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A00011	Englands complaint to Iesus Christ, against the bishops canons of the late sinfull synod, a seditious conuenticle, a packe of hypocrites, a sworne confederacy, a traiterous conspiracy ... In this complaint are specified those impieties and insolencies, which are most notorious, scattered through the canons and constitutions of the said sinfull synod. And confuted by arguments annexed hereunto.		1640 (1640)	STC 10008; ESTC S101178	37,368	54

Churches Canons Decrees and Commands which is an Antichristian Tyranny and more now then ever before for this Synod sake Againe omitting the 14th and 15th Canon the 16th is concerning Licenses to Marry So as this Canon is to maintaine a Doctrine of Devils mentioned by the Apostle as namely forbidding to Marry be it either to some sort of men as Romish Priests or to all sorts of men at certaine times in the yeare ●● as at such times which altogether containe almost halfe of the yeare without the Bishops Speciall Licence no Man or Woman may Marry Thus it is cleare that herein these Hypo●rites the Sell Gods free Ordinance for money and so maintaine a Doctrine of Devils And thus farre of the Canons of this Synod The Conclusion of all which is the Kings avowing approving confirming and injoyning these Canons to be observed of all respectively according to the tenure thereof in all and every part Hereof we will say no more then we have sayd in the begining of our Complaint committing all Judgement unto thee ●righ●●● Iudge of all and 〈◊〉 beseeching thee withall that 〈◊〉 wilt judge the Cause of thy People when now thou seest 〈◊〉 their strength is gone and to take them and their and thy Cause into thy holy Protection to vindicate both them and it 〈◊〉 thy own glorious Name from the cruelty and reproch o● Men Amen Here now follow some Predictions of and some Contradidictions unto this late Synod observed and collected out of the Relation of a Conference by William of Canterbury Prediction 1. F●●●● in his Epi●●● Dedicatory to the King he saith The King and the Priest more then any other are bound to look to the Integrity of the Church in Doctrine and Manners and that in the first place For that 's by farre the best Hone in the Hive This we see now fullfilled whereby we come to know who is that Priest and what that Integity of the Church in Doctrine and Manners concluded in this late synod but whether as in a Hive of Bees or in a 〈◊〉 or Hornets nest as wherewith whole Kingdomes 〈…〉 the world judge Prediction 2. And againe ibid. To deale clearely with your Majesty these thoughts of the externall worship of God are they and no other which 〈◊〉 make me labour so much as I have done for D●cen●y and an 〈…〉 of the externall worship of God in the Church Thus we see that the whole plot and project of the Primates Booke was thus to alter and thus to settle the Doctrine and Discipline and external worship in the Church as we have seen effected in the late Synod So as it appeares both this Synod and the things concluded therein have been a good w●ile a hammering is 〈◊〉 Forge Prediction 3. And in the Relation it selfe pag 155. To the 〈◊〉 to wit the Prince and the Clergie principally the power and direction for Reformation belongs Princes have their parts by their Calling together of the Bishops and others of the Clergie to consider of that which might seem worthy Reformation And the Clergie did their part in the Nationall Synod of 62. And the Articles there agreed on were afterwards ●●●firmed by Acts of State and the Royall Assent Here is another Patterne of this late Nationall Synod but that this wants the right legge to make it goe upright and passe currant for a Nationall Synod namely the confirmation by the Act of State to wit the Act of Parliament as before is noted So as here is also one Contradiction overthrowing this Nationall Synod consisting of the two Provinciall Canterbury and Yorke Both together want the Act of Parliament to confirme it a Nationall Synod to bind the whole Nation which the Synod presumes to doe both in Ministers and People Contradiction 2. Relat 205. Emperours and Kings are Custodes utriusque Tabalae they to whom the 〈◊〉 and preservation of both Tables of the Law for worship to God and duty to man are committed A Booke of the Law was by Gods owne command in Moses his time was to be given to the King Deut. 17. The Kings under the Law but still according to it did proceed to necessary Reformations in Church Businesses and theirin commanded the very Priests themselves c. This being so that the Kings under the Law had the care of the preservation of Gods Law and Religion committed unto them to preserve them safe and sound and where any corruption had crept in to reform Religion but still according to Gods Law and that not one jot to vary from it how comes this Synod of Priests being assembled by Royall authority and commanded by a King under the Gospel to treat and agree upon some Canons necessary for the advancement of Gods Glory the edifying of his holy Church and the due reverence of his blessed Mysteries and Sacraments to be so bold as to agree and conclude and enact such Canons and Constitutions as are directly against the Law and word of God to the great dishonour of God the ruinating of his holy Church and the great abuse and profanation of his blessed Mysteries and Sacraments And herein we call heaven and earth to witnesse and the Lord Iesus Christ to be Judge whether this Synod hath dealt faithfully or no with the King or between him and his people and that also in these perillous times The Lord open the Kings eyes to see how both himselfe and his people are abused and his Kingdomes embroyled and indangered by these his Prelates and Priests That Synods may erre and foulely too this of 1640. proves with a 〈◊〉 If any Canons of it be sound the Sixth hath poyson enough to infect them all It 's such a Cockatrice egge as was ne●●● layd in England before 〈◊〉 that eateth of a dyeth I will here a little ●●bowell this Oath and shew you the mischief in it THis Oath is contrary to the Title of it which is An 〈◊〉 injoynd for the preventing of all Innovations in Doctrine and Government being a grand Innovation such as neither we nor our Forefathers ever heard of Besides it hath in the body of it an et ●●●era an expression yet unknown to the Christian 〈◊〉 Pagan world Archbishop Arundell Judge 1930. provided better for the Clergy in his dayes in that ancient Constitution 〈◊〉 sub obtestatione divini judi●j inhibemus sp●cial●●●● 〈…〉 Cu●uscunque gradus status aut condition● existat 〈◊〉 ●●usiones aut proposi●●●● de ●ide Catholica aut ben●s 〈…〉 sonantes praeter necessarium Doctrina●● facultatis suae in Scholis 〈◊〉 extra disputando aut communicando protestat●●●e per●●ss● 〈◊〉 permissa asperat 〈…〉 quodam verborum vel ●er●●●rum 〈…〉 teste B. Hugone de Sacrum Saepiu● quod bene dicitur non bene intelligit●●r If harsh and novel expressions may not be used in familiar discourse much lesse may they be crowded into an Oath The Israelites said of the Levites Concubine there was no such deed done nor seen from the day

hath any man to sweare these Constitutions into an in●●●rable condition 4. It 's a condem●●●g of all other Reformed Churches They have not our Discipline and yet we have given them the right hand of fellowship that they want nothing necessary to Salvation And if we sweare this Discipline to be necessary to Salvat●● we must condemne them as wanting somthing necessary thereunte It 's little lesse then to unchurch and to pronounce them to be without that Discipline which is Essentiall to the beeing of a true Church and they may charge us with falsifying the 20th and 〈◊〉 A●●●ch which teach that things belonging to Government and Dis●ipline are alterable and so much is expressed in the Title of Ceremonies before the Book of Common Prayer 5. Because by this Oath the Prelates are invested with a 〈◊〉 which neither God nor the Laws of the Kingdome ever gave them as namely upon refusall of this wretched Oath they will deprive any painfull conscientious and faithfull Minister of all his Ecclesias●●call promotions whatsoever and of the execution of his Function which is directly against Law for if Pastors be Legally possess'd of their hvings what injustice is it to make after-Canons and Oaths to question and throw them out of their right 6. This Synod had not our consents and suffrages for the Clerks of it Those were legally chosen had voyce no longer in the Convocation house then the Parliament indured There being therfore no new el●ction of Clerks nor any new Writ to legitimate those but onely a new Commission to goe on with what was begun in Parliament but nul●●●● by breach thereof 〈◊〉 being ●●●out that Commission the space of a whole weeke as 〈◊〉 by the date thereof May 12. ● we cannot but j●dge both Oath and Canons to be illegall 7. The Oath implyes a plain contradiction and that which is 〈◊〉 It requires me to Sweare sincerely without any secret reservation and 〈◊〉 an c. in it which imports more then is expre●● and necessi●●aces a mentall conception and 〈…〉 8. We are bound to take it heartily and willingly which no man that hath any consideration or conscience can doe For it 's against truth and obligeth to sweare a falsehood viz. that the Government of this Church as now it stands ought by right so to stand which is not true of Chancellours Commissaries Off●●●alls c. nor of Bishops proceeding in their Courts in their own names and under their own Seales It s against judgement including a contradiction as appeares in the 7th particular It 's against righteousnes because both the Parliament the Prince and Pastors themselves are perjured by it as hath formerly bin shewn and it 's a swearing up a corrupt if not an Antichristian Government over the People Besides this Oath is backed with severe punishment Refusall of it brings Deprivation ab Officio Beneficio Hence many that are poore and weake it 's to be feared will take the Oath reluctante conscientia and to save their Livings forsweare themselves 9. This Oath is full of ambiguities The Doctrine of the Church is not clearely known the Homilies have been disclaim'd The Articles are challenged by the Armi●●ans and others to be for them It 's doubtfull to us whether a great part of Scripture be not excluded as unnecessary because much of the Scripture is neither verbaily expressed nor vertually included in the publique Declaration of the Doctrine and Discipline of the Church of England and that they are said to containe all things necessary to salvation we are doubtfull of the Discipline because much depends upon the interpretation of the Ordinary which is unknown and yearely differing Articles are composed for Visitations And although a generall standing Book of Articles be promised for the whole Kingdome yet three yeares liberty is reserved for alteration and who can say he knoweth what the Discipline is We doubt whether the Oath doth not suppose some Popish Doctrine established We know not in what sense those words by right it ought to stand are to be taken This word jus or right is a word equivocall There is jus Divinum and if we sweare in this sense then we sweare Deanes Archdeac●●s and the c. to stand jure divino There is jus Ecclesiasticum and if we sweare in that sense then the Prelates will not be our Friends because we sweare divine right from them There is jus positum and if we sweare in this sense then the Hierarchie must loose both divine and Ecclesiasticall right It being thus who can sweare without equivocation Lastly no man taking this Oath can well acquit himselfe of perjury for if he take it in the plain common sense and understanding of the words yet there must be some mentall reservation in the words c. and equivocation in the minds of Hyerarchicall men touching those words by right for though they should venture to sweare Prelates into a jus divinum yet they dare not sweare Deanes and Archdeacons into it and so must sweare in a double sense and perjure themselves But all this may be helped by our own interpretations and protestations Ans. We may not take it in our own senses Those authorized to administer the Oath by the Kings Commission are tyed to keep the very words of it if they should leave out the c they have no power to administer it at all And the Oath it selfe binds us to take it in the common sense of the words If we then take the Oath and protest against such and such senses and make a sense of our own this is direct and wilfull perjury said Civilians And the protestation being made before a publique notary this shal be sufficient evidence in any Cou●t of the Kingdome to convict us of the perjury If then any of the Prelater have taken this Oath in its proper sense or a sense of their own how have they perjur'd themselvs propham'd their hands and put in a barre against their future conferring of holy Orders Qui● Synodus nod●●● patrum Chorus integer aeger C●nven●●● 〈◊〉 Sess●●●●ramen Amen FINIS * Ier. 14. 8 9. ‡ ver. 7. ‡ 2 Chron. 19. § Esa. 63. 15 16. † Esa. 26. 1● * Psal. 66. 11 12. * Hos. 6. 1. ‡ Gen. 18. 25. ‡ Heb. 4. 15 16. * Col. 2. 8. to the end of the Chapter ‡ Esa. 26. 23. * Speach at 〈…〉 ☜ ☞ * Psal. 72. 4. * 1 Sam. 2. 30 ‡ Ie●● 1. 15. 2. 2. ‡ Ier. 22. 18 19. 30. § Iob. 12. 21. * Relat. p. 375. * R●lation of a Cont●●●●nce by Will of Canterburie * Iud● 24. * Esa. 26. 3. ‡ Col. 2. 8 c ‡ Article of Consecration of Archbishops c. * 〈…〉 ‡ Ier. 20. 1● ‡ Col. 2. † 〈…〉 † 〈…〉 28. 3. * Eze. 11. 12 * Pe●●●anagke E●s●● ‡ C●● 2. 2. 4. ‡ Pythaga●●● Eus●b Praep●● Euang lib. 5. Cap 8. § 〈…〉 Cap. 〈◊〉 * Ezech. 20. 4. * ●lib 13. 10. * Math. 15. 9. ‡ Math. 15. 5. ‡ Nilutile quod non honestum est Cic. Offic. § 1 Cor. 8. 10. † R●●● 17 4. * Psal. 104. 22 * Ps●l 74. 10. 〈◊〉 Lib. 3. dis●in●t 39. Act Perjurisunt quiid quod falsum esse sciunt aut putant juramento confirment Est in sent ● 3. dist. 39