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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A97370	Constitutions and canons ecclesiastical treated upon by the archbishops and bishops and the rest of the clergy of Ierland [sic] and agreed upon with the Kings Majesties license in their synod begun at Dublin Anno Dom. 1634 and in the year of the reign of our sovereign Lord Charles ... King of Great Brittain, ... the tenth.	Church of Ireland.	1669 (1669)	Wing C4098; ESTC R29961	40,928	69

not sparing to execute the penalties in them severally mentioned upon any that shall wittingly or wilfully break or neglect to observe the same as they tender the honour of God the peace of the Church tranquillity of the Kingdom and their duties and sorvice unto Us their King and Soveraign In witness c. Constitutions AND CANONS ECCLESIASTICAL Treated upon by the Archbishops and Bishops and the rest of the Clergy of Ireland and agreed upon by the Kings Majesties licence in their Synod begun and holden at Dublin Anno Domini 1634. and in the year of the Reign of our Soveraign Lord Charles by the Grace of God King of Great Brittain 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 We do receive and approve the book of Articles of Religion agreed upon by the Archbishops and Bishops and the whole clergy in the convocation holden at London in the year of our Lord God 1562. for the avoiding of diversities of opinions and for the establishing of consent touching true Religion And therefore if any hereafter shall affirm 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 publick revocation of his errour II. The Kings supremacy in causes Ecclesiastical to be maintained ALl Ecclesiastical persons having cure of souls and all other Preachers and Readers of Divinity lectures shall to the uttermost of their wit knowledge and learning purely and sincerely without any colour or dissimulation teach manifest open and declare four times every year at the least in their Sermons and other collations and lectures That all usurped and sorrain 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 Realms and Dominions is due unto such forreign power but that the Kings power within his Realm of Ireland and all other his Dominions and Countries is the highest power under God to whom all men as well Inhabitants as born within the same do by Gods laws owe all loyalty and obedience and to no other forreign power and potentate in the earth And whosoever shall hereafter maintain that the Kings-Majesty hath not the same authority in causes Ecclesiastical that the godly Kings had amongst the Jews and Christian Emperours in the Primitive Church or impeach in any part his Regal supremacy in the said causes restored to the Crown and by the laws of this Realm therein established let him be excommunicated and not restored but only by the Archbishop of the Province after his repentance and publick revocation of his errour III. Of the prescript form of Divine Service contained in the book of Common Prayer THat form of Liturgy or Divine Se●vice and no other shall be used in any Church of this Realm but that which is established by the law and comprised in the book of Common-Prayer and administration of Sacraments And if any one shall preach or by other open words declare or speak any thing in the derogation or despising of the said book or of any thing therein contained let him be excommunicated and not restored until he repent and publickly revoke his errour IV. Of the form of consecrating and ordering Archbishops Bishops c. and of the churches established according to that order THat form of ordination and no other shall be used in this Church but that which is contained in the book of Ordering Bishops Priests and Deacons allowed by authority and hitherto practised in the Churches of England and Ireland And if any shall affirm 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 government are true Churches or refuse to joyn with them in christian profession let him be excommunicated and not restored until he repent and publickly 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 rogether in a new brotherhood accounting the christians who are conformable to the doctrine government rites and ceremonies of the Church of Ireland to be prophane and unmeet for them to joyn with in christian profession or shall affirm and maintain that there are within this Realm other meetings assemblies or congregations than such as by the laws of this Land are held and allowed which may rightly challenge to themselves the name of true and lawful Churches let him be excommunicated and not restored until he repent and publickly revoke his errour VI. Due celebration of Sundayes and Holy-dayes ALl manner of persons shall celebrate and keep 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 publick prayers in acknowledging their offences to God and amendment of the same in reconciling themselves charitably to their neighbours where displeasure hath been in oftentimes receiving the Communion of the Body and Blood of Christ in visiting the poor and fick using all godly and sober conversation VII The prescript form of Divine Service to be used on Sundayes and Holy-dayes with all decency and due reverence EVery Sunday and Holy-day the Parsons Vicars and Curates shall celebrate Divine Service at convenient and usual times of the day and in such place of every Church as the Bishop of the Diocess or Ecclesiastical Ordinary of the place shall think meet for the largeness or straitness of the same so as the people may be most edified All Ministers likewise shall use and observe the Orders Rites Ornaments and Ceremonies prescribed in the book 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 form thereof And in Cathedral and Collegiate Churches all Deans Masters and Heads of Collegiate Churches Canons and Prebendaries being Graduates shall daily at the times both of Prayer and Preaching wear with their Surplices such Hoods as are agreeable to their degrees No man also shall cover his head in any Church or Chappel in the time of Divine Service except he have some infirmity in which case he may wear a night-cap or coise Neither shall any person be otherwise at such times

to perform all the said duties in such manner and sort as before is prescribed XIV Ministers not to refuse to Christen er bury NO Minister shall refuse or delay to christen any childe according to the form of the book of Common prayer that is brought to the Church to him on Sundayes or Holy-dayes to be christened or to bury any Corps that is brought to the Church or church-yard convenient warning being given to him thereof before in such manner as is prescribed in the said book 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 grievous and notorious crime and no man able to testifie of his repentance he shall be suspended by the Bishop of the Diocess from his Ministery by the space of three months XV. Ministers not to defer christening if the child be in danger IF any Minister being duely without any manner of collusion informed of the weakness and danger of death of any Infant unbaptized in his Parish and thereupon desired to go or come to the place where the said Insant remaineth to baptize the same shall either wilfully refuse so to do or of gross negligence shall so defer the time as when he might conveniently have resorted to the place and have baptized the said Infant it dyeth through such default unbaptized The said minister shall be suspended for three months and before his restitution shall acknowledge his fault and promise before his Ordinary that he not wittingly incurr the like again Provided that where there is a Curate or a Substitute this constitution shall not extend to the Parson or Vicar himself but the Curate or Substitute present XVI Fathers not to be Godfathers in baptism nor Children not communicants NO Parent shall be urged to present nor be admitted to answer as Godfather for his own child nor any Godfather or Godmother shall be suffered to make any other answer or speech than by the book of Common Prayer is prescribed in that behalf 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 Beshop once in three years EVery Minister that hath cure and charge of Souls for the better accomplishing of the Orders prescribed in the book or common prayer concerning confirmation shall take such special 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 saith according to the catechism in the said book contained The Bishop also in his own person every third year at least in the time of his Visitation shall perform that duty of confirmation or if in that year by reason of some infirmity he be not able personally to visit his Diocess he shall not omit to do it the next year 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 Cathedral and Collegiate Church at least once every moneth and in every Parish Church and Chappel where Sacraments are to be administred within this Realm 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 year whereof the Feast of Easter to be one according as they are appointed by the book of common prayer And that no minister when he celebrateth the communion shall wittingly administer the same to any but such as kneel Provided that every minister as often as he administreth the communion shall first receive the Sacrament himself Furthermore no bread nor wine newly brought shall be used but first the words of Institution shall 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 Warning to be given before hand for the Communion WHereas every Lay person is bound to receive the holy communion thrice every year and many notwithstanding do not receive that Sacrament once in a year We do require every minister to give warning to his Parishioners publickly 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 we enjoyn the said Parishioners to accept and obey under the penalty and danger of the law And the minister of every Parish and in Cathedral and Collegiate Churches some principal minister of the Church shall the afternoon 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 special ministery of reconciliation he may afford it to those that need it And to this end the people are often to be exhorted to enter into a special examination of the state of their own souls and that finding themselves either extream dull or much troubled in mind they do resort unto Gods ministers to receive from them as well advise and counsel for the quickning of their dead hearts and the subduing of those corruptions whereunto they have been subject as the benefit of absolution likewise for the quieting of their consciences by the power of the Keys 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 flock which be ope●ly known to live in sin notorious without repentance Nor any who have maliciously and openly contended with their Neighbours until they shall be reconciled Nor any Church-wardens or Sidemen who having taken their Oaths to present to their Ordinaries all such publick offences as they are particularly charged to inquire of in their several Parishes shall notwithstanding their said Oaths and that their faithful discharging of them is the chiefest means whereby publick sins 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 publick offence 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 himself to discharge their consciences by presenting of them and not to incur so desperately the said horrible sin of perjury XXI Ministers not to preach or administer the Communion in private houses NO Minister shall Preach or administer the Holy