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'. -- _. - . v ‘ - . p , I u. .‘ A - _ _ “ 1 . ' . V . . \ , ‘ ' ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ _.. - ’-‘ n ‘ 4 _ . , I 3' . u , ‘ ‘ I W ‘ m‘_ . F n°ft13¢vnCa_n~n0H§f'1:he A "" . x. ?rm:1vn1r¢ :1 9312311 ;Il0tn110W fpeake, .b1;1t' I i Q nwhmnan: v~éFdF”.n5Sn’m%d€n‘th¢r0f Ifha£11id£c- V »M J”? V‘ C‘Ia.reV _0P1 n1_0f~]V.- M , _ % % % _ . 4:2 ‘I’ d§]17ec111¢g3111t1_¢$: ~I;;Jn~th¢ C3l1fl9flS,PVim;c:.Cl42_fl?:; % W” C03”’Cmltalnéd111‘thcfixt.Cannon.. " n A “I111 t1;le_Ca£}11ons,Secgmd4rC’!z;fi,;=_ < . V , V _ “V 3” “Y 3”’ againfi Clcrn and Lair; with at th ‘V common"confenr.» V “ 9’ 7 4 5*” W n2- ‘Thatthw W¢1E¢!?Pt w¢11 created“ .b3z.a?ny ofthc Ksngswrits éw’ . wt‘. . ‘V. ‘.I_“ .. I J!‘ - ‘ . . 17 C‘°mm1Ifi°1.‘3~ ‘°:11.33b1° 316311 tronmakenmnnonsaéwhmhnwere not A made‘i§“‘anC§mV°:93¥iQ$wn~ 01? in am-Wn‘Synod~dcra'wdn out .of» an Add 2. ‘ ‘'2. "' ',' st’ is ;.;«r w V _r. Tbefirfl ufrgazrézent Convocatioh, as vsfas Wittily obferved by a noble Lord, but they? ' Clergy.,who had no q ware» were made in a meerecon ventien of the ram: or autheritytot {clot as they did. V. * t 3.. Them ems contlaimedtirtaftheblaidCanl‘f1t>n§lafcllagaihli the F Vflm-damer1tal1rLaWs and%Stat‘utes” pf the‘Real.'mea; I-n preovihgj . all Which, I will n0:tltinliB:*upo.:1tanything tha hath bin fizid X before ,% as fearing that lhall tottherwlfe trouble you too hing. ; -a ‘ “ A A .a A I The firll: point thatI {hall endeavour‘ to proove, this‘, a that the Clergy” neither fiace nor "be’fc:sre the Sta. of 2§.‘Hm,' 8, mp.19.lcou1d ever“ rrialm lCahnon3 at araj Conltitutions that rfhould‘ bi’r1cl,the Clergy: afincl Laiety withotgt their cemrnon A A For the fprllogavling Wl1ereg§'f' I: mztlhmakea ufe‘ =.cor1‘fent. ‘C, t W A «of Rule put in" the “I. Bboke of the ’Pancle&s m'mz_.,* Tit; ‘De origin: iarzk, Imanzxenienx efl , ami/fix *pr£;m'pz'j: £5“ "orzrgizze .7107} repetim 2°/10:55 mduiém mzateriam‘ trdfinre, He doth not ltanclleybut flubbers Aa queltion, who tleduceth itnet fiom the foun.taia.t And thereforel will call: the whole Clergy, ihto five Sta;-M ages of timetfrom C H R I” est T ‘to ‘)tl1l§lVC£‘y day , anti in t them all I {hall thing and of the greatelt concernement to the libertytof‘ the l ' proove this point , Lit L ebeing the maine people. 2 T A A The firfl: is from C~xa'R~t1llstr~§ timet ‘tlll‘.l‘tl1e dayes ()5 A -jC'a;qz"»mrine,A above three hundred‘ years after ' C H R I s 1: ,, -in all which I'll!-?£'1<'.'."l there Was" no diPc?i11ét1ot17,l betwixt cau-A A lfes civill and Ecclefiafticall," but both ¢Weret.Atryed before the temporall Judges of Emplerourswatfld Kirxgsg fast appeares l plainly: in the Ir-nperiall conltitutiongneitlner will} any‘ I C'i%uiL-% .!z'.cm deny it; for to fpeake lpmperllyt no caufes that come in judgerhent are afpirituall or temporall ‘in refpeét of ‘them’- felyes : Fart what reafon ‘can any manlgiveme, why mur- ther tryed at this dayl by when the _ truth is that Adultery ise Farre mm carnall and “fenfuall “then murther is; But the true teafonl of M the rdifference. his hfi-omthe graunt of‘ Emperours “and Kings,» A l lwhe hate lgivenlr Conufane ““!cf’“ this to the E“ccle{ialtica1I U Judge Of’ A J V A the tempera-ll judge {boulder be e leffe fpirttuall then Adultery tryecl by’ the %fpiritual‘lvl. Judge, A hi this firft ‘age; had. the Conufzms A ‘ “Clergy. comefning the 'Cam¢wz:. ]r1dgie,ér3tl of the Former to the Ternporall. - And the true Reafon Why Empereure and King in oft all caufes Wl1atfoever,_ as -belonging to their tgmporall Courts is; For that in A thofc times, there washo difference betwixt Bilhops and A P1-icfts in point ofrjurifdifiion, but they were all one, and , had then no more to doe then to% otcler the Churchesfi by di... jigent and godly preach-mg, _ admimltring the Sacraments, ’ i beating down Herefies and Schifmes, aw. ' ‘And that thisvmay not feeme firange,‘ .becaufe I fay it, though I could i backe it with a multitude of Authorities, v:bm;h_o_1d andrnew .: Yet heeaufe I. am lc-nth re fpend time, I will onely cite two which are of‘ good credit with the The firii is font ef the decrees of’ the Cannon Law compi. ' «led ‘by gretian, défzzinfi‘. 93'. MP» 015791- ‘ ll‘.R}r46r£c/gs. . Preyiéiter idem es‘? qai: Epifcopax : 42¢; file canfiteéi mime pmflmt Epifcapi ‘73re_/hirer:/3'. t T ‘E A reg/mam Diazéali ieflirrffza flzwlia revel]?-'ég'/39¢;1rx:a% in Reli- i giaw fierente @* clifceretmr popzlzk sign Pma,/i: I Qégo flan eflpol/a: ego mztem Cap/Jae: commzmi Fire 5-- A teramm iL'a‘m‘i[i0 Eccfcfig geéernaémter, paflqmm am» new derremm in raw" area; at mm; de Prefbiterz} ifiappweretmc, zsr jiéihzfmdtum fémirm to/Zercemir. Sim: ergo Prefbiteri /2‘ir»mt /3 ex Eccfleflae _ca_g¢fvzamdi;¢.e effi- ‘ flzéiefloxt Int Epifcopi zzaverim‘ fl’ magi: co22fi¢emc2’£- we gramme digjéezzfitiomit Dominica it/erimre 7’reféite‘- réc eflé iemaiemc cév in commmi, a/:64-re £'c'clcfi;zm%% re. tgezfe, V % A % % i _ The fecontl 'isVout of Bilhop fa-we/1 in the defence of his Apology, approeved by both Houfes of Parliament, and comp W i it mancledt tebe lin,Churches, ‘2 ‘7’er,m,3.@£wIfl5. e InV"S‘. ifierémx time faith he) there’ were Lx"Wétro]2oliter2:,t ‘Arc'l9—5ifBap.t, Arc/9-—dMt:om‘ mad: otéarx, but C I-IE. I 3'1‘ appoin... A tadiraet thefe difiinétions of orders'fi:om the beginning; thefe namesiare tnot‘f'eund ,'n all the Scriptures, This is» the thing that We; _§deFend: lS‘.%76'r0~»me faith, Let Bithops punderliand. V’ L ‘ ' A 3 that ‘I x 1}, :05»: idem amt Prefbiter gee‘ év 8p5fZ:op:«A 63* me... A 2.; mi T'zr.c. 3. H « ‘Me firjfArg¢mm2r that they are in authority over Prielts more by eiufiome then by order ofGo 13 5 Truth; zThefe‘be S‘.eI6r'0me.sfA ‘words truly tiranflated. A And Part. 6. cap, 9. 1)«.iwjfi "1 ,l 2. h¢*ham thefi; words; i . A . ll * ‘A I grant there be many fpeciallpriviledges granted upongreat and jail: confirlerations of the meere favour of _the:Princc »: That a Prieft being found negligent or oAtherwife~ofl”ending inthis Miniftry fhouldr be conventede and punifhed, not by the Temporall or Civill Magrftrate, but by the difcretibn of the Bifhop, yet you mufi rernember (NP. Hardizrg) that all thefe and other like priviledges-pafled unto the Clergy fiom the Prince, and not from G o D, and proceeded only of fpeciall favour and not of right; For fiom the beginning you know it was not fo. A i r A A y I‘ r i The feconcl Stage or Tra& of time, is, A from Conflaetimrr dayes untill the ConquePc, in which time the Erhperours of’ Rome, and the Kings herein England gave to Bilhops divers jurifdiétions and Priviledges over the Priefts, which tAheyr i i had not before, as" you may fee in the Code and lNo«velsi of Put out by Lczmlaert. Irafliwian, of all caufes concerning ‘Matrimony and Teftainents, which A I could tell you by What meanes they firft obtained thefe 4 two ,A were it direéizly pertinent to this Point. But the Power and Right of making Ecclefiafiicall Lawes were e- ver referred to Ernperours and Kings with the aflent of the-; people, and not to the Bifhopsand Clergy. ‘y A ' e To omit the Imperiall Conftitdtions of Uéfififlfltififg tf2”éea-I defiw, Iaflinian, and other tEmperours, git appeares plainly in our Saxon “Law‘es¥ made long’ before “ the 'COnqL?1ell, by thefee feverall Kings, Izr/5 A/fim', Afidgvlrf, C dnutm, Eia'W:r-dA the Com- fisffor, Ste. that all Ecélefiafiicall tlawesghoth concerning Do-a étrine and Difcipline were made by them, am A cazfmfl; AZ.-. A derrmgrwarzarw ypaprali, » in .tl1eir#2l/1z'elael:Cjimor,y or%greatAfl‘em..". bly, which is‘ all one -with Aonr Patliament.; at Nay,“ * to their very Councelsi and Synodegflthe l_;aiety“ chm»-nAer ii‘ anyl"mat«~ r terwas there hyanclled rwhieh eoncernecl them. . OF this} could‘ A *giveAAlikeWife many in£’canAces,A I will only name one, the Cotm-i ceileorsynod at Wietbsfler called inthe 5.‘. yeare of~King €4- A A r. “i . mettm I They had‘ likewife Conufans graunted to them. ' A the prtf¢ntthfemfe1,V‘Sa " L h » ; A A Ah orjTra”€t of 1fihm~.=:,v.ras from the Conqtteft till the dggycgs Qf_Ki1’}g .E§2.5Wz%71&?3thtCffirf)E,‘i11tall which time th~i.‘i'Cj was a gt“€23"£‘ ’ ofa {tout and .\xa.h'a~nt Ix t E;aignc»o'fatWeakt Kmg 1 A ‘A-Sy a«t;*~1;5o2iz4’oz¢s:ta1€¢s Anfilmt and Wratehj 1}; containing 156* Cmzatzx.‘ g,4:7% it is thére fluid, 7’erfi2‘n.aZiter _t exiflmtiém’ in eogsfismt cam dlzfa -«4r¢19i¢P’§/@‘0P!3h 65° 4/at <9Pifi'01w3 earzéndem hfizf}‘W~ gggg3,fiPtem ‘dzmiézzx await tot hcorzaitiézw; 720??-im/4_'Z/3,: vflédtiém (}y;¢_1m<’}g/Mrififligkt, grcag;zrgyy;4 miiitiém azc czimpappzli mwltirgdina :ct§m'Vofi t i;¢t3eéde:w_exif‘zte;¢tiém, ivbzfiél 7"6gfr:3‘ finmzimircr ca7¢f£9:¢tie‘nt£éz«:4prceceptz¢m g;m;z;wt%¢fl,t&:c;1X11d this .-‘Wastho other then was u~fual1‘in other plaggs-,# :f1‘1 Law p“tcvai1€dt‘.y In thk‘-'5 50%??- “gH€rQUFS_tiII1€;'fhOUgh he adxnitted the Popes Law, yet, faith jR'0g€7 of(|5¢»‘fl"€7”, N»;//am ‘7’a2m'ficér nzitlaorimtem £12 £101: Mgzzcl :2d-_~ 1’ t1“.+’3€’0/%ifi qtmtenm ipfc’ aflimflzm ptraeécret (fivizil .9»?/E *7".s'!3z«z:r ¢E‘c‘“c‘”[.s«- fipzflzgczis” 6/zfiztrieitwa-Z;;ir,ng'fl 5}) ewzatmflazlzzmitztereflisétfitd [;mzjz".¢i_{J7.‘et.* Mr;~tI%t1:E'Kg???/liflmtfltzzfikthtimegthcCannon Law prevailed more, Far tha§£.~:.ti§;*hi11atn!,ti11gtAfifi?lzm’Arch~tbi{hop of -Cdhtcrlmtry whom the Attcht-b-i£bop%~ that rmwtisgmad othtzt of -the C1€’r'9,‘y rail “S. Azzfiéltzce, thoughthc Records of that tithe makchit1*n.a'Ihhrayt0atir) He cals a. aatway tltctttm vt:‘fht1tetttéf7 Biiihtztps f2‘O1n‘j the mi-l%3v3:' Eiflh‘Qj‘€RI3UniC’8fl::El'ffiCi1”Ufid‘13 ; add 4 t£.or§ifirt111-attitho‘fl th<::T?ope, tttfltcés aw " (1‘3~ith.°.»Z74’74f4“/9W6§2%? 7’fl?”53) fiverdaztiéwx, mt‘ b¢:é1:M‘45£1l3dIH3k€§th"0tli5CT‘: éonfiittxtio *Cf0tWr3;an‘d4%tp€ttQ And nounatv F fiftfi:§hein~gthAfchrbi{11op.*o£1:;‘}zpzzw* htfiingt. 1133" S the dayes offidw. I .to fufli-:r the fits ofan agut: 0 1 J. zishttmuch tprejtidiciall to - the 7-ei~1~,.3?b71f this: proud ‘Preltza-te tfhis éwvjv, thus . thah ks the King. for :8 da2§:é.=hécdimtihm »z‘z'éi c"m¢fl[izztm W utctce-{T013 sthéug _ h be ttftrttglédtlonghwith arpcly ton‘ Pope Paafkall, ytrt“ he cbuld cs toftflwfi=~!me, to unépc thdfe ,c1c:.crec$ not A préfiaflet all the day 4% '. £32 z;thc i.marr”iége ~05 h Pricfis, /2* orcf.r_t:Vprv»éig§vz¢£t pwzmzt ‘W2; pm-; ¢"z'a7e mtg. %z‘.'r;_zzi I‘ 1365.: 17, I 8331:. Tfiefirfie Argument V‘ “fat: that Synodi, but yet "after the death of Anfifma, if-Q; m3'nf;'..l fa-ft his claimeto the Invefture oFBi(hops, givenlto himbywthc L {Cannon Law, hee gave the Arch-bifhopriclte of Cmzterémy, to Rudolph Bifhop of London ; Er 1°/mm pert mrmxzlzzm @~»P,:;_r/20.... mlem Bmzlzmz z';2t2c=flim't, contra moi cowi/9 _/Mtflizt, faith‘ilMat,i Pm-1'4, King Here. 2. to the s”“end he might revivethe antient Lavves and cufcomes of the Kingdome, called his common Eouneell of all his Nobility and Bifhops, at Cldriflgdén in Wilt; , fiiere, where he made divers C oniiitutionsg in R*everfal1oF thofc made by flzzfc/we, thefe (T50. Beclqet, whom this King i had made Arch-biihop of (iwztcréary, fi-om the meancfgnng of a ]ew) traiteroufly oppofed,which bred great diffention in the Kingdome; All the Barons of that councell cryinglout againftj i Becket, in theft: worcis,faith Hbwndm, gm: progrederéslprgditori Eizzxfakep. 135.9 1 3519 2. expeffzz 65- audi jzzdiciumy mum." But that valziantliinfg, by the; unhappy killing of"Z’ec§@r, was quite ciefeated and Pcript ofihe fruit and benefit of that Councell, and hirnfelfe put to ami... ferable pennance, as it is at large defcribed by Mat.‘Par£:,‘ and briefly touched in the cafe of premunire in the Jri/é.lrcpiorts,:.i4% A and 33.9%: fhortly after Canonized by the Pope for a Saint; visa,- 19. Hemz. . A " A * In all King fa/am‘ time i firife betwixt the King and his Clergy grew to afhll fea, his i Kingdome interdited by the Pope, and himfelfe at e1engthf'or- kced to furrender his Kingdome to_the Pope; and his oWn%Clergy i joyning with the Pope againft him : So that all his lE{aigne,_the- e A Common Law Was underlhatches. ~ - 7 ‘ . A A But in Hangs. time his fonne; camethe good tStafutcilloE’~i Magma C/mam , and then thofe waters mightily abated, and “the V Clergie were glad to receive all their liberties and Iurifdtifiions g;..H.3.c.x. from the Cro-mu, as by graunt fiom that aft of farlifment; as appeares in the firfl: Chapter of that Stat. (‘omrejfimm {Den é’/54¢ pmfimi sizmrm confirmmzimmt pro naézk év bcerediém lztq/frzit pespetmzm quad Ji'etct’i.j/is zlnglimm: liéergz fir, @# layaséeat armies A jam _/Em integm @9 liéertatas [£44 i/lagfwy And though it is pen- ned in forme of? 3: Charter, as the manner of penning Aéis of A Parliament Wasainthofe times,t.yet it was a Statute ofthe“Realme IV made in Parliament, s. by thegegnieiit oi-i the L_ords_and Com-u memes. i A A i — a 4 tbéifenne OF Hm. 2. the‘watersaoi7ii A A‘ concerning the l V C locke, telling V Zak A/méct pro legit: s hearkento them, i Baronet mm were ref}: am /aztmfér; helpe oftheAPope, got A iiitutions of 0 V vedin thofe dayes and the Popes ‘led it Ealaamx Aflc. V V A neffe of his fpirit, makes t * the 25‘r*‘.t yeare of Hen. A to R:covver~ and getkllreng . make no I.awes;,‘C,annDns or r Lawudid allow. A A V bytlaestatutesofrtaas. .E'a’w.I.1g33. Edna. 14. A . ftrengthened mightily his Prerogative: f t ty are infeperahle, as King (,3 A R I. ‘As - his anfwer to the Petition of Right‘, that A A maintain the peoples 1iberty,A and their _ caflcernirag me’ Canam. And although the Clergy of in thezoth. yearc of Heat. 3. againft the Common Law, 3ndVwouId fain have broughtin that part of the Canon Law, egitimation of children borne out of ‘weed.- the ePeerAosA of the Realme J14.-smm; that, mu, yet _ the amlermzt, quad‘ nalrm: [ages eeflngliae mxmtra, afimra jam at approémo , * V ~ A i In the-Ailatter end of the Raigne of this King the Clergy by head againe, and the Popes exaétions up- on the Crowne and the peoples liberties (forthey alwaies gee Am. rowne intollerable, and divers Legantine Con- :%aa”nd»t»0rho£~on,' burthenfome to the people were introduced, inliomuch that ;Matth.P.mSs a. poore Monke that ii» Creatwe,A yet by reafon of the great opprefiions which hethen {aw upon this Kingdome, cal»-V And when all the Peeres and Barons of cled this Kingto refill thofe incrochments gether) were theRealme, pAer_fWa upon him and his peop hem this anfwet; Nee «valo ma amdao damim Pope in aliquiém conzmdicere. t . r r r A Ihe 4”‘. eeftageor traét oftirne is from the daies roof‘ Edna, 1, to V V 8*. in whichitime theA.common Law began th 5 in all which time the Clergy could Confcitutionsgbut what the common '7 Gfzpiflo int-he Parliament of ‘ Qgdntwm and _fz2ccefl7onem kercdimrixm Ecclq/iza ma \ ' Earles and Barons would not ' but, as faith thatstatute, he 02mm Cmim ca» .7+1':2z’.Pm“;V lo, he out of the poverty and weal7% zzrbfi Aélaabfé be; firt;wm.z:e;,¢.%f&%g, fch ;o.bfCr5Va—t Apr%Q3iA_<:_gi tru~‘::1‘,V “anti =1-fiajriéitefFu1§i~11ed%;.‘.:£x1% tfiis:~i'Ki11§; :' » For 4 ,11€;§f31‘f18i§<3?;%VPfi%1¥?3§T§% A either %§béfin‘%e‘%A?6f4'“?if3tc:= «~15 an w;is‘mo*: 3: A V'i§%ori0us a*:114~%fi‘C,c€'iT5fai1T A Chas and wellfaré(of?hisf§5cop1é';W”%% V » ”1.,V’ho’up0:} a11%&oCc:a‘fiQ’;1s ;2ide:i.~11iznh j in 111$Wat:1jé;s%%zViLth;V_fth_¢;i":: A p:1rf.=:s**‘and fwvuglat hi%s{batteIs i%nV;:th_;c§;r_ApV3rfQns*.,.,k % “ O ‘ ‘_~.L\ I"- V Till the 1 g"f.vea.1:e of this .King~,~ th-:7 AA hid -on A é”fi£)11;%i:1*_fEcc1e§iaB:ica’iI ca:ifes%%:13ropérlyallowed to." ti‘i€_r.'i1,; bu. caufss emf‘ Matrimony mild. 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('}1;§‘M C'lsrM‘i.mimtis ' d: his gm: fiwz; me .3: jjrfiritzxaliey K?J_iL?¢', and them: ‘rcc1.i?::arc by'.th~'=VSTtatutfé%95‘;%2%" 4‘*3"vlrAi=::%;6;% Y Cap.;:c‘ Wheife it -isV%'c:cg;ré:*sCf:1y kceil1'c<3t"«Aai§;A"St?-1%-1% ii‘-e?»"?‘iif1*f¥:i;it A A is 1ikf'.w%ife rcfolved. in the: 4,.ré15:7°43[meFk Wtafs, *é¢.tjfd' inv d:cA§;mpar2, % %%]"6’}‘j‘7c'rie:,caF:. M % “ A A M 4 In Edna. 2. tim:-, tbs. Clergy %p:¥:'titib;1 tr: fl 5: King fltmft net othcrwxf-7: got }urifdi;?ci<);1. in .m%.my; [o:h:rJCa;ufcs not 1"p::c£fi$d n ‘LSw- * l 'vokedybyi%the HStat.'of'25. H.m,8, 52212.1 4. andl;tlieiloath 9.56 l 1 A A B 2 cm-taming tile Cfiflfiififg i ” A ii A A inithe Statute of[£rwmij,‘eé7éi agatzis, as yoiismaiy feelin l-he Sta» ' A1;-mepf flrticzéli" CZé2vi.l made 9".Ea’m2. too long towremeznber. The1fetW7o Statutes were Afopretiolus with C, areinlerted e~c7'é.cérim lfltljc‘: «Pra7.:zi2:('ia3!I Coiillitutioos of Lizmk A i wood "as the niailie par; oftbe Church laW,:asyin ‘lfI;1l7l7l?.lt is. i x the Cl€l”.0'}?',‘¢tl‘lLlt they - ._» A]nA_}§_ing Ed2mm’,3. ' time, the Clergy got fiirtlwr juriflsliéliori iii1i9,pa:ticL1lar points notAformerly_graumed to tliem, as may appéarc by the Parliament of 23.Ea'13j_3,. called Smrzzmm pro‘ Cleric, a Statute which Iliave fzrme caule to remember. It apa- peares in themiliamexit roll of tlizltfltatute, upori Wba‘: ground chyeydemzinded thofelpriviledges which the King tllfifl-g-mlill-~ ted to them,’ fnot out of right, but by an humble lllzpplicatioii to tbye;Kiog,lin thefe Words me»nt1~oned'in the Rollbeiiigiri l:l'e‘:l_'.1Cl‘l3 That pm“ érewrcrzce dc dim ('j~ ale S“. Efgizlc 0'?“ dc? éemigmizggly he would grauntlthem all the-fe liberties they petitioned. For. «Ir: Hemy 4*’. time, the Clergy got fome power with that King, and made a Confizitufion, called com‘2‘izwio Tlfia. .ril'i"Im_t!é’1 lS'.0M;"JI“-2'55 Hméricax, but this Conftitiitioiu tl1eyiiew'e1‘AAdm:i°cl put in, ure, tillthey liad calazmed it Witlitlmt bloody Statute of 2_H.4.. (lap. 1 5. called Smrzmszm ex ojficio, which in truth was_nAo Statute, A as mayyappeare by the Pagrliameot Roll which lliave, :2.E2"Ae2z,a-;.A. . :52‘. 4,8. being filled; peiizia Clcrg cwztm HereZ'iz:'o5,i ~ AAnd~ wliere it islaid linythe Aél pmlaril.-A «(Fr clcrm flzprlzdifiia mi gEtz}:;m' m-- A Wmnitaiex dirffi regni fizpplicamnt, thefe wordsac eriam camrwzl. l mrexlldifli: regal, are not in the Parliamment Roll, and fo was the truth, that the Commons did never aflent to that A51’, as may appeare likewifelay pthe LatineyAé"c priritedain Linwood. L For whereas the lA&rL1nnes in this fbrmc Of words ; qzaidam gloymiims ex djfmflz z§g'7Mf2'fl7¢_ E?“ azliamizla P~rocem7L3¢« ejig/,};lc:m regni;&c. wm“cfl?t 6'5“ l§?dWt;&c. there is no mention "atA2illof;:- the Commons, and therefore to helpethis, the words ofarlioram ' A procerwzzi are thus rendred in the Englifh Statute now in priiitl ( and other difcreet men of the king-doine whereby are im-A. Aplyed ltheCommor1s_., and whereby hundreds of 1\<‘l::irty'rs were A ctuelly~ put to death by mificaken law, ofwliicb g::eevance;tb.e V V Commons from time to time complained in lundry P-aifllézzneiits, and new refced ‘till tliatl bloody " Statute was ll1eremgoi1quitel1*ee 0_fil"£'5m?, Wmeli ‘I/1:416‘ .N-~l B1‘: 153 H6‘ Tet, il:£l’i}‘3"' izamzucl to. L7 »::..y A g Q i H 764* firfl‘ (_.'JI‘g}'l77it3'27f A A A A A e which had his ‘originall from that cruel! Statute quite taken away’ V In the daies of Hm,8. in that Afamous cafe of D‘. Hotfiy and % gmga Hanna, mentioned ing7. HMS, Kt-lwa]e;r rap; 182.‘ It A was“ teiblved by: a kind of Committe oi’ both honfes oFParlia~» ment at Black-_-Frierx, at which the King and all his fpiritnall and temporal1(;onncell were prefent £(as it Afeem es by that booke) ' where it was refolved that no Ecclefiaitieall Ala Wes did bindthe A Apeople,but whatthey alfented unto.» A A _ _ 5. A And now I come to the 5*“. and lalt tftage or traft of't1tne, a5.Hm,8. untill this very time. The Stat; of 2 5.Hen.8.‘ ea}2.19. I hold to be nothing els but a declaration of What the Common law was befbre, and 110?: mtr0du’3hVCA of a Anewlaw, which is the reafon,as I conceive, that the Statute IS pennedin iiegative words; that they alhall not make Conftitutiions and can. nons‘ without the Kings Aaflent, which may be interpreted his aii'ei1tin”Parliarnent, as well as his .afient and coniirmationby his letters Pattents. A AA A > A A A ‘ A ll 2. That they {hall not make Cannons cont‘rary*to the Kings Prerogative, “the Lawes, C‘ui’comes and Statutes of the land, now what can they tell what is the'iKingsA Prerogative, the Laws A and éluftomes of the Realine _, unleffe the Laity wholhave more A .ski1lA thenthey, to judge oftliofe things, do give their afient. And that this feemsa to be the meaning ofthat Aét, lthatithea Parli“a*ment'A i {hould have a power in eftablilhing the Canons of the Clcrgie, it A appeares by that Aft in the appointing of the 3 2. Commifiioners ,_ aforithe makingto”fCanons; ‘whereof 16. Weretok be taken‘ from the Temporalitie ontAoFthe upper and nether Honfe of Parliai- ment:.anda1i6.A,more were to be taken fi‘oAmthe Clergy; So that" ii the Clergie had not that power to do it alone, without the Laity; though they had the Kings Royall afient thereunto; i A A H A And that the praétife .w~a:.-7 alwaies fo, that the Aéts and,_AConlti.t..A l i“ A tutions of the Clergy had their determination and c,'oncl'ufion Parliament, appearesby thcfe examples. A A 1 ;x.Hea.«8. A The 6 Articles mentioned in the Stat.Ag I. H. 8. M1514‘. iwerei gj cap-1+ A debated in the Synod or Qonvoca‘t1on of the Cletgysbut %‘WerenotA binding to the people without confirmation in Parliament, as ape 3 z_ ,—.;m,g, peares clearly by that Aft. 1 m;p.:z.+5=- A 'l‘heAin£titution ofa Chriliiantnan compiled in abook by all A , . A te eoeceming the cfaeafisi T A A V, A :1 A the CA1ergyAoFEng1and, containing matterAei" dofizrinte, as‘ Aii‘i§i.<‘A'-i1A>A’(A‘§A7if:3A A the ‘Rite-s and Cercrnenies of the Church were _¥Par1ia-=-"‘ A , , ‘-{V ment by the Laitie ‘oneiy againfi: Tranfubitantiationgand Com mu-we 12.3 A .11iO11iflOflCAi{iI'}d€', as may appeate in tbatstatnte. Befides I ai1aveyi.;,bmy“ ieene the Diary of King Ed. 6. written with his iowne hand, A A i wherein he hath this paiiage, This day there mu .4 noméle deémfeh in ~ #1: Lower H-wfi of P zsirliamcm‘ azgaizzfi ty/as fammgmion in am 1q'_inde..: ; So the Statutes ofz. E. 6. mp. 2 I - and 5-AAE Mp. I2.C0I1C€rI1-:T A ing marriage of Pri!ePcs,i gave a finall determination are that point,‘ by a_ binding Law upon a debate had firfc »1I'lAAti‘1€ Convocatior-zfI‘he Canons and Conftitutions made by the 32. Commiflioners Aupon - the Statutes of 27. H. .8. cap. 15; 35. H. 8. mp. 16. and 3. E 51.’. 6. c, 1 I .Were coinApi1e"d. 6.15’ .6A.an:.i afterwards printed and ptibliflieth. and 311:-he Commiiiionets naymesil have Teen under king" E.6.;own; A “ ythandnviand although they be finguiar good Laws, and Written‘ in V A Aexeeilentt iangtiage, yet becaufe they have not hati the alliowance ofPar1iament,are not received as binding Laws at this day. A A ‘ A Laftly, the 39. Articles of Religion, made in the Convoica-i (ion 1]5‘6:>.. were not binding Laws to the Whole Kingdome, A ~ AA till they had theit: apfirobiation and confirmation, A by the Stat. of 13. Elie. €412; 1'5; '1'hushave I aebriefly as I could, 1‘L’1I]A0V€3l’tAA’ the prafiife of all ages in making Ecclefiaihcall Laws, and the, A «xeaions ofthei-rt praétifeeare briefly thefe, V W E y A g;_* A compamtzk, byan argument 3 km£7¢oriedmajm,; If prgpépty ' V of geodsy-cannot be taken from me without my iafliznt in _Par1i,a... imam», whiehis the fundamentall Law of theland, and fo-d'e- clared in the petitien ofright, why then property and liberty A A A of Confcience which ismnch ‘gvireatet, as m_uch‘ias écmz 4m"mi_ are it above éoamfirmme, i cannot be ta en from me Without my yaflhnty V AI_ibertie ef~'ReligioAn and C_enfcienceA,are 2131 take it, within 2 e A the wordsi of rmgna [harm , « grannteci to me as mine Inhe-~ M c;},,mf,, AA <1 :ritanCe,i cap.“29e.A N#l!m‘AliéerAi/vama émprzfiweetur A4»: diflei:fl:tWde*t.e9.. ” 3 3 A /ibtrratiéw A........—._.................-~... ..._......... .. 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" H1" #9 = qA*r1m“:1a‘e %cama¢iino1:o£*i 5 Aprzzaayemg 'dé‘té“fi”fiifiéd Law bYV“~?h,"7~]P3‘Y113m¢m:~39L which.¢1tg r¢Ferred,~ Aasf; lzkcwiffibv ‘ W C6mmif3i0.n%i:9F»7i%2- 4MfaY>%;Aw?irhicbiLahf@lL3f¢1i* rév.<>T§éd M1 % ~ ihé Cannons; tliéfi ~. cg. :4and*;IlIi°$§£:\’5i>fin”t.¢d;§”IW¢1i~:% A :Iiia”c1*¢=% 1‘o.ii:..7‘pt§‘3>az>1;a;;1§ai£; ‘s;nd fie; ‘;‘p§¢,a£‘¢_;;g¢‘r:§1;if 'f"’c_2f “.%Coza;y+océtAion,. , 3‘Ii1f:§.*rI5}] by tfataA‘£:“e§;hg:a:i%n1o;§;;%of %:2;4*"May.«; ‘F » firm: ywae fi.711QVVil’ig, ;A¢gmes.wA:Ar1u¢¢;y;ingsJImérs% Péfkfirs ‘ % of Coraiarmation a:sf%tii‘"e“%!~‘e;A§ by rh¢;C<>mmirfion 99 5V3%V%.A%~¥7":'?§I%%§Mliélfirdr 1¢5f5¥ 1?8V3?é47fl”f§&Aé"h¢%TdW1iI3%¢X9r€fl:¢%¥W9¥d3 T ~ both I " J-ifgflmiwf hoth givehisRoyal1‘afient to thccannons, and_ ratifies and imastt i * fifmcs thgm according to that fottne of the {aid Statute or A A8: _ oFPar!i)znaent of't25,’“iHe;¢_i8; Now thatStatt_tte doth‘ only givc power to the KingVtoA_a&nt iuntoand acontutmt Cameos made» in Convocation, and therf'ote there hei*n_g;‘t**tto Cannons made in C~onvo‘cation bufaftervvatdt, the~afi?e_1tt and Aiconfitmatioziiiof things not then in being mufi Hfifids be void 3 form Aeurtaw, item... firiimre is firmum facere, which prefuppofeth an entityt or being " of the thing that is to be. made firme;* Forz ex 222‘/ails eon quid, faith the Phi15fopher.i And therefore 'the¥foundation F313 ling, on which the confirmation fhould worke, dot-it caufe it therby to be abfolutely void; according toAthat rule "of Liatxv, .S'a:é/Ara fiedeménta A dgflmirur opus, And, 10 It itconclttde this A A efecond point alfo, that the Authority w"hich“-fhoui1dt* give _1po_,:g.,,..%, life andebeing to thefe Cannons is void in Law; ~ A i A I The third and Iait point isthisa admitting that the Cietgy hat power and lawfufl authority to make thefe Cannons,‘ whether i— .the {aid Cannonshe not void in I-aVV for the rnattericontai- - neduin them, atAxdI"thi11ke they are in that “they are againfi; the Lawcs and Statutes of the Realme, and to contrary m the tptovifo in the Statiite ofz g .Hm.8. A V In the T debate wherofj twill Afirft confidcr of the Cannons, {p*ri°r22ee‘(’l4I[Ii.r;“Ag? A . . ” A A 2, Of the Oath contained in the {ixtCannon. it ‘ 3; OftheBtenevolenceegranted by the Clergy, and contained in the fecond hooke of Cannons,’ all which I ihaii hoid tohe a- _ ‘ gainft the'ALaWs andustatutes oftheReaIme. A ‘ A _ A it I Concerning tthei firft I will only infifig Aupon three Canhtons, \‘ V! A for atht:.rcPc have bin ,.f'u1A1y_A .':(‘poken‘itoo, _eziz,I 512, ' amt 1A3,CAgn..* nons. “A ' For the fitft Cannon in making ‘ id'c,tei‘tninations‘eoneerniné A3oy‘aIltt‘powct, and propetty of goods, they fhave A doneAagai¥n§ A law‘, and have medicalWithi'thiir1gs‘Aof“ iAh34VCiAAI1O A Conufans, For the cxpofition A. of. Atghctmt be1ongs*‘ittoA1 the of the Laud, and-they have no mO'rey1‘ightAto expound them, ~tthen“"thet judges have to iexpound Texts“ of ‘Scripture. And Atherefote it was aptly fpokeu “ by the Attorney generali in A Héffifivu: cafe, who was ingditedf in the Kings-Bench, Trix. A A A ‘ It Cat- -In 2 concerning stbe Germans.” in A 1_-5“ M, :t@,.;,,_~, f'or;ca11ing judge Hmton_ Traitor,,., Who there fiid that -it was his opinion, and the opinion of all 0rtbada.:t'Di- gvings, that if .the_.Kingl _, thought -he might withfaf .ifafe con-s I fcience take my goods, I was tale: him have them, and it ,was ‘high Treafon in me to deny him‘ or make refifiance; _To_ whom the Atturney generall replyed in thefe words, that - W the Prerogative of the King, and liberty of the Subjeét were agivenand defended by the Laws of the _Realnte,, and that the uclges were the expounders of that Prerogative S And though ‘W the Clergy of England do feeme in thisCannon totnaintaine tthis abfolutc power, yet Wee muft know that the Kings of England never made ‘Title to governe by it : For though kingfamer in his book of freeMonarch1es dives Further in this point then anyb.efore hirn;'yet he determines it thus, that this ab- folute power is onely betweenGod and him, not in relation to his people ‘in point of their government; for the fame King v v faith in another place, that a Subjeét of England may‘ chal- lenge the King in the fame language, as the poore widdow .ch311¢.nged_‘Z’/yilip of cfiliacedan, Fae inflitiam Am‘ no fir Rex ;, PM/jam}, and then adds this, That thofe Kings are either Tyrants or A».a6=>sv- taerjnred, that govern not according to theit_Law;and tl1ofe.th_a't A boolte pcrfwade them otherwife are vipers and pelts. both to the rgmfhe King and Common-wea1th: And I‘ have now in my hand fire byboth -that Kin sProc1amation for the fupprefling D”. Camel: b00l{€‘,_ houfes of acalled -T e interpreter fit‘ advancing /2:53, Aéfilrzte I painter to the a-— 1°arltan1€~t' -pert/.vrovv»~af allferliamezatx. . A , 7-14‘- I Concerning -the 12., and I3. Cannons,touching ii the free»- ing and difcharging of Chancellours and Officials fr_o1n[eixe-- cuting any Excommunication in his own perfon or anyjciegn.- gfure againfi: the Clergy, becaufe they are Lay-men, I vfaythat v = in doing and enaéting this, they have done quite contrary to 353, 2., H an Aft of Parliament ftillin force, in" takingfi-orn them" this s..c :7., I power of exercifingi the vcenfnres of the Church, which that Statute‘: gives thef-‘n, which I didfilooke when fome Civilians now in the houfe fhould have rnaintainedg: And although. it were to he wiihed that only Clergy rnen lfhould, have this ,P0WCr of Excommunication , and other C 65¢/1:176‘-57’ it at the « Church gtyet feeing an Aét of Parliament hath given‘”thislpo~ ‘ « a W 7 C .. "4 V ' wet 16 2a A’ A A A7193’ firfl (Argument A ‘ A Wer to Lay-men It is ahigh prefiuhption in them »to7'make Can...‘ nons‘againPcit.”A_'AA — A j A A ~ _ A Y Conceming the Oath mentioned in the“ 6 eCannon,tWo thmgs ‘féllintoequeffi-on. * A A A A ' A ‘ A ' '14 Whether ‘the Clergy can impofe a new Oath? I ehinke. they cannot ,-, ForAI“hoId it‘ for a ground in Law, that no AOath can be impofed upon the Seuhjeft, but wvhégt -,is= hwarran-A ted either by the cuffeme of'thee_Rea1me, ewhich ism) ether then the common La“wg or ‘else hy fome Aé’c~oF Parliainent to; warrant it And» herein the Clergy hath done more then the Kingdoth atthis day by his PrAerogazfi'UeAR;Oya11,byhewhich he goyernes his people, and is part of the eecom?tn0§1 LaW,Ae~.a‘nc_1 - differs n_o Lnore from it, ‘then parse .42 rota,‘ _ca11e¢ hey‘ vB?i4;5z‘a2¢ A privilegiflw Regz3J,fhy the ‘of W;/£1. z);~z;z: did £30)’; * the _RegiB:er,A }m regiam ’€arz9i2't¢; "NDAW the King doth hot: by his Prerogative’ in any of his Commifiioris or Letters AAp3tentsL, which are of greater force »them Cannons, 1mpofeAan, Oath A A withAout Tome A6’: of Par1iAament Aeto watfrant it; As for: sex?» A ampiegby the Con11niffieA11‘ofSewm there is pow‘er~too:.* ‘ f i A 7 A it ; 1. Exveptiafl is in thefevvotds, Tim: I wif1natina%za_oaoriiéy% Ajél‘-fih or my other to éring in may Pop£fbifDo&m'zze, contrary ta A we W/aic/ids fir’ eflaaéli/éed, now ATlm.t, and So, being-words of C,annon,; they ‘have exceeded» A Relation do treferre to the next Antececient, being-A“( 4130;»;/2; ;Doé'z’rim»)~not;iment1oned. in any partetof the 1 Oath befopei So that, reddwdo fiflgwlfl finger/M, It ‘tonnes thus in fence and; in Canflméiiom, ~I wk‘/z mt izzdmzfotzr my fglfe to ériflg in may Pag « My DoEZrin-e5 contrary to that Popifh Do«5trine‘which is R; eftabliihedh, Ergo, fome Popifh Dofirint: is efltabiiihed by the Churchiof England. ,'1'~his‘ coni’trut'tifonA» was Io .evident‘o:inLi plaine ;to themt,A‘ithat;1”or the exiting tlietoflithougli this Oath M iwithv the word; (Papi/Z») in it, and the ref: of the Cannons were confirmed by the Kings »1ette_rs ‘Patents go”. zany 16". Car. yet. 5?“. $219 after, ‘they got eat Commiflion ofiioniithe A i Kihg, A to give this Oath, -1eavin‘tgAA'i oixt the mAv<}:oird~e1?°‘a,t>zf,/15A,", whereby . they , have maiden the ii-enifegdy, wotfef then; the; A di»-. A A feafe,-A by :giving an Oath, WhiCh»\Va?SAAI1€_V€f confirmed why‘ the .i2.i'}I‘11e giivei my confémfi to aim? the cgoovcmemcgzét _ 0_«f’W1‘/J_":'»':$AA tC’hz¢r:h Arclg... éi/iéops, AAi:ABr1/?2opsA,.;AA'De-We-vA i-ma’, ~ .r4.rc/4+1? 6460225: ow hieh I; may «feeond Ext-cpr£onA is in thefe words, Nor will flétger fit1yf.C8117.3 C¥oyenantAitiagainPtMA the 1§_~i-ngs, hfupre1I31aecy,AA ywhiehl , thus make good; ; ~ it it. j AA A It is a‘ »paAt‘t ofixny. Oath 0? Sr4p;”m~m:¢c}',t11»tatt»I {hAa11"{aeHi{tA[A the s‘r.2r.i°.”i A . Keinggtinit all perejhemiinencesiandi jurifdittions b"e1onging&toVhis Etiycizt‘ ;Cié’a;vna;:AnAA it is» at: part A of ‘ jhis:-t jutifdifiion ~;o.;,a1¢;e;e this i ‘ A t,'m*icr1mentzAAhis Pflfliamenty axid: to iA'tap ~:e.irn«tA-i==;:id~j‘" cfiébltiilx A K A = A AC 2. ‘ 4 am.» ' y authority.‘ ulvim I 8 ti CTb§flrJ/firgament « fanother,“whichyifilhelihallibe foanoiaded? todoe; “Iiam by -l ' Oath not to affill; him in it, A I am; not fol much as to give- my afI'ent5 Wherby I doe unavoidably fall upon this Roc.l(,; i that for the faving of my oath, I mult deny my obedience P,,,t9,,ge to the I<;ir1g-,~‘ot'~by- obeying itlielliing‘ I Inuit fall uponv per... jummento. ‘ y l allaw is changed toawhichtl I‘ amt bound by oath: Though, he I am thereb ‘materially difcharged; yetfbtmally argrtrbound in refpea o‘ mywil1:- Porif-evlerl a&ua'_ly aflent totthe altera-. tionl, Iam really perjured; l . l v 3. The third Excepricm istin thefe words, I will kw‘: confima to alter the gavememeat of that lCbr¢rc,/9, 5}-. Arch-éiféapx, 850. I as it flmzozht flow e§i‘»«zé2’if/yeti, and M. :9} rig/at it ought to fland 5«1‘1OW- . to fpealteuproperly, there is no governement of this Church;-.yy V oF‘8:¢ér[a_nd»"by e/fr:/9-éiflopx, .823]/hops, ‘$647265,‘.1{14C‘b"D€4‘2€072:;§'.i ‘ 1&0. but only? by the King, and they governefonelyy by land. a 1-mdcr-him;-L And why the King {hould be quitealeftyout, feems. athitzg ftrange to me, unlteili-‘.: they will fay he is icomptehene-.. <.:l~<:d'a;'within ‘the raw. which is a moili unworthy place for {ca great a Majel’ty..V y , " “ " ‘ ‘ y And that the Clergy had fome ilgl meaning in this otn?fT- K t on of the Kingiiout ofthis Oath, Ilhave fome reafon more then~to fufpetft, when 7I'call: my eye upon. Tome dangewrloua . paflages that are in their writings about the Kings Suprema-~ ey,j advancing it higher then the King hi.rmf::lf'eawoul‘d have t them, ltouchinlg the Sub jtffisi property: of goods, but deprefling ~acoo-1low* coricerr1ing”f_ hid f Etzcltefxafiicall" p:oW%er.y Azndli this V2:I.D.c’a- appeared? lately rbeforef us i a very dangerous ifpeech l_ of F-yDl'.‘ ' welt book C0/5,43, A . A who faid that the King ought not to be called S14»- :n‘;“"“' pmzme lama’ aftfae Cbxrc/2", and t feemed to colour it by Bilhop fuppreflhd r I‘ r . t . H . l l t byK.1 Revives all the Statutes ~- of He?1.‘8. touching Syupreamet head troclaxhizf of the Church: 50 Athatfthe King may as well be called Supreamc ‘#5 &13=€- head of the Church on‘Earth (for Io are the words of the Statute 1Y.l;“'”“‘l ofl26.H.«m.t8. .ca};.1. c*§~yg7.~Hm..8. mp,tI7.)* asffupreatne go- mi om vernour. Befides it-he dil’cin§tion that id he ufcd in this- place, That-%Bilhops had their jurtfdifition from God’-,« rations; aficg, but mticme exercitz}, they had 1t from the King, iwhich 13 both ~ abfurd and ertonious, A l t V l A 7 A Jury : ‘F or thoizgh it be true, as the Cannonifts fay, that when , ‘Jewel: topiniomwhich is “molt «falfe. For thehél: of l19.“<5:'li%- A i It » tam'erm'ng_ the C‘.wn*m:'.N A A 19 ‘It is abfut'ei:", for he *Wi}i~ not allow that ,B‘ifhops, and If/Iit,_1_i-F has flnould be all one,‘ but by cmsidieinoionethey ihouidg, tor» neither of them can exercife their Funétions,‘ but by permiflion fi‘oIn.thciKiI_1g... A o . ‘_ A - ' p _ Itis erMron1ous,for I doe not only fay 1t:, butowillproove 1t,. % that Biihops have no jurifdiétion here,.,but from the King; fhr it is a known: difiinétion among the Cannonii_’tso (as that learned Civilian that fpake lafi doth well know): . . . n A. P t a" Thatfin a Bifhop there IS. a double power Pg: 3;’; 03,!/::§ it 51.0% . "1. P ateflaxs ordixzég. to preach, tobaptize,,to adrniniiterthe Sa- A craments, @’~e., this power.-is.£;m= d£w'm,,agreeable with all, other Mxnifiers. - ~ _ 2. Toteffdi fzréfdifiianzk, as» to admit-,,, in{‘titute,. and give mandates, to"indu& into Church--liv-ingsgto keepe Ecc1e{iaPci-- * call Courts,.to call Sinods, to vifit Churches : For which two letter We pay Sinodais and procurations to this da , and fwhich if the ancient fiorrne were fobferved, would be o excel... lent ufe at this day, for the depriving of gfrmizaiam-, Sacinigzn: _ and other Heretieks ;. but as a »1e2.rned~.PreIateWrites,they are now D‘ 3"“ become, N ummamm nan mamm -wfi2'zztz'o;ze.r., vih r.:1ti.On Deane Of} _V . . . . . 4— . .t . ‘C mnina» "Ih1S.p0W'C1‘~ of Itergfdzfizan, fayethe (~3annon1fis,o1s, dc wire a T Iaizmama, and from the Pope, for fo is» their.;ruIe,. t£pifcap_£, deg Setrnon. fcmdmzt. vi 412:1 .!zz7.7qzm;_1q memém air aspire; ‘we in our Law fay, _ that their Jurifdiéhon IS wholyeefiom the King, and fo it is - acknowledged by thetnfelyes in exprefle Words in the Aéi of Parliament of 3;7.Hm._ 8. c.«ap.1~7.h an 226% in force at tthis~day,_;.oo 179%‘ -147579-55/790p!,.i 3 #750193, 869. and all other Ecclefiafiiieall gcrfons have no manner otficclefiafticall jurifdifliombut by,fi‘om and under the King. T A A u t V V t e Nay this power in Bifhopsto excomrnunicate is ajaowet of 4&9,“ jurifdiflion and derived to them fiommthe Pope fay the Canonifts, Lannelgta We fay in our Law that they hav ’ this power from theKing,.for 1flfi‘it- 111'? though Kings cannot excom munikcate mirz:§fl‘crz'»zliter,by W1-eafon they '7" W" are_Lay;-per ons,as faith .Zi’mfi‘cm,Z.‘." 1.c.8.yct they majrdo it ambari. mu-ve,by reafon of their office by Cotnnuflion from them, nOther...e 'i ,Wif¢ 1515 anyiman tell me how ]udges€DeIegate do atlthis day b % excommunicatc but by Commiflion from thcelsling grounded up... M - J M_ M ""' "" ‘ "' 3 I 20 éefirfl c./Irgament h9nsth¢_ Statutes o£:tA24}.fl,$f—. mg», I a,am'3 53>. 'i%I‘A.I§."Eap,- 19*; 0;.-i1’.5i§‘~* tdothti tt:o1?1tgh.A€fi1~miflionAatt’thisA dayexcommunicatc. but by‘ the like authority Agtfounded upon the tSta‘At‘ute”0f7 LE/iz». f And thercforcl do conclude this third exception ,tIhat I at-Eng the Clergy ‘cfoe foam 5 by this Oath? to dt:ri¢vo their? jurifdixftion by any o»thAet’rig11tt Jthenifi*m_thc‘ King, A zheyhaw hereby migljfily ~ intrcnched uponthe Kings Tréragarme. Y 4. The fourth and leaf}: cxccptiori to the Oath is in thcfshwords, N or flmll yaw swrfiaéjeft’ ft (m caning the Church hof'Eng1an'd) to the at wfpatiam and flzperfliriam of "the Sm affiame, and dgth notfay the Church of Ronie, whcrby it containcst as txeqativg P'r¢:g72.a25¢£*; That! ‘is? to fay,= you mayanot fuhjeét tho Chtftehtot‘ A England to the fuperititionsand ufutpations of the .869. of‘ Rome ; but you may fubjeét it to the ufurpatioxahs and fuoer»; ftitions of the Churchh of Rome : Now there is asmuch diftég rencc bcttvhtthtttthe Seatot‘ Rome, and the Chuztch of Rome, as i>be:twixtA »'1‘t'eafon andt Tt‘Cfp2‘1{fC‘:h'3"Z1dthis'3"‘pp€31‘8 p1ain1y% by the Statute?o£‘2g°.Ez;m; »t~c.«.1p,,I°. where it istttto,fi11«d,:hat to be "3-3,. A coociled to the Sea of Rome is Tteafon, but to bcreconciled to the~tChurchtt of B.~4ome'~ist not tTteafon , for then A every Papifij infixpgland 1hot11dbeAa~Traitour, %being a Axnember of that . o Chur<:h,=andhttJthcrfororeconciled toit; Now the Sea ofRomc :is~; npthirig €1f37bLIt* the Papacy-tttor~~ Swprematyt‘ of the ‘Pope, owherby by‘ vertuo of the Cannon», fizéham, made by Pope B~amf.}zce tho‘ 8"‘.Aht': challeogcth a fuperioritty of jurifdiéfion zmdtcorrefiion over allkings and Prhaccs upon Earth ;' and thofis pérfons‘ which takes: the Iarammrm fia’ei§:, M contéii1cd&t*hthin the cod oftiihAnio' of tho ediAt%ior§3,tt that ‘Ithavc ftecflf Of?/7:9‘ C0m:'=-:- t.€e/1ofo;Z”ra22z%,h which- atcknowledgeth th£stt$upren1é1cy-h,arctA A {aid robe zfeconcilcd to the-Sea of Rome- A A L AThcA C11A7rchA?tofRom§:its not1iirxg.e,- clfabut a mrrmbcr of’ men A tW«i.thinthoPopcs~ domioions, or 611% Awher‘c,«tprofI=h:Hit1g the r¢§-- Af tAtiiAgi»otnAhto3fIiopety; Aandthat the Cletgy" had an ill’ tfncéénitig A ‘ijoaving th'i$§Att:1'é1‘ufo in the A Oath; thAusA tlootftis P have--Afor:no* treafon -to- imagine, "whon= If finds inh1hth.e*ir1ate books,‘ »that* they féy tmet::e1mh of Romotis attttuo Church, andMSa1vati'on to. hot A_h j the of Qoocottting, ttheA~AAttt ‘WEE-‘H€Vp1‘€flCC'.Of t6”;hhfi1bfidiesT tgrantt-:d* by Apalliein the A&s‘of‘Subfi_dy. " . i eoncerniflg the C'w;2om'._ ~ the Clergy, I will fpealce buta _word.,}becaufe I» have trou-—~ bled you too long: It is nota Sublidy, forthen it fhould have i bin by the Convocation during Parliament, as the books are, 1. Hw,7. 21. Edw.4. & 28.151:-24.8. and as theufeis at this day to But it is called a Benevolence or free gift, and yet if any refufe topay it, he (hall be depirivecl, which is a very Bull; for if men be compelled to pay it, how can it be laid to be a firee gift : ‘Be- fides the King was not well dealt with, as I conceive in . palling his letters Patents ofconfirmation of this Baenevolencie, dated 3°. xfhggfifl. 16. i Carol. For upon a fignificatton of his Maefties jpleafure by the Arch-bifhop of fanreréary, the Docket is to this elf-:61: drawn up, May it pleafe your Majelty, this doth contain your acceptance of this benevolence, and your corifirmation of the fame _; and yet there is a claufe in the letters Patents not mentio- ned to the King in the Docket, wherby the Clergy have power to _make Cannons and decrees, com pelling the payment of the fameupon paiae of: deprivation, and to they did againlt all Law to annex deprivation tB‘o.l-Fences offltch a nature, when as by the late excellent Lawes ofRef'ormation, leg. Ecclefiag/?.rir. dc’ Deprivatiu om, Minillers are not to be deprived, but proprer am-ma flagizrizz, and fo faith I) mzream an excellent Civilian. e e i “vidthe A Dock. l 1=.'c:c1.ef.- 2-it. A 8.. And foM.Spaaégr, I have done with the Cannons,and conclude n that they are illegall. .1, In point oforiginall Jurifdiftion. 2- In a point of“Z)eri72ar£w aazlaority. 3. In the matter and form ofthem, for more briefly in the language of the Sohooles, they are illegall and void, in turn C5“-tibia gmzliéet parte. ‘a1N1& ‘ill! mnu=a=n .~ a ll 5 “l . . .-‘ ‘U _ " <~ t A I ‘ «tr; A‘ -.3. tit ~ ‘E’? f *1 '1 . $3 ‘ ‘t "-1' t ‘V ‘~."E;v.1 “gr J _5_‘ “ .,?3A 4?, T ‘ ‘ V' r A ‘t . < \’ : , \ ‘U ‘ 1. , ' Q Q 42.x 4-hm u‘-1e,\*_ gm? ' " 5%" “K 3"-".:'-‘;""‘i . ‘ ‘ I Q‘? " <‘ t_ "x . .;<,._ -er/_ _,J-‘o{";‘33.. «L-'7" ‘ &a'5jw>*5.,«¢\.fi~vi-f%“§a&.2’r\:.:sc.u:'«¢sf=€aJ'7%aT<«»f‘¥o3 ' ‘V ‘V’-J‘-’2l3>v ~JU\..‘ ." “ :rZ.3.z'?.‘~«;'.ic}w ~Ee.»”;:~.a‘?u‘;‘~..5 4t‘1‘~‘«”t 55013’ at Jitixrfiae 5:? 1 fie ‘We. it -W Ft“ 5% 1% W3 F. -U.«I"» $9 ‘. 1!! I "‘ - - .. ‘.......~«._.— ,_ ..\.- ......-..—-.w-...«----......~.-.-~. .'~n......,.. ____ ,_ ,_ ., . .,,.‘_,.. ._.,».~,.-.._. W... ...,M....,,....‘‘.. ,,t,... .au—-.-nu-‘pr m .. «-----—---------‘‘''‘4—...,—... V II M”.;‘JSVPE AK 13R., A % ’ A A - ” -Am by the enter of the}-Eeuieto floenk gy by ma1<_ing their tlate Carmotts ‘in . their late convention, rather] then Syriod ; have forfeited and encutted: .The time .” ~bef6re Idebated the illegallztyef :1-ma: ,, = _‘ eCam"1ons, that was dea‘z[p-2%; this difpure is de. p'.«.m;3.— *4 % V M v A L Cannons _ V this day*of’ the }3€1}aICy'W"hiCh'CE}C C161‘-'-.' A Illegail Faults draw af"tertthe1'n1e1iC1crgyb‘bx;rjx’en, but which bflt?“I:1‘eb‘,r7°<:%a%fozibs”i ‘a‘m{:gxc1>unds cf bLaw »ar(*¢ bénbfidctcd, ant? haw .tbé, ’.K'ft1g§“~ bf \, Er1gLdndz:Wcrc x ncceflitatcdb to bit;thcbfl1ar13n'¢s bfflae puri~if11’rnen~t‘ W1-1I~fit5f~bbbfeé%m A ftrangc to baziy, Whiéh is the fccngihbcad ofmy divifion,b and which 1 nowcomb [ A 2. Cdnbceming the otiginallcaufe arid; gt-bLzrzcfbcsfacI2c* pmmm...it arifcth fiofm thb bppbofitionb bandbb Afiti_p"a-thy~ be‘tW’ixt‘t’he ‘Com- mon and the Cannon bLaw, “Gr ?LaW bf"Gbod,b and the I..aw- “of the Pope"; the Common Law’ being derived from thc one, and the Calmon Law from the bdthezr, which makes the Gppo- fifitionmasgrcat, as betwixt C_H.R 1; 5 TA gmd Aaayticbrift, which _ -hathvinfball 51063 (as.IbcLou,1“d fixcw you) cé1ufcd.bahatred of our -Law, and o?;tl1c‘proFeEours btherof; from the “Clcrgyuand pros; Feffours ofthe Cannon Law. b b ¢ VJ And fhatrhis may not {came Pcrange, I will very? briefly in honour to the Cam mob Law,‘ provc and mai::acamc bthatt it is deri- "wed from the Law ofGo1a*b,*an.d9 isbthe 11é24are?f£~ uriitb it? ofany .A Law i the“ ’w7or1d,%which Kibng?ymc:"i‘Ea~th1arge1y prbobvcd in a Par... iliarnenf Speech A ofhis, I607. Wbbbubtbyetl Wi~1%ig'ivc2,or 3 .inftances\ j3a.‘:;:f~ 5° more. ‘b M b lIf‘i3“t‘h1‘1s faid by ‘fwfft chidfcbjtifiiééfbfLfiipxfimon,-pleas, V I-'é)"¢'6lI¢’7fig11.f7"£' cfifiwmdg Z: lazy de a{£e_u_,_% which being tranflatccl cutof our LaW~Frcnch“ifi'£d7b4 bbtfef ’E»‘n;g1i.i?1nv '%‘iS4 the *b.'LaW" 701? England isfbundcd, ugon tljebbflaivbbf‘ A? ‘ (‘M b _Lz;y da_,tr;s bejfi lay dc“ dim {51%t,__ V4raw“%;m.L pg.-r F5ne':4xc11iefeJu— 7.HF‘“'8*IyE .{*~i<=«€= of .ng1aI1d>. §hat-i$,b. G°é’=4éfi€*.ifh¢‘bLaW°9»r1?¢ ‘W A ?e1?#?d ’1t‘h"’c_ pIE1‘i_'j;)"(Z§'f~C;.‘§51‘ it f&‘i<3~_»,‘7b that this IIJ-1.8 gap M Wasfbnc1‘y "t‘hc' épinioh hot’ Lawyers, v anct b”c7v%;crfy~b @1136“ Willbc rcaw ; by «ta é6mm€Dd hiisown 1§f0fCfliOn;‘afi(‘ifh€rfflr€ I-{hall igb much A b ? hi fer. ‘ A b . . 4 bDzW b W 111% ‘-4; . ‘:6 . % % % A ~fi*5E%Vfic0fid@Arg{m?2e;¢£ 1 *-The fccond V?.7aS',‘a§ ' :7 1 U5 5 V V A In flue yam of’ CI-IR I 3 fr about 169. Lmim a King ofgng... lzmd.was”thc firfi: Chrif’ci2In_;%Ki11g,, agdrhc firft an¢no%intcdin‘a}1 thc'i*;VVor1d;‘Lamd.2 prefcfiatly 7‘ aFi:::;r" %_h€; ~»W3§_r _C91[_1;ff'._f31jtf§d to the FAa%ithf; fought hceiw t0* gvvmfi hi3 Aimiplc vAg¥é'0d% £awés;%‘ axfi ding that the Romans ‘Lawes VV€I‘C t11en,thé”%xn(-)ff%[ffambixsflizi ‘ all the World, fem: by, his Lctter'tp ‘E/urberiza then B ifhop sf K *4 Rome,.:for acoppy%%of'thofeLawcs; that%gC5d.1y Bifiicli (fdr fot"hc% ‘ Biflmps offloms I:hi‘.’z1Twcre, %%3.nVd% lpzgg after) jwrotcj an anfwerof‘ his; I.;.jcr:tCr% to this fiI"E;‘.<:"fe, _ Pczfzflzéf 4% zfzqzézér [ege:fg’amfl?Mf %vbéWfranfi mz'rt:7,% 6.54:, Alcgés « 1'€ammq»7):% :Vé"};?¢oé{3;-”¢?,.‘p0_[]fl&£7fl?4J\,. %agam4%zm:,“ ;¢g“7,%44; A qmm, &c. Hgéetzk pm.-1 22.9.; ragga gzramé, pqgimm, ;_ ax :9/Isis flame legem, 56» per 2'/lam wage we;/Wztm Brittzziwice Rcjgzmm, 2/£54» rimexim fL.r)Ef5f€/§!;11§fi~?£2g‘fl0,fl. &;c.._a§ may appears rmrcat large >511: rim»: ;L3;\vne$_«ofVS*. %Ea’.~;~mp,*.; 7.V%tOm.pi1e4d by*%%VLp2nzé%mF, ’u}her¢ thek1s=tte1'S¢areA§fe%t dd”wncjat_iargc5A and _the_rFqr’c_King fmg; had good caufr: to fay, A That the AI.a$n'ami %V0p.pofition inctjéafcd, A {undid Vthc puLai£hnicnt; as_1;n¢ay5_*app;ar;-: ‘in.; z1:c1z=; f'du%rc 'parti-.- A culars, " _ ” . " “ ‘ A T136 «firfi; puraiflninmt; F1R0;fi::%’~*1*‘? ;A§31§I§a’Y-4 "was Apmhibifiicn 5‘-‘Q 0 «hr». .. n 1. , ’~ '3 ‘ w\-« u The third was,by fincéfimd 1;11p$if61i1Ii€n%; ’i i ' V A " fb§z*'a2PrcmuniI.¢§ §!I14i1.¢1;1¢1f¢‘it; €115-€»d»V‘ A _I. For the firfi; It is dEféf§‘éE1”° thfit Hié % :cannm hcrcjg in -A%Eng«Land was, , flzzm 4; *r*h;:£ourzh4Vand%1a£c (§;,;%;Ehe;§mo’n::‘“¢f;£;whc" rcfi: vgouxd g"¢aod):w;is..~ % cflmpiled by§}.z.,W;, and‘+céned ms Deéfecs,%%? but % ’cam»:g t0 us here :1n;E'ngland%, by-.g?;wv.1lc,r un.dcr‘V.”’anothcr :1a1:1f§:,;¢,‘V ¢ A’ \ ££1fl.C.3d '.R0g£I30fi6.t3'fafld.V~lI1tCCatCd_?t0;Vb\'3‘_l?€CClVCd ofius 1-mfier thfc V m ‘prctéxt L_% ."1{ing“r._th€m‘“r€Ht€I into bond and a new oath, quad 4.-'2: concerning we Premzmirc’. pretext ofHo1i_neflT:, rhecanfr. ofitho faftingy and Ernher-dayosa tending to Eafting and prayer, which thoftlawes ietrningly a contained,, and hence the .Ei11bcrbcforc Whi‘tfi1nt“idois cal-it led the Rogation ‘vvceke from thatynarnfe‘; But King Steprherz i7, finding *ti"‘1<313‘1 p'€r1‘1‘iCiOuS to the nativioilaws of rEnyg1and., igavci 4 them thisiweicome and entertainment, for. £1ith.Ro‘ger 3a2C0?1, ? {Rex Step/Jzzflw rllatzk legiém It2»'iIi:£:3~*?=( tmoaning thew Cannon Lawcs PM/ico iedifio pro/aiéuit war #35 aliqm retirzerem 2. When this ' prohibition would; doc no; good, A but other Cannon Lawes were thrufi: upon us in the tiinc of Hen,»2.' as the Decrctaii Epifiles, under Pope C];-éegor_y thcininth, from yvhich that fiziining Law-«of burning I-lcreticks Was firfi: hat» r chad, a iharpier pnnilhment was dovifcd by Hm, 3.3419, of big rraigne, againfr the Civil} and Cannon Lawes, PfOhib1tiI1gyy“t‘i)£"‘3 ufe ofthem here in Englandrundcr a fever: pamo, _asy Lawes thatiwcrc derogatory to the fuprcaino Majcfiyi and i=ndcperIdan- t tcymofthc Crown of'Eng1and-. V] 3, After thef:fDo<;reta1s, they Extravigants of ]5’o;2¢fizcey the ‘8“‘. were obrought into this Kingdoms, which were {'0 injus- rious to thoisovcraigntyw of Kings, that whofoever {ball A but i read: one of thoié Lawes, called umzm Sanzffgm, willfay that - either a Kingrio€y_England mufrilay down: his Crowns, or quiroabandon theft‘ ;La5Wes: rWhcfcupon< Edw. I, t_aki»ng care tQ;pr€fCrVC fhé Crowm-2 and they liberties of his pcop1r:,;did"i_n A the third ‘and?_ {ixt i yearn of his Raigne ifiho outydivcrsiInqui-- ii A ifitions,” to enquire of the jurifdifcion of they Clergy, A which atthattimc wasrlimitccl chiefly to matters oFMatrimony and C.Ty¢fEarmenr,tunti1Lt1:1eStat.torf' .1;._jy£‘d;2v.:.t called ‘Circr¢mj]7e§Z?: agarz3g.in1argcd than: powctr and A ur1fa.i1.é7cioz1y~yin many‘ more partiCular:s. -< ~ v oneor rt11ofcIi»nqiiifitiorisi,i ;;do.wzwr1. 1 Wm gmiy menti- gon iniicad of many, which rwaswtakcn at iL4nmefloM in Game. l'3”z't{,* N4- B‘40Q V .. amllbeforc £iegereL0?/661%)’ and ;,W41f¢’?‘i de W}ér4rner;¢ Thcfo two A V -‘were,to;;c1‘j-quire,A_Qfi~I/Ifélltéfi Biihophi 05 Exezer, for drawing" the) L —Kiingsr:,Subjoé1sinto his rCounryt,* aindyholding plea, dc dréiris ejv camlliw qfifi ': “Zia” firfit Tcflammtai jl/fzqtrimoyiaa and for mg. 593 om» miém ' Hf 5 ‘Ike [grand Argument 52553; aallmereéarzt 6- per omnid (fuch another new f'anglecl_()2lth A as was in the late Cannons) and this is in the Record ‘Aalled... gccl to be in leeffimem Corame, exfigeredataonem 6'5" dspgupgrgzjmgm 'm.amiJ$fi‘am sslterim figflirzere nolz4mw”aec deéamm, and it was adAju.d«gecll that the Eilhop fhould for thivst offence, make fatjf. . faétiontetlae King.‘ A A ’ A 21.5%», 1. ‘l7’azr, M1; :7. m. oFTar@,» excommunicated two of the Bishopsof Dar/mm: 113:, ’¢'A 1 Kizm. l yaw élaad 56 A mun£reA; did} saw: game [grim-wAe .- but 1mw1by";Althatl mer- vants, named Wifliam W2/Zécw and }a/ma Rawwmz, For keeping pelleflion of fo‘meAA0f the lands of the Biihops lc5fDz¢r»€v.am,l to Which the Atchbilhop pretended a title. This hemg a high offence againft tllc‘ Stat; of [‘irc;zmfl7e5?ez3g:ztzI4, newly granted to the Clergy but 2? little before, receitved this judgement in Parliament. f A A » A at g gt C ' » A he Fitft, A "I hat the Bilhop lhttmltltttbe imprifoneel. ‘V Secondly, Should Ihakeafuhtniffioh to the King, and V Thi;-dly, Should pay 4ooo.‘.Marlp,A 4, 34, 60fZ£€i‘?iifig_t:’9 ‘r3 Premrmire. A I come new to the third, which is the maine anti principsltl oint of this Cafe, namely, to thew the Agrozzmd and reafons of Law, why the Clergy have in this particular cafe, in ii making Cannons, and f‘orcing_the execution of them upon the people by the cegflrres of the Church, incurred a Premunire: which Grounds of Law are three. A l ~ pigfi; Qrouncl is this ,._ Clergie-men which only by Law “ have a fpxrituall ]ur1fd1e’i-ion, if they {hall erretcile a jariil djftion within the King-dome, W‘l1lCl1. only A belongs to thc Kings temporall Courts and not to their _eccle{iaPcicall Courts, they doe an aft herein againfit the Kings. Supremacy anti Royall Prerogative, and fo mcutre a Premumre. The Bookes in our Law to prove this ground are r_n:_myr, which For bre- vityfgkc, I will only quote the authorities of Law, without putting the Cafes at large, heeaufe I havemuch more to fa}? : '0. N. B73152. 3. Edw. 4.,fz3.é.6.tI°.I-Ian. 7. Era, Pmm,12_ 4_4_o_E;{, 3. lb. .36”. 15°. Hm. 7. per Fz'mwx.9. iEoz'w,4., D3533? lié.i2. c.ap.24.&MP-3 2- C A A A The Reaforlsof this ground are three. _ C V By this memes an 38: is done agaxnft Royall Majefty,‘thatis faith the Booice, 5.l3dw.4. fil. 6. ag_am{'l: the Common Law, wherein isto be noted, that there 13 a mutuall dependance A betweene the Kings'ePrerogative and the Common Law, that to violate the Common_ALaW, is to clot: an _a& again& the Kings prerogative, and to violate the Prerogative, is to doe an at’: V againfi; the Common Law: with this agrees Killg frame,’ in an excellent Par1‘iament ipeech of HS, flma 1609. Wherein he takesr an occaiion to magnifie the Common Law, C as molt C heneficiall to his Prerogative, and to defpife it faith he, is‘ to C tiefpife the Ctowrie. Q. A 2. Reafon is g1venhy‘D.St.lié,2. cap,gr2, ‘that when debts, a,1]d.'t1‘€fpafl-:3S_, hand fich other tempors1lA matters are handled inthe fpirituall Courts, the kingloofeth his fines and lamerce.-‘ ments, and fuch other duties Clu€tO.~h1I1-'1 upon originallwlritsv 3A. Reafon is given by 29 I nllieafam Ems, 1, it chap; -6.: by; which Stlat;_~.&[agna (“’la2¢2*t.‘zifl5"r¢z,:za‘ Aug. "legs: pem'm: figléwrwrtere emrwzre, univerflzmg, l-regnzssm Azeg/., lecgiéux C aw‘/iémt , (’5’° »M.r=mzdz¢m legzzfiz Cotaaofiiézar inperpermam fziéjzrgav.-re. This was foundtagatnlt ham, and he Was‘attain.; ted in a Premunireg though he had thelimgs Comrmfiion for what he did, "anal the King made zneanes to the Pope to m'al1d»o<é"c'. oc- eafianiriemcni thcrcby to commit ¥H°fl?oh0“ib1¢§id0l3“Y-T oh i at T 6.1 at concerning the Prmzwzire. C 37’ 6. That the Church is called holy, not of it llélfe, but be- caufe G 0 D s ” people reforting thereunto are holy, with di-- A vets more pailages in thofe Homilies tothat purpole, where-- upon I inferre, that in afmuch as the 7. Cannon and other Cannons are oppofite to thefe pafiages, they have made Can- nons againfi the 3§..Art§cle of Religion, and fo have doneleonu tratyl tothe Provilo in the C omntillion. I Thirdly, By the j7,.Cannon, and other their new Cannons- uheyy hate done againit their C0111-1I2ll”fiOU, inlthat they areagainfc ~ the Ceremonies of the Church of England now eftahlilheol {into the Reformation; For by the 82.Cannon in the Cannons. 1. j—’..«.a.~a. the Table isto Pcandl in the b0dy:“ of the Church or Chancellg to the end that» the greater number "may comInu- nicate at the Table, and the Minilter may he the betterheardr - andlfeene: But by the fetting of the Table at the Ealt end‘ of the ; Chancel], the greater number cannot communicate, and the Minilfter in divers‘ places cannot be heard or fearcely feene, whereupon: I eottclucle this feconcl ‘ground of’ Law, that: hecarife the Clergy have done fo direcftlyagainflr their Com--we A million from the King‘, they have thereby incurred a. Pre- fmunire. ' l Thethird Ground oFLaW Wherevyith I will eon cluclerthe third. -1 3 grozmd L part ofrny divilion isthis; The Common Law of England, which as King jlamesfaith, is in its own rincipalls the juftelh Law in the world, £h0u1dV not in our ca e be jut’: (the Clergy themfelvs being judges)" 7“ if they of the Convocation fhoulcl. not incurre a Prema- l y nire. u g.As it is a rule in Art, cmzrarzamm commriza efl ratio, in re- A iheél: of the Subjeft, fo there is another rule in Art, Cmmz-. riaraiw emlem 6_‘/i‘ mtia, in refpeét of the Analogy and propor- l tion; for doe but obferve what" they doaagainlt use in the Pm l eziazc. foazflzimr. recap; ale féwtantiae exram, ‘(which is good Law with the Clergy) you {hall find thefe words," €xcommz¢nicw1- in a y ta}? ammo‘ y 271:? gm’ ’!¢te7~Ml. impetmnt i ii qazerflni, Curie laziceli ea’ imna -o pedifnd. proceflarmr l€ac[c_/:5-afz‘.t fedieam in oazafi; gm; per /23050: lC.e-- nonfat ad ]‘z7&<:4a2a2 Ernie/I pertinent, Nay foot high they go “ in their advancement of their Eceleliafiicall ]u_rilc_li£tion,l that in the 1 Fourth ‘part. z._0t5. Tlée fiwnd g/Irgumeute at find Conftitutiens, mpitge da pcemé, it detltappeare, that if" the liing do by Writ or other coznrnfzncl call a Bifhop to anfvvetj an his temporall Court,"-land the Shéerifi-: execuyte thofe ,writs «by cliPtreffeyyorattaChn1ent, Tl1eflyKin§_2;r;1ndeed is in points ofgoodmalzrrers adtmoniihedl by them, 1,1,. according re ferme, but if he will not then defile, but in file aéaririaz perfé.» «vem;«-.«,-- ( For flxch rebellious Words they have ) the King, his Officers and Mlinif’cers,‘lhis Mannors,«CaPc1es, sCities, Burrows, 65%‘. are hereby expolecl to excommunication yandlrinterdiajon, which how terrible it was to the Kingclometof Englaxad may appeare in the exarnple of King Io/an, who was excommunica; arsed, and -his Kizrgdome interdi.rAeafe.A A J A 7 f A_A "A A ~ Tito Common Law doth agree with Athefe oS~ta’tutAes,Mf‘orA the A Qanonifis as heretofore I have .to1c1*you, <;dAofetQobferveAAa double power to be in aABi{hop,A r A . P-orqfifisoi ‘Aa:m’i;¢2>Zr,: common with Aother IN./1iAnii‘rer§;;Aae A A Baptize’, -and A Wotqfléé ‘ furifdifiiazuév, its to r_;ad‘mAit,A iAn{titute, dcpriV€,A‘AAAeX.. ;eomAmnnicate, A652‘. The former they fay, is pie jzgre divine, the latter is, do jmre Ccmormicat 0:.‘ p.cfl.1.jzvva~,A Wh1chA1soV%%agr€C‘-I- table to the Statutes I ;cit€dA before_.,A but What doe ‘I fpcjakté of -A the Common LawA*,A forfthe very Church of Eng}-andA feezIieAsA to be of this opinion,’ for in our Booke of Common prayer, Ana» . moreiis Aa11oWedAito» Bifhops, in point of divine riAght,A then” what is goommon -with tI'?aftors, A Minifters and ;Curats.,A for there are AA but A three] Aprayers for AA Bifhops in all the}j"qBAooke; of Common prayer ,A and they all rrunne top. the ifatnet putt-A A r,_pof=:. A A A A A r A A‘ A “E. A The Aifirfcisr in the Lettany, in thefé words, time at-may pleifé rim to illuminate all Bzflopg Paflvf: and Miniflers of ‘Ash: C/dméc/9, AA with AAAAtr%‘E“:“. ~IQ:ow1¢dgaA and A Amderfiandin At of I/3} Ward}, r Mat .c’»ot-.4?) éy tiyeir preac/airig aedAeA.1ioz'fzgA, t qyf rmnfflot it AAfi2"tb- o A A and it A ncpordinggv , .Where1n nothing is mentioned but their knowledge of G o .n A 5 Word, their good life and AA doétrinc; _ A ~ o. The next prayer A for them, it isf after theA:prayer for the: King "and ;his Children in theft: V Worde ,A T/am! _(/‘ad ‘wotzlaf A _[ér,*d a‘bw;¢¢rtnpan*=nll om‘ Bi/éapxiiand Acurktr , £714"-d/1 ongragn» tic»: committed 1‘a.AAA~At79ei3*oc/Mrg'£'A, A the a/Jel:pe:;§;/[A 535.52%‘ of /3:33 -grace, A ziw A - mans‘ ~ 27‘%I} Apleafie AA 1a£m,AA 850. Where the taking «care ‘ o A theA>1cureri_of’ ifoulcsv A m it Congregations committci we concerning the iPr€m2&flii2’e: to them, is the maine thing which We pray For them be in their behalfe. A The left is in the prayerlfor the militant Chu1‘ch,igintthefe V W_qrds, gm grace ( 0» bmereza2jr_.Fpzt/ser,) to at/v1iBij7:a_ps, ‘]’a_/far: "A I rméi" zzratx, t/mt they may éoth 5} their Zzfia and dc ffrine, fez‘ _;‘brtb% _ ‘t/oy rm: and 1527247 Word, - and rig/atzji and duegy fidmimé/fer t/9} “Isa/y. S»9@rAmm.{J‘,v where there is not fo much as a Word men- V tioned of their ttrifdiétion, but of their trueenpteaching, good Q ‘living, andidue adminiltration of the Sacraments. A A A r ’ And fa M”. Speaker, due I conclude my Whole Argument, A touching. the penalty incurred by the Clergy for their illegalll L ~ Cannons, made in their Synod at Qwales, concerning which, I x will end all in thefe two Verfes, which may be better applied‘ to this Synod, then the exfrminian: applied them to the Synod; latDorz',e LA in l V A i t _ V A Pdxdim ~l$'_}ma’m nod»: C‘/norm, integer azgerm Eomventm zzezztrsrg“ Sefliafiramen, flmcml 1-71 NI-s. ' ."j‘ -I ‘ ‘ . ’ 3 o. ‘ ‘ _ ~ ,-g “ ‘ .\}... 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