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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A64125	Rules and advices to the clergy of the diocesse of [blank] for their deportment in their personal and publick capacities. Given by the Bishop at the visitation.	Taylor, Jeremy, 1613-1667.	1661 (1661)	Wing T387; ESTC R222418	12,560	52

but as much as you can of the Lowness and Humility of Christ. 13. Be not hasty in pronouncing damnation against any man or party in a matter of disputation It is enough that you reprove an Errour but what shall be the sentence against it at the day of Judgement thou knowest not and therefore pray for the erring person and reprove him but leave the Sentence to his Judge 14. Let your Sermons teach the duty of all states of men to whom you speak and particularly take care of Servants and Hirelings Merchants and Tradesmen that they be not unskilful nor unadmonished in their respective duties and in all things speak usefully and affectionately for by this means you will provide for all mens needs both for them that sin by reason of their little understanding and them that sin because they have evil dull or deprav'd affections 15. In your Sermons and Discourses of Religion use primitive known and accustomed words and affect not new Phantastical or Schismatical Terms Let the Sunday Festival be call'd the Lords day and pretend no fears from the common use of Words amongst Christians For they that make a business of the words of common use and reform Religion by introducing a new Word intend to make a change but no amendment they spend themselves in trifles like the barren turf that sends forth no medicinable herbs but store of mushroms and they give a demonstration that they are either impertinent people or else of a querulous nature and that they are ready to disturb the Church if they could find occasion 16. Let every Minister in is charge as much as he can indeavour to destroy all popu●ar errors and evil principles ●aken up by his people or o●hers with whom they converse especially those that directly oppose the indispensable necessity of a holy life let him endeavour to understand in what true and useful sense Christs active obedience is imputed to us let him make his people fear the deferring of their repentance and putting it off to their death-bed let him explicate the nature of faith so that it be an active and quickning principle of charity let him as much as he may take from them all confidences that slacken their obedience and diligence let him teach them to impute all their sins to their own follies and evil choice and so build them up in a most holy faith to a holy life ever remembering that in all ages it hath been the greatest artifice of Sathan to hinder the increase of Christs Kingdom by destroying those things in which it does consist viz. peace and rightousness holiness and mortification 17. Every Minister ought to be careful that he never expound Scriptures in publick contrary to the known sense of the Catholick Church and particularly of the Churches of England and Ireland nor introduce any Doctrine against any of the four first General Councils for these as they are measures of Truth so also of necessity that is as they are safe so they are sufficient and besides what is taught by these no matter of belief is necessary to salvation 18. Let no Preacher bring before the People in his Sermons or discourses the Arguments of great and dangerous Heresies though with a purpose to confute them for they will much easier retain the objection than understand the Answer 19. Let not the Preacher make an Article of Faith to be a matter of dispute but teach it with plainness and simplicity and confirm it with easie Arguments and plain words of Scripture but without objection let them be taught to believe but not to argue least if the arguments meet with a scrupulous person it rather shake the foundation by curious enquiry than establish it by arguments too hard 20. Let the Preacher be carefull that in his Sermons he use no light immodest or ridiculous expression but what is wise grave useful and for edification that when the Preacher brings truth and gravity the people may attend with fear and reverence 21. Let no Preacher envie any man that hath a greater Audience or more fame in Preaching than himself let him not detract from him or lessen his reputation directly or indirectly for he that cannot be even with his brother but by pulling him down is but a dwarf still and no man is the better for making his brother worse In all things desire that Christ's Kingdom may be advanc'd and rejoyce that he is served whoever be the Minister that if you cannot have the fame of a great Preacher yet you may have the reward of being a good man but it is hard to miss both 22. Let every Preacher in his Parish take care to explicate to the people the mysteries of the great Festivals as of Christmass Easter Ascension day Whitsunday Trinity sunday the Annunciation to the Bl. Virgin Mary because these Feasts containing in them the great fundamentals of our Faith will with most advantage convey the mysteries to the people and fix them in their memories by the solemnity and circumstances of the day 23. In all your Sermons and Discourses speak nothing of God but what is honourable and glorious and impute not to him such things the consequents of which a wise good man will not own never suppose him to be the author of sin or the procurer of our damnation For God cannot be tempted neither tempteth he any man God is true and every man a lyer 24. Let no Preacher compare one Ordinance with another as Prayer with Preaching to the disparagement of either but use both in their proper seasons and according to appointed Order 25. Let no man preach for the praise of men but if you meet it instantly watch and stand upon your guard and pray against your own vanity and by an express act of acknowledgment and adoration return the praise to God Remember that Herod was for the omission of this smitten by an Angel and do thou tremble fearing least the judgment of God be otherwise than the sentence of the people V. Rules and Advices concerning Catechism 1. EVery Minister is bound upon every Lords day before Evening Prayer to instruct all young people in the Creed the Lords Prayer the Ten Commandments and the Doctrine of the Sacraments as they are set down and explicated in the Church Catechism 2. Let a Bell be tolled when the Catechising is to begin that all who desire it may be present but let all the more ignorant and uninstructed part of the people whether they be old or young be requir'd to be present that no person in your Parishes be ignorant in the foundations of Religion ever remembring that if in these things they be unskilfull whatever is taught besides is like a house built upon the sand 3. Let every Minister teach his people the use practise methods and benefits of meditation or mental prayer Let them draw out for them helps and rules for their assistance in it and furnish them with materials concerning the life and death of