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A72019	Constitutio[ns] and canons ecclesiasticall treated vpon by the Bishop of London, president of the conuocation for the prouince of Canterbury, and the rest of the bishops and clergie of the said prouince: and agreed vpon with the Kings Maiesties licence in their synode begun at London anno Dom. 1603. And in the yeere of the raigne of our soueraigne Lord Iames by the grace of God King of England, France and Ireland the first, and of Scotland the 37. And now published for the due obseruation of them by his Maiesties authoritie, vnder the great Seale of England.; Constitutions and canons. 1603. English	Church of England.	1604 (1604)	STC 10070.5; ESTC S124736	53,373	350

and in the Lords prayer and shall diligently heare instruct teach them the Catechisme set forth in the Booke of Common prayer And all Fathers Mothers Masters and Mistresses shall cause their children seruants and apprentices which haue not learned the Catechisme to come to the Church at the time appointed obediently to heare and to bee ordered by the Minister vntill they haue learned the same And if any Minister neglect his duetie herein let him bee sharpely reprooued vpon the first complaint and true notice thereof giuen to the Bishop or Ordinarie of the place If after submitting himselfe hee shall wilfully offend therein againe let him be suspended If so the third time there being little hope that he will bee therein reformed then Excommunicated and so remaine vntil he will be reformed And likewise if any of the saide Fathers Mothers Masters or Mistresses Children Seruants or Apprentices shall neglect their dueties as the one sort in not causing them to come and the other in refusing to learne as aforesaid Let them bee suspended by their Ordinaries if they be not children and if they so persist by the space of a moneth then let them bee Excommunicated LX. Confirmation to be performed once in three yeeres FOrasmuch as it hath beene a solemne ancient laudable Custome in the Church of God continued from the Apostles times that all Bishops should lay their hands vpon children Baptized and instructed in the Catechisme of Christian Religion praying ouer them and blessing them which wee commonly call Confirmation and that this holy action hath beene accustomed in the Church in former ages to be performed in the Bishops Visitation euery third yeere We will and appoint that euery Bishop or his Suffragan in his accustomed Visitation do in his owne person carefully obserue the said Custome And if in that yeere by reason of some infirmitie he be not able personally to Visit then he shal not omit the execution of that duetie of Confirmation the next yeere after as he may conueniently LXI Ministers to prepare children for Confirmation EVery Minister that hath Cure and charge of soules for the better accomplishing of the Orders prescribed in the Booke of Common prayer concerning Confirmation shall take such especiall care as that none may be presented to the Bishop for him to lay his hands vpon but such as can render an account of their Faith according to the Catechisme in the said Booke contained And when the Bishop shall assigne any time for the performance of that part of his duty euery such Minister shall vse his best endeuour to prepare and make able and likewise to procure as many as he can to be then brought and by the Bishop to be confirmed LXII Ministers not to marrie any persons without Bannes or Licence NO Minister vpon paine of suspension per triennium ipso facto shall celebrate Matrimonie betweene any persons without a Facultie or Licence granted by some of the persons in these our Constitutions expressed except the Bannes of Matrimonie haue bene first published three seueral Sundaies or Holy dayes in the time of diuine Seruice in the Paris●… churches and Chappels where the saide parties dwel according to the booke of Common prayer Neither shall any Minister vpon the like paine vnder any pretence whatsoeuer ioyne any persons so licenced in Marriage at any vnseasonable times but onely betweene the houres of eight and twelue in the forenoone nor in any priuate place but either in the said Churches or Chappels where one of them dwelleth and likewise in time of Diuine Seruice nor when Bannes are thrice asked and no Licence in that respect necessary before the Parents or Gouernours of the parties to be married being vnder the age of twentie and one yeeres shall either personally or by sufficient testimonie signifie to him their consents giuen to the said Marriage LXIII Ministers of exempt Churches not to Marry without Bannes or Licence EVery Minister who shal hereafter celebrate Marriage betwixt any persons contrary to our said Constitutions or any part of them vnder colour of any peculiar Libertie or Priuiledge claimed to appertaine to certaine Churches and Chappels shall be suspended per triennium by the Ordinarie of the place where the offence shal be committed And if any such Minister shall afterwards remooue from the place where he hath committed that fault before he be suspended as is aforesaid then shall the Bishop of the Diocesse or Ordinarie of the place where he remaineth vpon Certificat vnder the Hand and Seale of the other Ordinarie from whose Iurisdiction hee remooued execute that censure vpon him LXIIII. Ministers solemnly to bid Holy dayes EVery Parson Vicar or Curate shall in his seuerall charge declare to the people euery Sunday at the time appointed in the Communion Booke whether there bee any Holy dayes or Fasting dayes the weeke following And if any doe hereafter wittingly offend herein and beeing once admonished thereof by his Ordinary shall againe omit that duetie let him be censured according to Law vntill hee submit himselfe to the due performance of it LXV Ministers solemnly to denounce Recusants and Excommunicats ALl Ordinaries shall in their seuerall Iurisdictions carefully see giue order that aswell those who for obstinate refusing to frequent diuine Seruice established by publike authority within this Realme of England as those also especially of the better sort and condition who for notorious contumacie or other notable crimes stand lawfully excommunicate vnlesse within three moneths immediatly after the said sentence of Excommunication pronounced against them they reforme themselues and obtaine the benefit of Absolution bee euery sixe moneths ensuing aswell in the Parish Church as in the Cathedrall Church of the Diocesse in which they remaine by the Minister openly in time of Diuine Seruice vpon some Sunday denounced and declared Excommunicate that others may be thereby both admonished to refraine their company and society and excited the rather to procure out a Writ De excommunicate capiendo thereby to bring and reduce them into due order and obedience Likewise the Register of euery Ecclesiastical Court shal yeerely betweene Michaelmas and Christmas duely certifie the Archbishop of the Prouince of all and singuler the premisses aforesaid LXVI Miuisters to conferre with Recusants EVery Minister being a Preacher and hauing any Popish Recusant or Recusants in his Parish and thought fit by the Bishop of the Diocesse shall labour diligently wi●h them from time to time thereby to recl●ime them from their errours And if he be 〈◊〉 Preacher or not such a Preacher then hee shall procure if he can possibly some that are Preachers so qualified to take paines with them for that purpose If he can procure none then he shall informe the Bishop of the Diocesse thereof who shal not only appoint some neighbour Preacher or Preachers adioyning 〈…〉 labour vpon them but himselfe also 〈…〉 important affaires wil permit him shal 〈…〉 is best endeuour by instruction perswasion and all good meanes he

moe Benefices with Cure and not beeing Residentaries in the same Cathedrall or Collegiat Churches shall vnder colour of the sayd Prebends absent themselues from their Benefices with Cure aboue the space of one moneth in the yeere vnlesse it be for some vrgent cause and certaine time to be allowed by the Bishop of the Diocesse And such of the said Canons and Prebendaries as by the Ordinances of the sayd Cathedrall or Collegiat Churches do stand bound to be resident in the same shall so among themselues sort and proportion the times of the yeere concerning residence to bee kept in the sayde Churches as that some of them alwayes shall be personally resident there and that all those who be or shall be Residentiaries in any Cathedrall or Collegiat Church shall after the dayes of their Residencie appointed by their locall Statutes or Customes expired presently repaire to their Benefices or some one of them or to some other Charge where the Law requireth their presence there to discharge their dueties according to the Lawes in that case prouided And the Bishop of the Diocesse shall see the same to be duely performed and put in execution XLV Beneficed Preachers beeing resident vpon their liuings to preach euery Sunday EVery Beneficed man allowed to bee a preacher and residing on his Benefice hauing no lawful impediment shall in his owne Cure or in some other Church or Chappell where he may conueniently neere adioyning where no Preacher is preach one Sermon euery Sunday of the yeere wherein hee shall soberly and sincerely diuide the word of trueth to the glory of God and to the best edification of the people XLVI Beneficed men not Preachers to procure monethly Sermons EVery beneficed man not allowed to be a Preacher shall procure Sermons to bee preached in his Cure once in euery moneth at the least by Preachers lawfully licenced if his liuing in the iudgement of the Ordinary will be able to beare it And vpon euery Sunday when there shall not bee a Sermon preached in his Cure hee or his Curate shall reade some one of the Homilies prescribed or to be prescribed by authoritie to the intents aforesaid XLVII Absence of Beneficed men to bee supplied by Curates that are allowed Preachers EVery Beneficed man licensed by the Lawes of this Realme vpon vrgent occasions of other seruice not to reside vpon his Benefice shall cause his Cure to be supplied by a Curate that is a suffiicient and licensed Preacher if the worth of the Benefice wil beare it But whosoeuer hath two Benefices shall maintaine a Preacher licensed in the Benefice where he doeth not reside except he preach himselfe at both of them vsually XLVIII None to be Curates but allowed by the Bishop NO Curat or Minister shall be permited to serue in any place without Examination and Admission of the Bishop of the Diocesse or Ordinary of the place hauing Episcopal Iurisdiction in writing vnder his hand and seale hauing respect to the greatnesse of the Cure and meetenesse of the party And the said Curates and Ministers if they remooue from one Diocesse to another shal not be by any means admitted to serue without testimonie of the Bishop of the Diocesse or Ordinarie of the place as aforesaid whence they came in writing of their honesty ability and conformitie to the Ecclesiasticall lawes of the Church of England Nor any shall serue more then one Church or Chappel vpon one day except that Chappell be a member of the Parish Church or vnited thereunto and vnlesse the sayde Church or Chappell where such a Minister shall serue in two places bee not able in the iudgement of the Bishop or Ordinary as aforesaid to maintaine a Curate XLIX Ministers not allowed Preachers may not expoūd NO person whatsoeuer not examined and approued by the Bishop of the Diocesse or not licensed as is aforesaid for a sufficient or conuenient Preacher shal take vpon him to expound in his owne Cure or elsewhere any Scripture or matter of doctrine but shall onely study to reade plainly and aptly without glozing or adding the Homilies already set foorth or hereafter to be published by lawfull Authoritie for the confirmation of the true Faith and for the good instruction and edification of the people L. Strangers not admitted to Preach without shewing their Licence NEither the Minister Churchwardens nor any other Officers of the Church shall suffer any man to preach within their Churches or Chappels but such as by shewing their Licence to preach shal appeare vnto them to be sufficiently authorized thereunto as is aforesaid LI. Strangers not admitted to Preach in Cathedrall Churches without sufficient authoritie THe Dea●… Presidents Residentiaries of any Cathedrall or Collegiate Church shal suffer no stranger to preach vnto the people in their Churches except they be allowed by the Archbishop of the Prouince or by the Bishop of the same Diocesse or by either of the Vniuersities And if any in his Sermon shal publish any Doctrine either strange or disagreeing from the word of God or from any of the Articles of Religion agreed vpon in the Conuocation house Anno 1562. or from the booke of Cōmon prayers the Deane or the Residents shall by their Letters subscribed with some of their hands that heard him so soone as may be giue notice of the same to the Bishop of the Diocesse that he may determine the matter and take such order therein as he shall thinke conuenient LII The names of strange Preachers to bee noted in a Booke THat the Bishop may vnderstand if occasion so require what Sermons are made in euery Church of his Diocesse and who presume to preach without Licence the Churchwardens Sidemen shall see that the names of al preachers which come to their Church from any other place bee noted in a booke which they shall haue ready for that purpose wherein euery Preacher shall subscribe his name the day when hee preached and the name of the Bishop of whom he had Licence to preach LIII No publike opposition betweene Preachers IF any Preacher shall in the Pulpit particularly or namely of purpose impugne or confute any doctrine deliuered by any other Preacher in the same Church or in any church neere adioyning before he hath acquainted the Bishop of the Diocesse therewith and receiued order from him what to do in that case because vpon such publike dissenting and contradicting there may grow much offence and disquietnesse vnto the people the Church-wardens or party grieued shall forthwith signifie the same to the said Bishop and not suffer the said Preacher any more to occupy that place which he hath once abused except hee faithfully promise to forbeare all such matter of contention in the Church vntill the Bishop hath taken further order therein who shall with all conuenient speed so proceed therein that publike satisfaction may bee made in the Congregation where the offence was giuen Prouided that if either of the parties offending doe appeale hee shall not be