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A27511	A short vievv of the prælaticall Church of England wherein is set forth the horrible abuses in discipline and government, layd open in tenne sections by way of quære and petition, the severall heads whereof are set downe in the next page : whereunto is added a short draught of church-government.	Bernard, Richard, 1568-1641.; Bernard, John.	1641 (1641)	Wing B2032; ESTC R45	18,506	43

to be divine but humane from the King as hath heretofore beene fully acknowledged That the power of the high Commission in ministring the Oath ex Officio be taken away as also in all other inferiour Courts and that it may be a limited power vnder Law in all the proceedings in citing examining judgeing fining and imprisoning that so the complaints of Gods Ministers and others may not still cry alowd in the Lords eares to bring downe wrath Who can but pity with teares of bloud the insufferable misery of Mr. Peter Smart of Durham for preaching against setting up of Images and Altars the severe bandling of Mr. George Huntley Mr. Crowder ministers and many others That by their high authority they may not be suffred to hinder such as be troubled from taking the benefit of Regall courses to helpe themselves and neither Judges nor Lawyers be made so to feare at the one sort dare not freely plead for them nor the other judge but with feare as they ought not That seeing they are otherwise sufficiently provided for they make not such wicked gaine in making and instituting Ministers in giving Lycenses in imposing penance in absolving all the rest before named to the great grievance of his Maiesties Subiects robbing them of a treasurie of mony and making sale of Gods holy Ordinances Is there Symonie in buying a benefice and none in giving money for the vse of Spirituall gifts That they make no encroachments vpon the Subiects liberties as they doe proved fully by the Author of the Breviate SECTION V. Of their Prelaticall Visitations These are pecuniary meerely for money I. Are Bishops Visitations and in these I. CHurchwardens of every Parish and Chappell are called who receive a booke of Articles to present by if any are wanting they are warned to appeare at their Court with Cost These Churchwardens pay for their booke of Articles every yeare though the very same and for other things and for writing their presentments by a Clarke which they themselves could doe 2s 4d which in 9285 Parishes commeth to 1058l xis viijd besides Chappels which be here and there many II. Ministers beneficed These pay for Lycenses to preach if they have none Then they pay for shewing their Letters of Orders their License to preach unto the Register at every Bishops Visitation though seene and allowed of before xxd or thereabouts After for procurations to the Bishop 4 s a piece to the Gentleman Apparitour 8d but the abler sort xijd Lastly sometimes the Bishops crave Benevolence as the occasion is but the summe they will set downe Besides all these they pay Paschal tents or Synodals to the Archd. in the Bishops visiting III. Curats If they want Licenses to read preach or teach a Schoole then they pay for them Then for shewing their Letters of orders so that in 9285 Parishes the summe will arise to some thousands of pounds Thus they doe at Archbishops Visitations but when an Archbishop comes newly to Yorke the Parsons and Vicars though never so poore under him give him a tenth of their living for a benevolence to helpe the Archbishop to settle himselfe in 5 or 6 thousand pounds a yeare which extorted benevolence if not paid him of the poorest Vicar the Reverend Father out of his mercifulnesse will pittifully afflict him in his Court II. Archdeacons Visitations These be twise a yeare here the Churchwardens doe as before The Ministers pay At Easter Visitation their Paschal Rents or Synodals which summes are not alike to all some pay 5 s. some lesse At Michalmas they pay procurations some 7 s. some 10 s. some lesse but it 's judged that Ministers pay yearely at Visitations throughout the Land 4 or 5 thousand pounds some reckon more And what is all this for 1 To call every Minister by name and to pay as is aforesaid 2 To call Churchwardens Questmen Sidemen or Posts as some name them to take their Oathes to make presentments that men may be brought into their Courts to get money QVAERE WHither these Visitations be after God or man Whither any can be hereby bettered by them either for life or doctrine Whither any reformed Churches keepe such kind of Visitations and such a manner of visiting Whither these be worthy of so many thousand pounds for calling such visitations Whither such meetings bee worthy the assembling together of so great a number of the Clergie and Laity The number out of 9285 Parishes to wit one Minister besides Curates and 4 men Churchwardens and Sidemen or Posts besides 2 in every Chappelry are above 45 thousand at one visitation and both the number double is 90000 where if they expend alike xijd a man for dinner and horsemeate as usually they doe the summe doth arise in both the visitations throughout the Land to 4000. and 500. pounds yearely Why should men cast away so much money yearly yeare by yeare for upholding them in such vaine Visitations injurious to others and onely gainefull to themselves The humble Petition THat some way may be taken to make more vsefull these Visitations in calling together so many thousands than thus onely to fill their purses That neither the Bishops nor Archdeacons be permitted to frame Articles so vnlawfully out of the Canons with sundry of their owne additions as may appeare by comparing some of their Articles with the Canons which every Parish is bound to have and so need none of their Articles That threescore and fourteene thousand men be not constrained to sweare threescore and fourteen thousand oaths yearely as they doe to their soules damnation without repentance For I. Not any doe nor can keepe the oath in presenting all offences faults defaults and crimes as they call them mentioned in so numerous Articles and so doe forsweare themselves which breach of oath goeth through the whole Land and with every oath goeth a Curse II. If men should present for offences faults and crimes every thing according to every Article then they cursedly sweare to present for sinnes offences faults and crimes which before the Almighty God are none as for instance A Minister to preach in his owne charge without a Lycense or in a Cloake A Father at Baptisme to offer to the Minister his owne Child and vndertake for the Infants education and so prevent an high presumption of others who may be witnesses but not vndertakers promising for the Child that which they neither can nor ever intend to doe Some going to another Parish to heare Sermons which at Baptisme they are exhorted vnto when they have none at home Some meeting together to read the Scripture and good Bookes allowed to bee printed to sing Psalmes and pray together A poore man and in need to worke vpon an holy day for reliefe of his poore family A Minister or a Deacon having vnworthily taken those callings vpon them to leave the same upon trouble of conscience because they find themselves to be utterly vnfit and to betake themselves to some more fit course