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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A11762	Canons and constitutions ecclesiasticall gathered and put in forme, for the governament of the Church of Scotland. Ratified and approved by his Majesties royall warrand, and ordained to be observed by the clergie, and all others whom they concerne. Published by authoritie.	Episcopal Church in Scotland.; Baron, Robert, 1593?-1639.	1636 (1636)	STC 22055; ESTC S116979	16,357	44

Orders who is not of his owne Diocesse except hee bring Letters dimissorie from the Bishop of the Diocesse where hee lived and a Certificat of his honest conversation 6. Nor shall anie man bee admitted vnto holie Orders vnlesse hee haue a particular place and charge where hee may vse and exerce his Function And if anie Arch-bishop or Bishop doc otherwyse hee shall keepe and mayntayne the person so admitted in all thinges necessarie till hee bee provyded to some Ecclesiasticall Living And if hee offend in this a second tyme hee shall bee suspended from his Office 7. That the greater reverence may bee carried to that holie Calling all Ordinations shall bee made by imposition of handes and with solemne prayers openlie in the Church after the morning Service ended and before the Communion in the forme and verie wordes praescrybed in the Booke of Ordination and in presence of two or three Presbyters of the Diocesse who shall laye on handes together with the Arch-bishop or Bishop 8. All Ordinations shall bee made at foure tymes in the yeare to wit the first weekes of March Iune September and December 9. Everie Ecclesiasticall person at his admission shall take the oath of Supremacie according to the forme praescrybed in Parliament 10. No person shall hereafter bee receaved into holie Orders nor suffered to preach catechise reade Divinitie minister the Sacramentes or execute anie other Ecclesiasticall Function vnlesse hee first subscrybe to bee obedient to the Canons of the Church And if anie Bishop shall ordayne admit or licence anie person otherwyse Hee shall bee suspended from giving of Orders and Licences to preach for twelue monethes And if anie Presbyter or Deacon after hee hath subscrybed to liue obedient and conforme shall revolt hee shall bee suspended And in case hee doe not repent conforme and submit himselfe within the space of three monethes hee shall bee deposed from the Ministerie 11. To avoyde the detestable sinne of Simonie the Arch-bishop or Bishop at his instituting into or collating of anie Benefice or Ecclesiasticall Living shall minister to the intrant the Oath praescrybed in the Booke of Ordination agaynst Simonie And if the Bishop minister not the Oath Hee shall bee thought guiltie of Simonie himselfe and punished accordinglie CHAP. III. Of Residence and Preaching THE manie inconveniences which result vpon the Non-residence of Ministers require that some provision bee made there-anent It is therefore ordayned That everie Minister reside at the Church where hee serveth or nigh therevnto And if hee bee found absent without licence of his Ordinarie sixe Sundayes in the whole yeare or doe not vse and exercyse his Office being present the case of infirmitie being excepted let him bee admonished And if after two admonitions hee amend not let him bee depryved of his Benefice 2. No Stranger shall bee admitted to preach in anie Church vnlesse hee bee licenced by the Bishop of the Diocesse 3. Everie Presbyter shall eyther by himselfe or by another person lawfullie called reade or cause DIVINE SERVICE to be done according to the forme of the Book of COMMON PRAYER before all Sermons 4. Albeit the whole tyme of our lyfe bee but short to bee bestowed in the service of God yet seeing HEE tempereth that worke to our weaknesse It is ordayned That Preachers in their Sermons and Prayers eschew tediousnesse and by a succinct doing leaue in the people an appetite for farther instruction and a newe desire to devotion 5. No person of the Laicie whatsoever gifts hee hath of Learning Knowledge or Holinesse shall praesume to exercyse the Office of a Presbyter or Deacon eyther in part or whole vnlesse hee haue receaved Ordination and bee licenced by his Ordinarie vnder the payne of Excommunication 6. It is the duetie of Presbyters not onelie to stirre vp the affections of people by exhortation but lykewyse to informe their judgement by solide instruction that they may bee acquaynted with the groundes of their Profession THEREFORE It is ordayned That there bee catechizing everie Sunday in the afternoone except the Bishop dispence with it as hee findeth cause And because in the countrey people can not convenientlie meete but in the forenoone the Presbyter shall everie other yeare expound the Catechisme to his people vnder the payne of suspending him that shall bee found negligent herein 7. If anie Preacher shall in the Pulpit particularlie or of purpose impugne or confute the doctrine delivered by anie other Preacher in the same Church or in anie Church nigh adjoyning before hee hath acquaynted the Bishop of the Diocesse therewith and receaved order from Him what to doe in that case because vpon publicke dissenting and contradicting there may growe much offence and disquietnesse to the people The same beeing notified to the Bishop Hee shall not suffer the Preacher anie more to serue in that place which hee hath once abused except hee faythfullie promise to forbeare all such matter of contention in the Church vntill order bee taken therein by the Bishop who with all convenient speede shall so proceede as publicke satisfaction may bee given to the Congregation where the offence was committed Provyded that if eyther of the parties offending doe appeale hee shall not bee suffered to preach Lite pendente Neyther shall anie Preacher vse bitter invectiues agaynst his fellow-Presbyter or Preacher or goe about indirectlie to worke his disgrace with the people vnder the paine of being censured as a prophaner of the Word 8. No Presbyter or Preacher shall presume in Sermons to speake agaynst His MAIESTIES Lawes Statutes Acts or Ordinances But if hee conceaue anie scruple or doubt let him goe to his Ordinarie and receaue instruction 9. No man's name shall bee expressed in Pulpit to his reproach except the fault bee notorious which notoriorie is defined if the person bee fugitiue convict by an Assise excommunicate or contumacious after citation Nor yet shall anie man bee descrybed by anie other circumstances than publicke vyces alwayes damnable 10. It is manifest that the superstition of former ages is turned vnto great prophanenesse and that people for the most part are growne colde in doing anie good esteeming that good workes are not necessarie Therefore shall all Presbyters as their Text giveth occasion vrge the necessitie of good works to their hearers 11. When anie person is dangerouslie sicke the Presbyter having knowledge thereof shall resort vnto him or her if the disease bee not knowne or probablie suspected to bee infectious to instruct and comfort them in their disease according to the Booke of Common Prayer and farther too as hee shall thinke most needfull and convenient And when anie is passing out of this lyfe a Bell shall bee tolled that the people hearing may earnestlie pray for the dying person as a fellow-member of CHRIST'S Bodie and the Presbyter shall not then neglect to doe his last duetie 12. That everie Presbyter may bee the better enabled to performe his duetie and bee furnished throughlie with knowledge hee shall bee