SYNODALIA. A COLLECTION OF ARTICLES OF RELIGION, CANONS, AND PROCEEDINGS OF CONVOCATIONS, SYNODALIA. A COLLECTION OF ARTICLES OF RELIGION, CANONS, AND PROCEEDINGS OF CONVOCATIONS IN THE PROVINCE OF CANTERBURY, FROM THE YEAR 1547 TO THE YEAR 1717. WITH NOTES HISTORICAL AND EXPLANATORY BY EDWARD CARDWELL, D.D. PRINCIPAL OF ST. ALBAN^ HALL. VOL. II. OXFORD: AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS. MDCOCXLII. ACTS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CONVOCATION. e e Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2015 https://archive.org/details/synodaliacollect02chur 15470 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. 419 r. Papse Rom. Archiep. Cant. Anno Christi Reg. Anglia» Paul. III. 13. Tuo. Cranmer. 15. 1 5+7. Edward. VI. 1. Sy nodus provincialis Cantuar. per breve regis Edwardi VI. dat. xxix. die Augusti, convocata quinto die NovembrisS in ecclesia S. Pauli London ; et deinde per aliud breve dat. xxvi. die Decembris ad vicesimum primum diem Aprilis prorogata fuit. Ex reg. Cranmer fol. 12. ERACTTS sacris, exhibitisque certificatoriis et pro- curatoriis elerus inferioris domus convocationis Jo- 10 hannem Taylour in prolocutorem elegit, quem reveren- dissimus admisit. In secunda hujus synodi sessione, die sc. vicesimo secundo mensis Novembris, concordatum fuit in domo inferiori, ut dominus prolocutor nomine totius domus 15 referat reverendissimo, &c. sequeutes petitiones. 1. Quod provideatur, ut ecclesiasticae leges examinen- tur et promulgentur, juxta statutum parliament] editi 35 Hen. VIII. c. 19- Synodus provincialis'] " In this convocation the archbishop bore the 20 great sway ; and what things were agitated herein, were chiefly by his motion and direction : some whereof were turned into laws by the parliament, that was now sitting, through his activeness and influence. As particularly that repeal of the statute of the six articles and of some other severe laws, decreeing divers things treason and felony, made in 25' the former king's reign. For when the archbishop in the convocation had made a speech to the clergy, exhorting them to give themselves to the study of the scriptures, and to consider what things in the church needed reformation, that so the church might be discharged of all popish trash not yet thrown out ; some told him, that as long as the 30 six articles remained, it was not safe for them to deliver their opinions. e e 2 420 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [I. 2. Item, ut pro nonnullis urgentibus causis, convocatio hujus cleri, si fieri possit, assumatur et cooptetur in inferiorem domura parliament^ sicut ab antiquo fieri consuevit. 3. Item, ut opera episcopomm, et aliorum, qui alias, 5 ex mandato convocationis, servitio divino examinando, reformando, et edendo, invigilarunt, proferantur, et hujus domus examinationem subeant. 4. Item, ut rigor statuti de primitiis, domino nostro regi solvendis, aliquantisper, in certis urgentibus clausulis, 10 moderetur, et reformetur, si commode fieri potest. The words of their petition, as they were found in arch- bishop Cranmer's MS. in the hands of Edward Stil- lingfleet, late bishop of Worcester. First, that ecclesiastical laws may be made and esta-15 blislied in this realm, by thirty-two persons, or so many as shall please the king's majesty to name or appoint, according to the effect of a late statute made in the thirty-fifth year of the most noble king, and of the most famous memory, king Henry VIII ; so that all judges 20 ecclesiastical, proceeding after those laws, may be with- out danger and peril. This he reported to the council : upon which they ordered this act of repeal. " By his means also another great thing, moved in the convocation, 25 was now ratified and made a law by this parliament : which was, for the administration of the communion under both kinds throughout the kingdom of England and Ireland. And upon this the king appointed certain grave and learned bishops and others to assemble at Windsor Castle, there to treat and confer together; and to conclude upon and set 30 forth one perfect and uniform order of communion, according to the rules of scripture, and the use of the primitive church." Strype, Cran. vol. i. p. 223. Comp. Stillingfleet, Irenic. Works, vol. ii. p. 397. Heylin, Hist. Ref. p. 48. Burnet, Hist. Ref. vol. ii. p. 83. Collier, vol. ii. p. 233. Lingard, vol. iv. p. 390. '547-J Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. 421 Also that according to the ancient custom of this realm, and the tenor of the king's writs for the sum- moning of the parliament, which be now, and ever have been directed to the bishops of every diocese, the clergy of the lower house of convocation may be adjoined and 5 associated with the lower house of parliament; or else that all such statutes and ordinances, as shall be made concerning all matters of religion, and causes ecclesi- astical, may not pass without the sight and assent of the said clergy. 10 Also that whereas by the commandment of king Henry VIII. certain prelates and other learned men were ap- pointed to alter the service in the church, and to devise other convenient and uniform order therein, who accord- ing to the same appointment did make certain books, as 15 they be informed ; their request is, that the said books may be seen and perused by them, for a better expedition of divine service to be set forth accordingly. Also that men being called to spiritual promotions or benefices, may have some allowance for their necessary 20 living and other charges, to be sustained and borne con- cerning the said benefices, in the first year wherein they pay the first fruits. In quinta et sexta sessione hujus synodi, nemine recla- mante, communio sub utraque specie stabilita fuit; in 25 quarum ultima nonnulli e domo inferiori convocations electi sunt ad concipiendam formam statuti pro decimis solvendis in urbibus. In septima sessione (nono die Decembris) " communi consensu nominati fuerunt solicitatores ad obtinendum3o effectus sequentes; viz. that the petition made to have . this house adjoined to the lower house of the parliament may be obtained. Item, that a mitigation of the sore penalty, expressed in the statutes, against the recusants for non-payment of the perpetual tenth, may be also 35 obtained. And the same day were likewise appointed — 422 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [I. to associate Mr. Prolocutor to my lord of Canterbury to know a determinate answer what indempnity and im- munity this house shall have to treat of matters of religion, in cases forbidden by the statutes of this realm to treat in. 5 The words of their address out of archbishop Cranmer's papers were these. Where the clergy in the present convocation assem- bled, have made humble suit unto the most reverend father in God, my lord archbishop of Canterbury, and all 10 other bishops, that it may please them to be a mean to the king's majesty, and the lord protector's grace, that the said clergy, according to the tenor of the king's [writ] and the ancient laws and customs of this noble realm, might have their room and place, and be asso-15 ciated with the commons in the nether house of this j) resent parliament, as members of the commonwealth, and the king's most humble subjects; and if this may not be permitted and granted to them, that then no laws concerning the Christian religion, or which shall concern 20 especially the persons, possessions, rooms, livings, jurisdic- tions, goods, or chatels of the said clergy, may pass nor be enacted, the said clergy not being made privy there- unto, and their answers and reasons not heard : the said clergy do most humbly beseech an answer and declara-25 tion to be made unto them, what the said most reverend father in God, and all other the bishops have done in this their humble suit and request, to the end, that the said clergy, if need be, may choose of themselves such able and discreet persons, which shall effectually follow the 30 same suit in the name of them all. And where in a statute ordained and established by authority of parliament at Westminster, in the twenty- second year of the reign of the most excellent prince king Henry VIII, the clergy of this realm, submitting 35 I547-] Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. 423 themselves to the king's highness, did acknowledge and confess according to the truth, that the convocations of the same clergy hath been, and ought to be assembled by the king's writ. And did promise further, in verbo sacerdotii, that they never from henceforth would pre- 5 sume to attempt, allege, claim, or put in ure, or enact, promulge, or execute any new canons, constitutions, ordi- nances, provincial or other, or by whatsoever other name they should be called, in the convocation, unless the king's most royal assent and license may to them be had, 10 to make, promulge or execute the same ; and his majesty to give his most royal assent and authority in that behalf, upon pain of every one of the clergy doing the contrary, and being thereof convict, to suffer imprisonment, and make fine at the king's will. And that no canons, con- 15 stitutions or ordinances shall be made, or put in exe- cution within this realm, by authority of the convocation of the clergy, which shall be repugnant to the king's pre- rogative royal, or the customs, laws or statutes of this realm. Which statute is efteoons renewed and esta-20 blished in the twenty-seventh year of the reign of the said most noble king, as by the tenor of both statutes more at large will appear. The said clergy being pre- sently assembled in convocation by authority of the king's writ, do desire that the king's majesty's license in writing 25 may be for them obtained and granted, according to the effect of the said statute, authorizing them to attempt, treat and commune of such matters, and therein freely to give their consents, which otherwise they may not do upon pain of peril promised. 30 Also the said clergy desireth that such matters as concerneth religion, which be disputable, may be quietly and in good order reasoned and disputed among them in this house, whereby the verities of such matters shall the better appear. And the doubts being opened and reso-35 lutely discussed, men may be fully persuaded with the quietness of their consciences, and the time well spent." 424 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [I. In sessione octava (xvii. die Decembris) " exhibita fuit qua?dam propositio sub his verbis: that all such canons, laws, statutes, decrees, usages and customs heretofore made, had or used, that forbad any person to contract matrimony, or condemn matrimony already contracted, by any person, 5 for any vow or promise of priesthood, chastity or widow- hood, shall from henceforth cease, be utterly void, and of none effect. Cui propositioni multi subscripserunt, af- firmantes 53, negantes 22." Et quia doctor Johannes Redman huic convocationi non interfuit, sensum suumio ut separatim declararet, rogabatur; quern subscriptione sua hoc modo expressit. " I think that though the word of God do exhort and counsel priests to live in chastity, out of the cumber of the flesh and the world, that thereby they may the 15 more wholly attend to their calling; yet the band of containing from marriage doth only lie upon priests of this realm by reason of canons and constitutions of the church, and not by any precept of God's word, as in that they should be bound by reason of any vow, which (in as 20 far as my conscience is) priests in this church of England do not make : I think that it standeth well with God's word, that a man, which hath been and is but once mar- ried, being otherwise accordingly qualified, may be made a priest. And I think that forasmuch as canons and 25 rules, made in this behalf, be neither universal nor ever- lasting, but upon considerations may be altered and changed ; therefore the king's majesty and the higher powers of the church may, upon such reason as shall move them, take away the clog of perpetual continency3o from priests, and grant that it may be lawful to such as cannot or will not contain, to marry one wife ; and if she dies, then the said priest to marry no more, remain- ing still in his ministration." , 553-] Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. 425 II. Papae Rom. Archiep. Cant. Anno Christi Reg. Angliae Julii III. 4. Tho. Cranmer. 23. '553- Marine i. Convocatio provincial Cantuariensis. Ex reg. Cranmer. fol. 14. et regist. convoc. 5 CONVOCATIO provincial Cantuariensis, ii. die Martii per breve regium summonita, primo die Aprilis per aliud dissolvebatur. Eadem convocabatur ad xix. diem Septembris per breve regium dat. xix. Junii. Antequam autem dies ille illucesceret, rege Edwardo sexto mortuo, 10 regina Maria breve regium archiepiscopo Cant, more solito directum dat. iv. Augusti emisit ad convocandum prselatos et clerum provincial Cant, in ecclesia S. Pauli London, vi. die Octobris prox. In primo hujus convo- cations die post electionem Hugonis Weston in prolo- 15 cutorem, episcopus London, praeses earn continuavit ad diem Veneris seq. Octob. 13. et ab hoc in alium, sc. Octob. 20. quo die exhibitae sunt duge propositiones dispu- tandae (de reali prsesentia Christi in Sacramento altaris, Convocatio provincice] " In this synod there was great stir to restore 20 the abandoned doctrines again, and especially those of the mass : yet some few learned and good men of the reformation here shewed them- selves, that tightly disputed these points with them : viz. Philpot, Haddon, Aylmer, and one or two more, whose disputations may be read in Mr. Fox. (Acts and Mon. p. 1410. ed. 1583.) At last, four25 points were denned by the upper house on the following subjects ; De sacramento altaris, De transubstantiatione, De adoratione eucha- ristiae et reservatione, De substantia sacrificii ecclesiae, et ejus institutione, et a quibus et pro quibus, et cui offerendum. Out of these doctrines were framed by this synod three questions to be disputed on at Oxford, 30 by some members of the same and others, of both universities, against archbishop Cranmer, Ridley and Latymer, who were sent down thither on purpose. These questions are, J. In sacramento altaris, virtute verbi divini a sacerdote prolati, praesens est sub speciebus panis et vini realiter verum et naturale corpus Christi, quod ex virgine natum est ; 35 426 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [II. et de transubstantiatione) et libellus inscriptus " Cate- chismus" in ultima synodo promulgatus, reprobatus fuit. Quibus articulis subscripserunt omnes praeter Walterum Phillips, decanum Roff, Ja. Haddon, Joh. Philpot, Rich. Chenye et Joh. Elmer; qui ad diem Lunae audiendisS disputationibus assignatum opponentes erant, et magistri Moreman, Chedsye, Glyn, Watson, Feknam, Morgan, Phillip et Harpsfelde respondentes. Horum disputantium vices prolocutor de triduo in triduum mutari voluit, sed opponentes primum electi respondentium partes suscipere 10 expresse recusarunt; ideo penultimo die Octobris mag. Philpot propter ignorantiam, arrogantiam, insolentiam ac pertinacitatem ad disputand. non est ulterius admissus nisi in causis civilibus ; et cessantibus disputationibus, opponentes supra nominati fidem et opinionem suam de 15 sacramento altaris declarare sunt requisiti. Hujus etiam diei actis assuitur catalogus omnium de clero qui " Cate- chismum" sub Edw. VI. editum reprobaverunt. Et post- quam die 27. Octobris de quibusdam articulis in synodo tractatum, et convocatio iterum iterumque prorogata fu-20 isset, 13. die Dec. breve a regina ad dissolvendam convo- cationem introducebatur. item et naturalis ejus sanguis. 2. Post consecrationem non remanet substantia panis, neque ulla alia substantia, praeter substantiam Christi, Dei et hominis. 3. In missa est vivificum ecclesiae sacrificium pro pec- 25 catis tam mortuorum quam vivorum propitiabile. To which was added a fourth, which yet was not disputed on, viz. Ecclesia sancta catholica hominibus nota non potest errare in his qure sunt fidei ; neque generalia concilia eandem ecclesiam repraesentantia." Strype, Mem. vol. iii. P. 1. p. 73. Cranm. vol. i. p. 461. Comp. Collier, vol. ii. pp. 355, 367. Burnet, 30 Hist. Ref. vol. ii. p. 526. Neal, Purit. vol. i. p. 62. Fuller, Ch. Hist, cent. xvi. b. viii. p. 1 1. Heylin, Hist. Ref. p. 199. " The acts of this and the following convocation, being never fair transcribed into the convocation book, (the leaves of which are here left blank for them,) the minutes of what they did, and when they were dis- 35 solved, are, I doubt, entirely lost." Wake, State &c. p. 496. But the disputation which took place on the real presence, is given at great length by Fox, Acts and Mon. pp. 1410 — 141 7. j 554-] -4cfa and Proceedings in Convocation. 427 III. Papae Rom. Archiep. Cant. Anno Christi Reg. Angliae Julii III. 5. Tho. Cranmer. 22. '554- Marine i. Convocatio prcelatomm et cleri provincice Cantuariensis. Ex reg. convoc. et reg. London. Bonner, fol. 339- 5 SEDE archiepiscopali Cant, per attincturam (verba re- gistri Bonner audis) et convictionem Tbomae Cran- mer, ultimi archiepiscopi Cant, de alta proditione sive crimine laesae majestatis convicti et condemnati, tunc vacante, convocatio per breve regium directum episcopis 10 London. Cicestren. Hereforden. Bathon. et Wellen. Glou- cestren. Lincoln. Meneven. et Roffen. tertio die Aprilis in ecclesia B. Mariae Oxon. summonita, per aliud breve ab Oxonia ad ecclesiam S. Pauli London, prorogata fait. In hujus synodi primordiis omnia juxta consuetam for-^ mam, praesidente episcopo London, peracta sunt. Quinto die Aprilis prolocutor Hugo Weston a praeside convocationis admittebatur ; ibi etiam tractabatur de eli- gendis quibusdam de clero, qui totius vice cleri mitte- rentur Oxoniam, ad tractandum cum domino Cranmero, 20 domino Ridleo, nuper praetenso episcopo London, et Hugone Latymer, olim episc. Wigorn. de quibusdam articulis religionem concernentibus. Et delecti sunt doc- tor Weston, Oglethorp, Chedseye, Seton, Cole, JefFery, Fecknam, et Harpesfeld ad eftectum prsedictum. Etas quia praedictus prolocutor non potuit adesse dictae convo- cationi, substituit N. Har])esfeld et Joh. Wimbleseye conjunctim et divisim in loco suo. Convocatio prcelatorum] Comp. Strype, Cranm. vol. i. p. 487. Mem. vol. iii. P. 1. p. 252. Collier, vol. ii. p. 367. Burnet, Hist. Ref. vol.ii. 3° p. 562. Wake, MSS. Misc. 40. p. 93. 428 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [III. Vicesimo septimo ejusdem mensis (post diversas conti- nuationes, in quibus nihil actum est memoratu dignum) post aliquales tractatus et colloquia de reformatione status cleri in convocatione habita, comparuerunt in domo capi- tulari S. Pauli London, prolocutor ac alii doctores, viz. 5 theologiae professores et legum utriusque universitatis nu- per ad universitatem Oxoniae destinati, et praeseutaverunt processum super examinatione Thomae Cranmer, Nicolai Ridley, et Hugonis Latymer per eosdera doctores ex speciali commissione eis directa habit, et fact, sub sigillo 10 universitatis Oxon. ac subscriptione notariorum publico- rum una cum quibusdam aliis scriptis. Die ultimo Aprilis in domo capitulari S. Pauli London, coram praeside S)Tiodi Edmundo, London, episcopo, Wal- terus Phillips proposuit, quod cum in convocatione cele-J5 brata termino Michaelis ultimo in hoc loco, ipse cum paucis aliis disputabat contra realem Christi praesentiam in sacramento, et contra transubstantiationem, et etiam re- cusavit subscribere articulis propositis ibidem ; jam habita apud se deliberatione, agnoscit erratum suum, et profite-20 tur se palam ex animo credere contenta in ipsis articulis ; et ad majorem fidei suae manifestationem subscripsit et promisit se posthac praedicaturum apud eos, quos antea infecit. Et postea accersitus in domum superiorem, id ipsum coram praelatis et caeteris praesentibus professus est 25 publice et spopondit. Quarto die mensis Maii in convocatione omnes de clero consenserunt, ut quaecunque substitutiones eorum nonii- nibus factae firmse permanerent ad omnia expedienda in ilia domo, ac si substituentes praesentes essent. Et sta-30 tutum est, quod, quicunque hujus domus in futuro prae- sentes, possint seligere quoscunque eis placuerit ex uni- versitatibus Oxon. et Cantabr. ad interessendum cum ipsis negotiis quibuscunque in hac domo expediendis. Hanc convocationem post varias prorogationes Edmundus, 35 London, episcopus, praesidens 25. die mensis Maii ad J 554~] -4 canon laws, and all other statutes, towelling the same may be repealed, voide and abolished ; and that the bishops, and other ordinaries may call all beneficed men to be resident upon their cures, as before the making of that act they mought have done. 15 6. Item, that the ordinaries do from tyme to tyme make process for punishment of all simoniacall persons, of whom it is thought there were never so many within this realm ; and that not only the clerks, but also the patrones, and all the mediators of such patrons, may 20 be punished ; wherein we think good, that order were taken, that the patrones shuld lose their patronage, during their natural life, according to the ecclesiastical 1 constitutions of this realme. 7. Item, That the auntient libertie, authoritie, and 25 jurisdiction be restored to the church of England, accord- ing to th'article of the great charte call'd " Magna charta," at the least wise in such sort, as it was in the first yere of Henry VIII. And touching this article, we shall de- sire your lordshipps to be with us most bumble sutors to 3° the kings and queens majestys, and to my lord legate, for the remission of the importable burden of the first fruicts, tenths, and subsidies. In which sute whatsoever advancements your lordships shall think good to be offered to their majestys for the same, Ave shall therein be 35 always glad to do as shall be thought good. x f 2 436 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. V^- 8. Item, That no attachment of " premunire" be awarded agenst any bishop, or other ordinarie ecclesi- astical from henceforth in any matter, but that a pro- hibition be first brought to the same ; and that yt may please the kings and queens majestie to commande the 5 temporal judges of this realme to explicate and declare playnly all and singuler articles of the " premunire" and to make a certain doctrine thereof. 9- Item, That the statutes of the provisurs be not drawn by unjust interpretation out of their proper cases, 10 nor from the proper sence of the words of the same statutes. 10. Item, That the statute of the submission of the clergie made anno 25 Henry VIII. and all other statutes made during the time of the late schisme, in derogation *5 of the liberties and jurisdictions of the church, from the first yere of king Henry VIII. may be repealed, and the church restored " in integrum." 11. Item, That the statute made for finding of great horses by ecclesiastical persons may likewise be repealed. 20 12. Item, That userers may be punished by the canon lawes, as in tymes past has been used. 13. Item, That those which lay violent hands upon any priest, or other ecclesiastical minister being in orders, may be punyshed by the canon lawes, as in times past 25 has been used. 14. Item, That all priests, deacons, and sub-deacons, and all other having prebends, or other ecclesiastical provisions, or benefices, do from henseforth use such priestlye habite, as the qualitie of his state and benefice 3° requireth. 15. Item, That married priests may be compellyd to forsake their women, whom they take as their wives. 16. Item, That an order be taken for the bringing up of yowth in good lernyng and vertue, and that the schole-35 masters of this realme may be catholick men, and all I554-J -4cfc and Proceedings in Convocation. 437 other to be removed, that are either sacramentaries, or hereticks, or otherwise notable criminous persons. 17. Deest. 18. Item, where the mayre of London, by force of a decree made anno. ..Henry VIII. hath attributed to him 5 the cognition of causes of tithes in London ; that from henceforth the same cognition and jurisdiction may ut- terly cease, and be reduced immediately to the bishop of London, ordinary there. 19- Item, That tithes may henceforth be paid accord-" ing to the canon lawes. 20. Item, That lands and places appropriated to monas- teries, which, at the time of dissolution and suppression thereof, were exempt from payment of tithes, may be now allotted to certain parishes, and there chargeable to pay 15 like tithes as other parishioners do. 21. Item, That there be a straight law made, whereby the reparations of chancells, which are notoriously decaied through the realme, may be dewly repaired from tyme to tyme, by such as by the lawe ought to do the same ; and 20 namely by such as be in the kings and queens hands. And that th'ordinaries may lawfully procede in causes of dilapidation, as well of them, as of all other parsonages, vicarages, and other ecclesiastical benefices and promo- tions. 25 22. Item, That order be taken for the more speedy payment of pensions to all priests pensioners, and that they might have the same without long suits or charges. 23. Item, That another order be taken for the payment of personal tithes in cities, and towns, and elsewhere, as 30 was used in anno 21 Henry VIII. 24. Item, That such priests as were lately married, and refuse to reconsile themselfs to their order, and to be restored to administration, may have some especial ani- madversions, whereby as apostates they may be discerned 35 from others. 438 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [IV. 25. Item, That religious women, which be married, may be divorced. 26. Item, That in divorces which are made from bedd and boord, provision may be made that the innocent woman may enjoy such lands and goods as were hers 5 before the marriage, or that happened to come to her use at any time duringe the marriage. And that yt may not be lawfull for the husband, being for his offence divorced from the said woman, to entermeddle himself with the said lands or goods, unless his wife be to him reconciled. io 27. Item, That wardeyns of churches and chappells may render their accompts before th'ordinaries, and may be by them compelled to do the same. 28. Item, that all such ecclesiastical persons, as lately have spoyled cathedral, collegiate, and other churches of 15 their own heads and temeritie, may be compelled to re- store all and singuler things, so by them taken away, or the trewe valewe thereof; and further to reedifie such things, as by them are destroyed and defaced. " Ut citra damnum et periculum jurium et statutorum 20 hujus regni evpiscopi et eorum officiarii possint cogno- scere, procedere, decernere et sententiam proferre in his articulis sequentibus." 1. Ut episcopi possint cogere proprietaries et portio- narios ecclesiarum ad omnes impensas ad onera susti-25 nenda, quibus de jure vel a>quo et bono obligantur ; eo non obstante, quod decimae et portiones earum conversse sint in feudum laicum ; et etiam aliis quibuscunque peri- culis, et impedimentis non obstantibus. 2. Ut liceat episcopo augere portiones et pensiones3° vicariorum pro eo atque opus videbitur; etiamsi decimae, portiones, terra?, vel tenementa a dictis ecclesiis exeuntia, conversa sint in feudum laicum, aut alio quovis modo ab ecclesia separata. J554-] Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. 439 3. Cum multis in locis ecclesiastica ornamenta, aliaque ad divinum ministerium necessaria desiderentur ; ut epi- scopi, et eorum officiarii possint adigere parochianos ad symbolum in cam rem faciendum, et ut quisque paro- chianus impositam pecuniae summam cogatur pendere. 5 4. Ut parochiani possint cogi ad solvendum annuum stipendium ecclesiae ministro (quem vulgo clericum vocant) pro eo atque ante schisma mos obtinuerat. 5. Ut episcopi et eorum officiarii possint in judicio sistere, et ad restitutionem cogere eos, qui citra ullum io justum titulum de jure hujus regni ipsis competentem, invaserunt, occuparunt, aut detinuerunt terras, prsedia, aut alia quaecunque ecclesiae bona aut peculia. 6. Cum in locis sylvestribus, ob pecorum et frumenti inopiam maxima fructuum pars ex sylvis cseduis prove- 15 niat, ut parochiani pro antiquo more cogantur earum de- cimas solvere ; non obstantibus hujus regni statutis. 7. Ut liceat eos ad jurisjurandi religionem adigere, de respondendo certis quibusdam positionibus, qui propter personales decimas in judicio conveniuntur. 20 8. Ut in ecclesiis Cath. nuper erectis et constitutis, hypocanonici, et alii ministri coelibes cogantur mensam habere communem. 9. Ut quoe nuper sacerdotum uxores habitas sunt, his libera nubendi potestas promulgetur. 25 10. Ut rectores, vicarii, et ecclesiarum proprietarii ad certum numerum sacrarum concionum in ecclesiis haben- darum adigantur. 11. Ut simonia, quae hodie mire in ecclesia grassatur, severe puniatur. 3° 12. Ut pensiones a rectoribus olim monasteriis perso- lutae in numerata pecunia, nunc itidem in pecunia nume- rata, et non in frugibus, solvantur laicis proprietariis, ut hospitalitati sacerdotum consulatur. 13. Ne sacerdotes diversoria aut oenopolia adeant, nisi 35 necessarii victus comparandi causa. 440 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [V. 14. Ne rectores aut vicarii possint elocare sacerdotia citra consensum episcopi. 1 5. Ut minores parochias episcopi possint unire. 16. Ne posthac nundinoc in celebrioribus festis aut do- minicis diebus fieri permittantur, quo populus ad ecele-5 siam conveniat sine absentia; praetextu. V. Papa? Rorn. Archiepi'sc. Cant. Anno Christi Reg. Anglias Julii III. 5. Tho. Ciiajjmer. 23. ISS4- Marine i. Episcoporum et cleri provincice Cantuar. libeMus Supple.no rep et regina exhibitus de obtinenda dispensatione a cardinali Polo, papce legato, de bonis ecclesice. Strype's Mem. Eccles. vol.iii. append, p. 60. Habetur hsec pe- titio Anglice in Heylin Hist. Reform, p. 213. ad annum. I5 NOS episcopi et clerus Cantuariensis provincial in liac synodo more nostro solito, dum regni parliamentum celebratur, congregati, cum omni debita humilitate et reverentia exponimus majestatibus vestris ; quod licet ec- clesiarum, quibus in episcopos, decanos, arcbidiaconos, 20 rectores, et vicarios praefecti sumus, et animarum, qua? nobis et curse nostra? subjects: sunt, et earundem bonorum, jurisdictionum, et jurium, et sacrorum canonum dispo- sitione defensores et curatores constituti sumus ; et prop- terea ipsorum bona, jurisdictiones et jura in pernicioso25 hujus regni prseterito schismate deperdita et amissa, omni studio et totis nostris viribus recuperare, et ad pristinum Ejnscopoi-um et cleri] Burnet, Hist. Ref. vol. ii. p. 590. Strype, Mem. vol.iii. P. 1. p. 252. P. 2. p. 251. Collier, vol. ii. p. 375. 1 554-] Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. 441 ecclesiarum jus revocare, juris remediis niti deberemus : nibilominus tamen habito prius per nos super hac re maturo consilio et deliberatione, ingenue fatemur, nos optime cognoscere, quam ha?c bonorum ecclesiasticorum difficilis, et quasi impossibilis esset recuperatio, propter 5 multiplices ac pene inextricabiles super hiis habitos con- tractus et dispositiones ; et quod si ea tentaretur, quies et tranquillitas regni facile perturbaretur ; et unitas ecclesia? catholica?, qua? jam pietate et auctoritate majestatum ves- trarum hoc in regno introducta est, cum maxima dim- 10 Cultate suum progressum et finem sortiri posset. Ideo nos bonum et quietem publicam privatis commoditatibus, et salutem tot animarum pretioso Christi sanguine re- demptarum terrenis bonis anteponentes, et non qua? nostra, sed qua? Jesu Christi sunt quserentes, majestates 15 vestras enixe rogamus, iisque humiliter supplicamus, ut reverendissimo in Christo patri domino Reginaldo cardi- nali Polo, ad ipsas et universum hoc Angliso regnum, sanctissimi Domini nostri Domini Julii papac tertii, et apostolica; sedis de latere legato, haec nomine nostro in- 20 sinuari, et apud euro intercedere dignentur, ut in hiis bonis ecclesiasticis, in parte vel in toto, arbitrio suo juxta facilitates sibi ab eodem sanctissimo domino nostro papa concessas, eorundem bonorum detentoribus elargientes et relaxantes, publicum bonum privato, pacem et tranquil- 25 litatem dissidiis et perturbation ibus, atque animarum sa- lutem bonis terrenis pracferre et anteponere velit. Nos enim in omnibus, qua? ab ipso legato statuta et ordinata circa ha3c bona fuerint, exnunc prout extunc, et e contra, consensum nostrum pra'stamus; imo etiam, ut in proo-30 missis se difficilem ant restrictum reddere non velit, ' majestates vestra? nostro nomine cum hortari et rogare dignabuntur. Insuper majestatibus vestris supplicamus, pro sua pie- tate efficere dignentur, ut ea qua) ad jurisdictionem no- 35 stram, et libertatem ecclesiasticam pertinent, sine quibus 442 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [VI. debitum nostri pastoralis officii, et curse animarum nobis commissre, exercere non possumus, nobis superiorum tem- j>orum injuria ablata, restituantur, et ea nobis et ecclesiae perpetuo illoesa et salva permaneant ; et ut omnes leges, qua; banc nostram jurisdictionem et libertatem eccle-5 siasticam tollunt, seu quovis modo impediunt, abrogentur, ad bonorem Dei, et majestatum vestrarum et universi hujus regni spirituale et temporale commodum et salutem; certain spem etiam babentes, majestates vestras pro sua singulari in ipsum Deum pietate, proque multis et insig- 10 nibus ab ipsius Dei bonitate acceptis beneficiis, necessi- tatibus et incommodis hujus sui regni ecclesiarum, maxime curam animarum habentium, nunquam defuturas esse, sed prout opus fuerit, consulturas atque provisuras. VI. 15 Papse Rom. Archiep. Cant. Anno Christi Reg. Angli» Jui.ii III. 6. Tho. Cranmer. 23. 1555. Marine 2. Convocatio prcelatorum et cleri provincics Cant, per breve regium directum dccano et capitulo ecclcsice Christi Cant, ad 22. diem Octobris in ecclesia S. Paidi London, sum- 20 monita. Ex reg. convoc. et excerpt. Heylinianis. SEDE archiepiscopali adhuc vacante decanus et capi- tulum ecclesiae Christi Cant. Edmundo episcopo London. Cantuar. provincial decano literas commissionales Convocatio pi-celatoruni) " There was a convocation in November this 25 year (1555) • • . . the queen gave cardinal Pole a license under the great seal to hold a synod, wherein she ordered him to decree what canons he thought fit. So he composed a book with a very specious title, viz. ' Reformatio Anglise ex decretis Reginaldi Poli Cardinalis &c.' which was printed. The decrees of this book in number twelve were agreed 30 1555 ] Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. 443 misit do suffraganeis ejusdem provincial citandis et praj- monendis ad diem et locum in brevi regio assignat. Illo adveniente sub prsesidio episcopi London, pontificalibus insigniis redimiti sacra peragebantur. Deinde in domo capitulari, Uteris decani et cap. Cant, ac certificatorio 5 episcopi Lond. super executione earum leetis, episcopus London, officium prresidis obiit, et summarie ac compen- diose causam synodi vocandse exposuit, et monuit infe- riorem domum de eligendo sibi prolocutorem. In secunda sessione (Octob. 25.) Johannes Christo-10 pherson decanus Norwicensis ab Henrico Cole, archi- diacono Eliensi, coram episcopo London. pra?sentatus ornate et eleganter patres rogavit, ut hoc acceptabile tempus pro Dei gloria, eorum dignitate, reipubl. eccle- siastics utilitate et totius regni expectatione agerent, res 15 lapsas restituant, pristinum ecclesia? decus reducant etc. Quem prolocutorem una cum electoribus ejus episcopus London, laudum plena oratione prosecutus confirmavit, et sic eos remisit ad inferiorem domum, volens ut inter se eligant octo vel decern de gravioribus una cum prolo-20 cutore, ad audienda qusedam arcana, non solum ex parte regis et reginae, sed etiam cardinalis Poli, bonum publicum regni et ecclesiae concernentia. Quibus sic electis rursus ingressi sunt viz. prolocutor, Hugo Weston, Willielmus Pye, Fr. Mallett, Rich. Marshal], Henricus Cole, Will, 25 Jeffery, Joh. Ilarpsfeld, Joh. Cottrell, Johan. Blaxton, et to in February. There was an article made in favour of non-residences, which I meet with in the Bcnnet library [see the following number] : there is no date, but I strongly conjecture it is to be laid to this convo- cation. The cardinal seemed not to favour non-residences ; but the 30 rich clergy and dignitaries were of another mind ; wherefore they made this proposition : Decretum perpetuse residentia? juxta canonum sanc- tiones optant pii ; sed multa sunt, quae hodie impediunt, quominus suum effectum juxta bonorum virorum vota consequatur." Strype, Cranm. vol. i. p. 528. Comp. Doc. Ann. vol. i. p. 143. Burnet, Hist. 35 Ref. vol. ii. p. £51. Collier, vol. ii. p. 388. Lingard, vol. v. p. 97. Heylin, Hist. Ref. p. 223. 444 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [VI. Joh. Rixman comparuerunt sciscitantes voluntatem do- mini pracsidentis et coepiscoporum suorum. Quibus vice omnium dominus Eliensis dixit : unam causam lmjus conventus provincialis esse, ut praelati et clems Cant, provinciae illustrissimis dominis regi et reginae, multo aere5 alieno gravatis, et pecuniae penuria laborantibus, de aliquo grato subsidio eis elargiendo subveniant, commemorans maxima ilia beneficia qua? dignitas regia huic clero hac- tenus impenderat, tam remittendo primos fructus et per- petuas decimas, quam etiam restituendo de sua gratia 10 omnia ilia beneficia sive sacerdotia, quae olim monasteriis, collegiis etc. unita fuerunt. Alteram causam dixit esse, quod dominus cardinalis constituerat quoddam diploma de istis disponendis ; cujus exemplar eis tradidit, volens eos mature consulere, et referre opiniones proxima ses-15 sione. Suasit subsidium solvendum in annis quatuor proximis, viz. octo solidos de qualibet libra ; et monuit ut eligerent inter se viros doctos, qui examinarent canones omnes ecclesiae, quos utiles putarent, et, si antiqui 11 on sufficiant, novos constituerent. Et ibidem monuit, ut 20 prsedictum subsidium celeriter concedatur, et augendum potius viz. a tribus ad quatuor annos ; maxime cum alii principes potius onerosi quam benefici retroactis annis ecclesiae fuerunt, regina autem in clerum devotissima et munificentissima. 25 In sessione tertia (30. Octob.) episcopus London, prse- sidens tractavit de nonnullis in ecclesia reformandis. Et ingressus prolocutor cum clero concordibus votis et gumma gratia concesserunt subsidium praedictum, exceptis beneficiis minoribus octo libris, et exceptis collegiis Eton. 30 et Winton. cum universitatibus Cantabr. et Oxon. Ibi etiam prolocutor dixit se tria habere a clero ab episcopis petita, in quibus eorum beneficio sibi subveniri petit. 1. Quod omnes illi beneficiati, qui spe remissorum pri- morum fructuum ex communi omnium rumore freti sacer- 35 dotia assecuti sunt, solutione nulla pro iisdem praevia, nec 15550 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. 445 cautione interposita, non obligarentur rependere duplum etc. pro quo in fisco regio multi conqueruntur se con- ventos. 2. Ut apud legatum agere dignentur, ut diplomata apostolica pro sacerdotiis retinendis assequi valeant. 5 3. Ut statutum tollatur, in quo cavetur, quod cives Londinenses decimas suas solvere recusantes coram niajore Londinensi conveniantur, et quod decimarum causa? emer- gentes coram ordinario examinentur et decidantur. Post aliquas deinde continuationes de die in diem, con-io vocatio hacc prorogata fuit ad sacellum regium infra pala- tium Westmonast. ad diem quintum decimum Novembris. Antequam autem hoc tempus appropinquasset, card. Polus utramque provinciam summonuit ad synodum legatinam secundo die Decembris celebrandam. 15 VII. Papa» Rom. Archiep. Cant. Anno Christi Reg. Anglia? Julii III. (1. T110. Cranmer. 23. '555- Mari^j 2. Acta synodi provincialis Cantuar. IN synodo hac multa de residentia clericorum acta 20 sunt, quae ex MS. collegii corporis Christi Cantabrig. libr. synodalia dicto, excerpta, appendici vitse archie- piscopi Cranmeri inseruit Strypius pag. 204, 205. A proposition in the convocation against residence, with reasons for the said proposition ; and remedies against 25 non-residence. " Decretum perpetuss residential juxta canonum sanc- tiones optant pii ; sed multa sunt, qua? hodie impediunt, Acta synodi] See the note on the preceding number. &46 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [VII. quo minus suum effectum juxta bonorum virorum vota consequatur." The reasons. I. The statutes of the kingdom, not disallowed, as we hear, by the pope, do permit to the barons, and others great men of the kingdom, a certain number of priests having cure of souls. II. Not only the statutes of the kingdom, but the canons do permit the bishops a certain number of fellow workers to assist them. 10 IIT. Bishops and prelates, who by reason of their great learning, prudence, integrity of life, and high faith, are chosen to be the king's councellors, and whose councels are very necessary for the restoring of religion, ought not, as it seems, to be compelled to perpetual residence. 15 IV. When the barons and other great men may be retained in the orthodox faith by the doctrine, honesty, age, and frequent exhortations of reverend men ; it seems not convenient that such men should be driven from them, provided they do reside a good part of the year 20 upon their churches. V. Since the dispensation of two or three benefices hath been granted by former princes to some priests for the merit of their life and manners, they cannot without injury be deprived of them ; nor yet can they in all 2 5 respects reside personally and perpetually. VI. When many have designed their sons for the universities, and have been at no small charges to give them learning, because they have entertained good hope, that they might hereafter be assistant to their friends 3° and relations ; this hope being gone, their care about this matter will also grow cold, otherwise of itself cold enough. For as he said : " Where there is no honour, there is no art." VII. The houses of the rectories in many places are 35 either ruined or none at all, or let out by indentures. Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. 447 Going to the court of Rome. Going to a general council. Going to a synod or parliament. Violent detaining. Remedies. That there be a less number of those, that follow the court, who heap up benefices upon benefices. That they, who have many benefices, reside a certain time upon each. That a way be found, whereby such as live in towns and cities, may be forced to pay personal tithes; which being now almost quite taken away, the benefices in such places are in a great part lessened. When some of the bishops, by reason of the slenderness of their possessions, cannot afford stipends to the priests, their fellow la- bourers, that they, who serve them, reside for a certain time of the year in their own parishes. That rectors, who heretofore have paid pensions to monasteries in ready money, be not now compelled to pay the same in bread-corn to lay proprietors. That in woody places, where the custom hath always obtained, tithe may be paid of sylvce cceduce (that is, wood that is cut to grow again) especially when there is a great scarcity of com in such places. Parishes are not divided jure divino. Whence fol- loweth, that as many benefices may be laid into one ; so one, by reason of the greatness of it, may be divided into two. 4-48 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [VIII. VIII. Papae Rom. Archiep. Cant. Anno Christ! Reg. Angliae Pal-li IV. 3. Regik. Pom 2. 1557. Marine 5. Convocatio pnelatorum et cleri provincial Cantuar. attcto- ritate brevis regit celebrata per dom. Reginald. Polum, 5 cardin. archiepiscopum Cant. 21. Januar. in ecclesia S. Pai/Ii, London. Ex reg. Poli. fol. 59- seq. EODEM die, sacris peractis, episcopus London, exhi- buit certificatorium super executione mandati moni- torii, et reverendissimus clerum domus inferioris jussit 10 eligere sibi prolocutorem, 24 die Januarii praesentandum. Quo die Johannes Harpsfield praesentatus et admissus fuit a reverendissimo apud Lambhith, qui mox causas lmjus synodi verbo tenus proposuit, videlicet : " Quod cum de antiquo more rex Angliae ob aliquot arduas causas prse-15 latos bujus regni ad concilium sive parliamentum suum adesse jubet, propter regis securitatem et bujus regni statum ac bonum publicum concernent. consilia, et auxilia sua impensuros ; ita arcbiepiscopus Cantuar. episcopos Convocatio prcelatorum'] " These wars [from France and Scotland] 20 coming- upon England when the queen's treasure was quite exhausted, it was not easy to raise money for carrying them on. They tried first to raise money hy sending orders under the privy seal for the borrowing of certain sums. But though the council writ many letters to set on those methods of getting money, yet they being without, if not against, 25 law, there was not much got this way : so that after all it was found necessary to summon a parliament to assemble on the 20th of January [1558] The news of the loss of Calais [which was surrendered on the 8th of January] filled England with great discontent. Those who were otherwise dissatisfied with the conduct of affairs, took great ad- 30 vantage from it to disparage the government, which the queen had put I557-] Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. 449 suos suffraganeos, praelatos, etc. ad sacrum concilium evocare assolet de iisdem causis tractaturos, et auxilia sua consimili modo daturos. Et inter alia monuit neero- tium maximi ponderis ; scilicet cogitare, quomodo oppi- dum Caleis ad pristinum jus regni vi armata reduci possit. 5 Etiam censuit perpendendum et istud inprimis, quo modo defectus ecclesiarum cathedralium, rectoriarum, vi- cariarum, totius cleri, et status omnium dioeceseos et provinciae Cantuariensis ; et ut ecclesiae ex reginse mu- nificentia dispositioni reverendissimi commendata?, recto 10 ordine disponi et confirmari valeant. Et quid sibi videa- tur, voluit eos sibi significare. Et ad feliciorem expedi- tionem commissum est hoc negotium episcopis London. Roffen. Meneven. Petriburgen. et Gloucestr. ut consulta sua in scriptis renunciare velint quamprimum : deinde *5 voluit reverend, statuta ecclesiarum noviter erectarum aut mutatarum a regularibus ad seculares, expendi per episcopos Lincoln. Cicestren. et Petriburgen. item, et Nicholao Wotton, Cant. Edmundo Stuard, Winton. et Setho Laud, Wigorn. ecclesiarum decanis; et quae con- 20 sideranda sunt, referre reverendissimo, quamprimum com- mode poterint." Sequenti die 28. Januarii, episcopus London. " exhi- buit in scriptis quaedam collecta, qua? ipse aliique episcopi in suis dioeces. reformatione digna esse existimarunt. Et 2 5 quia omnes non erant parati cum suis collcctionibus, ideo into the hands of priests, who understood not war, and were not sen- sible of the honour of the nation. It was said, they had drained her treasury by the restitutions and foundations they got her to make ; and being sensible how much the nation hated them, they had set the queen 30 on other ways of raising money than by a parliament : so that never did the parliament meet with greater disorder and trouble than now. .... It was opened on the 20th of January ; where the convocation, to be a good example to the two houses, granted a subsidy of eight shil- lings in the pound, to be paid in four years." Burnet, Hist. Ref. vol. 2. 35 pp.714, 722, 723. Comp. Collier, vol. 2. p. 404. Heylin, Hist. Ref. p. 247. Wake, MSS. Misc. 40. p. 107. g g 450 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [VIII. supersederunt de lectione usque in tempus magis oppor- tunum. Deinde prolocutor cum clero intrans, porrexit patribus scbedulam causarum raritatis presbyterorum ex una parte collectarum, et remedia, quibus major copia valeat haberi, ex ad versa continentem. Qua lecta per 5 Henr. Cole decanum, etc. patres voluerunt, ut banc scbe- dulam traderet reverendissimo. Deinde monuit locum- tenens pradatos inferioris domus, ut ipsi exhiberent in scriptis, quod reformandum putarent, et exbiberent prox- imo die," viz. 4. Februarii, ad quem continuata fuit syn-i° odus. Quo die 4. Februarii, episcopus " London, proposuit quandam schedulam circa res divinas, qua lecta, rogabat patres, ut illi de remediis cogitarent, et deputarent certos episcopos, ut inter se consulerent. Deinde idem domi-15 nus prsesidens consuluit, ut, quia status hujus regni per- turbatur ex infestatione Gallorum, et Scotorum, ipsi ve- lint regise majestati subvenire ; et putavit ampliorem sum mam concedendam, quam antea, quia majus pericu- lum ab bostibus sit timendum. Quibus verbis a prsefato2o locumtenente vix prolatis, omnes una voce affirmabant hoc perquam necessarium, id que lubenti animo se prsesti- turos. Quod negotium quo facilius expediri possit, electi sunt episcopi London. Winton. Elien. Roffen. Lincoln, et Petriburgen. quibus adjuncti sunt sex de domo inferiori, 25 qui constituerent inter se tam de quantitate solvenda, quam etiam de modo, et tempore solutionis." Et tandem post varios tractatus, 9- die mensis Febru- arii " statuerunt concedere regiae majestati octo solidos de qualibet libra omnium beneficiorum ecclesiasticorum ; 3° idque ultra solutionem veteris subsidii prius concessi." Quam concessionem in instrumento publico redactam 14. die Februarii exhibuerunt reverendissimo, qui archiepi- scopum Eborac. de subsidio concesso certificavit, rogans, ut ille consimiliter in sua provincia facere dignetur. 35 Sequenti 16. die Februarii in domo capitulari, compa- l 557-] Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. 451 ruit " episcopus Assavensis ex mandate- reverendissimi, se cupere, ut durante parliamento toties synodus celebra- retur, quoties commode fieri posset, atque ut de rebus reformatione indigentibus tractaret ; ac parliamento finito, ut illi, qui decedere ad suas dioeceses vellent, vices suasS concederent, ut assensum darent, episcopis London. Elien. Roffen. et cseteris episcopis hie permansuris, quse statu- enda viderentur ad reformationem ecclesiae." Secundo post die, viz. 18. mensis Februarii " dom. locumtenens, etc. consultabat, quomodo beneficia tenuia 10 possint officiari ; et tandem habitis inter se mutuis collo- quiis, excogitaverunt sequentes articulos ad earn rem pertinentes ; videlicet : I. That no priests be taken up to serve the wars. II. Item, That two small benefices contiguate may be 15 joyn'd together in commendam by the bishop, to serve them " alternis vicibus." III. Item, That the parishioners of chapels annexed may be compelled to come unto the parish church, whereunto they be annexed, for a time, 'till curates may 20 be provided. IV. Item, That the bishops may be authorized by the pope to give orders, extra tempora praescripta. Quos articulos rogarunt patres dominum Cole, ut ipse eorum nomine reverendissimo exhiberet." 25 Deinde 25. Februarii " locumtenens et alii patres con- venientes, consultarunt de providendis armis contra vim Scotorum, — de concessione ejusmodi armorum, quomodo, et a quibus essent prseparanda." Quos articulos reveren- dissimo tradiderunt, qui "voluit (synodum) expedire, an 30 concedendum sit hoc tempore quadragesimali, ut pro- miscue omnes in tanta piscium caritate lacticiniis vesci possent, qua de re aliquamdiu patres consultantes, nihil certi statuerunt." Tandem habitis tractatibus de solutione decimarum, 35 quam adhuc cessare non posse perspexerunt, reverendissi- g g z 452 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [VIII. mus 8. die Martii continuavit, et prorogavit convocatio- nem ad 11. diem Novembris, anni m.d.lviii. In MS. sequuntur nonnulla capita articulos de doctrina, et disciplina ecclesia\ et ecclesiastieoruni eontinentia ; item statuta qua?dam de eadem materia, qua; in bacs svnodo, si non stabilita, saltern proposita fuisse, valde pro- babile est. Articidi de doctrina. Cap. I. Ut populus per concionatores, quantum fieri potest, doceatur ; ut quatuor brevium concionum genera i Anglice perscribantur, eaque ubi concionatores defuerint, dominicis diebus, et aliis festis populo per rectores, vica- rios, et parocbos recitentur. Primi generis conciones, sint de eucbaristia, de poeni- tentia, de confessione auriculari, et de reliquis sacra- 1 mentis, qua; baretiei nostri temporis maxinie impugna- ruiit. Item de libero arbitrio, de justificatione, de bonis operibus, de ecclesia, ejusque auctoritate, unitate, ac ministris. Secundi generis, sint expositiones in articulos fidei, s orationem dominicam, angelicam salutationem, decalo- gum, et septem ecclesia; sacramenta. Tertii generis, sint conciones breves de tempore, et de Sanctis. Quarti generis conciones, sint de natura, usu, et signi-: ficatione ceremoniarum, qua; in ecclesia sunt maxime usitata. Item de virtutibus, et vitiis, velut de cbaritate, de obedientia, de timore Dei, de extremo judicio, de adulterio, de avaritia, de perjurio, de luxu, etc. Ut brevis catecbismus edatur Latine et Anglice, quo; juventus in fidei rudimentis erudiatur. Sint quoque sal ut aria qusedam ac pia documenta, qui- bus sacerdotes tarn in confessionibus audiendis, quam in infirmis visitandis, utantur. 1 557-1 -Acts an ro eis purgatio admittatur. De vestibus ct indumentis clericorum. Quoniam ad aliquot annos jam abusus clericorum in vestibus et indumentis longe magis invaluit, quam anteais fieri consuevit, unde non mediocrem apud vulgus invidiam sibi conflarunt, et ingentem obloquendi praestiterint an- sam, nimirum ecclesise bona in ajiparatum nimis sumptuo- sum prodigentes ; idcirco ista sacra synodus remediis quibusdam opportunis huic malo duxit quanto citius oc-20 currendum. Quamobrem statuit, decrevit, et ordinavit, quod nemo in sacris ordinibus constitutus, vel beneficium assecutus ecclesiasticum, toga quavis utatur publice, qua} serica sit, ornatave pretiosis pellibus, nisi praelatus, ordinis senatorii, vel alicujus baronis ad minus filius, aut frater, 25 vel nisi merit de cancellaria domini regis, vel alicujus archiepiscopi, vel episcopi vicarius generalis, aut officialis principalis, arcbidiaconus, seu aliter in dignitate ecclesi- astica constitutus, seu ex universitate aliqua graduatus ; quibus licebit uti sericis sumptuosisque pellibus, prout, 30 secundum eorum gradus in universitatibus susceptos, uti permissi sunt, et consueverunt. Item statuit et decrevit, quod nemo in sacris ordinibus constitutus, in tunica sua utatur chameloto, nisi fuerit ad minus artium magister, vel in legibus bacal. Nec in epitogiis quisquam proa- 35 J 557-] Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. 477 sumat uti velveto, aut sarcineto, nisi fuerit, ut praemit- titur, graduatus, vel beneficiura assecutus ecclesiasticum ; sed nec cuiquam in pileo suo velveto uti liceat in futu- rum. Nam honestatem, et modestiam in suis indumentis clericos omnes exhibere decet, potins quam splendorem, 5 vel pompam ; sed et juxta pristinam sacerdotum lauda- bilem consuetudinem, sacrorumque patrum instituta, semper extima vestis, qnam quisqne, prseterquam itineris gratia in publicum exiens, gerit, sit talaris, hoc est, neque nimia longitudine caudam trahens, neque nimia brevitate 10 crura tibiasque demonstrans ; sit eadem quoque superius proxime sub prento clausa pariter, et inferius tarn honeste collecta, ne fimbriis ipsius togae patulis, et diffluentibus conspicua fiant, quae tegi magis, et operiri pro honestate clericali conveniret. Manicis quin etiam togae suae quis- 15 que congruis, et decoris utatur, non pendiolis, aut nota- biliter in latitudine, longitudine, vel angustia peccantibus. Nullus praeterea clericus, nisi cui pro dignitate sui gradus conveniat, annulum aureum, vel deauratum gestet in digitis ; nullus indusiis, aut camisiis, quas vocant Phry-20 giatis, hoc est acu laboratis, auro, sericove contextis, utatur. Nullus conspiciendum so non indutum toga publicitus ostendat. Nullus pileo cum ligulis, aut corri- giis laneis assutis, aut contextis, caput operiat. Nullus caligis varii coloris, aut caesuris panni sericive desuj^eras insertis, se induat. Nullus calceos, aut sotulares cum ungulis utrinque prominentibus, more laicorum, pedes tegat. Nullus absque tonsuris foras prodcat, quin et ita tonsuratus incedat, ut infima pars auris queat liquido con- spici. Ut igitur in summa dicatur, singuli clerici, maxime3° sacris in ordinibus constituti, vestibus incedant ejusmodi, quae materia, colore, compositione, modoque utendi, cleri- calem ordinem haudquaquam dehonestent. Si quis vero contra statutum, et ordinationem dictam agere deprehensus fuerit, is primo per ordinarium, ejusve officialem, aut com- 35 missarium, decanumque ruralem moneatur, quatenus erro- 478 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [VIII. rem suum reformet, nec cleinceps recidat in eundem. Quod si per triduum in obstinatia sua steterit, aut emen- datus postea reinciderit, a celebratione divinorum suspen- datur per mensem. Quod si nec sic emendatus fuerit, tunc iterum suspendatur, donee resipiscat realiter cum 5 effectu. De clericis renatoribus. Quum sacerdotes, et clerici in sacris ordinibus consti- tuti, canes venaticos loris more laicali ducere, et accipitres manibus per eivitates, et loca publica gestare nunc dierum *° non verentur ; nos tantam clericorum impudentiam poenali lege reprimere cupientes, statuimus, ut quicunque clericus in sacris ordinibus constitutus, vel beneficium adeptus ecclesiasticum, qui canes sic ducere, et accipitres, aut aves aucupes per vicos et plateas, in villi's, vol urbibus 1 ^ quovis modo gestaverit, a celebratione divinorum ipso facto per unum mensem sit suspensus. De clericis et religiosis lapsis in vitium carnis. Quum nullum vitium aeque ut carnis gravet infamia, et ministros Domini deceat mundities et sanctitudo, quo- 20 niam ipse mundus, et sanctus est ; ideo statuimus, et ordinamus, ut subdiaconus, aut diaconus, qui in simplici fornicatione depreliensus, vel confessus, vel convictus fuerit coram ordinario suo, singulis quartis, et sextis feriis omnium bebdomadarum unius mensis in pane angustiae, 25 et aqua doloris in carcere maneat. Ita ut in singulis ordinum prsedictis duplicetur poena pro adulterio, tripli- cetur pro incestu. Et in caeteris carnis spurcitiis poena crescat, ut impuritas crescit, et turpitudo ; quod si etiam sacerdos, curatus, vel religiosus sit, aliquid illi prseter3o caeteros addatur ad poenam, veluti qui duplicis voti sit reus, et ordinis, et professionis. Ut lia?c observentur, conscientias praelatomm oueramus ; et ut infamiam vi- tent, quae ad illos recurret, nisi severiter in impuros ani- 1557 ] Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. 479 madvertant, in domino exhortamur. Incorrigibiles vero juxta sacrorum canonum statuta deponantur. Quod si quispiam ex his in lupinari, aut ullo alio loco infami deprehensus sit, in quo fama est pudicitise prostitutions publice aut secrete exerceri, illi augeatur praescripta poena 5 ordinarii arbitrio juxta vitii qualitatem. De simonia vitanda. Quanta autem simoniae infamia contra nostri temporis tarn secularcs, quam cujuslibet ordinis religiosos invamit, quis est qui ignorat ? Non enim precibus et obsequiis 10 tantum, sed et apertis muneribus beneficia, et prselaturas non modo vacantes, sed de verisimili vacaturas, in ani- marum suarum gravissimum periculum his proximis annis absque rubore, et Dei timore aliquo comparaverunt ; quorum ambitione factum est, ut electionum sal uberrima? 15 form 33, quse per canones liberae esse deberent, jam multis annis vel fraudibus obtenebratse sunt, vel ad compromissi necessitatem redactse. Ut itaque tanto scandalo salubri aliquo remedio, quanto citius et melius fieri possit, consu- lamus ; prsesentis sacrse synodi auctoritate prsecipimus, et2o mandamus, ut episcopi hujus Cant, provincial singuli in suis dioecesibus diligenter advertant, ne talia de csetero committantur; curentqueper se, et ministros suos, maxime quos in prselatorum electionibus tanquam directores et consultores interesse continget, ut electiones hujusmodi 25 secundum sacratissimos canones, et indulta principum, deinceps libere pro arbitrio eligentium procedant, frau- desque, et pactiones, per quas in hujusmodi electionibus recta eligentium conscientia captivetur aut seducatur, penitus secludantur ; singulique locorum ordinarii in suis 30 visitationibus, et quoties necessitas postulaverit, diligen- tem in suis dioec. faciant inquisitionem, an contra aliquos intra easdem ulla simoniacae labis nota orta sit. Et si quempiam, Dei timore postposito, per pecuniae et rau- nerum sordes pra-laturam, vel aliud quodcunque bene- 35 480 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [VIII. ficium eeclesiasticum acleptum fuisse eompererint, poenis jam a jure communi contra simoniace s promotos salubriter adinventis, in eunclem acriter animadvertant ; ut quarum poenarum desuetudo obliviosa audaciam jam aliquot annis prsebuit delinquendi, earundem nunc innovatio, et irre-5 missibilis executio cunctos in officio contineat, et a delin- quendo cobibeat. De hiis, qui pactionem faciitnt cum prcrscntatis. Ejusdem auctoritate concilii ordinamus, ac statuimus, ut nullus patronus spiritualis pro pensione, quam sibi, etio ecclesise suae proetendit debitam, prgesentatum a se jurare cogat de pensione solvenda, vel aliter de novo sibi obli- gari. Cum istiusmodi juramenta et obligationes nonuihil in se habeant suspicionis contractus simoniaci ; et patro- nus, si jure pensionem petat, etiam citra prsesentati jura- 15 mentum, aut obligationem aliunde remedium habeat contra negantem de jure communi. Idem eadem auctoritate mandamus et praesentando, ne hoc juramentum aut obli- gationem praestet, immo potius beneficium recuset ; et nibilominus si ob banc causam repulsum se fuisse pro- 20 bare possit, et patronus in poenam ea vice careat jure prsesentandi, et ordinarius velut hujus vicis patronus, prout illam esse volumus et ordinamus praesenti decreto, clerico repulso ob banc causam tantum suo jure bene- ficium illud, ad quod pra?sentandus erat, conferat, quum 25 aequum non sit, ut ulli obsit sua probitas. Quod si et patronus jusjurandum exigat, et clericus praestet ; et bunc inbabilem ad boc beneficium, vel ad ullum aliud eeclesiasticum intra proximum triennium censemus et decernimus, et ilium, prout supra, jure patronatus pro ea3o vice privamus. 8 Promolos is writ in the margin by some modem hand instead of convictcs, which is blotted out in the MS. Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. 481 De otio vitando, et honesta clericorum conversation?. Quia desidia mater est omnium quodammodo vitiorum, hoc sacrum concilium omnibus curatis, rectoribus, vicariis, et cantaristis mandat et praecipit, quod peractis divinis officiis, sint deinceps occupati in studiis, orationibus, lec-5 tionibus, aut aliis honestis rebus et negotiis, quae suam deceant professionem ; videlicet, instruendo pueros in alpliabeto, lectura, cantu, aut grammatica ; et tribus in hebdomada diebus, tres vel ad minus duas boras in sacrae scripturae, vel alicujus doctoris approbati lectione, ces-io sante legitimo impedimento, se exerceant. De qua re diligenter in suis visitationibus inquirant ordinarii, ut sacerdotes otiosos, et tempus suum male terentes, severe castigent et puniant. Et quia nimia sacerdotum inter laicos conversatio nonnulla pericula, praeter ordinis suii5 contemptum, gignere solet, singuli in suis dioec. episcopi, et cajteri ordinarii curent, quod rectores, vicarii, curati etiam et cantaristae, qui domos suis beneficiis pertinentes habent in rectoriis, vicariis, aut cantariis suis, et non alibi, nisi itineris aut infirmitatis gratia, pernoctent. Et quod 20 si plures in eadem villa sint sacerdotes, simul, et non separatim, quatenus judicio ordinarii commode fieri potest, communas habeant. Et quia non solum a malo sed ab omni specie mali secundum apostolum abstinendum est, id est, ab eo quod mali apparentiam habet, aut * sus- 25 pensionem sinistram gignere, aut scandalum populo j)ra3- bere possit, abstinendum est ; praesentis sacra? synodi decreto statuimus, ac prsesentis synodalis concilii aucto- ritate districte inhibemus, ne quis clericus in sacris consti- tutus, ludos aliquos, jure canonico vel regni aut regis 3° auctoritate probibitos, quovismodo exerceat aut utatur; loca suspecta aut malorum iniquorumque consortia om- nino devitet ; tabernas, in quibus quodvis genus potus 1 F. suspicioncm. 482 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [VIII. passim venditor, non frequentet, nisi aliter necessitas cogat, aut in iis quovismodo moram faciat ; mulierum colloquia suspecta nullatenus habeat. Quod si per ordi- narium suum aut alium quemvis sufficienti auctoritate super aliquo prsemissorum monitus non resipiscat, prima 5 vice ab executione sui officii per integrant bebdomadaui suspendatur ; et erescente in hac parte ejus contumacia, crescat et hujusmodi poena pariformiter. Et si nec sic resipiscat, si cantarista aut aliter beneficiatus existat, tertiam partem fructuum cantariae, sive beneficii sui ipso 10 jure sit privatus, in pauperum subventionem, et alios pios usus discretione ordinarii distribuendorum, et converten- dorum, donee resipiscat, et ab bujusmodi excessibus absti- neat ; si vero nec beneficiatus nec cantarista fuerit, sed ex solo stipendio vivens, si tertio, ut praefertur, monitus 15 se non corrigat, ab altari remotum se noverit, donee et quousque ab hujusmodi excessibus plene abstineat. Item quia, ut ait sapiens, " Multa mala docet otiositas ;" ad hoc pestiferum virus evitandum et elimiuandum, prae- sentis sacra; svnodi decreto praecipimus, et firmiter in- 20 jungendo mandamus sub poena suspensionis ab officio et beneficio, ut quilibet in sacris constitutus, et praesertim sacerdotes stipendiarii tres horas vel ad minus duas in sacrae alicujus scripturae vel approbati doctoris lectione singulis diebus, cessante legitimo impedimento, se exer-25 ceant. De ludimagistris et uniformi docendi modo. Quia vetus est adagium : " Quod nova testa capit, in- veterata sapit :" et : " Qualis est moderator in civitate, talis est et populus :" hoc sacro approbante concilio, 30 statuimus, quod praeceptores scholarum grammaticalium sint praeter einditionem, quatenus fieri potest, viri catho- lici et probi, et ut primum omnium doceant pueros sibi traditos simplicem fidei et agendorum et fugiendorum summam. Et ne pueris rudibus perlegantur opuscula,35 »55 7- J Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. 483 quae puerorum mores aut fidem videbuntur corruptura, neque ulli alii libri in quibus, quasi per lusum puerilia ingenia infici possent. Et quum vel propter pestem la- borantem in locis ubi hujusmodi publics scholae sunt, aut propter mortem praeceptoris, ut plurimum contingit, 5 quod qui anno aut biennio sub uno prseceptore gramma- ticam addiscere coepit, illo relicto, cogitur novum adire praeceptorem, apud quem alius est docendi modus, ut pene diversus est apud omnes ; atque ita fit, ut rudes adhuc in grammatica magnum ex hoc sentiant in provec- io tione studii detrimentum ; ad communem igitur utili- tatem totius provinciae Cant, lioc sacro approbante con- cilio, statuimus, ut post annum a publicatione praesentium unus et uniformis sit docendi modus per totam provin- ciam Cant. Nullus auctor regularum seu praeceptionum 15 grammaticalium pueris in grammatica instituendis edis- cendus proponatur, nisi quem arcbiepiscopus Cant, simul cum quatuor aliis suae provinciae episcopis, quatuor abba- tibus, et quatuor arcbidiaconis in bac synodo deputandis, hoc anno proximo sequenti praescripserunt pueris perle-20 gendum ; qui etiam habeant potestatem formulam insti- tutionis grammaticorum pracceptoribus praescribendi. Lu- dorum vero grammaticalium magistri tarn admissi, quam admittendi, juramenti vinculo })er locorum ordinarios ad observandum omnia in hoc statuto contenta, quatenus eos 25 concernit, astringantur, maxime hii, qui in locis insigni- oribus publicas scholas salario publico vel privato tenent. De inquisitione liabenda tarn super liceretica pravitate, quam de modo studendi in universitatibus. Quia, fonte corrupto, necessum est rivulos inde fluentesgo impuros et insalubres esse ; constatque universitates illas Oxon. et Cantabrig. fontes esse, unde rivuli omnium scientiarum profluxerunt ; qui quidem fontes, si fuerint corrupti, si errorum et haeresium maculis conspurcati fuerint, quantum timendum est, ne ex illis fontibus pi'0-35 1 i a 484 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [VIII. (leant, qui universum regnum suis hseresibus inficiant ! Ut igitur sanae doetrinae eruditioni in ipsis fontibus con- sulatur, errorumque et haeresium in ipsis omnis occasio tollatur; hoc sacro approbante concilio, statuimus et ordinamus, quod episcopus Lincoln, ad universitatem 5 Oxon. et episcopus Elien. ad Cantabrig. universitatem, infra suas jurisdictiones respective existentem. quampri- mum et quoties opus fuerit, accedant, et ibid, supra hae- retica pravitate diligenter respective inquirant, et puniant quoscunque in hac parte delinquentes. Et insuper ad-io hibitis sibi cancellariis prsedictarum universitatum, seu eorum vices ibidem gerentibus, cum ipsorum, consilio, consensu, et assensu, super debito in studiis modo haben- do, ordinem statuant, atque constitutionem provincialem bona? memoriae domini Arundell, Cant, arcbiepiscopi, titulo 15 " De haereticis," incipien. " Feciales," in hac parte factam, una cum hac nostra ordinatione ibidem publicent ; et postea annuatim in utraque universitate prsedicta easdem, simul cum hac nostra ordinatione, publice repeti, et executioni demandari faciant ; singulis annis consimilem 20 visitationem et inquisitionem, ac quoties opus fuerit, stu- diorum ordinationem, in utraque universitate praedicta, juxta constitutiones praedictas faciendo. Quod si aliquo alio tempore eosdem episcopos, vel eorum commissarios, ad dictas respective universitates pro haereticae pravitatis, 25 aut aliorum excessuum reformatione, accedere contingat ; totiens, quotiens sic fecerint, jus commune, consuetudines, et antiqua, tam ipsorum episcoporum, quam universita- tum privilegia inviolabiliter observentur, quibus nolumus ullo modo per prsesentem constitutionem derogari. 30 Ut numerus debitus et conveniens religiosorum in unoquo- que monasterio perpetno habeatur. Nihil magis laicos, eos potissimum, qui religiosorum locorum fundatores existunt, hoc nostro tempore a si- milium locorum fundatione deterret, quam quod vident35 I557-] -Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. 485 loca religiosa carere nuniero turn religiosorum, quum ali- orum pauperum, quos vel secundum primsevam funda- tionem, vel secundum portionem redituum, quos nunc possident, sustinere et alere deberent. Statuimus itaque et ordinamus, ut numerus religiosorum debitus in uno-5 quoque monasterio deinceps liabeatur et perpetuo ser- vetur ; oneribus ordinariis atque extraordinariis proven- tuumque prsediorum, per maris et fluviorum inundatio- nem, et alioquin, damnis et ruinis pro tempore, propensis et consideratis. 10 De educatione et exercitio religiosorum. Quam ex nulla re magis monasteria collabi soleant, quam cum ignari et rerum agendarum imperiti monaste- riis praeficiuntur, atque ita expediat habere plures in sin- gulis religiosorum domibus, qui tarn in temporalibus quam 15 in spiritualibus modum et usum calleant, ne si quando religiosorum domus vacare contingat, non habeant inter se idoneum de gremio, quem defuncto substituant ; sta- tuimus et ordinamus, ut in quolibet monasterio, et loco religioso sit, juxta Clement. " Ne in agro dominico," in- 20 structor aliquis grammatices sufficienter eruditus ad in- formandum religiosos in grammatica et aliis primitivis scientiis ; ex quibus illi, qui in singulis locis ad capes- sendas literas aptiores fuerint juxta f'acultatum posses- sionem eorundem, mittantur ad universitatem Oxon. vel 25 Cantabrig. ad studendum in sacris literis, ut eo modo cognita lege divina, magis convalescat observantia verse religionis. Et ut abbates et priores diligenter et assidue curent suos religiosos subditos juniores per alios suorum monasteriorum provectiores in regulis, constitutionibus, 3° et ceremoniis sui ordinis institui et informari. Et quos ad administrationem spiritualium seu temporalium apti- ores inter suos fratres arbitrentur, eos in administrationi- bus competentibus exercere satagant ; officia cellarii, camerarii, liospitalarii, et alia turn claustralis observantise, 35 486 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [VIII. quum cxterioris industrial, fratribus ad hoc aptioribus ita impertiendo et committendo, ut in utrisque vicissim triti et exercitati, ad abbatis seu prioris officium, cum vaca- verit, habiliores reddantur. De redpiendis apostatis, et aliis religiosis pcenitentibus. 5 Quum inter opera charitatis numerari soleat, si quis errantem ab errore revocet, et ecclesia nunquam claudat gremium redeunti ; statuimus et ordinamus, quod reli- giosi, qui praetextu capacitatum, seu literarum suorum prsesidentium, vel alias superioribus sive invitis, sive con- 10 sentientibus, se ab observautia regulari absentarunt in mundo aliquamdiu degentes, si poenitentes fuerint, et bono spiritu ad loca suae professionis redire nitantur, dic- torum locorum abbates seu priores ipsos in sua monasteria recipere, et cum omni cbaritate, quantum per statutais religionis possunt, in iisdem tractare teneantur. Illis duntaxat exceptis, qui dioecesano loci, ex signis et judiciis vehementibus, videantur in necem abbatum, priorum, sen fratrum sui monasterii vel olim conspirasse, vel inpos- terum conspiraturi, vel eandem necem alioqui molituri. 20 Existimabitur autem bono spiritu reditum ad suum mo- nasterium religiosis precari, si quern vis locum, gradum, aut conditionem in eodem pro sui abbatis aut prioris secundum regulam arbitrio liumiliter acceptet et servet ; et per testimonium proborum virorumj coram abbate, 25 priore, seu ordinario suo, si requiratur, constare poterit, eum, dum extra monasterium agebat, vel saltern per annum ante liujusmodi petition em proxime prsecedentem, si in seculo diutius commoratus est, boneste fuisse con- versatum et propositum habuisse redeundi. Quod si 3° taliter receptus postea a suo monasterio, deserta religione, discesserit, eum postea superior ejus in suum monasterium recipere minime hujus vigore statuti teneatur. I557-] Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. 487 Quod literce ex falsa suggestione impetratce non suffragentur apostatis. Prseterea statuimus et ordinamus, quod nullus reli- giosus, qui tria cujusvis probata? religionis vota emiserit, possit per aliquam dispensationem etiam apostolicam, 5 etiam sub plumbo concessam, suum monasterhim, doniura, hospitale, sive collegium exire, aut aliquod beneficium, servitium, aut cautariam acceptare, nisi prius coram ordi- nario loci, in quo moratur, suo primitus abbate, priore, magistro, sive superiore ad hoc vocato, causam sive causas 10 in hujusmodi dispensations suggestione expressas, veras ac justas esse et fuisse probaverit ; et pro sic probatis per eundem ordinarium declarari et decerni obtinuerit. Qui contra fecerit, tanquam verus apostata per suum abbatem, priorem, magistrum, sive superiorem quemcunque ajmre-is hendi, corrigi, et puniri licite poterit, juxta canonicas sanctiones contra apostatas salubriter editas, atque juxta statuta, ordinationes, et consuetudines laudabiles loci il- lius, a quo sic illicite recesserit. De ecclesiis appropriatis et hospitalibus. 20 Curent quoque episcopi singidi in suis dioecesibus, ut proprietarii faciant distributiones debitas in parochiis ap- propriatis, juxta juris exigentiam, sub poena sequestra- tionis fructuum ; et quod infra annum a tempore publi- cationis pra?sentis statuti, in singulis ecclesiis parochialibus, 25 monasteriis appropriatis, quarum proventus ad id sufficiant, judicio ordinarii vol loci dioecesani habentis jurisdictionem episcopalem, canonice instituatur unus vicarius perpetuus, cum sufficienti portione, secundum proventus ecclesise appropriatae quantitatem et qualitatem curse animarum ; 30 et quod infra triennium a publicatione pra9sen. idem vica- rius habeat sufficientem mansionem sumptibus ipsorum proprietariorum (modo emolumenta ex eisdem ecclesiis 488 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [VIII. proprietariia proveiiientia ad id sufficiant) primitus erec- tam, et per eundem vicarium postea sustentandam et manutenendam. Et casu, quo emolumenta praedicta ad hoc non sufficiant (quod intelligi volumus ex ipso, quod ad novem libras non exteiidant) redeat ecclesia in pris-5 tinnm statum, et instituatur ibidem rector, sicut ante appropriationem fieri consuevit. Hospitalium quoque quorumcunque fundationes, quibus jam magnus cernitur abusus, serventur juxta Clementinam " De religiosis do- mibus : Quia contingit :" et tarn proprietarii praedicti, 10 quam etiam liii, qui hospitalibus praesunt, ad omnia, de quibus supra respective observanda, per fructuum seques- trationem, censuras ecclesiasticas, et alia juris remedia ordiuariorum arbitrio cogantur. De abusibus in capellis saneti Johannis et similiam. 15 Quoniam in diversis partibus hujus regni tarn milites et alii, qui sunt de religione cruris signatorum hospitalis saneti Johannis Jerosolymitani, in capellis suis vocatis " Lawless churches and chapels," quam illi in turn London, et alii complures alibi in ecclesiis seu capellis 20 admittunt alienos parochianos ad clandestinoram et illi— citorum conjngiorum solemnizationem, etiam bannis non editis, et ad aliorum perceptionem sacramentorum et sa- cramentalium, in ecclesiae scandalum et animarum inul- taruni manifestissimum periculum ; prohibemus itaque, ne 25 quis deiuceps in ecclesiis seu capellis antedictis, vel aliis exemptis, et non exemptis, alterius parochiae parochianum, nisi in casibus a jure permissis, ad solemnizationem matri- monii, sive bannis editis sive non editis, vel aliorum sacra- mentorum perceptionem, sine licentia ordinarii, admittat>3o seu eorum aliquod administret, sub poena excommuni- cationis, quam contravenientes at que eorum fautores, necnon omnes, qui matrimonium in aliqua hujusmodi ec- clesia vel capella, absque licentia dioecesani, solemnizare procurant, seu eucharistiam in festo Paschatis vel circiter, 35 '557-1 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. 489 absque licentia sui proprii curati, seu saltern dicecesani, suscipere praesumpserint, noverint se ipso facto incur- suros ; a qua a nemine absolvi possunt, praeterquam ab episcopo, infra cujus dioecesim bujusmodi ecclesiae vel capellae situatae sunt, aliis tarn ordinariis, et curatis, quam 5 partibus etiam laesis prius satisfact. Et praeterea ipsi sacerdotes huic ordinationi aliqua ex parte contrave- nientes, ad quodcunque beneficium ecclesiasticum, per septennium proxime sequens, ipso facto sint inhabiles. De dilapidationibus. 10 Salubriter ab Edmundo, olim Cant, archiepiscopo, ex- titit ordinatum, ut, decedente rectore, ex bonis ipsius tanta portio per loci ordinarium deduci deberet, quanta ad reparandas ecclesiae, et aliarum ejusdem beneficii aedium ruinas videretur sufficere ; nos eidem ordinationi addere 15 cupientes, prgesenti decreto statuimus et ordinamus, ut beneficiati, qui deinceps aliquid ex bonis praedecessorum suorum, sub nomine vel praetextu reparandarum aedium, vel supplendorum ecclesiae defectuum, ex decreto ordi- narii, compositione cum hscredibus, executoribus, vel ad- 20 ministratoribus bonorum defuncti, vel alio quocunque modo acceperint, illud totum in earundem aedium repa- ratione, et defectuum earundem suppletione infra bien- nium a tempore receptionis exponere teneantur, deductis expensis (si quae expositae fuerint) circa litem et recupe-25 rationem dictae summae receptee. Quod si incumbens resignaverit, aut decesserit, seu alio quocunque modo a beneficio suo recesserit, tunc sumraa per eum pro dilapi- dationibus recepta, et non exposita, relinquatur, et realiter tradatur futuro successori, qui, sicut dictam summam3o nomine dilapidationum recepit, ita in eosdem usus ex- ponat, ut supra dictum est. Et ad observationem prae- missorum in sua institutione, sive adinissione juramentum praestent corporale ; alioqui institutio ipsa, sive admissio ipso jure nulla censeatur. 35 490 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [IX. IX. Papa? Rom. Sede Cant. Anno Christi Reg. Angliae Pauli IV. 4. vacante. Elizab. i. Convocatio per breve Elizabethce rcgince, sede archiepisco- pali vacante, decano et capitulo Cant, directum 24* Jan. 5 M.D.LViii. celebrabatur. Ex Regist. Convoc. In quo brevi conceditur, quod convocatio fiat in templo D. Pauli London, vcl alibi. VICESIMO quarto Januarii die episcopo London, cum episc. Wigorn. Cov. et Licbf. domum capitu-10 larem S. Pauli intrantibus, ac more solito sedentibus, Henricus Cole LL.D. vicarius generalis decani et capi- tuli Cant, nomine eorum praesentavit prsedictis episcopis literas commissionales decani et capituli Cant. Quibus lectis, prredicti episcopi acceptaverunt onus commissionis 15 in se. Deinde episc. London, exbibuit certificatorium, et continuavit in diem Vener. prox. 27- Jan. Quo die episc. London, commissarius, cum ceteris episcopis, Jo. Winton. Rich. Wigorn. Rad. Cov. et Licbf. Jo. abbate Westm. una cum clero convenerunt in cboro2o Convocatio per breve'] Queen Elizabeth succeeded to the throne on the 17th of November 1558, and a parliament was summoned for the 23rd of January following. The convocation was opened on the 24th of the same month, and its proceedings are given at length in the Hist, of Conferences, p. 18. Comp. Strype, Ann. vol. i. P. i. p. 80. Neal, 23 Pur. vol. i. p. 98. Heylin, H. R. p. 185. Fuller, Ch. H. cent. xvi. b. 9. p. 54. Collier, vol. ii. p. 413. Lingard, vol. v. p. 153. The first article commonly read thus, " in sacramento altaris virtute verbi Christi a sac. deb. prol. existentis," is given, probably with more accuracy, in the Wake MSS. as follows, "in sacr. alt. virtute Christi 30 verbo suo, a sacerdote debite prolato, assistentis." Misc. 40. p. 123. I558-] Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. 491 D. Pauli. Ubi missa de Spiritu Sancto finita, intrarunt domum capitularem ; et prrcconizatione facta, et inferiori domo evocata, exposuit episcopus ibidem causam convo- cations, et quod non futura sit concio, pro more, quia sedes archiepiscopalis destituta existit, et quia consiliarii 5 regii in mandatis dederunt, ne conciones in eadem ecclesia fierent, donee de beneplacito regina? constaret. Turn declaravit, quod decanus et capitulum Cant, interesse nequeunt, et commiserunt vices suas praxlicto episcopo, &c. Deinde episcopus London, monuit, ut eligerent sibi 10 prolocutorem ; et electum prsesentarent die Vener. prox. intra 9- et 10. si parliamentum tunc non habeatur ; alio- quin ad lioram 3. post meridiem. Et continuavit ad diem Vener. prox. Quo die episc. London, etc. jussit accersiri pradatos 15 inferioris domus, et ibidem dom. Henricus Cole, decanus Pauli, et Jo. Harpsfield, archidiaconus London, praesen- tarunt oratione Latina Nicolaum Harpsfield prolocutorem, qui orationem fecit et admissus est. Tandem episcopus London, continuavit usque ad diem Vener. prox. si par- 20 liamentum non habeatur; alioquin inter secundam post meridiem, etc. Quo die Veneris episc. London, commissarius scisci- tavit, an clerus inferioris domus aliquid exeogitavit, quod vellent exponere illo die. Ubi prolocutor, cum Tho. 25 Raynolds, Jo. Harpsfield, et Will. Chedsey responderunt, se nescire, ob quam causam, et quibus de rebus tractaturi sint. Et rogarunt ut ratio ineatur, qnomodo religio posset conservari. Quibus episcopi responderunt, quod eis ex- pedire videtur, ut clems, etc. preces faciant dominaeao. regina;, ne quid oneris imponatur clero in illo parliamento. Deinde tractaverunt de supplemento subsidii, qua ratione sit solvendum. Et tunc episcopus London, continuavit in diem Veneris 17. Febr. Quo die episcopus London, commissarius continuavit 35 in diem Sabbati 25. Febr. 492 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [IX. Quo die episcopus London, commissarius convocavit prolocutorem et clerum. Qui quidem prolocutor porrexit eis quosdam articulos in scriptis, quos dictus clerus, ut asseruit, excogitavit ad exonerationem conscientiaruni suarum, et protestationem fidei suae. Et petierunt, uts ipsi episcopi sint duces sibi hac in re. Et tunc episcopus London, continuavit in diem Martis. Quo die ult. Febr. A. D. m.d.lviii. episcopus London, commissarius, etc. et clerus inferioris domus exbibuerunt articulos suos in priori sessione conceptos, quos lectos i° episcopi praesentandos promiserunt superiori domui par- liamenti crastino die. Et continuavit usque in diem Veneris. Seqmmtur articuli cleri a . Reverendi in Christo patres, ac domini colendissimi. 15 Quoniam, fama publica referente, ad nostram nuper noti- tiam pervenit, multa religionis christianae dogmata publico et unanimi gentium christianarum consensu hactenus re- cepta et probata, ac ab apostolis ad nos usque concorditer per manus deducta, praesertim articulos infra scriptos, in 20 dubium vocari ; hinc est, quod nos Cant, provincial in- ferior secundarius clerus in uno (Deo sic disponente, ac serenissimae dom. nostrae reginae, decani ac capituli Cant, mandato, brevi parliamenti ac monitione eccles. solit. declarat. id exigente) convenientes, partium nostrarum25 esse existimavimus, turn nostrae, turn eorum, quorum cura nobis committitur, aeternae saluti omnibus, quibus pote- rimus, modis prospicere. Quocirca majorum nostrorum exemplis commoti, qui in similia saepe tempora inciderunt, fidem, quam in articulis infra scriptis veram esse credi-30 mus, et ex animo profitemur, ad Dei laudem et honorem, ofBciique et animarum nostrae curae commissarum exone- rationem, praesentibus duximus publice inserendam, affir- a Fuller, Ch. Hist. p. 55. Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. 493 mantes, et, sicut Deus nos in die judicii adjuvet, asse- rentes, I. Quod in sacramento altaris virtute verbi Christi a sacerdote debite prolati existentis, pr?esens est realiter sub speciebus panis et vini naturale corpus Christi, con- 5 ceptum de virgine Maria ; item naturalis ejus sanguis. II. Item, Quod post consecrationem non remanet substantia panis et vini, neque ulla alia substantia, nisi substantia Dei et hominis. III. Item, Quod in missa offertur verum Christi corpus, IO et verus ejus sanguis, sacrificium propitiatorium pro vivis et defunctis. IV. Item, Quod Petro apostolo, et ejus legitimis suc- cessoribus in sede apostolica, tanquam Christi vicariis, data est suprema potestas pascendi et regendi ecclesiam *5 Christi militantem, et fratres suos confirmandi. V. Item, Quod auctoritas tractandi et definiendi de iis, qua? spectant ad fidem, sacramenta, et disciplinam eccle- siasticam, hactenus semper spectavit, et spectare debet tantum ad pastores ecclesise, quos Spiritus S. in hoc in 20 ecclesia Dei posuit, et non ad laicos. VI. Quam nostram assertionem, affirmationem, et fidem nos inferior clerus prsedictus ob considerationes prsedictas vestris paternitatibus tenore praesentium exhibemus ; hu- militer supplicantes, ut, quia nobis non est copia banc 25 nostram sententiam et intentionem aliter illis, quos in hac parte interest, notificandi, vos, qui patres estis, ista supe- rioribus ordinibus significare velitis. Qua in re officium charitatis ac pietatis (ut arbitramur) pra;stabitis, et saluti gregis vestri (ut par est) prospicietis, et vestras ipsi 30 animas liberabitis. Die Veneris proximo episcopus London, commissarius, etc. prolocutori et clero sciscitantibus, an articuli sui propositi prasentati essent superioribus ordinibus ; re- spondit se exhibuisse domino custodi magni sigilli in 35 494 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [IX. superiori domo, qui erat os commune omnium dominorum illius domus : qui articulos praidictos, ut apparebat, gra- tanter accepit, sed nullum omnino responsum dedit. Et iterum prolocutor et clerus rogarunt, ut ipsi velint citra proximam sessionem scire beneplacitum domini custodis, 5 &c. — Tunc tractatum babuerunt de solvendo supplemento subsidii, &c. Et dominus locumtenens continuavit usque in diem Martis prox. Quo die, 7- sc. Martii, episcopus London, commissarius, etc. accersiri fecit prolocutorem, et sex alios de clero, ubi io tractarunt de supplemento subsidii. Et deinde, quia non dabatur ei opportunitas petendi responsum domini de superiori domo, continuavit usque in diem Veneris. Quo die, viz. 10. Martii, m.d.lviii. episcopus London, commissarius, etc. inferiorem domum accersiri fecit, qui- 15 bus ostendebat articulos scriptos, manu notarii publici exhibitos, uno tantum articulo, viz. ultimo, excepto, ap- probates per universit. Oxon. et Cantabr. Deinde post quaedam tractata continuavit usque in diem Veneris. Et postea de die in diem usque ad diem 7. futuri mensis2o Aprilis m.d.lix. '562.] Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. 495 X. Archiep. Cant. Anno Christi Reg. Anglioe Matt. Parker. 4. 1562. Eliz. 5. Convocatio prcelatorum et cleri Cantuariensis provincics, inchoata in domo capitulari ecclesice divi Pauli London, 5 duodecimo die mensis Januarii, anno Domini juocta computationem ecclesicB Anglicance millcsimo, quingen- tesimo, sewagesimo secundo. Sessio prima. DUODECIMO die mensis Januarii, anno Domini prae-n dicto, hora nona ante meridiem ejusdem diei, in domo capitulari ecclesise cathedralis divi Pauli praxlict. in praesentia mei Johannis Incent notarii publici registrarii Convocatio prcelatorum] To this memorable convocation, more than to any other, the reformed church of England is indebted for its exist- 1 ence and permanency, having derived from it, together with many important decisions on points of discipline and government, its thirty- nine Articles of religion, its second book of Homilies, and dean Nowell's Catechism for the use of schools. To proceed in the words of Strype : " These things are but shortly set down in the acts of this synod ; but 2 they will be greatly illustrated and explained by the following notable paper [from the Petyt collection] with marginal notes, some writ by the archbishop himself, some by others. But who the composer of this paper was, I cannot say." " General notes of matters to be moved by the clergy in the next 2 parliament and synod. H8S.G. Petyt " ^ certain form of doctrine to be conceived in articles, and after to be published and authorized. " II. Matters worthy of reformation, concerning certain rites, &c. in the Book of Common Prayer. 3 496 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [X. antedicti, praefatus venerabilis vir Robertus Weston, legum doctor, alma; curiae Cantuariensis officialis, judi- cialiter et pro tribunali sedens, ob reverentiam et honorem dicti reverendissimi patris domini Matthaei archiepiscopi Cantuariensis antedicti, onus commissionis ejusdem reve-5 rendissimi patris in se acceptavit, ac juxta vim formam et effectum ejusdem procedendum fore decrevit. Ac conse- quenter, authoritate sibi commissa, praesentem convoca- tionem sive sacram synodum provincialem in statu quo nunc est, usque ad et in diem Mercurii proxime futurum, 10 viz. decimumtertium diem prsesentis mensis Januarii hora octava ante meridiem ejusdem diei, atque ad domum capitularem praedictam cum ulteriori prorogatione dierum et horarum ex tunc sequentium, et locorum (si oporteat) continuavit et prorogavit in scriptis, prout in scbedulais per eum lecta plenius continetur, cujus quidem scbedulae tenor sequitur in hsec verba: In Dei nomine, Amen. Nos Robertus Weston, &c. prsesentibusque tunc et ibidem magistris Jolianne Butler clerico, canonico ecclesise Christi " III. Ecclesiastical laws and discipline to be drawn, concerning 20 both the clergy and laity. " IV. To procure some augmentation of temporal commodities, for the supply of the exility of small benefices and livings. " Concerning the Jirst, viz. the form of doctrine. " First, A catechism is to be set forth in Latin. Which is already 25 done by Mr. Dean of Paul's, and wanteth only viewing. These articles " Secondly, Certain articles, containing the principal with 0 speed. awn grounds of Christian religion, are to be set forth, (in the which also is to be determined the truth of those things which in this age are called into controversy :) much like to such articles as were 30 set forth a little before the death of king Edward. Of which articles the most part may be used with addition and correction, as shall be thought convenient. " Thirdly, To these articles also may be adjoined the Apology [writ by bishop Jewell] lately set forth, after it hath been once again revised, 35 and so augmented or corrected, as occasion serveth. Acts (Did Proceedings in. Convocation. 497 Cantuariensis, Thoma Bolte canonico, Edmundo Weston in legibus Baccalaureo, ct Thoma Willet notario publico, testibus, &c. Secunda sessio. Die Mercurii, viz. 1 3°. die mensis Januarii anno Domini 5 juxta computationem ecclesise Aiiglicanas millesimo quin- gentesimo sexagesimo secundo, reverendissimus in Cbristo pater dominus Matthseus, archiepiscopus Cantuariensis, &c. mane circa horam octavam ante meridiem dicti diei, Lambetha solvens in navicula sua vulgo nuncupata a i° barge, ad ripam vocatam Paul's Wharf, comitante eum reverendo patre domino Nicholao Lincoln episcopo, appli- cuit, ibique ab advocatis et procuratoribus et creteris ministris curioe sure Cantuariensis acceptus, pedibus ambu- lans, deductus fuit ad foras australes ecclesise cathe-15 dralis divi Pauli London, ibique ad ostium australe ejus- dem decanus canonici et caeteri ministri ejusdem ecclesia: superpellitiis induti eum praestolabantur, ac ad vestiarium ejusdem ecclesise perduxerunt ; ibique amictu et habitu a^'ctatrcle' " T^ ese to joined in one book, and by common consent 20 nnd collegiate, to be authorized, as containing true doctrine, and enjoined and tn private 0 J houses to be taught to the vouth in the universities and grammar- Archbishop Par- 0 • 0 ker's own hand, schools throughout the realm. " That whosoever shall preach, declare, write, or speak, any thing in derogation, depraving, or despising, of the said book, or any doctrine 25 therein contained, and be thereof lawfully convicted before any ordi- nary, &c. he shall be ordered as in case of heresy ; or else shall be punished as is appointed for those that offend and speak against the Book of Common Prayer, set forth in the first year of the queen's majesty's reign that now is : that is to say, he shall for the first offence 30 forfeit ] 00 marks ; for the second offence, 400 marks ; and for the third offence, all his goods and chattels, and shall suffer imprisonment during life : with an addition, that if the person offending the first time be not worth in goods and land 1 00 marks, then he shall forfeit ail his goods and chattels ; and if the person offending the second time 35 be not worth 400 marks, then he shall forfeit all his goods and chat- K k 498 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [X. suis vestitus, ac chorum ipsius ecclesiae (comitantibus eum episcopis suffraganeis provincise suae Cantuariensis similibus habitibus indutis) ingressus, in stallo decani col- locatus fuit, caeteris episcopis suffraganeis provincise Can- tuariensis habitibus suis in hujusmodi negotio convoca-5 tionis solitis, indutis, in stallis praebendariorum ex utraque parte chori sedentibus ; ac consequenter decantata fuit per ministros ecclesiae Letania, in sermone vulgari, (juxta morem et ritum in libro nuncupato, the Book of Common Prayers, &c. descriptum.) Qua finita, ac hymno Veniio Creator, &c. per ministros ejusdem ecclesiae in vulgari solemniter decantato, magister Wilhelmus Daye, sacrae theologiae baccalaureus, praepositus collegii regalis de Eaton, babitu baccalaurei in theologia indutus, suggestum in medio chori positum ingressus fuit, ac ibidem con- 13 cionem Latinam stilo venusto, ad patres et clerum ac populum praesentes habuit, acceptis pro themate hiis divi Petri verbis in quinto capitulo primae suae epistolae de- scriptis, viz. ' Pascite quantum in vobis est,' &c. finita vero concione ; ac psalmo primo (' Beatus vir,' &c.) in sermone 20 tels ; and for neither time of offence any pecuniary penalty to be re- deemed with suffering imprisonment. " Touching the second, that is to say, for rites, fyc. in the Book of Common Prayer. " First, That the use of vestments, copes, and surplices, be from 25 henceforth taken away. " Secondly, That no private baptism be administered hereafter, but only by those that be ministers of the church. " Thirdly, That the table from henceforth stand no more altarwise, but stand in such place as is appointed by the Book of Common 3° Prayer. " Fourthly, The number of fasting- days and holy days to be by name expressed in the said book ; and the open observers of abrogated days to be punished. " Fifthly, That the use of organs and curious singing be removed ; 35 and that superfluous ringing of bells, and namely, at Allhallowtide and on All-Souls day, may be prohibited ; and that no peal after the death I562.J Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. 499 vulgari decantato, celebrata fuit sacra communio per reverendum patrem dominum Edmundum Grindale epi- scopum London, dictusque reverendissimus dominus ac caeteri omnes episcopi praesentes sacramentum corporis et sanguinis Domini communicabant. Finita vero com- 5 munione, reverendissimus dominus archiepiscopus Can- tuariensis chorum egressus, ac domum capitularem in- gressus, comitantibus eum episcopi s, et caeteris cleri prselatis, ibidem pro tribunali sedebat, assidentibus secum undique episcopis suffraganeis suis, viz. domino Edmundo 10 London, Roberto Winton, Wilhelmo Cicestren, Johanne Hereforden, Ricardo Elien, Edwino Wigorn, Rolando Bangor, Nicolao Lincoln, Johanne Sarum, Ricardo Me- neven, Edmundo Roffen, Gilberto Bathon et Wellen, Thoma Coven et Lichen, Wilhelmo Exon, Johanne 15 Norwicen, Edmundo Petriburgen, Thoma Asaphen, et Ricardo Glocestren, ac commendatar'. Bristolien, respec- tive episcopis. Cui quidem reverendissimo sic pro tri- bunali sedenti praefatus reverendus dominus London episcopus exhibuit certificatorium suum super executioneso of any person be above the space of one hour, and at the interment above half an hour. " Sixthly, That in public baptism the godfathers and godmothers shall openly profess and recite the articles of the Christian faith, com- monly called the Creed, and desire that the infant may be in that faith 25 baptized, and received into the church of God. And that they shall not Expendatur. answer in the infant's name to such questions as hereto- fore have been demanded of them in that behalf. Priests solemn- " Seventhly, That no dispensation be granted to marry, izing matri- , mony without without the banns first asked thrice upon three several 30 testimonial of _, ii, aii t it t i r 1 banns, to suffer Sundays or holyclays. And that it shall be lawful to marry grievous pun- ,, . . . . . . ishment. at any time or the year without dispensation, except it be upon Christmas-day, Easter-day, and six days going before, and upon Pentecost-Sunday. " Touching the third, that is, ecclesiastical laws and discipline. ^ " First, Petition is to be made to the queen's majesty and the parlia- ment, that, according to a statute, anno 25 Henry VIII. thirty-two R li 2 500 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [X. mandati monitorii alias sibi directi, tenorem infra scriptum continens, ' Reverendissimo in Christo patri,' &c. Quo quidem certificatorio per magistrum Tbomam Yale legum doctorem, dicti reverendissimi patris viearium in spiritu- alibus generalem, de mandate, ejusdem reverendissimi. 5 publice perlecto, magister Gabriel Goodman, deeanus Westminster, eidem reverendissimo patri quandam pro- testationem in scriptis conceptam porrexit. ac ea pro- testatione salva, comparuit in bujusmodi sacra synodo sive convocatione, et Don aliter. Tenor vero dictae pro- 10 testationis sequitur in hxc verba, ' Sub protestatione de non consentiendo in autboritatem reverendissimi patris Cantuariensis arcbie])iscopi quoad banc convocationem celebrand', nisi quatenus de jure ac statutis hujus regni Anglia? et privilegiis ecclesia? collegiatae sive collegii 15 nostri Westminster teneor, neque de non infringend' aut diminuend' libertates et privilegia ejusdem nostri collegii sive ecclesia? collegiatae.' Quibus sic factis, reve- rendissimus dominus arcbiepiscopus Cantuariensis brevem quandam orationem eloquentia? plenam babuit ad patres2o persons may be appointed to collect and gather ecclesiastical laws, and to view those that were gathered by commissioners appointed in king Edward's time. " In the mean time, that these laws or orders, which hereafter follow, may be established. 25 " First, concerning the clergy. That all peculiar jurisdiction be ex- tinguished ; that the whole jurisdiction of the churches in every diocese be restored to the bishop of the diocese. Deiiberetur. Item, That in cases of correction, no appeal from the bishop of the diocese be admitted, nor no inhibitions granted, to hinder 30 the said bishop to proceed in those cases. " Item, That in every cathedral church there be a divinity lecture read in English thrice in the week by some able person ; of the com- mon charge of the church, if no spiritual living have been of old time appointed for such purpose. And the ministers and singing-men of 35 the same church to be present at the reading thereof. " Item, That all the petty canons, vicars, or conducts of cathedral churches, which be priests or ministers, be enjoined to study some part J5^ 2 -] Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. 501 et clerum ; per quam, inter alia, opportunitatem reforman- darum rerum in ecclesia Anglicana jam oblatam esse apernit, ac propensos animos tam illustrissimae dominae nostrae reginae, quam aliorum niagnatum hujus regni ad hujusmodi reformationem habendam declaravit; hor-5 tando, praecipiendo et mandando praelatos et clerum in- ferioris domus in dicta do-mo capitulari, coram eo et reliquis patribus constitutos, quatenus ad conventus sui locum sese conferentes, uniim virum gravem, doctum et peritum de gremio suo provideant et eligant in eorum 10 prolocutorem sive referendarium (commendans illis max- ime decanum ecclesiae cathedralis divi Pauli London Alexamlrum Nowel), ipsumque sic electum exhibeant et praesentent coram eodem reverendissimo aut ejus locum- tenente die sabbati proxime futuro, hora prima post 15 meridiem in hoc loco. Deinde dictus reverendissimus pater commisit vices suas praefato magistro Thomae Yale cancellario suo, ac magistro Willielmo Drurie legum doctori commissario ad facilitates, ad recipiendum certifi- catoria episcoporum, ac ad inspicienduin procuratoria 20 quorumcunque absentium, ac causas absentiarnm suarum of the scripture. Which if they refuse to do, then, by the discretion of such as shall have jurisdiction over them, to be removed from their rooms. " Item, That there be grammar-schools in every cathedral church. 25 No adversary " Item, That the apparel of ministers may be uniform and SJneT 8 *' ' * limited, of what fashion it shall be, touching the cap and beliberetur. garment< " Item, That no parson, vicar, or curate, do serve two cures at once, upon pain of loss of his benefice, if he have any ; and of suspension 30 from the ministry by the space of one year, if be have no benefice. " Item, That none be admitted to any parsonage exceeding the yearly value of SI. or to any vicarage exceeding the value of 20 marks, unless he do understand the Latin tongue well, and can answer to the catechism set forth in Latin. 35 "That none have any deanery, provostship, archdeaconry, or other dignity in any cathedral church, prebend, parsonage, or vicarage, and Deiibcretur. being no priest, shall retain and keep his spiritual promo- 502 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [X. examinand' et approband*. Ac prseterea dictus reveren- dissimus pater prommtiavit oranes et singulos decanos, archidiaconos, capitula, ac cleri procuratores et caeteros quoscunque ad interessendum in hujusmodi sacra synodo, sive convocatione, monitos et citatos, ac per se aut pro- 5 curatores suos idoneos minime comparentes, notorie con- tumaees ; poenas contumaciarum suarum hujusmodi usque in proximam sessionem reservand'. prout in schedula per eum lecta plenius continetur, cujus quidem schedulse verus tenor sequitur in hrec verba, ' In Dei nomine, Amen,' 10 &c. Omnibus gestis, praefatus reverendissimus pater con- tinuavit et prorogavit hujusmodi convocationem sive sacram synodum, ac omnia et singula certificatoria in- troducta et introducenda, in statu quo nunc sunt, usque in diem sabbati proxime futurum hora prima post me- 15 ridiem, ad domum capitularem prsedictam ; prout in schedula per eum lecta tenorem subscriptum de verbo in verbum in se complectente, dilucidius apparet, ' In Dei nomine, Amen,' &c. Yale. a Too much. tion or benefice any longer hereafter than one year 3 , 20 Archbishop . , Parker's hand, unless within the same year he be made priest ; any dis- pensation whatsoever heretofore granted, or hereafter to be granted, to the contrary notwithstanding. "That none hereafter under the age of three and twenty years shall be enabled in law to receive any deanery, provostship, archdeaconry, 25 dignity in any cathedral church, prebend, parsonage, or vicarage. And whosoever, being above three and twenty years of age, shall receive any such promotion or benefice, except within one year after he be made priest, he shall be deprived thereof ; any dispensation or privilege to the contrary heretofore granted, or hereafter to be granted, in any 30 wise notwithstanding. Provided always, that it shall be lawful for any student in the universities, being above eighteen years of age, to receive one prebend in any cathedral church, where the local statutes be not repugnant to the same, if there be no cure annexed, or church impropriated to the same prebend : and to retain the same during the 35 time he shall continue in any university, either within the realm or beyond the seas, and give himself wholly to study ; so that he be made priest when he shall come to four and twenty years of age. " And also it shall be lawful for doctors and bachelors of the law, to 1562.] Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. 503 Sessio tertia. Die Sabbati, viz. 16°. die mensis Januarii, anno Domini praedicto, inter horam primam et secundam post meri- diem ejnsdem diei, reverendissimus dominus Matthseus archiepiscopus Cantuariensis, ac reverendi patres domini5 Edmundus London, Robertus Winton, Johannes Here- forden, Richardus Elien, Edwinus Wigorn, Rolandus Bangor, Nicholaus Lincoln, Johannes Sarum, Richardus Meneven, Edmundus RofFen, Gilbertus Bathon et Wellen, Thomas Coven et Lichen, Wilhelmus Exon, Johannes 1° Norwicen, Edmundus Petriburgen, Thomas Asaphen, et Ricardus Glocestren, respective episcopi, in domo capitu- lari ecclesiae cathedralis divi Pauli London congregati, primum et ante omnia preces Deo optimo maximo effun- debant, dicta publice ac alta et intelligibili voce per 15 ipsum reverendissimum patrem Letania in sermone La- tino una cum collectis assuetis ac oratione synodo pro- vincial! dicenda, noviter (ut apparuit) edita, responden- tibus aliis episcopis prsedictis ac prselatis et clero et receive or retain one prebend or two, though they be no priests, in 20 cathedral churches, where the local statutes will so permit.for so long time as they shall exercise under a bishop of this realm spiritual juris- diction. " That none be abled in law to receive any benefice, or other spiri- tual promotion, exceeding the yearly value of 30/. unless he be a 25 preacher before he receive the same. By a preacher is meant such an one as hath preached before his ordinary, and hath his approbation under seal to be a preacher. " That none from henceforth, having one benefice with cure of souls, be abled in law to receive any other benefice with like cure, by 30 force of any dispensation, unless he be a preacher, and in degree of schools a doctor of divinity or law, a bachelor of divinity, or at the Consideretur, an least a master of arts ; and the one benefice not to be dis- astringenaum sit mi gradus. tant from the other above twelve miles : otherwise, as soon as he shall receive the second benefice, the first shall be void in law. 35 And in this case of the permission of a preacher to have two benefices, the dispensation to be rated at some small sum. " That none be suffered to have above two benefices with cure toge- 50* Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [X. populo astantibus. Finitis precibus, ac clero prsedicto ad locum conventus sui sese conferentes, prsefatus reveren- clissimus, una cum aliis confratribus suis provincise suae Cantuariensis episcopis suffraganeis proenominatis, pro tribunali sedens, post intervallum temporis denuo ad 5 eum accersiri jussit dictos pradatos et clerum domus inferioris ; cui copiose sese praesentantes exhiberi et sisti fecerunt venerabilem virum magistrum Alexandrum Nowell, ecclesiaj catliedralis divi Pauli London decanum, in prolocutorem sive referendarium domus inferioris 10 electum. Quem eximii viri magistri Gabriel Goodman, decanus Westminster, et Thomas Sampson, decanus Exon, medium inter se ductum vice totius cleri, prse- missa oratione brevi Latina ab eodem magistro Gabriele Goodman, personam electam ac ejus virtutes et animiis dotes complectente, exhibuerunt. Qua finita, idem pro- locutor per aliam orationem non inelegantem se variis de causis ad hujusmodi munus obeundum inidoneum decla- ravit : sed tandem ne opus tam pium effugere videatur, hujusmodi provinciam in se lubens acceptare promisit ; et 20 ther at one time, by force of any dispensation. And he that hath two Deiiberetur. benefices with cure together at one time, unless he be re-, sident continually at the one, (and yet so as at divers times he may be personally at the other, to preach there,) to be deprived of the bene- fice of the greater yearly value. 25 " That no patron of any benefice or spiritual promotion shall sell or assign any advowson to any person ; but shall bestow it himself upon some meet clerk, when the benefice or spiritual promotion is void. " That all advowsons heretofore granted of any patron of any bene- fice, or other spiritual promotion, shall from henceforth be void ; and 30 Deiiberetur. that hereafter no advowson or grant of the next vacation of any benefice or spiritual promotion shall be effectual and available in the law ; unless before the making thereof, either the incumbent be dead, or the benefice or spiritual promotion be otherwise void in law. " That all parsons, vicars, or their curates, every Sunday and holy- 35 day, do openly and distinctly read, after the gospel, the Articles of our faith, the Ten Commandments of Almighty God, and the Lord's Prayer; and at afternoon offer themselves to teach the Catechism to the youth of the parish, and take witness thereof of the churchwardens 1562.] Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. 505 tunc habito inter dictum reverendissimum patrem et con- fratres suos tractatu de idoneitate dicti prolocutoris, omnes unanimiter et concorditer ipsum magistrum Nowel ad dictum officium prolocutoris obeundum maxime idoneum esse asseruerunt et affirmarunt. Unde reverendissimus, 5 cum patrum unanimi consensu, electionem hujusmodi de persona tarn digni viri factam, venusta oratione appro- bavit et confirmavit. Et tunc, dimisso clero inferioris domus, reverendissimus rogavit patres, quod unusquisque eorum citra proximam sessionem excogitare velit ea quae 10 in eorum separalibus dioecesibus reformatione indigeant, ac in proxima sessione proponere dignaretur. Et tunc, liabita inter dictum reverendissimum patrem et confratres suos secreta quadam communicatione (semotis omnibus arbitris,) tandem dictus reverendissimus de consensu 15 patrum continuavit et prorogavit hujusmodi convoca- tionem sive sacram synoduni provincialem, omniaque et singula certificatoria introducta et introducenda, in statu quo nunc sunt, usque ad et in diem Martis proxime futurum hora prima post meridiem ejusdem diei ad eccle-20 and sidemen ; upon pain to forfeit for every time that they do neglect so to do, 3 s. and 4c?. to be levied upon his goods or wages by the churchwardens and sidemen, to the use of the poor of the parish, with- out replevy to be admitted therein. " I will name no more of these articles, though they run to the 25 number of thirty-four, unless it be one more, namely, ' That in every deanery in the country there may be constituted by the bishop one grave Rural dean. and discreet priest, to be archipresbyter, or decamts ruratis : who shall not only oversee the priests of that deanery, but also have au- thority to call before him all such as offend against the ecclesiastical laws, 30 and to examine them, and to certify the ordinary thereof : but the said dean not to determine any thing in those matters.' " Concerning the fourth particular, viz. increase of ministers' livings. " [And here occur four evils to be remedied.] Addantur anno- " I- First of all, it is evident that impropriations are 35 tua° n ad dom. 80 radix omnium malorum in this realm. Forasmuch as the secre anum. ^ QQr man p a y etn ms tjt neSj or dained at the first to be given 506 Acts and Proceedings m Convocation. [X. siam collegiatam divi Petri "Westminster, prout in quadam schedula per eura lecta plenius eontinetur, cujus quidem schedule verus tenor sequitur, in haec verba, ' In Dei nomine, Amen,' &c. Deinde dictus reverendissimus posnas contnmaciarnm omnium et singulorum absentium, at 5 prius, ad ejus arbitrium reservavit. Quarto sessio. Die Martis, viz. 19°. die mensis Januarii, anno Domini ] 562. hora secunda post meridiem in capella nuncupata, king Henri/ the Seventh's chapel, infra ecclesiam colle-t° giatam divi Petri Westminster situata, dictis primitus et publice recitatis per reverendissimum patrem dominum Matthsenm arcliiepiseopum Cantuariensem. et reliquos episcopos suftraganeos provincia? Cantuariensis precibus de quibus in superiori sessione fit mentio coram eodem 15 reverendissimo patre pro tribunali sedente, assidentibus secum reverendis patribus dominis, &c. respective epi- scopis, comparuit personaliter magister Gabriel Goodman, decanus ecclesia? collegiata? divi Petri "Westminster pra?- to a teacher, and now, as in the time of the abbeys, converted to other 20 uses, and no sufficient portion left to the vicars. " Remedies. " First, Universal restitution were the best, but can hardly be hoped for. Or after the ei- " K not that, then after the end of three years, all 25 CSSnowta leases of parsonages, and all occupations of the same by force- any lay person, to cease and determine. And that the said parsonages so impropriated shall be wholly united and an- nexed to the vicarages ; and the said vicarages after such unition to be made parsonages ; the said incumbents paying to the owners, 30 by the wage of a yearly pension, the yearly rent of all such impro- priations, according to the rate of the queen's majesty's records, and discharging the said proprietors of all charge incident to such impropriations, as by commission for that purpose to be appointed might be awarded. 35 '* Provided always, that where the vicarages be so very small, that 1562.] Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. 507 dictao, ac vice sua et totius capituli (ut asseruit) ejusclem ecclesiae palam et publice protestatus fuit, ' Quod non in- tendit consentire ut hujusmodi sacra synodus in dicta ecclesia collegiata divi Petri Westminster celebretur, nisi quatenus per privilegia ejusdem ecclesiae liceat et5 non aliter, neque alio modo, quibus quidem privileges (ut asseruit) in aliquo derogare noluit, neque intendit, sed eis firmiter adhoerere ac pro posse suo illaesa in omni- bus conservare.' Et tunc, habita inter dictum reveren- dissimum patrem, ac caeteros episcopos suos suffraganeos 10 praenominatos communicatione sive disputatione de qui- busdam articulis ad Christianam fidem facientibus; tandem dictus reverendissimus accersiri jussit ad se prolocutorem domus inferioris; qui quidem prolocutor, una cum sex aliis de clero dicta? domus inferioris coram patribus sui 15 copiam faciens, proposuit et asseruit, quod quidam de dicta domo exhibuerant quasdam diversas schedas de rebus reformandis per eos respective excogitat. et in scriptis redact. Quae quidem schedae de communi con- sensu traditae sunt quibusdam viris gravioribus et doc- 20 the annexing of the appropriation in form aforesaid will not make the vicarages sufficient, that in such case the commissioners may allot some portions of the rent for an augmentation. " Provided also, that the benefices so restored shall not be leased by any incumbent, unless it be for one or two of the first years. 25 " Provided also, that the commissioners appointed shall have au- thority to determine, how many of the benefices, so augmented as aforesaid, are sufficient livings for learned men to keep hospitality ; and none to be admitted to such benefices, but those that are able to preach. Who shall also be bound to take no more livings ; and to be 30 continually resident on the same, and keep hospitality, or else to be deprived. " II. The second mischief is, that by avarice and practice of evil bishops, pastors, and priests, almost all benefices of any reasonable value are let out for many years, with the confirmation of the bishop 35 and patron. " Remedy. " For remedy whereof, it were to be wished, that any lease hereafter 508 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [X. tioribus de coetu dictae domus inferioris ad hoc electis perspiciend. et considerand. Quibus sic electis (ut asse- ruit) assignation est ut hujusmodi schedas in capitula redigant ac in proxima sessione exhibeant coram eodem prolocutore. Et ulterius proposuit, quod articuli ins synodo Londinensi, tempore nuper regis Edwardi Sexti (ut asseruit) editi, traditi sunt quibusdam aliis viris ex coetu dictae domus inferioris, ad hoc etiam electis, ut eos diligenter perspiciant, examinent, et considerent ; ac prout eis visum merit, corrigant et reforment, ac in proxima 10 sessione etiam exhibeant. Et tunc reverendissimus hujus- modi negotia per dictum prolocutorem et clerum incsepta approbavit, ac in eisdem erga proxiinam sessionem juxta eorum determinationem procedere voluit et mandavit. Quibus sic expeditis, reverendissimus, &c. continuavit, &c. 15 prout in schedula, &c. ' In Dei nomine, Amen,' &c. Sessio quinta. Die Mercurii, viz. 20°. die mensis Januarii, &c. inter horam secundam et tertiam post meridiem ejusdem diei, reverendissimus pater dominus Matthseus archiepiscopus 20 a Three years, to be made, more than for one year 3 , shall be of no va- lidity in law. And that all leases heretofore granted and confirmed, b At the end of shall cease and determine at the end of three vears t>, and the leases : no . . force. return to the incumbents. And like view by commission to be made of those benefices, how many are sufficient of themselves ; 25 and then the incumbent to be bound to be resident, and to accept no more livings. " III. The third inconvenience to be cured is the covetousness of patrons ; who ought by their names to be patroni, and not prcedories, of their churches. 30 " Remedies. " And therefore strait penalties are to be made against those patrons which directly or indirectly take money, or make or accept siinoniacal pacts. And among other penalties, a patron convicted hereof, to lose his patronage during his life, and to be given that term by the queen's 3- majesty, or by the ordinary of the diocese ; and the wicked priest, which gave or promised, to be deprived of all his livings, and made for ever unable to receive any more ecclesiastical livings. 1562.] Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. 509 Cantuariensis, &c. ac reverendi patres, &c. in capella nuper regis Henrici Septimi, infra ecclesiam collegiatam divi Petri Westminster, congregati, &c. de et snper qui- busdam articulis sacrosanctam Christi religionem concer- nentibus, de quibus in actis hesterni diei fit mentio, per 5 spacium trium horarum aut eirciter inter se tractarunt et commnnicarnnt. Ac tandem dictus reverendissimus, &c. continuavit, &c. prout in schedula, &c. ' In Dei nomine, Amen,' &c. Sessio seaia. 10 Die Veneris, viz. xxii 0 . die mensis Januarii, circa horam octavam ante meridiem ejusdem diei, praefatus reveren- dissimus pater, dominus jMattha?us archiepiscopus Can- tuariensis, ac reverendi patres, &c. in dome- capitulari ecclesiaj cathedralis divi Pauli London congregati, &c. 15 secretam quandam communicationem per spacium trium horarum semotis arbitris inter se habuerunt ; ac tandem dictus reverendissimus pater, &c. continuavit, &c. usque in diem Luna?, &c. inter horas 1. et 2. post meridiem, &c. prout in schedula, &c. ' In Dei nomine, Amen,' &c. 20 " And for better trial hereof, that it may be lawful for every ordi- nary, upon true and just suspicion of simony committed, to examine both the priest suspected, and also the patron, or anv other person whatsoever, who is thought to know anv thing concerning such simony, by virtue of a corporal oath. 25 " And in case, where the suspicions of such simony be vehement, and yet by secret practices so covered, that it cannot perfectly be known, that the ordinary may put the priest so suspected to his purga- tion ; and to be purged only by ministers, whereof some to be preachers ; and if he fail in such purgation, to be deprived. But in this case the 30 patron shall not lose his patronage. " IV. The fourth inconvenience is the universal subtraction of privy or personal tithes. By means whereof, almost all cities, market-towns, boroughs, thoroughfares, where the greatest multitudes are, and those more ingenious and civil, are at this present destitute of learned men, 35 and many have no service at all. 510 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [X. Sessio septima. Die Lunse, viz. 25°. die mensis Januarii, anno pranlicto, circa horam tertiam post meridiem ejusdem diei, reve- rendissimus in Christo pater dominus Matthams archie- piscopns Cantuariensis, &c. ac reverendi patres, &c. in 5 capella nuper regis Henrici Septimi infra ecclesiam colle- giatam divi Petri Westm. congregati, per spacium dua- rum horarum aut circiter secretam quandam communi- cationem inter se habuerunt : ac tandem reverendissimus, &c. continuavit, &c. usque ad et in diem Mercurii, &c. io inter horam 1. et 3. post meridiem, &c. Sessio octava. Die Mercurii, viz. 27°. die mensis Januarii, 1562, bora secunda post meridiem ejusdem diei in capella nuper regis Henrici Septimi, infra ecclesiam collegiatam divi Petri r 5 Westminster, reverendissimus in Cbristo pater dominus Mattbaeus permissione divina Cantuariensis arcbiepiscopus, &c. ac reverendi patres domini, &c. respective episcopi, pro tribunali sedentes, per spacium triuui fere horarum " Remedies. 20 " Which must be remedied, either by rating of some certainty upon every person by a contribution or otherwise to a reasonable sum ; or else to appoint a rate according to the rent of their houses, as it is in London. That is, for every pound rent, to the parson or vicar two shillings and ninepence. 2 5 " Then follows, " Discipline of the laity. " Item, It is to be wished that every nobleman [here is a great chasm in the MS.] parents, and masters of households, having children of eight years old and upwards, if upon examination to 30 be had by their curate, or other appointed by the ordinary, it be found, that they cannot say by heart the Short Catechism in English set forth, and thereof convinced before the ordinary or his officers, shall pay for every such child 1 05. to the poor man's box ; unless the said parents can prove, by declaration of the curate, that they have continually, at 35 1562.] Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. 511 secrete inter se tractarunt et communicarunt. Ac tandem dictus reverendissimus, &c. continuavit, &c. Sessio nona. Die Veneris, viz. 29°. die mensis Januarii, 156*2, inter horarn octavam et nonam ante meridiem ejusdem diei, 5 reverendissimo in Christo patre domino Matthseo archie- piscopo Cantuariensi, &c. nec non reverendis patribus, &c. respective episcopis in domo capitulari ecclesise cathe- dralis divi Pauli London congregatis, post tractatum ali- quem inter eos habitum, tandem super quibusdam articulis 10 orthodoxae fidei inter episcopos quorum nomina eis sub- scribuntur, unanimiter convenit, quorum quidem articu- lorum tenores sequuntur et sunt tales : ' Articuli de quibus,' &c„ ac deinde reverendi patres domini Edmundus London, Robertus Winton, Nicholaus Lincoln, et Johannes Here- 15 forden, respective episcopi, per reverendissimum de con- sensu confratrum suorum pramominatorum electi fuerunt ad excogitand. qusedam capitula de disciplina in ecclesia liabend. Quibus sic gestis dictus reverendissimus, &c. the days appointed for the catechism, brought their children to him, to be 20 instructed therein; and the default is in the want of capacity in the youth. The said penalty to be levied by the churchwarden upon the goods of the offender, by way of distress ; only upon signification given to them in writing by the ordinary : which alone to be sufficient warrant for them. And that no replevy be granted or admitted in this case. 25 " The like penalty in form aforesaid to be extended against masters, who have servants or apprentices in their houses, being under the years of fourteen, and have continued in their houses above one whole year, and at the end of that one year cannot say the said catechism by heart. " Every person of age and discretion sufficient to communicate, shall 30 offer himself once a year, upon such days as shall be appointed, to be examined by his parson, vicar, or curate, whether he can say by heart the Articles of his faith, the Ten Commandments, and the Lord's Prayer ; upon pain to be excommunicate ipso facto. And before they be ab- solved, to pay unto the churchwardens, to the use of the poor, if the 35 offender be a rich man or woman, 6s. 8d. and if the offender be a poor man or woman, 3s. \d. For which purpose every parson and vicar, by 512 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [X. continuavit, &c. usque ad et in diem Mercurii, &c. inter horam 1 et 2 post meridiem, &c. Sessio decima. Die Mercurii, viz. 3°. die mensis Februarii, 1562, in eapella regis Henrici Septimi infra eeclesiam collegiatam 5 divi Petri Westminster situata, reverendissimus in Christo pater dominus Matthams archiepiscopus Cantuariensis, nec non reverendi patres domini, &c. respective episcopi, pro tribunali sedentes, secretam quandam communica- tionem sive tractatum per spacium trium horarum aut xo circiter inter se habuerant. Ac tandem dictus reveren- dissimus, &c. continuavit, &e. usque ad et in diem Veneris, atres domini, &c. respective episcopi pro tribunali se-15 dentes, de rebus ecclesiae aliquandiu tractarunt. Ac tandem dominus prolocutor, cum octo aliis de coetu do- mus inferioris, coram dictis patribus comparens, prsesen- tavit et exhibuit quendam librum de subsidio dominae nostrac reginae per clerum provinciae Cantuariensis conce-20 dendo, in scriptis redactum ; ac penes eosdem patres able consent of parents, if they be alive, or else of some other friend, as may be limited by this order, may be void in law. " The consent of young women not to be judged sufficient, till they be come to the age of fifteen years. 25 '* It is also to be wished that some better order were taken for the marriage of wards, that they should be of some reasonable years afore they be contracted ; seeing such inconveniences daily ensue the order now in use. " If any man steal or take away a maid from her parents without 3° their consent, or any orphan without the consent of her tutor, and do marry her, let it either be felony, or else be punished with grievous fine and imprisonment ; and the said matrimony be judged no matrimony in law, but to be dissolved again. " The like penalty is to be extended against those, which, knowing a 35 suit to be depending in any ecclesiastical courts between any woman and another man challenging contract, shall marry with any such l 1 2 516 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [X. dimisit, ac etiam prscsentavit et exhibuit libellum articu- lormn de doctrina, &c. de quibus in ultima sessione fit mentio ; asserens, quod quidam de coetu dicta; domus citra ultimam sessionem dictis articulis manus suas sub- scripserunt, ac quidam alii nondum subscripserunt. Undes dicti patres voluerunt et mandarunt, quod nomina eorum, qui hactenus non subscripserunt, praesententur coram eis in proxima sessione. Deinde dictus dominus locumtenens, de consensu confratrum suorum prsedictorum, continuavit, &c. usque ad et in diem Veneris, &c. inter boras octavam 10 et nonam ante meridiem, &c. prout in schedula, &c. Sessio XIII. Die Veneris, viz. 12°. die mensis Februarii, 1562, in domo capitulari ecclesiae cathedralis divi Pauli London, reverendus in Christo pater dominus Edwinus permis-15 sione divina Wigorn episcopus, acceptans in se onus com- missionis reverendissimi, &c. juxta formam et effectum ejusdem procedendum fore decrevit. Ac deinde idem reverendus pater, authoritate sibi commissa continuavit, woman, afore she be by sentence and order of law declared to be free, 20 and at liberty." These proceedings are reprinted from bishop Gibson's Synodus An- glic, and whence he obtained them may be learnt from the following observations of Dr. Bennet in his Essay on the Thirty-nine Articles, (p. 172.) "There is now in the possession of Charles Battely, esq. 25 receiver of the church of Westminster, a 4to MS. volume, containing things of various natures, but especially transcripts from the records of convocation, and particularly the entire register of the upper house in 1562. This book did manifestly once belong to archbishop Parker ; for his handwriting appears in several places of it ; and his red lead 30 pencil very frequently. From this volume a copy of the acts of the upper house was taken, from which transcript Dr. Gibson printed." Comp. Burnet, II. R. vol. iii. p. 578. Neal, Pur. vol. i. p. i 19. Hist, of Conferences, pp. 39 and 117. Strype, Parker, vol. i. p. 240. Fuller, Ch. Hist. cent. xvi. b. 9. p. 7 2. Collier, vol. ii. p. 486. Lingard, vol. v. 35 p. 206. Heylin, Hist. Ref. p. 330. Wake, MSS. Misc. 40. p. 127. i 5 62.] Acts a/if! Proceedings in Convocation. 517 &c. usque ad et in diem Sabbati, &c. inter lioras primam et secundam post meridiem, &c. prout in sehedula, he. Sessio XIV. Die Sabbati, viz. 13°. die mensis Februarii, 1562, bora secunda post meridiem ejusdem diei, reverendissimus in 5 Cbristo pater dominus Matthseus archiepiscopus Cantua- riensis, &c. necnon reverendi in Christo patres, &c. re- spective episcopi, in domo capitulari ecclesiae catbedralis divi Pauli London congregati, de subsidio dominse nostra) reginae per praelatos et clerum Cantuarien. concedend', i aliquamdiu tractarunt. Ac tandem dictus reverendissi- mus, &c. continuavit, &c. usque ad et in diem Lunge, &c. inter boras primam et tertiam post meridiem, &c. prout In scbedula, &c. Sessio XV. i Die Lunae, viz. 15°. die mensis Februarii, 1562, bora secunda post meridiem ejusdem diei in capella regis Henrici Septimi infra, &c. reverendissimus dominus Matthseus archiepiscopus Cantuariensis ac, &c. respective episcopi, pro tribunali sedentes, de subsidio dominse no- 2 strae reginae concedendo inter se tractarunt. Ac tandem reverendissimus prsedictus dominus Matthseus archiepi- scopus Cant, et dominus Robertus Winton episcopus re- cesserunt. Post quorum recessum, reverendi patres do- mini Edwinus Wigorn et Nicholaus Lincoln, dicti reve- 2 rendissimi patris locumtenentes, ac caeteri reverendi patres prsenominati librum de hujusmodi subsidio in scriptis con- ceptum coram eis perlegi fecerunt. Quo lecto, dictus dominus Wigorn. episcopus de consensu patrum prseno- minatorum continuavit, &c. prout in sehedula, Sic. 3 Sessio XVI. Die Mercurii, viz. 17". die mensis Februarii, 1562, inter horas secundam et tertiam post meridiem ejusdem 518 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [X. diei in capella regis Henrici Septirni infra, &c. reve- rendus in Christo pater Nicliolaus permissione divina Lincoln episcopus, vice et anthoritate reverendissimi patris archiepiscopi Cantnariensis, &c. continuavit, &c. usque ad et in diem Veneris, &c. inter horas octavamS et nonam ante meridiem, &c. prout in scliedula, &c. Sessio XVII. Die Veneris, viz. 19°. die mensis Februarii, 1562, in domo capitulari ecclesiae cathedralis divi Pauli London, reverendissimns in Christo pater dominus Matthaeus ar- T ° chiepiscopus Cantuariensis, &cc. una cum reverendis patri- bus dominis, &c. pro tribnnali sedens, accersiri fecit ad se prolocutorem domus inferioris. Cui quidem prolocutori et sex aliis de clero dicta? domus inferioris coram dicto reverendissimo et aliis reverendis patribus praenominatis is constitut' idem reverendissimus de et cum consensu con- fratrum suorum hujusmodi tradidit quosdam articulos in scriptis conceptos, mandando quatenus super contends in dictis articulis diligenter inquirant, ac quicquid inde inve- nerint, in scriptis redigant, ac dicto reverendissimo porri-20 gant et exhibeant. Et tunc dimissis dictis prolocutore et clero, ac habito secreto tractatu inter dictum reveren- dissimum patrem et confratres suos per spacium unius horse aut circiter, tandem praefatus reverendissimus de consensu confratrum suorum continuavit, &c. usque ad et2£ in diem Luna?, &c. inter horas 1 et 2 post meridiem, &c. prout in schedula, &c. Articuli vero de quibus supra fit mentio, hie inferius describuntur. First, whether if the writ of melius inquirend' be sent 3° forth, the likelihood be that it will turn to the queen's commodity ? Item, whether some benefices rateable, be not less than they be already valued ? 1562.] Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. 519 Item, to enquire of the manner of dilapidations and other spoliations that they can remember to have passed upon their livings, and by whom? Item, how they have been used for the levying of arrearage of tenths and subsidies, and for how many 5 years past ? Item, how many benefices they find that are charged with pensions of religious persons ? Item, to certifie how many benefices are vacant in every diocese ? 10 Eodem die, venerabilis vir magister Thomas Yale, le- gum doctor, vicarius in spiritualibus generalis dicti reve- rendissimi patris, ac commissarius in hac parte specialiter deputatus, in capella beatae Mariae infra ecclesiam cathe- dralem divi Pauli London situat' domo viz. inferioris 15 convocationis praedict. in praesentia, (ut dicebatur) ma- gistri Wilhelmi Saye, notarii publici, dictae domus infe- rioris registrarii et actorum scribse, judicialiter sedens legit quandam schedulam contra omnes et singulos deca- nos, capitula, archidiaconos, et cleri procuratores, ac cae-20 teros quoscunque in dicta convocatione, juxta monitionem legitimam in hac parte factam, non comparentes, aut ab eadem sine licentia, &c. recedentes. Cujus quidem sche- dulae verus tenor sequitur, et est talis, ' In Dei nomine, Amen.' &c. 25 Sessio XVIII. Die Lunae, viz. 22°. die mensis Februarii, 1562. rcve- rendissimus pater dominus Matthaeus Cantuariensis, ac reverendi patres domini, &e. respective episcopi, in ca- pella regis Henrici Septimi infra, &c. congregati, et pro 3° tribunali sedentes, ac de subsidio dominaa nostra? reginae concedendo aliquandiu tractantes, tandem unanimiter con- venerunt de hujusmodi subsidio eidem domin.Te nostrac reginae concedendo sub modo et forma ac conditionibus 520 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [X. ct provisionibus sequentibus, viz. 'The prelates and clergy of the province of Canterbury,' &c. Qnibus sic factis, dictns reverendissinms, &c. continuavit, &c. usque ad et in diem Mercnrii, &c. inter horas octavam et deciniam ante meridiem, &c. prout in schedula, &c. 5 Sessio XIX. Die Mercurii, viz. 24. die mensis Febrnarii, &e. in capella regis Henrici Septimi infra, &c. reverendissinms, he. nec non reverendi patres, &c. respective episcopi, congregati, surrogatum prolocutoris (dicto prolocutore ab- io sente) et clerum domus inferioris, ad se accersiri jusse- runt ; ac coram eis publice legi fecerunt librum de sub- sidio, dominae nostra? reginae concesso, de quo in actis proximo pmecedentis sessionis fit mentio, in pergameno conscript, ac sigillo dicti reverendissimi patris sigillat'. 15 Cui quidem libro sic perlecto, ac omnibus et singulis con- cessionibus, conditionibus et provisionibus in eodem raen- tionatis sub modo et forma supra sjiecificatis, dictus clerus inferioris domus consensum et assensum suos una- nimiter adhibuerunt. 20 Sessio XX. Die Veneris, viz. 26. die mensis Febrnarii, &c. reve- rendissimus pater dominus ]\Iatthoous Cantuar. &c. in donio capitulari ecclesia? cathedralis divi Pauli London congregati, et pro tribunali sedentes, secretum quendam 2 5 tractatum aliquandiu inter se habuerunt. Deinde prolo- cutor ct decern alii de coetu domus inferioris, viz. magis- ter Georgius Carewe, decanus ecclesirc collegiataB sive capellai regiae de Winsor, magister Pedder decanus Wi- gorn, magister Salisburie decanus Norwicen, mag. La- 30 timer decanus Petriburgen, mag. Cottrell archidiaconus Dorset, mag. Kennall archidiaconus Exon, mag. Chaund- ler archidiaconus Sarum, mag. Walker archidiaconus Stafford, mag. Hewitt praecentor Meneven. et mag. 1 562.] Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. 521 Levar archkliaeonus Coven, coram clicto reverendissimo patro ac caeteris reverendis patribus prsenominatis perso- naliter comparentes, tarn noininibus suis propriis, quam vice et nomine totius coetus (ut asserunt) domus infe- rioris convocations prsedict. porrexerunt eisdem patribus 5 quondam librum de disciplina, &c. in papiro. Cui quidem libro (ut asseruerunt) dictus coetus domus inferioris una- nimiter consenserunt. Et tunc dictus liber, de consensu patrum proadictorum, commissus fuit reverendissimo do- mino Cantuar. ac reverendis dominis London, Winton, io Cicestren, Hereforden, et Elien, examinandus. Quibus sic gestis, dictus reverendissimus de consensu confratrum suorum continuavit, &c. usque ad et in diem Luna?, &c. inter boras primam et tertiam post meridiem, &c. prout in schedula, &c. ifi Sessio XXI. Die Lunge, viz. primo die mensis Martii, &c. reveren- dissimus pater dominus Matthoeus Cantuar. &c. ac reve- rendi patres domini, &c. respective episcopi, in capella regis Henrici Septimi infra ecclesiam collegiatam diviao Petri Westminster, pro tribunal! sedentes, per spacium duarum horarum aut circiter inter se secrete communi- carunt. Et tunc comparuit coram eis prolocutor domus inferioris, et allegavit, quod coetus dicta? domus inferioris excogitavit quaxlam capitula additionalia ad librum de25 disciplina coram patribus ultima sessione porrectum, qua? quidem capitula dicto libro (ut asseruit) addi cupit. Unde dictus reverendissimus tradidit eidem domino prolocutori librum prsedictum, mandando quod additis bujusmodi capitulis sic excogitatis, ipsum librum, cum additionalibus3° praedictis, denuo exhibeat coram eodem reverendissimo et confratribus suis in proxima sessione. Deinde, dictus reverendissimus, &c. continuavit, &c. usque ad et in diem Mercurii, &c. inter horas primam et tertiam post meri- diem, &c. prout in scliedula, &c. 35 522 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [X. Sessio XXII. Die Mercurii, viz. tertio die mensis Martii, 1562, coram reverendissimo patre domino archiepiscopo Cantuariensi, ac reverendis patribus dominis, &c. respective episcopis, in capella regis Henrici Septimi, &c. dominus prolocutors domus inferioris convocationis, ac mag. Thomas Sampson decanus ecclesise Christi Oxon, et Wilhelmus Deye prse- positus collegii regalis de Eaton, personaliter comparentes, nomine totius coetus dictae domus inferioris prsesentarunt eisdem patribus cpiendam librumnuncupatum'Catechismus 10 puerorum,' cui (ut asseruerunt) omnes de coetu ejusdem domus unanimiter consenserunt. Quern quidem librum penes eosdem patres dimiserunt. Et tunc, dicto domino prolocutore, una cum prsefatis magistris Sampson et Deye ad domum inferiorem prsedictam sese conferentes, dictus 15 reverendissimus cum confratribus suis praenominatis ac reverendis patribus dominis Roberto Winton, Johanne Hereforden, Nicholao Lincoln, et Thoma Coven et Lichen, respective episcopis, secretam quandam communicationem sive tractatum per spacium duarum horarum et ultra ha- 20 buit. Ac postremo ipse reverendissimus pater, &c. conti- nuavit, &c. usque ad et in diem Veneris, &c. inter boras octavam et nonam ante, &cc. prout in schedula, &c. Sessio XXIII. Die Veneris, viz. 5. die mensis Martii, 1562, in domo25 capitulari ecclesise cathedralis divi Pauli London, hora prius assignata, reverendissimus, &c. ac reverendi patres, &c. respective episcopi, pro tribunali sedentes, secrete inter se aliquandiu communicarunt. Ac tandem compa- ruit coram eis dominus prolocutor domus inferioris, ac3° magistri Johannes Warner decanus Winton, Johannes Salisburye decanus Norwicen, Thomas Watts archidia- conus Middlesex, et Robertus Weston unus procuratorum cleri dioeces. Lichen, et exhibuerunt coram eisdem patri- 1562.] Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. bus librum de disciplina, una cum quibusdam capitulis additionalibus ad eundem, viz. de adulterio, &c. et penes eosdem patres dimiserunt. Et dictus reverendissimus, &c. continuavit, &c. usque in diem Lunae, &c. inter horas primam et secundam post meridiem ejusdem diei, &c.5 prout in scliedula, &c. Sessio XXIV. Die Luna?, 8. viz. die mensis Martii, 1562, in eapella regis Henrici Septimi, &c. reverendus pater dominus Edmundus London episcopus, assidentibus secum reve-i° rendis patribus dominis, &c. respective episcopis, vice ac authoritate dicti reverendissimi patris, continuavit, &c. usque ad et in diem Mercurii, &c. inter horas primam et secundam, &c. ad hunc locum prout in schedula, &c. Sessio XXV. 15 Die Mercurii, viz. decimo die mensis Martii, 1562, in eapella regis Henrici Septimi, &c. reverendissimus, &c. una cum reverendis patribus, &c. respective episcopis pro tribunali sedens, post tractatum aliquem cum eisdem con- fratribus suis per duarum horarum spacium secrete ha- 20 bitum continuavit, &c. usque ad et in diem Veneris, &c. inter horas octavam et nonam ante meridiem, &c. prout in schedula, &c. Sessio XXVI. Die Veneris, viz. 12°. die mensis Martii, &c. in domo25 capitulari ecclesia; cathedralis divi Pauli London, reve- rendissimus, &c. una cum reverendis patribus &c. respec- tive episcopis, pro tribunali sedens, post secretum quendam tractatum cum eisdem confratribus suis per spacium dua- rum horarum habitum, &c. prorogavit, &c. usque ad et3° in diem Lunae, &c. inter horas primam et secundam post meridiem, &c. ad capellam regis Henrici Septimi, &c. prout in schedula, &c. Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [X. Sessio XXVII. Die Lunae, viz. 15. die mensis Martii, &c. in quodam alto deambulatorio infra manerium domini arehiepiscopi Cant, apud Lambeth, reverendissimus, &c. in prsesentia mei Johannis Incent notarii publici, registrarii primarii5 dicti reverendissimi patris personaliter constitutus, cora- misit vices suas reverendo in Christo patri domino Wil- helmo permissione divina Cicestrensi episcopo ad conti- nuand. et prorogand. praefatam convoc. sive sacram syn- odnm provinc. in statu quo nunc est usque ad et in diem 10 Mercurii prox. futurum, viz. 17- diem praesentis mensis Martii, inter boras primam et secundam post meridiem ejusdem diei, ad capellam regis Henrici Septimi infra, &c. ac postea de die in diem et de loco in locum, quoties ipsum reverendissimum patrem abesse contigerit ; ac 15 cetera omnia et singula faciend. et expediend. quae in praemissis aut circa ea necessaria fuerint, seu quomo- dolibet opportuna. Et promisit de rat. &c. Deinde eodem die in capella regis Henrici Septimi super-men- tionata, in pra?sentia mei proefati Johannis Incent notarii 20 publici ac registrarii antedicti, dictus reverendus pater dominus Wilhelmus Cicesti'ensis episcopus acceptans in se onus commissionis praefati reverendissimi patris, juxta vim formam et effectum ejusdem procedendum fore de- crevit. Ac mox, authoritate sibi commissa, continuavit, 25 &c. usque ad et in diem Mercurii &c. inter boras primam et secundam post, &c. prout in scbedula, &c. Sessio XXVIII. Die Mercurii, viz. 17- die mensis Martii, &c. in capella regis Henrici Septimi infra, &c. venerabilis vir magisterso Tbomas Yale legum doctor, reverendissimi, &c. vicarius in spiritualibus generalis, et commissarius ad infra scripta sufficienter constitutus, vice et authoritate ejusdem reve- rendissimi patris continuavit, &c. usque ad et in diem 1562.] Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. 525 Veneris, &c. inter horas nonam et undeciraam ante meri- diem, he. prout in schedula, &c. Sessio XXIX. Die Veneris, viz. 19- die mensis Martii, 1562, in domo capitulari ecclesire cathedralis divi Pauli London, reve-5 rendissimus, &c. pro tribunal! sedens, assidentibus sccum reverendis patribus, &c. respective episcopis, cum eisdem confratribus suis per spacium duarum horarum aut circiter secrete communicavit ; ac postea continuavit, &c. usque ad et in diem Lunge, &e. inter boras 1 et 3 post, &c. prout 10 in schedula, &c. Sessio XXX. Die Lunae, viz. 22. die mensis Martii, &c. in capella regis Henrici Septimi infra, &c. reverendus pater Wil- helmus, &c. Cicestrensis episcopus, vice et authoritate 15 reverendissimi domini, &c. continuavit, &c. usque ad et in diem Veneris, &c. inter horas octavam et unde- cimam ante, &c. prout in schedula, &c. Sessio XXXI. Die Veneris, viz. 26. die mensis Martii, 1563, bora 20 nona ante meridiem, in domo capitulari ecclesiae cathe- dralis divi Pauli London, vonerabilis vir magister Valen- tinus Dale, legum doctor, vice et authoritate reverendis- simi, &c. continuavit, &c. usque ad et inter horam priraam et tertiam post meridiem liujus diei ad hunc25 locum, prout in schedula, &c. Eodem die, hora secunda post meridiem ejusdem diei in domo capitulari ecclesiae divi Pauli London, venerabilis vir magister Thomas Yale, legum doctor, vice et authori- tate dicti reverendissimi patris, Sac. continuavit, Set'. 3° 526 Acts and Proceedi?)gs in Convocation. [X. usque ad et in diem Veneris, &c. inter horas octavam et decimam ante. &e. prout in scliedula, &.c. Sessio XXXII. Die Veneris, viz. secundo die mensis Aprilis, 1563, in donio capitulari ecclesire catliedralis divi Pauli London, 5 bora nona ante meridiem ejusdem diei, venerabilis vir m agister Thomas Yale legum doctor, vice et authoritate reverendissimi, &c. continuavit, &c. usque ad et in diem Luna 1 , &c. inter horas primam et tertiam post, &.c. prout in schedula, &c. i° Sessio XXXIII. Die Luna?, viz. 5. die mensis Aprilis, 1563, venerabilis vir magister Thomas Yale legum doctor, vice et authori- tate reverendissimi, &c. continuavit, &c. usque ad et in diem Jovis, &c. inter horas primam et secundam, &c. 13 prout in schedula, &.c. Sessio XXXIV. Die Jovis, viz. octavo die mensis Aprilis, &c. in capella regis Henrici Septimi, &c. pra?fatus magister Thomas Yale vice et authoritate dicti reverendissimi, &c. con- 20 tinuavit, &c. usque ad et in diem Sabbati, &c. inter horas primam et tertiam post, &c. prout in schedula, >ti Reg. Angliae Guil. Laud 8. 1640. Car. I. 16. Acta in super iore domo Convocationis incceptce decimo quarto die Aprilis, anno M.dc.xl. Prima sessio. I 5 DIE Martis, decimo quarto viz. die mensis Aprilis, anno Domini millesimo sexcentesimo quadragesimo, regnique serenissimi in Christo principis et Domini nostri pound ; which was indeed the greatest aid that was ever given by con- vocation in so short a time ; the subsidies of the clergy being fixed and 20 certain, those of the laity diminishing and decreasing daily." Heylin, Cyp. Ang. p. 119. Collier, vol. ii. p. 728. Fuller, cent. xvii. b. 10. p. 112. Tanner MSS. vol. 282. fol. 49. The grant, as appears from the Tanner MS., was as follows. " Four subsidies of 4s. : first whole pay- ment of 45. the first of June 1624 : the other three subsidies by half 25 yearly payments 2s. a time; and the last payment the 1st of June 1627." Four subsidies had also been granted in April 1606 ; but the payments were to be made at twelve intervals of half a year each. The • number was increased by subsequent convocations; as in May 1628, when five subsidies were granted, and a still greater number afterwards, 30 when the monarchy and the church were threatened with immediate danger. Tanner MSS. vol. 282. fol. 39. 55. Acta in superiore] The parliament which assembled on the 13th of April, 1640, was suddenly dissolved on the 5th of May following, Qq 594 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [XXX. domini Caroli Dei gratia Anglia?, Scotise, Francia?, et Hiberniae regis, fidei defensoris, &c. anno decimo sexto ; reverendissimns in Christo pater, et dominus dominus Gulielmus providentia divina Cantnariensis archiepiscopus, totius Angliae primas et metropolitanus, mane inter horas5 octavam et nonam ante meridiem ejusdem diei, a manerio suo de Lambehith in navicnlo suo dicto vtilgo ' a barge,' ad ripam dictam ' Paul's wharfe' London.' applicuit, ibidemque ab advocatis et procuratoribus ac ceteris ministris alma? sua? curiae Cantuariensis de arcubus London, acceptus, in 10 curru sive vehiculo ad palatium episcopale London, venit. Ac paulo post, idem reverendissimus pater amictu et habitu suis vestitus, ab advocatis, procuratoribus, et ceteris ministris suis curiae praedictse, ad ostium boreale ecclesiae Paulina? juxta palatium episcopale London, ante- T 5 dictum, et inde in ecclesiam cathedralem sancti Pauli London, praedict. ductus fuit. Ibique ad dictum ostium, venerabiles viri Thomas Wynnyff, sacra? theologiae pro- fessor, decanus, nec non Henricus King et Johannes Montfort, sacra? theologiae professores, canonici residen-20 tiarii dicta? ecclesia? cathedralis, ca?terique ministri ejus- " Sir H. Vane having reported to the council that the lower house was resolved to vote no money which might be employed against the Scotch." (Laud's Troubles, 78.) " Contrary to ancient custom the convocation continued to sit after the dissolution of parliament, and proceeded 25 rapidly in the task assigned to it by Charles and the archbishop, the enactment of such new constitutions as were suited to the temper and the circumstances of the times... These canons, amounting to seventeen, gave birth to an acrimonious controversy. The legality of the com- mission granted by the king had already been questioned by the com- 30 mons, and the continuance of the session after the dissolution, though approved by the judges, was by many considered contrary to law. The new canons, which on account of the succeeding troubles could not be carried into execution, served to increase the clamour against the ar- bitrary designs of the court ; and the only advantage which Charles 35 obtained from this unusual proceeding, was a grant from the clergy of six subsidies each of 4s. in the pound." Lingard, vol. vi. p, 372. " His majesty on the 20th of May directed his letters sealed with his 1640.] Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. 595 dem ecclesiae superpelliciis induti, eum praestolabantur, et ad chorum ipsius ecclesiae per occidentale ostium ejusdem chori perduxerunt ; comitantibus eum episcopis suffra- ganeis provincial suae Cantuariensis, similibus habitibus in- dutis, et ibidem in stallo decani collocatus fuit. Caete-s risque episcopis suffragaueis provinciae Cantuariensis, habitibus suis in hujusmodi negotio convocationis solitis et consuetis indutis, stallis praebendariorum, ex utraque parte dicti chori, sedentibus ; ac consequenter decantato per ministros chori praedicti hymno, ' Te Deum laudamus,' 10 &c. in sermone Anglicano ; venerabilis vir Thomas Turner sacrae theologian professor, canonicus residentiarius dictae ecclesiae cathedralis sancti Pauli London, suggestum in medio chori positum ingressus fuit. Ac ibidem concionem venustam et eloquentem sermone Latino ad patres ac 15 populum et clerum praesentes habuit ; accepto pro themate versu decimo sexto capituli decimi secundum Evangelium sancti Matthsei, viz. ' Ecce mitto vos ut oves in medium luporum, estote igitur prudentes sicut serpentes, et inno- centes ut columbae.' Qua quidem concione finita, ac 20 decantato per ministros chori praedicti alio psalmo sive royal signet, and attested by his sign manual, to the bishops and clergy assembled in convocation, requiring and thereby authorizing them to proceed in making synodical constitutions for levying the six subsidies formerly granted. The grant had been drawn before ; and there was 25 nothing now to be altered in it, but the changing of the name of sub- sidy into that of benevolence, according to the advice of the council- learned ; by whom it was resolved that no monies could be raised in the name of a subsidy, but by act of parliament. And for the synodical acts or constitutions for the levying of it, they were made to their 30 hands. So that there was nothing left for them to do, but to follow the precedent which was laid before them out of the record of convo- cation anno 1585. So that it was dispatched by the committee, voted by the clergy, and sent up to the bishops before the end of the next day." (Comp. Atterbury, Rights, &c. Add. p. 638.) 35 " Some other things there were in proposition and design that never ripened into act or execution. There bad been a design in deliberation touching the drawing and digesting of an English pontifical, to be ap- Q q Z 596 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [XXX. hvmno, " O Lord, make thy servant Charles," &c. reve- rendissimus pater dominus Gulielmus Cantuariensis archi- episcopus antedictus chorum prsedictum egressus, ac do- mum capitularem ecclesia? cathedralis prsedicta? ingressus, comitantibus eum caeteris episcopis et cleri prselatis pro- 5 vinciae sua? Cantuariensis, pro tribunali sedebat, assi- dentibus secum undique episcopis suffraganeis, viz. Gu- lielmo London', summo Anglian Thesaurario, Waltero Winton', Johanne Sarum', Roberto Coven' et Lichen', Godfrido Gloucestren', Josepho Exon', Johanne Asaphen', 10 Gulielmo Bathon' et Wellen', Johanne Oxon', Georgio Hereforden', Matthaeo Elien', Roberto Bristolien', Gu- lielmo Bangor', Johanne Roffen', BrianoCicestren', Johanne Petriburgen', et Morgano Landaven', respective episcopis personaliter comparentibus. Cui quidem reverend issimo 15 ])atri pro tribunali sedenti, post lecturam brevis regii per me Sacvilum Wade notarium publicum registrarii depu- tatum, eidem reverendissimo patri in hac parte inscripti et directi, prsefatus reverendus pater dominus Gulielmus London, episcopus exhibuit et prresentavit certiflcatorium 20 super executione mandati citatorii et monitorii dicti reve- proved by this convocation and tendered to his majesty's confirmation ; which was to contain the form and manner of his majesty's late coro- nation, another form to he observed for consecrating churches, church- yards and chapels, and a third for reconciling such penitents as either 25 had done open penance, or had revolted from the faith to the law of Mahomet. Which three, together with the form of confirmation, and that of ordering bishops, priests and deacons, which were then in force, were to make up the whole body of the book intended. Many had took exception against the tying up of preachers to the form of prayer 30 appointed to be used before their sermons, can. 55. For whose relief therein a short prayer was drawn containing all the heads of that in the canon. But the archbishop chose rather to adhere to the canon, than to venture on any new experiment." The archbishop also pro- posed, but unsuccessfully, that his majesty might be moved for the 35 new printing of the Book of Common Prayer in the Latin tongue, al- leging the rubric in which it is provided that " when men say morning and evening prayer privately, they may say the same in any language 1640.] Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. 597 rendissimi patris alias sibi praifato domino episcopo London, directi : cujus quidem certificatorii tenor sequitur in hsec verba, &c. ' Reverendissimo in Cliristo patri ac domino domino Gulielmo providentia divina Cantuariensi archiepiscopo,'5 &c. Quo quidem eertificatorio per me prsefatum Sacvilum Wade notarium publicum antedictum de mandato dicti reverendissimi patris, publice lecto, praeconizatisque pub- lice omnibus reverendis patribus provinciae Cantuariensis 1° episcopis sufFraganeis, in eodem eertificatorio nominatis, praefatus reverendissimus pater verbis Latinis concept, clerum domus inferioris convocationis in domo capitulari prsedicta coram eo et cseteris prselatis constitutum, monuit, quatenus ad solitum et consuetum conventus sui locum 15 sese conferentes, unum virnm gravem, doctum, et peritum de gremio suo provideant et eligant in eorum prolocu- torem sive referendarium, ij)sumque sic electum exhi- beant et prsesentent coram eodem reverendissimo patre aut ejus locum-tenente sive commissario die Veneris 20 proximo, viz. decimo septimo die instantis mensis Aprilis that they themselves do understand." Heylin, Cyp. Angl. pp. 440. 442. See ahove, Canons and Constitutions, No. VIII. Fuller, cent. xvii. b. 11. p. 168. Collier, vol. ii. p. 796. " The acts of this convocation being transmitted unto York were by 25 the convocation for that province perused, debated and approved, with- out any disputing ; and so presented to his majesty with their names subscribed according to the ancient custom. Finally they were con- firmed by letters patents under the great seal. Heylin, Cyp. Angl. p. 447. 30 The following extracts from the Wake MSS. (Misc. 40. p. 389) are connected with the proceedings of the lower house in regard to the • canons. " Apr. 25. That no copy of any canons shall be had in whole or in part, ' sub poena suspensionis,' &c. " That no speech shall be made by any of any canons publicly. " Die Mercurii i3 tio Maii. Commissio per dom. regem concessa fuit publice perlecta et postea domui inferiori convocationis canon fuit 598 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [XXX. inter horas nonam et undecimam ante meridiem ejusdem diei in capella regis Henrici septimi infra ecclesiam colle- giatam beati Petri Westminster. Quo clero dimisso ad locum solitum, scilicet capellam beatse Maria? Virginis ad finem orientalem ecclesia? cathedralis prsedictse ex partes australi ejusdem, ad effectum eligendi unum gravem, doctum et peritum virum de gremio suo in eorum prolo- cutorem sive referendarium, sese conferebant, et post aliquem tractatum inter dictum reverendissimum patrem et praefatos reverendos patres confratres suos, reveren-io dissimus ad se accersiri fecit totum coetum domus infe- rioris. Quibus comparentibus, venerabilis vir Tbomas Wynnyff, sacra? theologia? professor, decanus ecclesia? ca- thedralis sancti Pauli London, prsedict. unus dictae domus ad hoc electus, tam nomine suo quam totius coetus dicta? 15 domus dicto reverendissimo patri significavit se et cseteros dictae domus, venerabiles viros Ricardum Steward legum doctorem, decanum ecclesia? cathedralis Cicestren' in eorum prolocutorem et Gilbertum Sheldon sacra? theo- logian professorem custodem collegii omnium animarum2o fidelium defunctorum Oxon, in praesentatorem dicti pro- perlectus, et consensum fuit ut duodecim e dicta domo viz. tres decani, tres archidiaconi, duo procuratores pro eccles. cathedral, et 4 procurat. cleri eligantur pro examinatione canonis &c. . . . Tunc acta fuerunt per- lecta quoad privilegia domus &c. et postea sessio fuit prorogata usque 25 in diem Veneris prox. 15 Maii : quo die dom. Vane retulit mandatum a serenissimo &c. et canone perlecto dicti decani, archidiaconi et procu- ratores convenerunt et consultarunt apud domum prolocutoris ; et post maturam deliberationem &c. redierunt ad domum et publice perlecto canone, idem fuit approbatus, &c. 30 " Decimo sexto die mensis Maii constituti fuere articuli de regia potestate &c. quosque perlect. domus approbat &c. et consentiit ut iidem in canonem convertantur et exordium et conclusio pro iisdem fabri- centur, pro quo Dr. Martin fuit electus &c. Postea sessio fuit proro- gata in diem Lunae i8 um Maii inter horas 9™. et n m . &c. Dicto die 35 Dr. Martin introduxit exordium et conclusionem per eum concept, quibus perlectis domus approbat &c. " Maii 19 0 . 1640. Domus tractat et. . . . ad constituendum canonem 1640.] Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. 599 locutoris respective unanimi consensu elegisse. Quibus sic gestis, praefatus reverendissimus pater pronunciavit omnes et singulos decanos, archidiaconos, capitula, cleri procuratores, ac caeteros quoscunque ad interessendum istis die, bora et loco, in bujusmodi sacra synod o sive5 convocatione monitos et citatos, et nullo modo eompa- rentes, notorie contumaces, poenas vero contumaciarum suarum bujusmodi usque ad et in praedictum decimum septimum diem instantis mensis Aprilis, inter boras nonam et undecimam ante meridiem ejusdem diei, ad ecclesiam 10 collegiatam beat! Petri Westminster, prsedictam, reser- vando ; prout in schedula per eundem reverendissimum patrem lecta plenius continetur. Cujus quidem scbedulse tenor sequitur et est talis. ' In Dei nomine Amen. Nos Gulielmus,' &c. Postremo dictus reverendissimus patens continuavit et prorogavit praesentem convocationem sive sacram synodum, &c. onmiaque et singula certificatoria istis die, hora et loco introducta et introducenda et non introducta, in eodem statu quo nunc sunt usque ad et in praedictum decimum septimum diem instantis mensis 20 Aprilis inter horas nonam et undecimam ante meridiem ejusdem diei ad ecclesiam collegiatam beati Petri West- pro uniformitate et conformitate in ecclesia &c. et tunc consensum fuit ut nonnulli alii dictse domus adjungerentur prioribus &c. pro discussione ejusdem &c....Post meridiem &c. et post maturam deliberationem &c. 25 tandem consensum ut declaratio conciperetur de et super uniformitate &c. et pro conceptione ejusdem decanus Cant, decanus Wigorn. Dr. Plaske, Dr. Brownrigg, Dr. Martin seu tres eorum fuerunt electi, &c. " Maii 20°. 1640. post meridiem dicti viri sic electi in loco prsedict. convenerunt et perlecta declaratione &c. approbat &c. et tunc articuli 30 ceconomis ministrandi fuerunt perlecti et approbati ; et eodem die domus consentiit ut canon conciperetur contra schismaticos &c. pro qua> conceptione Dr. Holdsworth et Dr. Aglionby fuerunt electi &c. " Maii 28. 1640. Quo die Dr. Bing in domo inferiori dixit et pro- testatus est quod non consentiit ad conceptionem et fabricationem 35 canonum in hac sacra synodo proposit. et tractat. et huic protestationi adhaerere intendit, et instanter requisivit et rogavit me notarium et actorum scribam dictse synodi hujusmodi protcstationem inactitare, &c." 600 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [XXX. minster, prout in alia schedula per eum lecta tenoris sequentis eontinetur, viz. ' In Dei nomine Amen, &c. Nos Gulielmns, 8cc. ' Reverendissimo in Christo patri ac domino domino Gulielmo, &c. a ' Reverendissimo in Christo patri ac domino domino Gulielmo,' &c. b Secunda sessio. Die Veneris, decimo septimo, viz. die mensis Aprilis, anno Domini 1640, inter horas nonam et undecimam ante meridiem, &c. reverendissimus in Christo pater dominus Gulielmns Cantuariensis archiepiscopus, ac reve- rendi patres domini Gulielmus London', Walterus Win- ton', Johannes Sarum', Rohertus Coven' et Lichen', God- fridus Gloucestren', Josephus Exon', Richardus Norwicen', Johannes Asaphen', Gulielmus Bathon' et Wellen', Jo- hannes Oxon', Georgius Hereforden', Matthaeus Elien', Robertus Bristolien', Gulielmus Bangor', Johannes Roffen', Brianus Cicestren', Johannes Petriburgen' et Morganus Landaven' respective episcopi, in capella regis Henrici Septimi infra ecclesiam collegiatam beati Petri West- minster congregati, primo et ante omnia preces Deo optimo maximo flexis genibus humiliter fundebant ; ac finitis precibus, coram prsefato reverendissimo patre, una cum aliis confratribus suis prsedictis pro tribunali sedente, in praesentia mei Sacvili Wade notarii jmblici, &c. com- paruit personaliter venerabilis vir Robertus Newell sacra? theologian professor, sub-decanus ecclesiae collegiatse beati Petri Westminster praedicti, secum stantibus venerabilibus viris, Thoma Wilson, Petro Heylyn, Jonathan Brown, Griffitho Williams, Guliehno Haywood, et Georgio Ag- lionby sacra? theologian professoribus, et ecclesiaa collegiatse prsedictae praebendariis, ac Roberto Cooke notario publico, et nonnullis aliis testibus. Qui quidem venerabilis vir Robertus Newell sub-decanus antedictus, tunc et ibidem 3 [Certificatorium Archid. Cant.] b [Certificatorium Doct. Farmery.] 1640.] Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. 601 dixit, allegavit, protestatus est, et caetera fecit, prout in quadam papyri schedula, quam in manibus suis tunc et ibidem tenens publice legebat in haec verba. ' In Dei nomine Amen, coram vobis notario publico, publicaque et authentica persona ac testibus fide dignis hie prsesen-5 tibus, ego Robertus Newell sacrae theologiae professor, sub-decanus ecclesiae colleffiatae beati Petri Westmonas- teriensis,' &c. Et tunc dictus reverendissimus pater pro se et confratribus suis, ac omnibus et singulis praelatis et clero sua? Cantuariensis provinciae in hac praesenti convo- jo catione sive sacra synodo provinciali praesentibus ac jus seu interesse habentibus, protestatus est, et caetera fecit, prout in alia schedula per eundem reverendissimum pa- trem lecta tunc et ibidem continetur, viz. ' In Dei nomine Amen, cum hacc ecclesia collegiata beati Petri West- 15 minster,' &c. Praesentibus tunc et ibidem venerabilibus viris domino Nathaniele Brent milite et legum doctore, dicti reverendissimi patris vieario in spiritualibus generali, domino Carolo Caesar milite et legum doctore, magistro rotulorum domini regis et curiae ad facultates commis-20 sario, et nonnullis aliis testibus, &c. Quibus sic gestis, praenominatus reverendissimus pater, post intervallum temporis ad eum accersiri jussit praelatos et clerum domus inferioris. Qui copiose sese praesentantes, exhiberi et sisti fecerunt venerabilem virum Richardum Steward legum 25 doctorem, decanum ecclesiae cathedralis Cicestrensis, in prolocutorem sive referendarium totius ccetus domus in- ferioris praedictae ultima sessione electum; quern venera- bilis vir Gilbertus Sheldon in praesentatorem ista sessione etiam electus, vice totius coetus praedictae domus inferioris, 30 praemissa facunda et eloquenti oratione per eum, exhibuit et praesentavit dicto reverendissimo patri et caeteris epi- scopis praedictis. Ac facta alia oratione eleganti per eundem prolocutorem sic praesentatum, prrefatus reve- rendissimus pater dominus archiepiscopus Cantuariensis 35 antedictus de consensu confratrum suorum praedictorum 602 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [XXX. eundem Richardum Steward electum hujusmodi, et elec- tionem predict, per aliam orationem Latinam commen- davit et approbavit: et tunc idem reverend issimus pater in praesentiis reverendorum patrum confratrum suorum predictorum, ac prolocutoris et caeterorum de coetu domusS inferioris convoeationis, serenissimum dominum nostrum Carolum regem pro suo amore et favore speciali erga eos abunde commendans, literam quandam suam regiam, si- gillo magno Angliae sigillatam, de ordinando et conficiendo quasdam constitutiones, ordinationes sive eapitula, statum 10 ecclesiasticum, sinceram religionem, et utilitatem ecclesiae Anglicanae concernentes et tendentes, una cum nonnullis provisionibus in eadem licentia insertis, produxit et exhi- buit sub trenore sequenti, viz. ' Charles by the grace of God,' &,c. Qua per me 15 Sacvilum Wade in hac parte aetorum scribam, publice tunc et ibidem alta voce perlecta, dictus reverendissimus pater, et caeteri episcopi secum assidentes, cum omnimoda reverentia, subjectione, et humilitate gratanter accep- tarunt et receperunt, et reverendissimus pater antedictus, 20 praefatum prolocutorem et alios de domo inferiori, decanos, archidiaconos, eapitula et cleri procuratores ibidem prse- sentes, voluit ut ipsi inter se convenirent et mature exco- gitarent de subsidiis dicto domino nostro regi concedend', et Canonibus et Constitutionibus statum ecclesiasticum 25 et Christi religionem in ecclesia Anglicana concernentibus, concipiendis, et quicquid inde senserint sive excogita- verint, in scriptis redigant, et coram ipso reverendissimo et confratribus suis episcopis exhibeant. Tunc dimisso prolocutore cum coetu domus inferioris praedictae, habi-3° toque aliquandiu tractatu inter prefatum reverendissimum et ca?teros episcopos suffraganeos suos (ut praefertur) com- parentes, reverendissimus pater de et cum consensu reve- rendorum confratrum suorum praedictorum continuavit et prorogavit praesentem convocationem sive sacram syn-35 odum provincialem, in statu quo nunc est usque ad et in J640.] Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. 603 diem Mercurii proximum, viz. vicesimum secundum diem instantis mensis Aprilis, inter lioras octavam et duode- cimam ante meridiem ejusdem diei, ad hunc locum, cum ulteriori continuatione et prorogatione dierum et Iocorum (si oporteat) in ea parte fienda, prout in schedula per eum 5 lecta plenius eontinetur; cujus quidem schedulse verus tenor sequitur in haec verba, ' In Dei nomine, Amen. Nos Gulielmus providentia divina Cantuariensis archi- episcopus,' &c. Tertia sessio. 10 Die Mercurii, vigesimo secundo, viz. die mensis Aprilis anno Domini 1640, inter horas octavam et duodecimam ante meridiem ejusdem diei, reverendissimus, &c. tracta- tum habuit cum eisdem citra negotia parliamenti eis et aliis domus superioris ejusdem commissa et isto die 15 expedienda, et consensu mutuo eorum decretum fuit per dictum reverendissimum patrem ut reverendi patres dominus Gulielmus London', Robertus Coven' et Lichen', Johannes Asaphen', Georgius Hereforden', Gulielmus Bangor', Johannes Roffen', et Johannes Petriburgen', 20 respective episcopi antedicti, a convocatione hujusmodi recederent, et sese ad negotia parliamenti praedicti sub- eund' applicarent : post quorum recessum, tractatu secreto inter dominum archiepiscopum et reliquos episcopos antedictos secum modo assidentes habito, reverendissimus 25 ad se accersiri fecit prolocutorem una cum toto coetu domus inferioris. Quibus coram eo, et caeteris episcopis antedictis, modo (ut praefertur) secum assidentibus, com- parentibus, notum fecit illas per magnas expensas quae per regiam majestatem ex causis urgentibus eroganda^o sunt, et ilia non minus pericula quae et statum et regnum Angliae hoc tempore imminent, eisque de causis et aliis per ipsum reverendissimum expositis, se et confratres suos prsedictos inter se tractasse et convenisse de sex subsidiis et majori numero subsidiorum (si aliquo tempore major 35 G04 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [XXX. numerus per praelatos et clerum Cantuaviensis provincial concensus ex registro constaret) illustrissimo domino nostro regi per ij)sos coneedendis juxta ratam quatuor solidorum de qualibet libra sub certis conditionibus et provisionibus in quodam libro desuper concipiend', et 6b 5 solvendo dicta subsidia in tarn brevi tempore quam aliqua unquam soluta fuere ; eosdemque rogavit, ut in testi- monium singularis eorum obediential et obsequii erga dictum dominum nostrum regem concessioni hujusmodi ad statum eorum praeberent consensum et responsa da- 10 rent ; habito prius tractatu inter eos de eisdem. Ac tunc prrefatus reverendissimus pater in examinatores et cor- rectores libri subsidiorum praedict. reverendos patres dominos Josephum Exon', Matthaeum Elien', et Robertum Bristolien', respective episcopos, nominavit, et voluit pro- 15 locutorem et totum coetum domus inferioris praedictae, ad eligendum quatuor vel sex graviores viros de gremio suo, ad idem negotium cum dictis reverendis patribus expe- diend. Modo, dimisso prolocutore, cum toto coetu prae- dicto, reverendissimus pater dominus arcbiepiscopus Can- 20 tuariensis antedictus iterum secrete tractavit cum praedictis revereDdis patribus ; et post temporis intervallum dominus prolocutor cum toto coetu praedicto revertens, nomine suo et eorum dixit, quod ipse et coetus domus inferioris de propositis diligenter tractarunt, et omnes eorum consensum 25 libentissime dederunt concessioni dictorum sex subsi- diorum, et majoris numeri, si major numerus per clerum uuquam concedebatur, juxta ratam quatuor solidorum e qualibet libra; seque et totum coetum domus inferioris praedictae elegisse in examinatores et correctores libri sub- 3° sidiorum praedict. cum praefatis dominis episcopis Exon', Elien', et Bristolien', venerabiles viros Isaacum Bargrave et Thomam Wynnyff, ecclesiarum cathedralium Cant, et London, decanos, necnon Thomam Paske et Thomam Wilson archidiaconos London, et Westminster, ac domi-35 nura Johannem Lambe mi litem et legum doctorem, almae 1640.] Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. G05 curiae Cantuariensis de avcubus London, officialem, unum procuratorum cleri Lincoln' et Petrum Heylyn sacrae theo- logize professorem, procuratorem pro capitulo Westmin- ster. Qnam electionem dominus archiepiscopus et con- fratres sui approbarunt. Et ut Dens, bonorum omniums largitor, hoc praesens parliamentum ita disponeret, quod omnes in eodem conventi in unum consentirent ad Dei gloriam et honorem, ecclesiae utilitatem et commodum, ac regis et regni pacem et tranquillitatem ; prsefatus reve- rendissimus pater dominus archiepiscopus, de mandato 10 regio voluit divinam Dei gratiam implorari, et formulam precis ad eundem effectum per duos doctos et graviores viros coetus domus inferioris ad hoc per dominum prolo- cutorem cum consensu totius coetus dicta? domus eligendos concipi. Quibus sic gestis, ac prolocutore cum toto coetu 15 domus inferioris praedictae dimisso, reverendissimus pater antedictus sermonem secretum cum episcopis confratribus suis antedictis inivit, et post aliquem tractatum inter eos habitum, prolocutor venit et dixit, se cum consensu coetus domus inferioris praedictae elegisse venerabiles viros Gu-20 lielmum Bray, et Johannem Olliver sacra? theologize pro- fessores, sacellanos domini archiepiscopi Cantuariensis praedicti, ad concipiendum formulam precis praedict. Unde dimisso domino prolocutore, idem reverendissimus pater et confratres sui sermonem secretum iterum inierunt, et25 colloquium inter sese habuerunt. Postmodum vero do- minus prolocutor cum quinque e sex illis correctoribus sive examinatoribus libri subsidiorum dictae domus in- ferioris comparuit ; et reverendissimus pater dominus archiepiscopus antedictus sermonem habuit cum eis de3o capitulis canonum concipiendis, et dixit se et confratres. suos de duobus capitulis eversionem sive suppressionem Jesuitarum, presbyterorum, et aliorum Romanae ecclesiae, concernentibus, tractasse, et de eisdem consentiisse, ea- (iemque in bonis schedulis papyri (ut apparuit) conscripta35 produxit ; easdemque schedulas dicto domino prolocutori GOG Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [XXX. tradidit, toto coetui domus inferioris proponendas, legend, et publicand. cum monitione quod copias earum cuicunque tradere mini me praesumat. Et si aliquis dietae domus aliquid dictis capitulis eontrarium proponat, porrigat in scriptis et tradat in manus domini proloeutoris, domino 5 archiepiscopo et ceteris episcopis domus superioris exbi- biturum ; ut ipsi de eisdem consultarent. Denique, eis dimissis, habitaque inter dominum archiepiscopum et episcopos praedictos communieatione de rebus convoca- tionis, reverendissimus pater de et cum consensu reve-io rendorum confratrum suorum praedictorum continuavit, &c. prout in schedula per eum lecta plenius continetur, cujus quidem scbedulae verus tenor sequitur in hasc verba. ' In Dei nomine Amen, nos Gulielmus providentia divina archiepiscopus Cantuariensis,' &c. l 5 Die Veneris 24. viz. die mensis Aprilis anno Domini 1640. reverendissimus in Cbristo pater et dominus dominus Gulielmus providentia divina Cantuariensis arcbi- episcopus, &c. in quadam conclavi superiori infra ma- nerium suum de Lambetb in comitatu Surriae, in prae-20 sentia mei Sacvili Wade notarii publici, &c. substituit, et loco suo constituit reverendos in Cbristo patres ac venerabiles confratres suos dominos Godfridum Glouces- tren', et Johannem Oxon', respective episcopos, ad inter- essendum et praesidendum vice, loco, et autboritate suis2.5 in sacr. synodo sive convocatione praelatorum et cleri Cantuariensis provinciae, vigore et autboritate brevis regii in hac parte directi, decimo quarto, viz. die instantis mensis Aprilis (divina favente dementia) in domo capi- tulari ecclesiae catbedralis sancti Pauli London, incboaf.30 et celebrat'. ac de die in diem usque ad et in instantem vice- simum quartum diem mensis Aprilis praedict' inter boras secundam et quartam post meridiem ejusdem diei, ad capellam regis Henrici Septimi infra ecclesiam collegiatam divi Petri Westminster, continuat'. et prorogat'. nec non35 1640.] Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. 607 ad communicandura et tractandum cum venerabilibus confratribus suis dictae Cantuariensis provinciae co-epi- scopis ac prselatis et clero ejusdem suae provinciae de et super omnibus et singulis causis et negotiis quae in ea sacra synodo provincial sive convocatione proponenda, 5 tractanda, et communicanda fuerint : atque hujusmodi convocationem sive sac ram synodum provincialem a dicto 24to die mensis Aprilis usque ad et in diem Sabathi 25tum diem ejusdem mensis Aprilis ad capellam regis Henrici Septimi praedictam continuand. et prorogand. caeteraque 1 omnia et singula alia faciend. exercend. et expediend. quae in ea parte necessaria fuerint seu quomodolibet op- portuna et requisita, fraternitatibus suis conjunctim et divisim commisit vices suas et plenam in domino concessit facultatem. 1 Quarta sessio. Die Veneris 24. viz. die mensis Aprilis anno Domini et loco praedictis, inter horas secundam et quartam post meridiem ejusdem diei, in praesentia mei Sacvili Wade notarii publici, &c. reverendus pater dominus Godfridus 2 Gloucestren' episcopus in substitutione reverendissimi in Christo patris domini Gulielmi Cantuariensis archiepi- scopi antedicti, una cum reverendo patre domino Jobanne Oxon episcopo nominatus, &c. intimata substitutione hu- jusmodi per me praefatum notarium publicum, assumsit2 in se onus dictae substitutionis, et decrevit procedendum fore juxta tenorem, vim, formam, et effectum ejusdem ; et sedendo legit schedulam continuationis, &c. in scriptis, &c. prorogando et continuando hujusmodi convocationem in statu quo nunc est, usque ad et in diem praesentis mensis Aprilis inter horas secundam et quartam post meridiem ejusdem diei, ad hunc locum prout latius in schedula per eum lecta continetur. Cujus quidem sche- dulae verus tenor sequitur et est talis. ' In Dei nomine Amen, nos Godfridus, permissione divina Gloucestren' episcopus,' &c. (508 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [XXX. Qninta sessio. Die Sabbathi 25. viz. die mensis Aprilis anno Domini 1640, inter boras secundam et quartam post meridiem ejusdem diei, reverendissimus in Christo pater, &c. [ut supra] sermonem cum eisdem reverendis patribus eoufra-5 tribus suis de libro subsidiorum per quosdam episcopos et alios electos domus inferioris examinando et corrigendo, et cum confratrum suorum praedictorum consensu decrevit libitum fore aliquibus duobus episcopis cum quatuor e coetu domus inferioris aliquo tempore ad dictum libruni to examinandum et corrigendum : et ulterius pro meliori expeditione negotiorum bujus sacrae synodi, idem reve- rendissimus. cum consensu et assensu eorundem confra- trum suorum ordinavit. quod nullus episcopus aut aliquis e clero, copiam canonis aut partem canonis proposituri et 15 tractaturi, exscribere aut de aliqua bujusmodi canone foras fabulare pra?surnpserit ; donee hac convocatione sive sacra synodo plenarie et fmaliter assensum et sacra regia majestate approbatum erit, sub poena suspensionis cujus- libet e clero per tres menses, et synodicae monitionis pro 20 quolibet praelato qui ita peccaverit ; prout in actu syno- dico sequenti continetur. viz. — Quibus sic gestis, dominus prolocutor venit cum quinque aliis e domo inferiori, et reverendissimus eis declaravit istum actum synodicum pra?cedentem, et voluit eundem dominum prolocutorem 25 ad declarandum istum actum toto coetui dictae domus, et babito tractatu per revereudissimum cum eodem domino prolocutore de canonibus componendis et faciendis, idem reverendissimus dimisit prolocutorem. Quo dimisso, reve- rendissimus iterum sermonem babuit cum dictis dominis3o episcopis confratribus suis ; et pra?fatus dominus prolocutor cum sex illis correctoribus sive examinatoribus subsidi- orum per domum inferiorem ad boc electis mox revertebat, et dixit se et totum coetum domus inferioris consensum et assensum suos confectioni dicti actus synodici adbibuisse, 35 164c] Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. GOD et eundem unanimiter approbasse ; ct tunc dictus dominu? prolocutor in sacras manus domini reverendissimi quandam formulam precis per doctores Bray et Olliver conceptam, omni cum reverentia tradidit in forma sequenti, viz. ' Omnipotens et sempiterne Deus,' &c. Quam formulam 5 precis reverendissimus et confratres sui prsedicti hoc verbo (Anglicanae) addito, approbarunt, et reverendissimus cum eorum consensu die tarn precem in convocatione quotidie babendam, et immediate ante benedictionem legendam, fore decrevit. Tunc dimisso domino prolocutore reve-10 rendissimus post aliquem tractatum inter se et confratres suos praedictos habitum, continuavit et prorogavit prae- sentem convocationem sive sacram synodum provincialem in statu quo nunc est usque ad et in diem Mercurii vice- simum viz. diem instantis mensis Aprilis inter boras se- 15 cundam et quartam post meridiem ejusdem diei ad bunc locum, prout in scbedula per eum lecta continetur ; cujus quidem scbedula? verus tenor sequitur in ha?c verba, ' In Dei nomine, Amen. Nos Gulielmus, providentia divina Cantuariensis arcbiepiscopus,' &c. 20 Se.vta sessio. Die Mercurii vigesimo nono, viz. die mensis Aprilis, anno Domini 1640. &c. inter boras secundam et quartam post meridiem, &c. reverendus in Cbristo pater dominus Gulielmus, &c. Bathon' et Wellen' episcopus, reverendis-25 simi in Cbristo patris domini Gulielmi Cant, arcbi- episcopi, &c. commissarius, inter alios conjunctim et divisim legitime constitut. preesentatis literis commis- sionalibus dicti reverendissimi patris, eisque per me prsefatum notarium publico lectis, acceptavit in se onus 30 executionis earundem literarum commissionalium, et de- crevit procedendum fore juxta tenorem, vim, formam, et effectum earundem ; et immediate idem reverendus pater commissarius antedictus judicialiter sedens, con- ji r 610 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [XXX. tinuavit, &c. prout in schedula per eum lecta con- tinetur, cujus quidem schedulae verus tenor sequitur in hsec verba, viz. ' In Dei nomine, Amen. Nos Guli- elmus, permissione divina Bathon' et Wellen' episeo- pus,' &c. 5 Septima sessio. Die Sabbathi secundo, viz. die mensis Maii anno Domini 1640, inter boras secundam et quartam post meridiem ejusdem diei in capella regis Henrici Septimi infra ecclesiam collegiatam beati Petri Westminster, in io prsesentia mei Sacvili Wade notarii publici, &c. reve- rendns pater dominus Jobannes Asapbensis episcopus reverendissimi, &c. commissarius, inter alios conjunctim et divisim, &c. constitutus, praesentata commissione per me Sacvilum Wade notarium publicum antedictum, lec-15 taque, &c. ob bonorem dicti reverendissimi patris as- sumpsit in se onus dictse commissionis, et decrevit pro- cedendum fore juxta tenorem, vim, formam, et effectum ejusdem ; et sedendo legit schedulam continuationis, &c. in scriptis, &c. prorogando, &c. prout in scbedula per 20 eum lecta continetur ; cujus quidem scbedulse verus tenor sequitur et est talis, viz. 'In Dei nomine, Amen. Nos Jobannes, permissione divina Asaphen' episcopus,' &c. Octava sessio. Die Martis quinto, viz. die mensis Maii anno Dom. 25 1640, inter horas secundam et quartam post meridiem, he. reverendus in Christo pater dominus Jobannes Sarum episcopus in commissione reverendissimi, &c. inter alios conjunctim et divisim nominatus, &c. prassentata com- missione bujusmodi, &c. et lecta, &c. assumpsit, &c. pro- 30 rogando, &c. prout in schedula per eum lecta continetur ; cujus, &c. ' In Dei nomine, Amen. Nos Johannes, &c. Sarum episcopus,' &c. 1640.] Arts and Proceedings in Convocation . (ill Nona sessio. Die Sabbathi nono, viz. die mensis Maii anno Dom. 1640, &c. inter boras secundam et quartam post meridiem ejusdem diei, in capella, &c. reverendus in Christo pater dominus Jobannes Sarum episcopus et commissarius sive 5 locum-tenens antedictus pro tribimali sedens, assidentibus secum reverendis, &c. episcopis, hujusmodi convoca- tionem sive sacram synodnm provincialem in statu, &c. una cum ulteriori continuatione et prorogatione dierum extunc sequentium, et locorum si oporteat in ea parte 10 fiendis, continuavit et prorogavit, prout in schedula per eum lecta plenius continetur; cujus quidem schedula? verus tenor, &c. ' In Dei nomine, Amen. Nos, &c. Sarum episcopus,' &c. Decima sessio. 15 Die Mercurii 13°. viz. die mensis Maii anno Dom. 1640, inter horas secundam et quartam post meridiem ejusdem diei, reverendissimus in Christo pater dominus Gulielmus Cant, archi episcopus, &c. pro tribimali sedens, assidentibus secum, &c. post tractatum babitum cum 20 eisdem de temporis instabilitate ac impetu et tumultu sordidissimse populi sortis prope et circa civitatem London, et suburbia ejusdem nuperrime conflucntis, ac inique et hostiliter sese gercntis; voluit et mandavit prolocutorem et totum ccetum domus inferioris ad se accersiri. Quibus25 comparentibus, reverendissimus, in prwsentiis revcrendo- rum patrum confratrnm suorum, significavit et intimavit, serenissimum dominum nostrum Carolum regem ex gratia sua speciali licentiam sive commissionem magno sigillo suo Anglias sigillatam de ordinando et conficiendo quasdam 3° constitutiones, ordinationes sive canones, statum eccle- siasticum concernentes, renovandam curasse, ad regium suum beneplacitum duraturam, et eandem licentiam sive commissionem produxit et exhibuit sub forma verborum sequentium, viz. 35 u r 2 612 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [XXX. 1 Charles by the grace of God,' &c. Qua per me prae- fatum Sacvilum Wade in hac parte actorum scribam sive registrarii deputatum publico tunc et ibidem alta voce perlecta, dictus reverendissimus pater et coeteri episcopi secum assidentes et clerus domus inferioris praedict. sese5 coram eis exhibentes, cum omni reverentia, obedientia, subjectione, et humilitate gratis animis acceptarunt et receperunt: et reverendissimus pater antedictus prolo- cutorem et alios de domo inferiori, decanos, archi- diaconos, capitula et cleri procuratores ibidem praesentes, 10 voluit, ut ipsi inter se convenirent et excogitarent de benevolentia sive extraordinaria contributione dicto sere- nissimo domino nostro regi concedenda; et deinde de canonibus et constitutionibus statum ecclesiasticum, et ecclesia? utilitatem concernentib', componend', faciend', et 15 inter se consentiend'. Et ut ipsi, pro meliori et celeriori ipsius negotii expeditione, quosdam graviores et doctiores viros de gremio suo eligerent, dictum negotium de canonibus concipiendis subitur'. Et subsequenter magister Willielmus Fisher notarius publicus et domus inferioris 20 actuarius, mihi praefato notario certificavit in fidem nota- rii, venerabiles viros, dominum prolocutorem, Isaacum Bargrave, Thomam Wynnyffe, et Richardum Baily sacrae theologian respective professores, et decanos ecclesiarum cathedralium Cant. London, et Sarum, Thomam Paske, 25 Andream Binge, et Radulphum Brownrigg sacra? theo- logia? professores, archidiaconos London. Norvvicen' et Coven', Johannem Montfort et Gilbertum Sheldon sacra? theologia? professores, procuratores pro capitulis ecclesia- rum cathedralium divi Pauli London', et Gloucester', 30 necnon dominum Johannem Lambe militem et legum doctorem, Benjaminum Laney, Thomam Turner, Ed- wardum Franklin, sacrae theologisc professores, et Gil- bertum Ironside sacra) theologian baccalaureum, jirocura- tores pro clero Lincoln', Winton, Norwicen', et Bristolien', 35 esse electos cum consensu totius domus ad effectum prse- i 640.] Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. 613 dictum. Tunc dimisso domino prolocutore, cum toto coetu domus inferioris, reverendissimus colloquium habuit cum confratribus suis, ut excogitarent imprimis de cano- nibus novis concipiendis, et deinde de veteribus canonibus percontandis et examinandis ; ad effectum eisdem addendi, 5 vel eos supplendi, si hujusmodi sacrae synodo expedire videatur. Et insuper hortatus est idem reverendissimus, ut formae libri articulorum in qualibet visitatione posthac ministrandorum et de consecratione ecclesiarum, capel- larum, et coemeteriorum concipiantur ; et post res ita 1° gestas, prsedictus reverendissimus pater jussit prolocu- torem coram se et confratribus suis vocari. Quo pro- locutore, cum octo decanis eum comitantibus, comparente, idem reverendissimus eos voluit, ad conveniendum die Veneris proximo tempestive, et ad tunc tractandum cum 15 toto coetu domus inferioris citra benevolentiam sive con- tributionem voluntariam dicto domino nostro regi con- cedendam : et ut ipsi formam articulorum in visitationi- bus imposterum ministrandis concipiant. Denique eis dimissis, idem reverendissimus pater cum consensu con- 20 fratrum suorum continuavit, &c. prout in scliedula per eum lecta, &c. The convocation being called by the king's writ under the great seal, doth continue until it be dissolved by writ or commission under the great seal, not- 25 withstanding the parliament be dissolved — 14 Maii, 1640, Jo. Finch, C. S. H. Manchester, John Bram- ston, Edward Littleton, Ralphe Whitfeld, Jo. Bankes, Ro. Heath. Sessio XI. 3 o Die Veneris 15°, viz. die men sis Maii, anno Dom. 1640, inter horas secundam et quartam post meridiem, reverendissimus, &c. confratribus suis notum fecit, quod serenissimus dominus rex honorandum virum dominum 614 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [XXX. Henricum Vane militem, unum e secretariis suis princi- palibus et thesaurarium hospitii sui regii, tanquam nun- cium specialem ad banc domum destinavit ; eundemque honorandum virum in capella ex parte australi hujus loci prsesentem esse. Ideoque reverendissimus pater, cum 5 consensu confratrum suorum, ad se accersiri fecit dictum honorandum virum, nee non dominum ])rolocutorem et totum coetum domus inferioris. Qui quidem honorandus vir domum banc convocationis sive sacrte synodi primo intravit, ac deinde dominus prolocutor cum toto coetu 10 domus inferioris ; et dominus archiepiscopus, istius sacrge synodi proeses, eundem honorandum virum benigne recepit, et in cathedra e manu sinistra posita eum locavit. Et tunc idem honorandus vir eisdem reverendissimo patri ac prselatis et clero brevi oratione declaravit se fuisse pens dominum regem ad banc domum missum ad regiam suam voluntatem eidem narrandum, scilicet, quod idem domi- nus noster rex licentiam sive comtnissionem de ordinando canones et constitutiones ecclesiastieas, pro meliori guber- natione ecclesias, ad Dei gloriam, regis honorem, et totiuszo hujus regni pacem (uti speratur) huic sacrae synodo, ex gratia speciali, concedens, cum dominis e privato suo consilio consultum habuit, an hujusmodi sacra synodus ad hujusmodi canones et constitutiones faciendum pro- cederet necne. Et dicti domini unanimi consensu (nulloz^ eorum dissentiente) vota eorum exhibuerunt, et tanquam maxime necessarium adjudicarunt, ut sacra hgec synodus ad istos canones juxta potestatem eidem synodo datam, faciendum et concipiendum procedat. Ideoque dictus honorandus vir nomine et ex parte dicti domini regis 3° hortatus est, ut tales canones in brevi tempore fiant, quales ecclesise et praesenti huic statui maxime utiles sint. Et subjuncta alia brevi oratione per reverendis- simum ])atrem antedictum prselatis et toto coetui prae- dicto, cum monitione nomine dicti domini regis, ut nullus35 eorum a dicta sacra synodo discedat, donee omnia juxta 1 640.] Acts and Proceedings in Contocation. 615 mandatum regium praedictum perimpleantur, idem reve- rendissimus pater, una cum dicto honorando viro, a dicta sacra synodo ad consilium ineund' cum domino rege apud Whitehall recessit : et post aliquem tractatum inter dominos episcopos antedictos habitum, reverendus pater 5 dominus Johannes Sarum episcopus et dicti reverendis- simi patris commissarius sive locum-tenens, continuavit, &e. prout in schedula per eum lecta continetur, cujus, &c. Sessio XII. Die Sabbathi 16°, viz. die mensis Maii, anno Domini 10 1640, inter horas octavam et undecimam ante meridiem, &c. reverendissimus, &c. communicavit cum eisdem dominis episcopis. Et inter hujusmodi communicationes comparuit dominus prolocutor, cum decanis Cant' et London, et tradidit in manus dicti reverendissimi patris, 15 quasdam schedulas papyri continentes quaedam capitula canonum per eum prolocutorem et totum clerum domus in- ferioris excogitat. Quibus receptis, et domino prolocutore dimisso, reverendissimus dominus praeses colloquium habuit cum episcopis antedictis citra exiguitatem exhibitionum 20 e clero indigentiori, in detinendo ab eis, per proprietaries et eorum firmarios, oblationes et salaria sive feoda eccle- siastica, pro mulierum post partum purificationibus, matri- moniorum solemnizationibus, et de mortuorum sepulturis, et etiam de magna ilia injuria clero per laicos illata in 25 eligendo tales gardianos et clericos parochiales, qui eos opponant et inquietant ad maximum eorum pray'udicium et incommodum. Ad quern quidem clerum de hujusmodi injuriis levand. reverendissimus pater praises antedictus, de et cum consilio et assensu praelatorum confratrum3o suorum, negotium hujusmodi attornato generali domini regis significandum fore decrevit; ut ipse de aliquo rerae- dio pro eis in hac parte curaret. Tunc lecto libello sive forma concessionis benevolentiss sive contributionis 616 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [XXX. voluntarite, praefatus reverendissimus pater et reverendi patres antedicti de benevola contributione quatuor soli- dorum singulis annis per sexennium proxime futurum solvendorum de qualibet libra annualis reditus cujuslibet beneficii infra provinciam Cantuariensem, juxta ratam5 et taxam eorundem in libris primitiarum fructuum domini nostri regis sub certis conditionibus et provisionibus in isto libro sive forma contributionis specificat', tract atum habuerunt, et desuper consenserunt. Et ideo idem reve- rendissimus pater, cum consensu confratrum suorum, 10 dominum prolocutorem, una cum sex illis assessoribus sive examinatoribus domus inferioris pro subsidiorum examinatione electis, ad se accersiri fecit. Quo quidem prolocutore, una cum quinque e dictis assessoribus, scilicet venerabilibus viris, Isaaco Bargrave, Thoma Wynnyff, 15 Thoma Paske, Thoma Wilson, et domino Johanne Lambe, milite, banc domum superiorem intrante, reverendissimus pater prseses antedictus eidem prolocutori intimavit, se et confratres suos de benevolentia sive contributione volun- taria dicto domino regi concedenda tractasse, et inter sese 20 consentiisse de concedendo quatuor solidos e qualibet libra cuj usque beneficii juxta ratam sive taxam in libris primitiarum regiarum singulis annis per sexennium proxi- mum solvendos, juxta formam sive librum concessionis desuper conceptum. Quam formam, reverendissimus 2 5 dominus praises in manus domini prolocutoris, per eum et" totum coetum domus inferioris tractand' et consen- tiend', una cum copia canonis contra recusan' tradidit. Tunc, dimisso domino prolocutore, babitoque aliquo trac- tatu inter reverendissimum dominum prsesidem, et con- 3° fratres suos, ad mandatum reverendissimi domini prsesidis in domum inferiorem ego praefatus notarius descendebam; et dominus prolocutor mihi tradidit formam sive librum concessionis prsedict', et dixit se et totam domum in- feriorem super istam benevolentiam sive contributionem 35 voluntariam considerasse, et de eadem unanimiter con- 1640.] Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. 617 sentiisse. Qua per me recepta, ad domum superiorem instanter revertebam, et humiliter omnia per dominum prolocutorem mihi in mandatis data significavi et inti- mavi. Deinde dominus prolocutor, cum decanis Cant' et London, domum superiorem intravit, et cum omni obe-5 dientia, dicto reverendissimo canonem pro brevi e curia cancellarise impetrand' de excommunicatis capiendis tra- didit. Unde, dimisso domino prolocutore, habitoque trac- tatu super isto canone, reverendissimus pater dominus proeses continuavit, &e. prout in schedula, &c. Tenon etiam instrument! dictoe benevolae contributionis sequitur et est talis, viz. ' Augustissimo et serenissimo domino nostro Carolo Dei gratia Angdiee,' &c. Sessio XIII. Die Lunse 18". viz. die mensis Maii, anno Domini 1640, 1 inter horas nonam et undecimam ante merid', &c. reve- rendissimus, &c. post tractatum cum eis [reverendis patri- bus] habitum, ad se accersiri fecit dominum prolocutorem cum toto coetu clomus inferioris : quibus mox comparenti- bus intimavit, et eis publice per me praefatum notariuma legi fecit, literas quasdam regias sibi et recolendis patri- bus confratribus suis et toto clero in hac sacra synodo congregatis directas sub signaculo suo tenoris sequentis. ' Charles R. Most reverend father in God,' &c. Deinde, prsefatus reverendissimus pater proelatis et clero ante- 2 dictis baud ineleganter locutus est, quod multae querelie contra plures e clero, et nominatim contra doctorem Beale unum e domo inferiori hujus convocationis ultimo parliamento exhibita3 fuerunt, pro verbis in eorum pra?- dicationibus prolatis, qua? statum hujus regni perturba-3 runt et inquietarunt. De quibus idem reverendissimus pater protestatus est, se nunquam ante teinj)us prasdictum audivisse ; dicit tamen si antea de eisdem audisset, se velle ea examinare et partes culpabiles punire coram 618 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [XXX. commissariis regiis ad causas ecclesiasticas, sicut puni- rentur in hac convocatione sive sacra synodo, si eadem aliquo tempore eompetenti continuaret. 8ed post hanc convocationem dissolut' et dies privilegiorum fiuitos, pub- lice promisit partes praedictas vocare coram commissariis regiis antedictis, et juxta juris exigentiam et eorum de- merita contra eos procedere. Tunc dimisso prolocutore, mox cum decanis Cant' et London, et arcbidiaconis Mid- dlesex' et Roften' revertebat. et canones concernentes recusantes penes reverendissimum antedictum dimittens, querelatus est breve de subpoena e curia scaccarii esse executum in doctorem Burgis arcbidiaconum Roffen', et petiit privilegium convocationis. Uude reverendis- simus pater dominus arcbiepiscopus antedictus voluit ipsum prolocutorem cum consensu domus inferioris, ad concipiendum actum, quid eis in boc negotio expedire videbitur, et ad transmittendum istum actum ad banc domum superiorem, ut ipse et confratres sui de eodem considerent. Modo. dimisso prolocutore, et babito trac- tatu inter praefatum reverendissimum patrem et confra- tres suos. reverendissimus cum eomm consensu elegit dominos episcopos Elien' et Bristolien' ad consulendum cum utroque dominorum justiciariorum primariorum citra certas clausulas et verba in canonibus antedictis contra recusantes ; et sic facta fuit continuatio bujus convo- cationis sive sacrae synodi provincialis in statu quo nunc est, usque ad et inter boras quartam et sextam post meri- diem, &:e. prout in scbedula, Sec. Sessio XIV. In pomeridiano ejusdem diei in loco pra?dicto inter boras assignatas, reverendus. et eo pro tempore dimisso, revertebat cum duobus vel tribus e coetu dictse domus, et reverendissimus in proc-25 sentiis domini Johannis Lambe militis, legum doctoris officialis de arcubus, et doctoris Heath auditoris curiae audien' Cant', qui ad informandum reverendissimum et episcopos vocati sunt, tractavit cum domino prolocutore citra canones praidictos. Post tractatum bujusmodi fini-3° turn, dominoque prolocutore dimisso, reverendissimus con- . tinuavit, &c. usque ad et in diem Veneris 29. viz. diem, &c. inter horas nonam et undecimam ante meridiem, &c. prout in schedula, per eum lecta tenoris sequentis con- tinetur, viz. ' In Dei nomine, Amen,' &c. 35 s s z 628 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [XXX. Ultima sessio. Die Veneris 29°. viz. die mensis Maii, anno Domini 1640, inter boras, &c. reverendissimus, &c. judicialiter sedens : prolocutor venit cum quibusdam aliis e coetu domus inferioris, et proposuit quendam canonem. Tunc, 5 eo dimisso, babitoque tractatu inter reverendissimum pa- trem anted^ptum et confratres suos super eodem canone, prolocutor cum toto coetu domus inferioris prsedicta; re- vertebat ; et reverendissimus cum unanimi consensu prse- latorum et cleri bujus sacra? synodi decrevit regiam ma- io jestatem supplicandam fore, ut liber publicarum precum, in Latinum versus, reimprimatur, prout in actu synodico se- quenti continetur, viz. ' Decernimus insuper,' &c. Deinde, reverendissimus, in pra?sentiis dicti domini prolocutoris, et totius coetus domus inferioris, protulit librum canonum I 6 in bac sacra synodo tractat'. continentem septemdecim capitula canonum. Quern reverendissimus in manibus suis tenens, cum domino prolocutore, alta et intelligibili voce legebat. Quo perlecto, reverendissimus, et reve- rendi patres antedicti (excepto domino episcopo Glouce-20 stren'. antedicto, subscribere pro tempore denegan') ac dominus prolocutor et totus coetus domus inferioris ante- dictae, isto die comparentes, nominibus suis et aliorum pro quibus constituti sunt consensum et assensum suos eisdem canonibus praestiterunt, et eorum nomina manibus 25 suis propriis eisdem respective subscripserunt. Et reve- rendissimus, inter basce subscriptiones, interrogavit dictum dominum episcopum Gloucestren' an dictis canonibus as- sensum suum praebere, et nomen subscribere velit ; idem dominus episcopus respondendo denegavit. Unde reve-3° rendissimus primo, secundo et tertio, monuit eundem dominum episcopum ad subscribendum. Ipse refutavit, et sic ad secundam et tertiam monitionem canonicam respondebat, nisi ad subscribendum negative, petendo be- neficium synodi. Tunc, reverendissimus eundem domi-35 1640.] Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. G29 num episcopum Gloucestren'. ob contumaciam et inobedi- entiam suam hujusmodi, ab episcopatu suo pro parte sua deprivandum fore decrevit, ac monuit et jussit dominum Johannem Lambe militem tunc pracsentem, ad concipi- endum sententiam deprivationis ; et ad vota et suffragias praelatorum ad eundem effectum processit. Post aliquem processum hujusmodi habitum, major pars praelatorum vota sua deprivationi dicti domini episcopi prsebuit. Tunc praefatus dominus episcopus obtulit ad subscribendum, et de facto nomen suum dicto libro apposuit. Quibus sic 10 gestis, dictoque reverendo patre interrogato per reveren- dissimum ad rogatum prolocutoris et aliorum e coetu domus inferioris, an ipse subscripsit voluntarie et ex animo, sine aequivoeatione, animi evasione, et secreta reservatione ; respondebat, quod ipse subscripsit, et aliter 15 denegavit respondere. Deinde, dimisso domino prolocu- tore cum toto coetu domus inferioris, reverendissimus et confratres sui praedicti super istud grave scandalum, ec- clesiae Anglicanae, et huic sacrse synodo, per dictum do- minum episcopum illatum, inter se tractarunt, et una- 20 nimiter vota sua dederunt pro suspensione ejusdem epi- scopi ab officio et beneficiis suis ecclesiasticis. Et mox dominus prolocutor cum toto coetu domus inferioris re- vertebat, ac nomine suo et totius coetus praedicti, dixit se et totum coetum domus suae, citra istud scandalum eccle-25 siae huic Anglicanoa et synodo sacrae per dominum epi- scopum Cloucestr'. illatum, tractasse, et vota sua et eorum suspensioni ejusdem episcopi ab officio et bene- ficiis praebuisse. Et ulterius dominus prolocutor, nomine suo et eorum, dominum archiepiscopum imploravit, ut3o dictus dominus episcopus Gloucestr. ante recessum suum ab hac civitate, juramentum in sexto canone in hac sacra synodo tractat' mentionat' praastaret ; et ut reverendissi- ' mus interrogaret eundem dominum episcopum an ipse subscripsit bona fide sine aequivocatione et animi eva-35 sione. Unde facta monitione dicto domino episcopo G30 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [XXX. Gloueestren', quod non recedat a civitate, donee jura- mentum pmedictum ei oblaturum praestiterit et subierit, reverendissimus cum consensu totius synodi dictum do- minum episcopum Gloueestren'. ab officio et episcopatu suo Gloucestr. et ab omnibus beneficiis suis ecclesiasticis5 suspendendum fore decrevit, donee serenissimo domino nostro regi et sacra? ecelesia?, ob magnum liujusmodi dedecus et grave scandalum illatum, satisfecerit. Eumque in scriptis suspendebat, prout in schedula sequenti conti- netur, viz. ' In Dei nomine, Amen. Xos Gulielmus,' &:c. x ° Postremo, habito per reverendissimum sermone gravi et elegant] praelatis et clero praedictis, lectoque per me praefatum notarium brevi regio, de mandato dicti reve- rendissimi patris. de convocatione dissolvenda, tenoris se- quentis, viz. ' Carolus Dei gratia,' &c idem reverendis- 15 simus jiater, ob honorem et reverentiam dicti domini nostri regis juxta tenorem brevis regii prredicti, eandem convocationem sive sacram synodum provincialem dis- solvit, prout in schedula per dictum reverendissimum patrem lecta plenius continetur; cujus quidem schedula? 20 tenor secputur et est talis, viz. ' In Dei nomine, Amen. Xos Gulielmus.' &c. i66i.] Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. 031 XXXI. Archiep. Cant. Gul. Juxon. r. Anno Christi 1661. Reg. Anglia? Car. II. 13. Acta superioris domus Convocationis inca>ptce octavo die mensis Maii, anno m.dc.lxi. (Synod. Anglic. App.5 Archbishop Juxoris mandate to the bishop of London, to summon a Convocation to St. Paul's, May 8, 1661. /"^ ULIELMUS procidentia divina Cantuar' archiepi- scopus, totius Angliae primas et metropolitanus, 1 venerabili confratri nostro domino Gilberto, eadem pro- videntia London, episcopo, salutem, et fraternam in Domino charitatem. Breve illustrissimi in Christo prin- cipis, et domini nostri domini Caroli Secundi, Dei gratia Anglise, Scotioe, Francise, et Hibernise regis, fidei defen-i soris, &c. nobis inscript' et direct' nuper cum ea qua decuit reverentia, obedientia et subjectione, humiliter recepimus in ba^c verba. ' Carolus Secundus, Dei gratia Anglise, Scotiae, Francise, et Hiberniae rex, fidei defensor, &c. reverendissimo in Christo patri Gulielmo eadem 2 gratia Cantuar' arcbiepiscopo, totius Angliae primati et metropolitan©, salutem. Quibusdam arduis et urgen- tibus negotiis nos, securitatem et defensionem ecclesise Anglicanae, ac pacem et tranquillitatem, bonum publi- cum, et defensionem regni nostri et subditorum nostro- 2 rum ejusdem concernen. vobis in fide et dilectione' quibus nobis tenemini rogando mandamus, quatenus prae- Acta superioris domvs] See Hist, of Conferences, pp. 370 — 391. Collier, vol. ii. p. 886. Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [XXXI. missis debito intuitu attentis et ponderatis, universos et singulos episcopos vestrae provincial, ac decanos ecele- siarum cathedralium, nec non archidiaeonos, capitula, et collegia, totumque clerum cujuslibet dioeceseos ejusdem provincice, ad comparendum coram vobis in ecclesia ca-5 thedrali sancti Pauli London, octavo die mensis Maii prox. futur. vel alil)i prout melius expedire videritis, cum omni celeritate aecommoda modo debito convocari faciatis, ad tractand'. consentiend'. et concludend'. super pra?missis et aliis qua? sibi clarius exponentur tunc ibidem 10 ex parte nostra. Et hoc sicut nos et statum regni nostri, ac honorem et utilitatem ecclesia? predict' diligitis, nul- latenus omittatis. Teste meipso apud Westm. undecimo die Aprilis, anno regni nostri tertio decimo.' Quocirca fraternitati vestra? committimus et manda-15 mus, quatenus omnes et singulos co-episcopos ecclesia? nostra? Christi Cantuar. sufFraganeos, infra pra?fatam no- stram provinciam Cant, constitutes, peremptorie citetis, et per eos decanos ecclesiarum cathedralium, et collegia- tarum, et singula capitula earundem, archidiaconosque et2o alios ecclesiarum prselatos exemptos et non exemptos, clerumque cujuslibet dioeceseos provincia? nostite Cantuar. antedict' peremptorie citari et pra?moneri volumus et mandamus : quod iidem episcopi, decani, archidiaconi, et ca?teri ecclesiarum cathedralium pra?lati exempti et non 25 exempti personaliter, et quodlibet capitulum ecclesiarum cathedralium et collegiatarum per iiiiura, clerusque cujus- libet dioeces. provincia? nostra? antedict. per duos sufficien' procuratores, compareant coram nobis aut nostro in hac parte locum-tenente sive commissario (si nos impediri con- 30 tigerit) in domo capitulari ecclesise cathedralis sancti Pauli London. 8 die mensis Maii prox. futur. post datum prsesentium, cum continuatione et prorogatione dierum extunc sequen' et locorum (si oporteat) fiend', ad trac- tand' super arduis et urgentibus negotiis, statum et35 utilitatem, bonum publicum et defensionem regni Angliae i66i .] Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. 633 et subditorum ejusdem concernen', ipsis tunc ct ibidem seriosius exponend', suaquo sana consilia et auxilia super eis impensur. ac biis quae ibidem ex deliberatione com- muni ad bonorem Dei et eecleshe utilitatem salubriter ordinari et statui contigerit, consensur. ulteriusque factur. 5 et receptur. quod justum fuerit et bujusmodi negotii natura et qualitas de se exigunt et requirunt. Vos autem, venerabilis confrater, dictum mandatum, quatenus vos et capitulum ecclesia; vestra; catbedralis ac civitatem et dioec' London, concernit, exequi per omnia faciatis etio eidem pareatis in omnibus cum elfectu. Pra?terea, tenore praesentium vos citamus, quatenus eisdem die et loco coram nobis aut nostro in hac parte locum-tenente sive commissario, uno vel pluribus, una cum aliis venerabilibus confratribus nostris dicta? provincial nostra; Cantuar. co-15 episcopis, compareatis, super bujusmodi negotiis, ut prae- mittitur, tractatur. nec non factur. et receptur. quod justum fuerit et quod ad vestram paternitatem attinet, prout superius continetur. Volumus insuper et manda- mus, quatenus intimetis et denuncietis seu intimari et2o denimciari faciatis dicta' provincial nostra* Cantuar. co- episcopis, decanis, arcbidiaconis, et cajteris ecclesiarum praalatis suprascript' quod eos a ]>ersonali comparitione in bujusmodi negotio convocationis et congregationis, dictis die et loco (ut prsemittitur) divina favente dementia 25 celebrand' excusatos non babere intendimus ista vice nisi ex causa necessaria tunc et ibidem allegand' et pro- ponend' et per nos approband', sed contumacias eorum qui absentes fuerint, canonice punire. Et praeterea, vobis (ut supra) injimgimus et mandamus, quod omnibus et sin- 30 gulis co-episco])is suff'raganeis provincial nostra; Cantuar 5 jjra^dict' injungatis et injungi faciatis, ut singuli eorum sigillatim de facto suo quatenus pertinet ad eosdem, nos seu locum-tenentem sive commissarium nostrum uimni vel j)lures dictis die et loco per literas eorum patentes, 35 nomina et cognomina omnium et singulorum per eos ()3i Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [XXXI. respective citatorum continen' distincte certificent et aj>erte. De die vero receptionis praesentium, et quid in praemissis feceritis, nos aut nostrum in hae parte locum- tenen' sive conimissarium bujusmodi dictis die et loco debite certincari curetisper literas vestras patentes harum5 seriem una cum nominibus omnium et singulorum epi- scopornm provineiae nostra? Cantuar. decanorum, arcbi- diaconorum, et caeterorum praelatorum vestra; dioeceseos in separata schedula Uteris certificatoriis annectend' com- plecten'. In cujus rei testimonium, sigillum nostrum 10 arcbiepiscopale praesentibus apponi fecimus. Dat. in ma- nerio nostro de Lambetb, duodecimo die mensis Aprilis, anno Domini millesimo sexcentesimo sexagesimo primo, et nostra? translationis anno primo, &c. Sessio prima. 15 Die Mercurii, 8°. viz. die mensis Maii, anno Domini 1661, annoque regni domini nostri Caroli Secundi Dei gratia Anglia?, Seotiae, Franciae, et Hibernian regis, fidei defensoris, &c. 13. reverendus in Cbristo pater et do- minus Gilbertus providentia divina London, episcopus, 20 inter horas nonam et decimam ante meridiem ejusdem diei, una cum nonnullis reverendis in Cbristo patribus confratribus et co-episcopis suis, nec non decanis, arcbi- diaconis, creterisque clericis et ministris, nec non advo- catis et procuratoribus, et caeteris ministris alma; curia; 25 Cant, de arcubus London, ab a?dibus Berwick in medicinis doctoris intra PauPs churchyard in parocbia sancti Gregorii civitatis London, notorie sit' et situat', usque ad et in parvum ostium anstrale ecclesiae Paulinae in ecclesiam cathedralem sancti Pauli London. pervenit;3o et ibidem venerabilis vir jNIatthseus Nicbolas, in legibus doctor, decanns, Tbomas Turner, Jobannes Ilacket et Edwardus Layfield, sacra; theologia; professores, canonici residentiarii dictas ecclesia; catbedralis, caeterique canonici et praebendarii ejusdem ecclesiae superpelliciis induti, eum 35 1 66 1.] Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. 635 praestolabantur, et ad cliorum ipsius ecclesioc perduxerunt, comitantibus eum episcopis provinciae Cant, similibus ha- bitibus indutis. Et ibidem dictus reverendus pater in stallo quodam collocatus fuit, caeterisquc episcopis suffra- ganeis provinciae Cant, habitibus suis in hujusmodi con- 5 vocationis neg-otio solitis et consuetis, indutis, stallis proebendariorum (jam pro stallis usitatis) ex utraque parte dicti chori sedentibus, ac decantato per ministros chori prsedicti hymno ' Te Deum laudamus,' &c. lecto- que capitulo pro lectione secunda istius diei, et aliis IO precibus matutinis juxta formam liturgiae peractis, et alio hymno, ' O Lord, make thy servant Charles,' &c. cantato, venerabilis vir Thomas Pierce, S. theologian pro- fessor, suggestum usitatum ingressus fuit, ac ibidem con- cionem venustam et eloquentem sermone Latino, ad reve- 15 rendos patres et populum et clerum praesentes habuit, accepto pro themate versu 28 decimi quinti capituli Act' Apostolorum, viz. ' Visum est enim Spiritui Sancto et nobis, nihil ultra imponere vobis oneris, quam haec necessaria.' Qua quidem concione finita, ac decantato 20 per ministros chori prsedicti alio hymno, ' O Lord, grant the king a long life,' &c. reverendus pater dominus epi- scopus London, tanquam locum-tenens reverendissimi in Christo patris ac domini domini providentia divina Cant, archiepiscopi, totius Anglian primatis et metropolitani, 25 legitime constitut' cliorum prsedict' egressus, ac domum capitularem (ut dicitur ju*o hac vice) ecclesiae cathedralis divi Pauli London, praedict' ingressus, comitantibus cum caeteris episcopis et cleris praelatis provinc' Cant, assi- dentibus secum undique episcopis sufFraganeis, viz. Mat- 30 thaso Elien', Gulielmo Bathon' et Wellen', Roberto Oxon', Joanne RofFen', Henrico Cicestren', Georgio Wigorn', Humfrido Sarum, Benjamino Pctriburgen', Edwardo Nor- wicen', Nicolao Hereford', et Gulielmo Gloucestren' re- spective episcopis personaliter comparentibus, dictoque35 reverendo patre domino episcopo London, pro tribunali 636 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [XXXI. seden', venerabilis vir Richardus Chaworth legum doctor, dicti reverendissimi patris vicarius in spiritualibus gene- ralis, et officialis principalis legitime constitutus, pra:sen- tavit dicto reverendo patri domino episcopo London, lite- ms quasdam commissionales dicti reverendissimi patris, 5 dicto domino episcopo London, et aliis co-episcopis con- junctim et divisim direct'. Quibus literis commissiona- libns per me praefatum Willielmum Fisher, notarium publicum et registrarii deputatum, de mandato dicti reve- rendi patris publice perlectis, dictus reverendus pater 10 dominus Gilbertus London, episcopus onus executionis earundem in se acceptavit, et decrevit procedendum fore juxta tenorem earundem. Deinde brevi regio per dictum dominum Richardum Chaworth praesentato, dicto reverendissimo patri inscripto 15 et directo, et per me praefatum notarium publicum ante- dictum, de mandato domini Gilbert! London, episcopi publice perlecto, dictus venerabilis vir Richardus Cha- worth, tanquam vicarius in spiritualibus generalis domini episcopi London, exhibuit et prscsentavit certificatorium 20 super executione mandati citatorii et monitorii dicti reve- rendissimi patris alias sibi prcefato domino episcopo Lon- don, directi. Cujus quidem certificatorii tenor sequitur in hsec verba, &c. ' Reverendissimo in Christo patri, ac domino domino Gulielmo providentia divina Cant, archi-25 episcopo, totius, &c. Quo quidem certificatorio per me praefatum Williel- mum Fisher, de mandato dicti reverendi patris, publice lecto, pra:conizatisque publice omnibus et singulis reve- rendis patribus provincial Cant, episcopis sufiraganeis in 30 eodem certificatorio mentionatis ; prajfatus reverendus pater verbis Latinis conceptis clerum domus inferioris convocationis in dicta domo capitulari coram eo et ceteris praelatis constitutum, monuit, quatenus ad solitum et consuetum conventus sui locum sese conferentes, ununi35 viruni gravem, doctum, et peritum, de gremio suo pro- 1 66 1.] Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. G37 videant et eligant in eorum prolocutorem sive referenda- rium, ipsumque sic electum exhibeant et praesentent coram reverendissimo patre, aut ejus locum-tenente sive commissario die Jo vis prox. deeirao sexto die mensis jam instantis Maii, inter horas 9 et 11, ante meridiem ejus- 5 dem diei in capella regis Henrici 7- infra ecclesiam colle- giatam B. Petri Westm. Quo clero dimisso, ad locum soli turn, ad effectum eligendi unum gravem, doctum, et peritum virum de gremio suo in eorum prolocutorem sive referendarium sese conferebant, et post aliquem tracta- io turn inter dictum reverendum patrem et procfatos reve- rendos patres confratres suos, venerabilis vir Matthams Nicholas legnm doctor, decanus ecclesiae cathedralis divi Pauli London, praedictae, una cum venerabilibus viris Thoma Turner 8. theol. professore, et Richardo Bayley 15 S. theolog. professore, a dicta domo inferiori ad hoc elec- tis, tarn nomine suo proprio quam totius coetus dicta; domus, dicto reverendo patri significavit, se et caeteros dicta? domus convenire, venerabiles viros Henricum Fearne S. theologiae professorem in eorum prolocutorem, et 20 Johannem Pearson S. theolog. professorem in pmesen- tatorem dicti prolocutoris respective unanimi consensu elegisse. Quibus sic gestis, prsefatus reverendus pater pronunciavit omnes et singulos, decanos, archidiaconos, Capitula, cleri ])rocuratores ac caeteros quoscunque ad 25 interessendum istis die, hora, et loco, in hujusmodi synodo sacra sive convocatione monitos et citatos, et nullo modo comparentes, notorie contumaces ; ]>oenas vero contu- maciarum suarum hujusmodi usque ad et in decimum sextum instantis mensis Maii inter horas 9 et 11 ante 30 meridiem ejusdem diei ad ecclesiam collegiatam B. Petri Westm. praedict' reservando, et reservabit, prout in sche- dula per dictum reverendum patrem lecta plenius liquet^ Cujus quidem schcdulac tenor sequitur et est talis ; viz. ' In Dei nomine, Amen. Nos Gilbertus,' &cc. Postremo35 dictus reverendus pater continuavit et prorogavit prae- 6SS Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [XXXI. sentein convocationem sive sacrarn svnodum, omniaque et singula certificatoria istis die. hora. et loco, introducta ac introducenda et non introducta. in eodem statu quo nunc sunt, usque ad et in pra?dictuni decimum sextum diem jam instantis Maii predict* inter horas 9 et 11.5 ante meridiem ejusdem diei. ad ecclesiam collegiatam B. Petri Westm. prout in alia schedula per eum lecta tenoris sequentis continetur : viz. ' In Dei nomine. Amen. Nos Gilbertus," &:c. Certificatorium archidiaconi Cant*, reverendissiino in 10 Cliristo patri, &c. Secunda ses&io. Die Jovis decimo sexto die mensis Maii. 1661, inter horas 9 et 11 ante meridiem ejusdem diei. reverendo in Christo patre ac domino Gilberto London' episcopo, nec-15 non reverendis patribus Guilielmo Bathon" et Wellen', MattlwRO Elien". Roberto Oxon". Johanne R often', Hen- rico Cicestren". Georraedictis reverendis patribus, reverendus jiater dominus Elien' episcopus tarn pro se quam aliis episcopis, &c. introduxit preces de et super nativitate domini nostri regis et restauratione sua, &c. per dictos episcopos ultima 35 j 66 1.] Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. 641 sessione electos, conceptas ; et tradidit eas domino com- missario sive locum-tenenti. Et post aliquot tractat' dictus dominus episcopus London', cum consensu confra- trum suorum hnjusmodi, voluit ad se accersiri dominum prolocutorem cum quibusdam aliis e coetu domus infe-5 rioris, qui intravit cum sex dictae domus inferioris ; et tradidit dicto prolocutori dictas preces sic (ut prsefertur) conceptas, per eum et totam doraura inferior' considerandas et consentiendas. Deinde, dominus commissarius inti- mavit dicto prolocutori de precibus specialibus et parti- 10 cularibus pro baptizatione nonnullorum adultorum conci- piendis et formandis ; et pro conceptione earundem, dictus reverendus pater, cum consensu confratrum suorum, tres reverendos patres hujus domus, viz. dominum Hum- phridum Sarum, Benjaminum Petriburgen', et Georgium 15 Asaph' respective episcopos elegit, et voluit dominum prolocutorem sex cleros e dicta domo inferiori eligere ad procedendum cum dictis episcopis in dicto negotio. Quibus sic gestis, dimissus fuit prolocutor una cum sex aliis prsedict' ; et post tractatum cum episcopis per diet' 20 domin' commissarium habitum, dictus commissarius conti- nuavit, &c. prout in schedula, &c. Quarta sessio. Die Mercurii, 22°. die mensis Maii 1661. inter boras [nonam et undecimam ejusd' diei] alias designatas, in 25 prsesentia mei Willielmi Fisher notarii publici, &c. reve- rendus in Christo pater dominus Johannes permissione divina Roffen' episcopus, &c. congregati, primo et ante omnia preces, &c. Dictisque precibus peractis et finitis, dicto reverendo patre domino Johanne Roffen' episcopo3o pro tribunali sedente, assidentibus secum, &c. dictus reve- rendus pater post aliquot tract' inter dictos reverendos . patres habit' continuavit, &c. prout in schedula, &c. Quinta sessio. Die Veneris 24°. viz. die mensis Maii, &c. inter horas35 T t 6i2 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [XXXI. 9 et 11 ante meridiem ejusdem diei, &c. reverendus pater dominus Willielmus, &e. Bathon' et Wellen' episcopus, &c. post aliquot tractat' inter dictos reverendos respective patres habit' et fact' &c. continuavit, &c. prout in sche- dula, &c. 5 Se.vta sessio. Die Martis 28°. viz. die mensis Maii, inter horas 9 et 11 ante meridiem ejusdem diei, &c. dietus reverendus pater, &c. post aliquot tractat' habit' et fact' inter dictos reve- rendos patres, &c. continuavit, &c. prout in schedula, &c. io Septima sessio. Die Veneris 31°» die mensis Maii, inter horas 9 et 11 ante merid' ejusd' diei, &c. introducta prius per dictum episcopum Sarum forma precum publicarum pro bapti- zatione adult' celebrand' et per me Willielmum Fisher, 15 notarium publicum antedictum, de mandato dicti praesi- dentis, publice perlect', et per dictos reverendos patres unanimiter approbat' ; et lecta tarn petitione cujusdam Ogleby quam Uteris regiis hujusmodi domo direct' de et super commendatione biblii impensis dicti Ogleby ; et 20 post commendationem ejusdem petitionis, literarum re- giarum et libri praedicti domo inferiori, &c. et post aliquot tractat' inter dictos reverendos patres, dictus reverendus pater, &c. continuavit, &c. prout in schedula, 6cc. Octava sessio. 25 Septimo die mensis Junii, inter horas 9 et 11 ante me- ridiem ejusdem diei, &c. comparuit personaliter Richardus Aldworth armiger, et praesentavit dicto reverendo praesi- denti sive locum-tenen' licentiam quandam regiam sigillo magno Anglias sigillat' de emendando, reformando, expo- 30 nendo, et corrigendo, constitutiones et canones alias factas ; nec non de ordinando et conficiendo nonnullas novas constitutiones, ordinationes sive capitula, statum 1 65i .] Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. 643 ecelesiasticum, sinceram religionem, et utilitatem ecclesirc Anglicanae concernen' et tenden' ; una cum nonnullis aliis provisionibus in eadem licentia insertis, sub tenore ver- borum sequen' viz. ' Charles by the grace of God,' &c. Quibus per me Willielm' Fisher in hac parte actorum 5 scribam publice tunc et ibidem alta voce coram dictis respective patribus perlect', dictus reverendus pater et caeteri episcopi secum assidentes, cum omnimoda reve- rentia, subjectione, et humilitate gratanter acceptarunt et receperunt. Eademque licentia sic lecta, dictus reve- 10 rendus pater, post intervallum temporis, ad eum accersiri jussit prolocutorem, prselatos et clerum domus inferioris. Quibus copiose sese prsesentantibus coram eo caeterisque episcopis antedictis, modo (ut praefertur) secum assiden', et dicta licentia denuo, de mandato dicti reverendi patris, 15 per me notarium publicum antedict' publice perlecta, dictus reverendus pater prsefatum prolocutorem, et alios de domo inferiori decanos, archidiaconos, capitula et cleri procuratores ibidem praesentes voluit ut ipsi inter se con- venirent et mature excogitarent de canonibus et consti-20 tutionibus statum ecelesiasticum et Christ! religionem in ecclesia Anglicana concernen' concipiendis, et quicquid inde senserint sive excogitaverint in scriptis redigant, et coram ipso reverendo patre et confratribus suis episcopis exhibeant. Deinde, dimisso prolocutore cum coetu domus 25 inferioris, introducta fuit copia proclamationis per attour- natum regium generalem (ut asserebatur) concept' et dictis respective episcopis destinat' pro jejunio observando ; et eadem de mandato dicti reverendi patris per me notarium publicum antedictum publice perlecta, dictus reverendus 30 pater dictam copiam retradidit. Tunc, habito tractatu inter dictum dominum reverendum patrem et caeteros episcopos suffraganeos suos, ut praefertur, comparentes, de et super precibus specialibus et particularibus pro jejunio juxta proclamationem praedict' 12 die jam instan' mensisss Junii celebrando et observando, per quatuor episcopos t t 2 644 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [XXXI. liujusmodi doinus, nempe Matthseum Elien', Robertum Oxon', Humfridum Sarum, et Benjaminum Petriburg', respective episcopos in ea parte respective electos, et per 8 praelatos sive cleros domus inferioris eligend', concipiend', dictus reverendus pater, &c. continuavit, &c. prout in 5 schedula, &c. Nona sessio. Die Veneris 14°. die mensis Junii, inter boras 9 et 11 ante meridiem ejusdem diei, &c. dictus reverendus pater, &c. post aliquod tractatum, &c. continuavit, &c. prout in 10 schedula, &c. Decima sessio. Die Mercurii 3 9 die mensis Junii inter boras 9 et 11 ante merid' ejusd' diei, &c. reverendus pater dominus episcopus London' prsesidens in prsesentiis reverendorum 15 patrum confratrum suorum significant et intimavit, sere- nissimum dominum nostrum Carolum regem ex gratia sua speciali licentiam sive commissionem magno suo sigillo Anglise sigillat', ad eundem effectum prout prior com- missio sive licentia alias introduct' fuit ac erat, curasse, 20 ac potestatem dedisse arcbiepiscopo et cseteris episcopis ac clero provinc' Cant, ad procedend', emendand', re- formand', exponend', corrigend', ordinand' et conficiend' prout in eisdem continetur: quorum reverendissimum in Christo patrem dominum dominum arcbiepiscopum Cant', 25 a Gilbertum London', Willielmum Batbon' et Wellen', et Matthffium Elien', respective episcopos in dicta convo- catione pro rebus ecclesiasticis perficiend' juxta commis- sionem et licentiam regiam prsedict-', dictus dominus noster rex uni esse voluit et mandavit; et eandem licentiam sive 30 a In the margin of his copy archbishop Wake has here written the following note. " Not. hosce epos tres seniores fuisse in substitutione archpi (excepto epo Winton qui ne semel quidem ad convocationem ac- cessit ;) adeoque praesidendi jus prse cseteris habuere." 1 66 1.] Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. 615 commissionem protluxit et exhibuit sub tenore verboruni sequentium, viz. ' Charles by the grace of God,' &e. Qua per me praefatum Willielmum Fisher notarium publicum in hac parte actorum scribam sive registrarium deputatum publice tunc et ibidem perlecta, dictus reverendus paters domiuus episcopus London', pnesidens antedictus, una cum dictis reverendis patribus confratribus suis, tractatum sive colloquium habuit de et super exatninatione canonum alias fact', ac de jurisdictione ecclesiae, nec non de regu- latione clericorum et ecclesiasticorum officiariorum ; et ad 10 eundem effectum, dictus reverendus pater, cum unanimi consensu dictorum reverendorum patrum confratrum suo- rum, elegit duodeeim episcopos viz. dominum Willielmum Bathon' et Wellen', Matthaeum Elien. Kobertum Oxon. Johannem Roffen.HenricumCicestren.Humfridum Sarum, 15 Georgium Wigorn. Robertum Lincoln. Georgium Asaphen. Gulielmum Meneven. Benjaminum Petriburgen. et Jo- hannem Exon. respective episcopos, et commisit vices suas eisdem aut tribus eorum ad procedend' in dicto ne- gotio, et viginti quatuor domus inferioris per dictani2o domum eligend' aut sex eorundem ; ad conveniend' in magna aula Le Savoy die Sabbati prox' hora tertia post meridiem, et postea diebus Martis et Jovis in qualibet hebdomada dictis hora et loco, donee dictum negotium perficiatur. Et ordinavit ad introducendum eorum rela- 25 tionem quam primum poterint. Ita tamen, quod bene liceat et licebit omnibus aliis reverendis patribus et clero ad conveniendum et consulendum cum dictis respective episcopis, dictis loco et tempore, de et super praemissis, quando et quoties sibimet ipsis videbitur expediens. Tunc 30 dictus reverendus pater dominus episcopus London', cum consensu dictorum reverendorum patrum confratrum suo- rum, ad eum accersiri jussit prolocutorem, prselatos, et clerum domus inferioris ; quibus copiose sese praesen- tantibus coram eo caeterisque episcopis antedictis modo35 (ut prajfertur) secum assidentibus, dictus reverendus pater «46 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [XXXI. omnia et singula praemissa diet' pvolocutori et domui in- feriori significant, et voluit dictum prolocutorem ad eli- gendum viginti quatuor e gremio suo ad conveniendum cum dictis reverendis patribus, sic ut prsefertur, electis, dictis diebus et loco de et super consultatione praeniis-5 sorum. Dictoque prolocutore et coetu domus inferioris dimisso, et post aliquem tractatum inter dictos reverendos patres, dictus reverendus pater dominus pra?sidens ante- dictus, &c. continuavit, &c. prout in schedula, &c. Sessio XL io Die Veneris 21°. die mensis Junii, inter boras 9 et 11 ante meridiem ejusd' diei, &c. reverendo patre domino episcopo London' pro tribunali sedente, assidentibus secum dictis reverendis respective patribus, nec non reve- rendissimo in Christo patre ac domino Accepto providentia 15 divina Ebor. arcbiepiscopo, &c Dunelmen' episcopo, et Cestren' episcopo, dictus reverendus pater dominus episcopus London' una cum dictis reverendis patribus confratribus suis tractatum babuit de conceptione unius libri articulorum in visitatione cujuslibet episcopi 20 oeconomis et inquisitoribus in qualibet dioecesi ministran- dorum : et ad eundem intuitum dictus reverendus pater, cum unanimi consensu dictorum confratmm suorum, sex episcopos confratres suos nempe "Willielmum Batbon' et Wellen', ^Mattbaeum Elien', Robertum Oxon', Humfriduni25 Sarum, Robertum Lincoln', et Willielmum Gloucestren' elegit, et commisit vices suas eisdem aut eorum tribus ad concipiend' et formand' dictos articulos, &c. ad conve- niend' in aula magna in Le Savoy die Sabbati prox. ad septimanam bora tertia post meridiem, et postea diebus 30 Lunae et Sabbati in qualibet bebdomada, dictis bora et loco, donee dictum opus finiatur. Ita tanien quod bene liceat et licebit omnibus aliis reverendis patribus ad con- veniend' et consulend' cum dictis reverendis patribus dictis loco et tempore, de et super premissis, quoties et 35 1 66 1 .] Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. 647 quando sibimet ipsis videbitur expediens : et dictus pater, de et cum consensu confratrum suorum episcoporum Cant' provinc', petiit et rogavit reverendos patres Dunelmen' Carliolen' et Cestren' respective episcopos infra provinc. Ebor. b dictis hora et loco, dictiss respective episcopis in dicto negotio esse interessentes et assistentes, eisque respective acceptantibus, &c. tunc dictus reverendus pater dominus episcopus London', cum consensu dictorum confratrum suorum sibi assiden', misit pro prolocutore et sex aliis domus inferioris ad intro-io ducendum nomina e gremio suo elect', ad conveniend' cum episcopis ultima sessione respective elect' de et super negotiis tunc tractat'. Quo prolocutore, una cum sex aliis dictse domus inferioris advenien', dictus prolo- cutor praesentavit dicto reverendo patri domino episcopo 15 London' schedulam quandam in papyro scriptam con- tinen' nomina praelatorum et cleri domus inferioris per eos elect', scilicet, Joseplium Hencbman Cicestren', Mat- thseum Nicholas legum doctorem sancti Pauli London', Micbaelem Honeywood S. theol. professorem Lincoln', 20 Robertum Creyton S. th. professorem Wellen', Williel- mum Brough, S. th. professorem Glouc', Henricum Fearne, S. th. professor' Elien', et Willielmum Paul Lichfield, respective decanos; nec non Georgium Hall Cant', Antho- nium Sparrow Sudbury, Robertum Pory Midd', Grin- 25 dallum Sheafe Wellen', Johannem Peirson Surr', Marcum Frank sancti Albani, Anthonium Hawles Sarum, et Jas- perum Mayne Cicestren' respective archidiaconos ; nec non Herbertum Thorndike, Josephum Crouther, Wil- lielmum Brabant, Petrum Gunning, Johannem Sudbury, 30 Johannem Priaux, Marten, Willielmum Pulleyn, Willielmum Heywood et Fleetwood S. th. respective professores, respective procuratores cleri infra suas re T spective dioeceses. Quibus nominibus per me notarium ' 3 Cant' in the original, by mistake. 35 648 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [XXXI. publicum, de mandato reverendi patris proesidentis ante- dicti publice perlect', dictus reverendus pater acceptavit eorum respective nomina et personas, &c. et dimisit dic- tum prolocutorem una cum ccetu suo piaedict'. Et tunc babito aliquo tractatu inter dictos reverendos patres, dictus 5 reverendus pater continuavit, &c. prout in schedula, &c. Sessio XII. Die Mercurii, 26. die mensis Junii, inter boras 9 et 11 ante meridiem ejusd' diei, &c. dictus reverendus pater, &c. post aliquod tractatum, &c. continuavit, &c. prout in io schedula, &c. Sessio XIII. Die Veneris 28. die mensis Junii, inter horas 9 et 11 ante meridiem ejusd' diei, &c. dictus reverendus pater Matthaeus Elien' episcopus, &c. post tractatum aliquod, 15 &c. continuavit, &c. juxta schedulam, &c. Sessio XIV. Die Mercurii 3°. viz. die mensis Julii, inter horas 9 et 11 ante meridiem ejusd' diei, &c. reverendo patre domino episcopo London' pro tribunali seden', assiden' secum 20 reverendis respective patribus, nec non Durham' et Carliolen' respective assiden', dictus reverendus pater dominus episcopus London', una cum dictis reve- rendis patribus confratribus suis tractatum de et super consideratione actus quoad impressionem, &c. habuit ; et 25 ad earn intentionem dictus reverendus pater, cum una- nimi consensu dictorum confratrum suorum, octo episcopos e dicto gremio, nempe Dunelm', Robertum Oxon', Humfridum Sarum, Benjaminum Petriburgen', Carliolen', Cestren', Edwardum Norwicen', etWil-3° lielmum Glouc' respective episcopos elegit; quibus, aut eorum tribus, dictus reverendus pater, cum consensu prae- dict' commisit vices suas ad efFectum prsedict', ad conve- 1 66 1 -3 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. C49 niendum in aliquo loco, seu aliquibus diebus per eos inter sese designandis ; et deinde post aliud tractatum inter dictum reverendum patrem et dictos reverendos patres habit', et fact', dictus reverendus pater dominus episcopus London', &c. continuavit, &c. juxta schedulam, &c. 5 Sessio XV. Die Veneris 5°. viz. die mensis Julii, inter horas 9 et 11 ante merid' ejusd' diei, &c. dictus reverendus pater post aliquod tractat. &c. continuavit, &c. juxta schedulam, &c. io Sessio XVI. Die Mercurii, 10. viz. die mensis Julii, inter horas 9 et 11 ante merid' ejusd' diei, &c. dictus reverendus pater, &c. post aliquod tractat' &c. continuavit, &c. juxta schedulam, &c. T 5 Sessio XVII. Die Veneris 12. viz. die mensis Julii, inter horas 9 et 11 ante merid' ejusd' diei, &c. dictus reverendus pater, &c. post aliquod tract' &c. continuavit, &c. juxta tenorem schedula?, &c. 20 Sessio XVIII. Die Mercurii 17- die mensis Julii, inter horas 9 et 11 ante merid' ejusd' diei, &c. precibus finitis et peractis, reverendus pater dominus episcopus London', una cum dictis respective episcopis confratribus suis secum assiden', 25 pro tribunali sedebat, et tunc post aliquod tractat' inter se habit' reverendus pater dominus episcopus Sarum tam nomine suo proprio quam vices geren', &c. introduxit et praesentavit domino episcopo praesidenti nonnullos canones in papyro script' et exarat'. Quibus publice perlect' et3o nonnullis emendationibus in eisdem factis, dominus epi- scopus London, prsesidens antedictus, cum consensu 650 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [XXXI. confratrum suorum antedictorum, retradidit dictos canones dicto episcopo Sarum pro ulteriori consideratione desuper habenda : et post alium paululum tractatum inter sese habit' et fact', continuavit, &c. juxta tenorem schedulse, &C. 5 Sessio XIX. Die Veneris 19- viz. die mensis Julii, inter horas 9 et 11 ante meridiem ejusdem diei, &c. dominus episcopus Glouc. pra;sentavit domino prsesidenti et cseteris episcopis nonnullos canones conceptos et in papyro script'. Qui-io bus publice perlectis, et nonnullis emendationibus in eisdem factis, dominus episcopus London' praesidens ante- dictus, cum consensu confratrum suorum, retradidit eos • dicto domino episcopo pro ulteriori consideratione et revi- sione eorundem habend' ; et post tractatum aliquod inter 15 se habit' et fact', &c. continuavit, &c. juxta tenorem sche- dula?, &c. Sessio XX. Die Lunae 22 die mensis Julii, inter horas 9 et 11 ante meridiem ejusdem diei, &c. Nonnullis canonibus per 20 reverendos patres, Willielmum Bathon' et Wellen', et Johannem Warner Roffen' episcopos, tarn nomine suo proprio quam aliis in ea parte vicesgeren', et publice per- lectis, dominus episcopus London' una cum consensu con- fratrum suorum episcoporum antedictorum, retradidit eos 25 dictis respective episcopis, et eorum confratribus, pro ul- teriori consideratione super eisdem habend' ; et post ali- quod tractatum inter sese habit' et fact', continuavit, &c. juxta tenorem schedule, &c. Sessio XXI. 3° Die Mercurii 24 die mensis Julii, inter horas 9 et 11 ante meridiem ejusdem diei, &c. reverendus pater, &c. post nonnullum tractatum, &c. continuavit, &c. juxta tenorem sehedulae, &c. i66i.] Acts and Proceedings in Concocation. 651 Sessio XXII. Die Veneris 26 die mensis Julii, inter horas 9 et 11 ante meridiem ejusdem diei, &c. reverendus pater, &c. post aliquod tractat', &c. continuavit, &c. juxta tenorem schedulsc, &c. 5 Sessio XXIII. Die Sabbati 27 mensis Julii, inter horas secundam et quartam post meridiem, &c. reverendus pater dominus episcopus London', praisidens, &c. una cum dictis confra- tribus suis secum assiden', pro tribunali sedebat ; et facta IO prius subscriptione per dictos respective episcopos pro regali benevolentia domino nostro regi praesentanda, et post aliquod tractat', &c. continuavit, &c. juxta tenorem schedulac, &c. Sessio XXIV. i 5 Die Mercurii, ultimo viz. die mensis Julii, inter horas 9 et 11 ante meridiem ejusdem diei, &c. reverendus pater, &c. post aliquod tractat', &c. continuavit, &c. juxta teno- rem schedula;, &c. Sessio XXV. 20 Die Jovis 21 die mensis Novembris, inter horas se- cundam et quartam, &c. literse domini nostri regis domino archiejuscopo Cant' direct', et manu sua, et sigillo suo privat' communit', fuerunt introductse, et de mandato dicti reverendi patris publice perlectae per me notarium 25 publicum antedict' ; dictusque reverendus pater proesidens anted ictus et cseteri episcopi secum assidentes, cum omni- moda reverentia, subjectione, et humilitate, easdem gra- tanter acceptarunt et receperunt ; et post intervallum temporis, dictus reverendus pater, de et cum consensu 30 confratrum suorum, ad eum accersiri jussit prolocutorem, prajlatos, et clerum domus inferioris. Quibus sese prse- 652 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [XXXT. sentantibus coram dicto reverendo pra?sidente caeterisque episcopis antedictis, modo (ut praefertur) secum assiden', et in praesentiis dicti prolocutoris, pra?lat', et cleri domus inferioris predict' dictae liters? regiae de mandate dicti praesidentis per me notarium publicum antedictum fu- erunt publico perfects. Et deinde, dimisso prolocutore, cum coetu domus inferioris, dictus reverendus pater una cum dictis reverendis patribus confratribus suis tractatum et colloquium liabuit de revisione libri publicarum precum, &c. juxta potestat' et libertat' per easdem regias eis con- cess. &c. Et ad eundem eftectum, dictus reverendus pater, cum unanimi consensu confratrum suorum, elegit reverendos in Christo patres Dunelmen', Mattha?uni Elien'. Robertum Oxon', Johannem Roften', Humfridum Sarum, Georgium Wigorn', Robertum Lincoln', et Wil- lielmum Gloucestren\ et commisit vices suas eisdem, aut eonim tribus ad minus, ad proeedendum in dicto negotio ; et ordinavit eos ad conveniendum apud palatium reverendi patris domini episcopi Elien', bora quinta post meridiem cujusbbet diei (exceptis diebus dominicis.) donee dictum negotium perficiatur. Et postea consensum fuit inter dictos ejiiscopos pro meliori et citiori festinatione dicti negotii, ut dictus liber publicarum precum revideatur in bac domo pro pra?senti ; et magna parte ejusdem perlecta et revisa usque ad dictus reverendus pater, &c continuavit, &c. juxta tenorem scbedulae, &c. Sessio XXYI. Die Veneris 22. die mensis Xovembris, inter horas 8 et 9 ante meridiem ejusd' diei, &c. reverendus pater, &c. post ulteriorem progressum revisionis libri publicarum 3 precum fact', &c. continuavit, &c. juxta tenorem scbe- dulae, &c. Sessio XXVII. Eodem die inter boras secundam et quartam post me- ridiem, &c. post ulteriorem progressum revisionis libri 3 i 66i .] Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. publicarum precum per eos fact' dictus dominus episcopus London', &c. continuavit, &c. juxta schedulam, &c. Sessio XXVIII. Die Sabbati 23. die mensis Novembris, &c. inter boras 8 et 10 ante meridiem, &c. reverendus pater, &c. posts panlulnm tractat' de et cum consensu confratrum suorum ad eum accersiri jussit prolocutorem solum; quo adve- niente, dictus reverendus pater tradidit ei partem libri publicarum precum per hujusmodi domum examinat' et re vis', et in mandatis dedit, ut dictus prolocutor una io cum clero dictae domus inferioris dictam partem cum omni celeritate, qua potuit, revideat, et emendet, si sit necessarium. Dictoque prolocutore dimisso, et ulteriori in revisione residui libri publicarum precum progressu babit' et fact', dictus reverendus pater continuavit, &c. 15 juxta schedulam, &c. Sessio XXVIII. Eodem die inter horas secundam et quartam post meri- diem, &c. reverendus pater, &c. ulteriorem progressum in revisione libri publicarum precum fecit ; et post aliquod 2 o tractat' dictus reverendus pater, &c. continuavit, &c. juxta schedulam, &c. Sessio XXIX. Die Lunae 25. die mensis Novembris, inter horas 8 et 10 ante meridiem ejusdem diei, &c. ulteriori progressu in 25 revisione libri publicarum precum [fact'] dominus proesi- dens antedictus, &c. continuavit, &c. juxta schedulam, &c. Sessio XXX. Die Martis 26. die mensis Novembris, inter horas 8 et 10 ante meridiem ejusd' diei, &c. dictus reverendus pater, &c. 30 post ulteriorem progressum in revisione libri publicarum 65 i Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [XXXI. precum habit' et fact', «kc. continuavit, ike. juxta scbe- dulam, &c. S XXXI. Die Mercurii 27- die mensis Novembris, inter boras 8. et 10. ante meridiem ejusdem diei. &c. dictus reve-, rendus pater. &c. post paululum traetat'. de et cum con- sensu confratrum suorum ad eum accersiri jussit pro- locutorem solum. Quo adveniente, dictus prolocutor retradidit partem libri publicamm precum per domum inferiorem examinat' et revis' una cum notula sive sche- dula emendationum sive alterationum per eos fact" : quam notulam sive scbedulam obtulit domino pra?sidenti pro ejus et confratrum suorum consideratione et consulta- tione, &c. Deinde, acceptata dicta notula sive scbedula per dictum pra?sidentem. dictus pra?sidens dedit in mani- bus dicti prolocutoris residuam partem libri publicarum precum. et requisivit dictum prolocutorem ut ille una cum domo sua euudem omni cum celeritate revideat, et post revisionem ejusdem dicto pra^sidenti retradat. Eoque dimiaso, ac dicta scbedula in parte per dictum pra?si- dentem et confratres suos secum assiden' lecta et exa- minata. dictus reverendus pater praesidens antedict', &c. continuavit. 8tc. juxta scbedulam. &c Sessio XXXII. Die Jovis 28. X'ovembris. inter boras 8. et 10. ante meridiem ejusdem diei, ficc. scbedula sive alterat' alias per prolocutorem nomine domus inferioris introduct', revis" et examinat". et parte Psalmorum Davidis perlect' et recitat'j idem reverendus pater dominus pra?sidens, &c. continuavit, &c. juxta scbedulam, 6«cc. Sessio XXXIII. Die Veneris 29- Novembris, inter hora« 8. et 10. ante meridiem ejusdem diei, &c. post revisionem aliquam libri i66i.] Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. 655 de consecratione diaconorum, presbyterorum et episco- porum habit' et fact', dictus reverendus pater prsesidens antedictus, &c. continuavit, &ic. juxta schedulam, &c. Sessio XXXIV. Die Lunae 2°. die mensis Decembris, inter horas 8. et5 10. ante meridiem ejusd' diei, &c. prsefatium sive exor- dium libri publicarum precum fuit introduct' et publice perlect' ; et dictus reverendus pater prsesidens antedictus curam pro examinatione et consideratione ejusdem reve- rendis patribus Matthseo Elien', Roberto Oxon', Humfrido 10 Sarum, et Georgio Asaphen', respective episcopis, com- misit ; et post aliquod tractat', &c. dictus reverendus pater, &c. continuavit, &c. juxta schedulam, &c Sessio XXXV. Die Mart is 3°. Decembris, inter horas 8. et 10. ante *5 meridiem ejusdem diei, &c. post paululum tractat', &c. dictus reverendus pater, &c. continuavit, &c. juxta sche- dulam, &c. Sessio XXXVI. Die Mercurii 4°. die mensis Decembris, inter horas 20 8. et 10. ante meridiem ejusd' diei, &c post tractatum, &c. dictus reverendus pater, &c. continuavit, &c. juxta schedulam, &c. Sessio XXXVII. Die Jovis 5°. die mensis Decembris, inter horas 8. et 25 10. ante meridiem ejusd' diei, &c. magister Pell intro- duxit calendarium libro publicarum precum annecten- dum ; et post inspectionem ejusdem, dictus reverendus pater prsesidens antedictus, de et cum consensu con-* fratrum suorum, retulit et commisit examinationem et3° revisionem ejusdem domino episcopo Carliolen'. Et de- inde habito tractatu de forma precum concipienda super 656 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [XXXI. alto mari usitanda et observantla, idem reverendus pater, &c. continuavit, &e. juxta schedulam, &c. Sessio XXXVIII. Die Veneris 6°. viz. die mensis Decembris, inter horas 8. et 10. ante meridiem ejusdem diei, &c. praefatio sives exordio libri publicarnm precum, per episeopos seu eorum aliquos, quibus cura examinations ejusdem fuit alias commissa, introducto, et in parte publice perlecto, idem reverendus pater, &c. continuavit, &c. juxta schedulam, &c. 10 Sessio XXXIX. Die Sabbati 7°. die mensis Decembris, inter horas 8. et 10. ante meridiem ejusd' diei, &c. habito tractatu, &c. continuavit, &c. juxta schedulam, &c. Sessio XL. 15 Die Lunse 9°. Decembris, inter horas 8. et 10. ante meridiem ejusdem diei, &c. nonnullse emendationes concernentes funera et funeralia personarum super alto mari deceden' et sepult', et comminatione et mulierum parturien' fuerunt introductse et perlectse, in 20 aliqua parte ; et hiis peractis, dicti reverendi patres una- nimi consensu et assensu in votis dederunt pro unica forma i)recum tarn ante quam post sermonem sive ora- tionem prsedicatam usitanda et observanda per ministros intra provinc' Cant' ; et habito alio tractatu inter eos, 25 dictus dominus proesidens, &c. continuavit, &c. juxta schedulam, &c. Sessio XLI. Die Martis 10. die mensis Decembris, inter horas 8. et 10. ante merid' ejusd' diei, &c. nonnullis emen-30 dationibus in comminatione in libro publicarum precnm mentionat' citra introductione earundem, a domo inferiori introduct', per episeopos fact' et post aliquot tractat', 1 66 1.] Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. 657 desuper, reverendus pater Elien' episcopus, de et cum consensu confratrum suorum hujusmodi, voluit ad se accersiri dominum prolocutorem ad revidend' dictas emen- dationes. Quo adveniente, associat' cum venerabilibus viris Johanne Barwick, decano ecclesise cathedralis sancti5 Pauli London', et Brough decano Glouc', dictus locum-tenens ostendit dictas emendationes, per domum superiorem, ut pra:fertur, fact', et tunc et ibidem perlect', et ordinavit eum ad consulend' domum suam inferiorem de et super eisdem. Dictoque prolocutore dimisso, cum 10 confratribus suis, idem locum-tenens, &c. continuavit, &c. juxta tenorem schedulae, &c. Sessio XLII. Die Mercurii 11. die mensis Decembris, inter horas 8. et 10. ante merid' ejusd' diei, &c. post aliquot tractat. 15 &c. reverendus pater dom. Matthseus Elien', &c. con- tinuavit, &c. juxta schedulam, &c. Sessio XLI1I. Die Jovis 12. die mensis Decembris, inter horas 8. et 10. ante merid' ejusd' diei, &c. dominus prolocutor cum con- 20 sensu, ut asserebatur, totius domus inferioris ad praesiden' et domum superiorem missus est, ad petend' se cum tribus vel duobus aliis e domo inferiori admitti ad confe- rend' cum dominis episcopis in domo sua seden'; dictoque prolocutore una cum Brough decano Glouc. et 25 duobus aliis domus inferioris, admisso, et adveniente, dictns prolocutor prresentavit domino praesidenti et tra- didit in manibus suis nonnullas papyri schedas, emenda- tiones alicujus partis libri publicarum precum concernen- tes ; quibus perlectis, et habita consideratione diligenti 30 desuper, et approbatione earundem, dictoque prolocutore dimisso, idem praesidens antedictus, &c. continuavit, &c. juxta schedulam, &c. u u 658 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [XXXI. Sessio XLIV. Die Veneris 13. Decembris, inter horas 8. et 10. &c. reverendus pater una cum confratribus, &c. tractatum babuerunt de eligendo personas aptas et idoneas tarn ab hujusmodi domo quam a domo inferiori, pro diligentis examinatione et revisione libri publicarum precum et ad- ministrationis sacramentorum, aliorumque rituura ecclesiae Anglicanse, debita forma script' et exarat' ; et tandem idem reverendus pater, de et cum consensu confratrum suorum, nominavit, et commisit curam pro examinatione io et revisione ejusdem reverendis patribus Humfrido Sa- rum, Georgio Asaphen', Richardo Carliolen', et Wiliielmo Glouc' respective episcopis, nomine domus superioris ; nec non prolocutor domus inferioris nominat' commisit curam Roberto Pory, Johanni Pearson Sparrowe, 15 S. theol. respective professoribus, nomine domus infe- rioris; et deinde nonnullis emendationibus alias in prse- fatio dicti libri publicarum precum, &c. fact' et intro- duct', nec non quibusdam novis collectis publice perlectis et revisis, idem reverendus pater, &c. continuavit, &c. 20 juxta schedulam, &c. Sessio XLV. Die Sabbati 14. viz. die mensis Decembris, inter horas 8. et 10. ante meridiem ejusdem diei, &c. reverendus pater dominus episcopus Norvvicen' introduxit et in manus 25 domini praesidentis tradidit formam cujusdam precis alias per eum concept' concern' Deo gratias pro generalibus misericordiis publice usitand' : qua prece publice perlecta, et post aliquot tractat' desuper habit' et fact', idem reverendus pater dominus proesidens antedict', &c. con- 3° tinuavit, &c. juxta schedulam, &c. Sessio XLVI. Die Mercurii 18. Decembris, inter horas 8. et 10. ante meridiem ejusdem diei, &c. post tractat' See. dictus reve- i66i.] Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. 659 rendus vir, praesidens antedictus, &c. continuavit, &c. juxta schedulam, &a Sessio XLVII. Die Jovis 19. Decembris, inter horas 8. et 10. ante meridiem ejusdem diei, &c. habito tractatu inter eos de5 forma subscriptionis libro publicarum precum per eos faciend', tandem idem reverendus pater, &c. de et cum consensu confratrum suorum praedict', commisit curam et considerationem concipiendi dictam formam reverendis in Christo patribus Johanni Dunelmen', et Humfrido io Sarum, respective episcopis, una cum doctore Chaworth vicario in spiritualibus generali domini episcopi London, nec non doctore Burrell, vicario in spiritualibus generali domini episcopi Dunelmen' assisten' ; et tunc post tracta- tum, &c. dictus reverendus pater, &c. continuavit, &c. 15 juxta schedulam, &c. Postea, nempe inter horas secundam et quartam post meridiem ejusdem diei, dicti reverendi viri dominus Jo- hannes Dunelmen' et Humfridus Sarum, respective epi- scopi, una cum dictis respective cancellar' et vicariis in 20 spiritualibus generalibus prsedict' apud officium registrarii principalis domini archiepiscopi Cant' intra parochiam S. Gregorii London' sit', convenerunt ; et in pra;sentiis mei Willielmi Fisher et Francisci Mundy, notariorum respective publicorum, inspectis prius nonnullis recordisag et libris antiquis, et archivis ibidem remanen' et fideliter custodit', dicti reverendi patres formam subscriptionis libro publicarum precum faciend', unanimi consensu et assensu conceperunt, et desuper concordarunt. Sessio XLVIII. 30 Die Veneris 20. Decembris, inter horas 8. et 10. ante merid' ejusdem diei, &c. librum precum publicarum, ad- ministrationis sacramentorum, aliorumque rituum ecclesiae Anglicanas, una cum forma et modo ordinandi et conse- u u 2 660 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [XXXI. crandi episcopos, presbyteros, et diaconos, (juxta literas regiae majestatis eis in hac parte directas revisum et paginas continen' et per reverendissimum in Christo patrem et dominum dominum Guilielmum providentia divina Cant' archiepiscopum, totius Angliae primatem et5 metropolitanum prius redact', recept', approbat' et sub- script' ;) dicti episcopi ejusdem province in sacra pro- vinciali synodo legitime congregati unaninii assensu et consensu in formam redegerunt, receperunt, et appro- barunt, eisdemque subscripserunt. Et postea omnesio episcopi praedicti tunc prsesen' et congregat', exceptis reverendis patribus dominis Oxon', Asaphen', et Landa- ven' episcopis, ad domum parliamenti sese contulerunt, et dictos respective episcopos in dicta domo convocationis reliquerunt ad videndum clerum inferioris domus convo-15 cationis dicto libro subscribere ; dictoque clero unanimi consensu subscribente idem reverendus pater Robertus Oxon episcopus, &c. continuavit, &c. juxta schedu- lam, &c. Sessio XLIX. 20 Eodem die inter horas primam et quartam post meri- diem, &c. reverendus pater, &c. post tractatum, &c. con- tinuavit, &c. juxta schedulam, &c. Sessio L. Octavo die mensis Januarii, &c. inter horas 8. et 10. 25 ante meridiem ejusdem diei, &c. habito tractatu de et super revisione canonum sive constitutionum in anno Domini 1640. edit' ; et consideratione desuper, quinam eorundem fuerunt aut sunt debite et idonee observand' et usitandi, idem reverendus pater, &c. continuavit, &c. juxta 3° schedulam, &c. Sessio LI. Die Veneris 10. Januarii, inter horas 8. et 10. ante meridiem ejusdem diei, &c. post tractatum, &c. reve- rendus pater, &c. continuavit, &c. juxta schedulam, &c. 35 1 66 1 .] Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. 661 Sessio LII. Die Mercurii 15. Januarii, inter horas 8. et 10. ante meridiem ejusd' diei, &c. post tractatum, &c. reverendus pater et dominus Robertus, &c. Oxon. episcopus, &c. con- tinuavit, &c. juxta schedulam, &c. 5 Sessio LIII. Die Veneris 17. Januarii, inter horas 8. et 10. ante meridiem ejusdem diei, &c. inter sese tractatum iidem episcopi habuerunt de revisione canonum et constitu- tionum alias edit' et provis'; et dominus episcopus Lon-io don', de et cum consensu confratrum suorum, commisit curam et revisionem eorundem Willielmo Bathon' et Wellen', Roberto Oxon', Georgio Asaphen', Benjamino Petriburgen', Roberto Lincoln', Richard o Carliolen', Ed- wardo Norwicen', et Willielmo Glouc, respective episco-15 pis; et post alium tractat' inter eos habit' et fact' idem reverendus pater, &c. continuavit, &c. juxta schedu- lam, &c. Sessio LIV. Die Mercurii 22. Januarii, inter horas 8. et 10. ante 20 merid' ejusd' diei, &c. post tractat. &c. reverendus pater antedictus continuavit, &c. juxta schedulam, &c. Sessio LV. Die Veneris 24. Januarii, inter horas 8. et 10. ante meridiem ejusd' diei, &c. habito tractatu de et super 25 revisione canonum et constitutionum alias ultima sessione proposit', idem reverendus pater, de et cum expresso et unanimi consensu omnium et singulorum membrorum dicta; domus superioris, statuit et ordinavit, quod omnes caeteri episcopi non adhuc nominati, reverendis viris epi-30 scopis alias ultima sessione nominat' et assignat', in dili- genti revisione et examinatione dictorum canonum et 662 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [XXXI. constitutionum praed' adjungerentur ; et hoc facto, reve- rendus pater, &c. continuavit, &c. juxta schedulam, &c. Sessio LVI. Die Mercurii 29- Januarii, inter horas 8. et 10. ante meridiem ejusdem diei, &c. liabito tractatu inter eos des et super actu parliamenti librum publicarum precum, &c. concernen', idem reverendus vir, &c. continuavit, &c. juxta schedulam, &c. Sessio LVII. Die Veneris ultimo Januarii, inter horas 8. et 10. ante io meridiem ejusdem diei, &c. quaestio oriebatur inter epi- scopos congregatos et assidentes, an tutum, licitum aut consentaneum fuit pro dominis episcopis ad sedend' aut eorum praesen' exhibend' in domo procerum parliamenti, cum et quando negotium circa personas condemnatas pro 15 proditione nefanda in domo parliamenti inter proceres agitaretur; et post multa argumenta inter eos habit' et fact', et concordatum et ordinatum fuit, de et cum con- sensu totius domus, ad consulend' jurisperitos tarn in foro sgeculari quam in curiis civilibus et ecclesiasticis 20 versatos de et super dicta qusestione sive argumento prsed' erga prox. conventionem ; et deinde dictus reve- rendus pater, &c. continuavit, &c. juxta schedulam, &c. Sessio LVIII. Die Sabbati 1°. Februarii, inter horas 8. et 10. ante 25 meridiem ejusdem diei, &c. Notitia domino episcopo London' de attendentiis nonnullorum jurisperitorum in jure civili data, extra domura convocationis ; dictus dominus episcopus London' de et cum consensu con- fratrum suorum, eos ad exhibendum eorum praesentias 30 coram convocatione petiit. Et tunc comparuerunt do- minus Willielmus Merrick miles, Robertus King, dominus Edwardus Lake, Burrell, et Johannes Berken- i66].] Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. 663 head, legum respective doctores; et post nonnullas quse- stiones et argumenta inter dictos episcopos et juriscon- sultos habit' et fact' de et super eorurn prsesentiis in domo procerum super personis condemnatis, iidem omnes et singuli jurisperiti unanimi consensu eorum respective 5 opiniones in scriptis dederunt, dictos episcopos in domo parliamenti una cum proceribus circa negotium persona-- rum condemnatarum tutissime et sine ullo detrimento aut prsejudicio sedere, et eorum praesentias exhibere posse ; et eidem scripto manus suas subscripserunt, et dictum scri- 1 ptum sic subscriptum dicto domino episcopo London' tra- diderunt. Et, hoc facto, dictus dominus praesidens, no- mine totius domus, gratias dictis jurisconsultis agebat ; quibus dimissis, dominus episcopus London', &c. continu- avit, &c. juxta schedulam, &c. z Sessio LIX. Die Mercurii 5°. Februarii, inter horas 8. et 10. ante meridiem ejusdem diei, &c. post tract', &c. reverendus pater Gulielmus Bathon' et Wellen' episcopus, &c. con- tinuavit, &c. juxta schedulam, &c. 2 Sessio LX. Die Veneris 7°. Februarii, inter horas 8. et 10. ante meridiem ejusdem diei, &c. post tractatum, &c. reve- rendus pater Robertus Oxon. episcopus, &c. continuavit, &c. juxta schedulam, &c. 2 Sessio LXI. Die Veneris 14. Februarii, inter horas 8. et 10. ante meridiem ejusdem diei, &c. post tractatum, &c. reve- rendus pater Robertus Oxon. episcopus, &c. continuavit, &c. juxta schedulam, &c. 3 Sessio LXII. Die Martis 18. Februarii, inter horas 8. et 10. ante 664 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [XXXI. meridiem ejusdem diei, &c. reverendus pater praesidens, de et cum consensu confratrum suorum, voluit ad se accersiri cleros domus inferioris convocationis ; quibus advenientibus, dictus dominus praesidens antedictus (verbis Latinis conceptis) eosdem cleros dicta; domus inferioris 5 monuit quatenus ad solitum et consuetum conventus sui locum sese conferentes, unum virum gravem, doctum, et peri turn, de gremio suo provideant et eligant in eorum prolocutorem et referendarium in loco reverendi viri Henrici Fearne S. theol. professoris, ultimi prolocutoris, i° ratione promotionis suae ad episcopatum Cestren' jam vacan', et ipsnm sic electum exhibeant coram eo hoc in loco immediate post electionem suam factam. Quibus dimissis, ad locum solitum suum, ad effectum eligendi virum gravem et doctum de gremio suo, in eorum prolo- 15 cutorem sive referendarium, sese conferebant, et post aliquot tractat' inter episcopos habit' et fact', reverendus vir Thomas Turner S. th. professor, decanus ecclesiae cathedralis et metropoliticae Christi Cant, et Johannes Earles S. etiam theol. professor, decanus ecclesiae colIe-20 giata: B. Petri Westm. una cum coetu domus inferioris praesentarunt et exhibuerunt et sisti fecerunt venerabilem virum Johannem Barwick S. th. professorem in prolo- cutorem totius coetus praedict' domus inferioris unani- miter electum, vice totius coetus praedict'; et praemissa25 facunda et eleganti oration e per dictum decanum Westm', et facta alia facunda oratione in Latinis verbis concept' per eundem prolocutorem sic praesentatum, praefatus reverendus pater dominus episcopus London' de consensu confratrum suorum praedict', eundem Johannem Barwick, 3° S. th. professorem, electum, et electionem praedict' de persona sua in prolocutorem sive referendarium, per aliam venustam et eloquentem orationem Latinam commen- davit et approbavit. Tunc, dimisso prolocutore, cum coetu domus inferioris, et habita consultatione de casii35 sacerdotum catholicorum Romanorum praesentato et per- i 66j .] Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. 665 lecto, dominus episcopus London', &c. continuavit, &c. jnxta schedulam, &c. Sessio LXIII. Die Sabbati 22°. Febr., inter boras 8. et 10. ante merid' ejusdem diei, &c. reverendns pater, &c. tractatum 5 inter eos habuit de et super revisione canonum et consti- tutionum alias in anno Domini 1640. in convocatione tunc congregat' edit' et provis' ; et post aliquot tractat' desuper dominus episcopus London' de consensu confra- trum suorum curam diligentis revisionis et examinationis io eorundem commisit reverendis viris domino Roberto Oxon', Humfrido Sarum', Georgio Wigorn', Georgio Asaphen', Richardo Carliolen', Herberto Herefordien', et Briano Cestren' respective episcopis ; et pro meliori cura de- super habend' ordinavit eos ad conveniend' die Lunas 15 prox. in camera communiter vocat, 'Jerusalem-chamber' intra collegium B. Petri Westm' sit' et situat'. Hiisque sic gestis, et cura concipiendi articulos in visitationibus observandos domino Johanni episcopo Dunelmen' com- missa et relata; dictus dominus, &c. continuavit, &c. 20 juxta schedulam, &c. Sessio LXIV. Die Jovis 27- Febr., inter boras 8. et 10. ante merid. ejusdem diei, &c. post tractatum, &c. reverendus pater dominus episcopus Dunelmen' locum-tenens, &c. con- 25 tinuavit, &c. juxta schedulam, &c. Sessio LXV. Die Lunae 3. Martii, inter horas 8. et 10. ante meridiem ejusdem diei, &c. post tractat', &c. reverendus pater, &c. continuavit, &c. juxta schedulam, &c. 3° Sessio LXVI. Die Mercurii 5. Martii, inter horas 8. et 10. ante 666 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [XXXI. merid. ejusdem diei, &c. reverendns pater dominus Ro- bertus Oxon. episcopus, &c. tractatum habuit inter eos circa nonnullas emendationes sive alterationes alias in libro publicarum precnm per domum parliamenti fact' ; et dictus dominus episcopus London' de et cum consensu 5 confratrum suorum, curam revisionis earundem altera- tionum reverendis viris Georgio Asaphen', Richardo Car- liolen', Briano Cestren' respective episcopis conjunctim et divisim, et eis conjunctim et divisim dedit potestatem et commissionem nomine totius domus superioris convo- 10 cationis ad emendand' et corrigend' easdem alterationes, &c. His gestis dictus dominus praesidens cum consensu confratrum suorum, jussit me ad accersend' dominum prolocutorem, &c. Quo adveiiiente, cum tribus vel duo- bus domus inferioris, dominus praesidens antedictus decla- *5 ravit ei quid per dictos episcopos fuerat actum de et super dictis alterationibus, et quibus cura desuper com- missa fuerat ; et instanter rogavit se eadem communicasse domo inferiori, ut eorum consensus desuper habeatur. Unde dicto prolocutore, cum ejus associatis, ad domum 20 inferiorem redeunte, et habito tractatu inter cleros de- super, omnes et singuli cleri dicta? domus inferioris, in praesentia mei Willielmi Fisher, notarii publici, &c. una- nimiter eorum consensum pra?buerunt omnibus et singulis per dictos dominos episcopos circa alterationes praedict'25 fact', salvis eorum privilegiis, &c. Et hiis sic gestis, dominus episcopus London', &c. continuavit, &c. juxta schedulam, &c. Sessio LXVIT. Die Sabbati 8°. Martii, inter horas 8.et 10. ante meri-30 diem ejusdem diei, &c. reverendus vir dominus Johannes Dunelmen' episcopus, secundum mandatum ei datum et curam ei commissam, introduxit et tradidit in manus domini praesidentis librum articulorum visitationem con- cernen', alias per eum concept' ; et unanimiter assensum 35 i66i.] Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. 661 fuit, ut iidem articuli domino archiepiscopo Cant' desti- narentur pro ejus perlectione et debita consideratione eorundem, et pro eorum emendatione, reformatione et correctione sua. Hoc facto, tractatum inivit de et super impressione libri publicarum precum, et post intervallum 5 temporis, dominus episcopus London, &tc. de et cum con- sensu confratrum suorum, constituit et ordinavit doctorem Sandcroft esse supervisorem , et magistros Scattergood et Dillingham esse correctores dicti libri in impressione ejusdem. Hiis peractis, dominus episcopus 10 London' continuavit, &c. juxta schedulam, &c. Sessio LXVIII. Die Martis 11. Martii, inter horas 8. et 10. ante merid' ejusd' diei, &c. post tractatum, &c. reverendus pater, &c. continuavit, &c. juxta schedulam, &c. 15 Sessio LXIX. Die Sabbati 15. Martii, inter horas 8. et 10. ante merid' ejusd' diei, &c. post tractat', &c. reverendus pater domi- nus Robertus Oxon' episcopus, &c. continuavit, &c. juxta schedulam, &c. 20 Sessio LXX. Die Martis 18. Martii, inter horas 8. et 10. ante meri- diem ejusdem diei, &c. post tractatum, &c. reverendus pater, &c. cum consensu confratum suorum, ad eum accersiri jussit prolocutorem, pralatos, et clerum domusss inferioris. Quibus advenientibus, dictus reverendus pater cum consensu, he. publice significavit et intimavit eisdem prolocutori, praelatis et clero antedictis librum precum publicarum, administrationis sacramentorum, aliorumque rituum ecclesiae Anglicanae, una cum forma et modo ordi- 30 nandi et consecrandi episcopos, presbyteros, et diaconos (alias per reverendos patres, et praelatos et clerum domus inferioris convocationis, juxta literas regise majestatis eis 668 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [XXXI. in ea parte directas, re visum) per proceres et magnates in parliamento congregat', fuisse et esse gratanter accepta- tum ; et honorandum virum dominum Edwardum domi- num cancel] arium Anglia\ tarn nomine suo proprio, quam nomine totius domus procerum et magnatum in parlia- mento (ut pra?fertur) congregat', maximas gratias archi- episcopis et episcopis utriusque provincial, pro eorum magna cura et industria in et circa revisionem dicti libri publicaruni precum, See. dedisse et prtebuisse. Et insuper dictus reverendus pater declaravit quod dictus honorandus vir dominus cancellarius Ansdia? voluit se reverendum patrem, nomine totius domus procerum et magnatum predict", ad reddend' et prebend' gratias prolocutori, praelatis et clero domus inferioris convocationis praedict', pro eorum respective simili cura et labore in et circa revisionem libri pra?dict'. Et tunc, dicto prolocutore et toto coetu domus inferioris dimissis, dictus reverendus pater. Sec. continuavit, &c. prout in scbedula, 6cc. Sessio LXXI. Die Sabbati 22. Martii, inter horas 8. et 10. ante meri- diem ejusdem diei, &c. babito tractatu inter eos de spe- ciali forma concipiend' in et circa consecrationem eccle- siarum parocbialium et quarumcunque capellarum intra hoc regnum Anglia?, quoties et quandocunque evenerit eas benedicend' fore ; dictus dominus episcopus Lon- don'. &c. de et cum consensu confratmm suorum curam in et circa conceptionem fonna? pra?dicta? reverendo patri domino Johanni permissione divina Dunelmen' episcopo unanimiter commisit ; et post alium tractatum, idem reverendus pater continuavit. &zc. juxta schedu- lam. See. Sessio LXXII. Die Jovis 27. Martii, 1662, inter horas 8. et 10. ante 1 66 1.] Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. 669 meridiem ejusdem diei, &c. post tractatum, &c. reveren- dus pater dominus Robertus Oxon' episcopus, &c. conti- nuavit, &c. juxta schedulam, &c. Sessio LXXIII. Die Jo vis 3". Aprilis, inter horas 8. et 10. ante meridiem 5 ejusdem diei, &c. post tractatum, &c. reverendus pater dominus episcopus Oxon', &c. post tractatum, &c. conti- nuavit, 6cc. juxta schedulam, &c. Sessio LXXIV. Die Mercurii 9°. Aprilis, inter horas 8. et 10. ante meri-io diem ejusdem diei, &c. post tractatum, &c. reverendus pater [Robertus Oxon' episcopus] &c. continuavit, &c. juxta schedulam, &c. Sessio LXXV. Die Sabbati 12. Aprilis, inter horas 8. et 10. ante meri-15 diem ejusdem diei, &c. habito tractatu de subscriptioni- bus clericorum instituendorum et ludimagistrorum licen- tiandorum, et tribus articulis 36. canone, &c. dominus episcopus London' praesidens, &c. de et cum consensu, &c. curam commisit reverendis patribus dominis episco-20 pis Sarum, et Coven' et Lichen', ad consulend' jurisperitos de concipiend' forma in scriptis in et circa subscriptionem praedict. Et hoc facto, ulterius tractatum habuit de eligendo personas aptas et idoneas ad corrigend' impres- sionem libri publicarum precum ; quodque post impres- 25 sionem dicti libri factam episcopi cujuslibet dioeceseos curam in sese suscipiunt ad recipiend' eosdem libros, et ad procurand' eosdem publicari et asportari ecclesiis pa- rochialibus separalibus in eorum respective dicecesibus. Et deinde dominus episcopus London' continuavit, &c. 30 juxta schedulam, &c. 670 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [XXXI. Sessio LXXVI. Die Mercurii 16. Aprilis, inter horas 8. et 10. ante meridiem ejusdem diei, &c. post tractatum, &c. reveren- dus pater [Robertus Oxon' episcopus] &c. continuavit, &c. juxta schedulam, &c. 5 Sessio LXXVII. Die Sabbati 19- Aprilis, inter horas 8. et 10. ante meri- diem ejnsdem diei, &c. post tractat', &c. reverendus pater [Robertus Oxon' episcopus] &c. continuavit, &c. juxta schedulam, &c. i° Sessio LXXVIII. Die Lunae 21. Aprilis, inter horas 8. et 10. ante meri- diem ejusdem diei, &c. reverendus pater, &c. tractat' habuit cum confratribus suis de imprimendo libro pub- licarum precum ante 24. diem mensis Augusti prox. r 5 nec non de recipiend' directionibus a domino cancellario Anglise, quibus mediis verbum ' children' in loco ' persons' ( f not baptized') per domum communitatis parliamenti in libro publicarum precum inseratur. Et hoc facto dominus episcopus London' de et cum consensu contra- 2 © trum suorum decrevit et ordinavit, quod dominus episco- pus Dunelmen' in loco domini episcopi Cestren' modo de- funct', dominis episcopis in et circa alterationes dicti libri publicarum precum 5. Martii ult' elaps' assignatis, adjun- geretur ; et ulterius statuit, quod nulla? ordinationes cle- 2 5 ricorum per aliquos episcopos fierent, nisi intra quatuor tempora pro ordinationibus assignata ; quodque nullus episcopus extra dioecesin suam aliquos clericos ad sacros vel diaconatus vel presbyteratus ordines admitteret, nisi prius Uteris dimissoriis a reverendissimo patre Cant' ar-30 chiepiscopo obtentis. Et hoc facto, dictus dominus epi- scopus London', de et cum consensu confratrum suorum, &c. curam et revisionem libri publicarum precum con- i66u] Acts mid Proceedings in Convocation. G71 cernen' 5. diem Novembris, reverendo patri domino epi- scopo Dunelmen' commisit, et continuavit, &c. juxta sche- dulam, &c. Sessio LXXIX. Die Mereurii 23. Aprilis inter horas 8. et 10. ante meri-5 diem ejusdem diei, &c. post tractatum, &c. reverendus pater continuavit, &c. juxta schedulam, &c. Sessio LXXX. Die Sabbati 26. Aprilis, inter horas 8. et 10. ante merid' ejusd' diei, &c. formae precum pro 5. Novembris, 30. Ja- io nuarii, et 29- Maii, fuerunt introductas et publice perlectse, et unanimi consensu approbatse. Et tractatu inter eos habit' et fact' de translatione libri publicarum precum in sermonem Latinum, dominus episcopus London. &c. de et cum consensu confratrum suorum, &c. curam transla-i5 tionis ejusdem reverendis viris Johanni Earle decano B. Petri Westm' et Johanni Peirson sacrse respective theo- logia3 professoribus commisit. Et hoc facto., diet' domi- nus, &c. continuavit, &c. juxta schedulam, &c. Sessio LXXXI. Die Mereurii ultimo viz. Aprilis, inter horas 8. et 10. ante merid' ejusd' diei, &c. post tractatum, &c. reveren- dus pater continuavit, &c. juxta schedulam, &c. Sessio LXXXII. Die Veneris 2. Maii, inter horas 8. et 10. ante merid' 25 ejusd' diei, &c. post tractatum, &c. reverendus pater con- tinuavit, &c. juxta schedulam, &c. Sessio LXXXIII. Die Luna? 5. Maii, inter horas 8. et 10. ante merid' ejusd' diei, &c. post tractatum, &c. reverendus pater con- 3° tinuavit, &c. juxta schedulam, &c. 672 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [XXXI. Sessio LXXXIV. Die Mercurii 7. Maii, inter horas 8. et 10. ante mend' ejusd' diei, &c. post tractat', &c. reverendus pater [Ro- bertus episcopus Oxon'] &c. continuavit, &c. juxta sche- dulam, &c. 5 Sessio LXXXV. Die Sabbati 10. Maii, inter horas 8. et 10. ante merid' ejusd' diei, &c. habito tractatu ex directione domus com- munitatis parliamenti de reverentia solenni inter liturgiae publicae celebrationem, nec non tempore sermonum, et io homiliamm adhibenda ; major pars dicta? domus superi- oris convocationis in votis dedit, ut constitutio in libro constitutionum sive canonum ecclesiasticorum alias in anno Domini 1603. subtitulo ' De solenni reverentia inter liturgiae publicae celebrationem,' edit' et provis', dictae 15 domui communitatis parliamenti praesentetur ; habita prius consideratione de et super dicto canone per domum inferiorem hujusmodi convocationis. Et hoc facto, domi- nus praesidens antedictus, &c. continuavit, &c. juxta schedulam, &c. 20 Sessio LXXXVL Die Lunae 12. Maii, inter horas 8. et 10. ante merid' ejusd' diei, &c. constitutio sive canon de ' reverentia tem- pore divinorum adhibenda,' alias ultima sessione in hac domo tractat', a domo inferiori convocationis una cum 25 nonnullis alterationibus sive emendationibus per eos factis, fuit introduct' ; dictoque canone, una cum dictis emenda- tionibus publice perlectis, eadem constitutio fuit unanimi consensu et assensu totius domus superioris approbat' et confirmat'. Et hoc facto, dictus dominus continuavit, &c-3° juxta schedulam, &c. Sessio LXXXVII. Die Mercurii 14. Maii, inter horas 3. et 5. post merid' i66i.] Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. 678 ejusd' diei, &c. post tractatum, &c. reverend' pater Guh'el- mus Bathon' et Wellen', &c. continuavit, &c. juxta sche- dulam, &c. Sessio LXXXVIIL Die Veneris 16 Maii, inter horas 8 et 10 ante merid' 5 ejusd' diei, &c. post tractat', &c. reverendus pater Guliel- mus Bathon' et Wellen', & c. continuavit, &c. juxta sclie- dulam, &c. Sessio LXXXIX. Die Limae 19 Maii, inter horas 8 et 10 ante merid' io ejusd' diei, &c. post tractatum, &c. reverendus pater [Gulielmus Bathon' et Wellen',] &c. continuavit, &c. juxta schedulam, &c. Ses.sio XC. Die Martis 20 ]\Iaii, inter horas 9 et 11 ante merid' 15 ejusd' diei, &c. exhibito brevi regio, nec non literis com- missionalibus domini archiepiscopi Cant', et per me publice de mandato domini Willielmi Bathon' et Wellen' episcopi locum-tenentis, &c. perlectis ; dictus dominus, &c. accep- tavit in sc onus executionis dictae commission] s, et de-20 crevit procedendum fore juxta tenorem et effectum ejus- dem, &c. et juxta tenorem dicti brevis regii continuavit, &c. prout in schedula, &c. Sessio XCT. Die Jovis 19 die mensis Februarii, anno Domini 1662,25 juxta, &c. inter horas 2 et 4, &c. reverendus pater, &c. post tractatum secretum per tres horas ant eo circiter, &c. continuavit, &c. prout in schedula, &c. Sessio XCII. Die Mercurii 25 Februarii inter horas 2 et 4 post 30 meridiem ejusdem diei, &c. reverendus pater dominus x x 674 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [XXXI. Robertus Oxon' episcopus, &c. continuavit, &c. prout in schedula, &c. Sessio XCIII. Die Jovis 5 Martii, inter horas 2 et 4 post merid' ejusd' diei, &c. reverendus pater, &c. tractatum habuit de ets super compoto de ; dictusque compotus fuit relatus considerationi reverendorum in Christo pa- trum Humfridi Sarum, et Georgii Asapben' episcoporum, &c. Et hoc facto, dictus reverendus pater, &c. continu- avit, &c. prout in schedula, &c. io Sessio XCIV. Die Jovis 12 Martii, inter horas 2 et 4 post meridiem ejusd' diei, &c. dominus Robertus Oxon', &c. continuavit, &c. prout in schedula, &c. Sessio XCV. «5 Die Jovis 19 Martii, inter horas 2 et 4 post merid' ejusdem diei, &c. reverendus in Christo pater dominus Robertus Oxon', &c. continuavit, &c. prout in sche- dula, &c. Sessio XCVI. 2D Die Sabbati 28 Martii 1663, inter horas 8 et 10 ante merid' ejusd' diei, &c. habito tractatu de et super con- fectione libri grammatical tain in lingua Latina quam s Graeca adhibend' in qualibet schola grammaticali ; rela- tum fuit prolocutori domus inferioris ad concipiend' die- 25 turn librum, et ad consulend' desuper quascunque per- sonas, prout ei conveniens fuerit, exceptis cum ludima- gistris et psedagogis, &c. Et hoc facto, dictus reverendus pater, &c. continuavit, &c. prout in schedula, &c. ' Grammaticali' in the original. 30 1 66 1.] Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. G75 £ 5 as we are informed and persuaded, such principles are also instilled into youth, as tend to perpetuate the schism we now labour under, and to subvert the established con- stitution. That persons have been admitted to be chancellors or 10 officials, and as such to exercise ecclesiastical jurisdiction, who have not taken any degree in any university : the advancement of which persons, not qualified with degrees of schools, to offices of so great trust and authority, is, as we conceive, against the true intent and meaning of the 15 127th canon, as well as against the declared opinion of the archbishop and bishops in the year of our Lord 1571, that, " Quivis cancellarius, commissarius et officialis erit institutus in legibus ecclesiasticis et civilibus, qui in scholis doctrinae nomine gradum aliquem susceperit ;" and 20 doth manifestly tend to the discouragement of the study and profession of the civil and ecclesiastical laws, to the prejudice of the universities, and to the impairing of the dignity of those offices. That the defective presentments of churchwardens and 25 the connivance of those, who by the 26th and 117th canons are empowered and required to punish such churchwardens as wilfully neglect their duty, have been one great cause of the present decay of church discipline, and neglect of the ecclesiastical jurisdiction ; and that 30 churchwardens have been greatly discouraged from doing their duty in this respect by the remissness of ecclesi- astical judges and their officers, in not prosecuting such matters and persons, as have at any time been presented to them. 35 That the credit and influence of the ecclesiastical juris- 714 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [XXXIV. diction, hath been much impaired by the corrupt practice of registers, in taking (contrary to the 135th canon) other or greater fees than such as were certified to the most reverend the archbishop of Canterbury, in the year 1597, and by him ratified and approved ; and that great occasion hath been given to their exactions in this point by the impunity with which they have been permitted to trans- gress the 136th canon, constituting and appointing, that every register shall place two tables containing the several rates and sums of all the said fees, one in the usual place or consistory, where the court is kept, and the other in his registry ; and both of them in such sort, as that every person, whom it concerneth, may without difficulty come to the view and perusal thereof, and take a copy of them ; and that registers offending against the said canon shall be suspended from the execution of their office. That the suffering the seal of any jurisdiction to be kept by any other person, but either the judge himself or his lawful substitute, exercising jurisdiction for him, (contrary to the 124th canon,) hath occasioned many clandestine and corrupt practices, whereby ecclesiastical judges have been much defrauded, their authority abused, and the acts and proceedings of their courts defamed and vilified. And that like inconveniences have happened by sending out processes of ' quorum nomina,' without first expressly entering the names of all such, as thereby are to be cited, and a subscription of the said processes and names, by the judge or his deputy; which circumstances are directed and required by the 120th canon. That many great inconveniences have ensued, and may hereafter arise, by the neglect of registers, in not causing all testaments exhibited into their offices, to be registered within a convenient time, according to the direction given in the 134th canon, as also by the non-observance of the 126th canon, which orders and enjoins, that all such pos- 1702.] Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. 715 sessors and exercisers of peculiar jurisdiction, as have no known nor certain registers nor public place to keep their records in, shall once in every year exhibit into the public registry of the bishop of the diocese, or of the dean and chapter, under whose jurisdiction the said peculiars are, 5 every original testament of every person in that time deceased, and by them proved in their several peculiar jurisdictions, or a true copy of every such testament, examined, subscribed and sealed by the peculiar judge and his notary. IO That the exacting of excessive fees for collations and institutions, and particularly the obliging the clergy at their institutions to pay great and unreasonable fees to the bishop's officer for sequestration and relaxation, where there are several chapels of ease under one mother 15 church, are a^great and very oppressive burden upon the clergy. That from the 137th canon, concerning fees to be paid for shewing letters of orders and other licenses, occasion hath been taken unnecessarily to multiply instruments, 20 and to demand of the clergy at visitations, fees for more instruments than they had or were bound to exhibit ; and contrary to the express words of that canon, whole fees for such instruments have been demanded and paid more than once in the time of the said bishop. 35 That great trouble and charge have been occasioned to several ministers, through the default and misbehaviour of sub-collectors, and other officers employed in receiving of tenths : who have either demanded and taken arbitrary and excessive fees in discharge of such tenths as have not 3<5 been paid in time, or in prospect of some undue advantage have suffered tenths to lie long in arrear, to the prejudice of succeeding ministers, who by this neglect stand often charged with the debts of their predecessors. That great encroachments have been made upon the 35 rights and possessions of the church, by the general neglect 716 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [XXXIV. of procuring and preserving true notes and terriers of glebe lands and other possessions belonging to churches, as is ordained by the 87th canon. That due care hath not been taken to observe that statute (29 Car. II. c. 8.) which enacts, that every arch- bishop, bishop, dean and chapter shall cause every lease or grant, wherein any augmentation for the use of any vicar or curate is made, to be entered in a book of parch- ment to be kept by their registers; and that the said entry being examined by the respective archbishop, bishop, dean and chapter, and by them attested in the said book to be a true copy, (and that the augmentation was intended for such use,) shall be as a record, a copy whereof proved by witnesses shall be evidence at law : for want of which care, many vicars and curates may be deprived of the benefit intended them by that wholesome and charitable law. That in some late editions of the Holy Bible and of the Liturgy of the church of England, several gross errors have been committed. This house had also intended to have offered to your lordships a representation, (long since prepared by their committee, and which, had it not been for your lordships' long recess, would have been timely laid before you,) concerning the open immorality and profaneness of the 2 stage, and of the insufferable liberty there taken to ex- pose sacred things and persons ; which hath given just matter of scandal and grief to all serious Christians, and hath been one chief occasion of that corruption of man- ners and contempt of religion, which at present prevail. 3 But they find themselves happily prevented in this in- stance by the pious care of her majesty, in the late order given for repressing and restraining such great enormities for the future. They submit it however to your lordships' great wisdom and godly concern for religion, whether this 3 house may not be permitted to join with your lordships 1702.] Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. 717 in an address to her majesty, expressing our humble thanks for the seasonable interposition of her royal autho- rity, towards remedying these licentious practices, and our earnest desire and prayer that it may be effectual thoroughly to suppress the same. 5 May it please your grace and your lordships : These articles we humbly lay before your lordships, in hopes that some at least of the grievances therein repre- sented, may appear to your lordships (as all of them do to us) worthy of present deliberation and redress. 10 We have chosen to offer them in general, without specifying on each head the particular facts on which they are grounded ; as judging this method of application most decent, and most agreeable to ancient precedents. We shall be ready nevertheless to bring in due form 15 special proof of these general suggestions, wherever it shall be thought wanting, and whenever your lordships shall be pleased to demand it. The lower clergy beg leave to represent to your grace and your lordships, that among many other encroachments 20 of the dissenting teachers upon the office and rights of the clergy, their frequently presuming to administer the holy sacrament of baptism in private non-licensed houses, is one great abuse of very ill consequence, no ways, as we conceive, warranted or countenanced by the act for ex- 25 empting protestant subjects dissenting from the church of England from the penalty of certain laws &c. commonly called the act of toleration. We humbly therefore pray that your lordships would be pleased to take this matter into your grave and wise consideration, and endeavour by 30 all proper means to put a stop to such bold intrusions 718 Acts mid Proceedings in Convocation. [XXXIV*. upon the rules and discipline of the church by law established. We cannot without great concern observe how the numbers of non-licensed schools and seminaries are mul- tiplied, and the danger arising from their daily increase ; 5 and under a deep sense of what may be the fatal con- sequence of such irregular societies as give no security to church or state, and which, we have reason to believe, are labouring the subversion of both we think it our duty at this time most earnestly to beseech your lord- 10 ships that you would please to use your utmost authority and interest for the suppressing such seminaries, and thereby prevent the growth of popery, schism, and sedition. XXXIV*. 15 Archiep. Cant. Anno Christi Reg. Angliae Tho. Tenison 12. 1705. Ann^e 4. A letter of the lower house to the archbishop and bishops about books and writings. \Febr. 19-] To the most reverend the president, and the right reve-20 rend the bishops in convocation assembled. THE lower house of convocation think it becomes them to remind your lordships of a motion formerly made by them concerning a bill " for the more easy and speedy recovery of church rates," and to pray your lord- 25 A letter of the lower house'] The session which began in the autumn of 1704 was remarkable only for the increased asperity of the commu- nications made by the lower house to the house of bishops, and the necessity at last imposed upon the latter of refusing to give any answers. In this unequal combat the bishops in general shewed great prudence 30 and forbearance, but bishop Burnet, whose impetuous temper had been 1705.] Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. 719 ships, that till such a bill can be obtained, your lordships M ould use your best endeavours towards preventing those dilatory and expensive methods of proceeding in courts ecclesiastical, which have been so much complained of on that occasion. 5 They have likewise taken into consideration the repre- sentation of grievances formerly offered to your lordships, together with the speech of your grace relating there- unto ; and are much concerned to find, that that repre- sentation, tho' containing sundry proposals of great im-10 portance, as they conceive, towards reviving the discipline of the church by a due execution of the canons already in force, hath not yet had its desired effect. In the mean time they think it proper to observe to relieved from all restraints by the attacks that had already been made 15 upon him, gave great offence in a charge delivered before the clergy of his diocese, and afterwards printed, by speaking of the lower house as enemies to the bishops, to the queen, and to the nation. This they resented, by calling upon the upper house to " interpose their authority," and to obtain for them " some speedy and sufficient repa- 20 ration," and placed that paper, together with two other papers of remonstrance, on the table of the upper house on the 14th of February, 1705. On the same day the archbishop solemnly informed them that " it was very irregular to hold intermediate sessions, and admonished them to hold no more such sessions, as being a violation of the pre- 25 sident's right, and contrary to the constant custom of convocation." To this the lower clergy answered, respectfully declining to comply with the archbishop's injunction, if it were intended as a paternal ad- monition, but protesting against it as void and of no effect in law, if it were intended as a judicial act. The convocation was prorogued by the 30 archbishop on the 15th of March, after a speech in which he vindicated bishop Burnet, replied to other groundless complaints, and assured the clergy that the bishops were " far from affecting arbitrary power, but' that they could not give up their just authority over the lower clergy in convocation ; and that they had forborne to exercise it in tenderness 35 to such as were engaged in those new measures, and in hopes that time and consideration would bring them back to their duty and obedience." Gibson's Compl. further reproved, p. 29, &c. (Bodl. 4to. P. 24. Jur.) Burnet, O. T. vol. v. p. 202. Wake MSS. Misc. 41. p. 410. 720 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [XXXIV*. your lordships, that notwithstanding her majesty's pious care to repress and restrain the great enormities of the stage, for which the then lower house moved your lord- ships without success, that the humble thanks of the convocation might be given to her majesty; yet they 5 find still great reason to complain of the immorality and profaneness of the stage, of which there is a fresh flagrant instance in a profane prologue lately spoken at the open- ing of the new theatre in the Kaymarket, and since printed and published. 10 They do also look upon themselves as in duty bound to complain to your lordships of the daring insults upon the clergy, the universities, and the constitution itself, continually made by the licentious writers, particularly by The convocation met again on the 25th of October, 1705, and having 15 refused to concur in the address to the throne which had been drawn up by the bishops, or to propose anv amendments short of the substitu- tion of a new address composed by their own body, laid themselves open to public censure, and eventually to the expressed displeasure of the queen. " A stop was put to all further communication between the 20 two houses. The lower house upon this went on in their former practice of intermediate sessions, in which they began to enter upon business, to approve of some books, and to censure others. The archbishop had prorogued them to the 1 st of March ; when that dav came, the lower house was surprised w^th a protestation, 25 that was brought to the upper house by a great part of their body, who being dissatisfied with the proceedings of the majority, and having long struggled against them, though in vain, at last drew up a protestation against them." They were considering how to shew their resentment, when a more serious mortification followed. 30 The archbishop read a letter from the queen, expressing her surprise and concern at the continued differences between the two houses, her resolution to maintain her supremacy and the due subordination of presbyters to bishops, and her assurance that in acting on this principle the bishops should receive her favour and protection, which also should 3- not be wanting to any of the clergy, as long as they were true to the constitution and dutiful to herself, and their ecclesiastical superiors. Confounded at this unexpected reprimand, and finding that they had only met for the purpose of being prorogued, they abruptly withdrew. , 705-] Acts and Proceedings in Convocation . 721 the authors of the " Review" and " Observator ;" and to pray your lordships' concurrence in an humble represen- tation to her majesty of this great grievance and of the mischiefs, which must redound to our holy ehurch and religion, if such open assaults upon our order, upon the 5 places of our education, and upon our legal establishment shall continue to be made with impunity. As likewise to inform your lordships of the scandal given to all good Christians by an assembly of sectaries, under the name of Unitarians, publicly held in the cityio of London, the teacher whereof is notoriously known to have been convicted of denying the divinity of our blessed Saviour. And moreover to acquaint your lordships with the late lewd and profane writings of Edmund Hickeringill, rector 15 of St. Mary's Colchester, which have brought so great One of the books that received the public commendation of the lower house during this session, was Wall's History of Infant Baptism. The Observator was a collection of scurrilous and licentious papers by John Tutchin, who had been found guilty of high crimes and misde- 20 meanours in the reign of James the Second, and narrowly escaped the punishment of treason in the time of queen Anne. The Unitarian preacher denounced in this paper was Mr. Emlyn, the friend of Whiston and Dr. S. Clarke, who belonged properly to the party called high Arians, had already been convicted and punished in 25 Dublin for his heretical opinions, and took henceforth an active part in the Trinitarian controversy. He was denounced again in the convo- cation of 171 1, but without any practical consequences. The book by Hickeringill, to which reference is more especially made, is entitled, " Priestcraft, its character and consequences," and richly 30 deserves the condemnation it met with. (Bodl. Pamph. 259.) The plan of translating the English liturgy, and returning to aposto- lical succession by means of English ordinations — a plan earnestly recommended to his countrymen and other continental courts by Dr. Grabe — was adopted at this time by the king of Prussia, and made the 35 subject of a negociation between his minister and archbishop Tenison. The liturgy was translated into German, but the rest of the plan failed, owing probably to the supineness of the queen's government in such matters, and the attention they naturally paid to their own intrigues and 3 A 722 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [XXXIV*. scandal upon our church and holy order. And they must at the same time declare their grateful sense of the pastoral vigilance and exemplary zeal of the right honourable and right reverend the present lord bishop of London, of which he hath given constant proofs in 5 endeavouring to bring such offenders to condign punish- ment ; but hath met with insuperable difficulties there- in; the removal of which by such methods, as may be effectual, doth, in the opinion of this house, highly de- serve the mature consideration of this provincial synod. 10 Nor can they omit taking notice of the present en- deavours of several reformed churches to accommodate themselves to our liturgy and constitution, mentioned in the late form of an address sent down by your lordships. They are very desirous of knowing your lordships opinion, 15 in what manner it may be proper for this convocation, dangers. (Godwin, de Praesul. art. Tenison. Chalmers, Biog. Diet. art. Grabe. Life of archbishop Sharp, pp. 408, 428, &c.) But the most important notice in this paper is of the sermon preached by Mr. Hoadly before the lord mayor of London, in which he recom- 20 mended in strong language the principles of the late revolution. He received a compensation, more than sufficient in his opinion to make amends for the censure of the lower clergy, in the vote that passed the house of commons in 1 709, after the publication of his book on civil government, when they also addressed the queen, praying that some 25 dignity in the church might be bestowed upon him. This notice however may be considered as laying the foundations of that hostility which after- wards displayed itself in the Bangorian controversy, one of the most fierce and protracted contests that the reformed church of England has ever witnessed among its own members. " From the date of this ser-30 mon," says Hoadly in 1754, when bishop of Winchester, " a torrent of angry zeal began to pour out itself upon me, which, though for the pre- sent very disagreeable, yet opened a way to such explications of the doc- trine of it, and reasonings about it, as have produced what at the end makes me not to repent of having preached it." (Pref. to Vol. of Serm.) 35 See Kennet's Account of Proceedings, &c. (Bodl. 4to. P. 24. Jur.) Burnet, O. T. vol. v. p. 254. Tindal, Contin. vol. iv. p. 733. and Pamph. by Kennet, Gibson, Atterbury, &c. Whiston's Account of the Convoc. p. 31. Wake MSS. Misc. 41. p. 261, &c. 17°5'] Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. 723 with her majesty's leave and encouragement, to express their great satisfaction to find in them such good dis- positions, and their readiness to maintain and cherish such a fraternal correspondence with them, as may strengthen the interest of the reformed religion against 5 the common enemy. They do further propose to your lordships' considera- tion, what fit methods may (with the same leave and encouragement) be taken by this synod, for inviting and inducing the pastors of the French protestant churches 10 among us to use their best endeavours with their people for an universal reception of our liturgy ; which hath had the approbation of their most eminent divines, hath been long used in several of their congregations within this kingdom, and by her majesty's special influence hath 15 been lately introduced into the French congregation held in the chapel near her royal palace. They do, in the last place, earnestly desire your lord- ships, that some synodical notice may be taken of the dishonour done to the church by a sermon preached by 20 Mr. Benjamin Hoadly at Saint Lawrence Jewry, Sept. 29, m.dcc.v. containing positions contrary to the doctrine of the church, expressed in the first and second parts of the homily against disobedience or wilful rebellion. These several heads of information and complaint they 25 are ready to make good by special proofs, whenever your lordships shall be pleased to demand them. 3 a 2 724 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [XXXV. XXXV. Arcliiep. Cant. Tho. Tenison i 6. Anno Christi i 710. Reg. Anglia 3 AnNJE 9. Convocatio pralatorum et cleri provincice Cantuar. PRiELATI et clerus provinciae Cantuar. per breves regium dat. Septemb. 27- ad vicesimum quintum mensis Novemb. sequentis summonebantur. The queen's license to both houses of convocation. Ann, by the grace of God queen of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, defender of the faith, etc. Whereas 10 in and by one act of parliament made at Westminster in the five and twentieth year of the reign of our late Convocatio prcelatoruni] The convocation of the year 1707 was memo- rable for the disappearance of the prolocutor, and his subsequent sub- mission, for the further letter of the queen, in which the offenders are J 5 threatened with punishment, and for the appeal made by the archbishop to the clergy at large respecting the contumacious conduct of the lower house. (See Doc. Ann. vol. ii. p. 359.) The convocation of 1 709 was summoned and returned as usual, but was not opened during that session of parliament ; the factious spirit 20 of the lower house, which, though somewhat abated, was still prevailing, beingintercepted by successive writs of prorogation. But in the year 1710a new and important sera opened in the history of parties. The public mind had become wearied with the existing go- vernment, the case of Sacheverell had tended to awaken the latent spirit 25 of toryism, the new favourite had obtained a predominant influence at court, the Harley administration was suddenly announced, and a fresh parliament was summoned. The convocation met on the 25th of No- vember, and Dr. Atterbury, the eloquent and vigorous asserter of the rights of the lower house, was chosen prolocutor by a large majority 30 in preference to Dr. Kennet, who had shewn himself one of his most skilful and most successful opponents. The ample powers granted by i7 IO 0 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. 725 royal predecessor, king- Henry the VIII th , reciting, that where the king's humble and obedient subjects, the clergy of this realm of England, had not only acknow- ledged according to the truth, that the convocation of the same clergy was always, had been, and ought always 5 to be assembled only by the king's writ, but also sub- mitting themselves to the king's majesty, had promised * in verbo sacerdotii,' that they would never from hence- forth presume to attempt, allege, claim, or put in ure, enact, promulge, or execute any new canons, constitu-io tions, ordinances provincial, or other, or by whatsoever other name they should be called, in the convocation, unless the king's most royal assent and license might to them be had, to make, promulge, and execute the same, and that his majesty did give his most royal assent and 15 authority in that behalf; it was therefore enacted by authority of the said parliament, according to the said submission and petition of the said clergy, amongst other the queen, and the readiness with which the convocation entered upon its business, imply an expectation that the change, which had taken 20 place in the relative position of the two parties, had put an end to former animosities, and would prevent the occurrence of any further difficulties. This vain expectation, originating in the sanguine and ambitious mind of Atterbury, was adopted by the newly created minister; and the queen's license was issued without consulting the archbishop 25 and his brethren, and even without observing the ancient provisions for a veto in favour of the archbishop. " He was not named the president of the convocation," says bishop Burnet, (O. T. vol. vi. p. 51.) " as was usual in former licenses ; in which also the archbishop's presence and consent alone was made necessary, except in case of sickness, and then 30 the archbishop had named some bishops to preside as his commissaries : and in that case the convocation was limited to his commissaries ; which still lodged the presidentship and the negative with the archbishop : this was according to the primitive pattern, to limit the clergy of a province to do nothing without the consent of the metropolitan ; but it 35 was a thing new and unheard of, to limit the convocation to any of their own body who had no deputation from the archbishop." After an explanation had been received on these important points, 726 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [XXXV. things, that they, ne any of them should from henceforth enact, promulge, or execute such canons, constitutions, and ordinances provincial or synodal, upon pain of every one of the said clergy doing contrary to the said act, and being therefore convict, to suffer imprisonment, and make 5 fine at the king's will : and further by the said act as it is provided, that no canons, constitutions, or ordinances should be made or put in execution within the realm of England by authority of the convocation of the clergy, which should be contrariant and repugnant to the king's *° prerogative royal, or the customs, laws, and statutes of the said realm of England ; any thing in the said act to the contrary thereof notwithstanding: and lastly it is also provided by the said act, that such canons, constitu- tions, and ordinances provincial or synodal being then »5 already made, which were not contrariant nor repugnant to the laws, statutes, and customs of the said realm of England, nor to the damage or hurt of the king's pre- rogative royal, should be still used and executed, as they committees were formed, and the houses proceeded to consider the 20 questions referred to them by the queen. But the genius of Atterbury prevailed, and a representation of the present state of religion, drawn up by him, and presented to the bishops for their concurrence, was the occasion for the renewal of discord. The papers accordingly, that were provided in obedience to the queen's instructions, were none of them 25 adopted by the joint consent of the two houses. But a new and important topic, calling them away from their dif- ferences, and enabling them in some measure to act in concert, was now offered in the bold and contumelious conduct of Mr. Whiston, in defending the opinions, for which he had been expelled from the uni- 3° versity of Cambridge, and dedicating his defence to the convocation. The doubts that arose as to the powers of the synod in such cases may be seen from the answers given by the judges. " Eight of the judges," says bishop Burnet, " with the attorney and solicitor general [Northey and Raymond] gave their opinion that we had a jurisdiction and might 35 proceed in such a case. Four of the judges were positively of a contrary opinion, and maintained it from the statutes made at the re- formation. The queen sent both opinions to the archbishop to be laid ij\o.~] Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. 727 were after the making of the said act, till such time as they should be viewed, searched, or otherwise ordered and determined by the persons mentioned in the said act, or the more part of them, according to the tenor, form, and effect of the said act, as by the said act, among 5 divers other things, more fully and at large it doth and may appear; know ye, that we for divers urgent and weighty causes and considerations, us thereunto espe- cially moving, of our especial grace, certain knowledge, and mere motion, by virtue of our prerogative royal, and 10 supreme authority in causes ecclesiastical, have given and granted, and by these presents do give and grant, full, free, and lawful liberty, license, power, and authority unto the most reverend father in God Thomas, arch- bishop of Canterbury, primate and metropolitan of all 15 that part of Great Britain called England, and to the rest of the bishops of the province of Canterbury, and to all deans of cathedral churches, archdeacons, chapters, and colleges, and to the whole clergy of every several before the convocation ; and without taking any notice of the diversity 20 between them, she wrote, that there being no doubt to be made of our jurisdiction, she did expect that we should proceed in the matter before us." Other doubts having arisen, the bishops resolved to begin where, by the queen's license, they had an indisputable authority. They drew out some propositions from Whiston's book, which seemed plainly 25 to be the reviving of Arianism, and censured them as such. In this censure, with the exception only of one proposition, the lower house concurred, and the paper was presented to the queen for her assent ; but after various applications for the return of it, it was understood that the royal assent would not be given; and Whiston, though he 30 persisted in his heretical opinions, and gave them still wider currency, was allowed to escape without any synodical condemnation. On the 12th of June 171 1, the queen terminated the session at once of the convocation and the parliament. Burnet, O. T. vol. vi. pp. 55. 122. Tindal, Contin. vol. iv. p. 207. 33 Whiston's Account of the Convoc. (Bodl. 8vo. K. 98. Line.) Comp. the License at No. XXXI *. Wake MSS. Misc. 42. p. 79, &c. Gen. Diet, art. Atterburv. 728 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [XXXV. diocese within the said province, that they the said arch- bishop of Canterbury, and the rest of the bishops of the said province, or the greater number of them, whereof the said archbishop of Canterbury, or in his absence, the reverend father in God Henry, bishop of London, 5 or in both their absences, the reverend father in God George, bishop of Bath and Wells, to be one, and the rest of the clergy of this present convocation within the said province of Canterbury, or the greater number of them shall and may from time to time, during this present 10 parliament, propose, confer, treat, debate, consider, con- sult, and agree of and upon such canons, orders, ordi- nances, and constitutions, as they the said archbishop of Canterbury, and the rest of the bishops of the same province, or the greater number of them, whereof the 15 said archbishop of Canterbury, or in his absence, the said bishop of London, or in both their absences, the said bishop of Bath and Wells to be one, and the rest of the clergy of this present convocation within the said province of Canterbury, or the greater number of them 2 © shall think necessary, fit, and convenient for the honour and service of almighty God, the good and quiet of the church, and the government thereof, as by law established, to be from time to time observed, performed, fulfilled, and kept as well by the archbishops of Canterbury, the 2 5 bishops and their successors, and the rest of the whole clergy of the said province of Canterbury in their several callings, offices, functions, ministries, decrees, and ad- ministrations, and also by all and every judges of the said archbishop's courts, guardians of spiritualities, chan-30 cellors, deans and chapters, archdeacons, commissaries, and their inferior ministers whatsoever of the same pro- vince of Canterbury in their and every of their distinct courts, and in the order, manner, and form of their and every of their proceedings, and by all other persous with- 35 in the said part of Great Britain called England, as far as 1710.] Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. 729 lawfully being members of the said churches may concern and oblige them ; and further to confer, treat, debate, consider, consult, and agree of and upon such other points, matters, causes, or things, as we from time to time shall deliver, or cause to be delivered to the said arch- 5 bishop of Canterbury in writing under our sign manual or privy signet, to be debated, considered, consulted, and agreed upon. And we do also by these presents give and grant to the said archbishop of Canterbury, and to all deans of cathedral churches, archdeacons, chapters, 10 and colleges, and the whole clergy of every several dio- cese within the said province, full, free, and lawful liberty, license, power, and authority, that they the said arch- bishop of Canterbury, and the rest of the said bishops of the same province, or the greater number of them, 15 whereof the said archbishop of Canterbury, or in his absence, the said bishop of London, or in both their absences, the said bishop of Bath and Wells to be one, and the rest of the clergy of this present convocation within the said province of Canterbury, or the greater 20 number of them, all and every the said canons, orders, ordinances, constitutions, matters, causes, and things so by them from time to time proposed, conferred, treated, debated, considered, consulted, and agreed upon, shall and may set down in writing in such form, as heretofore 25 has been accustomed, and the same so set down in writing to exhibit and deliver, or cause to be exhibited and delivered unto us, to the end that we, upon mature deliberation by us to be taken thereupon, may allow, approve, confirm, and ratify, or otherwise disallow, anni-3° hilate, and make void such and so many of the said canons, orders, ordinances, constitutions, matters, causes, and things, as shall be by force of these presents con- sidered, consulted, and agreed upon, as we shall think fit, requisite, and convenient. Provided always that the 35 said canons, orders, ordinances, constitutions, matters, or 730 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [XXXV. things, or any of them, so to be considered, consulted, or agreed upon, as aforesaid, be not contrary or repugnant to, nor tend to make any alterations in the doctrine, discipline, or government of the church of England, as established by any act or acts of parliament made ins England, and now being in force. Provided also, and our express will, pleasure, and commandment is, that the said canons, orders, ordinances, constitutions, matters, and things, or any of them, so to be by force of these pre- sents considered, consulted, or agreed upon, shall not be 10 of any force, effect, or validity in the law, but only such, and so many of them, and after such time, as we by our letters patents under our great seal of Great Britain shall allow, approve, and confirm the same ; any thing before in these presents contained to the contrary thereof in 15 any wise notwithstanding. In witness whereof we have caused these our letters to be made patents. Witness ourself at Westminster the 23 d day of January, in the ninth year of our reign. Per ipsam reginam. 20 Wrighte. The queen's license and heads of business to the convocation. Anne R. Most reverend father in God, our right trusty and right entirely beloved counsellor, we greet you well. 25 Whereas by our royal license to the present convocation of the province of Canterbury we have, among other things, empowered and authorized them to confer, treat, debate, consider, consult, and agree of and upon such points, matters, causes, and things, as we from time to 30 time should deliver, or cause to be delivered to you in writing under our sign manual or privy signet, to be debated, considered, consulted, and agreed upon ; we do accordingly hereby transmit unto you the heads of such i7io.] Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. 731 matters, as we think proper for the consideration of the said convocation, which are as follow : The drawing up a representation of the present state of religion among us, with regard to the late excessive growth of infidelity, heresy, and profaneness. 5 The regulating the proceedings in excommunications, and reforming the abuses of commutation money. The preparing a form for the visitation of prisoners, and particularly condemned persons. For admitting converts from the church of Rome, and such as shall 10 renounce their errors. For restoring those, who have relapsed. The establishing rural deans, where they are not, and rendering them more useful, where they are. The making provision for preserving and transmitting 15 more exact terriers, and account of glebes, tithes, and other possessions and profits belonging to benefices. The regulating licenses for matrimony according to the canon, in order to the more effectual preventing of clandestine marriages. 20 All which points, matters, and things we do hereby direct to be debated, considered, consulted, and agreed upon by the said convocation, pursuant to our license aforesaid. And so we bid you heartily farewell. Given at our court at St. James's the 29 th day of January, 25 M.DCC.x. in the ninth year of our reign. By her majesty's command. Dartmouthe. Report from the com mittee of the lower house about public charities. [March 2.] so "Tis the opinion of this committee, that an humble application be made to his grace and the lords the bishops, desiring his grace and their lordships, that they 732 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [XXXV. would be pleased in such manner, as they shall judge most effectual, to recommend to the archdeacons, and others having jurisdiction in their respective dioceses, to use the best of their skill and authority with the min- isters and churchwardens of the respective parishes, that 5 all charities, given or to be given in perpetuity, be fairly entered in the register books of each parish, to which such charities belong ; and also that copies of the said entries be transmitted to the bishops of each diocese re- spectively, to be inserted in their lordships' registers ; 10 and also that a table of such charities be hung up in the several churches, to the end that a grateful remem- brance of the several benefactors may be continued to posterity, and others may be incited to follow their good examples. 15 Tis the opinion of this committee, that the charitable design of divers pious persons of providing libraries proper for the use of the poorer clergy, doth well deserve the encouragement and assistance of this synod. The report of the committee of both houses about excommu- 20 nications, and comm utations o f penance. [March 7-] The committee of the lords the bishops, and some members of the lower house of convocation, to whom it was referred to consider of the second head of matter, proposed by her majesty under her sign manual to the 25 consideration of the president, and two houses of con- vocation, namely the regulating the proceedings in ex- communication, and reforming the abuses in commuta- tion of penance, did accordingly meet in the Jerusalem chamber, and came to these following resolutions : 30 I. It is the opinion of this committee, that the best and most effectual methods for regulating the proceedings in excommunication will be the obtaining an act of parlia- ment for a writ ' De contumaci capiendo' in cases, which 1 7 io.J Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. 733 do not directly concern the Christian faith, or reformation of manners, instead of the writ ' De excommunicato ca- piendo ;' and they are further of opinion, that this matter should be laid before her majesty. II. It is the opinion of this committee, that somes method ought to be taken to oblige every ecclesiastical judge not to pronounce or decree the sentence of excom- munication against any party, till certain days after admo- nition given to the party offending, and notes in writing sent and delivered to the minister or curate of the parish, 10 wherein the party offending does then inhabit or reside ; that so the said minister or curate may advise and exhort the said party to submit to the courts, and so to avoid the highest censure of the church, being made sensible of the spiritual and temporal consequences of it. 15 III. It is the opinion of this committee, that no com- mutation of penance be hereafter accepted or allowed by any ecclesiastical judge, without an express consent given in writing by the bishop of the diocese, or other ordinary having exempt jurisdiction, or in case of the absence 01*20 too great distance of the bishop, or other such ordinary, then by some one or more ecclesiastical person or per- sons, delegated or duly approved to that purpose ; and that no sum of money given or received for any commu- tation of penance, shall be disposed of to any use, without 25 the like consent of the bishop, or other such ordinary ; and that a register be kept in every ecclesiastical court of all such commutations, and of the particular uses, to which the said money has been applied ; and that the said ac- count be audited every year by the bishop, or other ordi- 30 nary. An additional clause to the first article. Instead of meddling with the statute ' De excommu- nicato capiendo,' or making any change in that particular, it is proposed, that a short bill be drawn to extend the 35 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [XXXV. act 27 Hen. VIII. c. xx. -which relates to the subtraction of tithes only, to such other cases, as shall be thought needful ; and that ecclesiastical judges be thereby em- powered to certify persons in those cases contumacious either to one privy counsellor, or to two justices of the £ peace, as by that act is required, in order to their impri- sonment, 'till they shall find a sufficient surety to be bound for them, that they will give due obedience to the process, proceedings, decrees, and sentences of the eccle- siastical court. io A report of the committee o f both houses about terriers, and account of glebes, tithes, and other profits belonging to benefices. The upper house having considered the report made from the committee appointed to consider that part of her 15 majesty's letter, which relates to the making provision for preserving and transmitting more exact terriers, and ac- counts of glebes, tithes, and other possessions and profits belonging to benefices, after mature consideration had of that matter, came to the following resolutions : 20 I. That a calendar be made by every register or his deputy of the dates of all terriers remaining in the several offices or registries within this province, belonging to any parochial church or chapel, and delivered to the bishop of the diocese attested by the said registers or their deputies 25 respectively, within one year after the ratification of the constitutions. The lower house have maturely considered the paper relating to terriers sent down by your lordships marked num. iii. and have agreed unto it with the following 30 amendments: [April 18. m.dcc.xi.] I. The first article or paragraph they agree to without any amendment. 1 7 1 °0 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. 735 IT. That where a full and exact terrier, or account of any parochial church or chapel, and the rights thereof, and of the minister thereof, and of the parish clerk hath not been delivered to the bishop within seven years last past, the minister and churchwardens of every parish, as 5 well exemjit as not exempt, shall make a true and perfect inventory, terrier, and account of the same within one year next after the ratification of these constitutions, according to such directions, as shall be given by the bishop of the diocese for that purpose. And the churchwardens shall io deliver the same into court, together with an indented copy thereof, both the one and the other attested under their own hands, together with the hand of the minister, at the next visitation, that shall be held for the archdea- conry after the expiration of the said year; and the re- 15 gister for the archdeaconry shall return the same to the bishop of the diocese within one month next after the said visitation (if he shall then be within the diocese, or otherwise within one month after his first coming into it) upon pain of canonical censures and punishments to be 20 inflicted upon every churchwarden and register, who (after canonical admonition) shall neglect or refuse to conform themselves to this constitution. II. The second article they desire may be thus amended. That where a full and exact terrier belonging to any 25 parochial church or chapel, hath not been deposited in the bishop's office within seven years last past, the minister and churchwardens of every such church or chapel, as well exempt as not exempt, shall make a full and exact terrier within one year next after the ratification of these 30 constitutions, according to such direction, as the proper ordinary shall give for that purpose ; and the church- wardens shall deliver the same into court, together with an indented copy thereof, both the one and the other attested under their hands, together with the hand of the 35 minister, at the next visitation, that shall be held after 736 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [XXXV. the expiration of the said year by the bishop, or other ordinary having- exempt jurisdiction ; and the proper re- gister having compared and attested the said copies, shall within two months after the said visitation deliver back one copy to the said churchwardens, to be by them depo-5 sited in the public chest, where the writings of the parish or chapel are by law to be deposited, and shall deposit the other in the register of the ordinary, at whose visi- tation the said terrier was exhibited : which ordinary (if exempt) shall return an attested copy of the same into 10 the registry of the bishop of the diocese, upon pain of canonical censures and punishments to be inflicted on every such minister, churchwarden, and register, who after canonical admonition shall refuse or neglect to con- form themselves to this constitution. And that at the 15 same time that the aforesaid terrier is exhibited by the churchwardens, the miuister shall exhibit an account of all other rights and incumbrances, profits and emoluments belonging to his church and benefice, together with an indented copy thereof signed by himself, the church- 20 wardens, and some of the most ancient and knowing in- habitants; both which copies shall be attested by the register, and one of them returned to the minister, and deposited in the public chest of the church or chapel, the other shall be lodged in the several registries in the same 25 manner, as the aforesaid terriers. III. That the terriers of every diocese, when complete, shall be fairly copied in a book or books by the direction of the bishop ; which book or books shall be collated with the originals, and attested by the subscriptions of those 3° who collated them (one whereof at least shall be a public notary) at the foot of every single copy ; the said book or books constantly to remain in the custody of the bishop, to whose diocese they do belong. III. To the third article they agree with this amend- 35 ment lin. I. That when the terriers, and accounts of all i7'o.] Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. 737 the clmrches and chapels in each diocese are complete, and lodged in the bishop's registry, they shall be fairly — IV. That the register of every diocese shall within one year next after the return of the terriers to the bishop, as before appointed, diligently collate and attest the same ; 5 and having so done, shall carefully lay up one copy of every such terrier in the bishop's registry and transmit the other to the several archdeacons, or their registers, from whom they received them, to be delivered by them to the ministers respectively concerned, at the next visi- 10 tation to be held for the archdeaconry ; which said copies so attested by the register, shall by the ministers and churchwardens of every parish be deposited in the public chest, where the writings of the parish are by law to be deposited. And if either the registers, or minister and 15 churchwardens shall neglect or refuse to conform them- selves thereunto, they or any of them so offending, shall be suspended, or otherwise censured, till they shall pay a due conformity to this constitution. IV. The fourth article they desire may be omitted, the 20 matter thereof being provided for in the 2 d and 3' 1 arti- cles, as they are here amended. V. That no terrier so to be laid up in the bishop's registry, as is before required, shall be permitted upon any occasion or pretence whatsoever to be carried out thence 25 without the knowledge and consent of the bishop himself testified in writing under his hand ; and that all the said terriers shall by the register or his deputy be sorted or disposed in such method and order, with a table of re- ferences to them, as to the bishop shall from time to time 30 appear most convenient for the better ordering and se- curing of the same. V. In the fifth article, lin. 1. after the word 'terrier' they desire may be added ' or account.' Lin. 3. after the word 'hand' they desire may be added, 'That security 35 shall be given for the return thereof within a time limited, 3 B 738 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [XXXV. and that an entry shall be made in the register book of the said consent and security given.' Lin. 4. after the word ' Terrier' they desire may be added 'and accounts.' VI. That every archdeacon shall in person or by his substitute visit his archdeaconry parochially after the rates of one deanry at the least every year, in such manner notwithstanding, that the visitation of the whole arch- deaconry shall be completed within the space of six years at the farthest (which said visitation shall commence from the Easter next after the ratification of these constitu- *° tions) and in such visitation shall diligently inspect the several terriers, and take account in writing of whatsoever he shall observe to have been defective in them, and shall likewise compare so much as he may of the churches and their furniture, the churchwardens' edifices, and other par- 15 ticulars expressed in the terriers, and set down in writing whatsoever he shall find differing from the terriers given in, and transmit an account of the same within three months to the bishop, to the end that due inquiry may be made concerning it, and where any neglect, fault, or 20 omission has been, it may be speedily amended. VI. The sixth article they desire may be omitted. VII. And whereas by one act of parliament made in the twenty-second year of the reign of king Charles II. intituled, ' An act for the better settlement of the main- 2 5 tenance of the parson, etc. in the parishes of the city of London burnt by the late dreadful fire there,' it is re- quired, that several transcripts should be taken of the assessments appointed by that act to be made, and dis- posed of in such manner, as by the said act (recourses 0 being thereunto had) will more fully appear; that the minister and churchwardens of every such parish shall cause due inquiry and search to be made, whether those transcripts were then taken and disposed of in such manner, as by that statute was required, and make certi-35 ficatc thereof to the bishop of London, or other proper 1710.J Acts and Proceeding* i>i Convocation. 739 ordinary within six months after the ratification of these constitutions ; or in case they were not, that then they will cause such transcripts to be forthwith taken, and laid up in the places mentioned in the said act, and within other six months certify the said bishop, or others ordinary, that they have done it, on pain of such penal- ties, as may by law be inflicted upon them for their neglect. VII. In the seventh article, lin. 9- after the word 'and' they desire these words may be inserted, ' if they shall 10 find they Avere, shall' — Lin. 13. after the first 'ordinary' they desire these words may be added, ' having- peculiar and exempt jurisdiction.' Lin. 14. instead of these words ' on pain' they desire the word ' under' may be put. VIII. That a calendar be made by every register or his 15 deputy, in whose office any endowments of churches or chapels are lodged, of the several endowments of churches and chapels within each diocese respectively, and deli- vered to the bishop, to be by him transmitted to the several archdeacons or their officials so far, as the churches 20 or chapels within their respective jurisdictions are con- cerned ; the same to be registered in the jurisdiction, to the end the clergy may have opportunity of knowing, where the endowments of their respective churches are lodged, upon any emergent occasion they may have to 25 consult them. VIII. In the eighth article, lin. 2. instead of these Avords, ' any endoAvments of churches or chapels — within each diocese respectively, and' — they desire these Avords may be put, 'any entries relating to the endoAvments, 30 or other revenues of churches or chapels are lodged' of the said entries and shall be' IX. That every dean and prebendary of any cathedral or collegiate church within this province, every arch- deacon and other dignitary, avIio has any estate annexed 35 to his dignity, shall within three years after the ratifica- 3 B 3 740 Acts and Proceedings m Convocation. [XXX^ • tion of these constitutions cause an exact survey to be taken of all the lands, houses, and hereditaments belong- ing to the same, and, together with a copy of the lease or leases now in being, transmit the said survey to the dean and chapter, to which the dignity belongs, to be entered 5 by them into a register to be provided only for that pur- pose ; and that upon every renewal of any such estate to be made hereafter, a new survey and copy of the lease then made shall from time to time be transmitted in like manner to every such dean and chapter : the like to be 10 done by every dean and chapter themselves as to such estates, as belong to them in common ; and by all petit canons, vicars choral, and others, who have any estates belonging to the places, which they hold in any such cathedral or collegiate church within this province; for 15 registering which survey and lease no chapter clerk shall demand or receive more than ten shillings a piece. IX. In the ninth article, lin. 4. after the word ' consti- tutions' add ' or as soon after, as he conveniently can.' Lin. 6. after the word ' chapter' thev desire these words, 20 ' by every dean and chapter themselves as to such estates, as belong to them in common,' may be added. X. That the archbishops and bishops do. as soon as con- veniently they may. after the ratification of these constitu- tions require of their proper officers, whether such entries 25 have been made of the augmentations given to any vicar- ages or curacies within their respective dioceses, as by the statute of the twenty-ninth of king Charles II. cap. 8. is required. And if upon inquiry it shall appear, that there have not, that they do give effectual order for such books 30 to be provided, and such entries to be made, as by that statute is required in this behalf. The house does further propose to your lordships, that in the intended canons about terriers care may be taken to revive and enforce the use of annual perambulations in 35 all the parishes of this province. 1710.J Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. 741 Proceedings in convocation about rural deans. Report of the committee of both houses about rural deans. The upper house having considered the report made from the committee of both houses appointed to consider of establishing rural deans, where they are not, and making them more useful, where they are, is come to the follow- ing resolutions : I. It is the opinion of this house, that the number and extent of rural deanries may best continue according to the ancient division established by law and custom. II. That a canon or constitution shall be drawn up de- claring the office and powers of a rural dean ; as particu- larly to inquire into the manners of the clergy and people, to visit and examine the state of parochial churches and chapels, with the chancels of the same, together with the ornaments and utensils thereunto belonging, as also the mansers of rectors and vicars, and all ecclesiastical endow- ments ; to inquire into the condition of schools, hospitals, parochial libraries, and the several gifts and legacies be- queathed to pious and charitable uses ; and after such due inquiries, to represent yearly to the bishop, or to the archdeacon, or other ordinary any notorious crimes, scan- dals, errors, or defects in ecclesiastical matters or persons within the district of the said deanry, to be by them transmitted to the bishop, that so, if upon private admo- nition there does not follow a due reformation, then legal process may issue thereupon. III. That in every diocese the persons to be appointed to the office of rural deans, shall be beneficed within the deanry, as rectors, vicars, or perpetual curates, and shall be resident upon their respective benefices or cures ; men of the elder and graver sort of the clergy, and graduates in one of the two universities within this province. 742 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [XXXV. IV. That the clergy of every deanry, or the greater part of them shall choose a person thus qualified, who shall be presented by the archdeacon or other ordinary to the bishop for his approbation ; and when approved, shall be appointed by the bishop under his hand to execute the 5 said office for the term of three years, unless cause should appear to the bishop for altering the said term. V. That a paper of instructions from the bishop shall be given to every rural dean so appointed, as above, with- out fee or reward, directing him how and in what manner 10 to exercise that office ; and that every dean so appointed, shall solemnly promise in the presence of the bishop, or any other person appointed by him, to execute the said office according to such instructions to the best of his skill and power. 15 VI. That it would be proper to consider, whether any privileges, or profits can be restored or conveyed to rural deans, to encourage them in the better execution of their office ; as how far it may be practicable, that the rural deans shall be the only surrogates within their own dis-20 trict, to be appointed by the chancellors, or other judges ecclesiastical ; and that the mandates of inductions be di- rected to the rural dean, to be executed by him, or any other neighbouring minister; and that the said rural deans be first nominated in all writs of inquiry ' De jure 25 patronatus,' in sequestrations, and in all other commissions to be issued from the bishop or ecclesiastical court re- lating to any persons or matters within their respective districts ; and that in all testimonials required by the bishop or other ordinary, relating to the abilities and 30 maimers of candidates for holy orders, curates, school- masters, or others within their said districts, a more par- ticular regard shall be had to the testimony of rural deans. VI. Nevertheless in those dioceses of this province, 35 wherein rural deans have been hitherto constantly kept 1/JO-] Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. 743 up with good effect, and in which the custom time out of mind hath heen to choose, appoint, or admit them in other manner, or for a longer or shorter term, than is be- fore mentioned ; it is hereby intended, that the ancient custom of such dioceses, as to the manner of the appoint- 5 ment and admission, and the term of their continuance in office, be still observed, unless the respective bishops of such dioceses shall think fit with the consent of the clergy to alter the same. The lower house having considered the report from the 10 committee of both houses relating to the establishment of rural deans, etc. and the paper sent down to them by your lordships upon that report, do agree to the first and third paragraphs of that paper without any alteration. [April 16. m.dcc.xi ] 15 The second paragraph they desire may be thus amended: II. That a canon or constitution should be drawn up, declaring the office and power of a rural dean ; as parti- cularly to inquire into the manners of the clergy and people, into the condition of schools, hospitals, parochial 20 libraries, and the several gifts and legacies bequeathed to pious and charitable uses; and when duly commissioned by the bishop, or archdeacon, or other ordinary, to visit and examine the state of parochial churches and chapels with the chancels of the same, together with the orna- 25 ments and utensils thereunto belonging, as also the man- sers of rectors and vicars, and all ecclesiastical endow- ments ; and after such due inquiries, to represent to the bishop, or to the archdeacon, or other ordinary any noto- rious crimes, scandals, errors, or defects in ecclesiastical 30 matters or persons within the district of the said deanry, that so, if upon private admonition there doth not follow a due reformation, then legal process may issue there- upon. 744- Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [XXXV. The fourth paragraph they desire may be thus amended. IV. That a person so qualified for the office of a rural dean, shall be recommended by the archdeacons, having jurisdiction, to the bishops for their approbation ; and where there are no archdeacons having jurisdiction, shall 5 be nominated by the bishops ; and when so approved or nominated shall be appointed by the bishops under their hands to execute the said office for the term of three years, unless great cause shall appear to the bishops, and archdeacons having jurisdiction, or to the bishops, where 10 there are no archdeacons with jurisdiction, for displacing them sooner. The fifth paragraph they desire may be thus amended. V. That every rural dean so appointed, shall in the presence of the bishop, or some person by him deputed, 15 solemnly promise to execute his office faithfully to the best of his skill and power. VI. To what Mas proposed in the sixth paragraph, the lower house return answer, that they are of opinion, that the privileges and profits therein mentioned may properly 20 be restored or conveyed to rural deans ; but desire that these amendments may be made in that paragraph ; vide- licet, that the words ' shall be only surrogates,' be changed into these words ' shall be alwavs surrogates.' And that the words, ' the mandates of induction be di- 25 rected to the rural dean to be executed by him, or any other neighbouring minister,' be changed into these words, ' the archdeacon's mandates of induction, or the mandate of the bishop, where the archdeacon hath no right to in- duct, be directed to the rural deans, and to any other 30 rector, vicar, or perpetual curate within his deanry.' Instead of the seventh paragraph they desire these clauses may be added : Saving in all these cases to all dioceses and archdea- conries the several rights, to which either by prescription 35 or express composition they may be intituled. 17 10 -] Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. 745 Nevertheless in those dioceses, where the directions given by the canon, now to be drawn in relation to the appointment of rural deans, shall not be observed, the rural deans shall not be intituled to the privileges and profits intended to be conveyed to rural deans by that 5 canon . Provided, that where it shall happen by reason of the smallness of any rural deanry, that no person qualified, as the third article requires, can be found to execute the mandate of induction, in such case it may be executed by 10 any of the clergy of the adjacent deanry. The upper house of convocation having considered the amendments made by the lower house to the paper sent down to them concerning the establishment of rural deans, have agreed to them with the following amendments : 15 [April 25. m.dcc.xi.] Paragraph the 4th leave out the word ' great' after ' unless.' In the same paragraph after ' to the bishops' leave out ' and archdeacons, etc' to ' for displacing them sooner.' 20 And leaving out the paragraph beginning with these words, ' Nevertheless in those dioceses.' The lower house have considered the amendments sent down by your lordships relating to the paper about rural deans, and cannot agree to the two first of those amend- 25 ments. The reasons of their disagreement are contained in the following paper. [May 5. m.dcc.xi.] May it please your lordships. The 4th paragraph of the paper relating to rural deans, as sent up by the lower house to your lordships, contained,^ the following clause : ' unless great cause shall appear to the bishops and archdeacons having jurisdiction, or to the 746 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [XXXV. bishop, where there is no archdeacon with jurisdiction, for displacing them sooner.' This clanse your lordships propose should be thus amended : ' unless cause shall appear to the bishops for displacing them sooner.' 5 To this amendment the lower house disagrees for the following reasons : I. Rural deans by the nature and duty of their office are ministerial both to the bishop and archdeacon, and your lordships have been pleased to agree, that they shall 10 be appointed by both jointly ; and the clergy do humbly conceive, that the same reason will equally hold for the displacing of them by both jointly. II. What is conceived to be thus reasonable in itself, is expressly enjoined and determined in the body of the 15 canon law under the title ' De officio archidiaconi ;' which chapter is a decretal epistle of Innocent the third, and contains as follows : ' Subsequenter,' etc. III. That no doubt may remain whether the foregoing decretal epistle, and particularly this clause of it was re- 20 ceived in England, the same rule of placing and dis- placing rural deans by the bishop and archdeacon jointly is laid down by Athon and Lynwode, in their several commentaries upon the legatine and provincial consti- tutions, and in both with express reference to the said 25 decretal epistle. In the legatine constitution of Otho, intituled ' De vii. sacramentis,' is this clause : ' Archi- diaconi vero in singulis conventibus suorum decanatuum sacerdotes in his maxime studeant erudire,' etc. where lest the mention of 'decanatuum suorum' with immediate 30 reference to the archdeacons should be thought to imply, that rural deans are subject to the archdeacons alone, the gloss of Jo. de Athon cautions us not to argue from that expression, ' Quod decanatus rurales, et per consequens decani ibi praefecti sunt ipsorum archidiaconorum, sed35 1710.] Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. 747 certe (salva consuetudine locorum) tarn prcefici debent decani tales, quam etiam amoveri per episcopum et arehi- diaconum simul de jure :' and then he refers to the de- cretal epistle abovesaid. Also in the provincial constitutions tit. ' De judiciisS c. 1. in causis,' where the words of the constitutions are: ' Statuimus, ut decani rurales nullam causam matrimo- nialem de esetero audire praesumant :' the gloss of Lyn- wode upon the words ' Decani rurales' is this : ' De his legitur de offic. archid. Adhaec in fi. ubi dicit Inno-10 centius, quod sunt persona; habentes quaxlam officia, com- muniter spectantia ad episcopum et archidiaconum ; et ideo communiter eorum receptio et amotio pertinet ad utrumque, ut ibi dicitur in textu.' For these reasons it is humbly hoped, that your lord- 15 ships would be pleased to agree with the lower house in continuing your archdeacons the share, which the present constitution of our church gives them as in the appoint- ing, so also in the displacing of rural deans. To the third amendment proposed by your lordships 20 they have agreed with the addition of a request to your lordships, which has passed the house in the words fol- lowing : The lower house do not insist upon the clause, which begins with the words 'Nevertheless in those dioceses,' 25 but agree with your lordships in the omission of it. They offered that proviso to your lordships out of a desire to procure an universal conformity to the constitutions now to be made; but since that is not approved, they submit to your lordships' wisdom to think of such an expedient, 30 as may be most likely to procure the conformity desired, and to make the rural deans, according to the directions given in her majesty's letter, still more useful, where they are. The upper house of convocation have considered the 35 748 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [XXXV. reasons offered by the lower house for their disagreeing to the amendments made by the upper house in the 4th pa- ragraph of the paper relating to rural deans, and think them not sufficient to induce this house to recede from the said amendments, for the following reasons : [May 16.5 M.DCC.XI.] I. In the first reason of the lower house for disagreeing to the said amendments it is alleged, that the bishops have agreed, that the said rural deans shall be appointed jointly by the bishop and archdeacon, and from thence io infer, that they ought to be displaced jointly by both ; whereas in this very paragraph it appears, that the rural deans are only to be recommended by the archdeacons, having jurisdiction, and appointed solely by the bishops under their hands ; so that the foundation of this reason 15 being laid upon a mistake in fact, the reason grounded upon it cannot but fail. II. It appears from the second paragraph, as amended by the lower house, that the rural deans, when appointed, cannot perform the archdeacon's part in visiting churches, 20 etc. without a particular commission from him, and con- sequently, that they are not immediately by their appoint- ment to that office ministerial both to the bishop and the archdeacon, nor therefore intituled upon that account to hold the same, until they shall be displaced jointly by 2 5 both. And therefore III. The decretal epistle of Innocent III. which pro- ceeds upon a general supposition, that the rural deans have equal relation to the bishops and archdeacons, and thereupon provides, that they should be as well placed as 30 displaced by both, is not applicable to the present case, wherein the constitutions proposed have made another provision. IV. That decretal epistle is of the least weight, for being written at a time, when the popes made it their 35 1710.] Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. 749 business to lessen the authority of the bishops for the in- crease of their own, and for being the single ground of those glosses, which afterwards followed agreeable to it. V. That of what weight soever it might be, while any rural deans subsisted here upon that foot, which that de-5 cretal epistle supposes, it cannot in the least oblige us to govern ourselves by it in a new establishment of rural deans, where they are not ; especially if it be considered, VI. That when that part of the canon law obtained, there was a saving to the different customs of several 10 places, as appeal's by the gloss referred to by the lower house in their third reason. And therefore if this epistle did not in its fullest authority overrule those customs, there is much less reason, that, after it has been long out of use, it should determine the convocation in their mea-^ sures of establishing de novo rural cleans, where they are not. VII. The archbishop and bishops in convocation as- sembled m.d.lxxi. did not think themselves bound by it, when in the chapter ' Archidiaconi' they express them- 2Q selves thus : ' Peracta visitatione, archidiaconus signifi- cabit episcopo, quos invenerit in quoque decanatu ea doc- trina et judicio praeditos, ut digni sint, qui pro concione doceant populum, et prsesint aliis. Ex illis episeopus potest electum facere, quos velit esse decanos rurales.' 25 VIII. Nor did it hinder the council of Trent itself, as little favourable as it was to the order of bishops, from going farther than this, when they were pursuing the matter of reformation, and decreeing sess. xxiv. cap. 3. in these words, ' Archidiaconi autem, decani, et alii infe- 30 riores in iis ecclesiis, ubi hactenus visitationem exercere legitime consueverunt, debeant quidem, assumpto notario, de consensu episcopi deinceps per seipsos tandem ibidem visitare.' IX. The lower house do not seem to think themselves 35 bound by that papal decree, to which they refer, when 750 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [XXXV. they suppose in their request subjoined to their reasons, to break in upon those customs, "which obtain in those places, where rural cleans are found, in order to make them, according to the direction given in her majesty's letter, still more useful, where they are. 5 For if they think, and it may be very rightly, that those customs, which were saved by the gloss upon that canon, to which they refer, may be altered by a new con- stitution for the improvement of the state of the church ; they cannot reasonably pretend, that the bishops are not *° at liberty to propose a new constitution for the establish- ing rural deans, where they are not, different from that papal decree, which has been so long out of use, if they think such new constitution more for the service of the church. 15 They do think the constitution proposed, as amended by them, best fitted to maintain and promote the good order of the church, and therefore insist upon their former amendments, and hope the lower house will observe the regard they shew to the archdeacons in agreeing to the 20 other amendments made by the lower house in relation to them. And as to the request of the lower house, that we would think of some expedient, as may be most likely to procure a conformity in this matter throughout the pro- 25 vince ; we are ready to enter into the consideration of it, and to receive any proposals from the lower house about it, that we may not only establish rural deans, where they are not, but also make them more useful, where they are. 30 The lower house have considered the reasons, which your lordships sent down for your adhering to the amend- ment made in the fourth paragraph of the paper relating to rural deans, and they do humbly beg leave to represent to your lordships : [June 5.] 35 17IO.J Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. 751 I. That where the lower house in their former paper speak of the joint appointment of rural cleans by the bishop and archdeacon, their meaning is not, that they shall be admitted to the said office by the bishop and archdeacon jointly, but only that the bishop may not 5 admit any person, but who shall be recommended to him by the archdeacon. In like manner, where they speak of rural deans being displaced by both, their intention is not, that the archdeacon shall be joined with the bishop in the act of displacing, but only, that the said bishop 10 may not proceed to execute such act without the consent of the archdeacon ; the authoritative act being in both cases equally reserved to the bishop. II. That as rural deans by their office have been minis- terial both to the bishop and archdeacon, so they will still 15 continue ministerial by the present canon ; and although they cannot proceed in one part of their duty assigned to them (videlicet the visiting of churches) without commis- sion from the bishop or archdeacon, yet they will be obliged by their office to execute such commission, when 20 directed to them ; and it is humbly conceived, that no person, who is bound to execute the commission of an- other, becomes less ministerial to that order by a restraint from acting, till be hath received such commission. III. That the rural deans still remaining ministerial to 25 the archdeacon, as well as to the bishop, it is humbly hoped, that the inference, which the lower house drew from thence (videlicet that therefore the archdeacon ought in reason to be concerned together with the bishop in placing and displacing of them) will still be 30 thought just and equitable. IV. That whereas your lordships are of opinion, that the decretal epistle of Innocent the third is of less weight for being written in a time, when the popes made it their business to lessen the authority of the bishops for the in- 35 crease of their own ; we beg leave to observe, that that 752 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [XXXV. declaration of the authority of the archdeacon ,over rural deans cannot (as we conceive) be reckoned among the methods invented and practised at that time for lessening the authority of bishops, in as much as that epistle doth not make rural deans ministerial to the archdeacon, but 5 supposes them to be so by the nature of their office ; nor is that decision grounded upon an arbitrary declaration of the pope, but upon an established maxim of law, which holds generally in cases of the like nature : ' Cum ab omnibus, quod omnes tangit, approbari debeat, et cum J ° commune eorum decanus officium exerceat, communiter est eligendus, vel etiam amovendus.' V. That the said epistle, and the glosses of Lynwode and Athon founded upon it, were not alleged by the lower house in bar to the right and authority of convo- 15 cation to alter the law in this particular, but only to shew, that the power they desire in behalf of archdeacons, is agreeable both to law and reason of former times ; and they do still humbly hope, that in as much as the reason of the law continues, your lordships will be pleased 20 to agree, that the law itself (as in placing, so in displacing rural deans) may be enforced by the constitution intended to be drawn upon this head. VI. That the directions given by the archbishop and bishops in m.d.lxxi. for the choice of rural deans (the 25 authority of which directions we do not now dispute) do not expressly affect the right of the archdeacons in the point now under consideration ; forasmuch as they pre- scribe only the method of appointing rural deans, but say nothing of displacing them. And however it appears not, 3° that the clergy at that time had any opportunity of laying before their lordships the grounds and reasons of their claims in these particulars. VII. That if your lordships shall not be pleased, that the share of archdeacons in displacing of rural deans be 35 declared and confirmed in the present constitution, the 1710.] Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. 753 lower house are content that these words [Par. 4. ' unless great cause shall appear to the bishops and archdeacons, having jurisdiction, for displacing them sooner'] be wholly omitted ; lest all the other heads of the said paper being adjusted, a disagreement between the two houses upon 5 this one article should for the present disappoint her ma- jesty's expectation, and deprive the church of the benefits, that may arise from a regular establishment of rural deans. Proceedings in convocation about Mr. William Winston's 10 book, entituled, 'An historical preface to primitive Chris- tianity revived.'' Schedule of the lower house about the same. [March 16. M.DCC.X.] To the most reverend the lord archbishop of Canterbury, 15 and the lords the bishops, his suffragans. The clergy of the lower house in synod assembled represent to your lordships, that a book hath, during this session of convocation, been published and dispersed through several parts of this province, entituled, ' An his- 20 torical preface to primitive Christianity revived ;' with an appendix, containing an account of the author's prose- cution and banishment from the university of Cambridge, by William Whiston, A. M., and dedicated to the most reverend Thomas, lord archbishop of Canterbury, presi-25 dent, and to the right reverend the bishops of the same province, his grace's suffragans, and to the reverend the clergy of the lower house in convocation assembled. This historical preface is humbly dedicated, and the papers therein referred to, with all due submission offered, 30 to their and the public serious consideration by the author. This book contains assertions in our opinion so directly 3 c 754 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [XXXV. opposite to the fundamental articles of the Christian reli- gion, that out of our duty to God, our zeal for preserving the purity of the catholic faith, and our concern to pre- vent the scandal, that may arise from our silence, we think ourselves obliged to lay it before your lordships, 5 praying your opinion, after what manner it may be proper for this synod to proceed in relation to that book. First letter of the archbishop of Canterbury to the bishops in the case of Mr. Whiston. To the right reverend my brethren the bishops of the 10 province of Canterbury in convocation assembled. Right reverend brethren. Whereas your lordships on the 19th day of March last came to some resolutions concerning a book lately pub- lished by Mr. Whiston, and in pursuance thereof did 15 agree at the same time, that they should be laid before me for my opinion thereupon ; I have already signified unto you, that I entirely agree with you in your reso- lution, that notice should be taken of the said book ; and after having consulted such books and persons, as 1 20 thought proper on this occasion, I do now subjoin and offer my opinion concerning the further methods of pro- ceeding therein as follows : To proceed regularly in the censure of Mr. Whiston, two points are to be considered : 2 5 I. The censure of the book and doctrine. II. The censure of the person. I. In order to a censure upon the book or doctrine, two things seem necessary to be done ; first to have the book well examined, and to fix upon the particular pas- 30 sages, wherein he has asserted his pernicious tenets most plainly and expressly ; II. To fix the particular places of scripture, and in the council of Nice, and the articles of 1710.] Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. 755 our own church, upon which the charge of heresy may be most clearly grounded. II. In order to a censure of a person in a judicial way, there are three several methods, which you will weigh and consider well, in order to judge how far each of them 5 will be safe and expedient, and how far effectual. I. The first method is by the court of convocation, in which such a judicature hath been evidently exercised in many instances both before and since the reformation, and which seems to be the most desirable method in the pre- 10 sent case, if the following difficulties do not stand in the way. First, such a court being final or the last resort, from which no appeal is provided by the statute 25 Hen. VIII. c. xix, it may seem to be doubtful, how far a pro- secution without appeal to the crown will be consistent 15 with 1 Eliz. cap. i. 17, whereby all jurisdiction, and par- ticularly for reformation of errors, heresies, and schisms, is united and annexed to the imperial crown of this realm ; and also how far it will be consistent with the statute of appeals 25 Hen. VIII. c. xix, which in the course of the 20 appeals directed to be thenceforth made, doth not men- tion convocation. Secondly, It seems to be another difficulty, that there does not appear to have been any exercise of such a judi- cature for this last hundred years or thereabouts, in which 25 time matters of such nature were usually considered and adjudged in the high commission court, while that re- mained ; and when that court was suppressed, it was enacted 17 Car. II. cap. ii. that no court should be thence- forth erected with like power, jurisdiction, or authority, 30 but that all commissions erecting any such court shall be void. You will therefore think it fit to be duly considered, how far the revival of this judicial authority in a convo- cation, empowered to proceed and act by her majesty's 35 commission or license, may be construed an erecting of 3 c 2 756 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [XXXV. a court with like power, etc. as the high commission had. Thirdly, Since the disuse of such judicial proceedings, the writ ' De haeretico comburendo' hath been taken away by the statute of 29 Car. II. c. ix ; and you will also 5 consider, whether the provision there made for the juris- diction of protestant archbishops or bishops, or any other judge of ecclesiastical courts in cases of atheism, blas- phemy, heresy, and schism, extends to convocation, or only to the ordinary and established courts of every arch- *° bishop and bishop. Fourthly, In the year m.dc.lxxxix. several heretical books having been complained of by the lower house, the bishop of London, president, and the then bishops, after mature advice and deliberation thereupon, returned this *5 answer sess. xm. ' Quod conscii sunt, diversas esse clau- sulas perniciosas in libris allatis, penes eos pro directione dictre domus relictis ; sed informati sunt per jurisperitos utriusque juris, proprias esse curias judiciales pro puni- tione delictorum hujusmodi, et eorum ferunt opiniones, 20 non esse conveniens imprresentiarum sese his rebus immi- scere.' II. The second method of proceeding in the present case, as I humbly conceive, is, for the archbishop to hold a court of audience, and calling to him his provincial 2 5 bishops, as assessors there, to examine, proceed and give sentence, as in his court of audience; into which court he is fully empowered by a special proviso 23 Hen. VIII. c. ix. §. 3. to cite any person out of his diocese, wherein he dwells, in case that the bishop, or any immediate judge 3° or ordinary dare not, or will not convene the party to be sued before him ; and from which court (as within the statute 25 lien. VIII. c. xix.) a regular appeal lies to the queen's delegates in chancery. III. The bishop, in whose diocese he inhabits, may of.35 his own accord cite him into his court ; or the cause may i/io.] Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. 757 be remitted or especially recommended to him, as his proper ordinary, by the archbishop and bishops in convo- cation, which we find hath oftentimes been done in cases of the like nature. Of the three forementioned methods the two last seem 5 to be most plain and clear in point of legality. But be- cause the first is the most solemn, provided it may be pursued legally, and with safety to the archbishop, bishops, and clergy of the province, it seems to be necessary to lay the premisses, or what else may be the result of your own 10 debates and deliberation, before her majesty, with an humble request as from the upper house, that her majesty will be graciously pleased to lay the case before her reve- rend judges for their opinions thereupon. I heartily re- comniend you to God the ruler and guide of his church, 15 and remain, Right reverend brethren, Your most affectionate brother. April 1 1. M.Dcc.xi. Canterbury. The second letter of the archbishop of Canterbury to the 20 bishops in the case of Mr. Winston. To the right reverend my brethren the bishops of the province of Canterbury in convocation assembled. Right reverend brethren. I send you herewith a letter, which I received on the 35 5th of this instant April from Mr. Whiston, whose case (as you have given me to understand) is just now coming under your consideration. I thought it proper for me to communicate it to you for your perusal, and thereby also to cut off all occasions of his complaining, that I smother 3° any of his overtures. You will best judge, what use is fit to be made of this paper, and at what time. I desire the original may be kept, as long as you think convenient, 758 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [XXXV. in the hands of any of my substitutes, that shall be this day in the chair. I cannot but observe one thing in this letter with some degree of admiration, that 'tis his earnest wish, that the incorrupt faith and practice of the gospel may prevail ; 5 and the profession, which he makes, that he aims to pro- mote to the best of his judgment and ability the purity of Christ's religion, whilst he would obtrude upon the world, as a considerable part of the canon of the New Testament, that very spurious and corrupt book of the 10 constitutions. / am, right reverend brethren, Your most affectionate friend and brother, Lambeth House, April 1 1 . CANTERBURY. M.DCC.XI. *5 To the queen's most excellent majesty. The humble address of the archbishop and bishops of the province of Canterbury in convocation assembled. May it please your majesty. Whereas one William Whiston, a presbyter of the 20 church of England, and late professor of mathematics in the university of Cambridge, who was in October last ex- pelled the said university, for asserting and preaching abroad divers tenets contrary to religion received and established by public authority in this realm, has since 25 that time, and a little before the sitting of this present convocation printed and published an historical preface to other writings of the same pernicious design , intended for the press, in which he has advanced several damnable and blasphemous assertions against the doctrine and wor-30 ship of the ever blessed Trinity, expressly contradicting the two fundamental articles of the Nicene creed, and defaming the whole Athanasian, and has had the confi- 17 io. J Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. 759 dence to inscribe and direct the said printed preface to the convocation now assembled ; and whereas we take ourselves to be both bound in duty to God, and to his holy truths, and in obedience to your majesty's pious in- tentions signified to us with your gracious license, to 5 repress the said blasphemy, and also obliged in vindi- cation of our firm adherence to the true faith, and for the preservation of the same in the members of our commu- nion, to call the said Wm. Whiston before us, in order either to his amendment, or exclusion from the commu-io nion of the church of England, but do yet find ourselves hindered from going on by some doubts arising among ourselves concerning our power so to act and proceed ; for that the court of convocation being final, or the last resort, from which no appeal is provided by the statute 15 made in the 25th year of Henry VIII. c. xix, it may seem to be doubtful how far a prosecution, without appeal to the crown, will be consistent Avith the statute made in the first year of queen Elizabeth chap. i. sect. 17, whereby all jurisdiction, and particularly for reformation of errors, 20 heresies, and schisms, is united and annexed to the impe- rial crown of this realm ; and also how far it will be con- sistent with the statute of appeals made in the 25th year of Henry VIII. chap. xix. which in the course of the ap- peals directed to be thenceforth made doth not mention 25 convocation ; may it therefore please your most gracious majesty, out of your known zeal for the honour of God, and the good of his church, to lay this case before your reverend judges, and others, whom your majesty shall in your wisdom think fit, for their opinion, how far the con- 30 vocation, as the law now stands, may proceed in the ex- amining, censuring, and condemning such tenets, as are declared to be heresy by the laws of this realm, together with the authors and maintainers of them. April 22. m.dcc.xi. 35 760 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [XXXV. Her majesty's answer. To the most reverend father in God, our right trusty and right entirely beloved counsellor, Thomas, lord archbishop of Canterbury, primate of all England and metropolitan, and president of the convocation of theS province of Canterbury. Anne R. Most reverend father in God, our right trusty and right entirely beloved counsellor, we greet you well. Upon consideration of the humble address delivered to us from 10 you, and from the rest of the bishops of your province of Canterbury in convocation assembled, we have consulted our judges, and our attorney and solicitor general, how far the convocation, as the law now stands, may proceed in examining, censuring, and condemning such tenets, as 15 are declared to be heresy by the laws of this our realm, together with the authors and maintainors of them, and Ave have ordered the opinions given by our judges, and our attorney and solicitor general to be transmitted to you. 20 We are pleased to find, that according to the opinion of eight of our 12. judges, and of our attorney and soli- citor general, as the law now stands, a jurisdiction in matters of heresy and condemnation of heretics is proper to be exercised in convocation ; and we cannot doubt, but 25 the convocation will now be satisfied they may employ the power, which belongs to them, in repressing the im- pious attempts lately made to subvert the foundation of the Christian faith ; which was one of the chief ends we proposed to ourselves in assembling them, as appears from 3° the whole tenor of our letter of December 12. and from the first head of business, which in our two subsequent letters of January the 29th and February the 14th we recommended to their consideration. We trust, that 17 io.] Acts and Proceedings i?i Convocation. 761 these our royal intentions so often signified will not be without effect. And so requiring you forthwith to com- municate this our letter, together with the opinions of our judges, and attorney and solicitor general herewith transmitted to you, to both houses of convocation, we bid 5 you heartily farewell. Given at our court at St. James's the 8th day of May, m.dcc.xi. in the tenth year of our reign. By her majesty's command. Dartmouthe. io The opinion of the judges concerning the power of the convocation. To the queen's most excellent majesty. May it please your majesty. In humble obedience to your majesty's commands sig-15 nified to us by the right honourable the lord keeper of the great seal, in relation to the humble address of the archbishop and bishops of the province of Canterbury in convocation assembled hereunto annexed, we, whose names are hereunto subscribed, have taken into consi-20 deration the doubts and questions therein stated. And after conference with the rest of the judges, we are humbly of opinion, that of common right there lies an appeal from all ecclesiastical courts of England to your majesty, in virtue of your supremacy in ecclesiastical 25 affairs, whether the same be given by express words of any act of parliament, or not ; and that no act of parlia- ment has taken the same away ; and consequently that a prosecution in convocation, not excluding an appeal to your majesty, is not inconsistent with the statute of 30 1 Eliz. chap, i, but reserves the supremacy entire. As to the question proposed in the said address, how far the convocation, as the law now stands, may proceed in examining, censuring, and condemning such tenets, as 762 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [XXXV. are declared to be heresy by the laws of this realm, toge- ther with the authors and maintainers of them ? we un- derstand it only to import these two things ; whether a jurisdiction to examine, censure, and condemn such tenets, and the authors and maintainers thereof could ever be 5 exercised in convocation ? and if it once could, whether it be taken away by any act of parliament? And we humbly lay before your majesty, that all our law books, that speak of this subject, mentioning a juris- diction in matter of heresy, and condemnation of heretics, 10 as proper to be exercised in convocation, both before and since the acts of parliament mentioned in the address, and none of them, that we find, making any doubt thereof ; and we observing nothing in those, or any other acts of parliament, that we think has taken it away ; we 15 are humbly of opinion that such jurisdiction, as the law now stands, may be exercised in the convocation : but this being a matter, which, upon application for a prohi- bition on behalf of the persons, who shall be prosecuted, may come in judgment before such of us, as have the 20 honour to serve your majesty in places of judicature, we desire to be understood to give our present thoughts, with a reserve of an entire freedom of altering our opin- ions, in case any records or proceedings, which we are now strangers to, shall be laid before us, or any new con- 25 siderations, which have not occurred to us, be suggested by the parties or their council to convince us of our mis- takes. All which we most humbly submit to your royal majesty's great wisdom. T. Parker. Tho. Bury. 3° Tho. Trevor. Ro. Price. John Powell. R. Eyre. Littleton Powys. Ed. Northey. R. Tracy. Rob. Raymond. May 4. M.DCC.xi. 35 1710.] Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. 763 To the queen's most excellent majesty. May it please your majesty. In humble obedience to your majesty's royal command signified to your judges by the right honourable the lord keeper, we, whose names are subscribed, have considered 5 the questions mentioned in the address hereunto annexed, and are humbly of opinion, that since the statute of the 23 Hen. VIII. against citing out of the diocese, and those statutes of the 24th and 25th years of the same reign touching appeals, and as the law now stands, the convo-10 cation hath not any jurisdiction originally to cite before them any person for heresy, or any other spiritual offence, which according to the laws of the realm may be cited, censured, and punished in the respective ecclesiastical courts or jurisdictions of the archbishops, bishops, and l S other ordinaries, who, we conceive, have the proper judi- cature in those cases, and from whom, and whose courts the parties accused may have their appeals, the last re- sort wherein is lodged in the crown. In which statute for citing out of the diocese, and in the others, as far as 20 relates to appeals, for such offences, no notice is taken of the convocation, either as to jurisdiction or appeals. Nor doth it any way appear to us, in whom the pretended judiciary power of a convocation either before or since the said statutes (if any such they ever had) resided ; 2 5 whether in the whole body of the convocation, or in part. But it is plain by the first statute, that the archbishop's jurisdiction, even in case of heresy, is bounded, so that; he cannot proceed against such offenders within any other diocese, than his own, without the consent, or in 3° the default of the diocesan bishops : all which statutes being made for the ease and benefit of the subjects, they cannot (as we humbly conceive) be deprived of the benefit of them by any pretence of jurisdiction in the convoca- 764 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [XXXV. tion, from which we cannot find, or be informed of any instance of appeal. Nor have any judicial precedents or authorities for convening or censuring of such offenders in any convocation, since those statutes, or the reformation (which is near 180 years) appeared unto us; and if such 5 power should be allowed to the convocation, we conceive it would invade the ordinary jurisdictions of the arch- bishops and bishops, which, we conceive, are preserved by the act of parliament made in the 17th year of the reign of his late majesty king Charles the first, chap, ii, and byio another made in the 13th year of king Charles the second, chap, xii, and by the act made 29 Car. II. chap, ix, which took away the writ ' De hseretico comburendo ;' in none of which any mention is made of the convocation. And by the bill of rights 1 W. and M. it is enacted, that the T5 commission for erecting the late court of commissioners for ecclesiastical causes, and all other commissions and courts of the like nature are illegal and pernicious. But we conceive that heretical tenets and opinions may be examined and condemned in convocation authorized by 20 royal license, without convening the authors or main- tainers of them. All which we most humbly submit to your royal majesty's great wisdom. Edw. Ward. Jo. Blencowe. 25 Rob. Dormer. S. Lovell. The judgment of the archbishop and bishops, and the clergy of the province of Canterbury in convocation assembled, concerning divers assertions contained in a book lately 30 published by William Whiston. Whereas great offence hath been given to the church of God by several writings published by William Whiston, and particularly by a book lately dedicated by him to the 1 7 1 o.] Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. 765 convocation of this province, wherein that rash and inso- lent writer declares with the utmost assurance, that the Arian doctrine concerning the Trinity and Incarnation is the doctrine of our blessed Saviour, his apostles, and the first Christians, and very uncharitably insinuates, that all, 5 who have considered these matters, want nothing hut the honesty or the courage to own themselves of the same opinion; we have thought ourselves obliged in mainten- ance of our most holy faith, and for the vindication of our own sincerity, for checking, if possible, the presumption io of this author, and for preserving others from being seduced by him, to compare the dangerous assertions he has advanced, with the holy scriptures, the two first general councils, and the liturgy, and articles of the church of England, in order to give our judgment upon 15 them. Hist. pref. p. 7. And now it was, and indeed not till now, that I had all my evidence at once before me, and was able to affirm and assuredly pronounce, that the Arian doctrine was in these points (viz. the Trinity and 20 Incarnation, as in p. 6.) most certainly the original doc- trine of Christ himself, of his holy apostles, and of the most primitive Christians. Ibid. p. 81, 82. When the scriptures speak of one God, they mean thereby one supreme God the Father 25 only. The moderns call these three divine persons but one God, and so introduced at least a new, and unscriptural, and inaccurate, if not a false way of speaking into the church. Errata p. 123. lin. 23, 24. To whom with the Father3° and the Holy Ghost, read ' in the Holy Ghost,' and dele ' three persons and one God.' These I allow to be mine own words, and to be agreeable to my own not uncertain opinion, but certain faith. I was once, as the world will see by the occasion of the latter erratum, in 35 766 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [XXXV. the common opinion, that the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, the three divine persons, were truly in some sense one God, or the one God of the Christian religion ; that is, before I particularly examined that matter in the scriptures, and the most primitive writers; but since 1 5 have throughly inquired into it, I am so fully satisfied, that the Father alone is the one God of the Christian religion, that I must now own, that when once I deny or doubt of that doctrine, I must deny or doubt of our common Christianity, there being no one article more 10 plain or more universally acknowledged in all the first ages of the church, than that was. Hist. pref. pag. 65. Pos. m. That the Son is inferior as well as subordinate to the Father. Pos. vii. That the Son was begotten or created by the T 5 Father only before the world, whatsoever secret eternity he had before his generation or creation. Reply to Dr. Allix p. 30. Prop. vm. Jesus Christ, the Word and Son of God, is a divine being or person far inferior to his Father in nature, attributes, and perfec-20 tions. Hist. pref. p. 65. Pos. v. That the Holy Ghost is in- ferior, as well as subordinate to both the Father and the Son. Reply to Dr. Allix p. 33. Prop. xix. The Holy Spirits of God is a divine person made under the supreme God by our Saviour, or in a due sense proceeding from the Father and the Son, of different perfections and offices from the Son of God. Hist. pref. p. 28. Since your lordship is so throughly 3° sensible of the antichristianism of popery, I would fain know, how the consubstantiality and coequality of the Holy Ghost to the Father and the Son, on which soon followed his invocation, which only stands upon one letter of pope Liberius or Damasus, can by your lordship be 35 looked on under any other denomination. 1 7 io.] Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. 767 Append, to Hist. pref. p. 5, 6. This language, ' To the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, one God, whom we adore,' is so entirely contrary to the nature of the Christian religion, that I cannot go into it for any consideration whatsoever. 5 Hist. pref. p. 46. I allow, that the blessed Spirit is to be worshipped in those forms ; viz. baptism, doxology, and blessing ; but never by invocation. Hist. pref. p. 6. I cannot but look on this discovery, viz. that the \6yos in Christ supplied the place of the ro irvev/xa or rational soul in man, as one of the most certain and most important of all others. Reply to Dr. Allix p. 32. Prop. xvi. Jesus Christ, the Word and Son of God, when he was incarnate, was liable to temptations in his divine nature, and therein *5 suffered for us, as the rational soul is tempted and suffers in other men by its partaking of the temptations and sufferings of the body. We do declare, that the above mentioned passages, cited out of the books of William Whiston, do contain 20 assertions false and heretical, injurious to our Saviour and the Holy Spirit, repugnant to the holy scriptures, and contrariant to the decrees of the two first general councils, and to the liturgy and articles of our church. And we do earnestly beseech all Christian people by 25 the mercies of Christ to take heed, how they give ear to these false doctrines, as they tender the honour and glory of our Saviour and the Holy Spirit, the preserva- tion of the purity of the gospel, and the peace of the church. 3° And whereas the said William Whiston, the better to support his heretical opinions, speaking of a book com- monly called the ' Apostolical constitutions,' hath these words, Hist. pref. p. 85, 86. I have, I think, certainly found, that those apostolical constitutions, which the anti-35 768 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [XXXV. christian church has so long laid aside, as spurious or heretical, are no other, than the original laws and doc- trines of the gospel, the new covenant, or most sacred standard of Christianity, equal in their authority to the four Gospels themselves, and superior in authority to the 5 epistles of single apostles ; some parts of them being our Saviour's own original laws delivered to the apostles, and the other parts the public acts of the apostles themselves met in council at Jerusalem and Caesarea before their death. And this was the constant opinion and testimony 10 of the earliest ages of the gospel. We cannot but declare this assertion advanced con- cerning a book which was never yet acknowledged as part of the canon of scripture by any general council, nor received as such in any Christian church, to be 15 highly absurd and impious, tending to create in the minds of Christians great uncertainties as to their rule of faith, and to subvert that faith, which was once de- livered to the saints, and is preserved in the sacred books of the New Testament received in our church. 20 The prolocutor's schedule to the upper house of convocation with a copy of Mr. Winston's letter. [May 30. m.dcc.xl] May it please your lordships. I am directed by the lower house to lay before your lordships this letter from Mr. Whiston, which was de-25 livered to me on the last day of our session at the door of our house by Mr. Emlyn, the Unitarian preacher. The lower house think it reasonable, that Mr. Whiston, according to his request, should have a copy of the pro- positions extracted out of his book, and that he should 30 be permitted to make his explication and apology in re- lation to them. To this end they judge it requisite that he should be cited forthwith to appear before the court of convocation, 1710.J Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. 7G9 and they do hereby humbly and earnestly propose to your lordships, that he may by the authority of convo- cation be cited accordingly. " Epistola? verus tenor sequitur in haec verba:" London, May 28. m.dcc.xi. 5 Mr. Prolocutor. Understanding that there are some propositions ex- tracted out of my books, in order to their being cen- sured by the convocation as heretical, I cannot but make this address to you, and thereby to the lower house of convocation, to beg the favour of a true copy of those propositions, and some small time to make my explica- tion and apology in relation to them. This is the known confessed privilege of all men, to be heard, before their doctrines are censured or condemned, especially when the crime is so heinous as that of heresy. I do not remember, where either papists or protestants, Turks or Jews, heathens or Christians have wholly refused this common right of mankind ; and so I cannot, without the severest reflection upon the honour and justice of the convocation, suppose it will or can be refused me in this case ; nor shall I be able to avoid the most open and affecting complaints and appeals to the Christian world, if this most equitable request be denied me. / am, Sir, Your very humble servant, William Whiston. • 770 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [XXXVI. XXXVI. Archiep. Cant. Anno Christi Reg. Angliae Tho. Tenison 18. 1712. Ann^e ii. Proposals of the lower house of convocation about matri- monial licenses. [April 30.] 5 WHEREAS it is by experience found, that notwith- standing the wholesome provisions made by the ecclesiastical law of this realm against irregular and clan- destine marriages, yet through the corrupt practices of several disorderly persons, who are not sufficiently re- to strained by the censures of the church, the holy office of matrimony is often performed after an undue and clan- destine manner, from whence many and great inconve- Proposals of the] The convocation opened in December 1 7 1 1 . " There appeared at this time," says bishop Burnet, " an inclination in many of 15 the clergy to a nearer approach towards the church of Rome. Hickes, who was at the head of the Jacobite party, had in several books pro- moted a notion, that there was a proper sacrifice made in the Eucharist. The supremacy of the crown in ecclesiastical matters, and the method in which the reformation was carried, was openly condemned. One 20 Brett had preached and printed a sermon, in which he pressed the necessity of priestly absolution, in a strain beyond what was pretended to even in the church of Rome. A motion was made in the lower house of convocation to censure this ; but it was so ill supported that it was let fall. Another conceit was taken up of the invalidity of lay- 25 baptism, a conceit, together with many others, supported by Dodwell. The bishops thought it necessary to put a stop to this new and extravagant doctrine ; so a declaration was agreed to, first against the irregularity of all baptism by persons who were not in holy orders ; but that yet, according to the practice of the primitive church, and the 30 constant usage of the church of England, no baptism (in or with water, in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost) ought to be reiterated. The archbishop of York [Sharp] at first agreed to this ; so it was 1712.] Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. 771 niences do arise ; for the more effectual remedying and preventing thereof, be it enacted by the queen's most excellent majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the lords spiritual and temporal, and commons in par- liament assembled, and by the authority of the same, that 5 from and after every parson, vicar, or curate, who shall marry, or who knowingly and willingly sub- stitute or permit any such minister in his stead to marry any persons whatsoever in any church or chapel, exempt or not exempt, or in any other place whatsoever, without io publication of the banns of matrimony between the re- spective persons according to law, or without license for the said marriage first had and obtained, and also all persons, who shall be so married without banns or license, shall severally for every offence forfeit the sum 15 of together with full costs of suit to such person or persons, as will sue for the same in any of her majesty's courts of record. And be it further enacted by the resolved to publish it in the name of all the bishops of England ; but he was prevailed on to change his mind ; and refused to sign it, pre- 20 tending that this would encourage irregular baptism : so the archbishop of Canterbury, with most of the bishops of his province, resolved to offer it to the convocation. It was agreed to in the upper house, the bishop of Rochester [Sprat] only dissenting ; but when it was sent to the lower house, they would not so much as take it into consideration, 25 but laid it aside ; thinking that it would encourage those who struck at the dignity of the priesthood. This was all that passed in con- vocation." O. T. vol. vi. p. 125. The prorogation took place on the 8th of July, 1712. The reasons of the lower house for declining to consider the subject 30 of lay-baptism were as follows : " First, because the validity of such baptism is a point which the catholic church, and the church of England in particular, hath hitherto avoided to determine by any synodical decla- ration. Secondly, because the inconveniences manifestly attending such a determination would in their humble opinion far outweigh the conve- 35 nience proposed by it ; especially at a time when the divine authority of the Christian priesthood is so openly struck at by some, and the advan- tage of an episcopal mission derived by an undoubted succession from 3 u z 772 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [XXXVI. authority aforesaid, that every parson, vicar, or curate, who shall marry any person in any prison, or within the rules and precincts thereof, or in any taverns, or other public houses, and also all persons, who shall be married in such places, shall for such offence be prosecuted 5 according to the ecclesiastical laws of this realm, and being duly convicted, shall upon certificate of such con- viction made by the ordinary to two justices of the peace of the town or county, where the person or persons so offending do inhabit, be by them committed to the com- 10 mon gaol of the said town or county, there to remain close prisoners without bail or mainprize for one whole year from the day of their commitment, and shall seve- rally forfeit the sum of . And be it further enacted, that every keeper of any prison, tavern, or public house, 15 in which any such undue marriages shall with his privity and consent be celebrated, shall forfeit the sum of . And be it enacted that if any person, falsely pretend- the apostles is so much undervalued by others. But thirdly, were it thought proper synodically to consider and determine this matter, yet 20 they humbly conceive that nothing of this kind ought to be decided but in a full assembly of the clergy, after due notice given to all their mem- bers to attend and afford their assistance on so important an occasion." Wake MSS. Misc. 42. p. 288. It appears from the life of archbishop Sharp, as published by his son, 25 that the archbishop, at a meeting of the bishops held at Lambeth on Easter Tuesday, 171 2, had assented to the validity of lay-baptism, but afterwards declined taking the further step of signing the following de- claration. " Forasmuch as sundry persons have of late by their preach- ing, writing, and discourses, possessed the minds of many people with 3° doubts and scruples about the validity of their baptism, to their great trouble and disquiet, we the archbishops and bishops whose names are underwritten, have thought it incumbent on us to declare our several opinions in conformity with the judgments and practice of the catholic church, and of the church of England in particular, that such persons 35 as have already been baptized in or with water, in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost, ought not to be baptized again. And to prevent any such practice in our respective dioceses we do require our several 1 7 1 2 0 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. 773 ing to have received holy orders according to the con- stitutions of the church of England, shall presume to marry any persons, according to the form and rites of matrimony prescribed in the liturgy of that church, he shall for such offence be committed by one or more 5 justices of the peace of that county, where he liveth, or where he committed such offence, to the common gaol of the said county, there to remain close prisoner without bail or mainprize for one whole year from the day of his commitment, and moreover to forfeit the sum of . IO And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, that every ecclesiastical judge, having power to grant licenses or dispensations without thrice open publication of the banns, shall be, and is hereby obliged not to grant any such license or dispensations, without observing the rules and 15 orders of the church of England ; that is to say, the said judge shall take good caution and security containing these conditions : First, that at the time of granting every such clergy, that they presume not to baptize any adult person whatsoever, without giving us timely notice of the same, as the rubric requires." 20 ■He objected to the declaration as inexpedient, and was supported in this view of the case by the bishops of Chester, Exeter, and St. David's, [sir W. Dawes, Dr. Blackhall, and Dr. Bisse]. " Such a declaration was nevertheless offered to the convocation after- wards, but it was laid aside in the lower house. And my lord treasurer 25 on May the 9th, spoke to him [the archbishop] about the queen's writing a letter to stop the disturbances raised by lay-baptism. But he does not seem to have given any encouragement to that motion." Life of Archbishop Sharp, pp. 372, 376. Dr. Waterland, who was at that time engaged in opposing the validity 30 of lay-baptism, expressed himself in a letter written about the year 1 7 14 in the following manner : " 1. The church of England has no where expressly and in terms determined the controversy cither wav. 2. Her practice, as well as the stream of her divines, has all along been against us. 3. Yet she has 35 laid down such principles and positions in her public acts, as will, if pursued in all their consequences, bring us to the conclusion we are proving." Works, vol. x. p. 185. 774 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [XXXVI. license, there is not any impediment of precontract, con- sanguinity, affinity, or other lawful cause to hinder the said marriage. II. That there is not any controversy or suit depending in any court before any ecclesiastical judge, touching any contract of marriage between eithers of the said parties with any other. III. That the said parties (except in case of widowhood) have obtained the express consent of their parents, if they be living, or otherwise of their guardians or governors. IV. That they shall celebrate the said marriage publicly in the 10 parish church or chapel, where one of them dwelleth, and in no other place, and that between the hours of eight or twelve in the forenoon. Moreover before any such license be granted, it shall appear to the judge him- self, or to some other person of good reputation, and 15 known likewise to the said judge, that the express con- sent of parents, or parent, if one be dead, or the guardians or guardian of the parties is thereunto had and obtained, except in cases of widowhood. And furthermore one of the parties shall personally swear, that he believes, there 20 is no let, or impediment, or precontract, kindred, or alli- ance, or any other lawful cause whatsoever, or any suit commenced in any ecclesiastical court, to bar or hinder the proceeding of the said matrimony, according to the tenor of the said license. And if any judge shall grant any license 25 or dispensation for matrimony, without fully observing all and every of the said conditions, or any proctor or register shall be aiding and assisting in the procuring or speeding any license or dispensation for marriage without the said conditions, he and they shall respectively forfeit 30 the sum of , and the like sum of shall be for- feited by each of the persons, making the aforesaid oath before the ecclesiastical judge, that the parents or guard- ians of the parties to be married, are consenting to the marriage for which a license is prayed, if it shall after- 35 ward appear on sufficient proof made before the judge, 1 7 T 3-J Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. 775 who granted the said license, that the parents or guardians were not consenting. And be it further enacted, that printed copies of this act be dispersed through all parish churches and chapels of this kingdom. Whereas sundry ordinances, canons, and constitutions 5 have been formerly made for preventing irregular and clandestine marriages, and for the regulating of faculties or licenses granted for the solemnization of matrimony ; we enjoin them all to be carefully observed by all per- sons, whom they concern, upon the several penalties ofio the said ordinances, canons, and constitutions expressed. And for the more effectual preventing of such clandestine marriages, as well as for the reformation of sundry and grievous abuses in the granting and obtaining such li- censes ; we do further ordain and decree, that no parson, 15 vicar, or curate, upon pain of suspension per triennium ipso facto, ut supra. XXXVII. Archiep. Cant. Anno Christi Reg. Angliae Tho. Tenison 20. 1713- Ann.* 13. 20 Convocatio prcelatoruni et cleri provincice Cantuar. BREVE regium dat. August. 18. praelatos et clerum prov. Cantuar. ad 12. diem mensis Novemb. convo- cabat ; sed nihil in hac synodo tractatum fuit ante literas reginae sequenteg. 25 Convocatio pralatoruni] A new parliament met on the 16th of February, 171 4, and the convocation, after presenting a joint address to the queen, was authorized on the 1 7th of March to proceed to busi- ness. The papers speak for themselves as to the business actually brought before the two houses. On the 9th of July the parliament was 3° prorogued, and queen Anne died on the [st day of August following. 776 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [XXXVII. The queens letter to the convocation about business for them. Most reverend father in God, our right trusty and right entirely beloved counsellor, we greet you well. Whereas by our royal license to the present convocations of the province of Canterbury we have, among other things, empowered and authorized them to confer, treat, debate, consider, consult, and agree of and upon such points, matters, causes, and things, as we from time to time should deliver, or cause to be delivered to you in 10 writing under our sign manual or privy signet, to be debated, considered, consulted, and agreed upon ; we do accordingly hereby transmit unto you the heads of such matters, as we think proper for the consideration of the said convocation, which are as follow : 15 The regulating the proceedings in excommunications, and reforming the abuses of commutation money. The preparing a form for the visitation of prisoners, and particularly condemned persons. For admitting con- verts from the church of Rome, and such as shall re- 20 nounce other errors. For restoring those, who have relapsed. The establishing rural deans, where they are not, and rendering them more useful, where they are. Of the business recommended by the queen the bishops undertook to 25 prepare the following portions : the regulating the proceedings in ex- communications, &c. : the preparing a form for the visitation of pri- soners, and particularly condemned persons ; for admitting converts from the church of Rome, and such as shall renounce other errors ; and for restoring those who have relapsed. The other three portions they 30 referred to the consideration of the lower house. The session was closed on the 8th of July with the following address from the bishop of London, acting as president, to the clergy of the lower house : " that he did in the name of the upper house, and by their direction, give the thanks of their lordships to the lower house for their great pains and 35 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. 777 The making- provision for preserving and transmitting more exact terriers, and accounts of glebes, tithes, and other possessions and profits belonging to benefices. The regulating licenses for matrimony according to the canons, in order to the more effectual preventing of clan- 5 destine marriages. All which points, matters, and things we do hereby direct to be debated, considered, consulted, and agreed upon by the said convocation, pursuant to our license aforesaid. And so we bid you heartily farewell. Given 10 at our court at St. James's the 17th day of March, in the thirteenth year of our reign. By her majesty's command. BOLINGBROKE. To the most reverend father in God, our right trusty and right entirely beloved counsellor Thomas, lord archbishop of Canterbury, primate of all England, and president of the convocation of the province of Canterbury. The form for regulating proceedings in excommunications, 20 and reforming the abuses by commutation money, as agreed by both houses of convocation. [April 30.] I. It is the opinion of this house, that the best and most effectual method for regulating the proceedings in diligence in dispatching so many of the heads of business recommended 25 by her majesty to the convocation. That those which are already agreed upon by both houses could not be laid before her majesty and engrossed so as to be subscribed by both houses at present, but would be laid before her as they are, for her inspection and approbation. Meanwhile their lordships hoped that at the next meeting of the synod 30 the other heads recommended by her majesty would likewise be so finished that canons might be made thereupon, and the subscription of both houses given to all of them together." Wake MSS. Misc. 42. p. 155. T78 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [XXXVII. excommunication, will be the obtaining an act of parlia- ment for a writ ' De contumaci capiendo,' instead of that ' De excommunicato capiendo,' in all such causes, as follow ; that is to say, in all causes of instance between party and party ; and in all causes of office, as either are 5 testamentary, or do concern the parishioners for not duly paying their church rates : and also in such as have relation to the licensing of physicians, chirurgeons, and midwives : and further that in other causes of office, even such as do more immediately and directly concern the 10 Christian faith and reformation of manners, if any contro- versy shall arise concerning the payment of fees, and the party proceeded against shall refuse to submit therein to the authority of the court, sentence of contumacy only, and not that of excommunication, shall be decreed or 15 pronounced by the ecclesiastical judge against such party on account of such refusal ; that the sentence of con- tumacy shall be sent to the minister of the parish, where the contumacious party dwells, under the seal of the court, and that the said minister shall openly publish it 20 in the church in the time of divine service on the next Lord's day but one, after he has received it ; and that all civil incapacities and disabilities, to which persons excom- municated are now subjected by the sentence of excom- munication, shall for the future follow upon the sentence 25 of contumacy being so published by the minister, as aforesaid, against any offender: and they are further of opinion, that this matter, before it be offered in par- liament, should be humbly laid before her majesty. II. If such an act of parliament, as in the former 30 article is proposed, shall be obtained, we are further of opinion, that whenever any person is by any ecclesiastical judge decreed to be excommunicated, the schedule of excommunication shall not be read in court, until thirty days are expired after the making of such decree. And 35 for the more deliberate and solemn proceeding in a J 7 13-] Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. 779 matter of this high nature, due notice in writing shall forthwith be given of such decree made, and of the sentence, which will issue in pursuance thereof, not only to the party decreed to be excommunicated, but more- over to the minister officiating in the parish, where the 5 said party dwells ; which minister between the time of his receiving such notice, and the third Lord's day after the receipt thereof, shall endeavour to apply himself privately to the said party, and to prevail with him to prevent the dreadful sentence of excommunication by a 10 timely and dutiful submission to the authority of the church ; and if the party shall not hearken to such pri- vate advice, and shall not promise under his hand to submit to the authority of the church, then the minister shall, on the third Lord's day after notice of the above- *5 said decree, make an open publication thereof in the church at the time of divine service, and shall represent the extreme danger of being cut off from the communion of the faithful, according to a form provided for that purpose. And after such private and public admonition, 20 where both have been used, or of such private warning only, where that alone hath proved effectual, the minister shall by the proper officer of the court (who shall call upon him for that purpose) transmit to the ecclesiastical judge an account of his proceedings, and of the effect 2 5 thereof. Provided nevertheless, that if, after the care taken for preventing the sentence of excommunication by notifying the decree thereof both to the party, and to the minister of the parish in the manner above di- rected, the said party shall not within thirty days after 30 the making such decree submit to the authority of the court ; the ecclesiastical judge shall then without delay proceed to excommunicate the said party by reading, or causing to be read in court the sentence of excommuni- cation, although the minister of the parish hath neglected 35 or omitted to do any of the things enjoined ; and in case 7S0 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [XXXVII. of any such neglect or omission, the said judge shall notify the same to the bishop, who, if upon inquiry he see cause, shall himself proceed, or by writing under his hand direct process to be made for his contempt in such neglect or omission. 5 III. That in all crimes of ecclesiastical cognizance the judge and register shall send out their citations within three months at furthest after presentment duly made ; and that no ecclesiastical officer shall prevent, or en- deavour to prevent, the citation or prosecution of anyio offender : nor shall any person, when cited, be dismissed, except in the public place of judicature between the hours of ten and two, and while the court is actually held there. And that no commutation of penance be here- after accepted or allowed of by any ecclesiastical judge, 15 without an express consent given in writing by the bishop of the diocese, or other ordinary having exempt jurisdic- tion, or by some person or persons to be especially de- puted by them for that purpose ; and that all commu- tations or pretended commutations accepted or allowed 20 otherwise, than is hereby directed, he ipso facto null and void. That no sum of money, given or received for any commutation of penance, or any part thereof, shall be disposed of to any use, without the like consent and 25 direction in writing of the bishop, or other ordinary having exempt jurisdiction, if the cause hath been pro- secuted in their courts, or of the archdeacon, if the cause hath been prosecuted in his court : and all money re- ceived for commutation pursuant to the foregoing direc-30 tions, shall be disposed of to pious and charitable uses by the respective ordinaries abovenamed, whereof at the least one third part shall by them be disposed of in the parish, where the offenders dwell. And that a register be kept in every ecclesiastical court of all such commu-35 tations. and of the particular uses, to which such money 1713-] Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. 781 hath been applied ; and that the account so registered, be every year laid before the bishop, or other exempt ordinary having episcopal jurisdiction, in order to be audited by them ; and that any ecclesiastical judge or officer offending in any of the premisses, be suspended for 5 three months for the said offence. The form for making and preserving of terriers °. I. Every register of any archbishop, bishop, archdeacon, or other ordinaries, exempt or not exempt, throughout this province shall within one year next after the ratification 10 of these constitutions, deliver to the bishop of the diocese an attested calendar of the dates of all terriers remaining in his registry ; and moreover every register belonging' to any exempt ordinary, and having episcopal jurisdiction, shall deliver the like calendar to the said exempt ordi-15 nary, to which he belongs; and every ordinary, to whom such calendar shall be so delivered by their respective registers, shall take care, that notice be given to each incumbent of the terrier or terriers relating to his bene- fice ; and every incumbent, immediately upon the receipt 2 ® of such notice, shall make an entry of the same in the register book belonging to the parish. II. In every parish throughout this province, where no such terrier, as is hereafter mentioned, hath been deposited in any registry within seven years last past, the minister, 25 together with the churchwardens, or such of his parish- ioners, as shall be appointed by the bishop of the diocese, or other ordinary having episcopal jurisdiction, shall make a full and exact terrier of all such glebes, lands, meadow's, gardens, orchards, houses, outhouses, pensions, woods, and 3° underwoods growing upon the glebe, and also of all such portions of tithes lying out of the parish, as belong to his 0 The same form was brought again into convocation June 27, M.DCC.XV. 782 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [XXXVII. benefice ; of which terrier the said minister and church- wardens shall provide three indented copies in parch- ment, each of them to be signed by the said minister, the churchwardens, or the parishioners aforesaid ; and being so signed, one of the said copies shall be exhibited 5 by the said minister and churchwardens at the next visitation of the bishop, or other ordinary having epi- scopal jurisdiction ; another copy in like manner shall be by them exhibited at the next visitation of the arch- deacon, or other ordinary having archidiaconal jurisdic- 10 tion ; the said two copies to be lodged in the registries respectively belonging to the said ordinaries, and the remaining copy, having been first examined and attested by the several registers, with whom the other two copies are lodged, shall be by them deposited in the public l S chest belonging to the parish. And further, for the better preserving the terriers of benefices within exempt jurisdictions, every ordinary so exempt shall take care, that within one year after the exhibiting of any terrier at his visitation, as aforesaid, an attested copy thereof be 2 ° transmitted to the bishop of the diocese, to be deposited and kept in his registry. III. Every register, in whose office any terriers are deposited or lodged, whether before, or pursuant to the direction of the foregoing constitution, shall sort and 2 5 O O 7 dispose the same in such method and order, as the bishop and other ordinary shall direct, and shall by no means permit any of them to be carried out of his office on any pretence or occasion whatsoever, without the consent of the bishop or other ordinary signified under his hand, 3° nor till security be given for the safe restoring thereof within a time limited. IV. The minister and churchwardens of every parish within the city of London burnt by the dreadful fire 3I.dc.lxvi. shall diligently inquire, whether such tran-35 scripts of assessments for the maintenance of the clergy J 7i3-] Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. 783 there, as are appointed to be made by the statute 22 Car. II. cap. xv. have been taken and disposed of in such manner, as by that statute is required ; and if they find, that such transcripts have been duly taken and disposed of, they shall make certificate thereof to the bishop of 5 London, or other proper ordinary within six months after the ratification of these constitutions; but in case they find, that the said transcripts have not been duly taken and disposed of, they shall cause such transcripts to be forthwith taken and disposed of, as the said statute doth 10 direct ; and within other six months shall make certifi- cate of their having' so done to the said bishop, or other proper ordinary, under such penalties, as may by law be inflicted upon them for their neglect. V. Every dean and prebendary of any cathedral or x 5 collegiate church within this province, being a sole cor- poration, and also every archdeacon and other dignitary, who hath any estate annexed to his dignity, shall within three years after the ratification of these constitutions, or sooner, if he conveniently can, cause an exact account to 20 be taken of all the lands, houses, and hereditaments belonging to such dignity or prebend, and the same, with a copy of the lease or leases then being, shall transmit to the bishop of the diocese, and the dean and chapter of that church, whereunto the said dignity or prebend 2 5 doth belong, to be by them entered into a register pro- vided only for that purpose. And upon every renewal, which shall hereafter be made of any such estate, a like account, together with a copy of the lease then granted, shall be transmitted to the bishop of the diocese, and to 3° the dean and chapter, to be by them registered as afore- said ; the same to be done to the dean and chapter by all petit canons, vicars choral, and others upon every re- newal of any estate belonging- to the places, which they, or any of them hold in any cathedral or collegiate church : 35 for registering of which account and lease aforesaid, the 784 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [XXXVII. register or chapter clerk shall receive the customary fee, provided it does not exceed ten shillings. VI. The archbishop and bishops shall, as soon as conveniently they may after the ratification of these con- stitutions, inquire of their proper officers, whether such 5 entries have been made of the augmentations given to any vicarage or curacy within their respective dioceses, as by the statute of 29 Car. II. cap. xviii. is required ; and if it shall appear, that such entries have not been made, they shall give effectual order for such books to be i° provided, and such entries to be made, as by that statute are required : and every bishop, in whose registry any such entries have been or shall be hereafter lodged, shall, as soon as conveniently he can, give notice to the re- spective vicars or curates, who are entitled to such aug-15 mentations, and require them and every of them to take out an attested copy of the clause or clauses, which relate to such augmentations, as they are respectively entitled to; for which copy so attested, there shall be paid no more than one shilling ; and the said copy shall 20 be deposited in the parish church, where the terrier is by these constitutions to be deposited and kept. VII. Every bishop, dean and chapter, and every other ecclesiastical person or persons having a public registry, shall take care, that diligent search be made in the books 2 5 and records of their respective registries for all ancient endowments and augmentations of benefices, and that a particular calendar thereof being taken, shall be sent to the bishop, who shall order the same to be entered into his registry, and shall direct the like search to be made 3° in the books and records of his own registry, and shall give notice to the several incumbents respectively con- cerned of such endowment or augmentation remaining in any of the said registries ; of which notice so given, an entrv shall immediately be made bv everv such incum-35 bent in the registry book belonging to the parish. t 7 14.] Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. 785 VIII. For the better ascertaining the rights of bene- fices, and preventing- vexatious controversies relating thereunto, it is further ordained, that all bishops, and other ordinaries shall revive and enforce the use of yearly perambulations in all the parishes of this province. ■ XXXVIII. Archiep. Cant. Anno Christi Reg. Angliae Tho. Tenison 20. 1714- Annje 13. Proceedings of the convocation about Dr. Sam. Clarke's book, entitled, ' The Scripture doctrine of the Trinity.'' 10 Application of the lower house about Dr. Clarke's book of the Trinity. {June % m.dcc.xiv.] To his grace the lord archbishop of Canterbury, and the lords the bishops of the province of Canterbury in convocation assembled. 15 THE clergy of the lower house of convocation humbly represent, that a book hath of late been published and dispersed throughout this province, entitled, ' The Scripture doctrine of the Trinity,' in three parts, wherein Proceedings of (he convocation'] These papers are printed from the 20 ' Apology for Dr. Clarke,' (London, printed for E. Burleigh in Amen Corner, 17 14,) having been communicated by Dr. Clarke himself to the writer of that tract. Dr. Clarke had already attracted public attention by some deviations from the order of common prayer, that were allowed in his church at-25 Westminster. But a remai'kable case occurred on Trinity Sunday 1 7 1 3 , which, taken in connection with certain passages of his Scripture Doc- trine of the Trinity, published in the preceding year, seemed to shew that his opinions would not for the future be confined to mere publica- tions, but would be allowed to interfere with the discharge of his 30 ministerial duties. " This year," says Mr. Whiston, who was a friend of 3 K 786 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [XXXVIII. all the texts in the New Testament relating to that doc- trine, and the principal passages in the liturgy of the church of England are collected, compared, and explained by Samuel Clarke, D. D. rector of St. James's West- minster, and chaplain in ordinary to her majesty, and 5 several defences thereof by the same author; which book and defences do in our opinion contain assertions contrary to the catholic faith, as received and declared by this reformed church of England concerning three persons of one substance, power, and eternity in the unity of theio Godhead, and tending moreover to perplex the minds of men in the solemn acts of worship, as directed by our established liturgy, to the great grief and scandal of pious and sober-minded Christians. And whereas there are divers passages in the book of 15 Common Prayer, and in the XXXIX. Articles, which are directly opposed to such heretical assertions ; we do fur- ther represent to your lordships, that even these passages have by the said author been wrested with such subtilty, as may both teach and tempt the unstable and insincere 20 Dr. Clarke's, but much further advanced in the school of heresy, " Dr. Clarke, in order to avoid the reading of the proper preface for Trinity Sunday at his own church, omitted the usual communion on that day, to the great discontent of those persons, which expected to receive it. This made no small noise . . . nor was it probably any thing 2 5 else that gave the immediate occasion to Dr. Clarke's dismission from being one of queen Anne's chaplains in ordinary, as he was till that time." On Dr. Clarke's paper, put in on the 2nd of July, Whiston makes the following remarks. " The delivery of this new declaration I have 30 heard him long after style a foolish thing. The occasions of which, I think, besides the sinister motives of human caution and human fear, were these two : first, his own metaphysic opinion, which he constantly and vigorously maintained, That any creature whatsoever might pos- sibly have been coeternal with its Creator, .... and secondly, that bishop 35 Smalridge, whose opinion was chiefly regarded, had said, ' That as to other of Dr. Clarke's metaphysical notions about the Trinity, he did not think it necessary to proceed to their condemnation, provided he could 1 714.] Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. 787 to comply with the laws, which require them to declare their unfeigned assent and consent to the said book of Common Prayer, and to subscribe to the said articles, and nevertheless to retain and propagate the very errors, which are most inconsistent with such their declaration and sub- 5 scription. It is with the utmost concern, that we behold these daring and dangerous attempts to subvert our common faith, to corrupt the Christian worship, and to defeat the church's main end in agreeing upon her arti- cles, namely the avoiding the diversity of opinions, and 10 the establishing the consent touching true religion. And Ave cannot therefore but think ourselves bound in duty to God and his church, in discharge of the weighty trust reposed in us, as members of this synod, and in charity to the souls committed to our care, most earnestly 15 to beseech your lordships to take the premisses into your serious and godly consideration, assuring your lordships of our most dutiful and ready concurrence in any proper methods, which may effectually put a stop to this growing but [truly] declare he believed the [real] eternity of the Son of 20 God.'" After this paper had been laid before the upper house, Dr. Clarke being apprehensive that, if it should be published separately (as did afterwards happen), without any account of the preceding and following circumstances, it might be liable to be misunderstood, caused the fol- 25 lowing explanation to be presented to the bishop of London, the next time the upper house met. '* May it please your lordships ; Whereas the paper laid before your lordships on Friday last was, through haste and want of time., not drawn up with sufficient exactness, some things therein being not so fully expressed as they might have been, and 30 others expressed in such a manner as may be liable to be misunder- stood, as not explaining with sufficient clearness and distinctness my whole thoughts to your lordships upon the subject therein contained : and whereas if my present meaning in any part of it should now be misunderstood, I may hereafter be thought not to have fully and sin- 35 cerely opened myself to your lordships ; I do humbly and with all sub- mission beg leave to take this immediate opportunity of representing to your lordships that I think myself indispensably obliged in conscience 3E 2 788 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [XXXVIII- mischief, and remove from ourselves the reproach, which our silence in so important an occasion might justly bring upon us. Extracts of the heretical expressions of Dr. Clarke's booh made by the lower house of convocation. [June 23.] 5 May it please your grace and your lordships. The lower house, in pursuance of what your lordships were pleased to recommend to them in your paper of the twelfth instant, have extracted some passages out of Dr. Clarke's Scripture doctrine of the Trinity, and the de- 1° fences thereof, and have disposed the extract they have made under the following heads, with a distinct regard to the several matters of complaint contained in their late representation. Assertions contrary to the catholic faith, as received 15 and declared by this reformed church of England con- cerning three persons of one substance, power, and eter- nity in the unity of the Godhead. to lay before your lordships the following explanations of the aforesaid paper : viz. 20 " That whereas I declared in that paper my opinion to be ' That the Son was eternally begotten by the eternal incomprehensible power and will of the Father ; and that the Holy Spirit,' &c. ; I did not mean thereby to retract any thing I had written, but to declare that the opinion set forth at large in the book entitled The Scripture Doctrine 25 of the Trinity, and in the Defences of it, is, that the Son was eternally begotten, by the eternal incomprehensible power and will &c. Which words [the eternal incomprehensible power and will of the Father] I desire may be so understood as to signify, that God the Father alone is, and is to be honoured as being, avalnos and iravalnos, the original of 30 all, himself without original. " And whereas I declared I did not ' intend to write any more con- cerning the doctrine of the Trinity : but if I should fail herein, and write any thing hereafter' &c. I desire it may be so understood, as not to preclude myself in point of conscience from a liberty of making any 35 inoffensive corrections in my former books, if they shall come to an- other edition ; or from vindicating myself from any misrepresentations 17 '4-1 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. Scripture doctrine of the Trinity pag. 465. 1. 2. If it (id est, the word ofwouo-ios, which we translate ' of one sub- stance with the Father') be understood to signify one individual substance, this will be properly one subsistence or one person only. 5 Letter to Dr. Wells p. 47. lin. 10. Now this I say (viz. that in the Godhead there are three persons of the same divine individual essence) is an express contradiction in the very terms. Answer to the author of ' Some considerations,' etc. io p. 224. 1. 12. If the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit be conceived to be all but one individual being, it fol- io weth of necessity, that the Son and Holy Spirit have no being at all. Ibid. p. 289- 1. 8. That two persons should be one being, 15 is, I think, a manifest contradiction. Ibid. p. 297. 1. 4. This (viz. that the Father and Son are both but one and the same individual being) I think, is an express contradiction. or aspersions, which may possibly hereafter be cast upon me on the 20 occasion of this controversy ; but only to signify that I have no present intention of writing any new book ; and that if hereafter I shall at any time write any thing which your lordships shall judge worthy of cen- sure, I shall readily submit to such censure." The resolution adopted by the upper house on the 5th of July shews 25 the prudence and discernment of the bishops, although it is not pro- bable that their sentiments respecting the private opinions of Dr. Clarke had undergone much alteration. On the 7th of July the lower house, acting on a different principle, but knowing at the same time that they could not give any legal effect to their measure, "Resolved that it is 30 the opinion of this house, that the paper subscribed by Dr. Clarke, and communicated by the bishops to the lower house on the 5th inst., doth not contain in it any recantation of the heretical assertions, and other offensive passages complained of by this house in their representation, and afterwards produced in their extract out of the books published by 35 that author ; nor doth give such satisfaction for the great scandal occa- sioned by the said books, as ought to put a stop to any further exami- nation and censure thereof." 790 Acts and Proceed inijs in Convocation. [XXXVIII. N. B. That the words ' essence, being, and substance' are used by this author as equivalent terms. Yid. Scrip- ture Doctrine p. 243. 1. 1. et 9- p. 270. §. xn. lin. 2. pag. 272. lin.2. pag. 289- §.xix. lin. 2. p.349- §. xl. lin. 2. p. 350. §. xli. lin. 2. p. 372. §. Li. lin. 3. p. 373. lin. 19-5 Answer to the author of ' Some considerations,' etc. p. 229- lin. 9- Scripture Doctrine p. 429- lin. 10. There are not — three eternal persons. Ibid. lin. 17. There are not — three uncreated persons. IO Ibid. lin. penult. There are not — three almighty per- sons. II. Passages tending to perplex the minds of men in the solemn acts of worship, as directed by our established liturgy. 15 All the passages beforecited have in our opinion this tendency, more particularly those, whereby the author pretends to explain some expressions in the Nicene and Athanasian creeds, which are parts of our divine service. Of the like tendency are his "comments upon divers 20 other expressions in the said creeds, in the doxology, The following observations on the conduct of Dr. Clarke are from the pen of his friend Air. Whiston, observations to be received with some abatement, as coming from a person who had no respect for the au- thority of the church, and practically maintained that opinions might be 25 wisely and rationally formed without regard to the opinions held on the same subject by other and more competent judges. " Thus ended this unhappy affair : unhappy to Dr. Clarke's own conscience ; unhappy to his best friends ; and above all, unhappy as to its consequence in relation to the opinion the unbelievers were hereupon willing to enter- 30 tain of him, as if he had prevaricated all along in his former writings for Christianity. . .Though Dr. Clarke did by degrees recover part of his former character, and by very good evidence did appear in earnest to believe the Christian religion to his death, yet I cannot but say, what I believe I told him, 'That I would not have given the like occasion of 35 offence for all the world.' " Apology for Dr. Clarke. Whiston's Memoirs of Dr. Clarke &c. Tindal's Contin. vol. v. p. 413. a [Scripture doctrine, part iii. ch. 11. p. 415. etc.] • 7H-] Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. 791 litany, collects, and other offices of devotion, in which the church manifestly intends the worship of the Trinity in unity, and ascribes one and the same glory to the three persons without any difference or inequality. But the most offensive passage under this head seems 5 to be in pag. 476. of the said book, where having first connected the proper preface for Trinity Sunday with the words, ' O Lord [holy Father] almighty, everlasting God, ; without taking notice, that the words ' holy Father' are expressly ordered to be omitted on that day ; he after- 10 wards asserts, that the first, obvious, natural, and gram- matical sound of the whole sentence is, that the person of the Father is not one only person, but three persons. Which proceeding of this author is not only a manifest and gross misrepresentation of this particular form of de-15 votion, but tendeth greatly to perplex the minds of men in the use of it, by insinuating, that whilst they are here acknowledging the one God to be not one only person, but three persons in one substance, they are all the while addressing themselves to the person of the Father singly, 20 and absurdly declaring him to be not one only person, but three persons. III. Passages in the liturgy and XXXIX. articles wrested by Dr. Clarke in such manner, as is complained of in the representation. 25 For these we refer to the whole second chapter of part the third of the Scripture doctrine of the Trinity, com- pared with page 24. and 25. of the introduction. In the said second chapter he explains many passages in the liturgy and articles in a sense directly contrary to the 30 known sense of the church ; and in the introduction he desires it may be observed, that he gives his assent to the forms by law appointed in that sense only, wherein he himself hath explained them. The lower house are persuaded, the foregoing extract 35 does fully support their representation. 792 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [XXXVIII. But moreover we beg leave to observe, that the offence given by the books complained of, seems to us to arise not only from such particular parts and passages thereof, as are before cited, but from the general drift and design of the whole ; the said books in our opinion tending to 5 nothing less, than to substitute the author's private con- ceits and arbitrary interpretations of scripture in the room of those catholic doctrines, which the church professes and maintains, as warranted both by holy scripture and antiquity. 10 Dr. Samuel Clarke's Declaration {July 2). 1. My opinion is, that the Son of God was eternally begotten by the eternal incomprehensible power and will of the Father, and that the Holy Spirit was likewise eter- nally derived from the Father by or through the Son, 15 according to the eternal incomprehensible power and will of the Father. 2. Before my book, entitled, ' The Scripture Doctrine,' etc. was published, I did indeed preach two or three sermons upon this subject; but since the book was pub- 20 lished, I have never preached upon this subject; and (because I think it not fair to propose particular opinions, where there is not liberty of answering) I am willing to promise (as indeed I intended) not to preach any more upon this subject. 25 3. I do not intend to write any more concerning the doctrine of the Trinity ; but if I shall fail herein, and write any thing hereafter upon that subject contrary to the doctrine of the church of England, I do hereby will- ingly submit myself to any such censure, as my superiors 3° shall think fit to pass upon me. 4. And whereas it has been confidently reported, that the Athanasian creed, and the third and fourth petitions of the litany have been omitted in my church by my di- rection; I do hereby declare, that the third and fourth 35 17 1 4-] Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. 793 petitions of the litany have never been omitted at all, as far as I know ; and that the Athanasian creed was never omitted at eleven o'clock prayers, but at early prayers only, for brevity sake, at the discretion of the curate, and not by my appointment. 5 5. As to my private conversation, I am not conscious to myself, that I have given any just occasion for those reports, which have been spread concerning me with rela- tion to this controversy. I am sorry, that what I sincerely intended for the io honour and glory of God, and so to explain this great mystery, as to avoid the heresies in both extremes, should have given any offence to this synod, and particularly to my lords the bishops. I hope my behaviour for the time to come with relation thereunto will be such, as to pre- 15 vent any further complaints against me. Samuel Clarke. The resolution of the upper house, July 5, 1714. We having received a paper subscribed by Dr. Clarke, containing a declaration of his opinion concerning the 20 eternity of the Son and Holy Spirit, together with an ac- count of his conduct for the time past, and intentions for the time to come, (which paper we have ordered to be entered in the acts of this house, and to be communicated to the lower house,) do think fit to proceed no further 25 upon the extract laid before us by the lower house. 794 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [XXXIX. XXXIX. Archiep. Cant. Anno Christi Reg. Angliae Tiio. Texison 20. 1/I4- Axx.i 13. Draught of canons for regulating matrimonial licenses, in order to the more effectual preventing of clandestine $ marriages. [June 16.] I. "TT^TE do straitly charge and enjoin all persons con- » » cerned to see, that the lxii, lxiii, lxx, xcix, c, ci, en, cm, and civ th canons be duly observed. II. Whereas it is by the cn d canon provided, that the 10 security to be taken at the granting of licenses for matri- mony, shall contain this condition ; that the parties shall celebrate matrimony publicly in the parish church or chapel, where one of them dwelleth, and in no other place ; and whereas the good intent of the said canon 15 hath been frustrated by inserting in such licenses the names of other parish churches or chapels besides those, where the parties to be married dwell ; we do constitute and appoint, that in every faculty or license, which shall be henceforth granted, the name of the parish church or 20 chapel, where one of the parties to be married dwells, or the names of both (if both parties lie within the jurisdic- tion) shall be inserted and no other, and if any ordinary, commissary for faculties, vicar general, or other judge shall offend herein, he shall for every time so offending be 25 suspended from the execution of his office for the space of one whole year : and if any faculty or license shall be obtained for the celebration of matrimony in any church or chapel besides the parish church or chapel, where the parties to be married or one of them dwells, such license 30 Draught of canons'] See above No. XXXVII. 1714-] Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. 795 shall be held void to all effects and purposes, as if there had never been any such license granted ; and the parties marrying by virtue of such license, shall be subject to the punishments, which are appointed for clandestine mar- riages, and the minister, who married them, shall be sus-5 pended for one year. III. No license for matrimony shall be granted to any parties by any ordinary or judge, unless at least one of the said parties be usually inhabiting within the jurisdic- tion, or hath been comniorant therein for the space of 10 one whole month immediately before the said license be desired ; and one of the conditions in the said bond of security given by the parties taking such license, shall be, that the said parties, or one of them have or hath been inhabiting or commorant, as aforesaid. 15 IV. No license for matrimony shall be granted to any persons whatsoever under the age of twenty-one years, unless the parents if they be living, or otherwise the guardians shall personally appear before the judge, of whom the license is desired, and expressly declare their 20 consent, or shall by writing under their hands signify their consent to such marriage ; of the truth of which hand writing the messenger, who brings the same, shall make oath before the judge, who shall forthwith cause an act to be made of the exhibiting thereof, and of the oath made 25 by the messenger, who exhibited it. V. No parson, vicar, or curate, on pain of suspension ' per triennium ipso facto,' shall substitute or employ knowingly, or wilfully permit and suffer any other minis- ter to marry any persons in any church or chapel, to such 30 parson, vicar, or curate belonging, without due publication of banns first made, or license lawfully obtained for the marrying of the parties in the church or chapel of such parson, vicar, or curate. VI. After banns duly published, or a license or faculty 35 first made and obtained, matrimony may be celebrated on 796 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [XL. all clays in the year, except on Ashwednesday, and in Passion week, and on the yearly fast appointed for the murder of king Charles the martyr, and on all other solemn days of fasting, for which a particnlar service shall be enjoined by public authority; but no minister shall 5 presume to celebrate matrimony either by banns or license between any persons on the days before excepted. VII. In all future entries of marriages in the register book the minister of every church and chapel within this province shall distinguish those, who are married byi° license, adding the name of the judge, from whom such license was obtained, together with the date thereof, and the names of the parishes, wherein both parties did live at the time of the granting the said license ; and a true copy of the registry of marriages so distinguished, shall be 15 transmitted unto the bishop of the diocese or his chan- cellor, in like manner as the copy of the registry of mar- riages is already by the Lxx th canon required to be trans- mitted. XL. Archie]). Cant. Anno Christi Reg- Anglise Tho. Tenison 20. 1 7 14. Ann.e 13. A form for admitting converts from the church of Rome, and such as shall renounce their errors. [June 18.] THE bishop, or some priest appointed by him for that 2 5 purpose, being at the communion table, and the person to be reconciled standing without the rails, the bishop, or such priest as is appointed, shall speak to the congregation as followeth : A form for admitting'] See above No. XXXVII. 3° 1 7 14.3 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. 797 Dearly beloved. We are here met together for the reconciling of a peni- tent (lately of the church of Rome, or lately of the sepa- ration) to the established church of England, as to a true and sound part of Christ's holy catholic church. Now 5 that this weighty affair may have its due effect, let us in the first place humbly and devoutly pray to almighty God for his blessing upon us in that pious and charitable office we are going about. Prevent us, O Lord, in all our doings with thy most 10 gracious favour, and further us with thy continual help, that in this, and all other our works begun, continued, and ended in thee, we may glorify thy holy name, and finally by thy mercy obtain everlasting life, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 15 Almighty God, who shewest to them, that be in error, the light of thy truth, to the intent that they may return into the way of righteousness ; grant unto all them, that are or shall be admitted into the fellowship of Christ's religion, that they may eschew those things, that are con- 20 trary to their profession, and follow all such things, as are agreeable to the same, through our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. Psalm cxix. v. 161. Let my complaint come before thee, O Lord, give me 25 understanding according to thy word. Let my supplication come before thee, deliver me ac- cording to thy word. My lips shall speak of thy praise, when thou hast, taught me thy statutes. 30 Yea my tongue shall sing of thy word, for all thy com- mandments are righteous. Let thine hand help me, for I have chosen thy com- mandments. 798 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [XL. I have longed for thy saving health, O Lord, and in thy law is my delight. 0 let my soul live, and it shall praise thee, and thy judgments shall help me. 1 have gone astray, like a sheep that is lost; O seeks thy servant, for I do not forget thy commandments. Glory be to the Father, etc. As it was in the beginning, etc. The lesson. Luke xv. to v. 8. Then drew near unto him the publicans and sinners fono to hear him. And the Pharisees and Scribes murmured, saying : This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them. And he spake this parable unto them, saying: "What man of you having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and 1,5 go after that, which is lost, until he find it ? and when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders rejoicing ; and when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and his neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep, which was lost. I say unto you, 20 that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner, that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance. The hymn to be used, when the penitent comes from the church of Rome. 2 S Psalm cxv. to v. 10. Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto thy name give the praise, for thy loving mercy and for thy truth's sake. Wherefore shall the heathen say : Where is now their 30 God? As for our God he is in heaven, he hath done whatso- ever pleased him. Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. 799 Their idols are silver and gold, even the work of men's hands. They have months, and speak not ; eyes have they, and see not : they have ears, and hear not ; noses have they, and smell not : they have hands, and handle not ; 5 feet have they, and walk not, neither speak they through their throat. They that make them, are like unto them, and so are all such, as put their trust in them. But thou, house of Israel, trust thou in the Lord ; he 10 is their succour and defence. Glory be to the Father, etc. As it was in the beginning, etc. If the penitent comes from the separation, then this is to be used. 15 Psalm cxxii. I was glad, when they said unto me : We will go into the house of the Lord. Our feet shall stand in thy gates, O Jerusalem. Jerusalem is built as a city, that is at unity in itself. 20 For thither the tribes go up, even the tribes of the Lord, to testify unto Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the Lord. For there is the seat of judgment, even the seat of the house of David. 25 O pray for the peace of Jerusalem, they shall prosper that love thee. Peace be within thy walls, and plenteousness within thy palaces. For my brethren and companions' sake I wish thee 30 prosperity. Yea because of the house of the Lord our God I will seek to do thee good. Glory be to the Father, etc. As it was in the beginning, etc. 35 800 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [XL. Then the bishop sitting in a chair, or the priest stand- ing shall speak to the penitent, who is to be kneeling, as follows : Dear brother, or sister. I have good hope, that you have well weighed and 5 considered with yourself the great work, you are come about, before this time; but in as much as with the heart man believeth unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation ; that you may give the more honour to God, and that this present congregation ro of Christ here assembled may also understand your mind and will in these things, and that this your declaration may the more confirm you in your good resolutions, you shall answer plainly to these questions, which we in the name of God and of his church shall propose to you 15 touching the same : Art thou thoroughly persuaded, that those books of the Old and New Testament, which are received as ca- nonical scriptures by this church, contain sufficiently all doctrine requisite and necessary to eternal salvation 20 through faith in Jesus Christ? Answer. I am so persuaded. Dost thou believe in God the Father almighty, maker of heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ, his only begot- ten Son our Lord, and that he was conceived of the 25 Holy Ghost, born of the virgin Mary, that he suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried, that he went down into hell, and also did rise again the third day, that he ascended into heaven, and sitteth at the right hand of God the Father almighty, and from 30 thence shall come again at the end of the world to judge the quick and the dead ? And dost thou believe in the Holy Ghost, the holy catholic church, the communion of saints, the remission 1714O Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. 801 of sins, the resurrection of the flesh, and everlasting life after death ? Answer. All this I stedfastly believe. Art thou truly sorrowful, that thou hast not followed the way prescribed in these scriptures for the directing 5 of the faith and practice of a true disciple of Christ Jesus ? Answer. I am heartily sorry, and I hope for mercy through Jesus Christ. Dost thou embrace the truth of the gospel in the 1° love of it, and stedfastly resolve to live godly, right- eously, and soberly in this present world all the days of thy life ? Answer. I do embrace it, and do so resolve, God being my helper. I 5 Dost thou earnestly desire to be received into the communion of this church, as into a true and sound part of Christ's holy catholic church ? Answer. This I earnestly desire. If the penitent come from the church of Rome, this 20 question is to follow. Dost thou renounce all the errors and superstitions of the present Romish church, so far as they are come to thy knowledge ? Answer. I do from my heart renounce them all. 25 If the penitent from the church of Rome be in holy orders, let these further questions be asked. Dost thou in particular renounce the twelve last ar- ticles added in the confession, commonly called ' The , Creed of pope Pius IV.' after having read them, and 3° duly considered them ? Answer. I do upon mature deliberation reject them all, as grounded upon no warrant of scripture, but rather repugnant to the word of God. Dost thou acknowledge the supremacy of the kings 35 3 F 802 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [XL. and queens of this realm, as by law established, and de- clared in the thirty-seventh article of religion? Answer. I do sincerely acknowledge it. Wilt thou then give thy faithful diligence always so to minister the doctrine and sacraments, and the disciplines of Christ, as the Lord hath commanded, and as this church and realm hath received the same, according to the commandments of God, so that thou mayst teach the people with all diligence to keep and observe the same ? 1 Answer. I will do so by the help of the Lord. Wilt thou conform thyself to the liturgy of the church of England, as by law established ? Answer. I will. If the penitent comes from the separation, these ques- 1 tions are to be asked. Dost thou allow and approve of the orders of bishops, priests, and deacons, [ a as what have been in the church of Christ from the time of the apostles,] and wilt thou, as much as in thee lieth, promote all due regard to the 2 same good order and government of the church of Christ ? Answer. I do approve it, and will endeavour, that it may be so regarded, as much as in me lieth. Wilt thou conform thyself to the liturgy of the church 2 of England, as by law established, and be diligent in at- tending the prayers and other offices of the church ? Answer. I will do so by the help of God. If the penitent be one, who has relapsed, the following question is to be asked. 3° Art thou heartily sorry, that when thou wast in the way of truth, thou didst so little watch over thy own heart, as to suffer thyself to be led away with the shows a That within the crotchets is to be used only when the penitent hath been a teacher in some separate congregation. 35 1714-] Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. 803 of vain doctrine ? and dost thou stedfastly purpose to be more careful for the future, and to persevere in that holy profession, which thou hast now made ? Answer. I am truly grieved for my former unstedfast- ness, and am fully determined by God's grace to walks more circumspectly for the time to come, and to continue in this my profession to my life's end. Then the bishop or priest standing up shall say : Almighty God, who hath given you a sense of your errors, and a will to do all these things, grant also unto 10 you strength and power to perform the same, that he may accomplish his work, which he hath begun in you, through Jesus Christ. Amen. The absolution. Almighty God, our heavenly Father, who of his great 15 mercy hath promised forgiveness of sins to all them, that with hearty repentance and true faith turn unto him, have mercy upon you, pardon and deliver you from all your sins, confirm and strengthen you in all goodness, and bring you to everlasting life, through Jesus Christ 20 our Lord. Amen. Then the bishop or priest taking the penitent by the right hand shall say unto him : I N. bishop of or I A. B. do upon this thy so- lemn profession and earnest request receive thee into the 25 holy communion of the church of England, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. People : Amen. Then the bishop or priest shall say the Lord's prayer, with that which follows, all kneeling. 30 Let us pray. Our Father, which art in heaven, etc. O God of truth and love, we bless and magnify thy holy name for thy great mercy and goodness in bringing this thy servant into the communion of this church; give 35 3 f a 804 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [XL. him (or her) we beseech thee, stability and perseverance in that faith, of which he (or she) hath in the presence of God, and of this congregation, witnessed a good confes- sion. Suffer him (or her) not to be moved from it by any temptations of Satan, enticements of the world, the scoffs 5 of irreligious men, or the revilings of those, who are still in error ; but guard him (or her) by thy grace against all these snares, and make him (or her) instrumental in turning others from the errors of their ways, to the saving of their souls from death, and the covering a mul- 10 titude of sins. And in thy good time, O Lord, bring, we pray thee, into the way of truth all such, as have erred and are deceived ; and so fetch them home, blessed Lord, to thy flock, that there may be one fold under one shep- herd, the Lord Jesus Christ ; to whom with the Father 15 and the Holy Spirit be all honour and glory world with- out end. Amen. Then the bishop or priest standing up (if there be no communion at that time) shall turn himself to the person newly admitted, and say : 20 Dear brother, or sister. Seeing that you have by the goodness of God pro- ceeded thus far, I must put you in mind, that you take care to go on in that good way, into which you are entered ; and for your establishment and furtherance 25 therein, that, if you have not been confirmed, you endea- vour to be so the next opportunity, and receive the holy sacrament of the Lord's supper. And may God's Holy Spirit ever be with you. Amen. The peace of God, which passe th all understanding, 3° keep your heart and mind by Christ Jesus. Amen. i7 I 4-] Acts and Proceedings i?i Convocation. 805 XLI. Archiep. Cant. Anno Christi Reg. Anglise Tho. Tenison 20. 1714- Ann,« 13. An exhortation to be read in the church, when the person decreed to he excommunicated is present. \July 5.] N. B. When the person decreed to he excommunicated is absent, the passages within the crotchets [] are to be omitted, and instead of them the passages within the parenthesis ( ) to be used. Dearly beloved. CHRIST our Lord a little before he ascended into heaven, left with his apostles a power to remit and retain sins a . During his conversation with them on earth, he had given them a commission at large, and had promised, that b whatsoever they should bind on earth, should be bound in heaven. Which authority after his resurrection he farther explained and confirmed to them ; c breathing on them, and saying, Receive ye the Holy Ghost; whose- soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them, and whosesoever sins ye retain, they are retained. You ob- serve, with what solemnity in words and gestures he committeth these powers to them. The blessed apostles were not wanting to execute this important trust, but, knowing that a little leaven leaven- 2 eth the whole lump, did in the name, and with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ cut off notorious and in- An exhortation] See above, No. XXXVII. a St. John xx. 23. b St. Matth. xviii. 18. c St. John xx. 22, 23. 806 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [XLI. corrigible sinners from the communion of the church, lest such corrupt members should defile the whole body. When any were thus cast out of the church, and be- reaved of the privileges appertaining to the communion of saints, the faithful were admonished d not to keep 5 company with such persons, no not to eat with them, e but to mark them and avoid them, and to f withdraw themselves from them, that they might be ashamed. In the ages, which succeeded that of the apostles, the bishops, who were left in their stead to preside over the 10 household of God, retained and exercised this awful power ; and in the writings, which they have left us, we meet with frequent examples of their putting it in exe- cution. Agreeable to the commandment of our Saviour re- 15 corded by the holy evangelist St. Matthews, the primi- tive church directed her clergy to apply to an obstinate offender, and to tell him his faults in secret, that, if such gentle method could prevail with him, all further severi- ties might be thereby prevented. But if he would not 20 hearken, the minister was to take with him one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word might be established. And if he neglected to hear them, the church was publicly to be told of it. But if he neglected to hear the church, he was to be hence- 2 5 forth looked upon as an heathen man and a publican. You see, with what tenderness, and caution, and love of souls this godly discipline was anciently exercised ; you observe, by what leisurely steps, after how gentle a man- ner, and with what affectionate endeavour to prevent ex- 3° tremities the governours of the church proceeded in the application of their ghostly powers. d 1 Cor. v. 11. e Rom. xvi. 17. f 2 Thess. iii. 6, 14. S See chap, xviii. 15, 16, 17. and compare with Apostol. Constitut. L. ii. c. 37, 38, 39. , 35 1714O Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. 807 b They knew the terror of the Lord, and therefore la- boured incessantly in persuading their people to guard against it. They looked upon a sentence duly passed upon earth, 'as a certain anticipation of that, •which would be passed in heaven, if not prevented in time by a 5 penitential submission. They acknowledged none to be Christians, who were thus cast out of the church ( k the fold of Christ) in which the sheep of his pasture were required to hear and obey the voice of the shepherd. And therefore so long as 10 there were any hopes of retaining her people within the pale of her communion, without dishonouring their pro- fession by the scandal of their sin, or infecting Christ's flock with the contagion of it, they never proceeded to the final remedy of an utter excision. 15 But when no endeavours would bend the obstinate, nor melt the obdurate sinner, the dreadful sentence of excommunication was at last with great reluctance, and with an awful solemnity denounced against him 1 , and he was cut off entirely from the church, as a person, whose 20 case was judged to be desperate and incurable. [Your case, my beloved, is near approaching to this sad extremity ; you are now upon the very borders of this dreadful sentence, and the sword of excommunica- tion is drawn and impending over you. 25 Consider, I beseech you, before it be too late, what inestimable privileges depend upon a 111 communion with saints ; of what importance it is to have fellowship with them, through whom alone you can have fellowship with God and with the Lamb. Consider how "fearful a thing 30 it is to fall from those glorious hopes, to which your bap- h 2 Cor. v. 11. ' Summum futuri judicii pra 'judicium. Tertull. aclvers. Gent. cap. xxxix. k Called in the Constitutions L. ii. c. 28. Tj vofifj, TToifivLov, and by St. Clement in his first epist. to Corinth. 1 See Constitut. L. ii. c. 17 et 41. 1,1 1 St. John i. 13. n Heb. 35 x. 31. 808 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [XLI. tismal covenant entitles you ; what advantages and ho- nour are annexed to the character of a member of Christ, a child of God, and an inheritor of the kingdom of heaven. You are no longer such, than whilst you retain your 5 title to the benefits of that sacred engagement, which are no where to be reaped, but in the household of faith, and no way to be recovered, but by 0 returning from whence you are fallen, and by submitting to the wholesome dis- cipline of a severe repentance.] IO (The case of our neighbour, and, as yet, brother in the Lord, A. B. is near approaching to this sad extremity; he is now upon the very borders of this dreadful sen- tence, and the sword of excommunication is drawn and impending over him. 15 We hope, that he will through God's grace consider, before it be too late, what inestimable privileges depend upon a communion with saints ; of what importance it is to have fellowship with them, through whom alone we can have fellowship with God "and with the Lamb : that 20 he will ponder in his heart, how fearful a thing it is to fall from those glorious hopes, to which our baptismal covenant doth entitle us ; what honours and advantages are annexed to the character of a member of Christ, a child of God, and an inheritor of the kingdom of heaven. 25 No one is any longer such, than whilst he retains his title to the benefits of that sacred engagement, which are no where to be reaped, but in the household of faith, and no way to be recovered by a notorious sinner, but by his returning from whence he is fallen, and by submitting to 30 the wholesome discipline of a severe repentance.) PThe holy fathers of the church inform us, what sub- missions were required from such a penitent to procure his pardon ; how he must water his couch with tears, 0 Rev. ii. 5. P Orig. in Levit. C. iii. Horn. 2. 35 17H-] Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. 809 how he must mortify his most craving affections, and prostrate himself after the humblest manner before the public congregation in each assembly of the faithful for the worship of God. Hear how Tertullian describes the severities of that 5 discipline, which obtained in the earlier ages of the church. lit extends, saith he, its directions even to the garb and diet of a penitent, obliges him to neglect all care of dress and ornament, to lie in sackcloth and ashes, to 10 afflict his soul with sorrowful reflections, and to cancel each instance of his guilt by bending all his endeavours to a quite contrary practice ; as for eating and drinking, to use none for pleasure, but merely for sustenance. To pray without ceasing, to be frequent in fasting, to lament, 15 and bewail, and to cry mightily unto the Lord his God both day and night ; to throw himself at the feet of God's ministers, and to embrace the knees of his faithful servants, thus earnestly soliciting the prayers of the whole church to prevent a final expulsion from it. 20 Ambrose (a bishop who lived in the fourth century) hath told us likewise of his own knowledge, what were the austerities, which penitents then submitted to in order to their forgiveness. r They quite furrowed their faces with cares and tears, 25 they prostrated themselves in the church, exposing their bodies even to be trod on ; the very image of death was stamped upon their faces, which carried long the marks of that severity, wherewith they had been treated, in paleness and leanness, and in a settled habitual sorrow. . 30 They wisely considered the advantage of these humilia- tions, that when they dejected the flesh (as Tertullian speaks) they exalted the spirit ; that when they disho- 1 Tertull. De poenitent. C. ix. x. L. i. cap. 16. r Ambros. De pcenitentia 35 810 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [XLI. noured the one, they advanced the other. And they chose rather to seek absolution in public, than to bear in private the torments of a self accusing, self condemning conscience. They knew there would be s joy in heaven over each 5 sinner that repenteth ; that God willeth not the death of a sinner, but rather that he may repent and live. And with these encouragements they were excited to seek everlasting * salvation by the remission of their sins, through the tender mercies of God. 10 They were sensible, that if they did not obtain it, they were children of wrath, v aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, strangers to the covenant of promise, having no hope, without Christ, and without God in the world. They considered their case as the more deplorable, be- 15 cause they had x once been enlightened, and had tasted of the heavenly gift, and had been made partakers of the Holy Ghost, and had tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come. And therefore they declined no hardships, they rejected no conditions, which 20 might restore them to that comfortable state, from whence they were fallen. [These conditions are far less grievous, these hardships far less afflictive, than they se- verally were in the ancient church ; so that you may avoid the censure, with which you are threatened, 23 upon terms far easier and milder, than what would have been exacted of you under the primitive ad- ministration. It is yet in your power to prevent, what afterward it will be more difficult to remedy. Be not partial to your- 3° selves y, that you have no sin; do not extenuate to your own heart ("which is deceitful above all things) the hor- s St. Luke xv. 17. Ezek. xxxiii. 1 r. 1 St. Luke i. 77, 78. v Ephes. ii. 12. x Hebr. v. 4, 5. y 1 St. John i. 8. z Jerem. xvii. 9. 3° 1 7 J 4-] Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. 811 rours of your guilt. The less 3 you yourself do palliate and excuse it, the more indulgence it will find, and the more easy it will be to obtain your pardon from the judge and father of all flesh. b If you confess your sin, he is faithful and just to forgive you your sins, and to 5 cleanse you from all unrighteousness. Do not therefore (with the haughty Pharisee) boast of your righteousness before God, c in whose sight no man living shall be justified ; but rather smite upon your breast and say (with the humble publican), d God be mer-io ciful to me a sinner ! Pray to God, that he would e take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and give you an heart of flesh. Make your humble confession to him, and say (with the returning prodigal), f Father, I have sinned against heaven and before thee, and am no more 15 worthy to be called thy son. Prostrate yourself before the throne of grace, and there entreat &the Lamb of God, who taketh away the sins of the world, that he would have mercy upon you, and take away yours also, that he would grant you (in order to it) the h godly sor-20 row, which worketh repentance, not to be repented of. Cry unto God in the mournful language of the penitent David, saying, 'Have mercy upon me, O Lord, after thy great goodness ; according to the multitude of thy mer- cies do away my offences. Wash me throughly from my 25 wickedness, and cleanse me from my sin ; for I acknow- ledge my faults, and my sin is ever before me. Turn thy face from my sins, and put out all my misdeeds. Make me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from thy presence ; and take not 3° thy Holy Spirit from me. O give me the comfort of thy a In quantum poenaj vestrae non pepercistis, in tantum Deus vobis parcet. Pacian. in Para?nes. ad pcenitent. b 1 Joh. i. 9. c Psalm cxliii. 2. d St. Luke xviii. 11,13. e Ezek. xxxvi. 26. f St. Luke xv. 18, 19. s St. John i. 29.35 h 2 Cor. vii. 10. ' Psalm li. 1, 2, 3, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13. 812 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [XLI. help again, and establish me with thy free Spirit ; then shall I teach thy way to the wicked, and sinners shall be converted unto thee. Above all things beware of adding to the iniquity of thy sin an obstinate opposition to those, k who are overs you in the Lord and admonish you ; ! but submit yourself to them, for they watch for your soul, as they that must give an account. If, as m men of like passions with you, they are in any thing mistaken ; yet is not their judgment or their sen- 10 tence to be presently set at nought. Authority may not be despised, because the persons are fallible, who are in- vested with it. n The powers that be, are ordained of God ; and tho' the execution of them should be grievous unto you, yet you must receive it with submission, lest 15 you be found afterwards to deserve it by your obstinacy. I also, as one, who °watch for your soul, and must give an account of it, intreat you, that I may do it with joy and not with grief ; and therefore in the meekness of the gospel, and in the bowels of Christ I p beseech you to be 20 reconciled to God, which you can never be, whilst you stand at defiance with his church, and condemn his most solemn ordinances. Remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said to his seventy disciples, and in them to all the ministers of his church 1 : He that hearetb you, 25 heareth me, and he that despiseth you, despiseth me, and he that despiseth me, despiseth him that sent me. Observe how nearly and affectionately the great r shep- herd and bishop of our souls is interested in the honour of those, to whom (under himself) he hath committed 3° the care of them. O let no spirit of pride or perverseness move you to k 1 Thess. v. 12. ■ Rom. xiii. i . q St. Luke x. 16. 1 Heb. xiii. 1 7. 0 Heb. xiii. 17. r i Pet. ii. 25. m Acts xiv. 15. P 2 Cor. v. 20. 35 1 7 14.] Acts and Proceedings i?i Convocation. 813 vilify their office, nor to disobey their authority, who by his gracious appointment have the rule over you, lest contending with them be construed as 8 fighting against God ; lest the * sword of the Lord avenge the quarrel of his ambassadours, and you v perish at the last in the gain- 5 saying of Korah and his company. These things, well beloved, I am commanded to teach and exhort you. Think not, that X I am become your enemy, because I tell you the truth ; think rather, that I tell you in prevention of a further danger, which is now 10 very near approaching you, and which it must be my pro- vince, and my grief to denounce against you. Dreadful and solemn is the charge, which is given to the ministers of Christy before God and the Lord Jesus, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing in his 15 kingdom, to preach the word, to be instant in season and out of season, to reprove, rebuke, and exhort with all long-suffering and doctrine. Z I have travailed in birth again for you, until Christ be formed in you afresh. a My bowels are enlarged to- 20 ward you, b my heart's desire and prayer to God for you is, that you may be saved. c If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fel- lowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies, fulfil you my joy. Stray no further from the fold of Christ, 25 lest the wolf devour you, and tear you in pieces, whilst there is none to help. d But whether you will hear, or whether you will for- bear, I must deliver my own soul : if you die in your sin, because I have not given you warning, your blood will 30 be required at my hands. s Acts xxiii. 9. t Judg. vii. 1 8. v Jude 1 1 . Numb. xvi. x Galat. iv. 16. y 2 Tim. iv. 1,2. z Galat. iv. 9. »2 Cor. vi. 1 1, 12. b Rom. x. 1. c Phil. ii. 1,2. d Ezek. ii. 5. iii. 1 1 , 18 — 2 1 . 35 814 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [XLI. e Life and death are now before you, and it is yet in your choice, which shall be your portion. f In Christ's stead I pray and beseech you not to shut against yourself the door of mercy, not to exclude yourself voluntarily from the means of grace, ¬ to put yourself under the 5 power of Satan by a chosen separation from the ministers of Christ, who serve at his altar, and are appointed to make intercession with God for you. Behold the arms of the church are as yet open to em- brace you, she persuades, invites, and intreats you to be 10 at peace with her; do not despise such a gracious call; do not force her to use her power, whilst with so much indulgence and lenity she warns you to avoid it ; do not persist in slighting her clemency, lest it turn at length to vengeance, and drive upon you the judgments of God in 15 this world, and in the world to come an everlasting sepa- ration from his blissful presence. He of his infinite mercy grant, that you may apply this warning to the benefit of your precious soul, that you may have a lively sense of your present danger, and may 20 bring forth the fruits, which are meet for repentance. To him be glory and dominion now and ever.] (Our offending brother may avoid the censure, with which he is threatened, upon terms far easier and milder, than would have been exacted from him under the pri- 25 mitive administration. It is yet in his power to prevent, what afterwards it will be more difficult to remedy. If he confesseth his sin, God is faithful and just to forgive him his sins, and to cleanse him from all unrighteousness. 30 The apostle St. Paul hath taught us. that if any man be overtaken with a fault, we ought to restore such a one in the spirit of meekness; considering ourselves, lest we e Deut. xxx. 19. f 2 Cor. v. 20. f? 'O \ddpa cttictkoitov t\ irpdcr, to> Sta/SdXo) Xarpeiei, etc. Ignat. ad Smyrn. Epist. 35 17 1 40 -Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. 815 also be tempted. He exhorteth all Christians to bear one another's burdens, and so to fulfil the law of Christ, If therefore there be any consolation in Christ, any comfort of love, if any fellowship in the Spirit, if any 5 bowels of mercies, we cannot but be touched with a tender and hearty compassion for the wretched deplorable state of this notorious and obstinate offender. We ought in our several stations, as opportunity shall offer, to use all methods possible of reclaiming him from sin, and 10 rescuing him from the danger of perishing in his guilt, as knowing, that he, who converteth a sinner from the error of his way, shall save a soul from death, and hide a mul- titude of sins. We ought both in public and in private humbly and earnestly to beseech almighty God, that he 15 would create in this miserable sinner a new and contrite heart, that lamenting his sins, and acknowledging his wretchedness, he may obtain of the God of all mercy perfect remission and forgiveness through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.) 20 When this homily is used, the sermon for that day may be omitted. 816 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [XLII. XLII. Archiep. Cant. Anno Christi Reg- Anglias Tho. Tegison 21. '/'5- Georg. I. 1. Convocatio prcelatoram et cleri prov. Cant. BREVE regium dat. Januar. 27. proelatos et clerumS prov. Cantuar. ad vicesimum primum diem mensis Martii proxime sequentis convocabat. Convocatio prwtatorum] The parliament, which this convocation ac- companied, met on the 17th of March, 1715, and continued its sittings to the 2 1 st of Septemher ; from that time there was a succession of 10 adjournments, till the 9th of January, 1716, when they again met for the dispatch of business. On the 7th of April the convocation presented a joint address to his majesty, and received the following answer : " I thank you for your very dutiful and loyal address, and as I have great confidence that you 15 will, according to the principles of our holy religion, study to promote peace and make my government easv, so you may be assured that I will always support and defend the church of England as by law esta- blished, and make it my particular care to encourage the clergy." The bishops undertook to prepare the third, fourth, fifth, and eighth 20 heads of business recommended by the crown, and referred the others to the lower house. This " letter about business" was preceded bv the king's warrant, and another warrant was issued on the 28th of April, 1716, after the appointment of archbishop Wake, empowering the convocation to pro- 25 pose, confer, &c. respecting canons. Some progress was accordingly made by each house in its separate undertakings ; but it does not ap- pear that any one of them was brought to maturity before the inter- vention of bishop Hoadlv's case, which put an end to that and all other svnodical business. 30 One other case may be noticed, as contained in the following address from the lower clergy to the house of bishops (August 3, 1 7 1 5 .) " The lower house of convocation having fully examined and considered a J 7 15.J Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. 817 The king's letter to the convocation about business for them. George R. Most reverend father in God, our right trusty and right entirely beloved counsellor, we greet you well. Whereas by our royal license to the present convocation of the province of Canterbury we have, among other things, empowered and authorized them to confer, treat, debate, consider, consult, and agree of and upon such points, matters, causes, and things, as we from time to time should deliver, or cause to be delivered to you in writing under our sign manual or privy signet, to be de- bated, considered, consulted, and agreed upon ; we do book entitled ' The difficulties and discouragements which attend the study of the scriptures in the way of private judgment, in order to shew that since such a study of the scriptures is men's indispensable duty, it concerns all Christian societies to remove as much as possible those discouragements; in a letter to a young clergyman by a presbyter of the church of England. The fifth edition, printed for John Baker, at the Black boy in Paternoster Row. 1714,' do find and are of opinion that the said book treats of things sacred in a ludicrous and profane manner; casts injurious reflections on the fathers and councils of the ancient church ; insinuates that the doctrines and articles of the esta- blished church are not grounded on scripture, but are rather inconsistent therewith ; represents the body of the clergy as neglecting, and the governors of the church as discouraging the study of the scriptures ; exposes the discipline of the church under the notion of persecution, and invidiously reflects on the laws provided for its security. The lower house observing with concern that this book hath been pub- lished with great industry in no less than six editions in one year, and that under the name of a presbyter of the church of England, do' humbly lay this matter before your lordships, hoping that a speedv stop may be put by your lordships' great wisdom to the spreading mis- chief which our established church and religion is like to suffer from this and such other licentious writings." To this address the bishops answered, that they would take the matter into consideration, when thev were a fuller house. But nothing further appears to have been done. (Wake MSS. Misc. 43. p. 403.) 3 G 818 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [XLII. accordingly hereby transmit unto you the heads of such matters, as we think proper for the consideration of the said convocation, which are as follow : The regulating proceedings in excommunication, and commutation of penances. 5 The making provision for preserving and transmitting more exact terriers, and accounts of glebes, tithes, and other possessions and profits belonging to benefices. The regulating licenses for matrimony according to the canon, in order to the more effectual prevention of clan- io destine marriages. The preparing a form for consecrating churches and chapels. The better settling the qualifications, titles, and testi- monials of persons, who offer themselves for holy orders. 15 The making the seventy-fifth canon, relating to the sober conversation required in ministers, more effectual. The making the forty-seventh canon, which provides for curates, where ministers are lawfully absent from their benefices, more effectual ; as likewise the forty- 20 eighth canon, touching the licensing such curates. Rules for the better instructing and preparing young persons for confirmation, required by the sixty-first canon, and for the more orderly performing of that office. All which points, matters, and things we do hereby 25 direct to be debated, considered and treated by the said convocation, pursuant to our license aforesaid, that when they shall be agreed, they may be laid before us for our royal consideration. And so we bid you very heartily farewell. Given at our court at St. James's the 5th day 3° of May, m.dcc.xv. in the first year of our reign. By his majesty's command. TOWNSHEND. *7'5-] Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. 819 To the most reverend father in God, our right trusty and right entirely beloved counsellor Thomas, lord archbishop of Canterbury, primate of all England and metropolitan, and president of the convocation of the province of Canterbury. A form of consecrating churches, chapels, and churchyards, or places of burial. [July 1.] When the bishop and the clergy, of which there shall be two at least, have entered the church or chapel in their several habits, let them, as they walk up from the 10 west to the east end, repeat alternately the 24th psalm, the bishop beginning, " The earth is the Lord's," etc. with " Gloria Patri." When they are come to the Lord's table, the bishop sitting in his chair shall have the instrument of dedica- »5 tion, donation, and endowment of the church or chapel, churchyard or burial place presented to him by the founder, or some proper person, which he shall cause to be read by his register, or other officer deputed for that A form of consecrating'] A longer form had previously been adopted 20 by both houses of convocation, and approved by queen Anne in the year 171 2. A letter of archbishop Tenison's, bearing date June 21, 1 71 2, appears on the records : " I received by Mr. Tyllot the form of consecrating churches, chapels, and churchyards, or places of burial, and I have subscribed it. I have left a space betwixt the end of that 25 form and my name, that if it should be judged expedient these words might be inserted, This form of consecrating, &c. hath passed both houses of convocation, and so is approved. Archbishop Bancroft used such words, but I entirely submit the matter to the judgment of your lordships ; and perhaps the subscription may do without them, for 1 30 remember not the like used elsewhere. God give us a right judgment in all things." (Wake MSS. Misc. 42. p. 297.) It is clear, however, that that form was not finally confirmed, as one 3 6 2 820 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [XLII. purpose; and after that the bishop shall lay such instru- ment or instruments upon the table, and standing on the north side thereof shall turn to the congregation and say : Dearly beloved in the Lord. Forasmuch as devout and holy men as well under the law, as under the gospel, 5 moved either by the secret inspiration of the blessed Spirit, or by express command of God, or by their own reason and sense of the natural decency of things, have erected houses for the public worship of God, and sepa- rated them from all profane and common uses, in order i° to fill men's minds with greater reverence for his glorious majesty, and affect their hearts with more devotion and humility in his service, which pious works have been ap- proved and graciously accepted by our heavenly Father ; let us not doubt, but he will also favourably approve this 15 our godly pui'pose of setting apart this place in solemn manner to the performance of the several offices of our religious worship, and let us faithfully and devoutly beg his blessing on this our undertaking and say : The bishop kneeling shall say the prayer following : 20 O eternal God, mighty in power, of majesty incompre- hensible, whom the heaven of heavens cannot contain, much less the walls of temples made with hands, and who yet hast been graciously pleased to promise thy of the heads of business given by George I. in 1 7 1 5 was " the pre- 25 paring a form for consecrating churches and chapels." The form here printed is taken from the records of the upper house, as approved by the bishops. (Wake MSS. Misc. 43.) Many amendments were pro- posed by the lower house, but the full consideration of them was pre- vented first by the death of archbishop Tenison, and afterwards by the 30 Hoadly business, and the form that is commonly used has never ob- tained synodical authority. The same task had been undertaken by the convocation of 1661, a form of consecration having been prepared by bishop Cosin, and en- trusted to a committee of bishops for further examination ; but it was 35 not finally adopted at that time. (See above, No. XXXI. Sess. 71 and ic6.) i7 '5- J Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. 821 especial presence in whatever place even two or three of thy faithful servants shall assemble in thy name to offer np their supplications and their praises to thee ; vouch- safe, O Lord, to be now present with us, who are ga- thered here together to consecrate this place with alls humility and readiness of heart to the honour of thy great name, separating it henceforth from all unhallowed, ordinary, and common uses, and dedicating it entirely to thy service, for reading therein thy most holy word, for celebrating thy holy sacraments, for offering to thy glo- io rious majesty the sacrifices of prayer and thanksgivings, for blessing thy people in thy name, and performing of all other ordinances. Accept, O Lord, this service at our hands, and bless it with such success, as may tend most to thy glory, and the furtherance of our happiness, thro' 15 Jesus Christ, our blessed Lord and Saviour. Amen. After this let the bishop stand up, and turning his face toward the congregation, say the following prayers : Regard, O Lord, the supplications of thy servants, and grant, that whosoever shall be dedicated to thee in this 20 house by baptism, may be sanctified with the Holy Ghost, delivered from thy wrath, received into the ark of Christ's church, and ever remain in the number of thy faithful and elect children. Amen. Grant, O Lord, that they, who at this place shall in 25 their own persons undertake to renew the promises and vows made by their sureties for them at their baptism, may receive such a measure of thy Holy Spirit, that they may be enabled faithfully to fulfil the same, and grow in grace to their lives' end. 3° Grant, O Lord, that whosoever shall receive in this place the blessed sacrament of the body and blood of Christ thy Son, may come to that holy ordinance with faith, charity, and true repentance ; and being filled with thy grace and heavenly benediction, may to their great 35 822 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [XLII. and endless comfort obtain remission of their sins, and all other benefits of his passion. Amen. Grant, O Lord, that by thy holy word, which shall be read and preached within this place, the hearers thereof may both perceive and know, what things they ought to 5 do, and may have grace and power to fulfil the same. Amen. Grant, O Lord, that whosoever shall be joined together in this place in the holy estate of matrimony, may faith- fully perform and keep the vow and covenant betwixt 10 them made, and may remain in perfect love together unto their lives' end. Amen. Grant we beseech thee, blessed Lord, that whosoever shall draw near unto thee in this place to give thee thanks for the great benefits they have received at thy 15 hands, to set forth thy most worthy praise, to confess their sins unto thee, humbly to beg thy pardon for what they have done amiss, or to ask such other things as are requisite and necessary as well for the body, as the soul, may do it with that stedfastness of faith, that seriousness, 20 attention, and devout affection of mind, that thou mayst accept their bounden duty and service, and vouchsafe to them whatsoever else in thy infinite wisdom thou shalt see to be most expedient for them. And this we beg for Jesus Christ his sake, our blessed Lord and Saviour. 25 Amen. After this let one of the priests (the appointed curate of the place, if he be present) begin and read the service for the day, except where it is otherwise ordered. Proper psalms, lxxxiv, cxxii, cxxxii. 3° The first lesson. 1 Kings chap. vm. from verse 22. to verse 62. Second lesson. Hebrews x. from verse 19- to verse 26. Then go on with the rest of the service, as upon litany days : after which let the bishop proceed to the commu- 35 J 7 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. 823 nion service, and .after the commandments, and one of the collects for the king", instead of the collect for the day shall be used this following : O most gracious Lord God, we acknowledge, that we are not worthy to offer unto thee any thing belonging to 5 us, yet we beseech thee out of thine infinite goodness graciously to accept the dedication of this place to thy service, and to prosper this our undertaking ; receive the prayers and intercessions of us, and all other thy servants, who either now or hereafter entering into this house, io shall call upon thee, and give both them and us grace to prepare our hearts to serve thee with reverence and godly fear ; affect us with an awful apprehension of thy heavenly majesty, and with a deep sense of our own un- worthiness, that so approaching thy sanctuary with lowli- *5 ness and devotion, and bringing with us clean thoughts, pure hearts, bodies undefiled, and minds sanctified, we may be an acceptable people in thy sight, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Epist. 1 Cor. xi. from verse 17. to 29. 20 Gospel. St. John n. from verse 13. to 17. Then shall follow the Nicene creed and sermon, after which the bishop is to proceed in the service of the com- munion. If the church or chapel was built and endowed by any private person or persons, then the bishop may 25 add the following prayer immediately after the " Gloria in excelsis f Blessed be thy name, O Lord, that it hath pleased thee to put it into the heart of thy servant N. to erect this house for thy honour and worship. Bless, O Lord, 30 him, his family, and substance, and accept this his pious charitable work ; remember him concerning this, wipe not out this kindness that he hath shewed for thy house, and the offices thereof; and grant, that all they, who shall enjoy the benefit of this pious work, may shew 35 forth their thankfulness by making a right use of it to 8^4 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [XLII. the glory of thy blessed name, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Prevent us, O Lord, etc. The peace of God, etc. When the service in the church is finished, let the 5 bishop and clergy with the people go into the church- yard, and standing in some convenient place, let the bishop say the following prayers : O God, who hast taught us in thy holy word, that there is a difference between the spirit of a beast, thatio goeth downward to the earth, and the spirit of a man, which ascendeth up to God, who gave it; and likewise hast taught us, that the bodies of thy saints are com- mitted to the ground in sure and certain hope of the re- surrection to eternal life ; accept, we beseech thee, this 15 charitable work of ours in separating this portion of ground, that they may rest in peace, and be preserved from all indignities ; and give us all grace, that by the frequent instances of mortality we behold, we may learn and seriously consider, how frail and uncertain our con- 20 dition here on earth is, and so number our days, as to apply our hearts unto wisdom ; that in the midst of life thinking upon death, and daily preparing ourselves for the judgment that is to follow, we may have our part in the resurrection with him, who died for our sins, and 25 rose again for our justification, and now liveth and reign- eth with thee and the Holy Ghost one God world with- out end. Amen. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Ghost be with you 30 all evermore. Amen. If there be only a churchyard to be consecrated ad- joining to any church or chapel, let the common service of the day be read in the church or chapel, and at the end thereof let the instrument of donation be read before 35 the bishop in the churchyard, and then let the bishop use the foregoing prayer. 1 7 15-] Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. 825 But if the churchyard or burial place be remote from the church or chapel, it shall suffice to use only the prayer before appointed for that purpose, the instrument of donation being first read. A declaration made in the convocation to make the seventy- 5 fifth canon more effectual. [July 13. m.dcc.xv.] The lower house of convocation, after mature and dili- gent examination and search into the canons and consti- tutions now in force in the church of England relating to the sober conversation of ministers, do humbly represent io to your lordships, and are of opinion, that one means to make the Lxxv th canon more effectual is, to enforce it by a declaration to the effect following : Whereas it hath been the religious care of the church of England to enjoin her clergy a pious, regular, and in- 15 offensive behaviour, and under severe censures to prohibit such practices, as may give occasion of scandal, by the seventy-fifth canon anno m.dciii. to that purpose provided, which canon, with other constitutions now in force, would sufficiently answer the good ends, if duly put in execu-20 tion ; the present synod therefore doth strictly charge all clergymen, that setting before their eyes the glory of God, the holiness of their calling, and the edification of the people committed to them, they carefully avoid all excess and disorder, and that by their Christian and exemplary 25 conversation they shine forth as lights unto others in all godliness and honesty. And we also require all those, to whom the government of the clergy of this church is committed, that they set themselves to countenance and encourage godliness, gravity, sobriety, and all unblame-3 0 able conversation in the ministers of this church ; and that (according to the power, with which they are en- trusted) they diligently labour by the due execution of the abovenamed canon, and all other ecclesiastical provi- sions made for this end, to reform all offensive and scan- 35 826 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [XLII. dalous persons, if any be in the ministry (and many snch we trust will not be found) as they tender the welfare and prosperity of piety and religion, and as they will an- swer to God for those scandals, which through their re- missness and neglect shall arise and grow in this church of 5 Christ. And the lower house do further represent to your lordships, and are of opinion, that another means to make the said Lxxv th canon more effectual is, to restrain the correction of the manners of the clergy to the archbishop, bishops, archdeacons, and such other ecclesiastical judges 10 only, as are in holy orders ; and therefore humbly offer to your lordships' consideration, whether it might not be proper for this synod to make a canon to that purpose. An address of the convocation to the king about the main- tenance of the ministers of the fifty new churches. I 6 [Ju/y 20.] To the king's most excellent majesty. We your majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects, the archbishop, bishops, and clergy of the province of Canter- bury in convocation assembled, do think ourselves obliged 20 An address of the] The royal message to the house of commons was as follows : " His majesty having received an address from the com- missioners appointed for building fifty new churches in and about the cities of London and Westminster, and suburbs thereof, representing how difficult they find it, to proceed in perfecting the establishment of such 25 churches, for want of a due maintenance for the ministers who are to attend the service of the same ; and praying him to recommend it to the care and wisdom of the parliament, to provide such maintenance, that this good work may not be rendered ineffectual for want of such a provision , his majesty does most heartily recommend it to this house, 3° to consider of the best means of settling such a maintenance, as may- bring this pious design to perfection, for the honour of the church of England, and the advancement of our holy religion." In answer to this message the house unanimously adopted the following resolution : " That this house will effectually enable him to pursue and perfect so 35 1 7 J 5-3 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. 827 in duty and gratitude to your majesty to make our most humble acknowledgments for that gracious message you were pleased to send to the house of commons, recom- mending the provision of a maintenance for the ministers, who are to attend the service of the fifty new churches, 5 designed to be built in and about the cities of London and Westminster. A message so piously intended, and so well received, cannot fail of its desired effect to the honour of the church of England, and the advancement of our holy religion. *° After all the declarations your majesty has been pleased to make in favour of our established church, and the real proofs you have given of your concern for its interests, we hope, that none will be found so unjust, as to doubt of your affection to it ; and we do most humbly assure 15 your majesty, that we will take all opportunities to instill pious and so glorious a work." Journals of the Commons, June 28 and July 4, 1 715. See also Tindal's Contin. vol. v. p. 424. The measure of building fifty new churches appears to have originated with the convocation in the year 1 7 1 1 ; for in the month of March in 20 that year the two houses agreed upon an address to queen Anne, pray- ing that she would recommend to the house of commons to provide a fund for that purpose ; and the queen's answer was reported to them on the 27th of that month in the following words : " I am well pleased with your address on this occasion, and will recommend to the parlia- 25 ment the great and necessary work of building churches where they are wanted, according to your desire." Wake MSS. Misc. 42. p. 40. This address of thanks is as it was originally framed by the upper house. Some amendments were made in it by the lower house, and afterwards adopted by the bishops ; the most remarkable of which was 30 the following: after the words " Your majesty's goodness" was added, " and that at this time more especially, when the quiet of your realms is disturbed by insurrections at home and the nation threatened with an invasion from abroad, we will put them in mind of those strict obliga- tions of conscience whereby they are engaged to defend and support 35 your majesty's government, and will earnestly exhort them to exemplify by a suitable practice those principles of obedience and loyalty which the church of England hath always thought it her duty to profess." Wake MSS. Misc. 43. p. 399. 828 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [XLIIT. into those, who are under our care, the same grateful sense, that we ourselves have of your majesty's goodness. May that God, who has put into your majesty's heart to do such great things for us, unite the hearts of all your subjects in praising his mercy for the many blessings we 5 enjoy under your majesty's most auspicious government, and in making all the returns of honour and obedience, that are due to so good and gracious a sovereign. XLIII. Archiep. Cant. Anno Christi Reg- Angliae \o Guil. Wake 2. 1 7 1 7- Georg. I. 3. A representation of the lower house of convocation about the bishop of Bangor's sermon of the kingdom of Christ. [May 3. m.dcc.xvii.] To his grace the lord archbishop of Canterbury, and to 15 the lords the bishops of the province of Canterbury in convocation assembled. Humbly sheweth, FT1IIAT with much grief of heart we have observed, J- what in all dutiful manner we now represent to your 20 grace and your lordships, that the right reverend the lord A representation] This representation is taken from a copy " pub- lished from the original report and printed for John Morphew, 1717." (Bodl. Pamph. 336.) The title states that the report of the committee was read May 10, 171 7, and voted ' nemine contradicente' to be re- 25 ceived and entered upon the books of the lower house ; on which bishop Hoadly observes in his "Answer to the Representation," "It was drawn up by a committee of the lower house of convocation, and never approved of by the lower house, so as to be made the act of it : though many have been led to think it was, by the low artifice made use of in 30 the title page to the printed copy of it." (Pref. p. i.) But the original 1 7 1 7-D -4cte and Proceedings in Convocation. 829 bishop of Bangor hath given great and grievous offence by certain doctrines and positions by him lately published partly in a sermon, entituled, ' The nature of the kingdom or church of Christ,' and partly in a book, entituled, ' A preservative against the principles, and practices of 5 the Nonjurors both in church and state.' The tendency of the doctrines and positions contained in the said sermon and book is conceived to be I. First, to subvert all government and discipline in the church of Christ, and to reduce his kingdom to aio state of anarchy and confusion. II. Secondly, to impugn and impeach the regal supre- macy in causes ecclesiastical, and the authority of the legislature to enforce obedience in matters of religion by civil sanctions. 15 The passages in the sermon and book aforesaid, which are conceived to carry the evil tendency expressed under the first article, are principally these that follow : record appears to justify the title : " qua perlecta, totus coetus unani- miter recepit et in librum actorum hujus ccetus inseri voluit." Wake 20 MSS. Misc. 43. p. 725. The dangers arising- from a rebellion suppressed but not extinguished, the insidious practices of the non-jurors affecting the first principles of allegiance both in church and state, the natural tendency of his own mind, generous and confiding, but at the same time headstrong and 25 unscrupulous, and above all the necessity he had contracted of resisting authority as opposed to argument, and supporting the strongest mea- sures of the new government, brought bishop Hoadly into the field in the year 17 16, " appealing to the consciences and common sense of the Christian laity." His book was entitled " A Preservative against 30 the Principles and Practices of the Non-jurors," and the immediate occasion of its being written was the appearance in the year 1716 of some posthumous papers by Dr. Hickes, "setting forth the constitution of the catholic church and the nature and consequences of schism." These papers were offensive to the existing government, and, like the 35 party by which they were supported, were calculated to drive impetuous 830 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [XLIII. I. [Sermon.] At page 11. octavo edition, his lordship affirms " As the church of Christ is the kingdom of Christ, he himself is king ; and in this it is implied, that he is himself the sole lawgiver to his subjects, and himself the sole judge of their behaviour in the affairs of con- 5 science and eternal salvation. And in this sense there- fore his kingdom is not of this world ; that he hath in those points left behind him no visible, human authority ; no vicegerents, who can be said properly to supply his place ; no interpreters, upon whom his subjects are abso- 10 lutely to depend, no judges over the consciences or reli- gion of his people." This passage seems to deny all au- thority to the church, and under pretence of exalting the kingdom of Christ, to leave it without any visible human authority to judge, censure, or punish offenders in the 15 affairs of conscience and eternal salvation. Which will be confirmed by the passage next to be produced pag. 15, 16. " If therefore the church of Christ be the kingdom of opponents into the maintenance of opinions equally rash and pernicious. 20 But bishop Hoadly was so far advanced in his own sentiments as to require no such instigation. The challenge, which he gave in his Preservative, he repeated the year afterwards in the most emphatic manner and in the face of the church, by proclaiming his extreme views on the nature of the kingdom or church of Christ, in a sermon 25 preached before the king and published by his majesty's special com- mand. Such was the commencement of the Bangorian controversy, the first reply being from the pen of Dr. Snape, provost of King's Col- lege, Cambridge, and the contest being successively maintained by .Sherlock, Hare, Potter, and others of the most eminent writers of the 30 period. This Representation followed ; but before it could be brought into the upper house, the convocation was prorogued by a special order from the king, and was not permitted to sit again, until the contest had subsided. Having never since been allowed to enter upon any business 35 of consequence, and confining itself merely to matters of form, the con- vocation may now be considered as virtually extinct. The sentiments of the bishop himself respecting these prorogations I7I7-] Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. 831 Christ, it is essential to it, that Christ himself be the sole lawgiver and sole judge of his subjects in all points re- lating to the favour or displeasure of almighty God ; and that all his subjects, in what station soever they may be, are equally subjects to him ; and that no one of them, 5 any more than another, hath authority either to make new laws for Christ's subjects, or to impose a sense upon the old ones, which is the same thing ; or to judge, cen- sure, or punish the servants of another master in matters relating purely to conscience or salvation. If any person 10 hath any other notion either through a long use of words with inconsistent meanings, or through a negligence of thought ; let him but ask himself, whether the church of Christ be the kingdom of Christ, or not? and if it be, whether this notion of it doth not absolutely exclude all 15 other legislators and judges in matters relating to con- science or the favour of God ? or whether it can be his kingdom, if any mortal men have such a power of legis- lation and judgment in it ?" To the same sense he speaks page 25. " No one of his 20 and the kind of court before which such questions ought to be debated, are expressed in the following manner. " As soon as I heard of the in- tention of some in the lower house (as well as of the design of others which I now do not enter into), I had no other thought, desire or reso- lution, but to answer in my place before the same house to which this 25 accusation was designed to be brought. But it was thought proper (out of a sincere regard, as I verily believe, to the interest of our constitution in church and state) to put a stop to the sitting of the convocation. Which was done not only without my seeking, but without so much as my knowledge or even suspicion of any such design, till it was actually 30 resolved and ordered As to the prorogation, it neither tends to- hinder any light from appearing, which possibly can be procured, nor can it have such an effect in its natm'al consequences, but the contrary. For the debate is by this means taken from the bar of human au- thority, and brought to that of reason and scripture ; removed from a 35 trial by majority of voices (which cannot be a trial to be contended for either by truth or by the church of England), and brought to that of argument only. And certainly no Christian or protestant can justly or 832 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [XLIII. subjects is lawgiver and judge over others of them in matters relating to salvation, but he alone." If the doctrine contained in these passages be admitted, there neither is nor hath been since our Saviour's time any authority in the Christian church in matters relating 5 to conscience and salvation, not even in the apostles themselves; but all acts of government in such cases have been an invasion of Christ's authority, and an usur- pation upon his kingdom. To which effect his lordship further expresses himself 10 page 14. " When they (i. e. any men on earth) make any of their own declarations or decisions to concern and affect the state of Christ's subjects with regard to the favour of God ; this is so far the taking Christ's kingdom out of his hands, and placing it in their own. Nor is this 15 matter at all made better by their declaring themselves to be vicegerents, or lawmakers, or judges under Christ, in order to carry on the ends of his kingdom." Which words are not restrained to such decisions, as are inconsistent with the doctrines of the gospel; as ap-20 pears not only from the general maimer, in which he hath expressed himself, but from his direct words page 15. consistently find fault with this. The controversy is rather more ex- posed to light than probably it would otherwise have been. The matter now lies before the world. The appeal is made to the judgment 25 of all, who are equally concerned." Answer to Repres. Pref. p. 4. Biog. Brit. Suppl. art. Hoadly. Tindal's Contin. vol. v. p. 536. The main questions involved in this great controversy, questions dimly and remotely perceived by some of the combatants, but by others distinctly debated, were the nature and extent of church authority and 30 religious liberty, the right exercise of private judgment, and the value of moral sincerity as opposed to explicit belief. These and their kin- dred and collateral topics, both civil and religious, are animating sub- jects of discussion at all periods, and were fiercely and bitterly contested at a time when the nation was full of party feuds, when first principles 35 of government were freely disputed, and every difference of opinion grew out and hardened into the substance of faction or rebellion. ' 7 1 7 • J Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. 838 " And whether they happen to agree with him, or to differ from him, as long as they are the lawgivers and judges, without any interposition from Christ either to guide or correct their decisions, they are kings of this kingdom, and not Christ Jesus." 5 Whether these passages exclude the sacred writers as well as others from making decisions, and interpreting the laws of Christ, your lordships will judge by a passage page 12. — " Nay whoever hath an absolute authority to interpret any written or spoken laws, it is he, who is io truly the lawgiver to all intents and purposes, and not the person, who first wrote or spoke them." When a distinction is made between the interpreters of the written and spoken law, the sacred writers only can be meant by the latter. Others have had the written law, they only 15 of all interpreters heard it spoke by Christ ; and his lord- ship has left us only this choice, either to deny their authority to interpret the laws of Christ, or to charge them with setting up for themselves in opposition to their master. 20 These doctrines naturally tend to breed in the minds of the people a disregard to those, who are appointed to rule over them. Whether his lordship had this view, the following passages will declare page 25. " The church of Christ is the number of persons, who are sincerely and 25 willingly subjects to him, as lawgiver and judge, in all matters truly relating to conscience or eternal salvation. And the more close and immediate this regard to him is, the more certainly and the more evidently true it is, that they are of his kingdom." And page 31. " If Christ be 30 our king, let us shew ourselves subjects to him alone in the great affair of conscience and eternal salvation ; and without fear of man's judgment live and act, as becomes those, who wait for the appearance of an all-knowing and impartial judge, even that king, whose kingdom is not of 35 this world." 3 h 834 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [XLIII. To these doctrines his lordship's description of the church doth well agree. He asserts page 17. "That it is the number of men, whether small or great, whether dis- persed or united, who truly and sincerely are subjects to Jesus Christ alone, as their lawgiver and judge, in matters 5 relating to the favour of God and their eternal salvation :" and page 24. " The grossest mistakes in judgment about the nature of Christ's kingdom or church have arisen from hence, that men have argued from other visible societies, and other visible kingdoms of this world, to what ought 10 to be visible and sensible in his kingdom :" and page 25. " We must not frame our ideas from the kingdoms of this world of what ought to be in a visible and sensible manner in his kingdom." Against such arguings from visible societies and earthly 15 kingdoms, his lordship says, our Saviour hath positively warned us ; [page 25.] and yet the scripture repre- sentations of the church do plainly express its resemblance to other societies in many respects, and we presume his lordship could not be ignorant of the nineteenth article of 20 our church, entituled, " Of the church," viz. " The visible church of Christ is a congregation of faithful men, in the which the pure word of God is preached, and the sacra- ments be duly administered according to Christ's ordi- nance in all things, that of necessity are requisite to the 25 same." Though in disparagement of this article by him- self solemnly and often acknowledged, he asserts page 10. " That the notion of the church hath been so diversified by the various alterations it hath undergone, that it is almost impossible so much as to number up the many in- 30 consistent images, that have come by daily additions to be united together in it." We wish, that in his lordship's account no images ne- cessary to form a just and true notion of the church had been left out. He omits even to mention the preaching 35 the word, or administring the sacraments ; one of which, 17 17-] Ads and Proceedings in Convocation. 835 in the words of the twenty-seventh article of our church, is a " sign of regeneration or new birth, whereby, as by an instrument, they, that receive baptism rightly, are grafted into the church." We could wish also, that his lordship, whilst he was writing on the subject of the power of the 5 church, had remembered his solemn profession made at his consecration, in which he promised " by the help of God to correct and punish according to such authority, as he hath by God's word, and as should be committed to him by the ordinance of this realm, such, as be unquiet, 10 disobedient, and criminous in his diocese." Your grace and your lordships have seen the tendency of the doctrine in the sermon to throw all ecclesiastical authority out of the church. We now proceed to shew, that the doctrines before delivered in the ' Preservative,' 15 etc. have the same tendency. Where, not to trouble your lordships with the con- tempt thrown on the regular succession of the ministry, and of your own order in particular, for which his lord- ship has found no better words, than trifles, niceties, 20 dreams, inventions of men, etc. we observe, that as in the sermon all rulers and judges in the visible church are laid aside, so in the book all church communion is rendered unnecessary, in order to intitle men to the favour of God ; and every man is referred in these cases to his private 25 judgment, as that which will justify even the worst choice he can make. Which strange opinion his lordship grounds on what he calls " a demonstration in the strictest sense of the word" in a paragraph pag. 89, 90, which is indeed nothing but 30 the common and known case of an erroneous conscience, which was never till now allowed wholly to justify men in their errors, or in throwing off all the authority of lawful governors. For this is putting all communions on an equal foot, without regard to any intrinsic goodness, or 35 whether they be right or wrong, and making every man, 3"2 83(5 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [XLIII. how illiterate and ignorant soever, his own sole judge and director on earth in the affair of religion. The use his lordship intends from this doctrine is ex- pressed page 90. " Every one may find it in his own conduct to be true, that his title to God's favour cannot 3 depend upon his actual being, or continuing in any parti- cular method, but upon his real sincerity in the conduct of his conscience and of his own actions under it :" and in page 91. is laid down this general proposition : " The favour of God follows sincerity, considered as such, and 1 ' consequently equally follows every equal degree of sin- cerity." If sincerity as such [i. e. mere sincerity] exclusive of the truth or falsehood of the doctrine or opinion, be alone sufficient for salvation, or to intitle a man to the favour 1 of God ; if no one method of religion be in itself pre- ferable to another; the conclusion must be, that all methods are alike in respect to salvation or the favour of God. His lordship himself, in a point of the tenderest concern, has applied this principle to the whole reformation, and in virtue of it has left no difference between the popish and our reformed church, but what is founded in personal persuasion only, and not in the truth of the doctrines, or in the excellency of one communion above the other. The place we refer to, is at page 85. " "What is it, that justified the protestants — in setting up their own bishops ? Was it, that the popish doctrines and worship were actually corrupt ; or that the protestants were per- suaded in their own consciences, that they were so ? The latter without doubt ; as appears from this demonstration. Take away from them this persuasion; they are so far from being justified, that they are condemned for their departure. Give them this persuasion again : they are condemned, if they do not separate. Or in another manner : suppose a papist, not persuaded of that corrup- J 7 17.] Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. 837 tion, to separate ; he is, for the want of that persuasion alone, condemned: suppose a protestant, or one thoroughly persuaded of that corruption, to separate ; and he is justi- fied in so doing; or not to separate, and he is condemned." From this pretended demonstration his lordship infers: 5 " If this were duly and impartially considered, it would be impossible for men to unchristian, unchurch, or declare out of God's favour, any of their fellow creatures upon any lesser, or indeed any other consideration, than that of a wicked dishonesty and insincerity, of which in these cases God alone is judge." If it be true, that there is but one consideration, viz. that of wicked dishonesty and insincerity, which will jus- tify unchristian ing, unchurching, or declaring out of God's favour, and of that one consideration in these cases God 15 alone is judge ; there is evidently an end of all church authority to oblige any to external communion, and of all power, that one man, in what station soever, can have over another in matters of religion : and this will shew, what his lordship's true meaning is under the many 20 colours and disguises he makes use of, when he speaks of excommunication ; and that he does not write more against the abuse, than the use of it. Your lordships will judge from hence, what view he has in pronouncing at page 101. " Human benedictions, 2 5 human absolutions, human denunciations, human excom- munications have nothing to do with the favour or anger of God :" and in treating them as human engines per- mitted to work for a time (like other evils) by providence (page 101.) as mere outcries of human terror (page 99-) 3° as the terrors of men, and vain words (page 98.) How his lordship can consistently with these opinions make good his solemn promise made at his consecration, " to be ready with all faithful diligence to banish and drive away all erroneous and strange doctrines contrary to 35 God's word, and both privately and openly to call upon Arts and Proceedings in Convocation. [XLIII. and encourage others to do the same ;" and how he can exercise the high office intrusted to him in the church, or convey holy orders to others, are difficulties, which him- self only can resolve, and we humbly hope your grace and your lordships will think it proper to call for the 5 explication. In maintenance of the second article we offer your lordships the following particulars : That whereas his majesty is, and by the statutes of this realm is declared to be, supreme head of the church ; 1 and it is by the statute 1 Elizabeth cap. i. enacted, " that such jurisdictions, privileges, superiorities, and preemi- nences spiritual and ecclesiastical, as by any spiritual and ecclesiastical power or authority hath heretofore been, or may lawfully be exercised or used for the visitation 1 of the ecclesiastical state and persons, and for reforma- tion, order, and correction of the same, and of all manner of errors, heresies, schisms, abuses, offences, contempts, and enormities, shall for ever by authority of this present parliament be united and annexed to the imperial crowns of this realm:" in consequence of which the kings and queens of this realm have frequently issued forth their proclamations, injunctions, and directions in matters of religion ; and particular his majesty, that now is, did issue his directions for preserving of unity in the church, and the purity of the Christian faith concerning the holy Trinity, bearing date December 11, m.dcc.xiv. Georgii primo; yet his lordship in contradiction to this affirms, page 14. [sermon] " If any men upon earth have a right to add to the sanctions of his (i. e. Christ's) laws, that is, to increase the number, or alter the nature of the re- wards and punishments of his subjects in matters of con- science or salvation ; they are so far kings in his stead, and reign in their own kingdoms, and not in his :" and 17 1 7-] Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. 839 to the same purpose, page 18. " The sanctions of Christ's law are rewards and punishments : but of what sort ? not the rewards of this world ; not the offices or glories of this state ; not the pains of prisons, banish- ments, fines, or any lesser or more moderate penalties ; 5 nay, not the much lesser negative discouragements, that belong to human society. He was far from thinking, that these could be the instruments of such a persuasion, as he thought acceptable to God." And whereas the scripture, and our own liturgy from io thence, has taught us to pray for kings, and all, that are put in authority under them, that they may minister justice to the punishment of wickedness and vice, and to the maintenance of true religion and virtue ; his lord- ship asserts page 20. [sermon] "As soon as ever you hear 15 of any of the engines of this world, whether of the greater or the lesser sort, you must immediately think, that then, and so far, the kingdom of this world takes place. For if the very essence of God's worship be spirit and truth ; if religion be virtue and charity under the belief of a 20 supreme governor and judge ; if true real faith cannot be the effect of force ; and if there can be no reward, where there is no willing choice; then in all, or any of these cases to apply force or flattery, worldly pleasure or pain, is to act contrary to the interests of true religion, as 2 5 it is plainly opposite to the maxims, upon which Christ founded his kingdom ; who chose the motives, which are not of this world, to support a kingdom, which is not of this world." The two first cases here mentioned relate to what 30 is essential in the worship of God and religion ; yet he declares, that to encourage religion by temporal rewards, is to act contrary to the interest of true religion, as it is opposite to the maxims, on which Christ founded his kingdom. This is to set the worship of God and the 3^ neglect of it, religion and irreligion on an equal foot 840 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [XLIII. in this world, as if, because they shall hereafter be dis- tinguished by rewards and punishments by the great judge, therefore the magistrate was excluded from inter- posing with rewards and punishments to distinguish them here, and tied up from expressing any concern for hiss honour, by whom and under whom he beareth rule. This his lordship further supports page 22. — " And therefore when you see our Lord in his methods so far removed from those of many of his disciples ; when you read nothing- in his doctrine about his own kingdom, ofio taking in the concerns of this world, and mixing them with those of eternity ; no commands, that the frowns and discouragements of this present state should in any case attend upon conscience and religion ; no calling upon the secular arm, whenever the magistrate should 15 become Christian, to enforce his doctrines, or to back his spiritual authority ; but on the contrary, as plain a decla- ration, as a few words can make, that his kingdom is not of this world ; I say, when you see this from the whole tenor of the gospel, so vastly opposite to many, 20 who take his name into their mouths ; the question with you ought to be, whether he did not know the nature of his own kingdom or church better, than any since his time? whether you can suppose, he left any such matters to be decided against himself, and his own express pro- 25 fessions?" Where your lordships will observe, that all laws for the encouragement of religion, or discourage- ment of irreligion are reckoned to be decisions against Christ. The passages produced under this head, are as destruc-3° tive of the legislative poAver, as of the regal supremacy ; but the acts for uniformity of public prayer, and the articles for establishing of consent touching true religion, which in the last of the said acts are enjoined to be sub- scribed by the several degrees of persons ecclesiastical, 35 being the main fence and security of the established 171 7-] Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. 841 church of England, they seem to be singled out by his lordship to be rendered odious. The passage we refer to, is to be found page 27 — 29- [sermon] " There are some professed Christians, who contend openly for such an authority, as indispensably obliges all around them to 5 unity of profession, that is, to profess even what they do not, what they cannot, believe to be true. This sounds so grossly, that others, who think they act a glorious part in opposing such an enormity, are very willing for their own sakes, to retain such an authority, as shall 10 oblige men, whatever they themselves think, though not to profess what they do not believe, yet to forbear the profession and publication of what they do believe, let them believe it of never so great importance. Both these pretensions are founded upon the mistaken notion 15 of the peace, as well as authority of the kingdom, that is, the church of Christ. Which of them is the most insupportable to an honest and a Christian mind, I am not able to say ; because they both equally found the authority of the church of Christ upon the ruins of sin- 20 cerity and common honesty, and mistake stupidity and sleep for peace ; because they would both equally have prevented all reformation, where it hath been, and . will for ever prevent it, where it is not already ; and in a word, because both equally divest Jesus Christ of his 25 empire in his own kingdom, set the obedience of his subjects loose from himself, and teach them to prostitute their consciences at the feet of others, who have no right in such a manner to trample upon them." If your lordships consider by what authority the acts -of 3° uniformity were enacted, by whom the articles were made, and by whom ratified and confirmed, you will discern, who they are that are said to " divest Jesus Christ of his empire in his own kingdom," and stand charged by his lordship in the indecent language of "trampling" upon 35 the consciences of others. 842 Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [XLIII. Your lordships have now seen under the first head, that the church hath no governors, no censures, no au- thority over the conduct of men, in matters of con- science and religion ; you have seen under the second head, that the temporal powers are excluded from any right to encourage true religion, or to discourage the contrary. But to do justice to his lordship's scheme, and to set it before you in its full light, we must observe, that he further asserts, that Christ himself (the only power not yet excluded) never doth interpose in the direction of his kingdom here. After observing page 13. [sermon] that temporal lawgivers do often interpose to interpret their own laws, he adds: " But it is otherwise in religion, or the kingdom of Christ. He himself never interposeth, since his first promulgation of his law, either to convey infallibility to such, as pretend to handle it over again, or to assert the true interpretation of it amidst the various and contradictory opinions of men about it." To the same purpose he speaks at page 15. in a passage before recited. Since then there are in the church no governors left; in the state, none, who may intermeddle in the affairs of religion ; and since Jesus Christ himself never doth in- terpose ; we leave it to your grace and your lordships to judge, whether the church and kingdom of Christ be not reduced to a mere state of anarchy and confusion, in which every man is left to do, what is right in his own eyes. And Ave beg leave to close these observations in the words of the thirty-fourth article of our church : " W ho- soever through his private judgment willingly and pur- posely doth openly break (much more teach and en- courage others to break) the traditions and ceremonies of the church, which be not repugnant to the word of God, and be ordained and approved by common authority, 17I7-J Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. 843 ought to be rebuked openly (that others may fear to do the like) as one, that offendeth against the common order of the church, and hurteth the authority of the magistrate, and woundeth the consciences of weak brethren." Having thus laid before your grace and your lordships, the several passages, upon which this our humble represen- tation is grounded, together with our observations on them, we must profess ourselves to be equally surprized and concerned, that doctrines of so evil a tendency should be advanced by a bishop of this established church, and that too in a manner so very remarkable ; that the supremacy of the king should be openly impeached in a sermon delivered in the royal audience ; and that the constitution of the church should be dangerously under- mined in a book professedly written against the principles and practices of some, who had departed from it. But so it hath happened : this right reverend bishop in his extreme opposition to certain unwarrantable pre- tensions to extravagant degrees of church power, seems to have been so far transported beyond his temper and his argument, as not only to condemn the abuse, but even to deny the use, and to destroy the being of those powers, without which the church, as a society, cannot subsist, and by which our national constitution, next under Christ, is chiefly supported. Under these appre- hensions we could not but hold ourselves obliged to represent our own sense, with that of our brethren of the clergy, to your lordships, and to submit the whole to your much weightier judgment, which we do as with the most unfeigned sorrow for the unhappy occasion, and all be- coming deference to our superiors, so with the most sin- cere and disinterested zeal, and with no other view in the world, but to give a check to the propagation of these erroneous opinions, so destructive of all government and discipline in the church, and so derogatory to the Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. [XLIII. royal supremacy, and legislative authority, as, we pre- sume, may have been sufficiently evinced. Of our honest and loyal intentions, we doubt not but your lordships in your known goodness will favourably apprize his majesty, if it shall be thought needful or expedient, in order to set 5 this matter, together with our proceedings thereupon, in a true and proper light. We are by no means insensible, that there are divers other offensive passages in the sermon and book above mentioned, which we for the present omit, as not falling 10 so directly under the two heads proposed ; nor are we ignorant, that several offensive books have of late time been published by other writers, whose confidence doth loudly call for the animadversions of the synod ; to which also we shall be ready to contribute our endeavours. 15 But we apprehended this to be a case very singular and extraordinary, such as deserved a separate consideration, that a bishop of this church should in his writings make void and set at nought those very powers, with which he himself is invested, and which by virtue of his office he is 20 bound to exercise ; in particular as often as he confers holy orders, institutes to any ecclesiastical benefice, or inflicts spiritual censures : nor were we less apprehensive, that the eminence of his lordship's station and character, as it aggravates the scandal, would also help to spread 25 the ill influence further and faster, under that colour of argument, with which he endeavours to cover these his pernicious tenets. If yonr grace and your lordships, after having maturely weighed the premisses, shall find just cause for the com- 30 plaints, which have given rise to this representation, we rest assured, that in your godly zeal and great wisdom you will not fail to enter upon some speedy and effectual method to vindicate the honour of God and religion, that hath been so deeply wounded, to assert the prerogative 35 1 7 1 7 -j Acts and Proceedings in Convocation. 845 given to all godly princes in holy scripture, that hath been so manifestly invaded, and to resettle those weak and wavering minds, which may have been ensnared or perplexed by any of the unsound doctrines taught and published by this right reverend bishop. Which yours lordships' pious counsels and endeavours will be attended with the united prayers of us, our brethren, whom we represent, and of all good Christian people. 1 N I) E X. ABBOT, archbishop, 331, 30. 332, 23 & 25. 334, 35. Absolution, 1 19, 7. 144, 3 1 & 33. 156,2. 410,22. 531, 17& 36. 587, 15. 590, 1. 770,22. Advertisements of the year 1564, 74, 27. 119, 25. 1 24, 27. 126, 5. 127, 17. 136, 32. 175,26. 258,9. Advocates, 238, 1 2 & 23. 302,33. 303, 7. 320, 32. 321, 1 1. Agricola, Johannes, 473, 31. Agricola, Rodolphus, 458, 15. All Souls, festival of, 124, 22. Altars, 404, 27. 405, 8 & 10. 453- 3°- 454-H- Ambrose, bishop, 809, 21. Amyntor, 705, 16. Anabaptists, 5,8. 170,9. 401,7. Antipater, 349, 3. Apostolical Constitutions, 758, 11. 767,33. 768,14. Apparitors, 159,4. 216,23. 218, 35. 243, 1 1 & 31. 298, 23. 326,7. 327,4. Archdeacons, 115, 31. 117, 9. 137, 24. 138, 6. 155, 29. 159, 8. 1 82, 23. 213, 23. 220,33. 229,5. 237,6. 264, 33. 295,20. 311,15. 315, 17. 388, 20. 393,9. 395, 24. 408,9. 413,4. 454.22. 5 l2 > 35- 5 6l > 17- 562, 32. 563, 21. 564, 17. 738, 4. 745, 32, &c. Aristobulus, 348, 32. Aristotle, 458, 14 & 19. Articles of enquiry, 74, 28. 232, 13. 314, 22. 407, 15. 408, 5. 613,8. 624.1. 646,20. 666, 34. Articles, the 3 of Canon 36. 62, 23. 186, 15. 187, 3 & 7. 268,3&27. 269,11. 291,9. 304, 19. Athanasian Creed, notes on, 699,4. Atheists, 330, 8. 333, 6. 533, 28 & 31. Athon.J.de, 746,238133. 752,14. Atterbury, bishop, 132, 34. 724, 29. 725, 24. 726, 2 1. Augmentations, 7 16, 7. 740,26. 784, 6 & 27. Augsburg, Confession of, 1, 17. 2, 14. Auricular confession, 452, 1 5 & 33. 5 1 2, 26. Balanceof power, 705,22. 706, 4. Bancroft, archbishop, 164, 26&30. 245, 27. 246, 12. 330, 29. 351, 31. 571, 27. 585, 36. ( Baptism of adults, 64 1,1 1. 642,15. Basil, St. 535, 17. Bells, ringing of, 498, 36. Bells, superstitious use of, 124, 21. 214, 25. 296, 18. Benevolences, 561, 9. 565, 26. 566, 20. 567, 15&26. 568, 21. 569,9. 571.25. 595, 27. 612, 12. 616, 2. 61 7, 11. 62 1 , 1 8. 624, 32. 848 INDEX. Bibles to be purchased, 115, 9 & 16. 123,15. 210,30. 292,30. Bilson, bishop, 584, 28. Bishop deprived, 629, 3. Bishop excommunicated, 529, 35. 530, 20. 562, 13. Bishop suspended, 629, 2 1 . 630,6. Bishops, their duties, &c. 1 1 1 , 15 & 26. 133,20. 140,1 t. 146, 6. 148, -11. 157,32. 158,8. 159, 7. 184, 1, &c. 199, 15. 202, 17. 264, 25. 265, 10. 266, 21. 281, 20. 284, 19. 316, 19. 409, 28. 438, 21. 460, 9, &c. 470,25. 479,21. 563, 21. 564, 17. 662, 14. 663, 9. Bishops, their household, 113, 4. 1 14, 28. Bishops, their order of divine right, 709, 23. Bona notabilia, 218,29. 300,35. SOL 3-. Bonner, bishop, 431, 32. Bowing at the name of Jesus, 173, 5. 255, 21. Bowing on coming in and going out of churches, 406, 7. Bread and wine, 174, 1 & 15. 256, 18. 257, 1. Brensemanus, Urbanus, 473, 32. Brentius, 473, 30. Breviaries, 453, 14. Bromselsius, Otto, 473, 33. Broughton, Hugh, 584, 27. Brownists, 401, 7. Bryghtwell, Richard, 473, 1. Bucer, 473, 30. 550, 35. Bull, papal, 59, 25. Bullinger's Decads, 562, 22. Burghley, lord, 139, 20. Burials, 206, 2& 11. 285, 8. 286, 8. Burnet, bishop, 703, 27. 704, 25. 707, 24. 718, 31. 719, 32. Csesar,;349,9& 28. 350,2. 352, 2 7> 354, 24. Caesar, Octavius, 544, 21. Calais, loss of, 448, 28. 449, 5. Cambridge, University of, 5, 25. 55. 19- Cancelli, 1 29, 3 1 . Candidates for holy orders, 113, 12. 132,13. 139,15. 147,20, 183,19. 265,27. 266,21. 404, 1. 457,7. 462,3,&c. 547,7. 711, 1. 818, 15. Canons, power of making, 384, 30. 385,23. 614,24. 691,5. 728, 12. Canons, ratification of, 111, 25. 112,26. 247,33. 328, 1 & 27. Caraccioli, Marchese, 591, 25. Carolstadius, 473, 30. Carting, punishment by, 514, 24. Cartwright, T., 139,31. 534, 32. 559> 2 3- Cassocks, 208, 4. 290, 1. Catechism, 397, 4. 426, 1 & 17. 452,30. 495,19. 496,25. 504, 3S. 510, 32. 511, 20 & 29. 513, 20. 522, 10. 558, 22. 563, 24. 572, 1 9. Catechism, Latin, 1 28,2 i . 210,1. Catechism of king Edward, 4, 27. 5, 16. 6, 26 & 32. 18, 31. Catechism to be taught, 120, 23. 121, 29. 137, 11. 198, 20. 209, 31. 280, 24. 281, 33. 291, 29. See above, Catechism. Cecil, sir W., 3,19. Celibacy of the clergy, 424, 6. 436, 3 2 - 437, 3 2 - 454> 28 - 455; 9' &c -. Celibacy of priests, 14,14. 30,1. Cervisia, 475, 19. Chancellors, 118,8. 216,29. 22 °» 33. 229,5. 233,16. 236,11. 237,6. 287,11. 298,30. 299, 31. 311,15. S^' 20 - 3 l6 > 8 & 19. 318, 21. 319, 8. 388, J 9- 393> ID - 4°9> 2 °- 4 IO ,9- 411, 28. 582, 24. 583, 17. 7 '3; !0- Charities, public, 732, 6. Cheke, sir John, 3, 19. Chest for alms, 212, 13. 294, 9. Christ's kingdom in heaven, 358, 1 2. Christ's kingdom spiritual, 354, 9, &c. 367, 27. Christ's obedience to authority, 355. I0 - INDEX. 849 Church, authority of the, 38, 30. 39-33- 4^ 28 - 54.26. 60,23. 4°7. 3- 493- 2 °- Church, decent conduct in, 121, 15. 123,10. 172,28. 115,28. 227,8. 255,9. 2 56.2. 309, 19. Church government by Christ, 360, 25. Church government by the Apo- stles, 361, 31. Church government since the Apo- stles, 366, 15. 377, 12. Church ornaments, 439,1. 453, 24. Churches, cleanliness, &c. of, 123, >3- 295, 7. Churches, repairs of, 122,30. 1 23, 2- 213,5, 2 95.4- 437. !8- 4 8 9> '3- 533. 2 3- 534, 26. Church, the holy catholic, 426, 27. 493. *5- Churchwardens, 1 22, 23. 160, 25. 173,27. 176, 20. 193,9. *94> 2. 204,14. 213,4. 2I 4. 33- 215,20. 227,6. 229,30. 230, 30. 231, 17. 259, 2. 286,33. 296.27. 297,17. 308,27. 312, 14- 3i3.5 & 25- 394-3 1 - 43 8 . li. 581, 29, &c. 713, 28. Churchyards, 124,36. 125,5. 173.28. 203,9. 2, 3> 12 - 214, 24. 256,10. 295,11. 296,18. .297.25. 454. '5- 8i9,6&24. Citations, vexatious, 413, 7. Civil rulers, their rights and powers, 37'. 4- Civil government in the Old Test., principle of, 338, 30. 349, 8, 15 & 2 5- 35°- 15- Clarke, Dr. Samuel, 785,24. 786, 4,&c. 787,22. 788,10. 789, 27. 790,22. 791,24. 793,17. Clergymen, dress of, 119,24. 120, 13. 207,2. 289,2. See Dress of the clergy. Clergymen, duties of, 408, 20. 409.5- 454. 3 1 - 455- 1 - 48'. 17. 482,5. 561, 17. 563, 22. 818, 17. 825, 10, &c. Clergymen exercising physic, 593, Clergymen, households of, 1 19,26. Clergymen, sports allowed or for- bidden, 1 19,32. 208,15. 290, 12. 455,6. 461,21. 47 8 .14- 480, 30. Clergymen, studies of, 117, 23. Ii9,i2&35. 137,26. 208,16. 290,15. 481,5. 482,23. 500, 38. 561, 2. ;62, 24. 563, 15. Clergymen voting for members of parliament, 694, 26. Cloaks, 207, 27. 289, 24. Coke, sir E., 38, 23. 69, 19. Colleges, heads of, 1 15, 32. Commissaries, n8, 8. 137, 24. 144, 22. 155, 26. 216, 29. 223, 4, 224, 23. 229, 5. 236, 11. 237, 6. 298, 30. 299, 31. 305, 12. 306, 26. 311, 15. 316, 8. 318, 21. 319, 8. 388, 20. 393, 11. 409,20. 410,9. 58i,28&c. 582,7- Common Prayer, book of, 4, 31. 116, 29. 1 19, 20. 123, 18. 127, 7. 162, 29. 167, 15. 169, 21. 171, 10. 172, 10. 173, 20. 177, 10. 181, 12. 186, 3. 193, 24. 197, 6. 199, 25. 202, 28. 210, 24. 250, 1. 253, 22. 254, 26. 259, 25. 278, 26. 288, 28. 292, 23. 383, 3. 401, 25. 43°. 25. 434, 5. 497, 29. 565,19. 584,15. 652, 9 &c. 660, 9. 667, 8. 716, 19. Commonwealth, 40, 32. Communicants, 1 20, 30. 121, 21 & 34. 174, 12 & 31. 176, 3. 256, 28. 257, 15 & 30. 279, 19. Communion, persons to be repelled from the, 124, 14. 176, 16. 177, 6. 17S, 5. 226, 21. 258, 29. 259, 2 & 20. Communiontable, 123,23. 211, 3. 293, 10. 404, 16. 405, 1 5. 498, 29. 622, 20. Communion table, covering for, 123, 25. 211, 18. 293, 15. Communion under both kinds, 420, 27. 421, 25. 3 1 850 INDEX. Communion with saints, 807, 27. 808, 18. Commutations of penance, 4 t 1 , 12. S 6 5. 7- 547. 22. 582, 16. 712,23. 731,7. 732, 28&C. 776, 17. 780, 14 & 24. 818, 5- Comprehension of dissenters, 701, 27. Concealed lands, 578, 1 & 16. Conference at Hampton Court, 1 78, 22. 261,1. Conferences with recusants, 393, 3 3 - 394, 2. Confirmation, 199, 1 1 & 26. 281, 17 & 30. 818, 23. Consecration of churches, 596, 24. 613, 9. 668, 22. 677, 7. 818, 11. 819, 6& 24. 820, 26. Contumacy, 551, 14. 590, 14. 599,7. 629,1. 734,4. 778, 14 & 26. Conventicles, 170, 4. 206, 19. 252, 20 & 31. 288, 18. Converts from the Church of Rome, 731,10. 776,20. 796, 2 3- 797> 2 - 801, 20. Convocation, its powers and privi- leges, 538, 7 & 17. 539, 4. 585,15. 588,9. 613,23. 699. 3 1 - 7°5> 2 5- 727; 21. 755- 7- 759» 3 1 - 760, 25. 762, 10. 763, 11. Copes, 175, 25. 258, 7. Corporalia, 454, 2. Corporal presence, 406, 1 8. 425. 34. 426, 24. 493, 5. Cosin, hishop, 820, 34. Court of audience, 142, 8. 149, 31. 1 54, 21. 2 19, 12. 225, 17. 301, 17. 307, 24. 756, 25- Court of high commission, 60, 28. 2 1 3, 29. 295, 26. 386, 1 . 387, 4. 391, 23. 392, 5. 755> 27. 756, 1. 764, 16. Court of prerogatives, 217, 26. 218, 21. 298, 24. 299, 28. 300, 6 & 26. 301, 4. Court of star chamber, 333, 28. 399. 2 5- Court of the arches, 142, 8. 149, 31. 154,21. 219,11. 225, 17. 301,16. 307, 24. 388, 17- Cox, hishop, 35, 28. in, 21. 113, 21. Cranmer, archbishop, 1, 25. 2, 18. 5,20. 427,76c 20. 428, 8. 430,22. 434,3. 550,34. Crashaw, William, 591, 28. 592, 4- . Creation of the world, 330, 10. Cross at baptism, 178, 23. 179, 26. 180, 18. 181,3. 261, 2. 263,12. 264,1. 585,11. 710, 10. Crucifix, 454, 3 & 12. Crux cum vexillo, 453, 29. Cyprian, St. 535, 4. Davenant, Dr. C, 705, 23. Deacons, 182, 30. 265, 7. Dead, prayers for the, 453, 3. Deans, 115, 16. 182, 24. 189, 12. 190,3. 193,16. 213, 23. 271,19. 272,10. 295, 20. 316, 19. 388, 19. 393, 8. 395,24. 409,30. 413, 3- Deans, rural, 117, 31. 454, 25. 477>36. 5 0 5.28. 731,13. 741, 5 &c. 776, 23. Defender of the faith, 385, 4. Deposition from holy orders, 234, 8. Deprivation, 392, 9. 403, 20. Descent of Christ into hell, 3, 3. 19,18. 584, 26 & 35. D'Ewes, sir Sim., 56, 32. 58, 24. Dignitaries, their duties, 115, 22. 189, 21. 190, 3. 271, 28. 272, 27. 316, 20. Dilapidations, 489, 28. 519, 1. Diocletian, 372, 19. , Divine service, decency at, 710, 17. See Church, decent conduct in. Divorce, 154, 12. 155, 1 . 225, 5, 13 & 30. 226, 2. 307, 10 & 19. 308, 5 & 1 1. 438, 3. 580, 1. Dodwell, Mr., 770, 26. Dorphinus, Hegen, 473, 31. INDEX. 851 Dress of the clergy, 436, 30. 457, 33. 458, 1. 459, 12. 461, 22. 476, 23 &c. 477, 30. 501,26. 579, 25. See Clergy- men, dress of. Duplex querela, 220, 3. 302, 17. Elizabeth, queen, her opinion as to ecclesiastical government, 38, 3 6 - 57.33- 59- '9- 111,26. 1 13, 30. 114, 21. 126, 29. 133,37- I35-35- HQ, 3 1 - 141, 28. 148, 24 & 38. Ember weeks, 182, 18. 183,8. 264, 27. 265, 18. Emlyn, Mr., 721, 23. 768, 27. Epistles to Timothy and Titus, sub- scriptions of, 364, 29. Excommunications, 118, 22 & 26. 130, 20. 144, 10 & 27. 155, 8 & 34. 138, 92. 2oi, 22. 205, 19. 283, 26. 285, 14. 395- 3- 410, 22. 456, 31. 530, 1. 548, 32. 549, 12 & 29- 55°, 25. 551, 4 & 34. 712,16. 73 1 , 6. 732, 27 &c. 776, 16. 778, 1 & 34. 779, 10&34. 805, 5 &c. 818,4. Exemptions, 395, 9. 430, 31. 431, 26. 488, 27. Exoneratorium curatorum, 463, 1 5. Exorcism, 206, 14. 288, 14. Fairs and markets, 1 24, 29. Familists, 401, 8. Family of love, 541, 27. 542, 9 & 23. Fasting in Lent, 45 1, 31. Fathers, natural or political, in the Old Testament, 340, 3. Fathers, the ancient, 126, 26. 180, 2. 181, 33. 1 82, 10 & 29. 183, 14. 264, 6. 365, 7. 808, 32. 817, 22. Feast of dedication, 453, 18. Feasts and fasts, 171,9. 201,9. 253,24. 283,13. Fees, 145,23. 157,18. 241,10. 242, 2 & 3 1. 243, 19. 324, 9 & 1 8. 325, 2 & 33. 562,3. 565, 17. 714,3. 715, 11 & 18. Fifty new churches, 826, 23. 827, 5&c. Fishe, Simon, 472, 35. Fire of London, 738, 27. 782, 34- Font, 123, 33. 211, 5. 293, 3. Fox's Monumenta Martyrum, 115, 1 1 & 1 6. 1 1 7, 10. Free-will, 452, 17. French protestants, 723, 10. Gibson, bishop, 5 1 6, 32. 694,33. Grabe, Dr., 721, 35. Graces for dinner and supper, 453, 7- Graium amicium, it 6, 1. Grammar, 483, 16. 485, 22. 674, 23. 682, 2. Grammar, Latin, 128, 19. 210, 12. 292, 8. Great horses found by the clergy, 43 6 > s 9- 572, 24. Grindah archbishop, 35, 27. 61, 33. 1 12, 19. 1 13, 20. Haddon, Mr., 550, 35. Harmony of confessions, 180, 30. 263, 4. Heretical books, 430, 20. 434, 10. 461, 1. 472, 15. 473, 7 & 28. 474, 6. 726, 32. 727, 26. 753, 20. 759, 32. 762, 10. 764, 20. 769, 9. Heretics, 33c, 8. 434, 3 1 . 435, I- 437. 2. 452, 16. 461, 1. 470, 18. 472, 13. Heresies, 433, 8 & 28. Heretical preaching, 116, 35. 193, 22. 275, 22. Hesse, Simon, 473, 32. Hickeringill, E., 721, 15&29. Hickes, Dr., 770, 16. 829, 33. Hilton, John, 554, 7. 555,7: Hircanus, 349, 4. Hoadly, bishop, 722, 20 & 31. 723, 21. 816, 29. 828, 27. 829, 1 &c. 830, 21. Hollanders, 333, 23, 32 & 36. Holy Ghost, blasphemy against, 9, 2. 23, 14. Holy orders never to be renounced, 120, 13. 208, 28. 290, 24. 3 1 2 852 INDEX. Homilies, i 2i, 9. 123,18. 137, 13. 191, 26. 193, 4. 210, 31. 273,33. 275,4. 292, 30. 452,10. 495,18. 558, 21. Hoods, 116,5. 172, 19. 176, 10. 198, 8. 207, 21. 255, 4. 258, 26. 280, 1 r . 289, 18. Hooper, Dr., 702, 26. Hospitality, 116, 10. 127, 35. 151,16. 189, 16. 271, 19. 5°7> 3.1- 557. 14- Home, Bishop, 35, 28. Ill, 21. Hours of the Virgin Man,-, 453, 2. Impropriations, 505, 35. 506, 24. 575. 2 3- 576, 20. In animam constituentis, 239, 2. 321, 24. Inauguration, days of, 392, 26. 623, 1 2. Inhibitions, 220, 26. 221, 6. 302,30. 303, 3 & 12. 304,1. Injunctions, 116, 16. 134, 7. 160, 5. Innocent III., pope, 746, 1 7. 748, 27- 75'. 33- Innovation, 402, 19. 405, t. 575> 5- Isle of Wight, 681, 20. Israel, children of, 335, 8. Israelites delivered from Egypt, 335- 25. Israelites in Egypt, 335, 13. Israelites requiring a king, 336, 32. Israelites under the judges, 336, 19. Jane, Dr., 702, 19 & 27. Jeremiah the prophet, 344, 9. Jesuits, 605, 33. Jewel, bishop, 74, 19. 75, 24. 76, 18. Jewel's (bishop) Apology, 496, 34. Jews after the captivitv, 346, 15 &33- Jews under Alexander, 347, 21. Jews under their high priests, 348, 15- Jonas, Justus, 473, 31. Judas Gaulonites, 349, 3 1 . Judas Maccabseus, 355, 18. Judex ad quem, 2 22, 4. 240,21. 3°4- 13- 323. Judges of assize, 395, 34. 397, 1, 14 & 30. 398, 1. Julian the apostate, 372, 19. Julius III., pope, 441, 19. Justification, 452, 17. Kennet, bishop, 724, 31. Kings, duty to, 118, 17. 121,24. 166, 6. 177, 15. 249, 7. 391, 27. King, God's vicegerent, 121,25. Kings and subjects, their duties, 391, 12. Kings, divine right of, 389, 32. 3Q0.3I- Kings in the Old Test., deposition of, 342, 19. 344, 30. 345,30. Kings of the Old Test., 337, 21. Kneeling at the Communion, 565, 22. Knopkyn, Andreas, 473, 32. Latimer, bishop, 427, 22. 428, 9. Latin tongue, 113, 14. 116, 24. 119, 16. 133, 7. 137, 21. 141,4. 149,4. 184,19. 189, 34. 210, 1. 266,30. 272,7. 291, 27. 501, 34. 596, 36. 628, 1 2. 67 1, 14. 683, 1. Lawless churches, 488, 19. Lay-baptism, 135, 28. 136, 18 & 23. 498, 27. 717, 23. 770, 25 &c- 77 r - 3i & c - 772, 27. 773» 27- Laymen excluded from church government, 493, 21. 494, 17. Letters on the convocation, 699, 5.& i7- . Levi, the tribe of, 336, 5. Levitical degrees, 130, 1 1. 222, 14. 304, 23. Libraries for the clergy, 732, 17. Limbo-mastix, 584, 33. 586, 10. Limbus patrum, 584, 33. 585, 18. Litany, 171, 23. 172, 32. 254, 6. 255, 17. Littleton, sir E., 619, 8. Lollards, 434, 3 1 . INDEX. 853 Lutheran creeds, 35, 29. Luther, Martin, 473, 29. Lynwode, 746, 23. 747, 8. 752, '3- Magister sententiarum, 458, 21. Magna charta, 435, 27. Man before the flood, 332, 15. Man in his first condition, 331,6. Man's natural powers, 332, 5. Marriage at canonical seasons, 499, 32. 796, 1. Marriage, conditions of, 121, 34. 122, 20. 130, 16. 133, 33. !34. 35- »43- »5- '5 2 > *3- 161, 29. 200, 5. 222, 25. 282, 8. 304, 22 & 33. 305, 6 & 21. 412, 30. 499, 29. 512, 30. 514, 36. 515, 25. 548, ii. 71 1, 28. 771, 1 1. 773. J 8. 794- I 2 - Marriage, license for, 147, 31. 148, 20. 161, 22. 222, 30. 223, 13 & 33. 282, 10. 305, 6. 306,4. 412,22. 488,34. 582, 19. 583, 17. 711, 23. 731, 18. 773, 15. 774, 1. 775. 8. 777, 4. 794, 11. 795, 7 &c. 796, 11. 818, 9. Marriage of two wives, 424, 33; Martin Mar-prelate, 571, 19. Martin, sir Henry, 383, 26. Martyr, Peter, 550, 34. Mass, hearers of, 394, 19. Mass, its idolatry, 404, 26. Mass, sacrifice of, 426, 25. 493, 1 o. Maticus, 349, 2. Mattathias, 349, 25. Matthew, Toby, 544, 34. Mayor of London, 437, 4. 445,7. Mayor of Winchester, 538, 11. Melancthon, 1,16. 473, 30. Millenarii, 17, 2. 33, 3. Minor canons, 116, 20. 189, 31. 272, 4. Missa de Spiritu Sancto, 491, 1. Missa summa, 453, 10. Mortmain, statute of, 432, 13. Mysteria tremenda, 453 , 24. Mystical elements, 406, 19. Nice, council of, 754, 33. Nightcaps, 172, 30. 207, 30. 255. '5- 289, 27. Noah, his authority, 333, 11. Noah's flood, 333, 6. Noah's government altered by his children, 334, 20. Noah's priestly office, 334, 8. Non-communicants, 120, 20. 125, 12. 177, 34. 227, 18. 228, 28. 260, 12. 309, 28. 311, 2- 394. 17- 5'3> 24 & 35- Non-jurors, 701, 29. Non-residence, 435, 7. 445, 24. 469» 17- 534. 25. 556, 13 & 25. 557, 25. 570, 18. 572, 7. Northey, sir E., 705, 27. 726,34. Oaths of supremacy and alle- giance, 692, 13. Oaths, profane, 514, 31. Obedience in the Old Test., prin- ciple of, 338, 3 &c. Obedience in the New Test., prin- ciple of, 352, 5 &c. Observator, 721, 1 & 19. OZcolampadius, 473, 29. Officials, 117, 14. 137, 24. 144, 21. 154, 22. 155, 25. 216, 29. 225, 19. 229, 5. 236, 12. 237, 6. 298, 31. 299, 31. 307, 25. 311, 16. 316, 8. 318, 22. 319, 8. 388, 20. 393, 11. 409, 20. 410, 9. 454, 25. 581, 28 &c. 582, 7. 713, 11. Oleum sacrum, 460, 18. Onslow, Fulk, 58, 24. Onslow, Mr. Speaker, 693, 27. Opus operatum, 12, 12. Organs, 498, 35. ,589, 26. Otho, 746, 26. Overall, bishop, 330, 13. 331, 21 &35- Pagans, 330, 8. 333, 5. Parish-clerks, 21 6, 3. 298, 3. Parker, archbishop, 34, 25. 36, 30. 41, 25. 113, 26. 516. 29- Parliament, as connected with con- 851 INDEX. vocation, 420, 2. 421, 5 & 32. 422,15. 584,58:20. 613,26. Parliament, as connected with the church, 11 2, 29 & 34. 140,35. 165, 36. Parliament, praver for the, 605, 11. 609,5. Parliament, rights of, 3S6, 21. Parsons the Jesuit, 33 1, 25. Patrons, their duties, 1 29, 9. 139, 24- 435> 2 °- 455.33- 45 6 -3- 4 8o,ic&3o. 508,29. 547,13. Pedlars, 124, 35. Penance, 452, 14. 548, 10. 549, 24- 555. IO - Penance, commutation of, 119, 1. 138, 1. 142, 22. 156, 24. Perambulations, 740, 35. 785, 5. Physicians, licensing of, 778, 8. Pius IVth, creed of, 801, 30. Pix, 454, 5. Pluralities, 128, 5. 145, 5. 150, 11. 188,31. 271,3. 435. 6 - 447. 8. 457, 29. 503, 30. 504, 22. 533, 19. 534, 24. 564, 10. 570, 18. 572, 12. 573. 36. 548, 24. 556, 13 & 2 5- 557.3°- Pontificals, 595, 38. Popes, their temporal authority, 367, 23 &c. Popish superstition, 393. 31. 403, 3- 404. 35- 43 x . 35- Pole, cardinal, 441, 17- 444. 26. 443. 3°- Pomeranus, Lambert, 473, 29. Porphyry, 458, 14. Praemunire, 112, 29. 115, 25. 436, 1 & 7. Pravers at sea, 656, 1. Pravers before and after sermon. 656, 23. Preachers, duties of, 126, 13. 137, 2. [52, 3. 189, 8. 191, 15. 192, 2. 194, 20 & 31. 196, 12. 202, 7. 272, 18. 273, 17. 278, 17. 284, 11. 406, 30. 503, 27. 561, 18. 562, 34. 564, 6 & 19. Preachers, strangers, 116, 30. 125. 34- 193. >o & 17- !94. 4. 275, 11 & 18, 276, 6. Preaching, license for, 112, 10. 116, 30. 122, 4. 126, 15. 136, 10. 186, 21. 191, 1 1. 192, 33- 273, 29. 274, 6 & 32. 277, 6. 409, 29. 471, 21. 503, 28. 563, 32. 564, 5- 565. i3- Prerogative of the crown, 385, 37. 387, 22. 389, 9. 414, 11. 561, 30. 566, 29. 688, 18 & 36. Presence of Christ, real and cor- poral, 13, 31. Presentments, 124, 5 & 17. 227, 7 & 26. 228, 2. 229, 32. 230, 7. 231, 5. 232, 14. 279, 22. 290, 29. 297, 30. 308, 29. 309, 11, 18 & 25. 310, 10 & 16. 311, 10 & 17. 312, 6 & 26. 313, 11. 314, 13- 394. 33- 398. 9- 4°i. 35- 583. 7- 7 ] 3. 2 5 Priestly authority in the Old Test., 339, 10 & 17. 341, 1 & 13- Prisoners, visitation of, 731, 8. 776, 18. Private houses, 120,3. 2 °5' x 4- 287, 17. Proclamation of a fast, 643, 26. Proctors, 237, 24. 238, 11. 239, 2 & 25. 303, 8 & 33. 320, 4 & 25. 321, 12 & 24. 322, 16. Prohibitions, 588, 30. 589, 1 & 23. Prolocutor, 164, 27. 419, 11. 4 2 5. IS- 427. l 7- 429. l6 - 443. [ 7- 448, 12. 49'. l8 > 501, 11. 504, 10. 528, 23. 537- 33- 54J. 14- 553. 2. 560, 11. 571, 2. 581, 5. 385. 12. 587, 3. 601. 27. 637, 20. 639, 34. 664, 23. 684,3. 724.3 0 - Prophets, their authority in the Old Test., 343, 19. Prophets, true or false under the Old Test., 343, 5. Prophesyings, 206, 10. 288, 11. 559. 22. Protestation, 599, 35. 622, 22. Provisors, statute of, 436, 9. Prussia, king of, 721, 35. Pulpit, 123, 25. 212,3. 294,2. INDEX. 855 Punishments, forbidden on the Lord's day, 124, 30. Puritans, 61, 26. 141, 29 & 35. 148, 29. 528, 13. 553, 33. 570, 24 & 32. 571, 29. Psalms of the passion, 453, 4. Psalms penitential, 453, 2. Puckering, sergeant, 571, 37. Quare impedit, 547, 17. Queen's household, 533, 30. Quorum nomina, 159, 29. 232, 2 7- 3!S. 5- 714. 26. Ray, William, 473, 1. Readers without holy orders, Reading desk, 211, 30. 293, 30. Real presence, 425, 19. 428, 17. Reconciling of penitents, 596, 25. 797. 2. Recusants, 394, 3. 396, 10, 19 & 28. 397, 20. 398, 29. 400, 33. 401,6. 402,3. 4 2 '.34- 618, 10 & 25. 619, 11. 620, 32. 623, 10. Redman, Dr. John, 424, 1 o. Registers, 160, 2. 204,6. 286, 6. Registrars, 201, 33. 240, 6. 284, 4. 300, 4. 312, 20. 3i5> 7- 3'6, 3°- 317. 29. 319, 8. 322, 9 & 25. 323, 3 & 27. 325, 8. 388, 20. 714, 32. 737- 3- 7 8o > 34- 7 8l > 13. 782, 23. Relapsed persons restored, 731, 1 1. 776, 21. 802, 29. Religiosi, 466, 23. 467, 10 & 21. 478, 30. 485, 1 & 15. 486, 9. 487, 4. Residence, 127, 29. 145, 12. 150, 18. 189, 4. 190, 29. 271, 11 & 20. 273, 4. Ridley, bishop, 427, 21. 428,9. .431. 32. Rites and ceremonies, 382, 11. 383, 12. 406, 33. 452, 26. 453. 16. Roodlofts, 123, 27. Sacramentaries, 437, 1. 454, 8. Sacraments, the seven, 452, 22. Sacrifice in the Eucharist, 770, 18. St. John of Jerusalem, 4S8, 1 8. Salvation under the Old Test., 351,3- Sancroft, archbishop, 134, 32. 33°. '4- 33 1, 18 & 34- Sandys, archbishop, 140, 22. Schismatics, 169, 9. 177, 5. 194, 31. 222, 2. 226, 27. 251, 26. 252, 6. 259, 22. 309, 6. Schoolmasters, 128, 9. 209, 5 & 26. 242, 24, 291, 3 & 21. 325. 25. 39 6 > 20 & 27. 397, 8. 403, 27. 409, 30. 436, 35- 4S9> 35- 460, 3. 482, ^ 3i- 483.23- 7'2,3 6 - 7i 8 , 4- Schoolmen, 11, 15. Scriptures on church walls, 123, 30. 2ii, 28. 293, 27. Seal of office, 234, 31. 317, 4. Separatists, 401, 8. 797,3. 802, Sharp, archbishop, 7 7 0,3 3. 772,15. Shoveler, Thomas, 554, 10. Significavit, 398, 12. Simony, 129, 19. 155, 17. 187, 24. 188, 16. 270, 3 & 23. 435' '7- 439> 29. 4^5, 31. 461, 18. 479, 8. 480, 14. 509, 22 & 26. Six articles, statute of, 419, 24. Skull in a kitchen, 574, 7. Sleep of the soul, 16, 3 1. 32, 25. Smalridge, bishop, 786, 36. Snape, Dr., 830, 28. Socinian books, 399, 10 &c. 400, 10. 401, 17. Socinians, 399, 4 & 33. 400, 24. 619, 35. 620, 19. Somners, 580, 3 & 5. 581, 39. Sponsors at baptism, 120, 28. 121, 34. 178, 13 & 17. 260, 24. 499, 23. 512, 30, Sprat, bishop, 771, 24. Stage, its immorality, 716, 25. 720, 6. Stockings, 208, 4. 290, 2. Subscription to the articles, 3, 27. 5, 20. 60, 35. 61, 28. 112, 16. 118, 18. 120, 8. 127, 12. 133, 8. 168, 1. 222, 8. 856 INDEX. 236, 24. 319, i. 396, 22. 528, 26. Submission of the clergy, 6, 17. 423. 5- 436. 13- 687, 17. 725, 7- Subsidies, 444, 16, 21 & 29. 450, 18. 515, 19. 519, 33. 520, 12. 529, 27. 540, 20. S43> 7- 554> 2. 566, 18 & 24. 567, 11. 571, 24 & [O. 572, 22. 574, 15. 580, 8. 582, 5. 587, 19. 592, 31. 593, 8 & 30. 594, 36. 595, 24. 604, 26. 677, 20. 678, '5- 693,33. Sunday, observance of, 170, 26. 253. i°- 533. 33- Supremacy of the crown, 6, 17. 7, 15. 38, 17 & 35. 39, 21. 59,19. 60,28. 118,17. 164, 17. 166, 4 & 11. 177, 15. 185, 27. 247, 33. 248, 21. 249, 14. 318, 30. 327, 21. 328, 1 & 26. 387, 22. 389, 10. 414, 11. 561, 33. 761, 25. 770, 19. 8oi, 35. Surplice, 116, 3. 172, 17. 176, 10. 198,2. 255,2. 258,22. 280, 6. 565, 20. Surrogates, 742, 20. 744, 24. Sylva caedua, 439, 15. 447, 22. 575. 27- Synodical authority, 5, 31 & 37. 6, 23. 38, 27. 165, 23& 3 6. 244, 4, 14 & 27. 327, 12 & 20. 386, 35. 528, 12. Tabulatum, 454, 12. Taverns, 124, 1. 208, 10. 290, 8- 439- 35- 459. 23. 481, 33- Tedder, William, 571, 14. 572, 27. Ten Commandments, table of the, 21 1, 25. 293, 25. Tenison, archbishop, 820, 30. Terriers, 130, 2. 214, 8. 296, 5. 731, 16. 734, 22. 735, 1 &c. 777,2. 781, 12 &c. 782, 1 &c. 818, 7. Tertullian, 809, 5 & 32. Thanksgiving, the general, 658, 27. Thornborough, bishop, 351, 32. Thuribula, 453, 28. Tippets, 198, 11. 207, 21 & 24. 280, 16. 289, 18. Tithes, 437, 10, 14 & 30. 439, 16 & 20. 447, 1 1. Tithes in cities, 42 1, 27. 509,33. Tithes in London, 437, 6. 445, 7. 510, 24. Toland, John, 699, 25. 703, 15. 705, 13. 706, 28. Toleration, 701, 26. 717, 28. Tonsura, 475, 36. 476, 4. 477, 29. Trent, council of, 749, 26. Tyndal, alias Hychyns, 472, 22 & 35- Tyrrel, Anthony, 571, 14. 572, 27. Uniformity, act of, 56, 24. 59, 28. 62, 26. Universities, rules for, 458, 11. 469, 22. 484, 5 &c. 497, 22. Usury, 124, 8. 155, 18. 226, 14. 308, 26. 436, 21. Valens the Arian, 372, 20. Valuation of livings, 146, 14. Vane, sir Harry, 382, 26. 594, 22. Vestments, clerical, 498, 25. 528, 13- Vicar general, 144, 21. 153, 3. '54. 22. 155, 25. 223, 5. 224, 23. 225, 17. 305, 13. 306, 26. Visitations, 117, 13. 123, 7. 137. 3 2 - 227, 7. 233, 5. 242, 20. 315, 13. 325, 21. 393, 12. 394, 28. 396, 9. 401, 36. 407, 16. 479, 31. 481, 12. 512, 36. 708, 23. 738,7. 782,9. Visitors, the cpieen's, 34, 30. Wakes, 1 24, 20. 214,20. 440,4. Waterland, Dr., 773, 30. Welsh tongue, 137, 22. 623, 5. Wentworth, Mr., 60, 18. Westmerus, 473, 31. Whiston, William, 726, 29. 753, INDEX. 857 24- 754. i5- 757. 26 - 75 8 > so. 759, 9. 764, 33. 767, 20. 768, 25. 769, 27. 790, Whitgift, archbishop, 62, 23. 132, 31. 134, 23. 140, 18. 241, 12. 245, 22. 324, 10. 566, 27. 584, 28. 585, 36. Wiclef, 470, 17. Wills, probate of, 118, 3. 216, 31. 217, 15. 235, 21. 238, 33. 298, 26. 317, 27. 318, 9. 41 2, I I . Woodward, Dr., 707, 23. Writ de contumaci capiendo, 732, 34- 778, 2. Writ de excommunicato capiendo, 201, 31. 284, 2. 398, 15. 551, 24. 617, 7. 620, 31. 733. 2 & 33. 778, 3. Writ de hseretico comburendo, 756, 4. 764, 13. Writ de jure patronatus, 742, 25. Writ de melius inquirendo, 5 1 8, 30. Wurtemberg, confession of, 35,30. 4'. 24. Wyltkith, Johannes, 473, 33. York archbishop of, 450, 34. York, convocation of, 166, 18. Zuinglius, 473, 29. ?1