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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

the day after all saintes which day not long since was kept holy for the soules of the dead neyther at any tyme at all whereas the custome of ringing shall seeme to encline to superstition They shall suffer ringing onely at those tymes which are appoynted in the booke of aduertisementes and to that onely vse and after that onely order It shall not be lawfull to keepe fayres and common markets vpon the sonday neyther on that day to put to death and openly punish offenders cōdemned by the sentence of the Iudge They shall not suffer that any of these light wanderers in markettes and pelting sellers which carry about and sell pinnes points and other small trifles whom they call pedlars to set out their wares to sale either in the churchyeardes or in the porches of churches or any where els on holidayes or sondayes whilest any part of the holy ministery is in doing or any sermon is preached neyther that beggars or vagabondes which haue no certain dwelling abyde eyther in the churchyearde or in the church porch all the time of seruice or preaching but shall commaunde them either to come in or to depart They shall also search and diligently enquire if any of the parishioners eyther come not at all to church or come later or slower at the times appointed by the lawes and whom they shall finde so to offende they shall punish them according to the appointing of the lawe They shall marke whether al euery of the parishioners come so often euery yeare to the holy communion as the lawes statutes do cōmaund and whether any straingers from other parishes come more often and commonly to their church and shall shew their curate of them lest perhaps he admit them to the Lordes table amongst others but shall sende them rather to their owne curates They shall receiue no parson nor vicar to the ministery of theyr church but whome the Bishop shall allow by his institution and by hys mandate shall put in possession of that church They shall receyue no curate but him that by the letters and seale of the Byshop is specially appointed for that church But if the Parson Vicar or Curate behaue hymselfe otherwise in hys ministery or that he read ill darckly and confusedly or that he lyue more losely and licentiously then is fitte for à man of that calling and therby great offence be taken the churchwardens shall spedely present him to the Bishop that by and by he may be punished and amendment of his fault may follow And that the Byshop may vnderstande what sermons are made in euery church of hys dioces the Churchwardens shall see that the names of all preachers which come to them from any other place be noted in a boke which they shall haue ready for that purpose and that euery preacher subscribe his name in that boke and the name of the Byshop of whom he had licence to preach Last of all the Churchwardens shall see that all thinges be diligently obserued which pertayne to theyr offices and that are contayned in the Queenes iniunctions and the boke of aduertisementes and that shall be set foorth by the Archbishop or Bishop in euery their visitations for the vse of the Churches But if any do rayle vpon them or goe to law with them for doing theyr dutie and detecting of offenders that also they shall presente vnto the Bishop that by his meanes and trauaill they may more easely be deliuered from that trouble Preachers NO man shal openly preach in his parish but being licenced by the Bishop neyther hereafter shall be so bold as preach out of his own cure church except he haue obtayned licence so to preach eyther of the Queenes Maiestie ouer all her realme eyther of the Archbishop through hys prouince or of the Bishop in his dioces And no licence to preach shall hereafter stande in force but that which hath bene obtayned after the last day of Aprill which was in the yeare 1571. Preachers shall behaue them selues modestly and soberly in all their life But chiefly they shall take heede that they teach nothing in their preaching which they would haue the people religiously to obserue and beleue but that which is agreeable to the doctrine of the olde Testament or the newe and that which the catholike fathers and auncient Bishops haue gathered out of that doctrine And because those articles of Christian religion agreed vpon by the Bishoppes in the lawfull and godly conuocation and by the commaundement and aucthoritie of our noble princesse Elizabeth assembled and holden vndoubtedly are gathered out of the holy bookes of the olde and newe Testamente and in all pointes agree with the heauenly doctrine contayned in them because also the booke of common prayers and the booke of the consecration of Archbishops Bishops Ministers and Deacons containe nothing repugnant to the same doctrine whosoeuer shall be sent to teach the people shall not onely in theyr preaching but also by subscription confirm the authoritie and truth of those articles He that doth otherwise or troubleth the people with contrary doctrine shall be excommunicated In preaching they shall weare à very modest and graue garment which may becomme and set foorth the minister of God and such as is prescribed in the booke of aduertisementes They shall require no money or rewarde for theyr preaching but shall be content with meat and drincke and playne prouision and one nightes lodging They shall teach no vayne and olde wiues opiniōs no heresies nor popish errors disagreeing from the doctrine and fayth of Christ neyther any thing at all whereby the rude people may be stirred vp to the desire of nouelties or contention But they shall alwayes teach that which may make for edifying and may vnite the hearers in Christian peace and loue Residences THe absence of the shepheard from the Lords flocke and that careles negligence which we doe see in many and forsakyng of the ministerie is à thing in it selfe to be abhorred odious to the people and pernitious to the Church of god Therefore we exhort all pastors of Churches in the Lorde Iesu that foorthwith they returne euery one to theyr parishes and diligently teach the Gospell according to their liuing to keep house to helpe the poore by hospitalitie and there to be resident euery yeare no lesse then lx dayes Pluralitie IT shall be lawfull for no man of what degree or order so euer he be to haue at one time any more then two ecclesiastical benefices neither shal it be lawful for any man at all to obtain two benifices if they be distant more then xxvj miles Of Scholemasters IT shall not be lawfull for any to teach the Latine tongue or to instructe children neyther openly in the scholes neyther priuately in any mans house but whome the Byshop of that dioces hath alowed and to whom he hath geuen licence to teach vnder the seale of hys office And here we except for honours sake the Lordes of the