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A86477	Mr. Hollis his speech to the Lords in Parliament concerning peace. With a motion for some course to be taken for repairing of trade, that so poore tradesmen may be preserved to hold out during these troublesome times. Whereunto is added a relation of a vision of blood in the skie, that appeared about Redding on Tuesday night last.	Holles, Denzil Holles, Baron, 1599-1680.	1643 (1643)	Wing H2478; Thomason E90_18; ESTC R19938	15,536	34

in the Church to gather the almes of the people and to distribute them according to the necessitie of the poore by the advice of the Consistory Art 2. They shall gather together the almes after the Sermon and shall procure and keepe faithfully the goods of the poore And if necessitie so require they shall goe from house to house of those that are willing to gather that which it shall please them to give Art 3. They shall distribute nothing without the advice of the Consistory if there be not urgent necessitie Art 4. The almes shall be distributed principally to those which are of the houshold of faith and if there be any overplus it may serve to helpe the strangers Art 5. To meet with all suspition the Deacons shall keepe the Booke as well of the receits as also of the distribution of the almes the which they shall count in presence of the Minister and of one of the Elders Art 6. The Deacons shall render their accompts every Communion day after the latter Sermon in the presence of the Ministers the Ancients and the people if there be any that will assist them And therefore they shall be exhorted to be present there Art 7. They shall endeavour that the poore shall be nourished without going about a begging And they shall make suite to the Governours that the youth fit for labour may be set to occupations And shall advertise the Masters the Justices to the end they may give order that none goe from house to house to beg Art 8. They shall visite the poore sicke and impotent and the prisoners to comfort and assist them in their necessitie Art 9. They shall be assistant to the Consistory with the Ministers and Ancients and there shall propose the necessitie of the poore and tell their advice but in the choice of other Deacons they shall have definitive voice Art 10. There shall be two Deacons in every Parish or else the Elders shall have this charge of gathering and distributing the almes of the people The Ecclesiasticall Liturgie wherein is contained the Preaching of the Word the Administration of the Sacraments Marriage the visitation of the Sicke wherein also is spoken of Buriall CHAP. VIII Of the Preaching of the Word Article I. THe people shall assemble themselves twice every Sunday within the Church to heare the Gospell preached and shall be assistant to the publike prayers And also they shall assemble themselves once or twice every weeke upon the dayes which shall be commodious for the Parishes And every house-holder shall cause to be present his family Art 2. The people being assembled before the Sermon one shall reade a Chapter out of the Canonicall Scripture onely and not out of the Apocrypha Bookes and that it be done by one that hath charge in the Church or of one of good conversation at the least Art 3. During the time of prayers every one shall kneele having the head bare Item during the time of singing of Psalmes and the administration of the Sacraments and whiles the Minister shall read his Text every one shall be uncovered and be attentive to that which is said and done of him Art 4. At the publike Catechismes which the Minister shall make on the Sunday after dinner he shall chuse a Text out of the Word of God which is agreeable unto the section he is to treate of and shall reade in the beginning of the said Text and shall have it for a foundation of the doctrine which shall be spoken of in the said section Art 5. The doores of the Church shall be shut after the Sermon and publike prayers to wipe away all superstition And the sears shall be set in good order that every one may commodiously understand the voice of the Minister preaching Art 6. The Churches which are dedicated to the speciall service of God shall not be imployed to any prophane uses And the Magistrate shall be desired that he would not hold there any civill jurisdiction CHAP. IX Of Baptisme Article I. THe holy Baptisme shall be administred in the Church after the preaching of the Word of God before the blessing Art 2. The Fathers of the children if they be not upon a voyage shall with the witnesses stand neere to the child to present it to God and make promise for the instruction of it as they are bound there to doe Art 3. None shall be received to present a childe at the Baptisme unlesse he have received the Lords Supper or else if he be not fit to receive it and that he make promise to doe it at the next Communion whereof if he be a stranger he shall bring testimony Art 4. He which would present a childe to be Baptised shall advertise the Minister in good time Art 5. The Minister shall not receive the names of Heathen of Idolls names attributed to God in the Scripture neither the names of Office as Angels Baptist Apostle Art 6. Every Parish shall register all their Baptismes of the Fathers Mothers and Witnesses of children and of the day wherein they were baptized and likewise of the Marriages and of the dayes all which shall be carefully kept CHAP. X. Of the Lords Supper Article I. THe holy Supper of our Lord Jesus Christ shall be celebrated foure times in the yeare at Easter or the first Sunday of Aprill the first Sunday of July the first Sunday of October and the first Sunday of Januarie And this shall be done after the Sermon the which shall be made expresly of this matter or at the least shall be touched at the latter end of the Sermon Art 2. They shall follow this order The Table shall be set in some commodious place by the Pulpit where they shall communicate in order being set which is most conformable to the first institution or standing as it is the custome of some Churches the men first and the women after and none shall goe away till after the thankesgiving and blessing of the people Art 3. Those which would communicate at the holy Supper shall be catechised first of all by the Minister to render a reason of their faith They ought to know the Lords Prayer the Articles of their faith and the ten Commandements at the least the substance of them and renounce the Pope the Masse and all Idolatry and Superstition Art 4. None shall be received to the holy Supper which is not of age and discretion and which hath not good testimony of his life and conversation and which doth not promise to subject himselfe to the discipline Art 5. If there be any which is accused in justice to have committed some crime he shall be exhorted to abstaine from the Communion till such time as he shall be justified Art 6. There shall not be received to the Lords Supper any of other Parishes without good testimony from his Pastor or of two of the Elders where there is no Minister Art 7. Those that will not be reconciled shall be deprived of

which you shall doe principally in the Visitation before the Communion Also you shall goe at every Communion throughout all the Families of your quarter as well to your neighbours as those that are of your own houshold to know whether they live in the feare of God whether they frequent preaching if they doe pray in their houses their particular prayers evening and morning before and after meate Furthermore You doe promise to visit the sicke of your quarter and when there shall be need you shall call with you the Ministers of the Word to comfort them finally you shall procure that all things in the assemblies may be done in good order and seemlinesse A Promise particular to Deacons YOu promise to receive dispence and keepe faithfully and without deceipt or acceptation of persons the goods which are given to the poore you shall gather the almes of the poore given by the people at the going out of the Church after the Sermons and especially on the Sabbath day And if that necessitie so require because of some extraordinary need you shall goe by the houses of those which are willing to gather some come or other almes according to the good will or discretion of well disposed people And to wipe away all evill suspition you shall count out of hand the almes received which shall be set down in writing in the presence of the Ministers and one or two of the Elders And for this cause you shall have a Booke wherein to Register as well the things that are received as those that are laid out You doe promise that you will not give any almes without communicating it unto the Ministers and the Elders that you distribute the almes first of all unto those that are of the houshold of faith and if there be any overplus you may let it run down unto strangers from the Church You do promise to visit the poore sicke and to cause them to be tended and looked unto and to inquire of the necessitie of other poore principally of your quarter and to the end that they may be nourished by the almes of the Church without letting them wander and range about the streets or other Parishes And you shall procure that those which are meet to be put to occupation that they may be imployed of the which you shall advertise the Constables or those which have the charge of Justice to the end that they may not be suffered to beg A Prayer Common for all the Officers of the Church OH Lord God Father of light from whom commeth every good and perfect gift we doe pray thee most humbly in the name and favour of Jesus Christ thy onely Sonne our Saviour who being ascended into heaven in glory doth not cease to inlarge towards as thy gratious liberalitie of Officers for the work of the Ministery and building of thy mysticall bodie wee most humbly pray thee that seeing it hath pleased thee to call this our brother to the service of the Church that thou wouldest so fashion and fit him to so holy a charge that he may quit himselfe in all diligence imploying himselfe faithfully and with a fervent zeale to all that which belongeth unto his charge Give him prudency to governe himselfe well in it and force to execute all things that appertaine to him in regard of his office Above all things fill him with the spirit of thy feare to the end that he may be preserved from all scandall confusion and the allurements of this present world of the snares and ambushments of Sathan giving him patience and constancy that he may acquit faithfully his dutie as much as humane frailtie may suffer Blesse thou his labour to the end that nothing hinder the holy worke which is in his hands Shew also this grace to every one of us to acknowledge him as set and ordained of thy hand in this most holy vocation that we may be led by him without withstanding the order thou hast established in thy Charge And that by this means remaining in thy obedience thou mayst be glorified in us and thy Church may receive continuall growth to the good and salvation of thy children Proper to the Minister of the Word And in regard of his particular Charge we most humbly pray thee that this our brother which thou hast called to the Ministery of thy holy Word to the which even the holy Angells are insufficient thou wouldest enlarge him with the true keowledge of the wonderfull secrets thereof and with a singular wisdome by the which he may know how to dispence and apply to every one according to the circumstance of time of places and principally of persons that he may have his mouth opened to declare in all libertie and boldnesse truly spirituall the mystery of the Gospell As also all that which is meete for him to declare And also to administer the holy Sacraments in all puritie and reverence Give to every one of us this grace that we may receive as well the one as the other in all humilitie and trembling of heart not as comming from men but as the truth is comming from thee the living God thereby to be quickned eternally to Proper to the Elders be an Elder and watchman graunt thou that he being given for helpe to the Ministers of the Word in the government and as the eares of the body of the Church he may apply himselfe with such diligence to know the estate as well of the faith as of the manners of the flocke principally of those over the which he hath more particular charge that by this meanes he may as well admonish reprehend comfort and encourage every one according as there is need as also to certifie the Ministers of the Word of it that the Ministers by help thereof may with more profit addresse their doctrine to the Church of God Give also this grace to every one of us that we may obey and reverence him as well in private admonitions as the rest of the guiding of the Church as a father whom God hath set to watch over our soules to this end he may doe it with cheerfulnesse and not with griefe to Proper to Deacons be a Deacon that thou wouldest graunt him thy Spirit first of simplicitie to distribute the treasure of the church without acceptation of persons and then the spirit of discretion to discern of the estate of every one of the poore and especially of those which are of his quarter Finally and above all the spirit of compassion to execute his dutie towards the poore principally towards the sicke and weake in all joy and readninesse to the end they be not put to further sorrow Touch also the hearts entrayles of every one of us that following thy liberalitie towards us we may willingly and frankly distribute of our goods to sustain the necessitie of the afflicted as members of the same bodie and entertaining the communion which ought to be between the faithfull we may shew by effect that we are true members of the Church Laying on of hands I lay upon him the hands in the name of the Consistory by which imposition of hands you are advertised that you are set apart from the affaires of this world whether they be your own or any others in so much as they may hinder the charge you are called unto to be dedicated consecrated to the holy service of God Moreover that in doing your dutie faithfully roundly and in all simplicitie as before God you shall be assured of the assistance of the hand of God helpfull unto you in all your necessitie And therefore that you be not discouraged for the afflictions that may come upon you in executing your charge rather that you may sustain constantly and in all patience contempt shame and reproach of men given in this world both which things being signified by this ceremony God by his mercy and faithfulnesse accomplish and perfect in you in the name of his Sonne Jesus Christ our Saviour A generall Admonition to the people for all the Officers of the Church ANd as for you Brethren and Sisters know that the dutie of the Church towards the Brother present is to receive him willingly as sent of God bearing him honour and reverence in regard of his Charge the which he executeth towards you Take heed that you murmur not against him or against his Ministery in any sort whatsoever for the Lord will not leave unpunished the contempt of his servants and much lesse the murmuring and rash rebellion against their persons As the horrible examples that may be seene in the Scriptures doe plainly testifie It is also required of you that you pray unto God for him to this end that he may execute the office God hath called him unto in all wisdome and faithfulnesse referring all to Gods glory and the edification of his Church whereof he hath charge Speciall for the Minister of the Word Which you shall doe so much more carefully for him in regard that his charge is of so great importance as well for the glory of God as for the salvation of us all as you have partly understood by the dutie which hath been already recited To the end that speech may be given him and a mouth opened in all boldnesse to make known the secret of the Gospell and to speak frankly as it behoveth him to speak Secondly it is meet you know that the office of the Church towards the Ministers is to entertaine them honestly according to their power and abilitie for it is good reason that seing they sow spirituall things they should reap the corporall things And that the Oxe that treadeth out the graine should not want feeding as St Paul teacheth Therefore also you shall have this our Brother for recommended as touching his entertainment FINIS