished
             by
             affirming
             
               the
               Regal
            
             to
             be
             of
             divine
             right
             ;
             or
             how
             and
             wherein
             
               the
               Regal
               power
            
             is
             at
             all
             Prejudiced
             ,
             by
             affirming
             
               the
               Episcopal
            
             to
             be
             of
             divine
             right
             .
             The
             opposition
             between
             those
             two
             Terms
             ,
             
               To
               be
               from
               Heaven
            
             and
             
               To
               be
               of
               Men
            
             ,
             which
             was
             objected
             ,
             cometh
             not
             home
             enough
             :
             unless
             we
             should
             affirm
             them
             both
             of
             one
             and
             the
             same
             power
             
               in
               the
               same
               respect
            
             .
             Which
             since
             we
             do
             not
             ;
             that
             opposition
             hindereth
             not
             ,
             but
             that
             
               the
               same
               power
            
             may
             be
             said
             to
             be
             of
             both
             
               in
               divers
               respects
               ,
               viz.
            
             to
             be
             
               from
               Heaven
            
             ,
             or
             
               of
               God
            
             ,
             in
             respect
             of
             
               the
               substance
            
             of
             the
             thing
             in
             the
             general
             ;
             and
             yet
             to
             be
             
               of
               Men
            
             in
             respect
             of
             
               the
               determination
            
             of
             sundry
             particularities
             
             requisite
             unto
             the
             lawful
             and
             laudable
             exercise
             thereof
             .
          
           
             X.
             Secondly
             ,
             that
             the
             derivation
             of
             any
             
               power
               from
               God
            
             doth
             not
             necessarily
             infer
             the
             non-subjection
             of
             the
             persons
             in
             whom
             that
             power
             resideth
             to
             all
             other
             men
             .
             For
             doubtless
             the
             power
             that
             Fathers
             have
             over
             their
             children
             ,
             husbands
             over
             their
             wives
             ,
             masters
             over
             their
             servants
             ,
             is
             
               from
               Heaven
               ,
               of
               God
            
             and
             not
             
               of
               Men.
            
             Yet
             are
             
               Parents
               ,
               Husbands
               ,
               Masters
            
             in
             the
             exercises
             of
             their
             several
             respective
             powers
             subject
             to
             
               the
               power
            
             ,
             jurisdiction
             and
             Laws
             of
             their
             lawful
             Soveraigns
             .
             And
             I
             suppose
             it
             would
             be
             a
             very
             hard
             matter
             for
             any
             man
             to
             find
             out
             a
             clear
             and
             satisfactory
             reason
             of
             difference
             between
             
               the
               Ecclesiastical
            
             power
             and
             
               the
               Oeconomical
            
             ;
             why
             
               the
               one
            
             ,
             
             because
             it
             claimeth
             to
             be
             
               of
               Divine
               Right
            
             should
             be
             therefore
             thought
             to
             be
             injurious
             to
             
               Regal
               power
            
             ,
             and
             
               the
               other
            
             (
             though
             claiming
             in
             the
             same
             manner
             )
             not
             to
             be
             injurious
             .
          
           
             XI
             .
             
               Thirdly
               ,
               the
               Ministerial
               power
            
             ,
             in
             that
             which
             is
             common
             to
             Bishops
             with
             their
             
               fellow-Presbyters
               ,
               viz.
               the
               Preaching
               of
               the
               VVord
               and
               administration
               of
               the
               Sacraments
               ,
               &c.
            
             is
             confessed
             to
             be
             
               from
               Heaven
            
             and
             
               of
               God
            
             ;
             and
             yet
             no
             prejudice
             at
             all
             conceived
             to
             be
             done
             thereby
             to
             
               the
               Regal
               Power
            
             :
             because
             
               the
               Ministers
            
             who
             exercise
             that
             power
             are
             
               the
               Kings
               subjects
            
             ,
             and
             are
             also
             in
             the
             executing
             of
             those
             very
             acts
             that
             are
             proper
             to
             their
             
               Ministerial
               functions
            
             to
             be
             limited
             and
             ordered
             by
             
               the
               Kings
               Ecclesiastical
               Lawes
            
             .
             A
             man
             might
             
             therefore
             justly
             wonder
             ,
             (
             but
             that
             it
             is
             no
             new
             thing
             to
             find
             in
             
               the
               bag
            
             of
             such
             Merchants
             ,
             as
             we
             have
             now
             to
             deal
             with
             ,
             
               pondus
               &
               pondus
            
             ,
             )
             how
             it
             should
             come
             to
             pass
             that
             
               the
               Episcopal
               Power
            
             ,
             in
             that
             which
             is
             peculiar
             to
             Bishops
             above
             other
             their
             brethren
             in
             the
             Ministery
             ,
             
               viz.
               the
               Ordaining
               of
               Priests
               and
               Deacons
               and
               the
               managing
               of
               the
               Keyes
               ,
            
             cannot
             be
             said
             to
             be
             
               of
               God
            
             ,
             but
             it
             must
             be
             forthwith
             condemned
             to
             be
             highly
             derogatory
             to
             
               the
               Regal
               Power
            
             :
             notwithstanding
             
               the
               Bishops
            
             acknowledge
             themselves
             as
             freely
             as
             any
             others
             whosoever
             ,
             to
             be
             
               the
               Kings
               subjects
            
             ,
             and
             submit
             themselves
             ,
             with
             as
             much
             willingness
             (
             I
             dare
             say
             ,
             and
             some
             Presbyterians
             know
             I
             speak
             but
             the
             truth
             )
             as
             the
             meanest
             of
             their
             fellow-Ministers
             do
             ,
             to
             be
             limited
             in
             exercising
             
             the
             proper
             
               Acts
               of
               their
               Episcopal
               Functions
            
             by
             such
             Lawes
             as
             have
             been
             by
             
               Regal
               Power
            
             established
             in
             this
             Realm
             .
             
               The
               King
            
             doth
             no
             more
             challenge
             to
             himselfe
             as
             belonging
             to
             him
             by
             vertue
             of
             his
             
               Supremacy
               Ecclesiastical
            
             ,
             the
             power
             of
             Ordaining
             Ministers
             ,
             Excommunicating
             scandalous
             offenders
             ,
             or
             doing
             any
             other
             act
             of
             
               Episcopal
               Office
            
             in
             his
             own
             person
             ;
             then
             he
             doth
             the
             power
             of
             Preaching
             ,
             administring
             
               the
               Sacraments
            
             ,
             or
             doing
             any
             other
             act
             of
             
               Ministerial
               office
            
             in
             his
             own
             person
             :
             but
             leaveth
             the
             performance
             of
             all
             such
             acts
             of
             either
             sort
             unto
             such
             persons
             ,
             as
             the
             said
             several
             respective
             powers
             do
             of
             divine
             right
             belong
             unto
             ;
             viz.
             of
             the
             one
             sort
             to
             
               the
               Bishops
            
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             other
             to
             
               all
               Preists
            
             .
             Yet
             doth
             
               the
               King
            
             by
             
             virtue
             of
             that
             Supremacy
             ,
             challenge
             
               a
               power
            
             as
             belonging
             unto
             him
             in
             the
             right
             of
             his
             Crown
             ,
             to
             
               make
               Laws
            
             as
             well
             concerning
             Preaching
             ,
             administring
             
               the
               Sacraments
            
             ,
             and
             other
             acts
             belonging
             to
             the
             function
             of
             a
             Priest
             ,
             as
             concerning
             Ordination
             of
             Ministers
             ,
             proceedings
             in
             matters
             of
             Ecclesiastical
             cognisance
             in
             the
             
               Spiritual
               Courts
            
             ,
             and
             other
             acts
             belonging
             to
             the
             function
             of
             
               a
               Bishop
            
             .
             To
             which
             Lawes
             ,
             as
             well
             
               the
               Priests
            
             as
             the
             Bishops
             ,
             are
             subject
             ,
             and
             ought
             to
             submit
             to
             be
             limited
             and
             regulated
             thereby
             in
             
               the
               exercise
            
             of
             those
             their
             several
             respective
             Powers
             ;
             their
             claim
             to
             a
             
               Ius
               divinum
            
             ,
             and
             that
             their
             said
             several
             
               powers
               are
               of
               God
            
             ,
             notwithstanding
             .
             I
             demand
             then
             :
             As
             to
             
               the
               Regal
               Power
            
             ,
             is
             not
             the
             case
             of
             the
             
             Bishops
             and
             of
             
               the
               Ministers
            
             every
             way
             alike
             ?
             Do
             they
             not
             both
             pretend
             their
             Powers
             to
             be
             
               of
               God
            
             ?
             And
             are
             they
             not
             yet
             for
             all
             that
             both
             bound
             in
             
               the
               exercise
            
             of
             those
             powers
             to
             obey
             
               the
               King
            
             and
             his
             Laws
             ?
             Is
             there
             not
             clearly
             the
             same
             reason
             of
             both
             ?
             How
             then
             cometh
             it
             to
             pass
             ,
             that
             these
             are
             pronounced
             innocent
             ,
             and
             those
             guilty
             ?
             Can
             any
             think
             God
             will
             wink
             at
             such
             foul
             partiality
             ?
             or
             account
             them
             
               pure
               with
               the
               bag
               of
               deceitful
               weights
               ?
            
          
           
             XII
             .
             Fourthly
             ,
             that
             there
             can
             be
             no
             fear
             of
             any
             danger
             to
             arise
             to
             the
             prejudice
             of
             
               the
               Regal
               power
            
             from
             the
             opinion
             that
             Bishops
             are
             
               jure
               divino
            
             ,
             unless
             that
             opinion
             should
             be
             stretched
             to
             one
             of
             these
             two
             constructions
             :
             viz.
             as
             if
             it
             were
             intended
             either
             1.
             that
             
               all
               the
               Power
            
             which
             
             Bishops
             have
             legally
             exercised
             in
             Christian
             Kingdomes
             did
             belong
             to
             them
             as
             
               of
               divine
               right
            
             ;
             or
             2.
             that
             Bishops
             living
             under
             
               Christian
               Kings
            
             ,
             might
             at
             least
             exercise
             so
             much
             of
             their
             power
             as
             is
             
               of
               divine
               right
            
             after
             their
             own
             pleasure
             ,
             without
             ,
             or
             even
             
               against
               the
               Kings
            
             leave
             ,
             or
             without
             respect
             to
             
               the
               Laws
               and
               Customes
            
             of
             the
             Realm
             .
             Neither
             of
             which
             is
             any
             part
             of
             our
             meaning
             .
             All
             power
             ,
             to
             the
             exercise
             whereof
             our
             Bishops
             have
             pretended
             ,
             cometh
             under
             one
             of
             the
             two
             heads
             :
             of
             Order
             ,
             or
             of
             Iurisdiction
             .
             The
             Power
             of
             Order
             consisteth
             partly
             in
             preaching
             the
             word
             and
             other
             offices
             of
             
               publique
               VVorship
            
             ;
             common
             to
             them
             with
             their
             fellow-Ministers
             ;
             partly
             in
             
               Ordaining
               Preists
               and
               Deacons
            
             admitting
             them
             to
             their
             
               Particular
               
               Cures
            
             ,
             and
             other
             things
             of
             like
             nature
             ,
             peculiar
             to
             them
             alone
             .
             The
             power
             of
             Iurisdiction
             is
             either
             Internal
             in
             retaining
             and
             remitting
             sins
             
               in
               foro
               conscientiae
            
             ,
             common
             to
             them
             also
             (
             for
             
               the
               substance
            
             of
             the
             authority
             ,
             though
             with
             some
             difference
             of
             degree
             ,
             )
             with
             other
             Ministers
             :
             or
             External
             for
             the
             outward
             government
             of
             the
             Church
             in
             some
             parts
             thereof
             peculiar
             to
             them
             alone
             .
             For
             that
             
               external
               power
            
             is
             either
             Directive
             in
             prescribing
             rules
             and
             orders
             to
             those
             under
             their
             jurisdictions
             ,
             and
             making
             Canons
             and
             Constitutions
             to
             be
             observed
             by
             the
             Church
             ;
             wherein
             
               the
               inferior
               Clergy
            
             by
             their
             Representatives
             in
             Convocation
             have
             their
             votes
             as
             well
             as
             
               the
               Bishops
            
             ;
             and
             both
             dependently
             upon
             
               the
               King
            
             (
             for
             they
             cannot
             
             either
             meet
             without
             his
             VVrit
             ,
             or
             treat
             without
             his
             Commission
             ,
             or
             establish
             without
             his
             Royal
             Assent
             :
             )
             or
             Iudiciary
             and
             Coercive
             ,
             in
             giving
             sentence
             
               in
               foro
               exteriori
            
             in
             matters
             of
             Ecclesiastical
             cognisance
             ,
             
               Excommunicating
               ,
               Fining
               ,
               Imprisoning
            
             offenders
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             .
             Of
             these
             powers
             some
             branches
             ,
             not
             onely
             in
             the
             exercise
             thereof
             ,
             but
             even
             in
             the
             very
             substance
             of
             
               the
               Power
            
             it selfe
             ,
             (
             as
             namely
             that
             of
             
               external
               jurisdiction
               coercive
            
             ,
             )
             are
             by
             
               the
               Laws
            
             declared
             ,
             and
             by
             
               the
               Clergy
            
             acknowledged
             to
             be
             wholly
             and
             entirely
             derived
             from
             
               the
               King
            
             ,
             as
             the
             sole
             fountain
             of
             all
             authority
             of
             
               external
               Iurisdiction
            
             whether
             Spiritual
             or
             Temporal
             within
             the
             Realm
             ;
             and
             consequently
             
               not
               of
               divine
               right
            
             .
             Other-some
             ,
             although
             the
             substance
             
             of
             the
             power
             it self
             be
             immediately
             
               from
               God
            
             and
             not
             
               from
               the
               King
            
             ,
             as
             those
             of
             
               Preaching
               ,
               Ordaining
               ,
               Absolving
               &c.
               
            
             Yet
             are
             they
             so
             subject
             to
             be
             inhibited
             ,
             limited
             ,
             or
             otherwise
             regulated
             in
             the
             
               outward
               exercise
            
             of
             that
             power
             by
             
               the
               Laws
               and
               Customes
            
             of
             the
             Land
             ,
             as
             that
             the
             whole
             execution
             thereof
             still
             dependeth
             upon
             
               the
               Regal
               Authority
            
             .
             And
             how
             can
             
               the
               gross
            
             of
             that
             Power
             be
             prejudicial
             to
             
               the
               King
            
             or
             his
             Supremacy
             ,
             whereof
             
               all
               the
               parts
            
             are
             confessed
             either
             to
             be
             derived
             from
             him
             ,
             or
             not
             to
             be
             executed
             without
             him
             ?
          
           
             XIII
             .
             Fifthly
             ,
             that
             if
             Episcopacy
             must
             be
             therefore
             concluded
             to
             be
             repugnant
             to
             Monarchy
             ,
             because
             it
             claimeth
             to
             be
             
               of
               divine
               Right
            
             :
             then
             must
             Monarchs
             
             either
             suffer
             within
             their
             dominions
             no
             form
             of
             Church-government
             at
             all
             (
             and
             then
             will
             Church
             ,
             and
             with
             it
             Religion
             ,
             soon
             fall
             to
             the
             ground
             ;
             )
             or
             else
             they
             must
             devise
             some
             
               new
               model
               of
               Government
            
             ,
             such
             as
             never
             was
             yet
             used
             or
             challenged
             in
             any
             part
             of
             the
             Christian
             world
             ;
             since
             no
             form
             of
             Government
             ever
             yet
             used
             ,
             or
             challenged
             ,
             but
             hath
             claimed
             to
             a
             
               Ius
               divinum
            
             as
             well
             as
             Episcopacy
             :
             yea
             ,
             I
             may
             say
             truly
             ,
             every
             one
             of
             them
             with
             far
             more
             noise
             ,
             though
             with
             far
             less
             reason
             then
             Episcopacy
             hath
             done
             .
             And
             therefore
             of
             what
             party
             soever
             
               the
               objectors
            
             are
             ,
             (
             
               Papists
               ,
               Presbyterians
            
             ,
             or
             Independents
             )
             they
             shew
             themselves
             extreamly
             Partial
             against
             the
             honest
             
               Regular
               Protestant
            
             ;
             in
             condemning
             him
             as
             an
             enemy
             to
             
             
               Regal
               Power
            
             for
             holding
             that
             in
             his
             way
             ,
             which
             (
             if
             it
             be
             justly
             chargeable
             with
             such
             a
             crime
             ,
             )
             themselves
             holding
             the
             very
             same
             in
             their
             several
             wayes
             ,
             are
             every
             whit
             as
             deeply
             guilty
             of
             ,
             as
             he
             .
          
           
             XIIII
             .
             Lastly
             ,
             that
             this
             their
             partiality
             is
             by
             so
             much
             the
             more
             inexcusable
             ,
             by
             how
             much
             the
             true
             
               English
               Protestant
            
             for
             his
             government
             not
             onely
             hath
             a
             better
             title
             to
             a
             
               Ius
               divinum
            
             then
             any
             of
             the
             other
             three
             have
             for
             theirs
             ;
             but
             also
             pleadeth
             the
             same
             with
             more
             caution
             and
             modesty
             ,
             then
             any
             of
             them
             do
             .
             Which
             of
             the
             
               four
               Pretenders
            
             hath
             the
             best
             title
             ,
             is
             no
             part
             of
             the
             business
             we
             are
             now
             about
             .
             The
             tryal
             of
             that
             will
             rest
             upon
             the
             strength
             of
             the
             arguments
             that
             are
             brought
             to
             maintain
             it
             :
             wherein
             
               the
               Presbyterians
            
             
             perhaps
             will
             not
             find
             any
             very
             great
             advantage
             beyond
             the
             rest
             of
             those
             that
             contest
             for
             it
             .
             But
             let
             the
             right
             be
             where
             it
             will
             be
             ;
             we
             will
             for
             the
             present
             suppose
             them
             all
             to
             have
             
               equal
               title
            
             (
             and
             thus
             far
             indeed
             they
             are
             equal
             ,
             that
             every
             one
             taketh
             his
             own
             to
             be
             best
             :
             )
             and
             it
             shall
             suffice
             to
             shew
             ,
             that
             
               the
               Ius
               Divinum
            
             is
             pleaded
             by
             
               the
               Episcopal
               party
            
             with
             more
             calmeness
             and
             moderation
             ,
             and
             with
             less
             derogation
             from
             
               Regal
               Dignity
            
             ,
             then
             by
             any
             other
             of
             
               the
               three
            
             .
          
           
             XV.
             For
             First
             ,
             the
             rest
             when
             they
             spake
             of
             
               Ius
               Divinum
            
             in
             reference
             to
             their
             several
             waves
             of
             Church-Government
             ,
             take
             it
             in
             the
             highest
             elevation
             ,
             in
             the
             first
             and
             
               strictest
               sense
               .
               The
               Papist
            
             groundeth
             
               the
               Popes
               Oecumenical
               Supremacy
            
             
             upon
             Christs
             command
             ,
             to
             Peter
             to
             execute
             it
             ,
             and
             to
             
               all
               the
               Flock
            
             of
             Christ
             (
             Princes
             also
             as
             well
             as
             others
             )
             to
             submit
             to
             him
             as
             their
             
               universal
               Pastor
            
             The
             Presbyterian
             cryeth
             up
             his
             Model
             of
             
               Government
               and
               Discipline
            
             ,
             (
             though
             minted
             in
             the
             last
             by-gon
             Century
             ,
             )
             as
             the
             
               very
               scepter
               of
               Christs
               Kingdome
            
             ,
             whereunto
             all
             Kings
             are
             bound
             to
             submit
             theirs
             ;
             making
             it
             as
             unalterable
             and
             inevitably
             necessary
             to
             
               the
               being
            
             of
             a
             Church
             ,
             as
             the
             Word
             and
             Sacraments
             are
             .
             The
             
               Independent
               Separatist
            
             also
             ,
             upon
             that
             grand
             principle
             of
             Puritanisme
             common
             to
             him
             with
             the
             Presbyterian
             (
             the
             very
             root
             of
             almost
             all
             
               the
               Sects
            
             in
             the
             world
             )
             viz
             That
             nothing
             is
             to
             be
             ordered
             in
             Church-matters
             ,
             other
             ,
             or
             otherwise
             then
             Christ
             hath
             appointed
             
             in
             his
             Word
             ;
             holdeth
             that
             
               any
               company
            
             of
             people
             gathered
             together
             by
             mutual
             consent
             in
             a
             Church-way
             is
             
               Iure
               Divino
            
             free
             and
             absolute
             within
             it self
             ,
             to
             govern
             it self
             by
             such
             rules
             as
             it
             shall
             judge
             agreeable
             to
             Gods
             Word
             ,
             without
             dependence
             upon
             any
             but
             
               Christ
               Iesus
            
             alone
             ,
             or
             subjection
             to
             any
             
               Prince
               ,
               Prelate
            
             ,
             or
             other
             
               humane
               person
            
             or
             Consistory
             whatsoever
             .
             All
             these
             you
             see
             do
             not
             onely
             claim
             to
             a
             
               Ius
               Divinum
            
             ,
             and
             that
             of
             a
             very
             high
             nature
             ;
             but
             in
             setting
             down
             their
             opinions
             weave
             in
             some
             expresses
             tending
             to
             the
             diminution
             of
             the
             
               Ecclesiastical
               Supremacy
            
             of
             Princes
             .
             Whereas
             
               the
               Episcopal
               Party
            
             ,
             neither
             meddle
             with
             
               the
               power
               of
               Princes
            
             ,
             nor
             are
             ordinarily
             very
             forward
             to
             press
             the
             
               Ius
               Divinum
            
             ,
             
             but
             rather
             purposely
             decline
             the
             mentioning
             of
             it
             ,
             as
             a
             term
             subject
             to
             misconstruction
             (
             as
             hath
             been
             said
             )
             or
             else
             so
             interpret
             it
             ,
             as
             not
             of
             necessity
             to
             import
             any
             more
             then
             
               an
               Apostolical
               institution
            
             .
             Yet
             
               the
               Apostles
            
             authority
             in
             that
             institution
             ,
             being
             warranted
             by
             
               the
               example
            
             ,
             and
             (
             as
             they
             doubt
             not
             )
             
               the
               direction
            
             of
             their
             Master
             
               Iesus
               Christ
            
             ,
             they
             worthily
             esteem
             to
             be
             so
             reverend
             and
             obligatory
             ;
             as
             that
             they
             would
             not
             for
             a
             world
             have
             
               any
               hand
            
             in
             ,
             or
             willingly
             and
             deliberately
             contribute
             
               the
               least
               assistance
            
             towards
             (
             much
             less
             bind
             themselves
             by
             
               solemn
               League
               and
               Covenant
               to
               endeavour
            
             )
             the
             extirpation
             of
             that
             Government
             ;
             but
             rather
             on
             the
             contrary
             hold
             themselves
             in
             their
             consciences
             obliged
             ,
             to
             the
             uttermost
             of
             their
             powers
             
             to
             endeavour
             
               the
               preservation
            
             and
             continuance
             thereof
             in
             these
             Churches
             ,
             and
             do
             heartily
             wish
             
               the
               restitution
            
             and
             establishment
             of
             the
             same
             ,
             wheresoever
             
               it
               is
               not
            
             ,
             or
             wheresoever
             it
             hath
             been
             heretofore
             (
             under
             any
             whatsoever
             pretence
             )
             unhappily
             
               laid
               aside
            
             ,
             or
             abolished
             .
          
           
             XVI
             .
             Secondly
             ,
             the
             rest
             (
             not
             by
             
               remote
               inferences
            
             ,
             but
             )
             by
             immediate
             and
             
               natural
               deduction
            
             out
             of
             their
             own
             acknowledged
             principles
             ,
             do
             some
             way
             or
             other
             deny
             
               the
               Kings
               Supremacy
               in
               matters
               Ecclesiastical
               :
            
             either
             claiming
             a
             power
             of
             Iurisdiction
             over
             him
             ,
             or
             pleading
             a
             priviledge
             of
             Exemption
             from
             under
             him
             .
             The
             Papists
             do
             it
             both
             wayes
             ;
             in
             their
             several
             doctrines
             of
             
               the
               Popes
               Supremacy
            
             ,
             and
             of
             
               the
               Exemption
               of
               the
               Clergy
               .
               
               The
               Puritances
            
             of
             both
             sorts
             ,
             who
             think
             they
             have
             sufficiently
             confuted
             every
             thing
             they
             have
             a
             mind
             to
             mislike
             ,
             if
             they
             have
             once
             pronounced
             it
             Popish
             and
             Antichristian
             ,
             do
             yet
             herein
             (
             as
             in
             very
             many
             other
             things
             ,
             and
             some
             of
             them
             of
             the
             most
             dangerous
             consequence
             )
             symbolize
             with
             the
             Papists
             ,
             and
             after
             a
             sort
             divide
             that
             branch
             of
             Antichristianisme
             wholly
             between
             them
             :
             
               The
               Presbyterians
            
             claiming
             to
             their
             Consistories
             as
             full
             and
             absolute
             spiritual
             
               Iurisdiction
               over
               Princes
            
             ,
             (
             with
             power
             even
             to
             excommunicate
             them
             ,
             if
             they
             shall
             see
             cause
             for
             it
             ,
             )
             as
             
               the
               Papists
            
             challenge
             to
             belong
             to
             
               the
               Pope
            
             :
             And
             
               the
               Independents
            
             exempting
             their
             Congregations
             from
             all
             
               spiritual
               subjection
            
             to
             them
             ,
             in
             as
             ample
             manner
             ,
             as
             
               the
               
               Papists
            
             do
             their
             Clergy
             .
             Whereas
             the
             English
             
               Protestant
               Bishops
            
             and
             Regular
             Clergy
             ,
             as
             becometh
             
               good
               Christians
            
             and
             
               good
               Subjects
            
             ,
             do
             neither
             pretend
             to
             any
             Iurisdiction
             over
             
               the
               Kings
            
             of
             England
             ,
             nor
             withdraw
             their
             subjection
             from
             them
             :
             but
             acknowledge
             them
             to
             have
             
               Soveraign
               Power
            
             over
             them
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             over
             their
             other
             subjects
             ;
             and
             that
             in
             all
             matters
             Ecclesiastical
             as
             well
             as
             Temporal
             .
             By
             all
             which
             it
             is
             clear
             ,
             that
             
               the
               Ius
               Divinum
               of
               Episcopacy
            
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             maintained
             by
             those
             they
             call
             (
             
               stylo
               novo
            
             )
             the
             Prelatical
             party
             in
             England
             ,
             is
             not
             an
             opinion
             of
             so
             dangerous
             a
             nature
             ,
             nor
             so
             derogatory
             to
             
               the
               Regal
               Powers
            
             ,
             as
             the
             Adversaries
             thereof
             would
             make
             the
             world
             believe
             it
             is
             :
             but
             that
             rather
             ,
             of
             all
             the
             forms
             of
             
             Church-government
             that
             ever
             yet
             were
             endeavoured
             to
             be
             brought
             into
             
               the
               Churches
               of
               Christ
            
             ,
             it
             is
             the
             most
             innocent
             in
             that
             behalf
             .
          
        
         
           
             THE
             III.
             SECTION
          
           
             In
             Answer
             to
             the
             later
             Objection
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             HAving
             thus
             cleared
             
               the
               Opinion
            
             held
             concerning
             Episcopacy
             in
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             from
             the
             crime
             unjustly
             charged
             upon
             it
             by
             the
             Adversaries
             ,
             (
             but
             whereof
             in
             truth
             themselves
             are
             deeply
             guilty
             )
             in
             their
             
               former
               Objection
            
             :
             our
             next
             business
             will
             be
             the
             easier
             ,
             to
             justifie
             it
             in
             
               the
               
               Practise
            
             also
             from
             the
             like
             charge
             laid
             against
             it
             in
             
               the
               later
               Objection
            
             ,
             by
             shewing
             that
             
               the
               Iurisdiction
            
             exercised
             by
             the
             Bishops
             within
             this
             Realm
             ,
             (
             and
             namely
             in
             that
             particular
             which
             
               the
               Objectors
            
             urge
             with
             most
             vehemency
             ,
             of
             acting
             so
             many
             things
             
               in
               their
               own
               names
            
             ,
             )
             is
             no
             way
             derogatory
             to
             
               the
               Kings
               Majesties
               Power
            
             or
             Honour
             .
             Wherein
             it
             were
             enough
             for
             the
             satisfaction
             of
             every
             understanding
             man
             ,
             without
             descending
             to
             any
             farther
             particularities
             ,
             to
             shew
             the
             impertinency
             of
             
               the
               Objectors
            
             from
             these
             two
             general
             Considerations
             .
          
           
             II.
             First
             that
             
               the
               Bishops
            
             have
             exercised
             no
             
               Iurisdiction
               in
               foro
               externo
            
             within
             this
             Realm
             ,
             but
             such
             as
             hath
             been
             granted
             unto
             them
             by
             the
             successive
             
               Kings
               of
               
               England
            
             ;
             neither
             have
             challenged
             any
             such
             Iurisdiction
             to
             belong
             unto
             them
             by
             any
             inherent
             right
             or
             title
             in
             their
             persons
             or
             Callings
             ,
             but
             onely
             by
             emanation
             and
             derivation
             from
             
               the
               Royal
               Authority
            
             .
             The
             very
             words
             of
             the
             Statute
             
               primo
               .
               Edw.
               6.
            
             in
             the
             objection
             mentioned
             run
             thus
             ,
             
               Seeing
               that
               all
               authority
               of
               jurisdiction
               Spiritual
               and
               Temporal
               is
               derived
               and
               deducted
               from
               the
               Kings
               Majesty
               as
               Supream
               head
               —
               and
               so
               justly
               acknowledged
               by
               the
               Clergy
               of
               the
               said
               Realms
               ,
               and
               that
               all
               Courts
               Ecclesiastical
               be
               kept
               by
               no
               other
               power
               or
               authority
               either
               forraign
               or
               within
               the
               Realms
               ,
               but
               by
               the
               authority
               of
               his
               most
               Excellent
               Majesty
               &c.
               
            
             Now
             the
             regular
             exercise
             of
             a
             
               Derived
               power
            
             is
             so
             far
             from
             destroying
             ,
             or
             any
             way
             diminishing
             
             that
             
               Original
               power
            
             from
             whence
             it
             is
             derived
             ,
             as
             that
             it
             rather
             confirmeth
             and
             establisheth
             the
             same
             .
             Yea
             ,
             the
             further
             such
             
               derived
               power
            
             is
             extended
             and
             enlarged
             in
             the
             exercise
             thereof
             ,
             so
             as
             it
             be
             regular
             ,
             (
             that
             is
             ,
             so
             long
             as
             it
             containeth
             it self
             within
             the
             bounds
             of
             its
             grant
             ,
             and
             exceedeth
             not
             the
             limits
             prefixed
             thereunto
             by
             that
             
               Original
               power
            
             that
             granted
             it
             )
             the
             more
             it
             serveth
             to
             set
             forth
             the
             honour
             and
             greatness
             of
             that
             
               Original
               power
            
             ;
             since
             the
             vertue
             of
             the
             
               efficient
               Cause
            
             is
             best
             known
             by
             the
             greatness
             of
             
               the
               effect
            
             :
             for
             
               propter
               quod
               unumquodque
               est
               tale
               ,
               illud
               ipsum
               est
               magis
               tale
               .
            
             As
             the
             warmth
             of
             the
             room
             doth
             not
             lessen
             
               the
               heat
            
             of
             the
             fire
             upon
             the
             hearth
             ,
             but
             is
             rather
             a
             signe
             of
             
               the
               greatness
            
             of
             that
             
             heat
             :
             nor
             doth
             the
             abundance
             of
             sap
             in
             
               the
               branches
            
             cause
             any
             abatement
             in
             
               the
               root
            
             ,
             but
             is
             rather
             an
             evident
             demonstration
             of
             the
             greater
             plenty
             there
             .
          
           
             III.
             Secondly
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             one
             of
             the
             greatest
             follies
             in
             the
             world
             ,
             to
             endeavour
             in
             good
             earnest
             to
             maintain
             any
             thing
             by
             argument
             when
             we
             have
             the
             evidence
             of
             Sence
             or
             Experience
             to
             the
             contrary
             .
             For
             what
             is
             it
             
               cum
               ratione
               insanire
            
             ,
             if
             this
             be
             not
             ?
             To
             deny
             fire
             to
             be
             hot
             ,
             or
             water
             to
             be
             moist
             ,
             or
             snow
             to
             be
             white
             ;
             when
             
               our
               sences
            
             enform
             us
             they
             are
             such
             ?
             Or
             to
             prove
             by
             argument
             that
             life
             may
             be
             perpetuated
             by
             the
             help
             of
             art
             and
             good
             dyet
             ,
             or
             that
             infants
             are
             capable
             of
             faith
             or
             instruction
             by
             ordinary
             means
             ;
             when
             Experience
             sheweth
             the
             contrary
             .
             
             Now
             
               the
               Experience
            
             of
             above
             fourscore
             years
             ,
             ever
             since
             the
             beginning
             of
             
               Queen
               Elizabeths
            
             Raign
             ,
             doth
             make
             it
             most
             evident
             ,
             that
             the
             exercise
             of
             
               Episcopal
               Iurisdiction
            
             by
             the
             Protestant
             Bishops
             here
             ,
             was
             so
             far
             from
             diminishing
             
               the
               power
            
             ,
             or
             eclipsing
             
               the
               glory
            
             of
             the
             Crown
             ,
             that
             
               the
               Kings
            
             and
             Queens
             of
             England
             never
             enjoyed
             their
             
               Royal
               power
            
             in
             a
             fuller
             measure
             ,
             or
             flourished
             with
             greater
             lustre
             ,
             honour
             and
             prosperity
             ,
             then
             when
             
               the
               Bishops
            
             (
             by
             their
             favour
             )
             enjoyed
             the
             full
             liberty
             of
             their
             
               Courts
               ,
               jurisdictions
               ,
               honours
               and
               priviledges
            
             according
             to
             ancient
             grants
             of
             former
             Kings
             and
             
               the
               Lawes
               and
               Customes
            
             of
             England
             .
             On
             the
             other
             side
             ;
             in
             what
             condition
             of
             power
             and
             honour
             
             (
             otherwise
             then
             in
             the
             hearts
             of
             his
             
               oppressed
               Subjects
            
             )
             our
             most
             pious
             and
             gracious
             Soveraign
             that
             now
             is
             hath
             stood
             ,
             and
             at
             this
             present
             standeth
             ,
             through
             the
             prevalency
             of
             
               the
               Smectymnuan
               Faction
            
             ;
             ever
             since
             they
             had
             the
             opportunity
             and
             forehead
             from
             lopping
             off
             (
             as
             was
             at
             first
             pretended
             )
             some
             
               luxuriant
               superfluities
            
             (
             as
             they
             at
             least
             imagined
             them
             to
             be
             )
             in
             the
             branches
             of
             Episcopal
             Jurisdiction
             (
             as
             
               High
               Commission
               ,
               Oath
               ex
               officio
               ,
               &c.
            
             )
             to
             proceed
             to
             take
             away
             Episcopacy
             it self
             
               Root
               and
               Branch
            
             :
             it
             were
             a
             happy
             thing
             for
             us
             ,
             if
             the
             lamentable
             Experience
             of
             these
             late
             Times
             would
             suffer
             us
             to
             be
             ignorant
             .
             So
             as
             we
             now
             look
             upon
             that
             short
             Aphorisme
             so
             usual
             with
             his
             Majesties
             Royal
             Father
             [
             NO
             
             BISHOP
             ,
             NO
             KING
             ]
             not
             as
             a
             sentence
             onely
             full
             of
             present
             truth
             when
             it
             was
             uttered
             ;
             but
             rather
             as
             a
             sad
             prophecy
             of
             future
             events
             ,
             since
             come
             to
             pass
             .
             The
             miseries
             of
             these
             wasting
             divisions
             both
             in
             
               the
               Church
            
             and
             Common-wealth
             we
             cannot
             with
             any
             reason
             hope
             to
             see
             an
             end
             of
             ,
             until
             it
             shall
             please
             Almighty
             God
             in
             his
             infinite
             mercy
             to
             a
             sinful
             nation
             ,
             to
             restore
             them
             both
             (
             King
             and
             Bishops
             )
             to
             their
             Antient
             ,
             Just
             and
             Rightful
             power
             :
             and
             in
             order
             thereunto
             graciously
             to
             hear
             
               the
               weak
               prayers
            
             of
             a
             small
             oppressed
             Party
             ,
             (
             yet
             coming
             from
             
               loyal
               hearts
            
             ,
             and
             going
             
               not
               out
               of
               feigned
               lips
            
             )
             beyond
             the
             loud
             crying
             
               Perjuries
               ,
               Sacriledges
               ,
               and
               Oppressions
            
             of
             those
             that
             now
             exercise
             an
             Arbitrary
             Soveraignty
             over
             their
             fellow
             
             Subjects
             without
             either
             Iustice
             or
             Mercy
             ,
             together
             with
             the
             abominable
             hypocrisie
             and
             disloyalty
             that
             hath
             so
             long
             raigned
             in
             them
             and
             their
             adherents
             .
          
           
             IV.
             Those
             two
             
               general
               Considerations
            
             ,
             although
             they
             might
             (
             as
             I
             said
             )
             suffice
             to
             take
             away
             the
             force
             of
             
               the
               Objection
            
             ,
             without
             troubling
             our selves
             ,
             or
             the
             Reader
             with
             any
             farther
             answer
             thereunto
             :
             yet
             that
             
               the
               Objectors
            
             may
             not
             have
             the
             least
             occasion
             given
             them
             to
             quarrel
             the
             proceedings
             ,
             as
             if
             we
             did
             purposely
             
               decline
               a
               just
               tryal
            
             ,
             we
             shall
             come
             up
             a
             little
             closer
             ,
             and
             examine
             more
             particularly
             every
             material
             point
             ,
             in
             the
             order
             as
             they
             lye
             in
             
               the
               Objection
            
             aforesaid
             .
             And
             the
             Points
             are
             three
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             That
             the
             manner
             used
             by
             
             
               the
               Bishops
            
             ,
             in
             sending
             out
             their
             Summons
             ,
             
               &c.
               in
               their
               own
               names
            
             ,
             is
             contrary
             to
             the
             form
             and
             order
             of
             
               other
               Courts
            
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             That
             such
             
               forms
               of
               Process
            
             seem
             to
             have
             at
             first
             proceeded
             from
             the
             Usurped
             power
             of
             
               the
               Bishops
               of
               Rome
            
             ,
             who
             laboured
             by
             all
             possible
             means
             to
             bring
             down
             
               the
               Regal
               Power
            
             ,
             and
             set
             up
             
               their
               own
            
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             That
             upon
             these
             very
             grounds
             the
             custome
             was
             altered
             by
             
               Act
               of
               Parliament
            
             ,
             and
             
               a
               Statute
            
             made
             
               1.
               
               Ewd.
               VI.
            
             (
             howsoever
             since
             repealed
             and
             discontinued
             ,
             )
             that
             all
             
               Processes
               Ecclesiastical
            
             should
             be
             made
             in
             
               the
               Kings
               name
            
             ,
             and
             not
             in
             
               the
               Bishops
            
             .
          
           
             V.
             As
             to
             
               the
               first
               point
            
             ,
             true
             it
             is
             that
             the
             manner
             used
             by
             
               the
               
               Bishops
            
             in
             the
             
               Ecclesiastical
               Courts
               ,
               (
               viz.
            
             in
             issuing
             out
             
               Summons
               ,
               Citations
               ,
               Processes
            
             ,
             giving
             Iudgments
             &c.
             in
             
               their
               own
               names
            
             ,
             and
             not
             in
             
               the
               Kings
            
             ,
             )
             is
             different
             from
             the
             manner
             used
             in
             
               the
               Kings
               Bench
               ,
               Exchequer
               ,
               Chancery
               ,
            
             and
             sundry
             other
             Courts
             .
             But
             that
             difference
             neither
             doth
             of
             necessity
             import
             an
             independency
             of
             
               the
               Ecclesiastical
               Courts
            
             upon
             
               the
               King
            
             ,
             nor
             did
             in
             all
             probability
             arise
             at
             the
             beginning
             from
             the
             opinion
             of
             any
             such
             independency
             ;
             nor
             ought
             in
             reason
             to
             be
             construed
             as
             a
             disacknowledgement
             of
             the
             Kings
             authority
             and
             
               Supremacy
               Ecclesiastical
            
             .
             For
          
           
             VI.
             First
             there
             is
             between
             such
             Courts
             as
             are
             
               the
               Kings
               own
               immediate
               Courts
            
             ,
             and
             such
             Courts
             as
             are
             not
             ,
             a
             great
             difference
             in
             
             this
             point
             .
             Of
             the
             former
             sort
             are
             especially
             
               the
               Kings
               Bench
            
             and
             Chancery
             :
             as
             also
             the
             Court
             of
             
               Common
               Pleas
               ,
               Exchequer
               ,
               Iustices
               of
               Goal-delivery
               &c.
               
            
             In
             
               the
               Kings
               Bench
            
             the
             Kings
             themselves
             in
             former
             times
             have
             often
             personally
             sate
             ;
             whence
             it
             came
             to
             have
             the
             name
             of
             the
             
               Kings
               Bench
            
             ;
             neither
             was
             it
             tyed
             to
             any
             particular
             place
             ,
             but
             followed
             
               the
               Kings
               Person
            
             .
             At
             this
             day
             also
             all
             Writs
             returnable
             there
             run
             in
             this
             style
             ,
             
               Coram
               nobis
            
             ,
             and
             not
             (
             as
             in
             some
             other
             Courts
             )
             
               coram
               Iustitiariis
               nostris
            
             or
             the
             like
             :
             and
             all
             
               judicial
               Records
            
             there
             are
             styled
             ,
             and
             
               the
               Pleas
            
             there
             holden
             entred
             ,
             
               Coram
               Rege
            
             ,
             and
             not
             
               coram
               Iustitiariis
               Domini
               Regis
            
             .
             Appeals
             also
             are
             made
             from
             
               inferiour
               Iudges
            
             in
             other
             Courts
             to
             the
             
               King
               in
               Chancery
            
             ;
             because
             in
             the
             
             construction
             of
             the
             Lawes
             the
             Kings
             
               Personal
               Power
            
             and
             Presence
             is
             supposed
             to
             be
             there
             :
             and
             therefore
             Sub-poena's
             granted
             out
             of
             that
             Court
             ,
             and
             all
             matters
             of
             Record
             passed
             there
             run
             in
             the
             same
             style
             
               Coram
               Rege
               &c.
            
             
             Forasmuch
             as
             in
             
               the
               Iudges
            
             in
             these
             
               two
               Courts
            
             there
             is
             a
             more
             immediate
             representation
             of
             
               the
               Kings
               Personal
               power
            
             and
             presence
             ,
             then
             in
             
               the
               Iudges
            
             of
             those
             other
             Courts
             of
             
               Common
               Pleas
               ,
               Exchequer
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             Which
             yet
             by
             reason
             of
             his
             immediate
             
               virtual
               power
            
             and
             presence
             are
             the
             Kings
             
               immediate
               Courts
            
             too
             .
             In
             regard
             of
             which
             his
             immediate
             
               virtual
               power
            
             ,
             although
             the
             style
             of
             the
             Writs
             and
             Records
             there
             be
             not
             
               Coram
               nobis
               ,
               Coram
               Rege
            
             ,
             as
             in
             the
             former
             ,
             but
             onely
             
               Coram
               Iustitiariis
               ,
               Coram
               
               Baronibus
               nostris
               ,
               &c.
            
             yet
             inasmuch
             as
             
               the
               Iudges
            
             in
             those
             Courts
             are
             the
             Kings
             
               immediate
               sworn
               Ministers
            
             to
             execute
             justice
             ,
             and
             to
             do
             equal
             right
             to
             all
             the
             Kings
             people
             
               in
               his
               name
            
             ,
             therefore
             all
             
               Processes
               ,
               Pleas
               ,
               Acts
            
             and
             Iudgements
             are
             made
             and
             done
             in
             
               those
               Courts
            
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             in
             the
             two
             former
             ,
             
               in
               the
               Kings
               name
            
             .
             But
             in
             such
             Courts
             as
             do
             not
             suppose
             any
             such
             immediate
             Representation
             or
             presence
             of
             the
             Kings
             either
             personal
             or
             
               virtual
               Power
            
             ,
             as
             that
             thereby
             they
             may
             be
             holden
             and
             taken
             to
             be
             
               the
               Kings
               own
               immediate
               Courts
            
             ,
             the
             case
             is
             far
             otherwise
             .
             For
             neither
             are
             
               the
               Iudges
            
             in
             those
             Courts
             sworn
             
               the
               Kings
               Iudges
            
             ,
             to
             administer
             Justice
             and
             do
             right
             to
             the
             Kings
             subjects
             
               in
               his
               name
               and
               stead
            
             :
             nor
             do
             they
             
             take
             upon
             them
             the
             authority
             ,
             to
             cite
             any
             person
             ,
             or
             to
             give
             any
             sentence
             ,
             or
             to
             do
             any
             act
             of
             Jurisdiction
             
               in
               the
               Kings
               name
            
             ;
             having
             never
             been
             by
             him
             authorized
             so
             to
             do
             .
             Of
             this
             sort
             are
             amongst
             others
             (
             best
             known
             to
             them
             that
             are
             skilled
             in
             
               the
               Laws
            
             of
             this
             Realm
             )
             all
             Courts-Baron
             held
             by
             the
             Lord
             of
             a
             Manner
             ,
             
               Customary
               Courts
               of
               Copyholders
               ,
               &c
            
             and
             such
             Courts
             as
             are
             held
             by
             the
             Kings
             grant
             ,
             by
             Charter
             to
             some
             Corporation
             ,
             as
             to
             a
             
               City
               ,
               Borough
            
             ,
             or
             Vniversity
             ;
             or
             els
             by
             long
             usage
             and
             prescription
             of
             time
             .
             In
             all
             which
             Courts
             ,
             and
             if
             there
             be
             any
             other
             of
             like
             nature
             ,
             Summons
             are
             issued
             out
             ,
             and
             Iudgements
             given
             ,
             and
             all
             other
             Acts
             and
             Proceedings
             made
             and
             done
             in
             the
             name
             of
             such
             persons
             as
             have
             chief
             authority
             
             in
             the
             said
             Courts
             ,
             and
             not
             in
             the
             name
             of
             
               the
               King
            
             :
             So
             as
             the
             styles
             run
             thus
             ,
             
               A.
               B.
               Major
               civitatis
               Ebor.
               N.
               M.
               Cancellarius
               Vniversitatis
               Oxon.
            
             and
             the
             like
             ;
             and
             not
             
               Carolus
               Dei
               gratia
               ,
               &c.
            
             
          
           
             VII
             .
             Upon
             this
             ground
             it
             is
             that
             our
             Lawyers
             tell
             us
             out
             of
             Bracton
             ,
             that
             in
             case
             of
             Bastardy
             to
             be
             certified
             by
             
               the
               Bishop
            
             ,
             no
             inferiour
             Court
             ,
             as
             
               London
               ,
               Yorke
               ,
               Norwich
            
             ,
             or
             any
             other
             Incorporation
             can
             write
             to
             
               the
               Bishop
            
             to
             require
             him
             to
             certify
             :
             but
             any
             of
             the
             Kings
             Courts
             at
             Westminister
             (
             as
             
               Common
               Pleas
               ,
               Kings
               Bench
               &c.
            
             )
             may
             write
             to
             him
             to
             certify
             in
             that
             case
             .
             The
             reason
             is
             ,
             Because
             
               Nullus
               alius
               praeter
               Regem
               potest
               Episcopo
               demandare
               inquisitionem
               faciendam
               .
            
             Which
             maketh
             it
             plain
             that
             
               the
               Kings
               
               immediate
               powe
            
             (
             either
             personal
             ,
             or
             virtual
             )
             is
             by
             the
             Law
             supposed
             to
             be
             present
             in
             Courts
             of
             the
             one
             sort
             ,
             not
             of
             the
             other
             :
             the
             one
             sort
             being
             
               his
               own
               immediate
               Courts
            
             ,
             and
             the
             other
             not
             .
          
           
             VIII
             .
             Now
             that
             
               the
               Ecclesiastical
               Courts
            
             wherein
             
               the
               Bishops
            
             exercise
             their
             Jurisdiction
             ,
             are
             of
             
               the
               latter
               sort
            
             ,
             I
             doubt
             not
             but
             our
             Law-books
             will
             afford
             plenty
             of
             arguments
             to
             prove
             it
             ,
             beyond
             all
             possibility
             of
             contradiction
             or
             cavil
             .
             Which
             being
             little
             versed
             in
             those
             studies
             I
             leave
             for
             them
             to
             find
             out
             who
             have
             leisure
             to
             search
             
               the
               books
            
             ,
             and
             do
             better
             understand
             the
             nature
             ,
             constitution
             ,
             differences
             and
             bounds
             of
             
               the
               several
               Courts
            
             within
             this
             Realm
             .
             
               One
               argument
            
             there
             is
             ,
             very
             obvious
             to
             every
             understanding
             ,
             (
             which
             because
             I
             shall
             
             have
             fit
             occasion
             a
             little
             after
             to
             declare
             ,
             I
             will
             not
             now
             any
             longer
             insist
             upon
             ,
             )
             taken
             from
             the
             nature
             of
             
               the
               Iurisdiction
            
             of
             
               these
               Courts
            
             so
             far
             distant
             from
             
               the
               Iurisdiction
            
             appertaining
             to
             
               those
               other
               Courts
            
             ,
             that
             these
             are
             notoriously
             separated
             and
             in
             Common
             and
             vulgar
             speach
             distinguished
             from
             all
             other
             by
             the
             peculiar
             name
             and
             appellation
             of
             
               the
               Spiritual
               Courts
            
             .
             But
             
               another
               Argument
            
             ,
             which
             those
             books
             have
             suggested
             ,
             I
             am
             the
             more
             willing
             here
             to
             produce
             ,
             for
             that
             it
             not
             only
             sufficiently
             proveth
             the
             matter
             now
             in
             hand
             ,
             but
             is
             also
             very
             needful
             to
             be
             better
             known
             abroad
             in
             the
             world
             then
             it
             is
             ,
             for
             the
             removing
             of
             a
             very
             
               unjust
               censure
            
             ,
             which
             meerly
             for
             want
             of
             the
             knowledge
             of
             
               the
               
               true
               cause
            
             ,
             hath
             been
             laid
             upon
             
               the
               Bishops
            
             in
             one
             particular
             ,
             to
             their
             great
             wrong
             and
             prejudice
             .
             It
             hath
             been
             much
             talked
             on
             ,
             not
             only
             by
             
               the
               Common
               sort
            
             of
             people
             ,
             but
             by
             some
             persons
             also
             of
             
               better
               rank
            
             and
             understanding
             ,
             and
             imputed
             to
             
               the
               Bishops
            
             as
             an
             act
             of
             very
             high
             insolency
             ,
             that
             in
             their
             
               Processes
               ,
               Patents
               ,
               Commissions
               ,
               Licences
               ,
            
             and
             other
             Instruments
             whereunto
             their
             
               Episcopal
               Seale
            
             is
             affixed
             ,
             so
             oft
             as
             they
             have
             occasion
             to
             mention
             themselves
             ,
             the
             Style
             runneth
             ever
             more
             
               in
               the
               Plural
               number
               [
               Nos
               G.
               Cantuar-Archiepiscopus
               ,
               Coram
               nobis
               ,
               Salvo
               nobis
               —
               &c.
            
             ]
             just
             as
             it
             doth
             in
             his
             Majesties
             
               Letters
               Patents
            
             and
             Commissions
             :
             thereby
             shewing
             themselves
             (
             say
             they
             )
             as
             if
             they
             were
             his
             Fellows
             and
             Equals
             .
             All
             
             this
             great
             noise
             and
             clamour
             against
             
               the
               pride
               of
               the
               Bishops
            
             upon
             this
             score
             ,
             proceedeth
             (
             as
             I
             said
             )
             meerly
             from
             the
             ignorance
             of
             the
             true
             
               original
               cause
               and
               ground
            
             of
             that
             innocent
             and
             ancient
             usage
             ;
             and
             therefore
             cannot
             signify
             much
             to
             any
             reasonable
             and
             considering
             man
             ,
             when
             that
             ground
             is
             discovered
             :
             which
             is
             this
             ,
             viz.
             that
             every
             Bishop
             is
             in
             construction
             of
             our
             Laws
             
               a
               Corporation
            
             .
             For
             although
             
               the
               Bishop
            
             of
             himselfe
             and
             in
             his
             private
             and
             
               personal
               capacity
            
             be
             but
             
               a
               single
               person
            
             as
             other
             men
             are
             ,
             and
             accordingly
             in
             his
             letters
             concerning
             his
             own
             particular
             affairs
             ,
             and
             in
             all
             other
             his
             actings
             upon
             his
             own
             occasions
             and
             as
             
               a
               private
               person
            
             writeth
             of
             himselfe
             in
             
               the
               singular
               number
            
             ,
             as
             other
             private
             men
             do
             ;
             yet
             for
             as
             much
             as
             
             in
             his
             publike
             
               and
               politick
               capacity
            
             ,
             and
             
               as
               a
               Bishop
            
             in
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             ,
             he
             standeth
             in
             the
             eye
             of
             the
             Law
             
               as
               a
               Corporation
            
             ;
             the
             King
             not
             only
             alloweth
             him
             acting
             in
             
               that
               capacity
            
             ,
             to
             write
             of
             himselfe
             in
             
               the
               plural
               number
            
             ,
             but
             in
             all
             writs
             directed
             to
             him
             
               as
               Bishop
            
             (
             as
             in
             Presentations
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             )
             bespeaketh
             him
             in
             
               the
               plural
               number
               [
               Vestrae
               Diocesis
               ,
               vobis
               praesentamus
               &c.
               ]
               The
               Bishop
            
             then
             being
             a
             Corporation
             ,
             and
             that
             by
             
               the
               Kings
            
             authority
             ,
             as
             all
             other
             Corporations
             (
             whether
             Simple
             or
             Aggregate
             ,
             whether
             by
             Charter
             or
             Prescription
             )
             are
             :
             it
             is
             meet
             he
             should
             hold
             his
             Courts
             ,
             and
             proceed
             therein
             in
             the
             same
             manner
             and
             form
             (
             where
             there
             is
             no
             apparent
             reason
             to
             the
             contrary
             )
             as
             other
             Corporations
             do
             .
             And
             therefore
             
             as
             it
             would
             be
             a
             high
             presumption
             for
             the
             
               Chancellour
               and
               Scholars
            
             of
             one
             of
             the
             Universities
             ,
             being
             
               a
               Corporation
            
             ,
             to
             whom
             the
             King
             by
             his
             Charter
             hath
             granted
             
               a
               Court
            
             ,
             or
             for
             
               the
               Major
               and
               Aldermen
            
             of
             a
             City
             for
             the
             same
             reason
             ,
             to
             issue
             Writs
             or
             do
             other
             acts
             in
             their
             Courts
             
               in
               the
               Kings
               name
            
             ,
             not
             having
             any
             authority
             from
             
               the
               King
            
             or
             his
             grant
             ,
             or
             from
             
               the
               Laws
               and
               Customs
            
             of
             England
             so
             to
             do
             :
             so
             doubtless
             it
             would
             for
             the
             same
             reason
             be
             esteemed
             a
             presumption
             no
             less
             intolerable
             for
             
               the
               Bishops
            
             to
             use
             
               the
               Kings
               name
            
             in
             their
             processes
             and
             
               judicial
               acts
            
             ,
             not
             having
             any
             sufficient
             
               legal
               warrant
            
             or
             authority
             for
             so
             doing
             .
          
           
             IX
             .
             Which
             if
             it
             were
             duly
             considered
             ,
             would
             induce
             any
             
             reasonable
             man
             to
             beleive
             and
             confesse
             that
             this
             manner
             of
             proceeding
             
               in
               their
               own
               names
            
             used
             by
             
               the
               Bishops
            
             in
             their
             Courts
             ,
             is
             so
             far
             from
             trenching
             upon
             
               the
               Regal
               power
            
             and
             authority
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             crime
             charged
             upon
             it
             by
             
               the
               Objectors
            
             ,
             that
             the
             contrary
             usage
             (
             unless
             it
             were
             enjoyned
             by
             some
             Law
             of
             the
             Land
             ,
             as
             it
             was
             in
             the
             Raign
             of
             
               King
               Edward
               the
               Sixth
            
             )
             might
             far
             more
             justly
             be
             charged
             therewithal
             .
             For
             the
             true
             reason
             of
             using
             
               the
               Kings
               name
            
             in
             any
             Court
             ,
             is
             not
             thereby
             to
             acknowledge
             the
             emanation
             of
             
               the
               power
            
             or
             jurisdiction
             of
             that
             Court
             from
             ,
             or
             the
             subordination
             of
             that
             power
             unto
             ,
             
               the
               Kings
            
             power
             or
             authority
             ,
             as
             
               the
               Objectors
            
             seeme
             to
             suppose
             ;
             but
             rather
             to
             shew
             the
             same
             Court
             to
             be
             one
             of
             
             
               the
               Kings
               own
               immediate
               Courts
            
             ,
             wherein
             
               the
               King
            
             himselfe
             is
             supposed
             (
             in
             the
             construction
             of
             
               the
               Law
            
             )
             either
             by
             his
             personal
             or
             
               virtual
               power
            
             to
             be
             present
             .
             And
             the
             not
             using
             of
             
               the
               Kings
               name
            
             in
             other
             Courts
             ,
             doth
             not
             infer
             ,
             as
             if
             
               the
               Iudges
            
             of
             the
             said
             Courts
             did
             not
             act
             by
             
               the
               Kings
            
             authority
             ,
             (
             for
             who
             can
             imagine
             that
             they
             who
             
               hold
               a
               Court
            
             by
             virtue
             of
             
               the
               Kings
               grant
            
             only
             ,
             should
             pretend
             to
             act
             by
             any
             other
             then
             
               his
               authority
            
             ?
             )
             but
             only
             that
             they
             are
             no
             
               immediate
               representatives
            
             of
             the
             Kings
             person
             in
             such
             their
             jurisdiction
             ,
             nor
             have
             consequently
             any
             allowance
             from
             him
             to
             use
             
               his
               name
            
             in
             the
             exercise
             or
             execution
             thereof
             .
          
           
             X.
             Secondly
             ,
             there
             is
             another
             observable
             difference
             in
             this
             
             point
             ,
             between
             
               the
               Kings
               Common-law-Courts
            
             ,
             such
             as
             are
             most
             of
             those
             afore-mentioned
             ,
             and
             those
             Courts
             that
             proceed
             according
             to
             the
             way
             of
             
               the
               Civil
               Law.
            
             If
             
               the
               King
            
             appoint
             a
             Constable
             ,
             or
             Earle-Marshal
             ,
             or
             Admiral
             of
             England
             :
             for
             as
             much
             as
             all
             tryals
             in
             
               the
               Marshals
               Court
            
             (
             commonly
             called
             
               the
               Court
               of
               Honour
            
             )
             and
             in
             
               the
               Admiralty
            
             are
             according
             to
             
               the
               Civil
               Law
            
             ;
             all
             Processes
             therefore
             ,
             Sentences
             ,
             and
             Acts
             in
             those
             Courts
             go
             in
             the
             names
             of
             
               the
               Constable
               ,
               Earle-Marshal
            
             ,
             or
             Admiral
             ,
             and
             not
             in
             
               the
               Kings
            
             name
             .
             Which
             manner
             of
             proceeding
             constantly
             used
             in
             
               those
               Courts
            
             ,
             sith
             no
             man
             hitherto
             hath
             been
             found
             to
             interpret
             ,
             as
             any
             diminution
             at
             all
             or
             dis-acknowledgement
             of
             
               the
               Kings
               Soveraignty
            
             over
             
             the
             said
             Courts
             :
             it
             were
             not
             possible
             the
             same
             manner
             of
             proceeding
             in
             the
             
               Ecclesiastical
               Courts
            
             should
             be
             so
             confidently
             charged
             with
             so
             heinous
             a
             crime
             ,
             did
             not
             the
             intervention
             of
             some
             
               wicked
               lust
            
             or
             other
             prevail
             with
             men
             of
             
               corrupt
               minds
            
             to
             become
             
               partial
               judges
               of
               evil
               thoughts
            
             .
             Especially
             considering
             that
          
           
             XI
             .
             Thirdly
             ,
             there
             is
             yet
             a
             more
             special
             and
             peculiar
             reason
             to
             be
             given
             in
             the
             behalf
             of
             
               the
               Bishops
            
             for
             not
             using
             
               the
               Kings
               name
            
             in
             their
             Processes
             ,
             &c.
             in
             the
             
               Ecclesiastical
               Courts
            
             ,
             then
             can
             be
             given
             for
             
               the
               Iudges
            
             of
             any
             other
             the
             above-mentioned
             Courts
             (
             either
             of
             
               the
               Common
            
             or
             
               Civil
               Laws
            
             )
             in
             the
             said
             respect
             ;
             arising
             (
             as
             hath
             been
             already
             in
             part
             touched
             )
             from
             
               the
               different
               nature
            
             of
             
             their
             several
             respective
             Iurisdictions
             .
             Which
             is
             ,
             that
             the
             summons
             and
             other
             proceedings
             and
             acts
             in
             the
             
               Ecclesiastical
               Courts
            
             are
             for
             the
             most
             part
             in
             order
             to
             
               the
               Ecclesiastical
               censures
            
             and
             sentences
             of
             
               Excommunication
               ,
               &c.
            
             
             The
             passing
             of
             which
             sentences
             and
             other
             of
             like
             kind
             ,
             being
             a
             part
             of
             
               the
               power
               of
               the
               Keyes
            
             which
             our
             Lord
             
               Iesus
               Christ
            
             thought
             fit
             to
             leave
             in
             the
             hands
             of
             
               his
               Apostles
            
             and
             their
             Successors
             ,
             and
             not
             in
             the
             hands
             of
             
               Lay-men
               ;
               the
               Kings
               of
               England
            
             never
             challenged
             to
             belong
             unto
             themselves
             :
             but
             left
             the
             exercise
             of
             that
             Power
             entirely
             to
             the
             Bishops
             ,
             as
             the
             lawful
             Successors
             of
             
               the
               Apostles
            
             ,
             and
             inheritours
             of
             their
             Power
             .
             The
             regulating
             and
             ordering
             of
             that
             power
             in
             sundry
             circumstances
             concerning
             
               the
               outward
               
               exercise
            
             thereof
             
               in
               foro
               externo
            
             ,
             the
             godly
             
               Kings
               of
               England
            
             have
             thought
             to
             belong
             unto
             them
             as
             
               in
               the
               right
               of
               their
               Crown
            
             ;
             and
             have
             accordingly
             
               made
               Laws
            
             concerning
             the
             same
             ,
             even
             as
             they
             have
             done
             also
             concerning
             other
             matters
             appertaining
             to
             Religion
             and
             
               the
               worship
               of
               God.
            
             But
             the
             substance
             of
             that
             power
             ,
             and
             the
             function
             thereof
             ,
             as
             they
             saw
             it
             to
             be
             altogether
             improper
             to
             their
             office
             and
             calling
             :
             so
             they
             never
             pretended
             or
             laid
             claim
             thereunto
             .
             But
             on
             the
             contrary
             when
             by
             occasion
             of
             the
             title
             of
             
               Supream
               Head
               ,
               &c.
            
             assumed
             by
             
               King
               Henry
               the
               Eighth
            
             ,
             they
             were
             charged
             by
             
               the
               Papists
            
             for
             challenging
             to
             themselves
             such
             
               power
               and
               authority
               spiritual
            
             ;
             they
             constantly
             and
             openly
             disavowed
             it
             to
             the
             whole
             
             world
             ,
             renouncing
             all
             claim
             to
             any
             such
             
               power
               or
               authority
            
             :
             As
             is
             manifest
             ;
             not
             onely
             from
             the
             allowed
             writings
             of
             many
             godly
             Bishops
             ,
             eminent
             for
             their
             learning
             in
             their
             several
             respective
             times
             ,
             in
             vindication
             of
             
               the
               Church
               of
               England
            
             from
             that
             calumny
             of
             the
             Papists
             ;
             as
             Archbishop
             Whitgift
             ,
             Bishop
             Bilson
             ,
             Bishop
             Andrews
             ,
             Bishop
             Carleton
             ,
             and
             others
             :
             but
             also
             by
             the
             Injunctions
             of
             Queen
             Elizabeth
             ,
             and
             the
             admonition
             prefixed
             thereunto
             ;
             by
             
               the
               37
               th
               Art.
            
             .
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             required
             to
             be
             subscribed
             by
             all
             that
             take
             Orders
             in
             the
             Church
             ,
             or
             Degrees
             in
             the
             Universities
             ;
             and
             by
             constant
             declared
             judgement
             and
             practice
             of
             the
             two
             late
             Kings
             of
             blessed
             memory
             ,
             
               King
               Iames
            
             and
             
               King
               Charles
               the
               I
               st
            
             .
             They
             who
             thus
             expresly
             
             disclaimed
             the
             medling
             with
             
               Spiritual
               Censures
            
             and
             
               the
               power
               of
               the
               keyes
            
             ,
             cannot
             be
             rationally
             supposed
             to
             have
             thought
             their
             own
             presence
             (
             either
             personal
             or
             virtual
             )
             any
             way
             requisite
             in
             
               the
               Courts
            
             where
             such
             Censures
             were
             to
             be
             pronounced
             ,
             and
             that
             power
             to
             be
             administred
             and
             exercised
             :
             and
             therefore
             doubtless
             could
             not
             deem
             it
             fit
             or
             proper
             ,
             that
             in
             the
             
               juridical
               proceedings
            
             of
             such
             Courts
             their
             names
             should
             be
             used
             .
          
           
             XII
             .
             The
             
               second
               point
            
             in
             the
             charge
             objected
             is
             ,
             that
             this
             custome
             used
             by
             
               the
               Bishops
            
             in
             acting
             all
             things
             in
             
               the
               Ecclesiastical
               Courts
               in
               their
               own
               names
            
             grew
             at
             first
             from
             the
             exorbitant
             power
             of
             
               the
               Popes
            
             ,
             who
             laboured
             what
             they
             could
             to
             advance
             their
             own
             
             greatness
             by
             
               exempting
               the
               Clergy
            
             from
             all
             subjection
             to
             
               Temporal
               Princes
            
             ,
             and
             setting
             up
             an
             
               Ecclesiastical
               power
            
             of
             Jurisdiction
             independent
             upon
             
               the
               Secular
            
             :
             and
             that
             
               the
               Parliament
            
             had
             that
             sence
             of
             it
             in
             the
             Raign
             of
             
               King
               Edward
               the
               Sixth
            
             ,
             as
             the
             words
             of
             
               the
               Statute
            
             made
             
               I.
               Edward
               VI.
            
             for
             the
             altering
             of
             the
             said
             Custome
             ,
             do
             plainly
             intimate
             .
          
           
             XIII
             .
             In
             which
             part
             of
             
               the
               Charge
            
             there
             is
             at
             the
             most
             but
             thus
             much
             of
             Truth
             .
             1.
             
             That
             
               the
               Bishops
               of
               Rome
            
             did
             not
             omit
             with
             all
             sedulity
             to
             pursue
             the
             grand
             design
             of
             that
             See
             ,
             which
             was
             to
             bring
             all
             
               Christian
               Princes
            
             into
             subjection
             to
             it self
             .
             2.
             
             That
             all
             the
             labouring
             for
             
               the
               Exemption
               of
               the
               Clergy
            
             from
             the
             Secular
             Powers
             ,
             was
             in
             order
             to
             that
             design
             .
             
             3.
             
             That
             
               the
               Bishops
            
             manner
             of
             using
             
               their
               own
               names
            
             in
             all
             acts
             of
             their
             Iurisdiction
             ,
             (
             looked
             upon
             alone
             and
             
               by
               it self
            
             without
             any
             consideration
             of
             
               the
               true
               reasons
            
             thereof
             )
             doth
             carry
             ,
             by
             so
             much
             the
             more
             ,
             shew
             of
             serving
             
               the
               Papal
               Interest
            
             ,
             then
             if
             they
             should
             do
             all
             
               in
               the
               King's
               Name
            
             ,
             by
             how
             much
             the
             acknowledging
             the
             Kings
             Supremacy-Ecclesiastical
             is
             less
             apparent
             therein
             ,
             then
             in
             the
             other
             .
             4.
             
             That
             the
             want
             of
             such
             an
             express
             acknowledgement
             of
             
               the
               King's
               Supremacy
            
             ,
             together
             with
             the
             jealousies
             
               the
               State
            
             had
             in
             those
             times
             over
             any
             thing
             that
             might
             seem
             to
             further
             or
             favour
             the
             
               usurped
               Power
               of
               the
               Pope
            
             in
             the
             least
             degree
             ;
             might
             very
             probably
             in
             this
             particular
             (
             as
             well
             as
             it
             did
             in
             some
             other
             things
             )
             occasion
             
             such
             men
             as
             bear
             the
             greatest
             sway
             in
             managing
             the
             publick
             affairs
             in
             the
             beginning
             of
             that
             godly
             (
             but
             young
             )
             King
             's
             Raign
             ,
             out
             of
             a
             just
             detestation
             of
             
               the
               Papacy
            
             to
             endeavour
             overhastily
             the
             abolishing
             of
             whatsoever
             was
             with
             any
             colour
             suggested
             unto
             them
             to
             savour
             of
             Popery
             ,
             without
             such
             due
             examination
             of
             the
             grounds
             of
             those
             Suggestions
             as
             was
             requisite
             in
             a
             matter
             of
             so
             great
             importance
             .
          
           
             XIIII
             .
             This
             is
             all
             we
             can
             (
             perhaps
             more
             then
             we
             need
             )
             yield
             unto
             in
             this
             point
             of
             
               the
               Charge
            
             .
             But
             then
             there
             are
             some
             other
             things
             which
             we
             cannot
             easily
             assent
             unto
             :
             as
             viz.
             
          
           
             1.
             
             That
             
               this
               custome
               had
               undoubtedly
               its
               original
               and
               growth
               from
               the
               Popes
               usurped
               power
               .
            
             
             Which
             as
             we
             think
             it
             impossible
             for
             them
             to
             prove
             ;
             so
             it
             seemeth
             to
             us
             the
             less
             probable
             ,
             because
             by
             comparing
             of
             this
             course
             used
             in
             
               the
               Ecclesiastical
               Courts
            
             with
             the
             practise
             of
             sundry
             
               other
               Courts
            
             ,
             some
             of
             like
             ,
             some
             of
             different
             nature
             thereunto
             ,
             we
             have
             already
             shewed
             the
             true
             reasons
             and
             grounds
             of
             
               the
               difference
            
             between
             some
             Courts
             and
             othersome
             in
             this
             particular
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             That
             it
             is
             
               a
               rag
               or
               relique
               of
               Antichristian
               tyranny
               .
            
             Which
             we
             believe
             to
             be
             altogether
             untrue
             .
             Not
             only
             for
             the
             reasons
             before
             specified
             ,
             and
             for
             that
             the
             same
             is
             done
             in
             sundry
             
               other
               Courts
            
             ,
             holden
             within
             this
             Realm
             without
             any
             note
             of
             Antichristianisme
             or
             Popery
             fastened
             thereupon
             :
             but
             also
             because
             it
             hath
             been
             constantly
             
             continued
             in
             
               this
               Kingdome
            
             (
             the
             short
             Raign
             of
             
               King
               Edward
               the
               Sixth
            
             only
             excepted
             )
             with
             the
             allowance
             of
             all
             
               the
               Protestants
               Kings
               and
               Queens
            
             of
             this
             Realm
             ever
             since
             the
             Reformation
             .
             Who
             ,
             although
             they
             be
             ever
             and
             anon
             taxed
             by
             
               the
               Puritane-faction
            
             (
             unjustly
             and
             insolently
             enough
             )
             for
             want
             
               of
               a
               Through-Reformation
            
             ,
             and
             leaving
             so
             much
             
               Popish
               trash
            
             unpurged
             in
             the
             point
             of
             worship
             and
             Ceremonies
             :
             yet
             have
             not
             usually
             been
             blamed
             by
             that
             party
             for
             being
             wanting
             to
             themselves
             in
             vindicating
             to
             the
             uttermost
             their
             Regal
             authority
             and
             
               Supremacy
               Ecclesiastical
            
             from
             the
             usurped
             power
             of
             
               the
               Bishops
               of
               Rome
            
             in
             any
             thing
             wherein
             they
             conceived
             it
             to
             be
             many
             wise
             or
             degree
             concerned
             .
             As
             also
             because
             
             this
             manner
             of
             proceeding
             in
             
               the
               Courts
               Ecclesiastical
            
             hath
             been
             constantly
             and
             without
             scruple
             of
             Conscience
             or
             suspition
             of
             Popery
             used
             and
             practised
             by
             all
             our
             godly
             and
             Orthodoxe
             Bishops
             ;
             even
             those
             ,
             who
             have
             been
             the
             most
             zealous
             maintainers
             of
             
               our
               Religion
            
             against
             
               the
               Papists
            
             ,
             and
             such
             as
             have
             particularly
             written
             against
             the
             
               Antichristian
               tyranny
            
             of
             the
             Pope
             ,
             or
             in
             defence
             of
             
               the
               Kings
               Supremacy
            
             in
             matters
             Ecclesiastical
             ;
             as
             
               Iewel
               ,
               Bilson
               ,
               Abbots
               ,
               Buckridge
               ,
               Carleton
               ,
            
             and
             many
             others
             .
          
           
             XV.
             But
             against
             all
             this
             that
             hath
             been
             said
             ,
             how
             agreeable
             soever
             it
             may
             seem
             to
             truth
             and
             reason
             ,
             may
             be
             opposed
             the
             judgement
             of
             the
             whole
             Realm
             in
             
               Parliament
               (
               the
               Bishops
            
             themselves
             
             also
             then
             sitting
             and
             voting
             as
             well
             as
             other
             the
             
               Lords
               and
               Commons
            
             )
             in
             the
             first
             year
             of
             the
             Raign
             of
             
               King
               Edward
               the
               Sixth
            
             ,
             who
             thought
             fit
             by
             their
             Act
             to
             alter
             the
             aforesaid
             form
             ,
             and
             that
             upon
             
               the
               two
            
             aforesaid
             
               grounds
               ,
               viz.
            
             that
             it
             was
             contrary
             to
             the
             form
             and
             order
             of
             
               the
               Common
               Law-Courts
            
             ,
             and
             according
             to
             the
             form
             and
             manner
             used
             in
             the
             time
             of
             
               the
               usurped
               power
               of
               the
               Bishop
               of
               Rome
               .
            
             Which
             being
             the
             last
             and
             weightiest
             point
             in
             
               the
               Charge
            
             ,
             is
             the
             more
             considerable
             ,
             in
             that
             besides
             its
             own
             strength
             ,
             it
             giveth
             also
             farther
             strength
             and
             confirmation
             to
             the
             other
             two
             .
          
           
             XVI
             .
             But
             for
             answer
             unto
             this
             argument
             drawn
             from
             the
             judgement
             of
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             declared
             
             in
             the
             Statute
             of
             ●
             
               Edw.
               6.
            
             
             I
             would
             demand
             of
             the
             Objectors
             ,
             where
             they
             place
             the
             chief
             strength
             of
             the
             Argument
             :
             whether
             in
             the
             authority
             of
             
               the
               persons
               (
               viz.
            
             the
             great
             
               Assembly
               of
               State
            
             convened
             in
             Parliament
             so
             judging
             ;
             or
             in
             validity
             of
             those
             reasons
             ,
             which
             led
             them
             so
             to
             judge
             .
             If
             in
             this
             later
             ,
             their
             judgment
             can
             weigh
             no
             more
             ,
             then
             
               the
               reasons
            
             do
             whereon
             it
             is
             built
             ;
             the
             frailty
             whereof
             we
             have
             already
             examined
             and
             discovered
             .
             If
             in
             
               the
               Authority
            
             of
             the
             Judges
             ;
             we
             lay
             in
             the
             ballance
             against
             it
             the
             judgment
             of
             the
             Kingdome
             in
             
               all
               the
               Parliaments
            
             after
             the
             decease
             of
             
               King
               Edward
            
             for
             above
             fourscore
             years
             together
             :
             the
             first
             whereof
             
               repeated
               that
               Statute
            
             ;
             and
             none
             of
             those
             that
             followed
             (
             for
             ought
             appeareth
             
             to
             us
             )
             ever
             went
             about
             to
             revive
             it
             .
          
           
             XVII
             .
             If
             it
             shall
             be
             said
             first
             ,
             That
             the
             enacting
             of
             
               that
               Statute
            
             by
             King
             Edward
             was
             done
             in
             order
             to
             the
             farther
             abolishing
             of
             Popery
             ,
             and
             the
             perfecting
             of
             
               the
               Reformation
            
             begun
             by
             his
             Father
             :
             I
             answer
             ,
             that
             as
             it
             was
             a
             very
             pious
             care
             ,
             and
             of
             singular
             example
             in
             so
             
               young
               a
               Prince
            
             ,
             to
             intend
             and
             endeavour
             
               the
               reformation
               of
               Religion
            
             and
             
               the
               Church
            
             within
             his
             Realms
             (
             for
             which
             even
             at
             this
             day
             we
             have
             cause
             to
             acknowledge
             the
             good
             providence
             of
             
               Almighty
               God
            
             in
             raising
             him
             up
             to
             become
             so
             blessed
             an
             instrument
             of
             his
             glory
             and
             our
             good
             :
             )
             so
             on
             the
             other
             side
             we
             cannot
             doubt
             but
             that
             the
             business
             of
             Reformation
             under
             him
             was
             carried
             on
             with
             such
             mixture
             
             of
             
               private
               ends
            
             and
             other
             human
             frailties
             and
             affections
             ,
             as
             are
             usually
             incident
             into
             the
             enterprising
             of
             
               great
               affairs
            
             ,
             especially
             such
             as
             cannot
             be
             effected
             without
             the
             assistance
             of
             
               many
               Instruments
            
             .
             All
             of
             which
             in
             likelyhood
             being
             not
             of
             one
             judgement
             and
             temper
             ,
             but
             having
             their
             several
             
               inclinations
               ,
               passions
            
             and
             interests
             with
             great
             difference
             ;
             the
             product
             of
             their
             endeavours
             (
             whatsoever
             sincerity
             there
             were
             in
             the
             intentions
             of
             the
             first
             mover
             )
             must
             needs
             be
             such
             ,
             as
             the
             constitution
             of
             
               the
               most
               prevalent
               instruments
            
             employed
             in
             the
             work
             would
             permit
             it
             to
             be
             .
             The
             very
             name
             of
             
               Reformation
               of
               Religion
               and
               manners
            
             ,
             and
             of
             abuses
             crept
             into
             the
             Church
             or
             Common-wealth
             ,
             carrieth
             with
             it
             a
             great
             deal
             of
             outward
             glory
             and
             lustre
             ,
             
             filling
             the
             hearts
             of
             men
             with
             expectations
             of
             much
             happiness
             to
             ensue
             ,
             and
             in
             that
             hope
             is
             evermore
             entertained
             with
             general
             applause
             ,
             especially
             of
             
               the
               vulgar
               sort
            
             :
             because
             men
             look
             upon
             it
             as
             it
             were
             in
             
               the
               Idea
            
             ,
             (
             that
             is
             to
             say
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             fancied
             and
             devised
             in
             the
             mind
             and
             imagination
             )
             and
             abstractedly
             from
             those
             impediments
             and
             inconveniences
             ,
             which
             when
             they
             come
             
               ad
               practicandum
            
             and
             to
             put
             their
             thoughts
             in
             execution
             ,
             they
             shall
             be
             sure
             to
             meet
             withal
             more
             or
             less
             ,
             to
             render
             
               the
               performance
            
             short
             of
             
               the
               promise
            
             and
             expectation
             .
          
           
             XVIII
             .
             Now
             because
             Reformation
             is
             so
             much
             talked
             of
             in
             these
             evil
             dayes
             of
             ours
             ,
             wherein
             thousands
             of
             
               well-meaning
               people
            
             have
             been
             seduced
             into
             
               dangerous
               by-paths
            
             
             by
             that
             
               specious
               Name
            
             :
             it
             will
             not
             be
             amiss
             ,
             (
             though
             we
             may
             seem
             perhaps
             to
             digress
             a
             little
             for
             it
             )
             to
             prompt
             
               the
               Reader
            
             to
             some
             considerations
             ,
             that
             may
             incline
             him
             rather
             to
             suspect
             a
             thing
             to
             be
             
               ill
               done
            
             ,
             then
             to
             be
             confident
             that
             it
             is
             
               well
               done
            
             ,
             if
             he
             have
             no
             other
             reason
             of
             that
             confidence
             but
             this
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             pretended
             to
             be
             done
             by
             way
             of
             Reformation
             .
          
           
             XIX
             .
             It
             is
             considerable
             first
             ,
             that
             Reformation
             is
             the
             usual
             vizard
             ,
             wherewith
             men
             of
             insatiable
             avarice
             or
             ambition
             disguise
             their
             base
             unworthy
             intentions
             ,
             that
             the
             ugliness
             thereof
             may
             not
             appear
             to
             vulgar
             eyes
             .
             Seldome
             hath
             any
             Sacrilegious
             or
             Seditious
             attempt
             appeared
             abroad
             in
             the
             world
             ,
             and
             been
             countenanced
             either
             by
             
               the
               Great
               ones
            
             or
             the
             Many
             ;
             
             which
             hath
             not
             been
             ushered
             in
             by
             this
             piece
             of
             Hypocrisie
             .
             Not
             to
             look
             further
             (
             backward
             or
             forward
             )
             for
             instances
             in
             both
             kindes
             ,
             then
             to
             the
             Raign
             of
             that
             King
             wherein
             
               the
               Statute
            
             so
             much
             insisted
             upon
             was
             made
             ;
             It
             cannot
             be
             denied
             ,
             but
             that
             during
             the
             Raign
             of
             that
             religious
             and
             godly
             young
             King
             (
             without
             his
             knowledge
             as
             we
             verily
             hope
             and
             believe
             ,
             or
             at
             most
             through
             the
             malitious
             suggestions
             and
             cunning
             insinuations
             of
             some
             that
             were
             about
             him
             )
             such
             Sacriledges
             were
             acted
             ,
             and
             that
             under
             the
             name
             &
             pretence
             of
             Reformation
             ,
             as
             have
             cast
             a
             very
             foul
             blemish
             upon
             our
             very
             Religion
             ,
             especially
             in
             the
             eyes
             of
             our
             Adversaries
             ,
             who
             have
             ever
             shewed
             themselves
             forward
             enough
             to
             impute
             the
             faults
             of
             
               the
               
               persons
            
             to
             
               the
               Profession
            
             .
             And
             under
             the
             same
             pretence
             of
             Reformation
             were
             also
             masked
             all
             the
             
               bloodshed
               ,
               mischiefs
            
             and
             outrages
             committed
             by
             Kett
             and
             his
             seditious
             rabble
             in
             the
             same
             Kings
             Raign
             :
             insomuch
             as
             
               a
               great
               Oak
            
             whereat
             they
             appointed
             their
             usual
             meetings
             ,
             and
             whereon
             (
             by
             the
             just
             judgement
             of
             God
             )
             himself
             the
             ringleader
             of
             that
             rebellion
             was
             afterwards
             hanged
             ,
             was
             by
             them
             called
             
               the
               Oak
               of
               Reformation
            
             .
             By
             what
             was
             done
             
               in
               those
               times
            
             ,
             (
             ill
             enough
             indeed
             ,
             yet
             modestly
             in
             comparison
             of
             what
             hath
             been
             done
             
               in
               ours
            
             )
             we
             may
             have
             a
             near
             guess
             what
             their
             meaning
             is
             ,
             that
             are
             so
             eagerly
             set
             upon
             
               a
               Thorow-Reformation
            
             (
             as
             they
             call
             it
             )
             in
             
               the
               Church
            
             ,
             in
             
               the
               Commonwealth
            
             ,
             in
             
               the
               Vniversities
            
             :
             even
             to
             get
             
             into
             their
             own
             hands
             and
             disposal
             all
             the
             Haces
             and
             Offices
             of
             power
             or
             profit
             in
             them
             all
             .
             I
             dare
             not
             say
             ,
             (
             for
             truly
             of
             some
             I
             believe
             the
             contrary
             ,
             and
             hope
             the
             same
             of
             many
             more
             )
             that
             all
             those
             that
             joyn
             in
             vote
             or
             act
             with
             those
             plansible
             pretenders
             of
             Reformation
             ,
             or
             
               wish
               well
            
             unto
             them
             in
             the
             simplicity
             of
             their
             hearts
             ,
             are
             guilty
             of
             their
             abominable
             hypocrisie
             .
             But
             sure
             all
             experience
             sheweth
             ,
             that
             in
             
               great
               Councels
            
             there
             are
             evermore
             some
             one
             or
             a
             few
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             active
             and
             cunning
             men
             that
             are
             able
             by
             the
             reputation
             of
             their
             wisdome
             and
             abilities
             of
             speech
             to
             carry
             all
             businesses
             in
             
               the
               vogue
            
             even
             as
             themselves
             have
             before-hand
             closely
             contrived
             them
             :
             leading
             on
             the
             rest
             ,
             as
             
               a
               bell-weather
            
             doth
             the
             whole
             flock
             ,
             or
             as
             a
             
             crafty
             
               fore-man
               of
               a
               Iury
            
             doth
             the
             whole
             dozen
             ,
             which
             way
             soever
             they
             please
             ;
             who
             follow
             tamely
             after
             (
             
               quâ
               itur
               ,
               non
               quâ
               eundum
            
             )
             in
             
               an
               implicit
               belief
            
             ,
             that
             that
             must
             needs
             be
             
               the
               right
               way
            
             ,
             which
             they
             see
             
               such
               skilful
               guides
            
             to
             have
             taken
             before
             them
             .
          
           
             XX.
             But
             say
             there
             were
             no
             such
             reserved
             secret
             
               sinister
               ends
            
             either
             in
             
               the
               chief
               Agents
            
             or
             their
             Ministers
             ,
             but
             that
             
               a
               just
               Reformation
            
             were
             as
             really
             and
             sincerely
             intended
             by
             them
             all
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             by
             some
             of
             them
             speciously
             pretended
             :
             yet
             is
             it
             considerable
             Secondly
             ,
             how
             very
             difficult
             a
             thing
             it
             is
             ,
             in
             the
             business
             of
             Reformation
             to
             stay
             at
             the
             right
             point
             ,
             and
             not
             to
             overdo
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             that
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             whereby
             we
             are
             very
             apt
             in
             declining
             
               one
               of
               the
               extreams
            
             to
             fall
             into
             
             
               the
               other
            
             ,
             either
             in
             point
             of
             opinion
             or
             practice
             .
             In
             detestation
             of
             the
             heresie
             of
             Nestorius
             ,
             who
             distinguished
             the
             persons
             in
             Christ
             ,
             because
             he
             knew
             there
             were
             
               two
               natures
               ;
               Eutyches
            
             went
             so
             far
             as
             to
             
               confound
               the
               natures
            
             ,
             because
             he
             knew
             there
             was
             but
             
               one
               person
            
             .
             And
             because
             
               the
               Papists
            
             by
             the
             multitude
             and
             pompousness
             of
             their
             Ceremonies
             had
             taken
             away
             much
             of
             
               the
               inward
               vigour
            
             of
             Gods
             
               publick
               worship
            
             ,
             by
             drawing
             it
             too
             much
             
               outward
               ;
               the
               Puritanes
            
             in
             opposition
             to
             them
             ,
             and
             to
             reform
             that
             errour
             ,
             by
             stripping
             it
             of
             all
             Ceremonies
             have
             left
             it
             so
             bare
             ,
             that
             (
             besides
             the
             unseemliness
             )
             it
             is
             well
             nigh
             starved
             for
             want
             of
             convenient
             clothing
             .
             It
             is
             in
             the
             distempers
             of
             
               the
               body
               politick
            
             in
             this
             respect
             not
             much
             otherwise
             
             then
             it
             is
             in
             those
             of
             
               the
               body
               natural
            
             .
             In
             an
             Ague
             ,
             when
             
               the
               cold
               sit
            
             hath
             had
             his
             course
             ,
             the
             body
             doth
             not
             thence
             return
             to
             a
             
               kindly
               natural
               warmth
            
             ,
             but
             falleth
             speedily
             into
             a
             
               burning
               preternatural
               heat
            
             ,
             nothing
             less
             (
             if
             not
             rather
             more
             )
             afflictive
             then
             the
             former
             .
             And
             how
             osten
             have
             Physicians
             ,
             (
             not
             the
             unlearned
             Empericks
             onely
             ,
             but
             even
             those
             best
             renowned
             for
             their
             skill
             and
             judgement
             ,
             )
             by
             tampering
             with
             a
             
               crazy
               body
            
             to
             master
             the
             predominancy
             of
             some
             
               noxious
               humour
            
             therein
             ,
             cast
             their
             patients
             ere
             they
             were
             aware
             under
             the
             tyranny
             of
             another
             and
             
               contrary
               humour
            
             as
             perillous
             as
             the
             former
             :
             or
             for
             fear
             of
             leaving
             too
             much
             
               bad
               blood
            
             in
             the
             veins
             ,
             have
             letten
             out
             too
             much
             of
             
               the
               vital
               spirits
            
             withall
             ?
             
             Onely
             the
             difference
             is
             ,
             that
             in
             
               bodily
               diseases
            
             this
             course
             may
             be
             sometimes
             profitably
             experimented
             ,
             and
             with
             good
             success
             ;
             not
             onely
             out
             of
             necessity
             ,
             when
             there
             is
             no
             other
             way
             of
             cure
             left
             ,
             (
             as
             they
             use
             to
             say
             ,
             
               Desperate
               diseases
               must
               have
               desperate
               remedies
               :
            
             )
             but
             also
             
               out
               of
               choice
            
             ,
             and
             in
             a
             rational
             way
             ;
             as
             Hippocrates
             adviseth
             in
             the
             case
             of
             some
             
               cold
               diseases
            
             to
             cast
             the
             patient
             into
             a
             
               burning
               feaver
            
             ,
             which
             he
             calleth
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             And
             I
             remember
             to
             have
             read
             somewhere
             to
             that
             purpose
             such
             an
             Aphorisme
             as
             this
             ,
             
               Vtile
               est
               innasci
               sebrem
               in
               spasmo
               .
            
             But
             for
             the
             remedying
             of
             Moral
             or
             Politick
             distempers
             ,
             it
             is
             neither
             warrantable
             nor
             safe
             to
             try
             such
             experiments
             :
             Not
             warrantable
             ;
             because
             we
             have
             no
             such
             rule
             given
             us
             in
             
             the
             Word
             of
             God
             whereby
             to
             operate
             :
             nor
             safe
             ;
             because
             herein
             
               the
               Mean
            
             onely
             is
             commendable
             ,
             all
             Extreams
             (
             whether
             in
             defect
             or
             excess
             )
             vitious
             .
             Now
             what
             defects
             or
             excesses
             there
             might
             be
             in
             
               the
               Reformation
               of
               Religion
            
             and
             
               the
               Church
            
             within
             these
             Realms
             during
             the
             Raigns
             of
             K.
             
               Henry
               the
               Eighth
               ,
               King
               Edward
               the
               Sixth
               ,
               and
               Queen
               Elizabeth
            
             ;
             it
             doth
             not
             become
             me
             ,
             neither
             is
             it
             needful
             ,
             to
             examine
             .
             But
             sure
             it
             is
             ,
             they
             that
             had
             the
             managery
             of
             those
             affairs
             in
             their
             several
             respective
             times
             were
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             made
             of
             
               the
               same
               day
            
             with
             other
             men
             ,
             subject
             to
             infirmities
             and
             passions
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             byassed
             with
             
               partial
               affections
            
             ,
             and
             those
             affections
             capable
             to
             be
             enflamed
             with
             zeal
             ,
             cooled
             with
             delayes
             ,
             enraged
             by
             opposition
             ,
             and
             
             allayed
             by
             seasonable
             applications
             .
             And
             therefore
             although
             we
             cannot
             say
             for
             certain
             with
             what
             affections
             those
             Reformers
             in
             the
             beginning
             of
             Edward's
             Raign
             were
             steered
             in
             the
             whole
             business
             :
             yet
             it
             is
             very
             possible
             ,
             and
             in
             this
             particular
             of
             
               the
               Statutes
            
             ,
             (
             from
             the
             weakness
             of
             the
             reasons
             therein
             expressed
             )
             not
             improbable
             ,
             that
             the
             jealousies
             they
             had
             of
             
               the
               Papal
               power
            
             so
             lately
             ejected
             might
             make
             them
             
               more
               abundantly
               cautelous
            
             and
             sollicitous
             to
             secure
             themselves
             thereagainst
             ,
             then
             need
             required
             .
             Verily
             the
             temper
             of
             
               those
               times
            
             and
             men
             ,
             and
             
               the
               Reformation
            
             made
             about
             those
             times
             
               in
               other
               countreys
            
             considered
             ;
             we
             have
             far
             greater
             cause
             to
             bless
             God
             that
             in
             their
             then
             ▪
             Reformation
             in
             very
             many
             things
             they
             did
             
             not
             a
             
               great
               deal
               worse
            
             ,
             then
             to
             blame
             them
             that
             in
             some
             few
             things
             they
             did
             not
             
               a
               little
               better
            
             ,
             then
             they
             have
             done
             .
          
           
             XXI
             .
             It
             is
             further
             considerable
             Thirdly
             ,
             that
             where
             
               a
               Reformation
            
             is
             truly
             intended
             ,
             and
             the
             thing
             it self
             intended
             by
             that
             Reformation
             to
             be
             established
             is
             also
             within
             a
             tolerable
             compass
             of
             Mediocrity
             ;
             there
             may
             yet
             be
             such
             errour
             in
             the
             choice
             of
             
               the
               means
            
             to
             be
             used
             for
             the
             accomplishing
             of
             those
             intentions
             ,
             as
             may
             vitiate
             
               the
               whole
               work
            
             ,
             and
             render
             it
             blame-worthy
             .
             For
             although
             it
             be
             a
             truth
             so
             expresly
             affirmed
             by
             
               the
               Apostle
            
             ,
             and
             so
             agreeable
             to
             the
             dictates
             of
             right
             reason
             
               [
               That
               we
               may
               not
               do
               any
               evil
               thing
               for
               any
               good
               end
               ]
            
             as
             that
             I
             should
             scarce
             have
             believed
             it
             possible
             that
             any
             
             man
             that
             pretended
             to
             be
             Christian
             or
             but
             reasonable
             should
             hold
             the
             contrary
             ,
             had
             I
             not
             been
             advertised
             by
             very
             credible
             persons
             that
             some
             men
             of
             eminent
             
               place
               and
               power
            
             did
             so
             ,
             by
             distinguishing
             (
             but
             beside
             the
             book
             ,
             and
             
               where
               the
               Law
               distinguisheth
               not
            
             )
             between
             
               a
               publick
            
             and
             
               a
               private
               good
               end
            
             :
             yet
             the
             eagerness
             of
             most
             men
             in
             the
             pursuance
             of
             such
             ends
             as
             they
             are
             fully
             bent
             upon
             ,
             and
             their
             pride
             of
             spirit
             disdaining
             to
             be
             crossed
             in
             their
             purposes
             ,
             and
             impatient
             of
             meeting
             with
             any
             opposition
             ;
             putteth
             them
             many
             times
             upon
             the
             use
             of
             
               such
               means
            
             as
             seem
             for
             the
             present
             best
             conducing
             to
             
               the
               ends
            
             they
             have
             proposed
             to
             themselves
             ,
             without
             any
             sufficient
             care
             to
             examine
             whether
             such
             means
             be
             lawful
             or
             not
             .
             For
             either
             
             they
             run
             on
             headlong
             and
             are
             resolved
             not
             to
             stick
             at
             any
             
               niceties
               of
               conscience
            
             ,
             but
             being
             ingaged
             in
             a
             design
             to
             go
             through
             with
             it
             
               per
               fas
               &
               nefas
            
             ;
             measuring
             honesty
             by
             utility
             :
             or
             els
             they
             gather
             up
             any
             thin
             fig-leaves
             where
             they
             can
             meet
             with
             them
             to
             hide
             
               the
               deformity
            
             of
             their
             actions
             if
             it
             were
             possible
             even
             from
             their
             own
             eyes
             ;
             and
             are
             willing
             their
             affections
             should
             bribe
             and
             cheat
             their
             judgements
             with
             any
             weak
             reasons
             to
             pronounce
             that
             lawful
             to
             be
             done
             which
             they
             have
             a
             mind
             to
             do
             ,
             the
             secret
             checks
             and
             murmurings
             of
             their
             consciences
             to
             the
             contrary
             notwithstanding
             .
             Hence
             it
             is
             ,
             that
             whereas
             men
             ought
             to
             conform
             all
             their
             wills
             and
             actions
             to
             the
             
               exact
               rule
            
             of
             Gods
             Word
             ,
             they
             do
             so
             often
             in
             stead
             thereof
             
             crooken
             
               the
               rule
            
             to
             make
             it
             comply
             with
             their
             actions
             and
             desires
             :
             raising
             such
             doctrines
             and
             conclusions
             from
             the
             sacred
             
               Texts
               of
               Scripture
            
             by
             forced
             inferences
             ,
             as
             will
             best
             serve
             to
             give
             countenance
             to
             whatsoever
             they
             fancie
             to
             be
             ,
             or
             please
             to
             call
             Reformation
             ;
             and
             to
             whatsoever
             means
             they
             should
             use
             for
             the
             effecting
             of
             such
             Reformation
             ,
             though
             it
             were
             by
             popular
             tumults
             ,
             civil
             war
             ,
             despising
             Governours
             ,
             breaking
             Oaths
             ,
             open
             Rebellion
             ,
             or
             any
             other
             act
             how
             unjust
             soever
             and
             full
             of
             disloyalty
             .
             Which
             made
             Learned
             Zanchy
             ,
             observing
             in
             his
             time
             how
             Anabaptists
             and
             all
             sorts
             of
             Sectaries
             ,
             that
             attempted
             to
             bring
             in
             any
             new
             and
             unheard
             of
             alteration
             in
             Religion
             into
             the
             Churches
             of
             Christ
             ,
             by
             any
             means
             though
             
             never
             so
             seditious
             and
             unlawful
             ,
             did
             yet
             justifie
             all
             their
             enterprises
             by
             this
             ,
             that
             they
             were
             done
             in
             order
             to
             a
             more
             
               perfect
               Reformation
            
             ,
             to
             cry
             out
             ,
             
               Ego
               non
               intelligo
               istam
               Reformatorum
               mundi
               ●●elogiam
               .
            
             Whether
             this
             observation
             be
             so
             sitly
             applyable
             to
             those
             times
             of
             
               King
               Edwards
               Reformation
            
             ,
             as
             the
             two
             former
             considerations
             were
             ,
             I
             know
             not
             :
             I
             am
             sure
             it
             sitteth
             but
             too
             well
             to
             these
             evil
             times
             of
             ours
             ,
             wherein
             the
             pretence
             of
             a
             Thorow-Reformation
             serveth
             as
             
               a
               foile
            
             to
             set
             off
             
               the
               blackest
               crimes
            
             that
             ever
             the
             Christian
             world
             was
             guilty
             of
             .
          
           
             XXII
             .
             Lastly
             ,
             say
             there
             should
             be
             nothing
             amiss
             in
             any
             of
             the
             premisses
             ,
             but
             that
             
               the
               intentions
            
             were
             sincere
             ,
             
               the
               proceedings
            
             moderate
             ,
             and
             
               the
               means
            
             lawful
             :
             yet
             since
             
             no
             wit
             of
             man
             is
             at
             the
             present
             able
             to
             foresee
             all
             
               the
               inconveniences
            
             that
             may
             ensue
             upon
             any
             great
             and
             suddain
             change
             of
             such
             Lawes
             and
             Customes
             as
             have
             been
             long
             and
             generally
             observed
             ,
             till
             time
             and
             experience
             discover
             them
             ;
             it
             may
             very
             well
             (
             and
             not
             seldome
             doth
             )
             come
             to
             pass
             ,
             that
             
               the
               Reformation
            
             intended
             for
             the
             remedying
             of
             some
             one
             abuse
             ,
             or
             the
             preventing
             of
             some
             present
             apparant
             inconvenience
             ,
             may
             open
             a
             gap
             to
             let
             in
             some
             other
             abuses
             or
             inconveniences
             ,
             which
             (
             though
             yet
             undiscerned
             )
             may
             in
             time
             prove
             to
             be
             more
             and
             greater
             ,
             then
             those
             that
             were
             sought
             to
             be
             remedyed
             .
             Physicians
             tell
             us
             that
             all
             
               sudden
               changes
            
             in
             the
             body
             are
             dangerous
             :
             and
             it
             is
             no
             otherwise
             in
             
               the
               Church
            
             and
             State.
             Which
             is
             the
             ground
             
             of
             that
             Maxime
             ,
             well
             approved
             of
             all
             wise
             men
             ,
             if
             rightly
             understood
             ,
             
               Malum
               benè
               positum
               non
               movendum
            
             :
             and
             of
             that
             other
             ,
             so
             famous
             in
             the
             Ancient
             Councels
             ,
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             
               Let
               the
               old
               Customes
               be
               observed
               .
            
             And
             therefore
             Aristotle
             gravely
             censureth
             that
             Law
             made
             by
             Hippodamus
             the
             Milesian
             Law-giver
             ,
             
               That
               whosoever
               should
               devise
               any
               new
               Law
               for
               the
               common
               good
               should
               be
               rewarded
               by
               the
               State
               ,
            
             as
             a
             Law
             indeed
             foolish
             and
             pernicious
             ,
             how
             specious
             and
             plausible
             soever
             it
             seemed
             at
             the
             first
             appearance
             :
             because
             (
             saith
             he
             )
             it
             would
             but
             encourage
             busie
             &
             active
             spirits
             to
             be
             alwayes
             innovating
             some
             thing
             or
             other
             in
             
               the
               State
            
             ,
             which
             might
             finally
             tend
             to
             the
             subversion
             of
             all
             ancient
             
               Lawes
               and
               Customes
            
             ,
             and
             consequently
             
             of
             the
             
               whole
               Government
            
             it self
             .
             Now
             that
             
               the
               Reformation
            
             in
             King
             Edwards
             dayes
             ,
             as
             to
             this
             particular
             in
             
               that
               Statute
            
             concerned
             ,
             was
             subject
             at
             least
             to
             this
             frailty
             ,
             we
             may
             very
             probably
             gather
             (
             
               a
               posteriori
            
             )
             from
             this
             ;
             that
             after
             it
             was
             once
             repealed
             ,
             they
             that
             had
             to
             do
             in
             
               the
               Reformation
            
             ever
             since
             ,
             thought
             it
             sit
             rather
             to
             let
             it
             
               lye
               under
            
             that
             repeal
             ,
             then
             to
             revive
             it
             .
          
           
             XXIII
             .
             There
             can
             be
             no
             doubt
             ,
             but
             that
             to
             an
             objection
             made
             from
             the
             force
             of
             
               a
               Statute
            
             ,
             it
             is
             a
             sufficient
             answer
             (
             if
             it
             be
             true
             )
             to
             say
             that
             the
             said
             Statute
             hath
             been
             repealed
             and
             so
             continueth
             .
             Yet
             the
             adversaries
             of
             Episcopacy
             are
             so
             pertinaciously
             bent
             to
             hold
             their
             Conclusion
             in
             despite
             of
             all
             Premisses
             ,
             that
             they
             seem
             to
             be
             nothing
             
             satisfied
             there
             withal
             ,
             but
             dividing
             the
             answer
             ,
             turn
             
               the
               former
               part
            
             of
             it
             (
             viz.
             that
             of
             
               the
               Repeal
            
             )
             to
             their
             own
             advantage
             .
             For
             say
             they
             ,
             that
             Repeal
             being
             made
             by
             Queen
             Mary
             ,
             who
             was
             a
             professed
             Papist
             ,
             and
             a
             Persecuter
             of
             
               the
               Protestant
               Religion
            
             ,
             was
             certainly
             
               an
               Act
            
             of
             hers
             done
             in
             favour
             of
             Popery
             ;
             and
             so
             is
             a
             strong
             confirmation
             ,
             that
             
               the
               form
            
             of
             proceeding
             formerly
             used
             by
             
               the
               Bishops
            
             in
             
               the
               Ecclesiastical
               Courts
            
             ,
             prohibited
             by
             
               the
               Statute
               of
               King
               Edward
            
             ,
             but
             restored
             by
             that
             her
             Repeal
             ,
             was
             a
             
               popish
               practice
            
             ,
             and
             more
             besitting
             Papists
             then
             Protestants
             to
             use
             .
          
           
             XXIV
             .
             To
             return
             a
             full
             answer
             hereunto
             ;
             first
             it
             shall
             be
             willingly
             granted
             ,
             that
             
               Queen
               Mary
            
             ,
             being
             a
             zealous
             Papist
             ,
             did
             cause
             
             that
             Statute
             made
             in
             the
             first
             of
             her
             Brothers
             Raign
             to
             be
             repealed
             out
             of
             pure
             zeal
             to
             
               the
               Romish
               Religion
            
             ,
             and
             in
             favour
             of
             
               the
               Pope
            
             and
             of
             his
             Iurisdiction
             .
             Both
             bee
             use
             she
             conceived
             (
             which
             was
             true
             )
             that
             her
             late
             Brother
             being
             
               a
               Protestant
            
             had
             by
             that
             Statute
             prohibited
             
               the
               Bishops
            
             to
             do
             sundry
             things
             
               in
               their
               own
               names
            
             ,
             of
             purpose
             thereby
             to
             lessen
             
               the
               Popes
               authority
            
             within
             his
             Realms
             :
             as
             also
             because
             their
             using
             of
             
               the
               Kings
               name
            
             in
             their
             Processes
             and
             Acts
             carried
             with
             it
             (
             as
             we
             formerly
             granted
             )
             a
             more
             express
             and
             evident
             acknowledgment
             of
             
               the
               Kings
               Supremacy
               Ecclesiastical
            
             ,
             then
             the
             contrary
             custome
             doth
             .
          
           
             XXV
             But
             then
             secondly
             ,
             this
             being
             granted
             ,
             it
             will
             by
             no
             means
             follow
             either
             first
             ,
             that
             
               the
               repeal
            
             of
             
             that
             Statute
             is
             not
             to
             be
             valued
             by
             any
             Protestant
             ;
             or
             that
             
               secondly
               the
               custome
            
             of
             
               the
               Bishops
            
             prohibited
             by
             
               the
               Statute
            
             and
             restored
             by
             
               the
               Act
               of
               Repeal
            
             was
             Popish
             ;
             or
             thirdly
             ,
             that
             our
             former
             answer
             was
             unsufficient
             :
             not
             
               the
               first
            
             ,
             because
             we
             are
             not
             to
             look
             upon
             
               the
               Statute
            
             and
             upon
             
               the
               Act
               of
               Repeal
            
             ,
             as
             they
             were
             made
             ,
             the
             one
             by
             
               a
               Protestant
            
             the
             other
             by
             
               a
               Papist
            
             (
             for
             that
             were
             to
             judge
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             and
             with
             
               respect
               of
               persons
            
             ;
             )
             but
             to
             consider
             whether
             
               the
               reasons
            
             whereupon
             
               the
               Statute
            
             was
             grounded
             were
             
               in
               veritate
               rei
            
             such
             ,
             as
             that
             it
             ought
             not
             to
             have
             been
             repealed
             either
             by
             Papist
             or
             Protestant
             .
             Which
             reasons
             how
             they
             have
             been
             valued
             ,
             appeareth
             upon
             
               the
               post-fact
            
             in
             this
             ;
             that
             
               a
               Papist
               Princess
            
             by
             the
             principles
             of
             her
             Religion
             could
             do
             
             no
             less
             then
             
               repeal
               that
               Statute
            
             ,
             and
             
               a
               Protestant
               Princess
            
             without
             prejudice
             to
             the
             principles
             of
             her
             Religion
             might
             continue
             that
             Repeal
             .
          
           
             XXVI
             .
             Not
             
               the
               second
            
             :
             because
             that
             very
             Statute
             of
             
               I.
               Edward
               the
               Sixth
            
             ,
             by
             which
             it
             is
             ordained
             
               that
               all
               Summons
               ,
               Citations
               and
               other
               Processes
               Ecclesiastical
               be
               made
               in
               the
               name
               and
               with
               the
               style
               of
               the
               King
               ,
            
             doth
             it self
             sufficiently
             absolve
             the
             contrary
             custome
             formerly
             used
             by
             
               the
               Bishops
            
             acting
             in
             their
             own
             names
             ,
             from
             being
             either
             Popish
             or
             otherwise
             derogatory
             to
             
               the
               Kings
               Supremacy
            
             .
             Inasmuch
             as
             by
             Proviso's
             in
             the
             said
             
               Statute
               the
               Bishops
            
             are
             still
             permitted
             in
             some
             cases
             to
             use
             
               their
               own
               names
            
             without
             any
             mention
             at
             all
             to
             be
             made
             of
             
               the
               King
            
             :
             as
             namely
             
               the
               Archbishop
               of
               Canterbury
            
             
             to
             grant
             Faculties
             and
             Dispensations
             ;
             and
             every
             other
             Bishop
             to
             make
             
               Collations
               ,
               Presentations
               ,
               Institutions
            
             and
             Inductions
             of
             Benefices
             ,
             Letters
             of
             Orders
             and
             
               Dimissories
               &c.
            
             under
             their
             own
             names
             and
             seals
             ,
             as
             by
             the
             words
             of
             the
             said
             Statute
             doth
             plainly
             appear
             .
             Which
             sure
             would
             not
             have
             been
             permitted
             in
             any
             case
             ,
             had
             the
             thing
             it self
             been
             by
             them
             conceived
             to
             have
             been
             simply
             and
             
               de
               toto
               genere
            
             either
             Popish
             or
             prejudicial
             to
             
               the
               Regal
               Power
            
             .
          
           
             XXVII
             .
             Not
             
               the
               Third
            
             :
             because
             they
             disjoynt
             our
             former
             answer
             ,
             that
             they
             might
             make
             their
             advantage
             of
             the
             one
             piece
             of
             it
             severed
             from
             the
             other
             .
             For
             the
             strength
             of
             
               the
               answer
            
             (
             it
             being
             copulative
             )
             was
             not
             to
             lye
             in
             
               either
               part
            
             alone
             ,
             but
             in
             
               both
               together
            
             
             taken
             joyntly
             ;
             and
             indeed
             more
             principally
             in
             
               the
               later
            
             part
             which
             they
             slightly
             put
             off
             ,
             then
             in
             
               the
               former
            
             whereat
             they
             take
             advantage
             .
             We
             do
             not
             say
             that
             the
             objecting
             of
             
               that
               Statute
            
             is
             of
             little
             moment
             against
             us
             ,
             because
             it
             was
             
               repealed
               by
               Queen
               Mary
            
             (
             though
             that
             repeal
             alone
             is
             sufficient
             to
             make
             it
             void
             and
             invalid
             as
             to
             all
             
               effects
               in
               Law
            
             :
             )
             but
             because
             being
             then
             repealed
             it
             was
             never
             after
             revived
             in
             the
             Raigns
             either
             of
             
               Queen
               Elizabeth
               ,
               King
               Iames
               ,
               or
               his
               Majesty
               that
               now
               is
               :
            
             which
             sheweth
             that
             
               the
               Act
               of
               Repeal
            
             (
             as
             to
             the
             point
             now
             in
             dispute
             )
             was
             by
             them
             approved
             of
             ,
             and
             intended
             to
             continue
             in
             force
             .
             And
             it
             will
             thence
             follow
             further
             and
             most
             clearly
             ,
             that
             in
             the
             judgement
             of
             all
             these
             wise
             
             and
             
               religious
               Princes
            
             ,
             there
             was
             a
             great
             difference
             between
             
               the
               Papal
            
             and
             
               the
               Episcopal
               Iurisdiction
            
             ,
             as
             they
             had
             been
             either
             of
             them
             exercised
             within
             these
             Realms
             :
             and
             that
             
               the
               Papal
            
             was
             prejudicial
             to
             
               the
               Regal
               Power
            
             and
             Supremacy
             ,
             but
             
               the
               Episcopal
            
             was
             not
             .
          
           
             XXVIII
             .
             Neither
             doth
             that
             suffice
             which
             is
             put
             in
             by
             way
             of
             Reply
             hereunto
             ,
             to
             alledge
             that
             
               the
               continuance
            
             of
             the
             old
             custome
             (
             after
             
               the
               repeal
            
             made
             )
             happened
             either
             through
             
               inadvertency
               of
               the
               State
            
             ,
             or
             by
             reason
             of
             
               the
               great
               power
            
             some
             or
             other
             of
             
               the
               Bishops
            
             ever
             had
             with
             those
             Princes
             .
             For
             it
             cannot
             be
             doubted
             but
             that
             
               the
               State
            
             ,
             having
             before
             them
             
               a
               Precedent
            
             of
             so
             late
             and
             fresh
             memory
             as
             the
             
               Statute
               of
               1.
               
               Edw.
               6.
            
             would
             at
             some
             time
             or
             other
             within
             the
             
             space
             of
             fourscore
             years
             (
             especially
             there
             being
             no
             want
             in
             those
             dayes
             of
             enough
             greedy
             Great-ones
             and
             factious
             Disciplinarians
             to
             remind
             them
             of
             it
             )
             have
             taken
             a
             time
             to
             frame
             and
             pass
             
               a
               Bill
            
             for
             the
             reviving
             of
             
               that
               Statute
            
             :
             if
             they
             had
             deemed
             
               the
               custome
            
             ,
             therein
             forbidden
             ,
             Popish
             or
             derogatory
             either
             to
             
               the
               Kings
               honour
            
             or
             power
             ,
             or
             had
             not
             rather
             found
             sufficient
             reason
             to
             perswade
             them
             that
             the
             said
             Statute
             was
             inconvenient
             ,
             or
             at
             leastwise
             useless
             .
             And
             as
             for
             
               the
               Bishops
            
             ,
             they
             that
             understand
             the
             condition
             of
             those
             first
             times
             well
             know
             that
             (
             under
             God
             and
             his
             good
             providence
             )
             they
             stood
             in
             a
             manner
             by
             the
             immediate
             and
             sole
             favour
             of
             Queen
             
               Elizabeth
               .
               The
               Papists
            
             on
             the
             one
             side
             hated
             them
             above
             all
             other
             
             sorts
             of
             men
             ,
             because
             of
             their
             Religion
             ,
             and
             their
             abilities
             above
             all
             other
             men
             to
             defend
             it
             .
             On
             the
             other
             side
             
               the
               Puritanes
            
             who
             envied
             their
             power
             ,
             and
             some
             
               great
               ones
            
             about
             the
             Court
             ,
             who
             having
             tasted
             the
             sweet
             of
             Sacriledge
             in
             the
             times
             of
             
               the
               two
               last
               Kings
            
             ,
             thirsted
             after
             the
             remainder
             of
             their
             Revenues
             ,
             complyed
             either
             with
             other
             ,
             for
             their
             several
             respective
             ends
             ,
             against
             
               the
               Bishops
            
             .
             Which
             being
             so
             ,
             it
             had
             been
             the
             foolishest
             thing
             in
             the
             world
             for
             
               the
               Bishops
            
             ,
             to
             have
             used
             that
             power
             or
             interest
             they
             had
             with
             
               the
               Queen
            
             (
             upon
             whose
             favour
             or
             displeasure
             their
             whole
             livelyhood
             depended
             )
             for
             the
             procuring
             of
             her
             consent
             to
             any
             Act
             to
             be
             done
             in
             favour
             of
             them
             ,
             that
             malice
             it self
             could
             with
             any
             colourable
             
             construction
             interpret
             either
             to
             savour
             of
             Popery
             ,
             or
             to
             trench
             upon
             
               the
               Royal
               Supremacy
            
             :
             That
             Queen
             having
             both
             by
             her
             sufferings
             before
             ,
             and
             actions
             after
             she
             came
             to
             
               the
               Crown
            
             ,
             sufficiently
             witnessed
             to
             the
             world
             her
             averseness
             from
             Popery
             :
             and
             being
             withall
             
               a
               Princess
               of
               a
               great
               Spirit
               ,
            
             and
             particularly
             jealous
             in
             the
             point
             of
             Prerogative
             .
          
           
             XXIX
             .
             Whence
             I
             think
             we
             may
             (
             with
             good
             reason
             )
             conclude
             ,
             that
             
               the
               ancient
               custome
            
             of
             
               the
               Bishops
            
             in
             making
             
               Summons
               ,
               &c.
            
             in
             their
             own
             names
             ,
             after
             it
             was
             by
             
               the
               Act
               of
               Repeal
               1.
               
               Mar.
            
             restored
             ,
             was
             continued
             by
             
               Queen
               Elizabeth
            
             and
             her
             successours
             ever
             since
             without
             interruption
             ,
             or
             reviving
             of
             
               the
               Statute
            
             of
             
               King
               Edward
            
             :
             neither
             out
             of
             any
             
               inadvertency
               in
               
               the
               State
            
             ,
             nor
             through
             any
             importune
             or
             indirect
             
               labouring
               of
               the
               Bishops
            
             ,
             as
             by
             
               the
               Objectors
            
             is
             weakly
             presumed
             ;
             but
             advisedly
             and
             upon
             important
             considerations
             ,
             viz.
             that
             the
             devising
             of
             such
             
               a
               new
               way
            
             ,
             as
             is
             set
             forth
             and
             appointed
             in
             the
             said
             Statute
             ,
             was
             not
             only
             
               a
               needless
            
             thing
             ,
             (
             and
             Laws
             should
             not
             be
             either
             made
             ,
             or
             altered
             ,
             but
             where
             it
             is
             needful
             so
             to
             do
             ,
             )
             but
             subject
             also
             to
             manifest
             both
             inconvenience
             ,
             and
             Scandal
             .
          
           
             XXX
             .
             That
             it
             was
             altogether
             needless
             to
             change
             
               the
               old
               Custome
            
             may
             appear
             by
             this
             ,
             that
             all
             the
             imaginable
             necessity
             or
             utility
             of
             such
             
               a
               change
            
             could
             be
             onely
             this
             :
             To
             secure
             
               the
               King
            
             by
             using
             his
             Name
             in
             their
             Processes
             &c.
             (
             as
             a
             
               real
               acknowledgement
            
             that
             their
             Iurisdiction
             is
             derived
             from
             him
             and
             
             no
             other
             .
             )
             that
             
               the
               Bishops
            
             had
             no
             intention
             in
             the
             exercise
             of
             their
             
               Episcopal
               power
            
             to
             usurp
             upon
             his
             
               Ecclesiastical
               Supremacy
            
             .
             Which
             Supremacy
             of
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             Superiority
             of
             his
             Jurisdiction
             &
             Authority
             over
             that
             which
             
               the
               Bishops
            
             exercised
             ,
             being
             already
             by
             so
             many
             other
             wayes
             and
             means
             sufficiently
             secured
             ;
             it
             could
             argue
             nothing
             but
             
               an
               impertinent
               jealousie
            
             ,
             to
             endeavour
             to
             strengthen
             that
             security
             by
             an
             addition
             of
             so
             poor
             and
             inconsiderable
             regard
             .
          
           
             XXXI
             .
             
               The
               Kings
               of
               England
            
             are
             secured
             against
             all
             danger
             that
             may
             accrue
             to
             their
             
               Regal
               power
            
             from
             
               Episcopal
               Iurisdiction
            
             as
             it
             hath
             been
             anciently
             and
             of
             later
             times
             exercised
             in
             this
             Realm
             :
             First
             by
             the
             extent
             of
             their
             Power
             over
             the
             persons
             ,
             and
             livelihoods
             
             of
             
               the
               Bishops
            
             ,
             and
             over
             the
             whole
             
               State
               Ecclesiastical
            
             ,
             as
             in
             the
             ancient
             right
             of
             
               the
               Crown
            
             ,
             which
             how
             great
             it
             was
             ,
             may
             appear
             by
             these
             three
             particulars
             .
          
           
             XXXII
             .
             First
             ,
             the
             Collation
             and
             
               Donation
               of
               Bishopricks
            
             together
             with
             the
             nomination
             of
             the
             persons
             to
             be
             made
             Bishops
             ,
             in
             case
             they
             did
             by
             their
             
               Writ
               of
               Conge
               d'eslier
            
             permit
             the
             formality
             of
             Election
             to
             others
             ,
             
             did
             alwayes
             belong
             to
             
               the
               Kings
            
             of
             this
             Realm
             ,
             both
             before
             and
             since
             
               the
               Conquest
            
             ,
             as
             in
             right
             of
             their
             Crown
             .
             Our
             learned
             Lawyers
             assure
             us
             ,
             
             that
             all
             the
             Bishopricks
             of
             this
             Realm
             are
             
               of
               the
               Kings
               foundation
            
             :
             that
             they
             were
             originally
             donative
             ,
             and
             not
             elective
             :
             and
             that
             the
             full
             right
             
             of
             Investiture
             was
             in
             
               the
               King
            
             ,
             who
             signified
             his
             pleasure
             therein
             
               per
               traditionem
               baculi
               &
               annuli
            
             ,
             by
             the
             delivery
             of
             
               a
               ring
            
             and
             
               a
               Crosier-staff
            
             to
             the
             person
             by
             him
             elected
             and
             nominated
             for
             that
             office
             .
             The
             Popes
             indeed
             often
             assayed
             to
             make
             them
             elective
             ,
             either
             by
             the
             Dean
             and
             Canons
             of
             
               the
               Cathedral
            
             ,
             or
             by
             the
             Monkes
             of
             some
             principal
             Abbey
             adjoyning
             :
             but
             
               the
               Kings
            
             still
             withstood
             it
             ,
             and
             maintained
             their
             right
             as
             far
             as
             they
             could
             or
             durst
             .
             Insomuch
             as
             
               King
               Henry
               the
               First
            
             being
             earnestly
             sollicited
             by
             
               the
               Pope
            
             to
             grant
             
               the
               election
               of
               Bishops
            
             to
             the
             Clergy
             ,
             
               constanter
               allegavit
            
             (
             saith
             the
             story
             )
             and
             
               verbis
               minacibus
            
             ,
             he
             stoutly
             and
             with
             threats
             refused
             so
             to
             do
             ,
             saying
             he
             would
             not
             for
             the
             loss
             of
             his
             Kingdome
             lose
             the
             
             right
             of
             those
             Investitures
             .
             It
             is
             true
             that
             
               King
               Iohn
            
             ,
             a
             Prince
             neither
             fortunate
             nor
             couragious
             ,
             being
             overpowred
             by
             
               the
               Popes
            
             ,
             did
             by
             Charter
             in
             the
             Seventeenth
             year
             of
             his
             Raign
             grant
             that
             
               the
               Bishopricks
            
             of
             England
             should
             be
             eligible
             .
             But
             this
             notwithstanding
             in
             the
             Raign
             of
             
               King
               Edward
               the
               Third
            
             ,
             it
             was
             in
             open
             Parliament
             declared
             and
             enacted
             ,
             that
             to
             
               the
               King
               and
               his
               heirs
            
             did
             belong
             
               the
               collation
            
             of
             
               Archbishopricks
               ,
               &c.
            
             and
             all
             other
             dignities
             that
             are
             of
             his
             Advowson
             ;
             and
             that
             
               the
               elections
            
             granted
             by
             
               the
               Kings
            
             his
             progenitors
             were
             under
             a
             certain
             form
             and
             condition
             ,
             viz.
             that
             they
             should
             
               ask
               leave
               of
               the
               King
            
             to
             elect
             ,
             and
             that
             after
             the
             election
             made
             they
             should
             
               obtain
               the
               Kings
               consent
            
             thereunto
             ;
             and
             not
             otherwise
             .
          
           
           
             XXXIII
             .
             
               Secondly
               ,
               the
               King
            
             hath
             power
             ,
             if
             he
             shall
             see
             cause
             ,
             to
             suspend
             any
             Bishop
             from
             the
             execution
             of
             his
             Office
             for
             so
             long
             time
             as
             he
             shall
             think
             good
             :
             yea
             ,
             and
             to
             deprive
             him
             utterly
             of
             the
             dignity
             and
             office
             of
             
               a
               Bishop
            
             ,
             if
             he
             deserve
             it
             .
             Which
             power
             was
             
               de
               facto
            
             exercised
             both
             by
             Queen
             Mary
             and
             Queen
             Elizabeth
             in
             the
             beginning
             of
             their
             several
             Raigns
             upon
             such
             Bishops
             as
             would
             not
             conform
             to
             their
             Religion
             .
          
           
             XXXIV
             .
             
               Thirdly
               ,
               the
               Kings
               of
               England
            
             have
             a
             great
             power
             over
             
               the
               Bishops
            
             in
             respect
             of
             their
             Temporalties
             ,
             which
             they
             hold
             immediately
             of
             
               the
               King
               per
               Baroniam
            
             ;
             and
             which
             every
             
               Bishop
               Elect
            
             is
             to
             
               sue
               out
               of
               the
               Kings
               hands
            
             (
             wherein
             they
             remained
             after
             the
             decease
             of
             the
             former
             Bishop
             during
             
             
               the
               Vacancy
            
             ,
             )
             and
             thence
             to
             take
             his
             
               only
               restitution
            
             into
             the
             same
             ,
             making
             
               Oath
               and
               fealty
            
             to
             the
             King
             for
             the
             same
             upon
             his
             Consecration
             .
             Yea
             ,
             and
             after
             such
             
               restitution
               of
               Temporalties
            
             and
             
               Consecration
               ,
               the
               King
            
             hath
             power
             to
             seize
             the
             same
             again
             into
             his
             own
             hands
             ,
             if
             he
             see
             just
             cause
             so
             to
             do
             .
             Which
             
               the
               Kings
               of
               England
            
             in
             former
             times
             did
             so
             frequently
             practice
             upon
             any
             light
             displeasure
             conceived
             against
             
               the
               Bishops
            
             ;
             that
             it
             was
             presented
             as
             a
             grievance
             by
             
               the
               Arch-bishop
               of
               Canterbury
            
             and
             the
             other
             Prelates
             by
             way
             of
             request
             to
             King
             
               Edw.
               3.
               in
               Parliament
            
             ,
             
             and
             thereupon
             a
             Statute
             was
             made
             the
             same
             Parliament
             ,
             that
             thenceforth
             no
             
               Bishops
               Temporalties
            
             should
             be
             seized
             by
             
               the
               King
            
             
             without
             good
             cause
             .
             I
             finde
             cited
             by
             Sir
             
               Edward
               Coke
            
             out
             of
             
               the
               Parliament
               Rolls
               18.
               
               H.
               3.
               a
               Record
               ,
            
             wherein
             
               the
               King
            
             straightly
             chargeth
             the
             Bishops
             not
             to
             intermeddle
             in
             any
             thing
             
               to
               the
               prejudice
               of
               his
               Crown
            
             ;
             threatning
             them
             with
             seisure
             of
             their
             Temporalties
             if
             they
             should
             so
             do
             .
             The
             words
             are
             ,
             
               Mandatum
               est
               omnibus
               Episcopis
               quae
               conventuri
               sunt
               apud
               Gloucestr
               '
            
             (
             the
             King
             having
             before
             summoned
             them
             by
             writ
             to
             
               a
               Parliament
            
             to
             be
             holden
             at
             
               Gloucester
               )
               firmiter
               inhibendo
               ,
               quod
               sicut
               Baronias
               suas
               quas
               de
               Rege
               tenent
               diligunt
               ,
               nullo
               modo
               praesumant
               concilium
               tenere
               de
               aliquibus
               quae
               ad
               Coronam
               pertinent
               ,
               vel
               quae
               personam
               Regis
               vel
               Statum
               suum
               ,
               vel
               Statum
               concilii
               sui
               contingunt
               ;
               scituri
               pro
               certo
               quod
               si
               fecerint
               ,
               Rex
               inde
               capiet
               se
               
               ad
               Baronias
               suas
               ,
            
             &c.
             
             By
             which
             Record
             ,
             together
             with
             other
             the
             premisses
             ,
             it
             may
             appear
             ,
             that
             
               the
               Kings
            
             by
             their
             Ancient
             
               right
               of
               Prerogative
            
             had
             sundry
             wayes
             power
             over
             
               the
               Bishops
            
             whereby
             to
             keep
             them
             in
             obedience
             ,
             and
             to
             secure
             their
             Supremacy
             from
             all
             peril
             of
             being
             prejudiced
             by
             the
             exercise
             of
             
               Episcopal
               Iurisdiction
            
             .
          
           
             XXXV
             .
             Yet
             in
             order
             to
             the
             utter
             abolishing
             of
             
               the
               Papal
               usurpations
            
             and
             of
             all
             pretended
             
               forraign
               power
            
             whatsoever
             in
             matters
             Ecclesiastical
             within
             these
             Realms
             ,
             divers
             Statutes
             have
             been
             made
             in
             the
             Raign
             of
             
               King
               Henry
               the
               Eighth
            
             and
             since
             for
             the
             further
             declaring
             and
             confirming
             of
             
               the
               Kings
               Supremacy
               Ecclesiastical
            
             .
             Wherein
             the
             acknowledgement
             of
             that
             Supremacy
             is
             either
             so
             expresly
             
             contained
             ,
             or
             so
             abundantly
             provided
             for
             ;
             as
             that
             there
             can
             be
             no
             fear
             it
             should
             suffer
             for
             lack
             of
             further
             acknowledgement
             to
             be
             made
             by
             
               the
               Bishops
            
             in
             
               the
               style
            
             of
             their
             Courts
             .
             Amongst
             other
             ,
             First
             ,
             by
             Statute
             made
             
               25.
               
               H.
               8.
               19.
            
             upon
             the
             submission
             and
             petition
             of
             
               the
               Clergy
            
             it
             was
             enacted
             ,
             that
             no
             
               Canons
               or
               Constitutions
            
             should
             be
             made
             by
             
               the
               Clergy
            
             in
             their
             Convocation
             without
             the
             
               Kings
               licence
            
             first
             had
             in
             that
             behalfe
             ,
             and
             his
             
               royal
               assent
            
             after
             :
             and
             likewise
             that
             no
             Canon
             &c.
             should
             be
             put
             in
             execution
             within
             the
             Realm
             that
             should
             be
             contrariant
             or
             repugnant
             to
             the
             
               Kings
               Prerogative
               Royal
               ,
               or
               the
               Customes
               ,
               Lawes
               ,
               or
               Statutes
               of
               the
               Realm
               .
            
             Then
             Secondly
             ,
             by
             
               the
               Statute
            
             of
             
               1.
               
               Eliz.
               cap.
               1.
            
             all
             such
             
               Ecclesiastical
               Iurisdictions
               ,
               
               Priviledges
               ,
               Superiorities
               and
               Pre-eminences
               ,
               as
               had
               been
               exercised
               or
               used
               ,
               or
               might
               be
               lawfully
               exercised
               or
               used
               by
               any
               Ecclesiastical
               power
               or
               authority
               was
            
             (
             declared
             to
             be
             )
             
               for
               ever
               united
               and
               annexed
               to
               the
               Imperial
               Crown
               of
               this
               Realm
               .
            
             And
             Thirdly
             ,
             it
             was
             also
             in
             the
             same
             Statute
             provided
             ,
             that
             
               the
               Oath
               of
               Supremacy
            
             (
             wherein
             there
             is
             contained
             as
             full
             an
             acknowledgement
             of
             
               the
               Kings
               Ecclesiastical
               Suprenacy
            
             as
             the
             wit
             of
             man
             can
             devise
             )
             should
             be
             taken
             by
             every
             
               Archbishop
               and
               Bishop
               &c.
            
             which
             hath
             been
             ever
             since
             duely
             and
             accordingly
             performed
             .
          
           
             XXXVI
             .
             Lastly
             from
             receiving
             any
             prejudice
             by
             
               the
               Bishops
            
             and
             their
             
               Iurisdiction
               ,
               the
               Regal
               power
            
             is
             yet
             farther
             secured
             ,
             by
             
             the
             subordination
             of
             
               the
               Ecclesiastical
               Laws
            
             and
             Courts
             to
             
               the
               Common
               Law
            
             of
             England
             ,
             and
             to
             
               the
               Kings
               own
               immediate
               Courts
            
             .
             For
             although
             
               the
               Ecclesiastical
               Laws
            
             be
             allowed
             by
             
               the
               Laws
            
             of
             this
             Realm
             ,
             and
             the
             proceedings
             in
             
               the
               Ecclesiastical
               Courts
            
             be
             by
             the
             way
             of
             
               the
               Civil
            
             and
             not
             of
             
               the
               Common
               Law
            
             :
             yet
             are
             those
             Laws
             and
             proceedings
             allowed
             with
             this
             limitation
             and
             condition
             ,
             that
             nothing
             be
             done
             
               against
               the
               Common
               Law
            
             whereof
             
               the
               Kings
               prerogative
            
             is
             a
             principal
             part
             )
             nor
             against
             
               the
               Statutes
            
             and
             Customes
             of
             the
             Realm
             .
             And
             therefore
             the
             Law
             alloweth
             Appeales
             to
             be
             made
             from
             
               the
               Ecclesiastical
               Courts
               to
               the
               King
               in
               Chancery
               :
            
             and
             in
             sundry
             cases
             ,
             where
             a
             cause
             dependeth
             before
             
               a
               Spiritual
               
               Iudge
            
             ,
             the
             Kings
             prohibition
             lyeth
             to
             remove
             it
             into
             one
             of
             his
             
               Temporal
               Courts
            
             .
          
           
             XXXVII
             .
             Having
             so
             many
             several
             ties
             upon
             
               the
               Bishops
            
             to
             secure
             themselves
             and
             their
             
               Regal
               authority
            
             from
             all
             danger
             that
             might
             arise
             from
             the
             abuse
             of
             
               the
               Ecclesiastical
               Power
            
             and
             Iurisdiction
             exercised
             by
             
               the
               Bishops
            
             in
             their
             Courts
             (
             by
             the
             ancient
             prerogative
             of
             their
             Crown
             ,
             by
             the
             provisions
             of
             so
             many
             
               Statutes
               and
               Oaths
            
             ,
             by
             the
             remedy
             of
             
               the
               Common
               Law
               :
               )
               the
               Kings
               of
               England
            
             had
             no
             cause
             to
             be
             so
             needlesly
             cautelous
             as
             to
             be
             afraid
             of
             a
             meere
             
               formality
               ,
               the
               Style
               of
               a
               Court.
            
             Especially
             considering
             the
             importance
             of
             
               the
               two
               Reasons
            
             expressed
             in
             
               the
               Statute
               of
               King
               Edward
            
             ,
             as
             the
             onely
             grounds
             of
             altering
             
             that
             Style
             ,
             not
             to
             be
             such
             as
             would
             countervaile
             
               the
               Inconvenience
            
             and
             Scandal
             that
             might
             ensue
             thereupon
             .
          
           
             XXXVIII
             .
             For
             whereas
             it
             was
             then
             thought
             convenient
             ,
             
               to
               change
               the
               Style
            
             used
             in
             
               the
               Ecclesiastical
               Courts
            
             ,
             because
             it
             was
             contrary
             to
             the
             form
             used
             in
             
               the
               Common-Law-Courts
            
             within
             this
             Realm
             ,
             (
             which
             is
             one
             of
             
               the
               Reasons
            
             in
             the
             said
             Statute
             expressed
             :
             )
             it
             might
             very
             well
             upon
             further
             consideration
             be
             afterwards
             thought
             more
             convenient
             for
             the
             like
             reason
             
               to
               retain
            
             the
             accustomed
             Style
             ,
             because
             otherwise
             the
             forme
             of
             
               the
               Ecclesiastical
               Courts
            
             would
             be
             contrary
             to
             the
             form
             of
             other
             Civil-Law-Courts
             within
             the
             Realm
             (
             as
             
               the
               Admiralty
            
             ,
             and
             Earle-Marshals
             Court
             ,
             )
             and
             of
             other
             
             Courts
             of
             the
             Kings
             grant
             made
             unto
             Corporations
             ;
             with
             either
             of
             which
             ,
             
               the
               Ecclesiastical
               Courts
            
             had
             a
             nearer
             affinity
             ,
             then
             with
             
               the
               Kings
               Courts
               of
               Record
            
             ,
             or
             other
             his
             own
             immediate
             
               Courts
               of
               Common
               Law.
            
             Nor
             doth
             there
             yet
             appear
             any
             valuable
             reason
             of
             difference
             ,
             why
             Inconformity
             to
             
               the
               Common
               Law-Courts
            
             should
             be
             thought
             a
             sufficient
             ground
             for
             the
             altering
             of
             the
             forms
             used
             in
             
               the
               Ecclesiastical
               Courts
            
             ;
             and
             yet
             the
             like
             forms
             used
             in
             
               the
               Admiralty
            
             ,
             in
             
               the
               Earle-Marshals
               Court
            
             ,
             in
             
               Courts
               Baron
            
             ,
             in
             
               Corporation-Courts
               &c.
            
             should
             (
             notwithstanding
             the
             same
             inconformity
             )
             continue
             as
             they
             had
             been
             formerly
             accustomed
             without
             alteration
             .
          
           
             XXXIX
             .
             If
             any
             shall
             alledge
             as
             some
             reason
             of
             such
             difference
             ,
             
             the
             other
             Reason
             given
             in
             the
             said
             
               Statute
               ;
               viz.
            
             that
             the
             form
             and
             manner
             used
             by
             
               the
               Bishops
            
             was
             such
             as
             was
             used
             in
             the
             time
             of
             
               the
               usurped
               power
               of
               the
               Bishop
               of
               Rome
               :
            
             besides
             that
             therein
             is
             no
             difference
             at
             all
             ,
             (
             for
             the
             like
             forms
             in
             those
             other
             
               aforesaid
               Courts
            
             were
             also
             in
             use
             in
             the
             same
             time
             ;
             )
             there
             is
             further
             given
             thereby
             great
             occasion
             of
             Scandal
             to
             those
             of
             
               the
               Church
               of
               Rome
            
             .
             And
             that
             two
             wayes
             :
             First
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             made
             
               a
               Reason
            
             at
             all
             ;
             and
             Secondly
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             applyed
             to
             the
             particular
             now
             in
             hand
             .
             First
             ,
             whereas
             
               the
               Papists
            
             unjustly
             charge
             the
             
               Protestant
               Churches
            
             with
             Schism
             for
             departing
             from
             their
             Communion
             :
             it
             could
             not
             but
             be
             a
             great
             Scandal
             to
             them
             ,
             to
             confirm
             them
             in
             that
             their
             uncharitable
             opinion
             
             of
             us
             ,
             if
             we
             should
             utterly
             condemn
             any
             thing
             as
             unlawful
             ,
             or
             but
             even
             forbid
             the
             use
             of
             it
             as
             inexpedient
             ,
             upon
             this
             onely
             grouud
             or
             consideration
             ,
             that
             the
             same
             had
             been
             used
             
               in
               the
               times
               of
               Popery
            
             ,
             or
             that
             it
             had
             been
             abused
             by
             
               the
               Papists
            
             .
             And
             truly
             
               the
               Puritanes
            
             have
             by
             this
             very
             means
             given
             a
             wonderful
             Scandal
             and
             advantage
             to
             our
             Adversaries
             ,
             which
             they
             ought
             to
             acknowledge
             and
             repent
             of
             :
             when
             transported
             with
             an
             indiscreet
             zeal
             they
             have
             cryed
             down
             sundry
             harmeless
             Ceremonies
             and
             customes
             as
             
               superstitious
               and
               Antichristian
            
             ,
             onely
             for
             this
             that
             Papists
             use
             them
             .
             Whereas
             godly
             and
             regular
             Protestants
             think
             it
             agreeable
             to
             
               Christian
               liberty
               ,
               charity
            
             and
             prudence
             ,
             that
             in
             appointing
             Ceremonies
             ,
             retaining
             
             
               ancient
               Customes
            
             ,
             and
             the
             use
             of
             all
             other
             
               indifferent
               things
            
             such
             course
             be
             held
             ,
             as
             that
             their
             moderation
             might
             be
             known
             to
             all
             men
             ;
             and
             that
             it
             might
             appear
             to
             their
             very
             Adversaries
             ,
             that
             wherein
             they
             did
             receed
             from
             them
             or
             any
             thing
             practised
             by
             them
             ,
             they
             were
             not
             thereunto
             carried
             by
             
               a
               Spirit
            
             of
             contradiction
             ,
             but
             either
             cast
             upon
             it
             by
             some
             
               necessity
               of
               the
               times
            
             ,
             or
             induced
             for
             just
             
               reasons
               of
               expediency
            
             so
             to
             do
             .
          
           
             XL.
             But
             then
             Secondly
             ,
             as
             that
             Reason
             relateth
             to
             the
             present
             business
             in
             particular
             ,
             
               the
               Scandal
            
             thereby
             given
             is
             yet
             greater
             .
             For
             we
             are
             to
             know
             ,
             that
             when
             
               King
               Henry
               the
               Eighth
            
             abolished
             
               the
               Papal
               Power
            
             ,
             resuming
             in
             his
             own
             hand
             the
             ancient
             
               rights
               of
               the
               Crown
            
             ,
             which
             
               the
               Bishops
               of
               Rome
            
             had
             unjustly
             usurped
             :
             he
             took
             
             upon
             himselfe
             also
             that
             title
             which
             he
             then
             found
             used
             by
             
               the
               Bishops
               of
               Rome
            
             ,
             but
             which
             none
             of
             his
             Progenitors
             
               the
               Kings
            
             of
             this
             Realm
             had
             ever
             used
             ,
             of
             being
             
               the
               Supream
               head
               of
               the
               Church
            
             within
             his
             Dominions
             .
             This
             title
             continued
             during
             the
             Reign
             of
             his
             son
             
               King
               Edward
               the
               Sixth
            
             ,
             by
             whom
             
               the
               Statute
            
             aforesaid
             was
             made
             ,
             and
             is
             mentioned
             in
             that
             very
             Statute
             .
             Now
             albeit
             by
             that
             title
             or
             appellation
             was
             not
             intended
             any
             other
             thing
             ,
             then
             that
             
               Supremacy
               Ecclesiastical
            
             which
             
               the
               Kings
            
             of
             this
             Land
             have
             ,
             and
             of
             right
             ought
             to
             have
             ,
             in
             
               the
               governance
            
             of
             their
             Realms
             over
             all
             persons
             and
             in
             all
             
               causes
               Ecclesiastical
            
             as
             well
             as
             other
             ,
             and
             which
             is
             in
             
               the
               Oath
            
             of
             Supremacy
             ackowledged
             to
             belong
             unto
             them
             :
             yet
             
               the
               Papists
            
             took
             Scandal
             at
             the
             
             novelty
             thereof
             ,
             and
             glad
             of
             such
             an
             occasion
             made
             their
             advantage
             of
             it
             ,
             to
             bring
             a
             reproach
             upon
             our
             Religion
             ;
             as
             if
             
               the
               Protestants
               of
               England
            
             were
             of
             opinion
             ,
             that
             all
             
               Spiritual
               Power
            
             did
             belong
             unto
             
               the
               King
            
             ,
             and
             that
             
               the
               Bishops
               and
               Ministers
            
             of
             England
             had
             their
             whole
             power
             of
             
               Preaching
               ,
               administring
               the
               Sacraments
               ,
               Ordaining
               ,
               Excommunicating
               ,
               &c.
            
             solely
             and
             originally
             from
             
               the
               King
            
             ,
             as
             
               the
               members
               of
               the
               body
            
             live
             by
             the
             influence
             which
             
               the
               Head
            
             hath
             into
             them
             .
             Upon
             their
             clamours
             ,
             that
             title
             of
             
               Supream
               head
               and
               governour
            
             was
             taken
             into
             farther
             consideration
             in
             the
             beginning
             of
             
               Queen
               Elizabeths
            
             Raign
             .
             And
             although
             that
             style
             in
             the
             true
             meaning
             thereof
             was
             innocent
             and
             defensible
             enough
             :
             yet
             for
             the
             avoiding
             of
             Scandal
             
             and
             Cavil
             ,
             it
             was
             judged
             more
             expedient
             that
             the
             word
             Head
             should
             thenceforth
             be
             laid
             aside
             ,
             and
             
               the
               style
            
             run
             only
             
               Supream
               Governour
            
             ;
             as
             we
             see
             it
             is
             in
             
               the
               Oath
               of
               Supremacy
            
             and
             otherwhere
             ever
             since
             ,
             without
             mentioning
             the
             word
             Head
             ;
             according
             to
             the
             intimations
             given
             in
             
               the
               Queens
               Injunctions
            
             and
             elswhere
             in
             that
             behalfe
             .
             And
             it
             seemeth
             to
             me
             very
             probable
             ,
             that
             
               for
               the
               same
               reason
            
             especially
             (
             besides
             those
             
               other
               reasons
            
             already
             given
             )
             it
             was
             thought
             fitter
             by
             Her
             then
             ,
             and
             by
             
               her
               successours
            
             hitherto
             ;
             that
             
               the
               Bishops
            
             in
             all
             their
             
               Ecclesiastical
               Courts
            
             and
             proceedings
             should
             act
             
               in
               their
               own
               names
            
             as
             formerly
             they
             had
             done
             ,
             then
             that
             
               the
               Statute
               of
               King
               Edward
            
             should
             be
             revived
             ,
             for
             doing
             it
             
               in
               the
               Kings
               name
            
             .
             For
             the
             sending
             
             out
             processes
             &c.
             in
             order
             to
             Excommunication
             and
             other
             Church-censures
             
               in
               the
               Kings
               name
            
             ,
             would
             have
             served
             marvellously
             to
             give
             colour
             ,
             (
             and
             consequently
             strength
             ,
             in
             the
             apprehension
             at
             least
             of
             weaker
             judgements
             )
             to
             that
             calumny
             wherewith
             
               the
               Papists
            
             usually
             asperse
             our
             Religion
             ,
             as
             if
             
               the
               Kings
               of
               England
            
             took
             themselves
             to
             be
             proper
             and
             competent
             
               Iudges
               of
               Censures
            
             meerly
             spiritual
             in
             their
             own
             persons
             ,
             and
             the
             Prelates
             accordingly
             did
             acknowledge
             them
             so
             to
             be
             .
          
           
             Thus
             have
             I
             shewen
             to
             the
             satisfaction
             (
             I
             hope
             )
             of
             the
             ingenuous
             and
             unprejudiced
             Reader
             ,
             that
             Episcopacy
             is
             no
             such
             dangerous
             creature
             either
             in
             
               the
               Opinion
            
             or
             Practice
             ,
             as
             some
             would
             make
             the
             world
             believe
             it
             is
             :
             but
             that
             
               the
               Kings
               Crown
            
             may
             stand
             fast
             enough
             
             upon
             his
             head
             ,
             and
             flourish
             in
             its
             full
             verdure
             ,
             without
             plucking
             away
             or
             displacing
             the
             least
             flower
             in
             it
             ,
             notwithstanding
             Episcopacy
             should
             be
             allowed
             to
             be
             
               of
               Divine
               Right
            
             in
             the
             highest
             sence
             ,
             and
             
               the
               Bishops
            
             still
             permitted
             to
             make
             their
             Processes
             
               in
               their
               own
               names
            
             and
             not
             in
             
               the
               Kings
            
             .
             By
             this
             time
             I
             doubt
             not
             ,
             all
             that
             are
             not
             willfully
             blind
             (
             for
             who
             so
             blind
             ,
             as
             he
             that
             will
             not
             see
             ?
             )
             do
             see
             and
             understand
             by
             sad
             experience
             ,
             that
             it
             had
             been
             far
             better
             both
             with
             King
             and
             Kingdome
             then
             now
             it
             is
             ,
             or
             (
             without
             Gods
             extraordinary
             mercy
             )
             is
             like
             to
             be
             in
             haste
             :
             if
             the
             enemies
             of
             Episcopacy
             had
             meant
             no
             worse
             to
             
               the
               King
            
             and
             his
             Crown
             ,
             then
             
               the
               Bishops
            
             and
             those
             that
             favoured
             them
             did
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           A
           POST-SCRIPT
           to
           the
           Reader
           .
        
         
           WHereas
           in
           my
           Answer
           to
           the
           former
           of
           the
           two
           Objections
           in
           the
           foregoing
           Treatise
           ,
           I
           have
           not
           any
           where
           made
           any
           clear
           discovery
           what
           my
           own
           particular
           judgement
           is
           concerning
           the
           
             Jus
             divinum
             of
             EPISCOPACY
          
           in
           the
           stricter
           sense
           ,
           either
           in
           the
           Affirmative
           or
           Negative
           :
           and
           for
           want
           of
           so
           doing
           ,
           may
           perhaps
           be
           censured
           by
           some
           to
           have
           walked
           but
           haltingly
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           wise
           with
           more
           caution
           and
           mincing
           ,
           then
           became
           me
           to
           do
           in
           a
           business
           of
           that
           nature
           ;
           I
           do
           hereby
           declare
           ,
        
         
           1.
           
           That
           ,
           to
           avoid
           the
           starting
           of
           more
           Questions
           then
           needs
           must
           ,
           I
           then
           thought
           it
           fitter
           (
           and
           am
           of
           the
           same
           opinion
           still
           )
           to
           decline
           that
           Question
           ,
           then
           to
           determine
           it
           either
           way
           :
           such
           determination
           being
           clearly
           of
           no
           moment
           at
           all
           to
           my
           purpose
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           solving
           of
           that
           Objection
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           That
           nevertheless
           ,
           (
           leaving
           other
           men
           to
           the
           liberty
           of
           their
           own
           judgements
           )
           my
           opinion
           is
           ,
           that
           
             EPISCOPAL
             GOVERNMENT
          
           is
           not
           to
           be
           derived
           meerly
           from
           Apostolical
           Practise
           or
           Institution
           :
           but
           that
           it
           is
           originally
           founded
           in
           
             the
             Person
          
           and
           Office
           of
           the
           Messias
           ,
           our
           blessed
           Lord
           
             JESUS
             CHRIST
          
           .
           Who
           being
           sent
           by
           his
           Heavenly
           Father
           to
           be
           the
           great
           
             Apostle
             ,
             [
             HEB.
             III.
             1.
             ]
             Bishop
             and
             Pastor
             [
             1
             PET.
             II.
             25.
             ]
          
           of
           his
           Church
           ,
           and
           anointed
           to
           that
           Office
           immediately
           
             after
             his
             Baptisme
             by
             JOHN
             with
             power
             and
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             [
             ACT.
             X.
             37-8
             .
             ]
          
           descending
           then
           
           upon
           him
           
             in
             a
             bodily
             shape
             [
             LUK.
             III.
             22.
             ]
          
           did
           afterwards
           before
           his
           Ascension
           into
           Heaven
           ,
           send
           and
           impower
           his
           holy
           Apostles
           ,
           (
           giving
           them
           
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
          
           likewise
           as
           his
           Father
           had
           given
           him
           )
           in
           like
           manner
           
             as
             his
             Father
          
           had
           before
           sent
           him
           
             [
             JOH
             .
             XX.
             21.
          
           ]
           to
           execute
           the
           same
           
             Apostolical
             ,
             Episcopal
             and
             Pastoral
             Office
          
           for
           the
           ordering
           and
           governing
           of
           his
           Church
           until
           his
           coming
           again
           :
           and
           so
           the
           same
           Office
           to
           continue
           in
           them
           and
           their
           
             Successours
             ,
             unto
             the
             end
             of
             the
             world
             .
             [
             MAT.
             XXVIII
             .
             18
             —
             20.
             ]
          
           This
           I
           take
           to
           be
           so
           clear
           ,
           from
           these
           and
           other
           like
           
             Texts
             of
             Scripture
          
           ;
           that
           if
           they
           shall
           be
           diligently
           compared
           together
           ,
           both
           
             between
             themselves
          
           ,
           and
           with
           the
           following
           
             practise
             of
             all
             the
             Churches
             of
             Christ
             ,
          
           as
           well
           in
           
             the
             Apostles
          
           times
           as
           in
           the
           Purest
           and
           Primitive
           times
           nearest
           thereunto
           ;
           there
           will
           be
           left
           little
           cause
           ,
           why
           any
           man
           should
           doubt
           thereof
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           That
           in
           my
           Answer
           to
           
             the
             later
             Objection
          
           I
           made
           no
           use
           at
           all
           (
           nor
           indeed
           could
           do
           )
           of
           
             the
             Opinion
          
           of
           the
           Reverend
           Judges
           in
           that
           point
           ,
           nor
           of
           his
           Majesties
           Proclamation
           grounded
           thereupon
           .
           For
           although
           
             the
             Proclamation
          
           had
           been
           extant
           
             Ten
             years
          
           before
           this
           task
           was
           imposed
           upon
           me
           ;
           yet
           I
           had
           never
           seen
           ,
           nor
           so
           much
           as
           heard
           of
           the
           same
           in
           all
           the
           time
           before
           ,
           nor
           yet
           in
           all
           the
           time
           since
           ;
           till
           about
           ten
           dayes
           ago
           I
           was
           advertised
           thereof
           ,
           when
           
             these
             Papers
          
           were
           then
           going
           to
           
             the
             Press
          
           .
           Which
           ,
           since
           they
           give
           so
           much
           strength
           to
           
             the
             main
             Cause
          
           ,
           and
           so
           fully
           avoid
           the
           Objection
           ;
           I
           have
           followed
           the
           advise
           of
           some
           friends
           ,
           and
           caused
           them
           to
           be
           printed
           here
           withal
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A61839-e1990
           
             See
             Stat.
             25.
             
             H.
             8.
             20
             
             ;
             1.
             
             Edw.
             6.
             2.
             
          
           
             Cok.
             1.
             
             Instit.
             2.
             
             Sect.
             648.
             
          
           
             Stat.
             for
             the
             Clergy
             14.
             
             ●
             .
             3.
             cap.
             3.