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A defence of pluralities, or, Holding two benefices with cure of souls as now practised in the Church of England.
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Wharton, Henry, 1664-1695.
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Wing W1561; ESTC R8846
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the_o cathedral_n church_n this_o be_v not_o only_o do_v by_o the_o roman_a bishop_n and_o their_o disciple_n and_o convert_v in_o england_n according_a to_o the_o direction_n of_o pope_n gregory_n but_o also_o by_o the_o scotch_a clergy_n and_o their_o disciple_n in_o england_n particular_o by_o aidan_n bishop_n of_o the_o northumber_n as_o bede_n often_o relate_v who_o disciple_n convert_v the_o large_a part_n of_o england_n 2._o that_o there_o be_v at_o this_o time_n several_a church_n erect_v in_o divers_a part_n of_o the_o diocese_n which_o the_o convert_v remote_a from_o the_o cathedral_n church_n frequent_v and_o make_v their_o oblation_n in_o they_o for_o both_o the_o roman_a and_o scotch_a clergy_n apply_v themselves_o with_o great_a assiduity_n to_o propagate_v the_o faith_n and_o find_v great_a zeal_n and_o devotion_n in_o their_o convert_v be_v soon_o enable_v by_o they_o to_o erect_v auxiliary_a church_n in_o several_a part_n of_o the_o diocese_n thus_o bede_n relate_v of_o birinus_fw-la first_o bishop_n of_o the_o west_n saxon_n 7._o who_o come_v into_o england_n about_o thirty_o year_n after_o augustin_n that_o have_v build_v and_o dedicate_v several_a church_n in_o his_o diocese_n of_o dorchester_n and_o convert_v much_o people_n he_o make_v a_o pious_a end_n 3._o that_o as_o well_o the_o oblation_n make_v in_o these_o auxiliary_a church_n as_o the_o other_o revenue_n of_o the_o church_n belong_v entire_o to_o the_o disposition_n of_o the_o bishop_n who_o set_v apart_o a_o certain_a portion_n of_o it_o to_o the_o inferior_a clergy_n and_o divide_v that_o among_o they_o in_o such_o proportion_n as_o himself_o please_v the_o clergy_n be_v oblige_v to_o bring_v with_o they_o all_o the_o oblation_n make_v in_o the_o auxiliary_a church_n at_o their_o return_n to_o the_o cathedral_n church_n and_o college_n after_o their_o finish_v their_o course_n of_o preach_v and_o serve_v in_o these_o church_n for_o as_o yet_o there_o be_v no_o other_o than_o itinerant_a preacher_n or_o priest_n send_v by_o the_o bishop_n from_o the_o cathedral_n church_n at_o certain_a time_n to_o celebrate_v and_o preach_v in_o the_o rural_a church_n of_o such_o a_o division_n which_o be_v do_v they_o return_v to_o the_o bishop_n who_o send_v other_o again_o to_o perform_v the_o same_o duty_n when_o himself_o think_v convenient_a that_o this_o be_v the_o constant_a receive_v discipline_n of_o the_o english_a church_n about_o the_o year_n 664_o bede_n express_o witness_v in_o these_o word_n fine_a si_fw-mi quis_fw-la sacerdotum_fw-la in_o vicum_fw-la fortè_fw-la devenerit_fw-la mox_fw-la congregati_fw-la in_o unum_fw-la vicani_fw-la verbum_fw-la vitæ_fw-la ab_fw-la illo_fw-la expetere_fw-la curabant_fw-la nam_fw-la neque_fw-la alia_fw-la ipsis_fw-la sacerdotibus_fw-la aut_fw-la clericis_fw-la vicos_fw-la adeundi_fw-la quam_fw-la praedicandi_fw-la baptizandi_fw-la infirmos_fw-la visitandi_fw-la &_o ut_fw-la breviter_fw-la dicam_fw-la animas_fw-la curandi_fw-la causa_fw-la fuit_fw-la ubicunque_fw-la clericus_fw-la aliquis_fw-la aut_fw-la monachus_n adveniret_fw-la gaudenter_fw-la ab_fw-la omnibus_fw-la tanquam_fw-la dei_fw-la famulus_fw-la exciperetur_fw-la etiamsi_fw-la in_o itinere_fw-la pergen_v inveniretur_fw-la accurrebant_fw-la &_o verbis_fw-la horum_fw-la exhortatoriis_fw-la diligenter_fw-la auditum_fw-la praebebant_fw-la and_o to_o the_o same_o purpose_n in_o another_o place_n med_n erat_fw-la quip_n moris_fw-la eo_fw-la tempore_fw-la populis_fw-la anglorum_fw-la ut_fw-la veniente_fw-la in_o villam_fw-la clerico_n vel_fw-la presbytero_fw-la cuncti_fw-la ad_fw-la ejus_fw-la imperium_fw-la verbum_fw-la audituri_fw-la confluerent_fw-la libenter_fw-la ea_fw-la quae_fw-la dicerentur_fw-la audirent_fw-la libentiùs_fw-la quae_fw-la andire_fw-la &_o intelligere_fw-la poterant_fw-la operando_fw-la sequerentur_fw-la and_o that_o the_o same_o method_n be_v general_o practise_v at_o least_o in_o the_o northern_a diocese_n of_o england_n when_o bede_n finish_v his_o history_n in_o the_o year_n 731._o be_v evident_a from_o several_a place_n so_o that_o at_o that_o time_n there_o be_v no_o other_o than_o pluralist_n clergyman_n if_o they_o may_v be_v so_o call_v who_o have_v not_o the_o care_n of_o any_o particular_a parish_n or_o parish_n commit_v to_o they_o but_o execute_v their_o office_n in_o this_o or_o that_o or_o all_o the_o church_n of_o the_o diocese_n as_o the_o bishop_n shall_v direct_v they_o it_o must_v not_o be_v imagine_v that_o those_o rural_a church_n which_o be_v so_o early_o erect_v have_v any_o certain_a bound_n yet_o assign_v to_o they_o or_o be_v make_v parochial_a proper_o so_o call_v but_o only_o serve_v to_o receive_v as_o many_o of_o the_o neighbour_a convert_v from_o whatever_o distance_n as_o please_v to_o frequent_v they_o that_o so_o they_o may_v with_o convenience_n receive_v the_o benefit_n of_o the_o holy_a office_n and_o sacrament_n without_o be_v oblige_v to_o come_v to_o the_o cathedral_n church_n so_o that_o these_o rural_a church_n be_v in_o a_o strict_a and_o proper_a sense_n no_o other_o than_o chapel_n of_o ease_n to_o the_o mother_n or_o cathedral_n church_n it_o be_v indeed_o a_o common_a error_n among_o our_o historian_n that_o the_o division_n of_o diocese_n into_o parish_n in_o england_n be_v make_v in_o the_o time_n of_o archbishop_n honorius_n who_o preside_v about_o thirty_o year_n after_o the_o death_n of_o augustin_n 52._o for_o this_o they_o be_v wont_n to_o allege_v archbishop_n parker_n in_o the_o life_n of_o honorius_n where_o he_o say_v neque_fw-la solùm_fw-la episcopos_fw-la super_fw-la imposuit_fw-la sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la provinciam_fw-la svam_fw-la primus_fw-la in_o parâ—chias_n dividens_fw-la inferiores_fw-la ministros_fw-la ordinavit_fw-la this_o that_o learned_a archbishop_n seem_v to_o have_v transcribe_v from_o some_o more_o ancient_a historian_n who_o do_v not_o so_o apt_o express_v what_o he_o intend_v to_o relate_v the_o truth_n be_v that_o in_o the_o time_n of_o honorius_n there_o be_v make_v a_o second_o division_n of_o the_o province_n of_o canterbury_n into_o diocese_n and_o bishop_n settle_v in_o these_o new_a diocese_n for_o in_o his_o time_n the_o episcopal_a see_v of_o dorchester_n and_o dunwich_n be_v found_v which_o be_v the_o only_o see_v found_v since_o the_o time_n of_o augustin_n this_o division_n give_v occasion_n to_o those_o word_n of_o the_o historian_n but_o as_o for_o the_o division_n of_o diocese_n into_o parish_n that_o be_v not_o yet_o think_v of_o in_o this_o manner_n than_o cathedral_n churches_n be_v found_v and_o endow_v by_o the_o king_n of_o the_o several_a part_n of_o the_o saxon_a heptarchy_n for_o the_o general_a good_a of_o the_o several_a diocese_n that_o be_v of_o their_o several_a kingdom_n for_o it_o be_v to_o be_v observe_v that_o in_o the_o first_o foundation_n of_o bishopric_n among_o the_o saxon_n the_o diocese_n have_v the_o same_o limit_n with_o the_o kingdom_n and_o so_o continue_v at_o this_o day_n as_o many_o of_o they_o as_o have_v not_o be_v yet_o subdivide_v the_o first_o subdivision_n be_v make_v in_o the_o diocese_n of_o york_n by_o archbishop_n theodore_n now_o as_o king_n first_o found_v cathedral_n for_o the_o good_a of_o their_o whole_a kingdom_n so_o great_a man_n first_o found_v parochial_a church_n for_o the_o particular_a good_a of_o themselves_o their_o family_n and_o tenant_n for_o at_o that_o time_n the_o great_a man_n possess_v ample_a territory_n within_o themselves_o wherein_o all_o the_o inhabitant_n be_v no_o other_o than_o their_o servant_n till_v their_o land_n and_o do_v other_o service_n to_o they_o when_o therefore_o christianity_n begin_v to_o prevail_v apace_o many_o layman_n of_o great_a estate_n will_v desire_v the_o constant_a residence_n of_o some_o priest_n among_o they_o who_o may_v be_v always_o ready_a to_o instruct_v themselves_o their_o family_n and_o adjoin_v tenant_n either_o incite_v by_o their_o own_o devotion_n or_o because_o it_o be_v not_o easy_a without_o it_o to_o keep_v their_o tenant_n together_o oratory_n and_o church_n be_v for_o this_o end_n erect_v by_o they_o which_o be_v consecrate_v by_o the_o bishop_n be_v by_o the_o founder_n or_o patron_n endow_v with_o peculiar_a maintenance_n for_o the_o incumbent_n which_o shall_v there_o reside_v and_o execute_v the_o holy_a function_n within_o the_o limit_n appoint_v by_o the_o patron_n which_o be_v no_o other_o than_o the_o bound_n or_o territory_n of_o his_o own_o demesne_n tenancy_n or_o neighbour_a possession_n some_o foundation_n of_o this_o kind_n be_v mention_v by_o bede_n make_v about_o the_o year_n 700._o as_o of_o puch_n a_o saxon_a count_n who_o invite_v john_n bishop_n of_o hexham_n 4._o ad_fw-la dedicandam_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la in_o villâ_fw-la suâ_fw-la and_o of_o addiâ_fw-la saxon_a count_n â—_o whoat_v another_o time_n invite_v the_o same_o holy_a bishop_n to_o perform_v the_o like_a office_n for_o he_o not_o only_o the_o bishop_n consecration_n be_v necessary_a to_o prepare_v these_o rural_a church_n for_o the_o celebration_n of_o divine_a office_n therein_o but_o his_o consent_n also_o and_o approbation_n be_v necessary_a to_o their_o erection_n and_o to_o the_o determination_n of_o their_o limit_n thus_o
8._o in_o the_o case_n therefore_o of_o a_o dispensation_n grant_v by_o the_o ordinary_a before_o the_o lateran_n council_n by_o the_o pope_n after_o it_o and_o by_o the_o archbishop_n since_o the_o statute_n the_o obligation_n as_o to_o such_o particular_a person_n be_v relax_v and_o annul_v by_o the_o same_o authority_n by_o which_o it_o be_v impose_v as_o for_o the_o opposition_n of_o dispensation_n to_o the_o chief_a design_n of_o the_o canon_n and_o law_n make_v against_o plurality_n and_o nonresidence_n the_o design_n of_o a_o law_n be_v no_o more_o to_o be_v take_v from_o the_o former_a than_o from_o the_o latter_a part_n of_o it_o it_o can_v never_o be_v say_v that_o any_o law_n do_v either_o chief_o or_o secondary_o design_n to_o oblige_v those_o who_o it_o do_v particular_o except_v from_o its_o obligation_n suppose_v a_o law_n shall_v be_v make_v to_o oblige_v all_o adult_n person_n except_o clergyman_n to_o take_v up_o arm_n upon_o some_o urgent_a occasion_n shall_v the_o clergy_n notwithstanding_o this_o exemption_n esteem_v themselves_o oblige_v in_o conscience_n by_o the_o law_n to_o take_v up_o arm_n only_o because_o the_o general_a design_n of_o the_o law_n be_v that_o all_o adult_n person_n shall_v enter_v into_o arm_n certain_o in_o no_o law_n be_v the_o former_a part_n ever_o know_v to_o annul_v the_o latter_a although_o the_o latter_a may_v restrain_v and_o qualify_v the_o former_a it_o be_v to_o be_v observe_v that_o in_o all_o the_o constitution_n and_o decree_n make_v against_o plurality_n which_o have_v be_v already_o recite_v no_o difference_n be_v make_v between_o plurality_n of_o bishopric_n prebend_n archdeaconries_n or_o any_o other_o ecclesiastical_a preferment_n and_o plurality_n of_o benefice_n with_o cure_n of_o soul_n the_o same_o prohibition_n lie_v against_o both_o so_o the_o three_o council_n of_o lateran_n supra_fw-la can._n 13._o quia_fw-la nonnulli_fw-la dignitates_fw-la diversas_fw-la ecclesiasticas_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o the_o four_o council_n of_o lateran_n can._n 29._o in_o eâdem_fw-la ecclesiâ_fw-la nullus_fw-la plures_fw-la dignitates_fw-la aut_fw-la personatus_fw-la habere_fw-la praesumat_fw-la etc._n etc._n nay_o many_o canon_n do_v peculiar_o concern_v these_o which_o relate_v not_o to_o parochial_a cure_n as_o the_o decree_n of_o the_o council_n of_o winchester_n in_o the_o year_n 1076._o 12._o nulli_fw-la liceat_fw-la duobus_fw-la episcopatibus_fw-la praesidere_fw-la which_o be_v make_v against_o the_o ill_a example_n of_o stigand_n who_o with_o the_o bishopric_n of_o the_o south-saxons_a hold_v that_o of_o the_o east-angle_n and_o afterward_o winchester_n with_o canterbury_n after_o this_o canon_n no_o bishopric_n be_v hold_v in_o england_n with_o another_o in_o commendam_fw-la till_o cardinal_n wolsey_n yet_o since_o the_o reformation_n we_o have_v see_v several_a example_n of_o it_o in_o the_o legatine_n constitution_n of_o othobon_n all_o manner_n of_o commendam_n be_v strict_o forbid_v yet_o nothing_o be_v now_o more_o ordinary_a 281._o in_o the_o 12_o canon_n of_o the_o council_n of_o westminster_n hold_v in_o the_o year_n 1126._o 34._o it_o be_v forbid_v ne_fw-la uni_fw-la personae_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la diversi_fw-la tribuantur_fw-la honores_fw-la that_o different_a dignity_n in_o the_o church_n be_v not_o give_v to_o one_o person_n yet_o now_o one_o person_n be_v sometime_o a_o bishop_n a_o archdeacon_n and_o a_o parish_n priest_n nay_o which_o former_o will_v have_v be_v account_v monstrous_a a_o parish_n priest_n in_o the_o diocese_n of_o another_o bishop_n in_o other_o person_n we_o see_v the_o dignity_n of_o a_o dean_n archdeacon_n prebendary_a and_o parish_n priest_n unite_v in_o the_o eight_o canon_n of_o the_o council_n of_o westminster_n hold_v in_o the_o year_n 1127._o 36_o it_o be_v forbid_v under_o a_o anathema_n to_o hold_v plurality_n of_o archdeaconries_n ut_fw-la nullus_fw-la archidiaconus_fw-la in_o diversis_fw-la episcopatibus_fw-la diversos_fw-la archidiaconatus_fw-la teneat_fw-la sub_fw-la anathemate_fw-la prohibemus_fw-la yet_o our_o time_n have_v afford_v many_o example_n of_o the_o contrary_a and_o no_o censure_n put_v upon_o they_o in_o the_o council_n of_o lateran_n it_o be_v forbid_v to_o the_o canon_n of_o cathedral_n or_o collegiate_n church_n to_o hold_v the_o cure_n of_o a_o parish-church_n together_o with_o their_o canonry_n pope_n honorius_n iii_o first_o allow_v they_o to_o augment_v their_o prebend_n with_o the_o perpetual_a annexation_n of_o parochial_a church_n reserve_v a_o competent_a stipend_n to_o the_o curate_n all_o these_o canon_n be_v secure_o break_v and_o no_o exclamation_n make_v only_o because_o in_o the_o statute_n 21_o h._n 8._o concern_v plurality_n no_o mention_n be_v make_v of_o bishopric_n and_o preferment_n without_o cure_n of_o soul_n although_o that_o statute_n do_v not_o in_o the_o least_o annul_v the_o obligation_n of_o the_o ancient_a canon_n concern_v they_o which_o still_o remain_v in_o their_o full_a force_n as_o be_v adjudge_v in_o the_o case_n of_o goodman_n dean_n of_o wells_n 35._o who_o 20_o year_n after_o the_o make_n of_o that_o statute_n be_v by_o virtue_n of_o the_o 29_o canon_n of_o the_o four_o council_n of_o lateran_n deprive_v of_o his_o deanery_n because_o he_o have_v accept_v the_o prebend_n of_o wiveliscomb_n in_o the_o same_o church_n as_o the_o prohibition_n of_o plurality_n be_v extend_v equal_o to_o all_o ecclesiastical_a preferment_n so_o also_o the_o obligation_n to_o residence_n be_v both_o by_o the_o design_n of_o the_o several_a foundation_n and_o by_o the_o decree_n of_o the_o church_n no_o more_o require_v of_o one_o than_o of_o the_o other_o nay_o require_v much_o more_o strict_o of_o bishop_n archdeacon_n and_o prebendary_n than_o of_o parochial_a priest_n the_o necessity_n of_o episcopal_a residence_n for_o the_o benefit_n and_o convenience_n of_o the_o diocese_n and_o the_o conformity_n of_o it_o to_o the_o first_o design_n of_o the_o institution_n of_o their_o order_n can_v be_v call_v in_o question_n in_o the_o church_n of_o england_n they_o be_v command_v to_o reside_v and_o celebrate_v personal_o at_o their_o cathedral_n church_n by_o the_o provincial_a constitution_n of_o edmund_n archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n 227._o make_v in_o the_o synod_n of_o london_n in_o the_o year_n 1237._o cap._n 22._o archiepiscopi_fw-la &_o episcopi_fw-la moram_fw-la trahentes_fw-la apud_fw-la cathedrales_n ecclesias_fw-la congruenter_v ibidem_fw-la missas_fw-la celebrent_fw-la in_o the_o legatine_n constitution_n of_o othobon_n they_o be_v say_v to_o be_v oblige_v to_o personal_a residence_n both_o by_o divine_a and_o by_o ecclesiastical_a right_n episcopi_fw-la ad_fw-la personalem_fw-la residentiam_fw-la circa_fw-la gregem_fw-la domini_fw-la sibi_fw-la commissum_fw-la tam_fw-la divinis_fw-la quam_fw-la ecclesiasticis_fw-la precept_n be_v noscuntur_fw-la astricti_fw-la 277._o forty_o year_n after_o this_o archbishop_n peckham_n renew_v the_o injunction_n and_o to_o some_o bishop_n who_o will_v not_o reside_v appoint_a coadjutor_n for_o archdeacon_n the_o design_n of_o their_o institution_n be_v that_o they_o shall_v be_v the_o eye_n of_o the_o bishop_n that_o they_o shall_v personal_o visit_v all_o the_o clergy_n of_o the_o diocese_n every_o year_n that_o they_o shall_v diligent_o inquire_v into_o the_o behaviour_n of_o they_o examine_v the_o state_n of_o all_o the_o parochial_a church_n and_o signify_v the_o fault_n or_o defect_n of_o both_o to_o the_o bishop_n a_o institution_n which_o if_o due_o maintain_v and_o execute_v as_o the_o canon_n direct_v will_v contribute_v more_o to_o the_o establishment_n of_o good_a order_n and_o discipline_n in_o the_o church_n and_o clergy_n than_o all_o the_o little_a project_n of_o private_a person_n for_o the_o discharge_n of_o this_o duty_n archdeacon_n be_v jure_fw-la communi_fw-la oblige_v to_o perpetual_a residence_n and_o when_o that_o be_v slight_v the_o obligation_n be_v enforce_v by_o many_o canon_n and_o constitution_n and_o at_o last_o it_o be_v forbid_v to_o they_o to_o exact_v or_o receive_v procuration_n from_o any_o church_n which_o they_o do_v not_o personal_o visit_v so_o the_o constitution_n of_o peter_n quivil_a bishop_n of_o exeter_n cap._n 40._o and_o to_o the_o same_o purpose_n be_v the_o decree_n of_o several_a provincial_a council_n in_o england_n singulis_n archidiaconis_fw-la praecipimus_fw-la 3â—_n ut_fw-la ab_fw-la ecclesiis_fw-la quando_fw-la personaliter_fw-la non_fw-la visitant_n procurationes_fw-la exigere_fw-la vel_fw-la percipere_fw-la non_fw-la praesumant_fw-la as_o for_o prebendary_n it_o be_v notorious_a that_o it_o be_v the_o design_n of_o the_o foundation_n and_o endowment_n of_o cathedral_n and_o collegiate_n church_n that_o they_o shall_v attend_v the_o service_n of_o they_o and_o this_o obligation_n be_v ever_o esteem_v much_o strict_a than_o that_o of_o residence_n upon_o parochial_a cure_n till_o the_o middle_n of_o the_o 13_o age._n 217._o if_o we_o may_v believe_v father_n paul_n a_o author_n much_o admire_v by_o the_o enemy_n of_o plurality_n canon_n of_o church_n be_v first_o require_v by_o papal_a constitution_n to_o reside_v when_o other_o benefice_a clerk_n be_v leave_v at_o liberty_n certain_o