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A13028	An assertion for true and Christian church-policie VVherein certaine politike obiections made against the planting of pastours and elders in every congregation, are sufficientlie aunswered. And wherein also sundrie projectes are set downe, how the discipline by pastors & elders may be planted, without any derogation to the Kings royal prerogatiue, any indignitie to the three estates in Parleament, or any greater alteration of the laudable lawes, statutes, or customes of the realme, then may well be made without damage to the people.	Stoughton, William, fl. 1584.; Knollys, Francis, Sir, d. 1643.	1604 (1604)	STC 23318; ESTC S117843	177,506	448

became followers of the evill maners of their teachers and no merveile if they verified the proverbe Like Maister like Man like Priest like People Eustatius Bishop of Antioch being a Sabellian hereticke Socr. lib. cap ●8 was deposed by the Counsell of Antioch after whose deposition a fiery flame of seditiō was kindled in Antioch because one sort of the common people sought to translate Eusebius Pamphilus from Caesarea to Antioch some other would bring againe Eustatius Eusebius Bishop of Nicomedia and Theognis Bishop of Nice beeing both Arians with their cōfederates raised skirmishes Socr. lib. 2. cap. 2. and tumults against Athanasius After the death of Alexander Bishop op Constantinople about the electiō of a Bishop there was greater sturre then ever before time and the Church was more greevously turmoyled The people were devided into two parts the one egerlie set with the heresie of Arius claue to Macedonius the other cleaved very cōstantlie Socr. lib. 2 cap. 4. to the decrees of the Nicene Counsell and choose Paulus to bee their Bishop The cause of division among the Citizens of Emisa about the election of Eusebius Emisenus was for that he was Socr. lib. 2. cap. 6 charged with the studie of the Mathematickes and accused of the heresie of Sabellius After the death of Eusebius when the people of Constantinople had brought againe Paulus to be their Bishop the Arians chose Macedonius The authours and chiefe doers in that sturre were certaine Arian Bishops who before ayded Eusebius that turned vp Socr. lib. cap. 9. side down the whole state of the church These and sundry such like sturres discords factions dissentions are found to haue bin raised pursued by schismaticall and heretical Bishops their favourites followers in the olde Churches but that these or the like mischieves and inconveniences can be proved to haue fallen out by the election of parochiall Pastours in the olde churches we deny And why then should not the interest and freedome of faithfull Christian people wrested from them by cursings and fightings of faithlesse and antichristian Popes be restored to them againe And the cause ceasing why should not the effect likewise cease And therefore we humbly intreate the Lords Bishops that against the grounds of reason and nature against Christian equitie A request to the reuerend Bishoppes and society against the right freedome of the lawe of God against the principles of humaine fellowshippes against that which was in the beginning and against that which the Apostles left in the Churches by colour of lawes brought into the Church by the cursings and fightings of the late Romane Bishops they would not hencefoorth barre seclude the Kings Christian and faithfull people from giving their consents vnto their Pastours Yea and we further beseech their Lordships that as schollers vnto the Apostles and as servants vnto the olde way of reason of nature of the law of God of the equitie of Christ and of humane societie they would hereafter imbrace that way which was from the beginning which is the old way and the best way and not any lōger persist in a cursed and quareling way which is the new way and the worst way But if the Lordes spirituall A supplication to bee King by the Lords and commōs for the restitution of their right in the choyse of their Pastors of their owne accord shall not readily voutchsafe to yeelde vnto vs this our right at our intreaty then for my part I will briefly shew mine opinion what were expedient for the Lords and commons in open Parleament dutifully to pray and to supplicate at the Kings Maiestes hande Namely At the humble petitions and supplications of all his Lords temporall and Commons in Parleament assembled his Maiestie would be well pleased to giue his Royall assent to an Act to be intituled An Act for the restitution of the auncient right and freedome which the people of God in the old Churches had and which the people in England ought to haue in to or about the election of their Pastours and abolishing all papall power repugnant to the same For if as it is plainlie confessed the people of all Churches haue right and freedome by the law of God by the equitie of Christ by the grounds of reason and nature by the principles of humane fellowshipps and by that which was from the beginning to elect their Pastours and if also the same right and freedome being left to the old churches and especially to the Church at Ierusalem by the Apostles haue bene taken away by the cursings and fightings of the late Bishoppes of Rome then can not the people without violatiō of those lawes rules groūds by any Episcopall power bee anie more excluded from their said right and freedome then could or might the ancient iurisdiction of the Crowne of England haue bene still vsurped by the Pope frō the Kings of Englande Admonition But alas the common people of Englande thorough affection and want of right iudgement are more easily wrought by ambitious persons to giue their consent to vnworthie men as may appeare in all those offices of gayne or dignity that at this daye remayne in the choyse of the multitude Assertion The Admonitor in one place of his admonition telleth vs that he must not put all that he thinketh in writing and yet he writeth in this place that thinge which might farre better haue bene vtterly vnthought then once written For could he thinke to winne the common people of England to a continuall good liking of high and stately Prelacie by vpbrayding and charging them to their faces in a booke dedicated vnto them with affection and wantinge of right iugement Was this the way to procure grace favour and benevolence at their handes And albeit this slaunder deserued rather to haue bene censured by the Commons in Parleament then by confutation to haue bene answered yet for the better clearing of the right iudgement of the common people givinge their consents to most worthie men in all offices of gayne or dignitie remayning in their handes I thinke it necessarie to shew the indignitie of this contumelie There be I confesse in London Yorke Lincolne Bristow Exceter Norwich Coventry and other principall Cities and Townes corporate Mayors Sheriffes Stewardes Recorders Baylifes Chāberlaynes Bridge-maisters Clerks Swordbearers Knightes Burgeses and such like offices some of dignitie and some of gayne but that the officers of these or any other places whether of dignitie or gaine be chosen by the multitude of those places is vtterlie vntrue for onely accordinge to their auncient customes priviledges and Charters by the chiefe Citizens Townsmen and Borough-maisters are those officers chosen The number also of which Electors in all places is not alike In London the Aldermen choose the Lord Mayor In other Cities and Townes sometimes eight and fortie sometimes fourteene sometimes twelfe sometimes only such as haue born office as Mayors Sherifes or Baylifes in the same places

be continued but to continue evill And what a thing were that This argument then for lawes setled being the sophisme of that Fox Steven Gardener is but a quarelsome and wrangling argument Admonition If this goverment whereof they Pag. 7● speake be as they say necessarie in all places then must they haue of necessitie in everie particular parish one Pastor a companie of Seniors and a Deacon or two at the least al those to be found of the parish because they must leaue their occupations to attende vpon the matters of the Church But there are a number of Parishes in England not able to finde one tollerable Minister much lesse to find such a companie Assertion This argument seemeth to be drawne from kitchin profite and is but a bugbegger to scarr covetous men from submitting their neckes vnto the yoke of that holy Discipline which our Savior Christ hath prescribed and which the Admonitor himselfe confesseth to haue bene practised by the Apostles and primitive Church And yet because this argument seemeth to lay a very heavie burden on mens shoulders such as is impossible to be borne it is an argumēt That Seniours Deacons should be found at the charge of the Parish is absurd worthy to bee examined though in it selfe the same be very vntrue absurd For who did ever fancie that a Pastour a company of Seniours and a Deacon or two at the least should be men of occupations or that they should be all found of the parish because they must leaue their occupations to attend vpon the matters of the Church Why there be many hūdreths of parishes in England wherein there dwelleth not one man of an occupation And what reason then or likelihood of reason was there to father such an absurd necessitie vpon the Church As for the necessitie of having one Pastour in every particular parish and of his finding by the parish because it is his duety to attend vpon reading exhortation doctrine although he be no man of occupation this I say is agreable consonant to the goverment of the church practised by the Bishops And therefore in the finding having of one Pastour in every parish they and we differ not But that men of occupations onelie should bee chosen Seniours and Deacons in every parish or if Seniours and Deacons were men of occupations in any parish that they should bee all found of the parish wee vtterly disclayme as an absurditie of absurdities And yet wee deny not but in Cities and great Townes wherin for the most part men of trade do inhabite that Seniours Deacons must of necessitie be men of occupations Vnlesse then an occupation must of necessitie hinder men from being faithfull religious godly men there is no reason to inforce that mē of occupations in Cities and great townes should not be chosen Seniors and Deacons And as for Countrey parishes What kinde of mē ought to be chosen Seniours Deacons wherein either verie fewe or no men of occupations doe reside this obiection is altogether idle In which parishes also we affirme that men of greatest gravitie integritie wisedome faith and godlines ought to be chosen Seniours and Deacons And we doubt not but all such men as whom we intend ought to bee chosen Seniours and Deacons whether dwelling in Cities Townes or in the Coūtrey would be as readie as willing and as watchfull prudentlie to imploy them selues hereafter in matters of the Church as now either them selues or their equalles are busied in matters of their corporations or common weale without anie maner of contribution to be yeelded towards their finding When the people of Israell were commanded to pay their tythes first fruites and other oblations vnto the Priestes Levites for their attendance and service in the Sāctuarie we doe not reade in the whole booke of God that they were inioyned to be helpers and cōtributors to the reliefe and sustentation of the Captaynes over thousands of the Captaines over hundreds nor of the Elders Governours placed Citie by Citie for the affaires of the King And therefore sithence we haue neither precept nor president that all the officers of the church should bee founde at the costes of the Church and sithence also as well in Coūtrey parishes as in Cities townes to the prayse and glorie of God be it spoken we haue many able wealthie substantiall persons who haue giuen their names vnto Christ what necessitie is there that any such Seniours and Deacons should be elected as haue need to be relieved and supported by a common purse And had the Admonitor wel and advisedlie pōdered that our Church Church wardens side men are not found at the chardges of the parishes Wardens side men who carie a semblance of governing Seniours that our collectors also for the poore who iustle out the Deacons being all of them men of occupations poore husbandmen or day labourers and being not founde of the parish are notwithstandinge oftentimes in the yere troubled and turmoyled from one end of the Diocesse vnto the other and that which is more from attendance vpon their day labour husbandrie and occupations to weight and to attend not vpō matters of the church but vpon money matters perteyning to the officers of the Bb. Consistorie Had he I say wiselie and sincerelie considered these things he would certeinlie not once haue mencioned this so sillie and simple a suggestion But quite cleane to cutt of at one blow all the skirtes of the coat of this sillie bulbegger that the verie buttockes of it may bee bare and that the church may see there is no such burdensome charge to bee layde vpon her as is feyned the graue and godlie iudgement and policie of King Edward The iudgemēt of King Ed. the sixt cōmissioners touching Elders and Deacons the sixt his Commissioners authorized to compile a booke for the reformatiō of lawes ecclesiasticall according to an Act of Parleament in that behalfe provided shall rise vp for vs and pleade the trueth and equitie of this our sayinges The Commissioners names were these viz. The most reverend Father Thomas Crammer Archbishoppe of Canterburie Thomas Bishoppe of Ely Richard Cox the Kings Almoner Peter Martyr professor of Divinitie William May Rowland Taylor Doctors of the Lawe Sir Iohn Cheeke Iohn Lucas Richard Goddericke Maister Hadon and others All Titul de diuiois officijs cap. 10. fol. 45. which reverend learned and religious men as with one voyce accord speak one thing so thus and thus they speake Evening prayer being finished wherevnto all shal be attēdant after sermon in their owne Churches the chief minister whom they call Parochies and the Deacon if happely they shal be present or they being absent let the Ministers Vicars and Elders lo the Archb. of of Cāterburie afterwards a godlie Martyr and Bishoppes can skill of the name of Deacon and Elders with the people conferr about the money put apart to

nominate and elect their new Mayor Sherifes and Baylifes But that the Aldermen principall Townsmen Boroughmaisters and men having borne chief offices in those Cities Townes Boroughes haue easilie bene wrought by ambitious persons to giue their consents vnto vnworthie men though it haue pleased the Ll. Bb. with seene and allowed to haue spred and published this saying yet that the same saying is wholy vnworthie of anie credite to be giuen vnto it or to bee regarded of any wise and indifferent man let the sober peaceable elections made of the worthies of the lande hereafter mencioned be witnesses And to leaue to speake of the election of the Lord The officers in Cities Townes corporate chosen without contentiō ambitious working of vnworthy men Mayor of the Citie of London Sherifes Aldermen Wardens of companies Chāberlaynes Bridge-maisters and other annuall officers of honor and dignitie let vs consider whether the Citizens of London haue bene wrought by ambitious persons to choose Maister Wilbraham Maister Onslie Mr Bromly to bee their Recorders all three afterwarde the Queenes sollicitors and Maister Bromly Lord Chancelour of Englande and let vs consider whether the same Citizens as men of affection and want of ●ight iudgement did elect to be Recorders of the same Citie Mai. Serieant Fleetwood Maister Serieant Fleming Maister Serieant Drue and now Maister Crooke a mā wise learned and religious a Coūseler and Iusticer within the Principalitie of Wales The Recorder of the Towne of Bedford is the right honorable the lord St Iohns of Bletsoe The Recorder of Bristoll was a long time Maister Poppam now Lord chief Iustice of England The Recorder of Northampton before he came to be Iudge in the Kings bench was Maister Serieant Yelverton a favourer of the trueth an vpright Iusticer The Recorder of Warwicke was Maister Serieant Puckering afterward Lord Keeper of the great seale And of the same Towne the Recorder now is a worthie Knight descended from a noble house Sir Foulke Grevile The Recorder of Covētrie is Sir Iohn Harrington Knight a man zealous for the true feare of God The Recorder of Chichester was Mai. Serieant Lewkner now chief Iustice in the principalitie of Wales The Recorder of Norwich was Maister Cooke the Kings Atturney generall And who soeuer shall enquire after the names after the maner of election of all the Recorders in all other Cities Boroughes of the land I doubt not but he shall find them all to haue bene farre frō any least shew of ambitious working the Citiezens and Townsmen to nominate and elect thē Moreover as these Noble persons these sage graue learned and christian Gentlemen quietlie and in all peaceable manner with vpright and good affectiō and iudgement without ambitiō haue bene chosen by the Citizens Townsmen Borough-masters to the offices of Recordershippes So likewise manie sundrie honorable Coūselors Honorable Counselors chosen high stewardes without ambitious working haue bene and as occasion is ministred are daily elected by Citizens Townsmen to be their high Stewards Sir Frācis Knolles an honorable Counsailour one whose faith was famous among the churches as well abroad as at home by the electiō of the Citizens of Oxford remayned vntill he died high Stewarde of the Citie of Oxford The right honorable Sir Francis Walsingam by the cōmon Counsayle of Ipswich was made high Steward of the same Towne after whose decease the same cōmon coūsell by their electiō surrogated into the same place the right honorable the L. Hunsdon late L. Chamberlaine the right honorable Sir Christopher Hattō L. Chancelour of Englande by the Townsmen of Cābridg was chosen to be high steward for the town of Cābridge The right honorable the old Earle of Arundell after him the right honorable Earle of Lincolne and after his death the right honorable the Lord High Admirall of England now Earle of Notingham by the Borough-maisters of the Towne of Gildforde was elected to be high steward of the Towne of Gildeford Of all which honorable persons and of all other their Peeres chosen in other places of the Kingdome by the same meanes to the like offices there is great reason iust cause for the reverend Bb. to cary a more reverend estimation towards thē then to burthen them as ambitious persons to haue sought their places at the hands of men affected wanting right iudgment As for any other offices of credite dignitie charge and gouerment in the common weale now remayning in the choyse of the commons it may easilie be proved that the common people in sundrie places haue bent and opposed thē selues against ambitious persons who by sinister indirect meanes haue hunted for preferrement at their handes And what if it can not be gayne-said but that some publicke officers chosen by publicke applause of the people haue corruptly behaued themselues in their charges and haue not so equally and indifferently distributed iustice to all degrees as it became them yet this their misdemeanor can no more iustly be laid as a fault nor any more disgrace or discountenance the ancient and commendable forme and manner of election then the hipocrisie or counterfeyt zeale of an euill man ordeyned by the Bishop to be a Minister can be imputed vnto his letters of orders or manner of ordination Besides if none bee able to proue that the choyse of the Knights Knights of the Shires other officers chosen by the people without trouble to the state of our Shires Coroners of the Counties Verderers of the Kings forrests resting in the free voices and consents of the freeholders that the nomination of the high Constables being in the disposition of the Iustices of peace at their quarter sessions that the choyse of our peti-Conestables third Boroughes Tything men Church wardens Wardens for the high wayes overseers for the poore side men such like remayning altogether in the free election of the sutors to courts leets and law dayes and of the inhabitants Parishioners of every Village Hamlet or Tything haue bene troublesome to the Lievetenants of the Shires to the Stewards of our Courts to the Lords of our liberties nor to the Ordinaries of the Diocesses If I say there be not any one man able to bring foorth some few persons for many yeres passed by whom the Officers and Magistrates of the Queenes peace haue bene sued vnto and importuned for the pacification of any strife contention or debate of any busy head or ambitious person raysed among the people about the choise of any one of these Officers then I say it is meete and it importeth the Lords Bishops very deepely that for ever hereafter they bee silent and never any more vtter so vile a slander against so Noble a people as are the people of England viz. that vpon affection and want of right iudgment they will easily be led by ambitious persons to preferre vnworthy persons vnto all Offices of gayne or dignitie Or that