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A04125	Constitutions, and canons ecclesiasticall treated vpon by the archbishops, and bishops, and the rest of the cleargie of Ireland. And agreed upon with the Kings Majesties licence in their synod begun at Dublin, Anno. Dom. 1634. And in the yeare of the raigne of our soveraigne, Lord Charles by the grace of God, king of Great Britaine, France, and Ireland, the tenth. And now published for the due observation of them, by his Majesties authoritie under the great seale of Ireland.; Constitutions and canons	Church of Ireland.	1635 (1635)	STC 14265; ESTC S107631	42,000	128

breake or neglect to observe the same as they tender the honor of GOD the peace of the Church tranquillitie of the Kingdome and their dueties and service unto VS their King and Soveraigne In witnes c. CONSTITVTIONS AND CANONS ECCLESIASTICALL Treated upon by the Archbishops and Bishops and the rest of the Clergie of Ireland and agreed upon by the Kings Majesties licence in their Synod begun and holden at Dublin Anno Domini 1634. and in the yeare of the raigne of our Soveraigne Lord CHARLES by the grace of GOD King of Great Brittaine France and Ireland the Tenth I. Of the agreement of the Church of England and Ireland in the profession of the same Christian Religion FOR the manifestation of our agreement with the Church of England in the confession of the same Christian Faith and the doctrine of the Sacraments Wee doe receive and approve the Booke of Articles of Religion agreed upon by the Archbishops and Bishops and the whole Clergie in the Convocation holden at London in the yeare of our Lord God 1562. for the avoyding of diversities of opinions and for the establishing of consent touching true Religion And therefore if any hereafter shall affirme that any of those Articles are in any part superstitious or erroneous or such as he may not with a good conscience subscribe unto let him be excommunicated and not absolved before he make a publique revocation of his errour II. The Kings Supremacy in Causes Ecclesiasticall to be maintained ALL Ecclesiasticall persons having cure of soules and all other Preachers and Readers of Divinitie Lectures shall to the uttermost of their wit knowledge and learning purely and sincerely without any colour or dissimulation teach manifest open and declare foure times every yeare at the least in their Sermons and other Collations and Lectures That all usurped and forraine power forasmuch as the same hath no establishment nor ground by the Law of God is for most just causes taken away and abolished and that therefore no manner of obedience or subjection within his Majesties Realmes and Dominions is due unto such forraine power but that the Kings power within his Realme of Ireland and all other his Dominions and Countreyes is the highest power under God to whom all men aswell Inhabitants as borne within the same doe by Gods Lawes owe all loyaltie and obedience and to no other forraine power potentate in the earth And whosoever shall hereafter maintaine that the Kings Majestie hath not the same authority in causes Ecclesiasticall that the godly Kings had amongst the Iewes and Christian Emperours in the Primitive Church or impeach in any part his Regall supremacy in the said causes restored to the Crowne and by the Lawes of this Realme therein established let him be excommunicated and not restored but onely by the Archbishop of the Province after his repentance and publique revocation of his errour III. Of the prescript forme of Divine Service contained in the Booke of Common Prayer THat forme of Liturgie or Divine Service and no other shal be used in any Church of this Realme but that which is established by the Law and comprised in the Booke of Common Prayer and administration of Sacraments And if any one shall preach or by other open words declare or speake any thing in the derogation or despising of the said Booke or of any thing therein contained let him be excommunicated and not restored untill he repent and publiquely revoke his errour III. Of the forme of consecrating and ordering Archbishops Bishops c. and of the Churches established according to that order THat forme of Ordination no other shal be used in this Church but that which is contained in the booke of ordering Bishops Priests and Deacons allowed by authority and hitherto practised in the Churches of England and Ireland And if any shall affirme that they who are consecrated or ordered according to those rites are not lawfully made nor ought to be accounted either Bishops Priests or Deacons or shall deny that the Churches established under this governement are true Churches or refuse to joyne with them in Christian profession let him be excommunicated and not restored untill hee repent and publiquely revoke his errour V. Authors of Schisme and maintainers of Conventicles censured WHosoever shall separate themselves from the Communion of Saints as it is approved by the Apostles rules in the Church of Ireland and combine themselves together in a new brotherhood accounting the Christians who are conformable to the doctrine governement rites and ceremonies of the Church of Ireland to be prophane and unmeet for them to joyne with in Christian profession or shall affirme and maintaine that there are within this Realme other meetings assemblyes or congregations then such as by the Lawes of this Land are held and allowed which may rightly challenge to themselves the name of true and lawfull Churches let him be excommunicated and not restored untill he repent and publiquely revoke his errour VI. Due celebration of Sundayes and Holy-dayes ALL manner of persons shall celebrate and keepe the Lords day commonly called Sunday and other Holy-dayes according to Gods holy will and pleasure and the orders of this Church that is in hearing the Word of GOD read and taught in private and publique prayers in acknowledging their offences to GOD and amendment of the same in reconciling themselves charitably to their neighbours where displeasure hath beene in oftentimes receiving the Communion of the Body and Blood of CHRIST in visiting the poore and sicke using all godly and sober conversation VII The prescript forme of Divine Service to be used on Sundayes and Holydayes with all decencie and due reverence EVery Sunday and Holy-day the Parsons Vicars and Curates shall celebrate Divine Service at convenient and usuall times of the day and in such place of every Church as the Bishop of the Diocesse or Ecclesiasticall Ordinary of the place shall thinke meet for the largenesse or straitnesse of the same so as the people may be most edified All Ministers likewise shall use and observe the Orders Rites Ornaments Ceremonies prescribed in the Booke of Common prayer and in the Act for uniformity printed therewith as well in reading the holy Scriptures and saying of prayers as in administration of the Sacraments without either diminishing in regard of preaching or in any other respect or adding any thing in the matter or forme thereof And in Cathedrall and Collegiate Churches all Deanes Masters and Heads of Collegiate Churches Canons and Prebendaries being Graduates shall daylie at the times both of prayer and preaching weare with their Surplises such Hoods as are agreeable to their degrees No man also shall cover his head in any Church or Chappell in the time of Divine Service except he have some infirmity in which case he may weare a night-cap or coife Neither shall any person be otherwise at such times busied then in quiet attendance to heare marke and understand that which is read preached

or ministred using all such reverent gestures and actions as by the Booke of Common prayer are prescribed in that behalfe and the commendable use of this Church received and not departing out of the Church during the time of Service and Sermon without some urgent or reasonable cause VIII Of the ordering of certaine parts of the Service ALso the Minister reading the Lessons Epistle and Gospell and the Ten commandements and such other parts of Divine Service as doe greatly tend to the edifying of the people shall so place himselfe so turne him to the people as they may best hearken thereunto and be edified by the same And every Beneficiary and Curate shall endeavor that the confession of sinnes absolution all the second service at or before the communion to the Homily or Sermon where the people all or most are Irish shal be used in English first and after in Irish if the Ordinary of the place shall so thinke meete IX Beneficed Preachers being resident upon their Livings to preach every Sunday EVery beneficed man allowed to bee a Preacher and residing on his Benefice having no lawfull impediment shall in his owne cure preach one Sermon every Sunday of the yeare And therein hee shall teach no vaine opinions no Heresies nor Popish errors disagreeing from the Articles of Religion generally received in the Churches of England and Ireland nor any thing at all whereby the people may be stirred up to the desire of novelties or contention but shall soberly sincerely divide the Word of truth to the glory of GOD and to the best edification of the people X. No publique opposition betweene Preachers IF any Preacher shall in the Pulpit particularly or namely of purpose impugne or confute any doctrine delivered by any other Preacher in the same Church or in any other neare adjoyning or otherwise make any publique opposition unto him before hee hath acquainted the Bishop of the Diocesse therewith received order from him what to doe in that case because upon such publique dissenting and contradicting there may grow much offence and disquieting to the people the Churchwardens or partie grieved shall forthwith signifie the same to the said Bishop and not suffer the said Preacher any more to occupy that place which he hath once abused except he faithfully promise to forbeare all such matter of contention in the Church untill the Bishop hath taken further order therein who shall with all convenient speed so proceede therein that publique satisfaction may be made in the Congregation where the offence was given Provided that if either of the parties offending doe appeale he shall not be suffered to preach pendente lite XI Ministers to catechize every Sunday EVery Parson Vicar or Curate upon every Sunday before Evening Prayer shall for halfe an houre or more examine and instruct the youth and ignorant persons of his Parish in the Ten commandements the Articles of the beliefe in the Lords prayer and shall diligently heare and instruct and teach them the Catechisme set forth in the booke of Common prayer And all Fathers Mothers Masters and Mistresses shall cause their children servants and apprentises which have not learned the Catechisme to come to Church at the time appointed obediently to heare and to be ordered by the Minister untill they have learned the same And if any Minister neglect his duty herein let him be sharpely reproved upon the first complaint and true notice thereof given to the Bishop or Ordinary of the place If after submitting himselfe hee shall wilfully offend therein againe let him be suspended If so the third time there being little hope that he will be therein reformed then excommunicated and so remaine untill he will be reformed And likewise if any of the said Fathers Mothers Masters or Mistresses children servants or apprentices shall neglect their duties as the one sort in not causing them to come and the other in refusing to learne as aforesaid let them be suspended if they be not children and if they so persist by the space of a moneth let them be excommunicated Neither shall the Minister admit any to be marryed or to be God-fathers or God-mothers at the Baptisme of any childe or to receive the holy Communion before they can say the Articles of the beliefe the Lords prayer and the Commandements in such a language as they understand XII The people to be informed in the body of Christian Religion and reformed in their conversation FOR the better grounding of the People in the Principles of Christian Religion Wee ordaine that the heads of the Catechisme being divided into so many parts as there are Sundayes in the yeare shal be explained to the people in every Parish Church In the handling whereof the Ministers and Curates are to use such moderation that they doe not runne into curious questions or unnecessary controversies but shortly declare and confirme the doctrine proposed and make application thereof to the behoofe of the hearers The Ministers also in all their preachings and catechizings and private conferences when neede requireth shall teach the people to place their whole trust and confidence in GOD and not in Creatures neither in the Habite or Scapular of any Fryer or in hallowed Beads Medals Reliques or such like trumperyes They shall doe their endeavour likewise to roote out all ungodly superstitious and barbarous customes as using of charmes sorcery inchantments witchcraft or soothsaying and generally to reforme the manners of the people committed to their charge unto a Christian sober and civill conversation XIII Preachers and Lecturers to reade Divine Service and administer the Sacraments twice a yeare at the least EVery Minister being possessed of a Benefice that hath cure and charge of Soules although he cheifly attend to preaching and hath a Curate under him to execute other duties which are to be performed for him in the Church and likewise every other stipendary Preacher that readeth any Lecture or catechizeth or preacheth in any Church or Chappell shall twice at the least every yeare reade himselfe the Divine Service upon two severall Sundayes publiquely and at the usuall times both in the forenoone and afternoone in the Church which he so possesseth or where he readeth catechizeth or preacheth as is aforesaid and shall likewise as often in every yeare administer the Sacraments of Baptisme if there be any to be baptized and of the Lords Supper in such manner and forme and with the use and observation of all such rites ornaments and ceremonies as are prescribed by the booke of Common prayer the Act for uniformity printed therewith in that behalfe which if he doe not accordingly performe then shall he that is possessed of a Benefice as before be suspended he that is but a Reader Preacher or Catechizer be removed from his place by the Bishop of the Diocesse untill he or they shall submit themselves to performe all the said duties in such manner and sort as before is prescribed XIIII Ministers not to refuse to Christen or Bury NO Minister shall refuse or delay ●o christen any Childe according to the forme of the booke of Common Prayer that

is brought to the Church to him on Sundayes or Holydayes to be christened or to bury any Corps that is brought to the Church or Churchyard convenient warning being given to him thereof before in such manner as is prescribed in the said booke of Common prayer And if he shall refuse to christen the one or bury the other except the party deceased were denounced excommunicated majori excommunicatione for some greivous and notorious crime and no man able to testifie of his repentance he shal be suspended by the Bishop of the Diocesse from his Ministery by the space of three moneths XV. Ministers not to deferre christening if the childe be in danger IF any Minister being duely without any manner of collusion informed of the weakenes and danger of death of any Infant unbaptized in his Parish and thereupon desired to goe or come to the place where the said Infant remaineth to baptize the same shall either wilfully refuse so to doe or of grosse negligence shall so deferre the time as when hee might conveniently have resorted to the place and have baptized the said Infant it dyeth through such default unbaptized The said Minister shal be suspended for three moneths and before his restitution shall acknowledge his fault and promise before his Ordinary that he will not wittingly incurre the like againe Provided that where there is a Curate or a Substitute this Constitution shall not extend to the Parson or Vicar himselfe but the Curate or Substitute present XVI Fathers not to be Godfathers in Baptisme nor Children not communicants NO Parent shal be urged to present not be admitted to answere as Godfather for his owne Childe nor any Godfather or Godmother shal be suffered to make any other answere or speach then by the booke of Common Prayer is prescribed in that behalfe Neither shall any person be admitted Godfather or Godmother to any Childe at Christening or Confirmation before the said person so undertaking hath received the holy Communion XVII Confirmation or laying hands upon Children to be performed by the Bishop once in three yeares EVery Minister that hath cure and charge of Soules for the better accomplishing of the Orders prescribed in the booke of Common Prayer concerning Confirmation shall take such speciall care as that none may be presented to the Bishop for him to lay his hand upon but such as can render an account of their faith according to the Catechisme in the said booke contained The Bishop also in his owne person every third yeare at least in the time of his Visitation shall performe that duty of Confirmation or if in that yeare by reason of some infirmity he be not able personally to visit his Diocesse he shall not omit to doe it the next yeare after as he may conveniently And whensoever the time shall by him be assigned every such Minister shall use his best endeavour to prepare and make able and likewise to procure as many as he can to be then brought to be confirmed XVIII Of the receiving of the holy Communion IN every Cathedrall and Collegiate Church at least once every moneth and in every Parish Church and Chappell where Sacraments are to be admitted within this Realme the holy Communion shall be ministred by the Parson Vicar or Minister so often and at such times as every Parishioner may communicate at the least thrice in the yeare whereof the feast of Easter to be one according as they are appointed by the booke of Common Prayer And that no Minister when he celebrateth the Communion shall wittingly administer the same to any but such as kneele Provided that every Minister as often as he administreth the Communion shall first receive the Sacrament himselfe Furthermore no bread nor wine newly brought shal be used but first the words of Institution shal be rehearsed when the said bread and wine be presented upon the Communion Table Likewise the Minister shall deliver both the bread and wine to every communicant severally XIX VVarning to be given before hand for the Communion WHereas every Lay person is bound to receive the holy Communion thrice every yeare and many notwithstanding doe not receive that Sacrament once in a yeare Wee doe require every Minister to give warning to his Parishioners publiquely in the Church at Morning Prayer the Sunday before every time of his administring the holy Sacrament for the better preparation of themselves Which said warning wee enjoyne the said Parishioners to accept and obey under the penalty and danger of the Law And the Minister of every Parish and in Cathedrall and Collegiate Churches some principall Minister of the Church shall the afternoone before the said administration give warning by tolling of the Bell or otherwise to the intent that if any have any scruple of conscience or desire the speciall ministery of reconciliation he may afford it to those that neede it And to this end the people are often to be exhorted to enter into a speciall examination of the state of their owne soules and that finding themselves either extreame dull or much troubled in minde they doe resort unto Gods Ministers to receive from them aswell advise and counsell for the quickning of their dead hearts and the subduing of those corruptions whereunto they have beene subject as the benefit of absolution likewise for the quieting of their consciences by the power of the Keyes which Christ hath committed to his Ministers for that purpose XX. Notorious offenders not to be admitted to the Communion NO Minister shall in any wise admit to the receiving of the holy Communion any of his cure or flocke which be openly knowne to live in sinne notorious without repentance Nor any who have maliciously and openly contended with their Neighbours untill they shal be reconciled Nor any Churchwardens or Sidemen who having taken their Oathes to present their Ordinaries all such publique offences as they are particularly charged to inquire of in their severall Parishes shall notwithstanding their said Oathes and that their faithfull discharging of them is the chiefest meanes whereby publique sinnes and offences may be reformed and punished wittingly and willingly desperately and irreligiously incurre the horrible crime of perjury either in neglecting or refusing to present such of the said enormities and publique offences as they know themselves to be committed in their said Parishes or are notoriously offensive to the Congregation there although they be urged by some of their Neighbours or by their Minister or by their Ordinary himselfe to discharge their consciences by presenting of them and not to incurre so desperately the said horrible sinne of perjury XXI Ministers not to preach or administer the Communion in private houses NO Minister shall preach or administer the holy Communion in any private house except it be in times of necessity when any being either

be chosen for Side-men or assistants by the Minister and parishioners if they can agree otherwise to be appointed by the Ordinary of the Diocesse shall diligently see that all the parishioners duely resort to their Church upon all Sundayes and Holy-dayes and there to continue the whole time of Divine Service and none to walke or stand idle or talking in the Church-yard or Church-porch during that time But especially they shall see that in every meeting of the Congregation peace be well kept and that all persons excommunicated and so denounced be kept out of the Church during the time of Divine Service And all such as shal be found slacke or negligent in resorting to the Church having no great or urgent cause of absence they shall earnestly call upon them and after due monition if they amend not they shall present them to the Ordinary of the place The choyce of which persons viz. Church-wardens or Side-men or Assistants shall be yearely made in Easter weeke LXXXIX The old Church-wardens to make their Presentments before the new be sworne THe Office of all Church-wardens Side-men shal be reputed ever hereafter to continue untill the new Church-wardens t●at shall succeede them be sworne which shal be the first Court after Easter or according to the direction of the Ordinary Which time so appointed shall alwayes be the time in every yeare or one of the two times when the Church-wardens and Side-men of every parish shall exhibit to their severall Ordinaries the presentments of such enormities as have happened in their parishes finde the last presentments And this duly they shall performe before the newly chosen Church-wardens and Side-men be sworne And shall not be suffered to passe over the said presentments to those that are newly come into Office are by intēdment ignorāt of such crimes under paine of those censures which are appointed for the reformation of such dallyers and dispensers with their owne consciences and oathes XC The duty of Church-wardens touching such persons as are out of the Church in the time of Gods worship on Sundayes or Holy-dayes THe Church-wardens and their assistants shall warne Inholders Taverners Victuallers and Alehouse-keepers that they fell no meate or drinke and that they receive none into their Taverne or Alehouse all the time wherein there is preaching or celebration of Divine Service upon Sundayes or Holy-dayes If any doe contrary upon contempt or stubornenesse they shall present both him and them whom he received by name in the next Visitation Also they shall see that none of those light wanderers in Markets and pelting-sellers which carry about and sell Pins Poynts other small trifles whom they call Pedlers set out their Wares to sale And that no Beggars or idle persons abide eyther in the Churchyarde or neere the Church all that time but shall cause them eyther to come in or to depart XCI Their duty touching those persons that are in the Church at that time THey shall also see that in every meeting of the Congregation peace be well kept and that none behave themselves rudely or disorderly in the Church And to that end they shall warne the people that they bring not with them to the Church Dogs Hawkes with bels or Children which are not so nurtured as they can be kept quiet in their seats without running up downe Neyther shall they suffer any person to disturbe the Service or Sermon eyther by untimely ringing of Bels or by walking talking laughing or any other noyse which may hinder the Minister or offend the people And the names of all such as offend in this kinde they shall truly and personally present in the Ordinaryes visitations XCII To keepe the Churches from being prophaned at all other times THey shall suffer no playes feasts banquets suppers Church-ales drinkings exposing any wares to sale tēporall Courts or Leets Lay-juries Masters Commissions other than for causes Ecclesiasticall playing at ball or any other prophane usage to be kept in the Church Chappell or Church-yard Neyther the Bels to be rung eyther in the feast of all Soules or upon any Holy-dayes or Eves abrogated by the Booke of Common prayer neyther for Moneths or twelve-moneths mindes or remembrances of the Dead nor at any time at all prohibited by the Bishop XCIII To see Churches and Church-yards kept in sufficient reparations THey shall take care and provide that the Churches be well sufficiently repayred and so from time to time kept and maintayned that the Windowes be well glazed and that the floores be kept paved plaine even and all things there in such an orderly and decent sort withour dust or any thing that may be noisome or unseemely as best becommeth the house of God The like care they shall take that the Churchyardes be well and sufficiently repayred fenced and maintayned with wals rayles and pales as have bin in each place accustomed at their charge unto whom by Law the same appertayneth XCIIII To furnish all Churches with things necessarie for the celebration of Divine Service preaching and administration of the Sacraments THey shall provide in every Church at the cōmon charge of the parish two Books of Cōmon-prayer one for the Minister the other for the Clerke with all convenient speede but at farthest within sixe Moneths after the publishing of these Canons And likewise the Bible of the last translation set forth in the time of King Iames of blessed memory And where all or the most part of the people are Irish they shall provide also the said Bookes in the Irish tongue so soone as they may be had The charge of these Irish books being to be borne also wholy by the parish They shall also at the same common charge provide a fit seat for the Minister to read Service in a comely decent Pulpit to be set in a convenient place for the preaching of Gods Word a Font of stone set in the ancient usuall place for the ministration of Baptisme together with a fayre Table to be placed at the East end of the Church or Chancell a Cup of Silver for the celebration of the Holy Communion Which Table also shall stand covered in time of Divine Service with a Carpet of silke or other decent stuffe thought meete by the Ordinary of the place if any question be made of it and with a fayre lynnen cloathat the time of the ministration as becommeth that Table XCV To provide things fitting for every Communion and to observe those that come or come not to the same LIkewise they shall at the charge of the parish against the time of every Communion with the advise and direction of the Minister provide a sufficient quantity of fine white Breade and of good and wholsome Wine for the number of Communicants that shall from time to time receive there which Wine they shall cause to be brought to the Cōmunion-table in a cleane and sweete standing pott or stoope of pewter if not of purer mettall Also they