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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

these vnsufferable evils weaken the Kingdome of Satan advance the glory of Christ and procure our owne peace and happinesse A short draught of Church Government 1. In every Parish THat there be a meeting of choise men for wisedome gravity and love of Religion to wit Elders and Overseers of the poore in other Churches called Deacons the number more or fewer as the place shall require These with their Pastour to come together as often as shall be judged fit at a set time and place once a Moneth to looke unto all within the Parish concerning their religion their honest behaviour and peaceable demeanure and to see all abuses reformed according to the word of God and according to the good and Ecclesiasticall lawes which shall be prescribed unto them This will free us from all weekely corrupt Courts and free the people from all burthensome expences and not suffer sinne to raigne as it doth in every Convocation 2. In every Division or Circuit That there be a Presbytery of chosen Ministers the best learned the gravest and the godlyest men to sit with the Superintendent or president The meeting to be appointed at a certaine time and place once a quarter and in every meeting a new Election to be freely made of those that shall be of the Presbytery These are to see how the government is to bee observed in Parishes how Ministers and Overseers doe discharge their duties at this meeting Ministers gifts are to be shewed and tryed that such as come thither may bee edified and instructed III. In every County That the Bishop be a Pastour over a particular Congregation resident and painefull there and with him out of the severall Circuits be chosen a certaine number to bee his assistants in this Assembly once every halfe yeare In this to see how every presbyterie with the superintendents or presidents doe demeane themselves to see offences in them punished without all partiality Here worthy Ministers to be ordained and without respect of persons and here the vnworthy to be judged and censured as they shall deserve and the rest encouraged IV. In every Province That there be a Provinciall Synod gathered once a yeere of Pastorall Bishops godly and learned superintendents or presidents and out of every County certaine learned and grave Divines selected and the number to be according to the Circuits in every County In this to looke into County Assemblies and to see that all things be well ordered according as they ought to be that Bishops superintendents or presidents demeane themselves aright or else to endure a censure as well as others V. In the whole Nation That a generall Assembly Nationall be gathered once in 3 yeare of chosen men to consult for the generall good of all to make Canons and to establish Ecclesiasticall government Of the Excellency of this Government I. It may stand with a Monarchy for what is here that justly can be said to hinder it II. It takes off all Prelaticall Lordly tyranny for every part is subordinate to another the Parochial meeting to the Superintendent and his Presbytery this Presbytery to the County Assembly this Assembly to the Provinciall Synod and this to the Nationall Convocation III. Jt keepes Bishops and Pastours to their Spirituall function and suffers them not to intermeddle in Civill and worldly affaires IV. Jt sets up a learned and preaching Ministery and casts out the before mentioned Prelaticall destroying Clergie V. It furthers the power of Religion in Families Villages Townes Cities in Vniversities and in Princes Palaces VI It 's Christs government and easie yoke freeing Gods people from great payments as hath before beene named from all the corruptions of the Courts which all the Land doth groane under from that cruell Oath ex officio and that unlimitted high Commission grievous to be borne Ir's a government that aymeth at godlinesse and not at greatnesse and gaine Jt makes none jealous of painefull Pastours none to be offended at Christian meetings as if they were Conventicles none to envie other mens graces but stirreth vp to watch one over another and freely to admonish one another to further one another to Heaven It graceth very highly the godly and learned Laity It s grounded vpon the word proceedeth by the word rejecting the Popish Canon Law Popish Ceremonies Popish superstitions and Idolatry and all mens vaine inventions in Doctrine Sacrament worship and government of CHRIST The Conclusion of all is this and the summe of my desire viz. that there may be a full Conformity in Doctrine and Discipline with the rest of the Protestant Churches of Scotland reformed Church of France Geneva c. 1. For this will prevent future differences betwixt the two Nations 2. Prevent the removeall of many of the Kings good subjects into other Countries with many other benefites This I humbly request to be taken into serious consideration which being done will bring a blessing vpon this Kingdome and Church Courteous Reader take notice that in pag. 10. Section 3d. that for foure hundred thousand pounds read foure hundred thousand pounds per annum FJNIS

The Consistory in Pauls The High Commission Court With the swarmes of Attendance on these Courts as Advocates Registers Doctours Proctours Pursevants Messengers and apparitours With all other belonging to them all which come to many hundreds QVAERE WHither all or any of these be of divine institution Whither the words of Christ forbidding to be gracious Lords extend not to these Mat. 20 25 26. Luke 22.25 26. Mar. 10 42 43 44 45. Whether any spirituall function ordained by Christ standeth in need of so great a Prelate and so great a dependance to discharge the duties thereof Whither this greatnesse hath any time beene the support of goodnesse and of good men in their places or rather hath not from this greatnesse risen great troubles as at this day and much persecution almost ever since the beginning of reformation The humble Petition THat the immeasurable greatnesse of these gracious Lords might be abated and the number of those their dependents lessened That they might be made to shew themselves Arch-teachers of Christs Gospel and to attend vnto some particular flocke to feed them That they might not be of Princes counsell for commonly God leaveth such to become ill States men because they doe contrary to Christs bidding It shall not bee so with you Mat. 20.26 Luk. 21.25 Mar. 10.42 And for that they neglect the sacred calling of the Ministery which is to be of Christs heavenly Counsell to give attendance vnto temporall affaires and to be of Earthly Kings counsell II. There be twenty foure Bishops Diocesan Lord Bishops They are seated in severall places throughout the Kingdome Of these three are under Yorke Carleile Durham and Chester All the rest are vnder Canterbury Dependents on these Their traine of Domesticke Servants Their Chapleines Their Officers concerning their temporalities Their 24 Courts And hereto belonging 26 Chancellours with wayters on them 24 Registers with their men 24 Gentlemen Apparitours 48 Proctours if but two to a Court 120 apparitours at least more then a good many QVAERE WHither these Diocesan Bishops be jure divino and have warrant from Scripture Whither St. Peters speech reacheth not to them that they should not Lord it over Gods heritage by over ruling it 1 Pet. 5.3 Whither we cannot be as well without them as all other reformed Churches or whither we will condemne those Churches for casting them out or not receiving them in Whether this be not a mocke to say no Bishop no King seeing they also say no Ceremony no Bishop therefore no Ceremony no King what a weake standing bring they a King unto But a King is Gods ordinance not so they and in Denmark hath beene a King and no Bishops this 100 yeares Whither Bishops wanting in Diocesses upon vacancy some 10 some 20 yeares as some have beene may not be so for more yeares and so for ever And if they may be wanting in a Diocesse why not in a Province and so why not every where Whither may not our King as lawfully cast them out as did the King of Denmark his Grandfather Whither by their authority have they advanced true religiō or upheld meere formes of it shewes habites gestures and Ceremoniall observances rather then the power of godlinesse What wickednesse and vanity is suppressed by him nay what errour what vice Idolatry and prophainnesse groweth not under them What one made better by them in the wayes of God What one brought to a pious reformation by their Citations Excommunications and imposed penancies The humble Petition THat they be seated in Pastorall charges every one over a particular flocke as at first all Bishops were there to preach and teach the people and so their many dependents might be taken away That their Chancellours be removed from them and their over swaying masterfulnesse in their Courts bee taken downe and cut off That they their Officers and their Courts may bee brought vnder some such authority as may rule over them question them and duely censure them when there is just cause and not suffer them to be like Kings free without command or any power of censure at all over them Is it fit they should judge all and be free from the Iudgement of any 3. There be threescore Archds. vnder these Bishops Dependents on these They have threescore Courts to which doe belong Commissaries Officials Surrogates 60 Registers with their servants 120 Proctours if but two to every Court 200 Apparitours at least The whole number appertaining to Archbishops Bishops Archdeacons with the many peculiars are judged to bee no fewer then ten thousand persons which need yearely two hundred thousand pounds to maintaine them all the greater and inefriour ones reckoning but 20 l. a man when many have 100 l a yeare some 200 l. others more QVAERE Whither these swarmes of Waspes be of necessary vse in the spirituall Kingdome of Christ Whether their Courts be reformative or deformative Whether there is any likelyhood that their grosse abbuses of Gods Ordinances in sending out excommunications and their commuting of penance c. can please God to bring an holy reformarion Whether it can be probably imagined that those Courts can reforme others who in themselves are so corrupt and mercenary and will employ such base and lewd companions in a spirituall businesse as be the Apparitors whom either they cannot or will not reforme Whether their Courts being taken away as in all other reformed Churches their want should be bewailed and their setting vp againe be desired Whether the masse of mony which is spent by these so many thousands might not well be spared and farre better employed The humble Petition THat these Courts be not longer permitted to take in so many thousand presentments every halfe yeare onely to make such gaine of the people as they doe for they reforme no mens persons but plague their purses That some other way might be considered of agreeable to Gods Word and the godly practise of other Churches for suppression of vice and the maintenance of vertue in every Parish That their lewd Apparitours so many and so many be not long suffred That in their Courts their proceedings may be open to the hearing of all and that they lap not vp businesses in secret as their manner is to shut their Consistory doore where they doe as they please with delinquents That they delay not men in their Courts forcing and vexing poore men to come very often before they can bee dismissed a grievous vexation to needy labouring men SECTION III. Of the meanes to support their Prelaticall greatnesse These have their Lordly Pallaces and great houses They have their Ecclesiasticall dignities and Spirituall Offices and what doe thereto belong They have their Baronries and the ample revenues thereof Viis modis such is their Income as it cannot but amount to an hundred besides their adherents which in all amounts to foure hundred thousand pounds or thereabouts and 40 thousand pounds per annum if not more so much their greatnesse