Reasons of the House of Commons why Bishops ought not to have votes in Parliament.
         England and Wales. Parliament. House of Commons.
      
       
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             Reasons of the House of Commons why Bishops ought not to have votes in Parliament.
             England and Wales. Parliament. House of Commons.
          
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             1641]
          
           
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           Reasons
           of
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           why
           Bishops
           ought
           not
           to
           have
           votes
           in
           Parliament
           .
        
         
           1
           BEcause
           it
           is
           a
           very
           great
           hinderance
           to
           the
           exercise
           of
           their
           Ministeriall
           Function
           .
        
         
           2
           Because
           they
           doe
           vow
           and
           undertake
           at
           their
           Ordination
           ,
           when
           they
           enter
           into
           holy
           Orders
           ,
           that
           they
           will
           give
           themselves
           wholly
           to
           that
           Vocation
           .
        
         
           3
           Because
           Councels
           and
           Canons
           in
           severall
           Ages
           do
           forbid
           them
           to
           meddle
           with
           Secular
           affaires
           .
        
         
           4
           Because
           the
           twenty
           foure
           Bishops
           have
           a
           dependancie
           on
           the
           two
           Archbishops
           ,
           and
           because
           of
           their
           Canonicall
           Obedience
           to
           them
           .
        
         
           5
           Because
           they
           are
           but
           for
           their
           lives
           ,
           and
           therefore
           are
           not
           fit
           to
           have
           Legislative
           power
           over
           the
           Honours
           ,
           Inheritances
           ,
           Persons
           ,
           and
           Liberties
           of
           others
           .
        
         
           6
           Because
           of
           Bishops
           dependancy
           and
           expectancy
           of
           Translations
           to
           places
           of
           great
           profit
           .
        
         
           7
           That
           severall
           Bishops
           have
           of
           late
           much
           encroacht
           upon
           the
           Consciences
           and
           Liberties
           of
           the
           Subjects
           ,
           and
           they
           and
           their
           Successours
           will
           be
           much
           encourag'd
           still
           to
           encroach
           ,
           and
           the
           Subjects
           will
           be
           much
           discouraged
           from
           complayning
           against
           such
           encouragements
           ,
           if
           twenty
           sixe
           of
           that
           Order
           bee
           to
           bee
           Judges
           upon
           those
           complaints
           ;
           the
           same
           reason
           extends
           to
           their
           Legislative
           power
           in
           any
           Bill
           to
           passe
           for
           the
           regulation
           of
           their
           power
           upon
           any
           emergent
           inconvenience
           by
           it
           .
        
         
           8
           Because
           the
           whole
           number
           of
           them
           is
           interessed
           to
           maintain
           the
           Jurisdiction
           of
           Bishops
           ,
           which
           hath
           been
           found
           so
           grievous
           to
           the
           three
           Kingdomes
           ,
           that
           
             Scotland
          
           hath
           utterly
           abolished
           it
           ,
           and
           Multitudes
           in
           
             England
          
           and
           
             Ireland
          
           have
           petitioned
           against
           it
           .
        
         
           9
           Because
           the
           Bishops
           being
           Lords
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           it
           setteth
           too
           great
           a
           distance
           between
           them
           and
           the
           rest
           of
           their
           Brethren
           in
           the
           Ministery
           ,
           which
           occasioneth
           pride
           in
           them
           ,
           discontent
           in
           others
           ,
           and
           disquiet
           in
           the
           Church
           .
        
         
           
             To
             their
             having
             
               Votes
            
             a
             long
             time
             .
          
           
             
               Answ
               .
            
             IF
             in
             convenient
             time
             and
             usage
             are
             not
             to
             be
             considered
             with
             Law-makers
             .
          
           
             Some
             Abbots
             voted
             as
             anciently
             in
             Parliament
             as
             Bishops
             ,
             yet
             are
             taken
             away
             .
          
           
             That
             for
             the
             Bishops
             Certificate
             to
             plenary
             of
             Benefice
             ,
             and
             Loyalty
             of
             Mariage
             the
             Bill
             extends
             not
             to
             them
             .
          
           
             For
             the
             Secular
             Jurisdictions
             of
             the
             Dean
             of
             
               Westminster
               ,
            
             the
             Bishops
             of
             
               Durham
               ,
            
             and
             
               Ely
               ,
            
             and
             Archbishop
             of
             
               Yorke
               ,
            
             which
             they
             are
             to
             execute
             in
             their
             own
             persons
             the
             former
             Reasons
             shew
             the
             inconveniences
             therein
             .
          
           
             For
             their
             temporal
             Courts
             and
             Jurisdictions
             which
             are
             executed
             by
             their
             temporall
             Offices
             ,
             the
             Bill
             doth
             not
             concern
             them
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .