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A27511	A short vievv of the prælaticall Church of England wherein is set forth the horrible abuses in discipline and government, layd open in tenne sections by way of quære and petition, the severall heads whereof are set downe in the next page : whereunto is added a short draught of church-government.	Bernard, Richard, 1568-1641.; Bernard, John.	1641 (1641)	Wing B2032; ESTC R45	18,506	43

the Noble Lords the worthy Commons of the house of Parliament would carefully see that the Convocation be gathered lawfully that voyces be free therein without over-awing power that nothing be there decreed but with a serious examination and full consent of the house and not be permitted to passe without an act of Parliament For if this kind of Convocation and their such proceedings as have beene be suffred to passe they will Lord it over vs still and in the Church there will never be peace Oh consider how in the Parliament they have been prevalent over their equals and betters in the Convocation then they must needs domineere over all their vnderlings on whom they can avenge themselves afterwards if they find any wisely and with courage to have affronted and crossed any of their intents and purposes SECTION X. Of the great and manifold evils of the Prelaticall Governours THey beare vp themselves mightily by their Revenues and Baronries strengthening themselves in their pompe and in their pride to overtop whom they list They become as great Peeres of the Land and sit in Parliament with them cheeke by joole to affront all the Nobles of the Kingdome to beare downe the house of Commons and perhaps to procure the dissolving of Parliaments to the great disturbance of the whole Kingdome and State They have raised vp a bellum Episcopale to dash two Kingdomes one against another to the shedding of much blood if God in mercy prevent it not They keepe vp a Romish Hierarchie among us full of corruption which they suffer not to be reformed They vphold the forenamed sinfull Prelaticall and Priestly Clergy so as those their Priests be conformable to all their rites and Ceremonies they may in a manner live as they list and be supported against all those that shall attempt their reformation They are pleased with the peoples ignorance and their contentednesse resting in a long read service without better instruction holding reading to be preaching and preaching no part of divine service that so such silly people might be nufled in grosse blindnesse perishing for lacke of knowledge They suppresse Lectures and Sermons in the afternoone and allow no questions in Catechizing but onely such as be in the very common Catechisme much hindering increase of knowledge They will permit no Minister to preach or to expound in his own Parish without paying for a License for which when he hath paid they never care whither hee preach or no They will allow none of the people to seeke for instruction when they want it at home nor yet presse the Minister to the discharge of his duty but trouble others They never trouble any Minister for neglect of his duty in preaching But diligent preachers they have a jealous eye over and are ready to take an occasion to vexe them as not for their turne They sinfully trouble thousands of Churchwardens and Sidemen making them sweare to their Articles which cannot be observed They hinder prohibitions stop the courses of Law and terrifie both Lawyers and Iudges They dare to fine and imprison without Law going beyond all Spirituall power yea the Lawes of our Land They have ever beene plotting to ensnare Christs painfull Ministers that they might roote them out 1. They pressed upon them subscription and Ceremonies and so cast out very many II. They urge the oath ex officio and by this they have undone not a few III. They procured the reading of the Declaration for prophaning the Sabbath our Lords day and hereby many were suspended excommunicated and some deprived IV. When they saw that all these things would not bring to passe their intended mischiefe they lately framed a wicked Oath to be tendered to all Gods Ministers which whosoever would not take should be suspended first and after deprived Lastly to make up the measure of their evils they have illegally given a Subsidie to be extorted from us under the name of a benevolence which whosoever shall refuse to pay is utterly undone according to their mercilesse decree in a book published which now they are loath should see the light and be read of any judicious and religious Lay men They are the cause of the Division and Separation among us by their Lordly rule their rigour in exacting conformity and their cruell dealing with such as doe not obey their Lordly wills They suffer Papists and nourish Arminians in the besome of their Church to the disturbance danger of the true Church of Christ and this whole state They allow to vaine people Revils heathenish vanities vnchristian meetings and that on the Lords day to prophane it and have procured a Declaration for the reading of this Licentious liberty in every Church and such Ministers as refused they did suspend excommunicate and some they deprived The like never heard of in any Church of Christ They will have bowing to Altars and yet permit notorious offenders yea Theeves and Murtherers condemned if they have gotten pardons to come to the holy Sacrament before satisfaction be given to the Congregation yea drunkards blasphemous Swearers infamous Adulterers and other vile persons may receive and not be debarred if they can satisfie their Courts and free themselves from thence though they doe not manifest their repentance to the Congregation eating and drinking the holy Sacrament unworthily to their owne damnation a prophanenesse prophanenesse much to be lamented They hunt after greatnesse not for goodnesse but for gaine to withstand all good meanes of reformation and all the wayes of redressing their corrupt courses much to the hinderance of the growth in religion and of mens more religious conversation and walking with God QVAERE Whither these evils are not such as may force all pious men to lay them to heart and to seeke that they may bee removed as farre as they are able to the utmost that wee may be freed from their unjustifiable courses and grievous wrongs Whither we should not endeavour to introduce that which may better the Ecclesiasticall government and bring this Prelaticall power within bounds and our selves from the intolerable Burthen thereof The humble Petition THat for these so many great and grievous evils they may be questioned and caused to reforme or else bee censured and punished For They never had possession peaceably but they have beene 1 Prayed against for a long time 2 Preached against by many 3 Written against by many on this side and beyond the Seas 4 Testified against by suffering suspension excommunication deprivation open punishment to the cropping of eares slitting of the Nose standing on the Pillory imprisonment and some have suffered death 5 Withstood by the Sword And what now remaineth but for their evils to bee condemned by the honourable and happy Assembly in Parliament That a better way of government might be thought off after the wisedome of God in men tending not to the subversion of Ecclesiasticall government but to moderate the now Governours ease the Land of excesse Charges rid our selves of

A SHORT VIEVV of the Praelaticall Church of ENGLAND Wherein is set forth the horrible abuses in Discipline and Government layd open in tenne SECTIONS by way of Quare and Petition the severall heads whereof are set downe in the next Page Whereunto is added a short draught of Church-government EZEK. 34. 3 4 10. Woe bee to the Shepheards of Israell that feed themselves Yee eate the Fat and cloath you with the Wooll yee kill them that are fed but yee feed not the flocke but with force and with cruelty have yee ruled them Behold I am against the Shepheards and I will require my flocke at their hands and cause them to cease from feeding the flocke neither shall they feed themselves any more Printed in the yeare MDCXLI SECTION I. OF the title of the Church and why it is called Prelaticall SECTION II. Of the principall persons in this Prelaticall Church and their Dependents SECTION III. Of the meanes to support their Prelaticall greatnesse SECTION IV. Of the Prelaticall rule and government and the ends they aime at SECTION V. Of the Prelaticall visitations SECTION VI Of the Prelaticall Churches and the dependents on them SECTION VII Of the Prelaticall Service SECTION VIII Of the Prelaticall Ministerie SECTION IX Of the Prelaticall Convocation SECTION X. Of the great and manifold evils of these Prelaticall governments A SHORT VIEVV OF THE Prelaticall Church of ENGLAND SECTION I. Of the title Church and why it 's called Prelaticall THe Church of England now so called is the Church of our Prelates and may be rightly tearmed the Prelaticall or Hierarchicall Church of England received from Rome the seat of Antichrist and set up here after he Protestants fell off from that Papall Church for it 's framed of Prelates and also of a Prelaticall Clergie and onely ruled by them QVAERE Whither any such Church was ever in the Apostles dayes or any time shortly after within 2 or 300. yeares Whither any such Church be among any of the reformed Churches or anywhere else but under the Pope the Beast which hath two hornes like a Lambe but speaketh like a Dragon Rev. 13 Whither therefore it be guided by the Spirit of Christ or by the Spirit of Antichrist Whither God hath ever permitted any mortall men frame a Church after their wisedome For when hee gave 1 The Paterne for his Tabernacle to Moses Exo. 25.9 and 26.30 Heb. 8.5 2 The Paterne of his Temple to David 1 Chr. 28.19 verse 11 12 13. 1 K. 6.38 3 The Paterne of the rebuilding of it to the Prophet Ezek. 43 10 11. He did not suffer MOSES nor DAVID nor SALOMON nor the Prophet nor any of them to attempt such a thing Was he so carefull for the type and shadow and not for the Antitype and substance Whither therefore a frame of a Church after an humaine devise may not be altered vpon good reasons by lawfull power The humble Petition That it may be considered of HOw according to the Romish fashion by the name of Church 1 The Prelates vnderstand onely themselves and as they call them their Clergie 2 Than they seclude the Nobles and Gentry the whole House of Parliament the Vpper and Lower from being of the Church and so debarre them from having any right to meddle in Church matters When the title of Church monopolized to themselves is taken in Scripture of the New Testament Either for the Ministers and people together Mat. 16. 18. Act. 12.1 13.1 9.31 15.22 14.27 and so usually Or for the people distinct from Ministers Act. 14.23 where the people are called the Church before they had Pastours set over them Where Pastours and people are distinguished there the people are called the Church and not the Ministers the Ministers are said to bee of the Church and not the Church Rev. 18.2.1.8 The Churches denomination is from the people who also are the Lords Clergie 1 Pet. 5.3 The word in English is Heritage the Latin Cleri and in the Greeke {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} There is much complaint touching Monopolies in another nature but this is taken no notice of and yet this Monoply is a Mystery of mischiefes for by this name of the Church assumed to themselves 1 They dignifie very greatly their power as may appeare by the 20. Article of Religion which they have corrupted from that it was at first set out in Anno 1561. 1571. 2. They decree what they please without controle as is evident by their former and late Canons 3. They strike an awefulnesse in all sorts vnder the sacred name of Church When the Church representative ought to be gathered of both sorts as they be now distinguished of the Learned and Godly Laity as well as of the Clergie Why should therefore the whole Lords and Christian Spirits of the Gentry lose the right into which the holy Ghost by calling them and the rest his Church hath invested them In former times Parliaments have confirmed Injunctions Ecclesiasticall and our Service Booke containing Gods worship matters of an high nature and why not still so And if the Nobles and Commons can claim so much as to ratifie ye matters Ecclesiastical being concluded vpon I hope it is by perusall therof before els how can they in judgement confirme them And if they have wisedome from God to confirme them made why may not some chosen men bee appointed to consult with the Convocation House about the framing of those things which are to bee set forth seeing they very much concerne all The Brethren at the great Councill at Ierusalem were not shut out while the Apostles and Elders came together to consider of a great controversie in Divinity and in making their decrees but when they were sent forth they passed vnder their owne name with the name of the brethren also Act. 15.6.22 23. David consulted with the Laity as well as with the Priests and Levits to bring vp the Ark of God 1 Chr. 13.1 2.3 Hezekiah concerning the keeping of the Passeover tooke counsell thereabout not with the Priests onely but with his Princes and all the Congregation in Jerusalem 2 Chro. 30.1 2. This Monopoly was not then learned among Gods ancient people nor among the holy Apostles in their dayes SECTION II. Of the principall persons in this Prelaticall Church and of their Dependents vpon them 1 There are two Provinciall Archbishops The one of the Province of Yorke Metropolitan of England the other of Canterbury Metropolitan of all England Dependents on Canterbury 1 His Princelike Retinue 2 His Domesticke Chapleines and the rest 3 Houshold Servants 4 All his Officers for temporalities and the Revenues thereof which are very great 5 All his Spirituall Officers under him which are these 1 His Vicar Generall 2 His Guardians of Spiritualities 3 The Deane of the Arches with all the number depending upon them 4 His many Courts The Court of Faculties The Court of Audience The Prerogative Court The Delegates