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 :

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chardo Iugge and Iolin CaWood, Printer to the Quoenes Malostie in Anno Domini. 57I. Cum Privilegi Regis maiestatis.

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ECCLESIASTICAL.

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Anno Christii 57I. Reg. Angliae

Liber quorundam canonum disciplina ecclesic Anyticunm

anno M. D. LXXI.

Sequuntur in hoo libello certi quidam articuli de sacromi nisterio, et procuratione ecclesiarum, in quos plene consensisn est in synodo a domino Mathmo archiepisc. Cantuar et totius Anylice primat et netropolitano, et reliquis omnibus ejus provincim episcopis, partim personu ter proesentibiis, partim procuratoria manu subscribentitus in synodo i inchoatu Londini in ede dii ij uli tertio die Aprilis, M. D. LXXI. De episcopis.

no11 tantum in ecclesiis calliodralibus, quibus praesunt, Sed etiam passim per omnes ecclesias suae cujusque dioeceseos, ubi maxime putabunt eXpedire. Inprimis autem cohortabuntur populum ad lectionem,

Liber quorunt im In the Danain of this book of Canoris, thearchbishop, and tho bishops of Ely and Winton, had the main and but ali ho bishops of both provinces in synod in thei own persons ora proxy, ignei it biit no the lowerinouse. And the archbishoplaboured to et the queen' allowance torit, ut ad it not sh ostendeclining to givo her licens to their order an constitutions rechoning that heriishops powe and jurisdiction alone, havinithei author-it derive seo her, was Suffcient. In tho monili of Jul or August

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112 Constitutions and Canon Ecclesiasticat. I. et auditionem sacrarum scripturarum utque statis temporibus conveniant ad suas quiquo occlesias, et diligenter auscultent sacris concionatoribus utque submisso et audiant pias preces, quae a ministro dicentur, et una recentur ipsi, et caelestium mysteriorum, ut nunc in ecclesiis 5 nostris auctoritate, et jussu totius regni legitime et pie procurantur, Sint participes.

Episcopus quisque ante calendas optembris proXimas, advocabit ad se omnes publicos concionatores, quicunque erunt in sua cujusque dioecosi, set ab illis sepetet saeui iotate concionandi, quas habent, auctentie sigillo consignatas, easque Vel retinebit apud se Vel extinguet. Deinde, deluctu illorum prudenter facto, quoscunque ad illam tantam functionem aetate, doctrina, judicio, innocentia, modeStia, gravitate, pares invenerit, illis novas facultatos is ultro dabit ita tanton ut prius subscribant articulis chri

stianae oligionis publice in synodo approbatis, fidemque

dent, s velle tueri, et defendere doctrinam eam, quae in

the archbisho sent this book o Grindat, archbisho ODYork, recommendiniit to the observationis the clerg in his province and ordo his udgment of it. 'hat that archbishos' thoughts of it,ere, is,ori observing ;whicli appears rom his ans er e sent to the archbishomo Canter-bu , a sollowsci 'Me thanked his grace for the book of Articles and Discipline: ut e stood in doubi hether the had vigorem legis, sutiles the had ei the been conclude upon in synod an after rati fienb he majesty' roya assent in scriptis fine ords, adde he. yaway as,ind, and williso Serve us, i me mere empleade in a caseos praemunire : or eis mere confirme by ac o parti ament. Hesaid, e liked the book very ess and that i hereaster o hould 3odoubi in an potnt, or Wisti it enlarge in an respect he would signifyto his grace here ter Andri there mere at present antis sussicient authority, et it Was,el that the book was ready an might receive more authorit at the ex parti ament: ' et e se he an his provinciat bishops signe it. 35M But notwithstanding these doubis an suspicions, hicli id notwithout reason aris in the ind of these an other of the bishops

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Constitutions and GDrons Ecclesiasticat.

illis colat in iiii ut , iis lati litissiniani oritati divitii

Episcopus otiam atqrio Otiam considerabit, quod genusti ominum admittat in famulitium. Fit enim interdum, ubi haec cautio se diligontia non adhibotur, ut homines sinapios et verae seligionis inimicos, o crinii OSOS et Otaxit impuros, o scoloratos admittamus. EX O ad Versarius facile capiet malodi condi Occasionem. Episcoporum famuli in omni vostis onoro ita somodesto et composito ornabunt, ut fratres SUOS, UOSio

Paulus app0lla domosticos fidoi, non offendant. Episcopus nomini posthac manum imponet, nisi instituto in bonis litoris, se in ead mist, o in inseriori aliqua schola aut qui satis commodo intolligat Latinam linguam o probo vorsatus sit in aeris litoris 0 nisi is attigerit aetatona illam logitimam, quae statutis et logibus

concernod thei clerg in thei respective dioceses. Strype, Parher, vol. i. p. o.

The istio os anterbury, in a letter soon aster written, tot him archbishol Grindui that he was in more ea than e truste Would Iosello. for that he and the bishomo Ely had so orderei the alter With the queen that dein there a no ne doctrine in the book butini matters of discipline and good order sh seemed to e contento and that therofore is it mere repented hereaster, here,ouldbe no ear of praemunire- matter as e might belle satisf himselfas by considering the statute Thus archbishop Parhe wroterio in topia th book in orco. ut Grindui id not care o go pon uehuncertainties. Strype, Grindui, p. 247. Although the di no receive an authorit Do the lueen, it is certain that the were laidaeforo her, and probable that sho occasione laoman alteration to e made in them. In a letior earinidate th of June 57I, and preserve among the Petyt aper in the librar of the Inner Temple the archbishol says, Priscit a pleas he majesti topermite ur Book of Discipline, I id labour to ut it in print forfurde instructiori. Si non placet, faciet Dominus quod bonum est in 35 oculis Suis. For, partie nam ut a pollite in theis ori illi respecis, and et shali e rendie to eare Quid in me loquatur Dominus. ' Onthe th of Jun then the anotas ulready approve by the convocation, were nitin he majesty' pleusiare ani as a copy of them in the

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Constitu tons and Caimns Ecclesiasticat.

est constituta ne nisi cujus vita, innocentia graue lum, et piorum hominum se episeopo notorum fuerit testimonio commendata nec si in agricultura, vo in vili aliquo et sedentario artifidio fuserit ducatus no Disi qui titulum

quem appellant aliquom haboat ut sit undo vitam 5

tueatur, si Dei pormissu, vel in caecitatem, Vel in graVem corporis infirmitassem, vel in morbum diuturnum incidat: nec nisi qui intra ipsius dice sesim sacro ministeri fune- tum Sit ne unquam nisi ubi saerum aliquod ministerium in ad eui dioecesi vacaro contigorii. Neminem autem Ioperegrinum, et ignotum vel ad sacerdotiorum proVentUS, Vel ad ecclosiastidiam ministorium ocipioi, nisi ab illoepi Scopo, e cujus dioecos discessit, literas commendatitias, quas appellant dimissorias, sociam afferat. Episcopus praebendarum, et beneficiorum Suorum PTOX- Isimas secundas aut tortias advocationes, qua vocant, nulli

condition in hic the then stood, and bearing the signatures of thebishops of both provinces, is stili in existence, ein preseme among the archbishop' paper a Cambridge, it is eas by u comparison iththe prin te copi es t se the extent to whicli, in his as in an otherino caSes the queen exerci sed her pomer both in removing What he dis- liked, and even in introduci nitie matter. The foliomin instaneesare ive in the word of r. Bennet Essa on the 3 Art. p. 3 5. : The sirst ille is De Episcopis. No in the secon paragraph of thistille the origina runs huc: Concionatoribus, quos aut Regia MajeStas 25 aut Archiepiscopus Cantuariensis aut piscopus approbaverit utque submisse. In the fifth paragraph it,a writte in S. thus Epi- Scoporum famuli caligis istis monstrosis et aliaribus quas publica insania et novitatis insatiabilis libido in usum induxit, imposterum non utentur Sed in omni vestis genere ita se modeste. In the secondaotitie, and that whic is no the his paragraph, after Dioecesi these Words maxime vero in illis locis, unde ipsis reditus annui et stipendia suppeditantur, are adde in the print, hic mere not in them S. These mons ere publislied in nos as et a Latin and acopy of the former, printe at Londo by Joh Daye, wellyniover 35 Aldersgate no date), is in the et de collectio in the Bodleian. I his Latin reprint is ahen rom an editionis that period but without date), severa copies of whic are in the fame collection. Comp. Collier, Vol si P. 53O.

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dabit sunt ni in t a bonis moribus, o a christianaeliaritate alionae no dimissionos fructuuna, aut roditri ncujuscunque rectoriae, aut occlesiastici bonoscit quacunque ratione in plurimos annos confirmabit. Episcopus neminem, qui so otioso nomine lectorem 5 Vocet, et manus impositionem non acceperit, in occlesiae ministerio versari patietur.

Quivis archiopiscopus se opiscopus habebit domi suae sacra Biblia in amplissimo volumine, uti nuperrime Londini excusa sunt, et plenam illam historiana, quae inscri- Iobitur monumenta martyrum,' ot alios quosdam similos libros ad religionem appositos. Locontur autem isti libri Vel in aula, vo in grandi coenaculo, ut et ipsorum famulis ot advenis usui esse pOSSint. Decani ecclesiarum cathedralium. 1s Eosdom illos libros, quos proximo diximus, decanuS quisque curabit emi, et locari in dolosi sua alliodi ali jusmodi in loco, ut a vicariis ot minoribus canonicis, et ministris eclosiae, et ab advenis, set orogrinis commode audiri et logi possint. o Eosdom libros illos oeanus o primarius quisque reSidentiarius, quos app0llant ecclesia dignitates, niOnt suo quisque famulitio, eosque opportuno aliquo in loco, vel in aula, vel in coenacul locabunt. Dceanus se praebondari diligonior docubunt sacrum aDo verbum non tantum in colosiis cathodralibus ubi vivunt, sed otiam in aliis oculosiis in ad in dio cosi, maximo oro in illis locis, unde ipsis roditus annui, et

stipondia suppeditantur. Quod nisi secerint, pro episcopi

arbitrio puniantur. ao Nullus no docanus, no arulli diaconus, nee rosidontiarius, nec praepositus, nec custos, nec praesectus alieujus collogii aut Oeclosiae calliodralis, Oe praeSOS, O re tor, nec quisquam e illo ordino, quocunque nomine ConSOntur,

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1lsi Constitutions and Canon Eoolesiasticat. I. utetur postlinc amictu illo, quoni appollant Graium Amici uin, aut alia ulla voste, simili sui orstitio1io coiitaminata. Sed in colosiis quisquo suis utontur tantum lino illa VeSte, quae adhuc rogi naandato rotinotur, o scholastica eponaide, quae Suo cujusquo scholastico gradu ot loco

Qui vis docantis in singulos annos ad minimum quater rosidobit in occlesia sua cathodi ali, ibique singulis hujusmodi vicibus monssem int0grum si fiori potest docendo

vorbum Dol, set hospitalitatoni servando, moram faciet, Ionis sorto gravibus, urgontibus ausis impedietur. Ea Saulona causas in singulas vicos indicabit Opiscopo suo. Ubi nutem Vonorit, una cum praebonitariis rosidentibus curabit, ut statuta illius Ocelosiae, nisi contraria sint ut multa sunt verbo Dot o statuta hujus regni quί cunque 5 Sunt, quae ecclesiasticum ordinem attingunt, et sacrae injunctiones, vel a regi majustato ditae, vo ab episcopo in visitationibus illius colosis cathodi alis impositae, diligenter observentur. Praeterea docanus o rosidentiarii, quantum maXimo possint, dabunt operam, ut minoreSao

canoni ei, aut vicarii et ministri eclosiae, o ignavi, tinutilos vitam ducant in otio, set illicitis lusibus se XOrceant, adigantur ad studia scripturarum, ut quo illoruni quisque iubeat Ovum Tostamentum, non tantum Latinosormone scriptum, sed etiam Anglico as Docanus o rosidontiarii curabunt, o qua alia forma observotur in canendis aut dicondis sacris procibus, aut in administration sacramentorum, praeterquam quae Proposita, et praescripta est in libro publiearum procum nee ullum admittent porogrinum ad habendam Sacrum On-3ocion in ad populum, nisi ei aut regi majestas, aut archiopiscopus illius provinciae, aut illius dioecoseos piscopus saeuitat in indulserit. Et si jusmodi aliquis concionator, ita v l a regi majestato, vel ab arctiiopiscopo, vo ab sepiseopo aliprobatus, publicabit ad populum pro concione 35 doctrinam aliquam peregrinam, et impiam, et pugnantem