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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A27512	A short view of the prelatical church of England laid open in ten sections by way of quere and petition to the High and Honourable Court of Parliament, the several heads whereof are set down in the next two pages / written a little before the fall of that hierarchie, about the year 1641, by Iohn Barnard, sometime minister of Batcomb in Somerset-shire ; whereunto is added The anatomy of The common-prayer.	Bernard, Richard, 1568-1641.; Bernard, John.	1661 (1661)	Wing B2034; ESTC R17815	85,593	122

A SHORT VIEW OF THE Prelatical Church OF ENGLAND Laid open in Ten Sections by way of Quere and Petition to the High and Honourable Court of Parliament the several Heads whereof are set down in the next two pages Written a little before the fall of that Hierarchie about the year 1641. by Iohn Barnard sometimes Minister of Batcomb in Somerset shire Whereunto is added THE ANATOMY OF THE COMMON-PRAYER Printed in the year 1661. TO THE HONORABLE AND High Court of Parliament HIgh and Mighty Power under Soveraigne Authority Assembled for God for your King and Countrey We distressed throughout the Land do earnestly begge commiseration and pitie at your helpfull hands behold see and consider how it is with us and receive graciously our humble Petitions The wisdom of our God guide you make you also valiant for Truth and Right and give you Magnanimitie of Heart Unanimity of spirit to finish the Lords Work for Gods glory for the Churches peace the Kings safety the welfare of our Kingdom and Countrey SECTION I. OF the title of the Church and why it is called Prelatical SECTION II. Of the Principal persons in this Prelatical Church and their Dependents SECTION III. Of the meanes to support their Prelatical greatness SECTION IV. Of the Prelatical rule and Government and the ends th●y ai●e at SECTION V. Of the Prelatical visitations SECTION VI. Of the Prelatical Churches and the dependents on them SECTION VII Of the Prelatical Service SECTION VIII Of the Prelatical Ministry SECTION IX Of the Prelatical Convocation SECTION X. Of the great and manifold evils of these Prelatical governments A SHORT VIEW Of the Prelatical Church OF ENGLAND SECTION I. Of the title Church and why it is called Prelatical THe Church of England now so called is the Church of our Prelates and may be rightly termed the Prelatical or Hierarchical Church of England received from Rome the seat of Antichrist and set up here after the Protestants fell off from that Papal Church for it is framed of Prelates and also of a Prelatical Clergy and onely ruled by them Quaere Whether any such Church was in the Apostles dayes or any time shortly within 2 or 300. years after Whether any such Church be among any of the reformed Churches or any where else but under the Pope the Beast which hath two Horns like a Lamb but speaketh like the Dragon Rev. 12. Whether therefore it be guided by the Spirit of Christ or by the Spirit of Antichrist Whether God ever permitted any mortal men to frame a Church after their wisdom For when he gave 1. The Pattern for his Tabernacle to Moses Exod. 25.9 and 26.30 Heb. 8.5 2. The Pattern of his Temple unto David 1 Chron. 28.19 and vers 11 12 13. 1 King 6.38 3. The Pattern of the rebuilding of it to the Prophet Ezek. 43.10 11. He did not suffer Moses nor David nor Solomon nor the Prophet nor any after them to attempt such a thing Was he so carefull for the Type and shadow and not for the Antitype and substance Whether therefore a frame of a Church after an humane device may not be altered upon good reasons by lawfull power The humble Petition That it may be considered of HOw according to the Romish fashion by the name of Church 1 The Prelates understand on●ly themselves and as they call them their Clergy 2. That they seclude the Nobles and Gentry the whole house of Parliament the Vpper and Lower from being of their Church and so debar them from having any right to meddle in Church matters When the title of Church monopolized now to themselves is taken in Scripture of the new Testament either for the Ministers and people together Math. 16.18 Act 12.1 and 13.1 and 9.31 and 15 22. and 14.27 and so usually Or for the people distinct from Ministers Act. 14 23. where the people are called the Church before they had Pastors set over them when Pa●ors and people are distinguished there the people are called the Church and not the Ministers the Ministers are said to be of the Church Rev. 18.2.1.8 The Churches d●nomination is from the people who also are the Lords cl●rgy Pet. 5.3 the word in English is heritage in Latine cleri and in the Greek cleros There is much complaint touching Monopolies in another nature and justly but this is taken no notice of and yet this Monopolie is a mystery of mischiefs for by this name of the Church assumed to themselves They d●gnifie very greatly their Prelatical power as may appear by the ●o Article of Religion which they have corrupted from that it was at first set out in Anno 1561. and 1571. 2 They decree what they please without controle as is evident by their former and late Canons 3. They strike an awefulnesse in all sorts under the sacred name of Church When the Church representative ought to be gathered of both sorts as they be now distinguished of the learned and godly Laity as well as of he clergy Why should therefore the noble Lords and the christian Spirits of the Gentry lose the right into which the Holy Ghost by calling them and the rest of his Chur●h hath invested you In former times Parliaments have confirmed Injunctions Ecclesiastical and our Service Book containing Gods worship matters of an high nature and w●y not will so And if the Nobles and Commons can claim so much as to ratisie the matters Ecclesiastical being concluded upon I hope it is by pernsal thereof before else how can they in judgement confirm them And if they have wisdom from God to confirm them made why may not some chosen men be appointed to consult with the convocation house about the framing of those things which are to be s●●●orth seeing they very much ●oncern all The Brethren in the great council at Jerusalem were not shut out while the Apostles and Elders came together to consider of a great controversie in Divinity and in making their decrees but when they were sent forth they passed under their own name and the name of the brethren also Act. 15.6.22 23. David consulted with the Laity as well as with the Priests and Levites to bring up the Ark of God 1 Chron. 1● 1 2 ● Hezekiah concerning the keeping of the Passeover took counsell thereabout not with the Priests onely but with his Princes and all the congregation in Jerusalem 2 Chron. 30.1 2. This Monopoly was not then learned among Gods people nor among the holy Apostles in their dayes SECT II. Of the principal persons in this Prelatical Church and of their Dependents upon them I. Their two Provincials Archbishops THe one of the Province of York Metropolitan of England the other of Canterbury Metropolitan of all England Dependents of Canterbury 1. His Prince-like retinue 2. His Domestick Chaplains and the rest 3. Houshold Servants 4. All his Officers for temporalities and the Revenues thereof which are very great 5. All his Spiritual Officers under him which are these