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A49529	Episcopall inheritance, or, A reply to the humble examination of a printed abstract of the answers to nine reasons of the Hovse of Commons against the votes of bishops in Parliament also a determination of the learned and reverend bishop of Sarum Englished.	Langbaine, Gerard, 1609-1658.	1641 (1641)	Wing L367; ESTC R22130	27,048	63

the price of his land as other zealous christians then did to pious uses Why hath Satan filled thy heart to lye unto the holy Ghost and to keep back part of the price of the land Whiles it remained was it not thine owne And after it was sold was it not in thine owne power But after he had given it then it was not in his owne power to resume or detaine a part This text deserves well to be considered on before men proceed to arbitrary resumption of things consecrated to pious uses XI Butconcerning the legislative power and votesof Bishops in making lawes to regulate the commonwealth and to preserve peace and justice among all sorts of men there is not to be forgotten an ancient law of king AEthelstan That worthy king in his lawes hath one chapter 11. De officio Episcopi quid pertinet ad officium ejus Episcopo iure pertinet omnem rectitudinem promovere Dei scilicet ac seculi imprimis debet paeem ordinatum Dei instruere quid ei iure sit agendum quid secularibus iudicare debeant Debet enim sedulò pacem concordiam operari cum seculi iudicibus qui rectum velle diligunt incompellationum adlegationem docere ne quis alij perperàmagat in jurejurando vel in Ordalio Nec pati debet aliquam circumventionem injusta mensurae vel injusti ponderis sed convenit ut per consilium testimonium eius omne legis scitum et Burgi mensura omne pondus ponderis sit secundum dictionem ejus institutum valde rectum Ne quis proximum suum seducat pro quo decidat in peccatum Et semper debet Christianus providere contra omnia quae praedicta sunt ideo debet se magis de pluribus intromittere ut sciat quomodo grex agat quem ad Dei manum custodire suscepit ne diabolus eum laniet nec malum aliquid superseminet Nunquam erit populo bene consultum nec dignè Deo conservabitur ubi lucrum impium magis falsum diligitur Ideo debent omnes amici Dei quod iniquum est evervare quod justum est elevare non patiut propter falsum pecuniae quaestum se forisfaciant homines erga verè sapientem Deum cui displicet omnis iniustitia Christianis autem omnibus necessarium est ut rectum diligant iniqua condemnent saltem sacris ordinibus evecti iustum semper erigant et prava deponant Hinc debent Episcopi cum seculi Iudicibus interesse iudicijs ne permittant si possint ut illius culp â aliqua pravitatum germina pullulaverint Et sacerdotibus pertinet in suà diocesi ut ad rectum sedulo quemcunque juvent nec patiantur si possint ut Christianus aliquis alij noceat non potens impotenti non summus infimo non praelatus subditis non dominus hominibus suis vel servis aut liberis molestus existat et secundùm Episcopi dictionem et per suam mensuram convenit ut servi testamentales operentur super omnem Sciram cui praeest Et rectum est ut non sit aliqua mensurabilis virga longior quàm alia sed per Episcopi mensuram omnes institutae sint et exequatae per suam diocesim Et omne pondus constet secundùm dictionem eius et si aliquid controversiarum intersit discernat Episcopus Et uniuscuiusque domini necesse proprium est ut compatiatur et condescendat servis suis sicut indulgentiùs poterit qui à domino Deo empti sunt aeque chari servus et liber et omnes codem praetio redemit et omnes sumus Dei necessariò servi et sic judicabit nobis siout antejudicavimus eis quibus judicium super habuimus in terris It is manifest hereby that by the ancient lawes of this kingdome what trust charge and care is reposed in the Bishops not only to direct matters Ecclesiasticall but also to assist rule and guide temporall affayres to preserve peace Iustice upright dealing just and true administration of severall offices and duties whereby religion is much advanced and adorned when men are honest and upright in their actions contracts bargaines andcivill dealings amongthemselves So that they may not clash or oppose Religion or such Acts as have speciall relation to Religion for all publique Statutes Acts and Constitutions for the most part doe in some degree more or lesse trench upon Religion and the furtherance or hinderance thereof So that they can hardly beduly and rightly enacted and framed without the advise counsell assistance of Bishops the Clergy XII And though some Canons may seem to forbid the Bishops and Clergy to intermeddle with secular affayres yet that is not absolutely forbidden but in a qualified sense as in the famous councell of Cloveshoe under Cuthbert Arch-Bishop of Canterbury An. 747. Canon 1. negotijs secularibus plus quàm Dei servitijs quod ab sit subditus existit To attend secular affayres more then spirituall and to be wholy imployed and conversant in temporall matters without due regard to the better part but it will not hinder sacred studies nor the diligent preaching of the Gospell that some men at convenient times have a charge and oversight of temporall affayres and the carriage of publique businesse And concerning this see more in Bishop Davenants determinations at Cambridge Quaest. 11. Civilis Iurisdictio jure conceditur personis Ecclesiasticis XIII Thus much might serve for reply to the Examiner especially upon the fift reason which I hold to be the only thing materiall in the whole discourse for the rest will appeare to be needlesse if this be cleared But if he would look back to former times he shall find that our kingdome and government followed the ancient manner of Gods owne people of Israel whose Ceremonies and Ritualls though they now be abolished yetthe generall rules of Iustice Equity Government and Order doe still remaine And as God made the Priesthood then Honourable in the Common-wealth and committed a great part of the government unto them so doubtlessenow underthe Gospell the Priesthood ought to be Honourable and to have a principall part in the ruling and governing of the state and Common-wealth To be a Priest in Israel was to be a chiefe man Levit. 21. 4. and therefore in all their Courts of Iustice the Priests and Levites were chiefe men in authority for deciding of all causes both in the great Court of Sanhedrim at Ierusalem which was a continuation of the 70. Elders appointed by God himselfe Numb. 11. and was answerable in authority to our Parliament and also in the lesser Sanhedrims forthe government of cities in every Tribe there were alwaies two allotted of the Tribe of Levi for assistance as Iosephus sheweth Lib. 4. cap. 8. Antiquit Oppidatim praesint septem viri probatae virtutis etiustitiae cultores Singulis Magistratibus attribuantur duo Ministri