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A04340	The humble and earnest request of Thomas Iames, Dr of Diuinity, and subdeane of the Cathedrall Church of Welles, to the Church of England; for, and in the behalfe of bookes touching religion; Humble and earnest request for, and in the behalfe of bookes touching religion	James, Thomas, 1573?-1629.	1625 (1625)	STC 14455; ESTC S119327	2,865	20

THE HVMBLE AND EARNEST REQVEST OF THOMAS IAMES Dr OF DIVINITY AND SVB DEANE of the Cathedrall Church of Welles to the Church of England for and in the behalfe of Bookes touching Religion 1 THat the Latine-Fathers workes whereof diuers are already done the Bookes of Councels and the body of the Canon Law may be diligently reviewed and compared With the best Manuscripts and the Collections and needfull obseruations thence-from arising printed together with the pieces and fragments of the Fathers workes if any shall be found 2 That the Latine Translation of the Greeke Fathers may be collationed by able and fit persons by reason of diuerse Christophorsons and Iesuits that haue too-too much abused the ignorant of the tongue 3 That the Jndices Expurgatory may be likewise perused all of them as many as can be gotten the places forbidden to be transcribed of which labour there is a third part at the least already taken either by me or my procurement 4 That Lyra and the Glosse the Great Bibliotheea sanctorum Patrum Platina Caietan Alphonsus de Castro and sundry others of all sorts of Authors may be compared with former Editions and Manuscripts if need be to meet with their secret Jndices Expurgatorii which are the more dangerous because they print and leaue out what they list at pleasure and yet make no words of it neither haue any Commission knowne for to doe it 5 That the Authors of the middle age that wrote in the defence of that Religion which is now thankes be to God publikely established in the Church of England for the substance thereof may be faithfully transcribed diligently collated distributed into volumes whereof many may be made of orthod oxe-writers if not so many as of their Bibliotheca Patrum Probabilium adding hereunto such Writers as being bred and brought vp in the bosome of the Roman Church saw the disorders discouered their abuses both in doctrine and manners and wished almost for the same reformation that was afterward most happily wrought brought to passe by Martin Luther and his companions of the first sort are Wickliffe Peacocke Gu. de S. Amore Jo. P. Mi●orita Normannus Anon Nic. O●em sundry others of the Later kinde Wesselus Wicelius P. de Alliaco Faber Gerson Cusarius and such like 6 That the Catalogus testium veritatis compiled by Illyricus may be rectified out of the originals quoting Booke Chapter Edition supplyed out of the vnprinted Manuscripts 7 That out of all these an Anticoccius may be framed out of Fathers and middle-aged Writers that were in their times esteemed of the Church of Rome and out of them onely nothing doubting but we shall be able to match if not exceed his two large Volumes both in greatnes and goodnesse quoting as before precisely our Editions and doing all fide optima antiqua religiously and vnpartially as becommeth Diuines 8 That the supposititious and Bastard Workes of the Fathers noted by Doctor Rivet or Master Cooke or any other may be re-examined their exceptions scanned or weighed with indifferency other reasons added to their challenge if any shal be found 9 That the suspected places may be viewed in the true Fathers which are justly challenged of corruption either by our own men or the aduersary with the like indifference of minds and vnpartiality of judgments being cōpared with the touchstone of the old Manuscripts and printed bookes which are quasi Manuscripts Tenthly and lastly the perpetuall Visibility of the Church more or lesse and the History of the same Religion that we professe for the substance thereof throughout all ages may be shewed to the Eye noting when those Novelismes superadditaments of the Church of Rome came in as neare as may be guessed the time when and parties by whom they were opposed All vvhich 10 Propositions needfull and important as they are I doe vvillingly commend vnto my deare Mother the Church of England and from her to the Cleargie Gentry of this Land to be proceeded in as they shall see it most expedient for the common good promising nothing but my paines to be commanded in these publique seruices And I make no doubt if God vvill but that all this may be effected vvithin some fevv yeares if the Almghty giue grace the Rich vvhom God hath blessed vvith this vvorldly substance incouragement the rest their prayers Of the likelihood hereof I am the rather persvvaded because already by my ovvne meanes and small endeauours there is almost a fourth part of the Worke done in all these 10 Articles If one alone may doe so much vvithin such a time vvhat may a dozen able Schollers such as I knovv and could name doe vvithin 5 6 7 or 8 yeares vvhich is the vtmost in my conjecture For the raising of the charges vvhich vvill amount to three thousand pound Stock or three hundred pound a yeare at the least so much shal vvell cōtent both me and them that shall be imploied in this happy Worke though if more be offered vve knovv vvell hovv to vse and imploy it to the publique benefit and of raising such a summe as this is I doubt not if some one of the Cleargie or Laitie shal not take vpon him the whole charge as many in this Kingdome are thankes be to God able and would be willing if they either knew of the good that is likely to come vnto the Church or the Honor vnto themselues and chiefly how much this busines doth concerne the glory of God the assuring of the most materiall points controverted whiles there are daily questions made doubts arising either about the Editions Readings Translations Corruptions of whole Bookes in Pseudepigraphous Writers or of diuers hundreds of places in the True Bookes all which difficulties will easily be auoided as I trust by this one Worke being once well done But that such a Stocke or annuall rent may be made I doubt not but am somewhat confident when I see how fruitfull our Religion hath bin of good Workes and how many Suttons and Bodleyes and other godly men it hath yeelded no Nation more and herein no city I except not Rome her self without the hope of pardon guile of Confessours and feare of Purgatory is able to match or equalize much lesse to surpasse or exceed our famous City of London in the right vse and end of giuing as tokens of our Faith not as the meanes of our saluation What shall I speak of the Sages of our Law or Innes of Court but my desire is and proposall shall be to offer this great Honour first vnto the Cleargie of this Land The Popish Cleargie in France haue as I am informed at their owne charges printed the Greek Fathers shall not we be prouoked to doe the like for the Latine and many things else that import the Weale Publique of Learning Twelue pound out of euery Diocese one with another from the Cathedrall Churches the Reuerend Bishops and Cleargie will make vp the sūme or if euery one of the Cleargie of this famous Church will either giue yearely xij d or but lend ij f till any thing be printed he shall haue the same againe with thankes if it be demanded deducted out of the Booke when any thing shall be printed I meane this xij d or two shillings of euery hundred pound they making their own estimates of their liuings and paying the same halfe yearely to the Register of euerie Diocese But my intent is to desire not to prescribe vnto my Superiours who know better then I how to manage so weightie and important a busines resting theirs Wholly to command T. I. S. T. P. B. P. N. I Approue of the things here proiected wish with all my heart they may take good effect LV. PRIDEAVX Vicecanc S. T. D. Prof. Reg. Theol. ROD. KETTELL Preses Coll. S. Trinit LEON HVTTEN Aedis Christi Praebend GVIL LANGTON Coll. Magd. Praeses SEBASTIANVS BENEFIELD Lecturae Margareticae Professor IO. PARKEHVRST Magister Coll. Ball. IO. RAVLENSON Principalis Aulae S. Edmundi IO. WILKINSON Aul. Magd. Praep. GVIL PEIRS Decanus Petriburgensis SAM FELL Aedis Christi Praebend THO. ILES Aulae Cervinae Principalis RIC. ASTELEY Custos Coll. Omnium Animarum ROB. PINCK Novi Coll. Custos GV. SMYTH Coll. Wadham Guard IO. TOLSON Coll. Oriel Praepositus PAVLVS HOOD Coll. Lincoln Rector GVIL IVXON Coll. D. IO. Praeses