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Constitutions and canons ecclesiastical treated upon by the archbishops and bishops and the rest of the clergy of Ierland [sic] and agreed upon with the Kings Majesties license in their synod begun at Dublin Anno Dom. 1634 and in the year of the reign of our sovereign Lord Charles ... King of Great Brittain, ... the tenth.
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Church of Ireland.
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Wing C4098; ESTC R29961
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the Bishop or by him or them to whom the Jurisdiction of that church appertaineth according to the quality of the offence XXVIII Prebendaries to be resident upon their benefices NO Prebendaries or canons in cathedral or collegiate Churches having one or more benefices with cure and not being Residentaries in the same cathedral or collegiate Churches shall under colour of the said Prebends absent themselves from their benefices with cure above the space of one moneth in the year unless it be for some urgent cause and certain time to be allowed by the Bishop of the Diocess And such of the said canons and prebendaries as by the Ordinances of the said cathedral or collegiate churches do stand bound to be resident in the same shall so among themselves sort and proportion the times of the year concerning residence to be kept in the said Churches as that some of them always shall be personally resident there And that all those who be or shall be Residentaries in any cathedral or collegiate church shall after the days of their residency appointed by their local Statutes or customs expired presently repair to their benefices or some of them or to some other charge where the Law requireth their presence there to discharge their duties according to the law in that case provided And the Bishop of the Diocess shall see the same to be duly performed and put in execution XXIX Four solemn times appointed for the making of Ministers FOrasmuch as the ancient Fathers of the church led by the examples of the Apostles appointed Prayers and Feasts to be used at the solemn ordering of Ministers and to that purpose allotted certain times in which only sacred Orders might be given or conferred We following their holy and religious example do constitute and decree that no Deacons or Ministers be ordained and made but only upon the Sundays immediately following Jejunia quatuor temporum commonly called Ember-weeks appointed in ancient time for prayer and fasting purposely for this cause at their first Institution and so continued at this day in the church of Ireland And that this be done in the cathedral or parish church where the Bishop resideth and in the time of Divine Service in the presence not only of the Archdeacon but of the Dean and two Prebendaries at the least or if they shall happen by any lawfull cause to be let or hindered in the presence of four other grave persons being allowed for publick Preachers And lastly that no person of what quality or gifts soever be made a Deacon and a Presbyter both together upon the same day XXX The titles of such as are to be made Ministers NO person shall be admitted into Sacred Orders except he shall at that time exhibit to the Bishop of whom he desireth imposition of hands a presentation of himself to some Ecclesiastical preferment then void in that Diocess or shall bring to the said Bishop a true and undoubted certificate that either he is provided of some church within the said Diocess where he may attend the cure of souls or of some Ministers place vacant either in the cathedral church of that Diocess or in some other collegiate church therein also scituate where he may execute his Ministery or that he is a Senior Fellow of some Colledge in the University or except he be a Master of Arts of five years standing that liveth of his own charge in the University or except by the Bishop himself that doth ordain him Minister he be shortly after to be admitted either to some Benefice or Curateship then void not to be removed until he be otherwise provided for except by his notable evil carriage he deserve the contrary And if any Bishop shall admit any person into the Ministery that hath none of these Titles as is aforesaid then he shall keep and maintain him with all things necessary till he do prefer him to some Ecclesiastical living And if the said Bishop shall refuse so to do he shall be suspended by his Archbishop being assisted with another Bishop from giving of Orders by the space of a year XXXI The quality of such as are to be made Ministers NO Bishop shall hereafter admit any person into Sacred Orders which is not of his own Diocess except he be a graduate of some University within the Kings Dominions or except he shall bring letters dimissory so termed from the Bishop of whose Diocess he is and desiring to be a Deacon is three and twenty years old and to be a Presbyter four and twenty years compleat and hath taken some degrees of School in some of the said Universities or at the least except he be able to yield an account of his faith in latin according to the Articles of Religion generally received in the Church of England and Ireland and to confirm the same by sufficient testimonies out of the holy Scriptures And except moreover he shall then exhibit letters Testimonial or authentical certificate of his good life and conversation under the Seal of some Colledge where before he remained or of three or four grave Ministers together with the subscription and testimony of other credible persons who have known his life and behaviour by the space of three years next before XXXII The examination of such as are to be made Ministers THe Bishop before he admit any person to holy Orders shall diligently examine him in the presence of those Ministers that shall assist him at the Imposition of hands And if the said Bishop have any lawfull impediment he shall cause the said Ministers carefully to examine every such person so to be ordered Provided that they who shall assist the Bishop in examining and laying on of hands shall be of his Cathedral Church if they may conveniently be had or other sufficient Preachers of the same Diocess to the number of three at the least And if any bishop or Suffragan shall admit any toSacred Orders who is not so qualified and examined as before we have ordained the Archbishop of that Province having notice thereof and being assisted by one bishop shall suspend the said bishop or Suffragan so offending from making either Deacons or Priests for the space of two years Neither shall any person be received into the Ministery nor admitted to any Ecclesiastical living nor permitted to preach read Lecture catechize or minister the Sacraments except he shall first by subscription declare his consent to the first four Canons of this present Synod and every thing contained therein XXXIII Caution for institution of Ministers into benefices NO bishop shall institute any into a benefice who hath been ordained by any other bishop except he first shew unto him his letters of Orders and bring him a sufficient testimony of his former good life and behaviour if the bishop shall require it and lastly shall appear upon the due examination to be worthy of his ministry XXXIV Patrons of Eâ—clesiastical benefices THe Bishop shall earnestly and diligently exhort Patrons of benefices to
to perform all the said duties in such manner and sort as before is prescribed XIV Ministers not to refuse to Christen er bury NO Minister shall refuse or delay to christen any childe according to the form of the book of Common prayer that is brought to the Church to him on Sundayes or Holy-dayes to be christened or to bury any Corps that is brought to the Church or church-yard convenient warning being given to him thereof before in such manner as is prescribed in the said book of common prayer And if he shall refuse to christen the one or bury the other except the party deceased were denounced excommunicated majori excommunicatione for some grievous and notorious crime and no man able to testifie of his repentance he shall be suspended by the Bishop of the Diocess from his Ministery by the space of three months XV. Ministers not to defer christening if the child be in danger IF any Minister being duely without any manner of collusion informed of the weakness and danger of death of any Infant unbaptized in his Parish and thereupon desired to go or come to the place where the said Insant remaineth to baptize the same shall either wilfully refuse so to do or of gross negligence shall so defer the time as when he might conveniently have resorted to the place and have baptized the said Infant it dyeth through such default unbaptized The said minister shall be suspended for three months and before his restitution shall acknowledge his fault and promise before his Ordinary that he not wittingly incurr the like again Provided that where there is a Curate or a Substitute this constitution shall not extend to the Parson or Vicar himself but the Curate or Substitute present XVI Fathers not to be Godfathers in baptism nor Children not communicants NO Parent shall be urged to present nor be admitted to answer as Godfather for his own child nor any Godfather or Godmother shall be suffered to make any other answer or speech than by the book of Common Prayer is prescribed in that behalf Neither shall any person be admitted Godfather or Godmother to any childe at christening or confirmation before the said person so undertaking hath received the holy communion XVII Confirmation or laying hands upon children to be performed by the Beshop once in three years EVery Minister that hath cure and charge of Souls for the better accomplishing of the Orders prescribed in the book or common prayer concerning confirmation shall take such special care as that none may be presented to the Bishop for him to lay his hand upon but such as can render an account of their saith according to the catechism in the said book contained The Bishop also in his own person every third year at least in the time of his Visitation shall perform that duty of confirmation or if in that year by reason of some infirmity he be not able personally to visit his Diocess he shall not omit to do it the next year after as he may conveniently And whensoever the time shall by him be assigned every such Minister shall use his best endeavour to prepare and make able and likewise to procure as many as he can to be then brought to be confirmed XVIII Of the receiving of the holy Communion IN every Cathedral and Collegiate Church at least once every moneth and in every Parish Church and Chappel where Sacraments are to be administred within this Realm the holy communion shall be ministred by the Parson Vicar or Minister so often and at such times as every Parishioner may communicate at the least thrice in the year whereof the Feast of Easter to be one according as they are appointed by the book of common prayer And that no minister when he celebrateth the communion shall wittingly administer the same to any but such as kneel Provided that every minister as often as he administreth the communion shall first receive the Sacrament himself Furthermore no bread nor wine newly brought shall be used but first the words of Institution shall be rehearsed when the said bread and wine be presented upon the communion Table Likewise the minister shall deliver both the bread and wine to every communicant severally XIX Warning to be given before hand for the Communion WHereas every Lay person is bound to receive the holy communion thrice every year and many notwithstanding do not receive that Sacrament once in a year We do require every minister to give warning to his Parishioners publickly in the Church at morning prayer the Sunday before every time of his administring the holy Sacrament for the better preparation of themselves Which said warning we enjoyn the said Parishioners to accept and obey under the penalty and danger of the law And the minister of every Parish and in Cathedral and Collegiate Churches some principal minister of the Church shall the afternoon before the said administration give warning by tolling of the Bell or otherwise to the intent that if any have any scruple of conscience or desire the special ministery of reconciliation he may afford it to those that need it And to this end the people are often to be exhorted to enter into a special examination of the state of their own souls and that finding themselves either extream dull or much troubled in mind they do resort unto Gods ministers to receive from them as well advise and counsel for the quickning of their dead hearts and the subduing of those corruptions whereunto they have been subject as the benefit of absolution likewise for the quieting of their consciences by the power of the Keys which Christ hath committed to his ministers for that purpose XX. Notorious offenders not to be admitted to the Communion NO minister shall in any wise admit to the receiving of the holy communion any of his cure or flock which be opeâ—ly known to live in sin notorious without repentance Nor any who have maliciously and openly contended with their Neighbours until they shall be reconciled Nor any Church-wardens or Sidemen who having taken their Oaths to present to their Ordinaries all such publick offences as they are particularly charged to inquire of in their several Parishes shall notwithstanding their said Oaths and that their faithful discharging of them is the chiefest means whereby publick sins and offences may be reformed and punished wittingly and willingly desperately and irreligiously incurre the horrible crime of perjury either in neglecting or refusing to present such of the said enormities and publick offence as they know themselves to be committed in their said Parishes or are notoriously offensive to the Congregation there although they be urged by some of their Neighbours or by their minister or by their Ordinary himself to discharge their consciences by presenting of them and not to incur so desperately the said horrible sin of perjury XXI Ministers not to preach or administer the Communion in private houses NO Minister shall Preach or administer the Holy