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The reduction of episcopacie unto the form of synodical government received in the ancient church proposed in the year 1641 as an expedient for the prevention of those troubles which afterwards did arise about the matter of church-government / by James Usher ; published by Nicholas Bernard.
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Ussher, James, 1581-1656.
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done the Suffragan supplying the place of those who in the ancient Church were called Chorepiscopi might every moneth assemble a Synod of all the Rectors or Incumbent Pastors within the Precinct and according to the major part of their voyces coclude all matters that shall be brought into debate before them To this Synod the Rector and Church-wardens might present such impenitent persons as by admonitions and suspension from the Sacrament would not be reformed who if they should still remain contumacious and incorrigible the sentence of Excommunication might be decreed against them by the Synod and accordingly be executed in the Parish where they lived Hitherto also all things that concerned the Parochial Ministers might be referred whether they did touch their Doctrine or their conversation ' as also the censure of all new Opiuions Heresies and Schismes which did arise within that Circuit with liberty of Appeal if need so require unto the Diocesan Synod III. The Diocesan Synod might be held once or twice in the year as it should be thought most convenient Therein all the Suffragans and the rest of the Rectors or Incumbent Pasters or a certain select number of of every Deanry within the Dioâ—ese might meet with whose consent or the major part of them all things might be concluded by the Bishop or * Saperintendent call him whether you will or in his absence by one of the Suffragans whom he shall depute in his stead to be Moderator of that Assembly Here all matters of greater moment might be taken into consideration and the Orders of the monthly Synodes revised and if need be reformed and if here also any maâ—ter of difficulty could not receive a full determination it might be referred to the next Provincial or National Synod IV. The Provincial Synod might consist of all the Bishops and Suffragans and such other of the Clergy as should be elected out of every Diocese within the Province the Arch-Bishop of either Province might be the Moderator of this meeting or in his room some one of the Bishops appointed by him and all matâ—ers be ordered therein by common consent as in the former Assemblies This Synod might be held every third year and if the Parliament do then sit according to the Act of a Triennial Parliament both the Arch-Bishops and Provincial Synods of the Land might joyn together and make up a National Councel wherein all Appeals from infer 〈…〉 ur Synods might be received all their Acts examined and all Ecclesiastical Constitutions which concerne the state of the Church of the whole Nation established WE are of the judgement That the form of Government here proposed is not in any point repugnant to the Scripture and that the Suffragans mentioned in the second Proposition may lawfully use the power both of Jurisdiction and Ordination according to the Word of God and the practice of the ancient Church Ja. Armachanus Rich. Holdsworth AFter the proposal of this An. 1641. Many Quaeries were made and doubts in point of conscience resolved by the Primate divers passages of which he heth left under his own hand shewing his pious endeavours to peace and unity which how far it then prevailed is out of season now to relate only I wish it might yet be thought of to the repairing of the breach which this division hath made and that those who are by their Office Messengers of Peace and whose first word to cach house should be peace would earnestly promote it within the walls of their Mother-Church wherein they were educated and not thus by contending about circumstantials lose the substance and make our selves a prey to the adversary of both who rejoyce in their hearts saying So would we have it Which are the Primates works and which not A Catalogue of the Works already printed of Doctor James Usher late Arch-Bishop of Armagh and Primate of all Ireland which are owned by him In Latine DE Ecclesiarum Christianarum successione Statu. Quarto Londini 1613. Epistolarum Hibernicarum Sylloge 4o Dublinii 1630. Historia Goteschalci 4o Dublinii 1631. De Primordiis Ecclesiarum Britanicarum 4o Dublinii 1639. Ignatii Epistolae cum annotationibus 4o Oxoniae 1645. De Anno Solari Macedonum 8o Londini 1648. Annales Veteris Testamenti Fol. Londini 1650. Annales Novi Testamenti usque ad extremum Templi Reipublicae Judaicae excidium c. Fol. Londini 2654. Epistola ad Capellum de Variantibus textus Hebraici Lectionibus 4o Londinii 1652. De Graeca Septuaginta Interpretum versione Syntagma 4o Londini 1655. These four last are sold by John Crook at the Ship in St. Paul's Church-yard In English AN Answer to a challènge made by the Jesuite Malone in Ireland Anno 1631. A Sermon preached before the House of Commons Febr. 18. 1618. A Declaration of the visibility of the Church preached in a Sermon before King James June 20. 1624. A Speech delivered in the Castle-Chamber in Dublin the 22. of November 1622. The Religion profest by the ancient Irish and Brittains 4o 1631. These five are bound together in Quarto Immanuel or the Incarnation of the Son of God 4o Dublin 1639. A Geographical Description of the Lesser Asia 4o Oxford 1644. The judgement of Doctor Reynolds touching the Original of Episcopacy more largely confirmed out of Antiquity An. 1641. His Discourse of the Original of Bishops and Metropolitanes in 4o Oxford 1644. His small Catechisme re-viewed 12o London 1654. ☞ His aforesaid Annals of the Old and New Testament with the Synchronismus of Heathen Story to the destruction of Jerusalem translated out of Latin into English now at the Presse Fol. to be sold by John Crook at the Ship in St. Pauls Church-yard In regard there have been and are divers books printed which go under the name of the late Arch-Bishop of Armagh but are not his and more may be obtruded to the injury of him I have thought fit at the request of the Printer to give the Reader this advertisement following IN Annoâ— 1640. There was a book printed entitled the Bishop of Armaghs direction to the house of Parliament concerning the Liturgy and Episcopal Government and Anno 1641. Another book entitled Vox Hiberniae being some pretended notes of his at a publick fasâ— Both these at his Petition were suppressed by order from the House of Lords and Commons 11. Feb. 1641. and I hope will not be revived In Anno 1651. A book called A Method for Meditation or a manual of Divine duties which most injuriously is printed in his name but is none of his which he directed me then to declare publickly as from him yet in 1657. It is again reprinted to his great dishonour For his small Catechisme the Reader is to take notice that there was a false one Printed without his knowledge and is still sold for his The injury he received by it compelled him to review it with an Epistle of his own before it which is the mark to know
the right Edition though being framed for his private use in his younger yeares about 23. he had no intention of it for the publick If any Sermon-Notes taken from him have been Printed in his life-time under his name or shall be hereafter which divers have of late attempted The Reader is to take notice that it was against his minde and that they are disowned by him which as he endeavoured to his utmost to suppresse while he was living so it was his fear to be injured in it after his death For a further confirmation of which I shall give you part of a Letter of his while he was Bishop of Meath upon the like intention of a Printer who had gotten into his hands some Notes of his Sermons said to be preached by him in London and was about to publish them which he wrote to Doctor Featly Chaplain to the then Arch-Bishop of Canterbury for the stopping of them in these words I beseech you to use all your power to save me from that disgrace which undiscreet and covetous men go about to fasten upon me or else I must be driven to protest against their injurious dealings with me and say as Donatus once did Mala illis sit qui meâ— festinant edere ante me But I repose cenfidence in you that you will take order that so great a wrong as this may not be done unto me Remember me to worthy Doctor Goad and forget not in your prayers Dublin Sept. 16. 1622. Your most assured loving friend and fellow labourer JA. MEDENSIS THat book entitled the summe and substance of Christian religion some of the materials with the Method are his collected by him in his yonger years for his own private use but being so unpolished defective and full of mistakes he was much displeased at the publishing of it in his name And though it be much commended at home and by Ludovicus Crocius abroad yet that he did disown it as it is now set forth this Letter following wrote to Mr. John Downham who caused it to be printed doth sufficiently confirm as followeth SIR YOu may be pleased to take notice that the Catechisme you write of is none of mine but transcribed out of Mr Cartwrights Catechisme and Mr. Crooks and some other English Divines but drawn together in one Method as a kind of common-place-Common-place-book where other mens judgements and reasons are simply laid down though not approved in all points by the Collector besides that the Collection such as it is being lent abroad to divers in scattered sheets hath for a great part of it miscarried the one half of it as I suppose well nigh being no way to be recovered so that so imperfect a thing Copied verbatim out of others and in divers places dissonant from mine own judgement may not by any meanes be owned by me But if it shall seem good to any industrious person to cut off what is weak and superfluous therein and supply the wants thereof and cast it into a new mould of his own framing I shall be very well content that he make what use he pleaseth of any the materials therein and set out the whole in his own name and this is the resolution of May 13. 1645. Your most assured loving friend JA. ARMACHANUS A Book entituled Confessions and Proofs of Protestant Divines of Reformed Churches for Episcopacy c. though it be a very Learned one yet it is not his Onely that of the Original of Bishops and Metropolitans Frequently bound up with the former is owned by him unto which he was earnestly moved by a Letter from Doctor Hall the late Reverend and Learned Bishop of Norwich then Bishop of Exeter which shewing the great esteem he had of him is annexed as followeth To the most Reverend Father in God and my most Honoured Lord the Lord Arch-Bishop of Armagh and Primate of Ireland Most Reverend and my most worthily Honoured Lord THat which fell from me yesterday suddenly and transcursively hath since taken up my after-midnight thoughts and I must crave leave what I then moved to importune that your Grace would be pleased to bestow one sheet of paper upon these distracted times in the subject of Episcopacy shewing the Apostolical Original of it and the grounds of it from Scripture and the immediately succeeding antiquity Every line of it coming from your Graces hand would be super rotas suas as Solomons expression is very Apples of Gold with Pictures of Silver and more worth than volumes from us Think that I stand before you like the Man of Macedon and that you hear me say Come and help us And as your Grace is wholly given up to the common good of the Church say whether you can deny it and if please your Grace to take your rise from my humble motion to expresse your self in this question wherein I am publickly interested or otherwise to professe your voluntary resolutions for the setling of many either misled or doubting Soules it will be the most acceptable and I hope the most successefull work that your Grace hath ever undertaken It was my earnest motion long ago to {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} to intreat this labour from your Grace which now comes from my meannesse your Gracious humility will not even from so low hands disregard it with my zealous suit and hopefull expectation of a yeilding answer I humbly take leave and am Your Graces humbly and heartily devoted JOS. EXON. FINIS a The book of Ordination b â—â—id ex Act. 20 27 28. c {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} So taken in Mat. 2. 6. and Rev. 12. 5. and 19. 15. d Rev. 2. 1. e 1 Tim. 4. 14. f Ibidem etiam exhortationes castigationes censura divina nam judicatur magno cum pâ—â—dere ut apud certâ—s de Dei conspectu summú nque futuri judicii pâ—aeiudicium est si quis ita deli 〈…〉 ut à commuâ—â—catione oâ—ationis conventus omnis sancti commecii relegetur president probaâ—â— quique seniores honorem istum non pretio sed Testimonio adepti Tâ—â—tul Apologet. cap. 39. g 〈◊〉 de 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 manibus 〈◊〉 praesidentium sâ—mâ—mus 〈◊〉 de coroâ—◠〈◊〉 cap. 3. h Danâ—â— quidem 〈◊〉 hab◠〈◊〉 sum 〈…〉 〈◊〉 qui 〈◊〉 Episcopus 〈◊〉 Presâ—yâ—â—i 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 de Bapt cap. 17. i Omni actu ad 〈◊〉 perlate â—la 〈…〉 contra 〈…〉 〈◊〉 apud 〈◊〉 epiâ—â— 46. k Florenti 〈…〉 〈◊〉 〈…〉 cum 〈◊〉 Cy 〈…〉 epist. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Cornel l Ut Episcopuâ— nullius causam audiet absque praesentia Clericorum suoram alioquin irrita erit sententia Episcopi nise Clericorum praesentiâ confirmetur Concil. Carthag IV. cap. 23. m Excerption Egberti c. 43. n 15. q. 7. cap. Nullus How the Church might Synâ—dically be Governed Arch-Bishops and â—ishâ—ps being still retained * {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} id est superintendentes unde nomen Episcopi trastum est Hiâ—ron epist. 86. ad Evagrium