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A30972	Autoschediasmata, De studio theologiae, or, Directions for the choice of books in the study of divinity written by ... Dr. Thomas Barlow ... ; publish'd from the original manuscript, by William Offley ...	Barlow, Thomas, 1607-1691.; Offley, William, 1659 or 60-1724.	1699 (1699)	Wing B824; ESTC R22775	44,127	90

his Summa for his Apparatus super Decreto Vorionis Graecorum in Concil Florentino ab Eugenio Papâ IV. promulgato August de Ancona and a Rabble of such Romish Janizaries the Pope's Pretorian Band Capitolii Custodes Pontificiae Omnipotentiae jurati Vindices Seeing every Divine of the Church of England is bound to subscribe and defend the Doctrine and Discipline of our Church against all Adversaries and none can do that before they know and understand what that Doctrine and Discipline is and where 't is authentically treated of and to be found Jewel Rainolds Hooker Laud and Whitaker are excellent Authors but the most Authentick are and to be consulted 1. Our XXXIX Articles compos'd in the Synod at London 1552. i. e. 6 to Edvardi VI ti printed in Latin An. 1553. they were in number 42 they were after An. 1562. Elizabethae 5 to revised in the Convocation at London and reduced to 39. and publish'd in Latin 1563. A Copy of which is in Bodley's Library amongst Selden's Books with the Original Subscriptions of the Clergy annex'd to it 2. Our Book of Homilies compos'd 5 Years before the Articles An. 1º Edvardi VI ti Anno 1547. 3. Our Liturgy which was first publish'd An. 1549. then revised by Cranmer and Bucer and publish'd An. 1552. i. e. 6 to Edv. VI ti And left establish'd at his Death abolish'd by Queen Mary and again establish'd by Queen Elizabeth with some Alterations 1558. 4. Our Book of Ordination all these are confirm'd by Parliament and Convocation the Supreme Power Ecclesiastical and Civil and therefore whatever these four Books contain relating to the Doctrine and Discipline of the Church of England is authentick and obligatory to the whole Church and Nation and to all Persons whether Clergy or Laity This our Common Lawyers will admit but no more because they wou'd increase their own Civil Power and diminish the Ecclesiastical But we say and can prove that there are other Books which as to the Discipline of our Church and her Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction are and de Jure shou'd be as authentick and obligatory as the former four already mention'd that is 1. Our Ecclesiastical Canons made in Convocation in the first Year of K. James the First An. 1603. 2. The Provincial Constitutions quas collegit Gul. Linwood erat Officialis Curiae de Arcubus dein Custos Privati Sigilli demum Meneven Episcopus Glossis illustrare incepit An. 1423. perfecit Glossas illas 1429. not and. Constitutiones has cum erant in Synodo Provinciae Cantuar. conditae Provinciam illam solum obligasse 3. Constitutiones Legatinae Othonis Othoboni erant Legati Pontificii in Anglia sub Hen. III. cum Glossis Johan de Aton Canonici Lincolniensis Not and. 1. Quod Gul. Linwood citat hunc Johan de Aton qui erat Linwoodo antiquior 2. Costitutiones has Angliam universam obligasse conditae enim erant in Conciliis ubi ader ant utriusque Provinciae Episcopi Pontificio Legato Preside Now all these Canons and Constitutions Provincial and Legantine and indeed the whole Canon-Law are still in use in all our Ecclesiastical Courts and Obligatory so far as they are not contrary or inconsistent with 1. The Law of GOD 2. The Law of the Land or the Prerogative Royal as may and evidently does appear by many Statutes not yet Repeal'd The next Inquiry will be How a Divine may come to know the true Meaning of those Writings which authentickly contain Our Doctrine and Discipline and the Reason of both In answer to this Query with Submission to better Judgments there can be no better way to know the true Meaning of our Articles Canons and Constitutions than by a diligent and intelligent reading the Works of those Excellent Persons who contriv'd those Authentick Writings ejusdem enim est exponere cujus est componere and have ever since successively defended them against all the Adversaries of Our Church Pope Presbyter and Fanatick and that with Victory I mean such as Cranmer Bucer Peter Martyr Jewel Rainolds Whitgift Bancroft Hooker Joh. White Dav'nant Abbot Crakanthorp Field Laud Chillingworth c. and such others As for some later Wtiters Scriblers rather they have endeavour'd by the many Apocryphal Pamplets which they have of late Years publish'd to confute the establish'd and known Doctrine of Our Church and all Reform'd Churches in Europe and maintain Positions which are evidently Socinian Popish or Pelagian and we have too much ground to wonder why such as are in Authority do give an Imprimatur to such pestilent Heresies which they are bound by Law and Conscience to condemn Now as it concerns a Divine to know the Doctrine and Discipline of the Church of England c. so he ought to know what are those erroneous Opinions which our Enemies and the Church's hold for no one can confute what he does not know To write against Rome or Geneva and upbraid them for Doctines they do not hold is a Calumny all that Bellarmine Lombard Vasquez or Cajetan hold who were Great but Private Men is not presently to be charg'd upon the Roman Church but such things as she by publick Authority owns in her Authentick Constitutions or Sacred and approv'd Offices As for Popish Errors they are either Fidei aut Facti in credendis aut agendis such as concern their Doctrine and Discipline 1. For their Credenda and Errors in Doctrine and many in Discipline too they have authentically declared and we may find them 1. In their Trent Council the Best Edition is that at Antverp 1633. in Octavo of which before pag. 18. § 3. 2. In the Catechism Trident. seu Roman ex Decreto Concil Trident. jussu Pii Papae Quinti there are many Editions of it but the best and most useful is that of Paris 1635. in Octavo 3. In their Pope's Bulls many Collections of them there are As for Instance 1 Eclog. Bullarum Pii IV Pii V Gregorii XIII Lugd. 1582. in 8o. Item 2 Literae Apostolicae c. De Officio Inquisitionis cum Superiorum Approbatione Romae 1579. Fol. Extant hae Literae cum aliarum Auctario in calce Directorii Inquisitionis per Nicol. Eimericum Venet. 1607. 3 Novae Compilatio Privilegiorum Apostolicorum Regularium Mendicantium c. per Iman Roclerium Turnoni 1609. Fol. In which Collection we have the Bulls of about 44 Popes 4 Bullarium Romanum Noeissi à Leone Magno ad Urbanum Octavum Tomis 4. in Fol. Romae 1638. Edidit Mar. Cherubinus extat Editio hujus Bullarii alia posterior additis Urbani Octavi Innocentii Decimi Constitutionibus auctior Lugd. sumptibus Phil. Borde c. This last Edition is best 1. Because it contains more Bulls 2 Because I find many things in this last Edition of Lyons which being damn'd by the Inquisitors are to be expunged and the Edition prohibited till they be so

capita in loca ejusdem insignia Dissertationes c. Paris 1676. Authore Natali Alexandro Ord. Praedicatorum Doctore Sorbonico in Octavo and 23 or 24 Volumes You may consult French Men's Writings both before and since Luther such as Gerson Chancellor of Paris and Espensaeas c. for they write more freely and learnedly against the Corruptions and Errors of Rome than any another Popish Writers Having writ this at several times and scarce perus'd any part of it as I would I hope the Reader will pardon my 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and not wilful Mistakes If He desire to see any of the aforemention'd Authors they are all some few excepted in my own Library here at Buckden THOMAS Lincoln LETTER I. Bishop BARLOW 's Letter to Dr. Howell Chancellor of the Diocese of Lincoln concerning his Primary Visitation Mr. CHANCELLOR WHEN I appointed this present Visitation of my Diocese it was both my Duty and Desire to have done it in Person as for several other Ends so more particularly that I might have the Happiness to know and be acquainted with my Brethren of the Clergy But my Age being now actually past 71. and Infirmities necessitate me to lay upon you that Burthen which my weak Indisposition at this time has disabled me to bear The Reason why I have not Visited before this Time was this My Predecessor visited the Year he died and tho' de Jure I might have visited the next Year yet I was unwilling to bring a burthen upon the Clergy so suddenly and therefore resolv'd not to visit until such time as my Predecessor if he had liv'd might have visited which was Anno 1677. When being call'd to the Parliament I was detain'd there and till now had no Opportunity to undertake what I had really design'd a Visitation This premised I shall intreat You to commend to my Brethren two or three things in what Words and with what Enforcement You in Prudence shall think fit 1. That they wou'd be conscientiously careful to live a pious Life and be Exemplary in walking Themselves in that way they commend to their Hearers from the Pulpit for if they Preach never so well and do not Live accordingly they will dishonour GOD and do Mischief to the People who are more apt to follow Examples than Precepts 2. That they wou'd be diligent in Catechizing the Younger People I fear too many of the Older sort may need it that they may know the Principles and Grounds of our Religion otherwise to preach to Uncatechiz'd People is to build without a Foundation 3. That they wou'd studiously endeavour to understand the Doctrine and Discipline of the Church of England which they have subscrib'd to and are bound to vindicate And in order to this let them read such Books as authentically contain both the Doctrine and Discipline of our Church viz. Our Liturgy Homilies XXXIX Articles and our Book of Ordination These Books are establish'd by Convocation and Parliament and ought both before and after Ordination seriously to be read and consider'd Jewel Whitaker Reynolds Hooker are excellent Authors who vindicated the Church of England against all her Adversaries with great Learning and Victorious Success and if young Students in Divinity will apply themselves to read them diligently they will find that these Books are of excellent use for the Explication and Confirmation of Our Churches Doctrine and Approved Discipline 4. And as Divines we are bound to inable our selves to know and defend our own Doctrine and Discipline than which no Church in Christendom has better or more consonant to Scripture and Primitive Antiquity so we shou'd endeavour according to our Ability to confute our Adversaries Papists and Non-conformists who as Herod and Pontius Pilate against our Blessed Saviour are Confederates against Truth and the Church of England What I have here mention'd is to re-mind my Brethren of what they know already and of the pressing necessity We now have if We love Truth and our Holy Mother the Church of England to know and confute the Impious and Blasphemous Practices of all those Recusants which at this Day disturb the Peace of the Church and State I desire You to advise the Clergy to pay their Tenths to the King duly for the Reasons in a Paper which the Reverend Mr. Skelton my Domestick Chaplain will give You And I have taken effectual order to prevent the Clergy's being impos'd on by undue Exactions from any Officer or Collector of their respective Dues within my Diocese resolving to lessen rather than augment the Fees c. which the Clergy pay With my Respects to Your self and my Brethren I rest theirs and Your Affectionate tho' Infirm Friend THOMAS Lincoln Sept. 1. 1688. LETTER II. A Short Method for the Study of Divinity in a Letter to a Friend by an Unknown Author and found in Bishop BARLOW 's Study SIR YOU ask of me one of the Hardest things I know To direct A Young Student in the the Methodical Study of Divinity If I have any Knowledge in it I must profess to You I know not how I came by it I read as it happen'd and thought of what I read and this is all I know of it It is I confess a great Defect in our Church and the occasion of many Mischiefs to it but it requires a much better Hand than mine and more Leisure than I have to prescribe a Remedy for it But if You will be contented with some free and hasty Thoughts You shall have them The constant Reading of S. Scripture with great application of Mind is a General Rule and ought to be a constant Practice whether we rightly apprehend the true Sence of it at present or not For when the very Phrase or Expression of S. Scripture and the History of it is imprinted on our Minds when we come strictly to examine any particular Doctrine of Religion various Expressions will occur to our Minds and will suggest such Thoughts to us as are to be had no other way And tho' it is not suppos'd that any Man acquainted with other parts of Learning and beginning to apply himself to the Study of Divinity can be in such a State yet the Scripture is to be read and learnt as the Grammar is by Children who know not how to apply the Rules much less understand the Reason of them And therefore part of them is to be read every Day tho' only in English which I think very adviseable for one who intends the Ministry without stopping at every Difficulty he meets with but charging his Memory with the Phrase and the Series and order of Events But to make the Reading of the S. Scripture useful he must furnish himself with all variety of Questions about Religion that he may know what to observe and enquire after And you will think it hard that I cannot direct him better than to send him to the Master of the Sentences or Aquinas's Summs or Estius upon the Sentences

〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 De Studio Theologiae OR DIRECTIONS FOR THE Choice of Books IN THE Study of Divinity Written by the R t Reverend Father in GOD Dr. THOMAS BARLOW Late L d Bishop of Lincoln Provost of Queen's College and MARGARET Professor of DIVINITY in OXFORD Publish'd from the Original Manuscript By WILLIAM OFFLEY M. A. Prebendary of Lincoln and Domestick Chaplain to His Lordship OXFORD Printed by LEON LICHFIELD 1699. TO THE Right Reverend Father in GOD JAMES Lord Bishop of LINCOLN MY LORD WHilst others who are more immediately under Your Episcopal Government do equally approve and commend Your Generous Disposition and indefatigable Industry upon all Accounts to advance the Honour of the most Excellent Church of ENGLAND I cannot at this unhappy distance be silent but think my self obliged to mention that great Esteem which Your Lordship entertains for the Memory of many Learned Prelates who have presided over that Holy See which Your Lordship at present so deservedly fills And I am very sensible what an honourable regard Your Lordship in particular has for Bishop Barlow's Memory which suffer'd extreamly from those two Relick-mongers who printed a Spurious Book under his Lordship's Commanding Name and Character And whereas neither Religion or Gratitude were of any force to restrain their Endeavours from blasting their Great Benefactor 's Reputation after his Death by their publishing of many small Tracts it was thought necessary for Bishop Barlow's Legatees to whose Care his Lordship had committed all his own Original MSS. to undeceive the World and put a stop to mercenary proceedings by exposing the Defects of those Papers which were surreptitiously printed And I hope those Reflections which were drawn up and publish'd in the Year 1694. by my Brother Chaplain the late Ingenious Mr. Henry Brougham and My-self have been so far serviceable as to do justice to our Pious Patron 's Memory and to vindicate Our selves from all Suspicion of being any way concern'd in so base an Action as that of Selling to be Printed many private Papers with the specious Title of the Genuine Remains of that Learned Prelate Dr. Thomas Barlow c. My late Lord commanded that particular care should be taken of all his Original MSS. And that I may with greater ease discharge my Trust I have lately reposited all Bishop Barlow's Original Writings in the Archives of Queens College Library in Oxon two MSS. only excepted one treating of Grosthead's Life and Works which I left in Your Lordship's Library at Buckden in its way hereafter to the Library at Lincoln where the Ashes of that Memorable Prelate are Intomb'd The other MS. relating to the Choice of Books in the Study of Divinity I here humbly present to Your Lordship's Patronage which Your Lordship has already been pleas'd in a great measure to grant by approving of my Design and giving me good Hopes of Your Lordship's recommending These Directions to the Clergy of Your Extensive Diocese that they may be acquainted with the smallest part of that Learned Bishop's Study whose Communicative Presence they were not so happy to enjoy by his Visiting of them in such a Regular and Episcopal manner as Your Lordship has lately done in Your Primary Visitation of Your Diocese That part of his Sacred Office in our Church Bishop Barlow often complain'd he was not able to discharge as he ought And when he once attempted to visit his Diocese in Person which he often did by Legal Deputies by Confirming great numbers of People at Four several Towns in Hunting tonshire he was necessitated to tell some that then waited on him That his great Age and Infirmities wou'd not permit him to go through The several Counties of his Diocese But to express his Willingness and Readiness to Confirm such as wanted Confirmation his Lordship publish'd an Advertisement at the end of his Articles of Inquiry upon which many Persons of good Quality came to Buckden and receiv'd Confirmation from him in the Chapel of his Palace How diligent he was constantly to perform all other Duties of his Episcopal Function none are ignorant who at any convenient time waited on his Lordship about Matters Ecclesiastical And as his Lordship 's repeated wishes were that the Diocese of Lincoln might be bless'd hereafter more duly with the Solemn Rite of Confirmation so it was my Duty to attend whilst Your Lordship perform'd the Sacred Office for many Days together in Your Cathedral Church at Lincoln and elsewhere within some Peculiars belonging to that Magnificent Church particularly at Banbury where near a thousand Persons receiv'd Confirmation the 25th and 26th of September last some 80 Years of Age and scarce any under 12 for which Blessing that Ancient Corporation owns it self for ever oblig'd to Your Lordship May Your Lordship's Exemplary Life and Doctrine adorn the Faith and Practice of that Numerous and Learned Body of Men committed to Your Pastoral Care is the earnest of his Prayer who is MY LORD Your LORDSHIP 's most Obedient Servant WILLIAM OFFLEY Middleton Stony in the Diocese of Oxon Nov. 24. 1697. THE PREFACE I Shall not trouble the Reader with any long Apology for the Publication of the following Directions only I think it necessary to inform Him That had not this Method for the Study of Divinity been first printed and prefix'd to many other Papers which swell'd the Book to such a Price that few cared to buy it might the sooner have pass'd without Censure considering the Usefulness of such a Treatise wheresoever it shou'd be kindly receiv'd But being sensible withal that several Copies of this Method were dispers'd abroad and that many things already falsly printed did prejudice the Church of England and lessen the Author's Reputation I thought it my Duty to publish These Directions from the Original Manuscript which the late Mercenary Editors never saw without the long Train of Letters which are of no use but to expose the Secrets of a Private and Hasty Correspondence And since some angry Men are known to pass many unkind Reflections upon Bishop Barlow's Memory I leave the Bishop's own Words in a Letter which I have publish'd at the end of these Directions to vindicate himself from those unchristian Censures some at this day make use of that they may wound the Memory of A Great Father of the Church who has written many Learned Books in Defence of the Church of England against all that oppose it As for the first Letter which follows these Directions I found it written with Bishop Barlow's own Hand and as an Instance of its being proper to be included in his Directions to a Young Divine his Lordship left it fix'd to his Original MS. on that Subject The Second Letter sell into my Hands as I was making a Collection of some scatter'd Papers in my late Lord's Study and having communicated it to many Judicious Men they advis'd me not to conceal such Modest and Excellent Advice but to do the