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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A79651	A collection of articles, injunctions, canons, orders, ordinances and consitutions ecclesiastical, with other publick records of the Church of England chiefly in the times of K. Edward VI. Q. Elizabeth, [double brace] K. James, & K. Charles I. Published to vindicate the Church of England, and to promote uniformity and peace in the same. : With a learned preface by Anthony Sparrow, D.D. Lord Bishop of Norwich.	Church of England.; Sparrow, Anthony, 1612-1685.; England and Wales. Laws, etc.	1671 (1671)	Wing C4094cA; ESTC R173968	232,380	430

great difference it is not thy will O Lord that our Bodies should be cast out as the Bodies of Beasts to become dung for the earth or our bones lie scattered abroad to the sight of the Sun But when thy servants are gathered to their Fathers their Bodies should be decently and seemly laid up in the bosom of the Earth from whence they were taken Neither is it thy pleasure O Lord that they should be buried as an Ass in the open fields but in a place chosen and set apart for that purpose For even so from the Beginning we find the holy Patriarch Abraham the Father of the faithful would not bury his dead in the common fields nay nor amongst the Bodies of Hethites who were heathen men but purchased a burial-place for himself in the plain of Mamre which being as it were the Church-Yard of the Patriarchs therein they laid the dead bodies of Sara his Wife of himself his Son Isaac and Rebecca his Wife after them Jacob and Leah were buried there After this manner did the Patriarchs in old time who trusted in God sever themselves places for burial whose children we are so long as we do their works and walk in the steps of their most holy Faith Ensuing then the steps of the Faith of our Father Abraham we for the same purpose have made choice of the very same place wherein we now are that it may be as the Cave of Mamre even Gods store-house for the bodies of such our Brethren and Sisters to be laid up in as he shall ordain there to be interred there to rest in the sleep of peace till the last Trump shall awake them for they shall awake and rise up that sleep in the dust for the dew shall be as the dew of herbs and the earth shall yield forth her dead We beseech thee good Lord to accept this work of ours in shewing mercy to the dead and mercifully grant that they whose bodies shall be here bestowed and we all may never forget the day of puting off the Tabernacle of this flesh but that living we may think upon death and dying we may apprehend life and rising from the death of sin to the life of Righteousness which is the first rising of Grace we may have our parts in the second which is the rising to glory by thy Mercy O most gracious Lord God who doest live and govern all things world without end Priorem dein formulam per omnia secutus in Cathedram ibi se collocat atque Actum consecrationis promulgat IN Dei Nomine Amen Nos Lancelotus permissione divina Winton Episcopus hunc locum jacentem in vasto solo vulgo nuncupatum Ridgway-heath infra Parochiam Ecclesiae parochialis sanctae Mariae c. jam propriis sumptibus strenui viri Ric. Smith de Peer-tree Armigeri in circuitu Capellae noviter ab eo quoque propriis sumptibus suis constitutae palis inclusum arboribus consitum continentem in longitudine 148 pedes aut circiter in latitudine 124 pedes aut circiter in toto vero circuitu 435 pedes aut circiter a pristinis aliisque quibuscunque communibus usibus profanis in usus sacros separandum fore decernimus sic separamus ac eundem inhabitantibus vel degentibus in familia Ric. Smith in villa de Weston Hamlettis de Itchin Wolston Ridgway in parte Manerii de Bitterne quae est de Parochia sanctae Mariae juxta Southampt in coemeterium sive locum Sepulturae pro corporibus inibi decedentium Christiano ritu humandis quantum in nobis est ac de jure canonibus Ecclesiasticis ac de statutis hujus Regni Angliae possumus authoritate nostra ordinaria Episcopali assignamus ac per nomen Coemeterii Capellae JESV designatus dedicamus in usum praedictum consecramus ac sic assignatum dedicatum consecratum fuisse esse in futurum perpetuis temporibus remanere debere palam ac publice declaramus Ac Coemeterium Capellae JESV deinceps in perpetuum nuncupandum desernimus Privilegiis insuper omnibus singulis Coemeteriis locis sepulturae ab antiquo consecratis competent Coemeterium praedictum sive locum sepulturae ad omnem juris effectum munitum esse volumus quantum in nobis est de jure possumus sic munimus stabilimus per praesentes Proviso tamen quod praedict Richardus Heredes Assignati sui ac reliqui in dicta villa Hamlettis c. inhabitantes propriis suis sumptibus dictum Coemeterium de tempore in tempus in decenti statu conservabunt clausuras ejus quoties opus fuerit sufficienter convenienter reparabunt Salvis etiam omnino reservatis Rectori Ecclesiae Parochialis sancta Mariae predictae ac Guardianis aliisque Ministris dictae Ecclesiae pro tempore existentibus in perpetuum omnibus singulis oblationibus mortuariis Feudis vadiis pro omnibus singulis sepulturis Mortuorum in hoc Coemeterio aut ratione eorundem de jure sive consuetudine debitis in tam amplis modo forma ac si personae praedictae sepultae fuissent in Coemeterio Matricis Ecclesiae praedictae Quas quidem oblationes mortuaria feuda vadia omnia singula sic de jure ac consuetudine debita Rectori Guardianis Ministris dictae Matricis Ecclesiae pro tempore existentibus in perpetuum solvendi quantum in nobis est jura patiuntur reservamus per praesentes salva item nobis successoribus nostris tanquam loci Ordinariis potestate visitandi dictum Coemeterium de tempore in tempus inquirendi an sufficienter reparatum fuerit in clausuris an omnia ibi decenter et secundum ordinem fiant et si minus fiant per censuras Ecclesiasticas corrigendi His finitis precatur denuo LOrd God of Abraham Isaac and Jacob who because thou art the God not of the dead but of the Living shewest hereby that they are living and not dead and that with thee do live the spirits of all them that dye in the Lord and in whom the Souls of them that are Elect after they be delivered from the burden of this flesh be in joy and felicity thou hast said thou wilt turn men into small dust and after that wilt say Return again you Children of men Thou art the God of Truth and hast said it thou art the God of power and might and wilt do it by that power whereby thou art able to subdue all things unto thy self and bring to pass whatsoever pleaseth thee in Heaven and Earth with whom nothing is impossible Lord Jesu Christ who art the Resurection and the Life in whom if we believe though we be dead yet shall we live who by thy death hast overcome death and by thy rising again hast opened to us the Gate of everlasting life who shalt send thine Angels and gather the bodies of thine

past and grant that we may ever hereafter serve and please thee in newness of life to the honor and glory of thy Name through Iesus Christ our Lord. Then shall the Priest stand up and turning him to the people say thus Our blessed Lord who hath left power to his Church to absolve penitent sinners from their sins and to restore to the grace of the heavenly Father such as truly believe in Christ have mercy upon you pardon and deliver you from all sins confirm and strengthen you in all goodness and bring you to everlasting life Then shall the Priest stand up and turning him toward the people say thus Hear what comfortable words our Saviour Christ saith to all that truly turn to him COme unto me all that travel and be heavy laden and I shall refresh you So God loved the world that he gave his onely begotten Son to the end that all that believe in him should not perish but have life everlasting Hear also what St. Paul saith THis is a true saying and worthy of all men to be embraced and received that Iesus Christ came into this world to save sinners Hear also what St. John saith IF any man sin we have an Advocate with the Father Iesus Christ the righteous he it is that obtained grace for our sins Then shall the Priest kneel down and say in the name of all them that shall receive the Communion this Prayer following WE do not presume to come to this thy Table O merciful Lord trusting in our own righteousness but in thy manifold and great mercies we be not worthy so much as to gather up the crums under thy Table but thou art the same Lord whose property is always to have mercy grant us therefore gracious Lord so to eat the flesh of thy dear Son Iesus Christ and to drink his blood in these holy Mysteries that we may continually dwell in him and he in us that our sinful bodies may be made clean by his body and our souls washed through his most precious blood Amen Then shall the Priest rise the people still reverently kneeling and the Priest shall deliver the Communion first to the Ministers if any be there present that they may be ready to help the Priest and after to the other And when he doth deliver the Sacrament of the body of Christ he shall say to every one these words following THe body of our Lord Iesus Christ which was given for thee preserve thy body unto everlasting life And the Priest delivering the Sacrament of the blood and giving every one to drrnk once and no more shall say THe blood of our Lord Iesus Christ which was shed for thee preserve thy soul unto everlasting life If there be a Deacon or other Priest then shall he follow with the Chalice and as the Priest ministreth the Bread so shall he for more expedition minister the Wine in form before written Then shall the Priest turning him to the people let the people depart with this blessing THe peace of God which passeth all understanding keep your hearts and minds in the knowledge and love of God and of his Son Iesus Christ our Lord. To which the people shall answer Amen Note That the Bread that shall be consecrated shall be such as heretofore hath been accustomed And every of the said consecrated Breads shall be broken in two pieces at the least or more by the discretion of the Minister and so distributed And men must not think less to be received in part than in the whole but in each of them the whole body of our Saviour Iesus Christ Note That if it doth so chance that the Wine hollowed and consecrate doth not suffice or be enough for them that do take the Communion the Priest after the first Cup or Chalice be emptied may go again to the Altar and reverently and dev●utly prepare and Consecrate another and so the third or more likewise beginning at these words Simili modo postquam coenatum est and ending at these words qui pro vobis promultis effundetur in remissionem peccatorum and withiout any leavation or lifting up Articles to be enquired of in the Visitations to be had within the Diocese of Canterbury in the second year of the Reign of our Dread Soveraign Lord Edward the Sixth by the Grace of God King of England France and Ireland Defender of the Faith and in Earth of the Church of England and also of Ireland the Supreme Head FIrst Whether Parsons Vicars and Curates and every of them have purely and sincerely without colour or dissimulation four times in the year at the least preached against the usurped power pretended authority and jurisdiction of the Bishop of Rome Item Whether they have preached and declared likewise four times in the year at the least that the Kings Majesties power authority and preheminence within his Realms and Dominions is the highest power under God Item Whether any person hath by writing cyphring preaching or teaching deed or act obstinately holden and stand with to extol set forth maintain or defend the authority jurisdiction or power of the Bishop of Rome or of his See heretofore claimed and usurped or by any pretense obstinately or maliciously invented any thing for the extolling of the same or any part thereof Item Whether in their Common-prayers they use not the Collects made for the King and make not special mention of his Majesties name in the same Item Whether they do not every Sunday and Holy-day with the Collects of the English procession say the prayer set forth by the Kings Majesty for peace between England and Scotland Item Whether they have not removed taken away and utterly extincted and destroyed in their Churches Chappels and Houses all Images all Shrines coverings of Shrines all Tables Candlesticks Trindels or Rolls of Wax Pictures Paintings and allother Monuments of feigned Miracles Pilgrimges Idolatry and Superstition so that there remain on memory of the same in walls glass-windows or elsewhere Item Whether they have exhorted moved and stirred their Parishioners to do the like in every of their houses Item Whether they have declared to their Parishioners the Articles concerning the abrogation of certain superfluous Holy-dayes and done their endeavor to perswade the said Parishioners to keep and observe the same Articles inviolably and whether any of those abrogate dayes have been kept as Holy-days and by whose occasion they were so kept Item Whether they have diligently duly and reverently ministred the Sacraments in their Cures Item Whether they have preached or caused to be preached purely and sincerely the word of God in every of their Cures every quarter of the year once at the least exhorting their Parishioners to words commanded by the Scripture and not to works devised by mens phantasies besides Scripture as wearing or praying upon Beads or such like Item Whether they suffer any Torches Candles Tapers or any other lights to be in your Churches but only two lights upon the

and Ireland And herein I require you most specially to pray for the Queens most Excellent Majesty our Soveraign Lady Elizabeth Queen of England France and Ireland Defender of the Faith and supreme Governor of this Realm as well in causes Ecclesiastical as Temporal You shall also pray for the Ministers of Gods holy Word and Sacraments as well Archbishops and Bishops as other Pastors and Curates You shall also pray for the Queens most honourable Council and for all the Nobility of this Realm that all and every of these in their calling may serve truly and painfully to the glory of God and edifying of his people remembring the account that they must make Also ye shall pray for the whole Commons of this Realm that they may live in true faith and fear of God in humble obedience and brotherly charity one to another Finally let us praise God for all those that are departed out of this life in the Faith of Christ and pray unto God that we may have grace for to direct our lives after their good exam●le that after this life we with them may be made partakers of the glorious Resurrection in the life everlasting And this done shew the holy-days and fasting days ALL and singular which Injunctions the Queens Majesty ministreth unto her Clergy and to all other her loving subjects straightly charging and commanding them to observe and keep the same upon pain of deprivation sequestration of fruits and Benefices suspension excommunication and such other correction as to Ordinaries or other having Ecclesiastical Iurisdiction whom her Majesty hath appointed or shall appoint for the due execution of the same shall be seen convenient charging and commanding them to see these Injunctions observed and kept of all persons being under their jurisdiction as they will answer to her Majesty for the contrary And her Highness pleasure is that every Iustice of Peace being required shall assist the Ordinaries and every of them for the due execution of the said Injunctions ARTICLES Agreed upon by the ARCHBISHOPS and BISHOPS OF BOTH PROVINCES And the whole CLERGY IN THE CONVOCATION Holden at LONDON in the year 1562. For the avoiding of diversities of Opinions and for the establishing of Consent touching True Religion Reprinted by his Majesties Commandment With his Royal Declaration prefixed thereunto LONDON Printed by Bonham Norton and John Bill Printers to the Kings most Excellent Majesty 1630. His Majesties Declaration BEing by Gods Ordinance according to Our just Title Defender of the Faith and Supreme Governor of the Church within these Our Dominions We hold it most agreable to this Our Kingly Office and Our own Religious Zeal to conserve and maintain the Church committed to Our Charge in Unity of True Religion and in the Bond of Peace and not to suffer unnecessary Disputations Altercations or Questions to be raised which may nourish Faction both in the Church and Commonwealth We have therefore upon Mature Deliberation and with the Advice of so many of Our Bishops as might conveniently be called together thought fit to make this Declaration following That the Articles of the Church of England which have been allowed and authorised heretofore and which Our Clergy generally have subscribed unto do contain the true Doctrine of the Church of England agreable to Gods Word which We do therefore Ratifie and Confirm requiring all Our loving Subjects to continue in the Uniform Profession thereof and prohibiting the least difference from the said Articles which to that end We Command to be new Printed and this Our Declaration to be Published therewith That We are Supreme Governor of the Church of England and that if any difference arise about the External Policy concerning the Injunctions Canons or other Constitutions whatsoever thereto belonging the Clergy in their Convocation is to Order and Settle them having first obtained leave under Our Broad Seal so to do and We approving their said Ordinances and Constitutions providing that none be made contrary to the Laws and Customs of the Land That out of our Princely Care that the Church-men may do the work which is proper unto them the Bishops and Clergy from time to time in Convocation upon their Humble desire shall have License under Our Broad Seal to deliberate of and to do all such things as being made plain by them and assented unto by Us shall concern the setled continuance of the Doctrine and Discipline of the Church of England now established from which We will not endure any varying or departing in the least Degree That for the present though some differences have been ill raised yet We take Comfort in this that all Clergy-men within Our Realm have always most willingly subscribed to the Articles established which is an Argument to Us that they all agree in the True usual literal meaning of the said Articles and that even in those curious points in which the present Differences lie Men of all sorts take the Articles of the Church of England to be for them which is an Argument again that none of them intend any Desertion of the Articles established That therefore in these both curious and unhappy Differences which have for so many hundred years in different times and places exercised the Church of Christ We will that all further curious search be laid aside and these Disputes shut up in Gods Promises as they be generally set forth to us in the Holy Scriptures and the general meaning of the Articles of the Church of England according to them And that no Man hereafter shall either Print or Preach to draw the Article aside any way but shall submit to it in the plain and full meaning thereof And shall not put his own sense or Comment to be the meaning of the Article but shall take it in the Literal and Grammatical Sense That if any publick Reader in either Our Universities or any Head or Master of a Colledge or any other person respectively in either of them shall affix any new sense to any Article or shall publickly read determine or hold any publick Disputation or suffer any such to be held either way in either the Universities or Colledges respectively or if any Divine in the Universities shall Preach or Print any thing either way other than is already established in Convocation with our Royal Assent he or they the Offenders shall be liable to our Displeasure and the Churches censure in Our Commission Ecclesiastical as well as any other and We will see there shall be due execution upon them ARTICLES OF RELIGION Of Faith in the holy Trinity THere is but one living and true God everlasting without body parts or passions of infinite power wisdom and goodness the Maker Preserver of all things both visible and invisible And in unity of this Godhead there be three persons of one substance power and eternity the Father the Son and the holy Ghost 2. Of the Word or Son of God which was made very man THe Son which is the Word of