King James his letter and directions to the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury concerning preaching and preachers with the Bishop of Canterburies letter to the Bishop of Lincolne, Lord Keeper, desiring him to put in practise the Kings desires that none should preach but in a religious forme : and not that every young man should take to himselfe an exorbitant liberty to preach what he listeth to the offence of His Majesty and the disturbance and disquiet of the church and common-wealth.
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             King James his letter and directions to the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury concerning preaching and preachers with the Bishop of Canterburies letter to the Bishop of Lincolne, Lord Keeper, desiring him to put in practise the Kings desires that none should preach but in a religious forme : and not that every young man should take to himselfe an exorbitant liberty to preach what he listeth to the offence of His Majesty and the disturbance and disquiet of the church and common-wealth.
             England and Wales. Sovereign (1603-1625 : James I)
             Abbot, George, 1562-1633.
          
           [2], 9 p.
           
             Thomas Walkeley,
             [London] :
             1642.
          
           
             "The Arch-bishop of Canterburies [George Abbot's] letter, to the Archbishop of Yorke [Tobias Matthew]": p. 5-8.
             "The Lord Arch-bishops letter to the Lord Keeper [John Williams].": p. 8-9.
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           Abbot, George, 1562-1633.
           Church of England -- Customs and practices -- 17th century.
           Preaching -- England -- Early works to 1800.
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           KING
           JAMES
           HIS
           LETTER
           AND
           DIRECTIONS
           TO
           THE
           LORD
           ARCHBISHOP
           OF
           CANTERBURY
           ;
           Concerning
           Preaching
           and
           Preachers
           ;
           
             With
             the
          
           Bishop
           of
           
             Canterburies
          
           Letter
           to
           the
           Bishop
           of
           
             Lincolne
             ,
          
           Lord
           Keeper
           ,
           desiring
           him
           to
           put
           in
           practise
           the
           Kings
           desires
           ,
           that
           none
           should
           preach
           but
           in
           a
           Religious
           forme
           .
        
         
           And
           not
           that
           every
           young
           man
           should
           take
           to
           himselfe
           an
           exorbitant
           Liberty
           ,
           to
           preach
           what
           he
           listeth
           ,
           to
           the
           offence
           of
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           the
           disturbance
           and
           disquiet
           of
           the
           Church
           and
           Common-wealth
           .
        
         
           Printed
           for
           
             Thomas
             Walkeley
             ,
          
           1642.
           
        
      
    
     
       
       
       
         
           KING
           
             IAMES
          
           HIS
           LETTER
           
             And
          
           Directions
           to
           the
           Lord
           Arch-Bishop
           of
           
             Canterbury
             ,
          
           concerning
           Preaching
           and
           Preachers
           .
        
         
           
             MOst
             reverend
             Father
             in
             God
             ,
             right
             trusty
             ,
             and
             right
             entirely
             beloved
             Councellour
             ,
             wee
             greet
             you
             well
             ;
          
        
         
           for
           as
           much
           ,
           as
           the
           abuses
           and
           extravagancies
           of
           Preachers
           in
           the
           Pulpit
           ,
           have
           beene
           at
           all
           times
           redressed
           in
           this
           Realme
           by
           some
           act
           of
           Councell
           ,
           or
           State
           ,
           with
           the
           advise
           ,
           and
           resolution
           of
           Grave
           and
           learned
           Prelates
           ,
           insomuch
           ,
           as
           the
           very
           licensing
           of
           Preachers
           had
           a
           beginning
           by
           an
           order
           of
           Starchamber
           ,
           the
           8.
           day
           of
           
             Iuly
             ,
          
           in
           the
           19
           yeare
           of
           the
           Raigne
           of
           King
           
             Henry
          
           the
           eight
           our
           Noble
           Predecessour
           .
           And
           whereas
           at
           this
           present
           divers
           young
           Students
           ,
           by
           reading
           of
           late
           Writers
           and
           ungrounded
           Divines
           ,
           doe
           broach
           many
           times
           unprofitable
           ,
           unsound
           ,
           seditious
           and
           dangerous
           Doctrines
           to
           the
           scandall
           of
           this
           Church
           ,
           and
           disquieting
           of
           the
           State
           ,
           and
           present
           Government
           .
           Wee
           upon
           the
           humble
           representation
           unto
           us
           of
           these
           inconveniences
           ,
           by
           sundry
           Grave
           ,
           and
           reverend
           ,
           
           Prelates
           of
           this
           Church
           ,
           as
           also
           of
           our
           Princely
           care
           and
           zeale
           for
           the
           extirpation
           of
           Schisme
           ,
           and
           discension
           ,
           growing
           from
           these
           Seeds
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           setling
           of
           a
           Religious
           and
           peaceable
           Government
           ,
           both
           of
           the
           Church
           and
           State
           ;
           doe
           by
           these
           our
           speciall
           Letters
           streightly
           charge
           and
           command
           you
           to
           use
           all
           possible
           care
           and
           diligence
           ,
           that
           these
           limitations
           and
           cautions
           herewith
           sent
           unto
           you
           ,
           concerning
           Preachers
           ,
           bee
           duely
           and
           strictly
           from
           henceforth
           observed
           ,
           and
           put
           in
           practise
           by
           the
           severall
           Bishops
           ,
           of
           their
           severall
           Diocesses
           within
           your
           Iurisdiction
           .
           And
           to
           this
           end
           our
           pleasure
           is
           ,
           that
           you
           send
           them
           forth
           Coppies
           of
           these
           directions
           ;
           to
           bee
           by
           them
           speedily
           sent
           and
           communicated
           to
           every
           Parson
           ,
           Vicar
           ,
           Curate
           ,
           and
           Lecturer
           in
           every
           Cathedrall
           and
           Parish
           Church
           ,
           within
           their
           severall
           Diocesses
           ,
           and
           that
           you
           earnestly
           require
           them
           to
           employ
           their
           uttermost
           endeavours
           in
           the
           performance
           of
           this
           so
           important
           a
           businesse
           ,
           letting
           them
           know
           ,
           that
           wee
           have
           a
           speciall
           eye
           to
           their
           proceedings
           ,
           and
           expect
           a
           strict
           accompt
           both
           of
           you
           ,
           and
           every
           of
           them
           .
           And
           these
           our
           Letters
           shall
           bee
           your
           sufficient
           warrant
           in
           this
           behalfe
           .
        
         
           
             Given
             under
             our
             Signet
             at
             our
             Castle
             of
             
               Windsor
            
             
               the
               4.
               day
               of
               
                 August
                 ,
              
               in
               the
               20.
               yeare
               of
               our
               Raigne
               ,
               of
               
                 England
                 ,
                 France
                 ,
              
               and
               
                 Ireland
                 ,
              
               and
               of
               
                 Scotland
                 ,
              
               the
               six
               and
               fiftieth
               ,
               1622.
               
            
          
        
      
       
         
           His
           Majesties
           Orders
           and
           Directions
           ,
           concerning
           Preaching
           and
           Preachers
           .
        
         
           1
           THat
           no
           Preacher
           under
           the
           degree
           and
           calling
           of
           a
           Bishop
           ,
           or
           Deane
           of
           a
           Cathedrall
           or
           Collegiate
           Church
           ,
           (
           and
           they
           upon
           the
           Kings
           dayes
           onely
           ,
           and
           set
           Festivals
           ,
           )
           doe
           take
           occasion
           by
           the
           expounding
           of
           any
           Text
           of
           Scripture
           whatsoever
           ,
           to
           fall
           into
           any
           set
           course
           or
           Common
           place
           ,
           otherwise
           then
           by
           opening
           the
           coherence
           and
           division
           of
           his
           Text
           ,
           which
           shall
           not
           bee
           comprehended
           and
           warranted
           in
           essence
           ,
           substance
           ,
           
           effect
           ,
           or
           naturall
           inference
           ,
           within
           some
           one
           of
           the
           Articles
           of
           Religion
           set
           forth
           ,
           1562.
           
           Or
           in
           some
           ,
           one
           of
           the
           Homilies
           set
           forth
           by
           authority
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           not
           onely
           for
           a
           helpe
           of
           none
           preaching
           ,
           but
           withall
           for
           a
           Paterne
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           ,
           for
           the
           preaching
           Ministers
           ,
           and
           for
           their
           further
           instruction
           for
           the
           performance
           thereof
           :
           that
           they
           forthwith
           read
           over
           and
           peruse
           diligently
           the
           said
           Booke
           of
           Articles
           ,
           and
           the
           two
           Bookes
           of
           
             Homilies
             .
          
        
         
           2
           THat
           no
           Person
           ,
           Vicar
           ,
           Curate
           ,
           or
           Lecturer
           shall
           preach
           any
           Sermon
           or
           collation
           hereafter
           upon
           Sun-dayes
           and
           Holy-dayes
           in
           the
           after
           noones
           in
           any
           Cathedrall
           or
           Parish
           Church
           throughout
           the
           Kingdome
           .
           But
           upon
           some
           part
           of
           the
           Catechisme
           ,
           or
           some
           Text
           taken
           out
           of
           the
           Creed
           and
           Commandements
           ,
           or
           the
           Lords
           prayer
           ,
           (
           Funerall
           Sermons
           onely
           excepted
           ,
           )
           and
           that
           those
           Preachers
           bee
           most
           incouraged
           ,
           and
           approved
           off
           ,
           who
           spend
           their
           afternones
           exercise
           in
           the
           examination
           of
           Children
           in
           their
           Catechismes
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           expounding
           of
           the
           severall
           points
           and
           heads
           of
           the
           Catechisme
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           most
           ancient
           and
           laudable
           custome
           of
           teaching
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           
             England
             .
          
        
         
           3
           THat
           no
           Preacher
           of
           what
           title
           soever
           ,
           under
           the
           Degree
           of
           a
           Bishop
           or
           Deane
           ,
           at
           the
           least
           ,
           doe
           from
           hence
           forth
           presume
           to
           preach
           in
           any
           popular
           auditory
           ,
           the
           deepe
           points
           of
           Predestination
           ,
           Election
           ,
           Reprobation
           ,
           or
           of
           the
           universality
           ,
           efficacity
           ,
           restibility
           or
           irrestibility
           of
           Gods
           grace
           ,
           but
           rather
           leave
           those
           theames
           to
           bee
           handled
           by
           learned
           men
           ,
           and
           that
           modestly
           and
           moderately
           by
           use
           and
           application
           ,
           rather
           then
           by
           way
           of
           positive
           Doctrine
           ,
           as
           being
           fitter
           for
           Schooles
           and
           Vniversities
           then
           for
           simple
           auditories
           .
        
         
           4
           THat
           no
           Preacher
           ,
           of
           what
           title
           or
           denomination
           soever
           shall
           presume
           from
           henceforth
           in
           any
           auditory
           
           within
           this
           Kingdome
           to
           declare
           limit
           or
           bound
           out
           by
           way
           of
           positive
           Doctrine
           in
           any
           Lecture
           or
           Sermon
           ,
           the
           Power
           ,
           Prerogative
           ,
           Iurisdiction
           ,
           Authority
           ,
           or
           Duty
           of
           Soveraigne
           Princes
           ,
           or
           therein
           meddle
           with
           these
           matters
           of
           State
           and
           the
           reference
           betweene
           Princes
           and
           the
           People
           ;
           then
           as
           they
           are
           instructed
           in
           the
           Homily
           of
           obedience
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Homilies
           and
           articles
           of
           Religion
           set
           forth
           ,
           as
           before
           is
           mentioned
           by
           publique
           authority
           ;
           but
           rather
           confine
           themselves
           wholly
           to
           these
           two
           heads
           of
           faith
           and
           good
           life
           ,
           which
           are
           all
           the
           Subject
           of
           the
           ancient
           Sermons
           and
           Homilies
           .
        
         
           5
           THat
           no
           Preacher
           ,
           of
           what
           title
           or
           denomination
           soever
           shall
           causelesly
           ,
           and
           without
           any
           invitation
           from
           the
           Text
           ,
           fall
           into
           any
           bitter
           invective
           and
           undecent
           rayling
           speeches
           against
           the
           Papists
           or
           Puritans
           ,
           but
           wisely
           and
           gravely
           ,
           when
           they
           are
           occasioned
           thereunto
           by
           the
           Text
           of
           Scripture
           ,
           free
           both
           the
           Doctrine
           and
           Discipline
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           
             England
          
           from
           the
           aspersions
           of
           either
           adversary
           ,
           especially
           ,
           where
           the
           auditory
           is
           suspected
           to
           bee
           tainted
           with
           the
           one
           or
           the
           other
           infection
           .
        
         
           6
           LAstly
           ,
           that
           the
           Archbishop
           and
           Bishops
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           ,
           (
           whom
           his
           Majesty
           hath
           good
           cause
           to
           blame
           for
           their
           former
           remisnesse
           )
           bee
           more
           wary
           ,
           and
           chose
           in
           licensing
           of
           Preachers
           ;
           and
           revoke
           all
           grants
           ,
           made
           to
           any
           Chancellour
           ,
           Officiall
           ,
           or
           Commissary
           ,
           to
           passe
           licences
           in
           this
           kind
           :
           and
           that
           all
           the
           Lectures
           throughout
           the
           Kingdome
           ;
           (
           a
           new
           body
           severed
           from
           the
           ancient
           Clergy
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           as
           being
           neither
           Parson
           ,
           Vicar
           ,
           nor
           Curate
           ,
           )
           bee
           licensed
           hence
           forward
           in
           the
           Court
           of
           Faculties
           ,
           onely
           upon
           recommendation
           of
           the
           party
           from
           the
           Bishop
           of
           the
           Diocesse
           under
           his
           Hand
           and
           Seale
           ,
           with
           a
           
             fiat
          
           from
           the
           Lord
           Archbishop
           of
           
             Canterbury
             ,
          
           and
           a
           Confirmation
           under
           the
           great
           Seale
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           and
           that
           such
           ,
           as
           transgresse
           any
           one
           of
           these
           directions
           bee
           
           suspended
           by
           the
           Bishop
           of
           the
           Diocesse
           ,
           or
           in
           his
           default
           by
           the
           Lord
           Archbishop
           of
           the
           Province
           ,
           
             Ab
             officio
             &
             beneficio
             ,
          
           for
           a
           yeare
           and
           a
           day
           ,
           untill
           his
           Majesty
           by
           the
           advise
           of
           the
           next
           convocation
           prescribe
           some
           further
           punishment
           .
        
      
       
         
           The
           Arch-Bishop
           of
           
             Canterburies
          
           Letter
           ,
           to
           the
           Arch-bishop
           of
           
             Yorke
             .
          
        
         
           
             MY
             very
             good
             Lord
             ,
          
        
         
           I
           doubt
           not
           ,
           but
           before
           this
           time
           ,
           you
           have
           received
           from
           mee
           the
           Directions
           of
           his
           most
           excellent
           Majesty
           ,
           concerning
           Preaching
           and
           Preachers
           ,
           which
           are
           so
           graciously
           set
           downe
           ,
           that
           no
           godly
           or
           discreet
           man
           can
           otherwise
           then
           acknowledge
           ,
           that
           they
           doe
           much
           tend
           to
           edification
           ,
           if
           hee
           doe
           not
           take
           them
           up
           upon
           report
           ,
           but
           doe
           punctually
           consider
           the
           tenure
           of
           the
           words
           as
           they
           lye
           ,
           and
           doe
           not
           give
           an
           ill
           construction
           to
           that
           ,
           which
           may
           receive
           a
           faire
           interpretation
           .
           Notwithstanding
           ,
           because
           some
           few
           Churchmen
           ,
           and
           many
           of
           the
           people
           ,
           have
           sinisterly
           conceived
           as
           wee
           here
           find
           ,
           that
           those
           instructions
           doe
           tend
           to
           the
           restraint
           of
           the
           exercise
           of
           preaching
           ,
           and
           doe
           in
           some
           sort
           abate
           the
           number
           of
           Sermons
           and
           so
           consequently
           ,
           by
           degrees
           doe
           make
           a
           breach
           to
           ignorance
           and
           superstition
           ;
           His
           Majesty
           in
           his
           Princely
           wisedome
           ,
           hath
           thought
           fit
           ,
           that
           I
           should
           advertise
           your
           Lordship
           of
           the
           grave
           and
           weighty
           reasons
           ,
           which
           induced
           his
           Highnesse
           to
           prescribe
           that
           which
           is
           done
           .
        
         
           You
           are
           therefore
           to
           know
           ,
           that
           his
           Majesty
           being
           much
           troubled
           and
           grieved
           at
           the
           heart
           ,
           to
           heare
           every
           day
           of
           so
           many
           defections
           from
           our
           Religion
           ,
           both
           to
           Popery
           
           and
           Anabaptisme
           ,
           or
           other
           points
           of
           Seperation
           in
           some
           parts
           of
           this
           Kingdome
           ;
           and
           considering
           with
           much
           admiration
           ;
           what
           might
           bee
           the
           cause
           thereof
           ,
           especially
           in
           the
           Raigne
           of
           such
           a
           King
           ,
           who
           doth
           so
           constantly
           professe
           himselfe
           an
           open
           Adversary
           to
           the
           Superstition
           of
           the
           one
           ,
           and
           madnesse
           of
           the
           other
           ;
           his
           Princely
           wisedome
           could
           fall
           upon
           no
           one
           greater
           probability
           ,
           then
           the
           lightnesse
           ,
           affectednesse
           ,
           and
           unprofitablenesse
           of
           that
           kind
           of
           preaching
           ,
           which
           hath
           beene
           of
           late
           yeares
           too
           much
           taken
           up
           in
           Court
           ,
           Vniversity
           ,
           City
           ,
           and
           Countrey
           .
        
         
           The
           usuall
           scope
           of
           very
           many
           Preachers
           ,
           is
           noted
           to
           bee
           
             soringe
          
           up
           in
           points
           of
           Divinty
           ,
           too
           deepe
           for
           the
           cap●city
           of
           the
           people
           ,
           or
           a
           mustring
           up
           of
           much
           reading
           ,
           or
           a
           displaying
           of
           their
           owne
           wit
           ,
           or
           an
           ignorant
           medling
           with
           civill
           matters
           ,
           as
           well
           in
           the
           private
           of
           severall
           Parishes
           and
           Corporations
           ,
           as
           in
           the
           publike
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           ;
           or
           a
           venting
           of
           their
           owne
           distast
           ,
           or
           a
           smoothing
           up
           of
           those
           idle
           fancies
           ,
           which
           in
           this
           blessed
           time
           of
           so
           long
           a
           peace
           ,
           doe
           boile
           in
           the
           braines
           of
           an
           unadvised
           people
           ,
           or
           lastly
           ,
           a
           rude
           or
           undecent
           rayling
           not
           against
           the
           Doctrines
           (
           which
           when
           the
           Text
           shall
           occasion
           the
           same
           ,
           is
           not
           onely
           improved
           ,
           but
           much
           commended
           by
           his
           Royall
           Majesty
           ;
           )
           but
           against
           the
           Persons
           of
           Papists
           and
           Puritans
           .
           Now
           the
           people
           bred
           up
           with
           this
           kind
           of
           teaching
           ,
           and
           never
           instructed
           in
           the
           Catechisme
           and
           fundamentall
           grounds
           of
           Religion
           ,
           are
           for
           all
           this
           Ayry
           nourishment
           ,
           no
           better
           then
           
             (
             abrajae
             tabulae
             ;
             )
          
           new
           table
           bookes
           ready
           to
           bee
           filled
           up
           ,
           either
           with
           the
           Manuals
           and
           Catechismes
           of
           the
           Popish
           Priests
           ,
           or
           the
           Papers
           and
           Pamphlets
           of
           Anabaptists
           ,
           Brownists
           ,
           and
           Puritans
           .
        
         
           His
           Majesty
           therefore
           calling
           to
           mind
           the
           saying
           of
           
             Tertullian
             ,
             (
             Id
             verum
             quod
             primum
             ;
             )
          
           and
           remembring
           ,
           with
           what
           Doctrine
           the
           Church
           of
           
             England
          
           in
           her
           first
           and
           most
           happy
           Reformation
           ,
           did
           drive
           out
           the
           one
           ,
           and
           keepe
           out
           the
           other
           from
           poisoning
           and
           infecting
           the
           people
           of
           this
           Kingdome
           :
           doth
           find
           that
           the
           whole
           scope
           of
           this
           Doctrine
           ,
           is
           contained
           in
           the
           articles
           of
           Religion
           ,
           the
           
           two
           bookes
           of
           Homilies
           ,
           the
           lesser
           and
           the
           greater
           Catechisme
           ,
           which
           his
           Majesty
           doth
           recommend
           againe
           in
           these
           Directions
           as
           the
           Theames
           and
           proper
           Subjects
           of
           all
           sound
           and
           edifying
           preaching
           .
        
         
           And
           so
           farre
           are
           these
           Directions
           from
           abating
           ,
           that
           his
           Majesty
           doth
           expect
           at
           our
           hands
           ,
           that
           it
           should
           increase
           the
           number
           of
           Sermons
           by
           renuing
           upon
           every
           Sunday
           in
           the
           afternone
           in
           all
           Parish
           Churches
           throughout
           the
           Kingdome
           ,
           that
           Primitive
           ,
           and
           most
           profitable
           exposition
           of
           the
           Catechisme
           ,
           where
           with
           the
           people
           ,
           (
           yea
           )
           very
           Children
           may
           bee
           timely
           seasoned
           and
           instructed
           in
           all
           the
           heads
           of
           Christian
           Religion
           ,
           the
           which
           kind
           of
           teaching
           (
           to
           our
           amendment
           bee
           it
           spoken
           ,
           )
           is
           more
           diligently
           observed
           in
           all
           the
           reformed
           Churches
           of
           
             Europe
             ,
          
           then
           of
           late
           it
           hath
           beene
           here
           in
           
             England
             .
          
           I
           find
           his
           Majesty
           much
           moved
           with
           this
           neglect
           ,
           and
           resolved
           ;
           (
           if
           wee
           that
           are
           his
           Bishops
           ,
           doe
           not
           see
           a
           Reformation
           hereof
           ,
           which
           I
           trust
           wee
           shall
           )
           to
           recommend
           it
           to
           care
           of
           the
           Civill
           Magistrate
           .
           So
           farre
           is
           his
           Highnesse
           from
           giving
           the
           least
           discouragement
           to
           sollide
           preaching
           ,
           or
           discreet
           ,
           or
           religious
           Preachers
           .
        
         
           To
           all
           this
           ,
           I
           am
           to
           adde
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           his
           Majesties
           Princely
           pleasure
           ,
           that
           both
           the
           former
           Directions
           ,
           and
           those
           reasons
           of
           the
           same
           ,
           bee
           fairely
           written
           in
           every
           Registers
           office
           ;
           to
           the
           end
           ,
           that
           every
           Preacher
           of
           what
           denomination
           soever
           ,
           may
           if
           hee
           bee
           so
           pleased
           take
           out
           Coppies
           of
           either
           of
           them
           with
           his
           owne
           hand
           
             (
             gratis
             ;
             )
          
           paying
           nothing
           in
           the
           name
           of
           fee
           and
           expedition
           .
           But
           if
           hee
           doe
           use
           the
           paines
           of
           the
           Register
           ,
           or
           his
           Clarkes
           ,
           then
           to
           pay
           some
           moderate
           fee
           ,
           to
           bee
           pronounced
           in
           open
           Court
           by
           the
           Chancellours
           and
           Commissaries
           of
           the
           place
           ,
           taking
           the
           direction
           and
           approbation
           of
           my
           Lords
           ,
           the
           Bishops
           .
           Lastly
           ,
           that
           from
           hence
           forward
           a
           course
           may
           bee
           taken
           ,
           that
           every
           Parson
           ,
           Vicar
           ,
           Curate
           ,
           or
           Lecturer
           ,
           doe
           make
           exhibite
           of
           these
           his
           Majesties
           Directions
           ,
           and
           the
           reasons
           for
           the
           same
           at
           the
           ensuing
           visitation
           of
           the
           Bishops
           and
           Arch-Deacons
           ,
           
           paying
           to
           the
           Register
           by
           way
           of
           fee
           ,
           but
           two
           pence
           at
           the
           time
           of
           the
           exhibite
           ;
           and
           so
           wishing
           ,
           but
           withall
           ,
           in
           his
           Majesties
           name
           ,
           requiring
           your
           Lordship
           to
           have
           a
           speciall
           and
           extraordinary
           care
           of
           the
           premisses
           .
           I
           leave
           you
           to
           the
           Almighty
           .
        
         
           
             
               From
            
             Croyden
             ,
             
               Sept.
               4.
               1622.
               
            
          
           
             Your
             Lordships
             very
             loving
             Brother
             ,
             G.
             CANT.
          
        
      
       
         
           The
           Lord
           Arch-Bishops
           Letter
           ,
           to
           the
           Lord
           Keeper
           .
        
         
           BY
           this
           you
           see
           ,
           his
           Majesties
           Princely
           care
           ,
           That
           none
           should
           preach
           CHRIST
           crucified
           ,
           obedience
           to
           the
           Higher
           Powers
           ,
           and
           Honest
           ,
           and
           Christian
           conversation
           of
           life
           ,
           but
           in
           a
           Religious
           forme
           ;
           and
           not
           ,
           that
           every
           young
           man
           shall
           take
           unto
           himselfe
           an
           exorbitant
           liberty
           to
           teach
           what
           he
           listeth
           ,
           to
           the
           offence
           of
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           the
           disturbance
           and
           disquiet
           of
           the
           Church
           and
           Common-wealth
           .
           I
           can
           give
           your
           Lordship
           no
           better
           directions
           for
           the
           pursuance
           hereof
           ,
           then
           are
           prescribed
           to
           you
           in
           his
           Majesties
           Letter
           ,
           and
           the
           Schedule
           herewith
           sent
           unto
           you
           ,
           whereof
           I
           pray
           your
           Lordship
           to
           bee
           very
           carefull
           ,
           since
           it
           is
           the
           Princely
           pleasure
           of
           his
           Highnesse
           
           to
           require
           an
           accompt
           both
           of
           you
           and
           mee
           for
           the
           same
           .
           And
           so
           not
           doubting
           ,
           but
           by
           your
           Register
           ,
           or
           otherwise
           ,
           you
           will
           cause
           these
           instructions
           to
           bee
           communicated
           to
           your
           Clergy
           .
           I
           leave
           you
           to
           the
           Almighty
           and
           remaine
           .
        
         
           
             Your
             loving
             Brother
             ,
             G.
             CANT.
          
        
         
           FINI●
           .