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Constitutions and canons ecclesiasticall; treated upon by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York, presidents of the convocations for the respective provinces of Canterbury and York, and the rest of the bishops and clergie of those provinces; and agreed upon with the Kings Majesties licence in their severall synods begun at London and York. 1640 ...; Constitutions and canons ecclesiastical
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Church of England.
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the space of one whole Moneth immediately before the said Licence be desired And if any Oâdinary shall offend herein and be sufficienâly evinced thereof in any of the Lord Archbishops Courts he shall be liable to such censure as the Lord Archbishop shall thinke fit to inflict And we further decree That one of the Conditions in the Bond of securitie given by the parties taking such Licence shall be that the said partieâ or one of them have or hath beene a Moneth commorant in the said Jurisdiction immediately before the said Licence granted And the Synod decrees That whatsoever is ordered in these six last Canons concerning the Jurisdiction of Bishops their Chancellors and Commissaries shall so farre as by Law is applyable be in force concerning all Deanes Deanes and Chapters Collegiate Churches Archdeacons and all in holy Orders having exempt or peculiar Jurisdiction and their severall Officers respectively XVII Against vexatious Citations AND that this Synod may prevent all grievances which may fall upon the people by Citations into Ecclesiasticall Courts upon pretence only of the breach of Law without either Pâesentment or any other just ground This present Synod decrees That for all times to come no such Citation grounded only as aforesaid shall issue out of any Ecclesiasticall Court except the said Citation be sent forth under the hand and Seale of the Chancellor Commissarie Archdeacon or other competent Jâdge of the said Court within thirty dayes afâer the fault committed and returne thereof to be mâde the next or second Court day after the Citation served at the farthest and that the partie so cited unlâsse he be convinced by two witnesses shall upon the denyall of the fact upon Oath be forthwith freely dismissed without any payment of fees Provided that this Decree exâeâd not to any gâievous crime as Schisme Incontinencie misbehaviour in the Church in time of Divine Service obstinate inconformitie or the like WEE of Our Princely inclination and Royall care for the maintenance of the present Estate and government of the Church of England by the Lawes of this Our Realme now setled and established having diligently with great contentment and comfort read and considered of all these their said Canons Orders Ordinances and Constitutions agreed upon as is before expressed And finding the same such as We are perswaded wil be very profitable not onely to Our Clergie but to the whole Church of this Our Kingdome and to all the true members of it if they be well observed Have therefore for Vs Our Heires and lawfull Successours of Our especiall grace certaine knowledge and meere motion given and by these presents doe give Our Royall Assent according to the forme of the said Statute or Act of Parliament aforesaid to all and every of the said Canons Orders Ordinances and Constitutions and to all and every thing in them contained as they are before written And furthermore We do not onely by Our said Prerogative Royall and supreme Authority in Causes Ecclesiasticall ratifie confirme and establish by these Our Letters Patents the said Canons Orders Ordinances and Constitutions and all and every thing in them contained as is aforesaid but do likewise propound publish and straightly injoyne and command by Our said Authority and by these Our Letters Patents the same to be diligently observed executed and equally kept by all Our loving Subjects of this Our Kingdome both within the Provinces of Canterbury and Yorke in all points wherein they do or may concern âvery or any of them according to this Our will and pleasure hereby signified and expressed And that likewise for the better observation of them every Minister by what âame or title soever he be called shall in the Parish Church or Chappell where he hath charge read all the said-Canons Orders Ordinances and Constitutions at all such times and in such manner as is prescribed in the said Canons or any of them The Book of the said Canons to be provided at the charge of the Parish betwixt this and the Feast of S. Michael the Archangell next ensuing straightly charging and commanding all Archbishops Bishops and all other that exercise any Ecclesiasticall jurisdiction within this Realme every man in his place to see and procure so much as in them lyeth all and every of the âame Canons Orders Ordinances and Constitutions to be in all points duly observed not sparing to execute the penalties in them severally mentioned upon any that shall wittingly or wilfully break or neglect to observe the same as they tender the honour of God the peace of the Church the tranquillity of the Kingdome and their duties and service to Vs their King and Sovereigne In witnesse whereof We have caused these Our Letters to be made Patents Witnesse Our Selfe at Westminster the thirtieth day of June in the sixteenth yeare of Our Reigne THE TABLE 1 COncerning the Regall power 2 For the better keeping of the day of His Majesties most happy Inauguration 3 For suppressing of the growth of Popery 4 Against Socinianisme 5 Against Sectaries 6 An Oath injoyned for the preventing of all Innovations in Doctrine and Government 7 A Declaration concerning some Rites and Ceremonies 8 Of Preaching for Conformiây 9 One Book of Articles of inquirie to be used at all Parochiall Visitations 10 Concerning the Conversation of the Clergie 11 Chancellours Patents 12 Chancellours alone not to censure any of the Clergie in sundry Cases 13 Excommunication and Absolution not to be pronounced but by a Priest 14 Concerning Commutations and the disposing of them 15 Touching concurrent Iurisdictions 16 Concerning Licences to marrie 17 Against vexatious Citations FINIS