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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A72017	A booke of certaine canons, concernyng some parte of the discipline of the Churche of England In the yeare of our Lord. 1571.; Constitutions and canons. 1571	Church of England.	1571 (1571)	STC 10064; ESTC S125375	11,018	27

¶ A BOOKE of certaine Canons concernyng some parte of the discipline of the Churche of England In the yeare of our Lord. 1571. AT LONDON Printed by Iohn Daye dwellyng ouer Aldersgate ¶ Cum gratia Priuilegio Regiae Maiestatis 3. Of Byshops 6. Of Deanes of churches 9. Of Archdeacones 11. Of Chauncelors c. 17. Of Churchwardens 22. Of Preachers 24. Of Residence 25. Of Pluralities 25. Of Scholemasters 27. Of Patrones c. Of Byshoppes ¶ Here foloweth in this booke some certayne articles of the holy ministerie and of the offices of the Church fully agreed vpon by Matthew Archbyshoppe of Caunterburie Primate of all England and Metropolitane and all other Byshops of the same Prouince which were partly present in person and partly subscribed by the handes of their Proctors in a Synode begonne at London in the Church of S. Paule the thirde day of April 1571. ALl Byshoppes shall diligently teach the Gospell not onely in their Cathedrall Churches which they ●…uerne but also indifferently in all the Churches of euery of their Dioces where they shall thynke it most needfull 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ●●…pally they shall exhort their people 〈◊〉 the reading hearing of the holy scriptures and that they come together in times appoynted euery man to his owne Church and that they geue eare diligently to the preachers of the Gospell and that both they do heare reuerently the godly prayers which shall be spoken by the Minister and also pray them selues with hym and that they be partakers of the heauenly misteries as they be now godly ordeined and lawfully in our churches by the authoritie and commaundemente of the whole Realme Euery Byshop before the fyrst day of September next shall call vnto him the publique preachers such as shall be in his owne diocesse and shall require againe of them their licences of preaching which they haue signed with any autenticall seale which they shall retaine with themselues or els abolish After prudent choise made of them he shall geue readilye agayne new licences to them whom he shall finde able to that great office in respect of they ●●●res doctrine iudgement honestie of lyfe ▪ ●●●…ie and grauitie and yet so that they 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 he to the articles of Christian religion ●●●●…ly approued in the Synode and that 〈◊〉 ●…ake promise willingly to mayntayne 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ●hat doctrine which is contayned in the 〈◊〉 most agreeable to the veritie of Gods w●●●… The Bishop must very diligently 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 what maner of men he do admit into hys housholde for it chaunceth sometymes where thys foresight is not vsed that wicked men enemies to the true religion vicious men and corrupte in all theyr life yea and men voyde of grace be admitted Whereby the aduersary wyll soone take occasion to speake euill The Byshops seruauntes shal so modestly orderly apparel thēselues in euery part of their garments that they do not offend their brethrē whom Paule calleth of the housholde of fayth The Byshop shall lay his handes on none henceforward but such as haue bene trayned vp in good letters eyther in the vniuersitie or some other inferior schole or that doth vnderstande the Latine tongue competently and hath bene well exercised in the holy scriptures nor yet on any except he be of that lawfull age which is appoynted by the statute and lawe nor except hys lyfe honest behauiour be commended by the testimony of graue and godly men and such as are well knowne vnto the byshop nor on any that hath bene brought vp in husbandrie or some other base and handicraft labour nor on any but such as haue some title as they call it whereby he may liue if by Gods sufferaunce he become blinde or fall into greeuous sicknesse of the body or into a continuall languishing disease nor except he will exercise the holy ministery wythin hys owne diocesse nor at any other time but when it shal chaunce that some place of ministration is voyde in the same diocesse And he shall admitte no straunger nor any that he knoweth not eyther to the profites of any benifice or to ecclesiasticall ministerie except he bring wyth him that Byshops letters of commendations which they cal letters dimissories out of whose diocesse he came The byshop shal not graunt vnto any man the next or second or thirde aduouson as they cal it of any prebend or benefice belonging vnto him for those aduousons are far from good doynges and christian charitie neyther shall he ratifie and confirme the leases of any profites or reuenewes of any parsonage or ecclesiasticall benefice for terme of many yeares in any wise The Byshop shall suffer no man to be occupyed in the ministration of the Church which calleth himselfe by the idle name of a Reader not hauing receiued imposition of handes Euery Archbishop and Bishop shal haue in hys house The holy Bible in the largest volume as it was lately printed at London and also that full and perfect history which is intituled Monumentes of Martyres and other such lyke bokes fit for the setting forth of religion These bookes must be placed eyther in the hall or in the great chamber that they may serue to the vse of their seruauntes and of straingers Deanes of Cathedrall Churches THe very same bookes which we spake of last euery Deane shall cause to be bought and to be bestowed in his Cathedrall Church in such conuenient place that the vicares and peticanons and other ministers of the Church as also straungers and forrieners may easely come vnto them and read thereon The Deane and euery chiefe Residentarie whome they call the dignities of the Church shall buye the same bookes euery one for hys owne family and shall lay them in some fitte place eyther in hall or in the chamber The Deane his prebendaries shall preach the worde of God diligently not onely in the cathedrall Church where they liue but in other Churches also of the same Dioces and especially in the same places whence they receaue yearely reuenewes and profites Which if they do not they shall be punished according to the discretion of the Byshop No Deane nor Archdeacon nor Residentarie nor master nor warden nor head of any colledge or cathedrall church neither president nor rector nor any of that order by what name soeuer they be called shall hereafter weare the Graye Amice nor any other garment which hath bene defiled with the like superstition But euery one of them in their churches shall weare onely that linnen garment which is as yet reteined by the Queenes commaundement and also hys Schollers hoode according to euery mans calling and degree in schole Euery Deane shal be resident in hys cathedrall Church foure tymes a yeare at the least And shall continue there by the space of a moneth euery time if he may possibly in preaching the worde of God and keeping good hospitalitie except he shall be otherwyse letted with weighty and vrgent causes Which causes he shall at euery such time