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lord_n	blood_n	body_n	sacrament_n	22,235	5	7.4969	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A64568	Master VVilliam Thomas esquire his speech in Parliament Iune 1641 concerning deanes and their office : what it was originally and what it is at this present : and being proved to be for little use yes of great abuse therefore declared not only unnecessary but ought rather to be utterly abolished.; Speech in Parliament June 1641, concerning deanes	Thomas, William, Sir, d. 1653?	1641 (1641)	Wing T983; ESTC R11413	4,870	14

I might cite 21. and that is a Deane of Paule about Anno 1197. who was made Lord Treasurer who carrying that office quickly hoorded up a great treasure at last falling into a deadly disease past recovery he was exhorted by the Bishops and great men to receive the Sacrament of Christs body and blood which he trembling at refused to doe whereupon the King admonished and commanded him to doe it hee promised him thereupon to doe it the next day Being admonished to make his will hee commanded all to voyd the roome but one Scribe Who beginning to write his Will in the accustomed formes In the name of the Father of the Sonne c. the Deane perceiving it commanded him in a rage to blot it out and these words onely to be written I bequeath all my goods to my Lord the King my body to the grave and my soule to the Devils which being uttered hee gave up the ghost The King hereupon commanded his carcase to be carried into a cart and drowned in the River Good God what a change is this from being humble servants to poore Monkes to become proud Prelates Peers to Princes Quan tum mutati ab illi● nunc Cigni quomodo Corvi They now forsake their Templa paupe 〈…〉 Templa pietatis tanqum noxia nomins and onely ●llow and make choice of Templa honor is Templa fortunae They then tooke care for the ●oore Monastery but now poorely care for the Ministery and to speak no lesse truly then plainly they doe either just nothing or what is worse nothing that is just But not to tra●e them further let us examine what their present office is which we finde so honoured and dignified In the Constitutions of H. 8. and E. 6. thus I reade Decani quoque cum in Clero amplu● dignitalem locum honoratum in Bcclesia soitiantur Presbyteri sun●o viri graves docti magna prudentlainsignes Cathedrales Ecclesias juxta illarum Constitutiones regant Collegiotam Canonicorum quam Clericorum Ecclesiae majoris praesint neque discipli●●m lab● sinant providiantque s●rmma diligen●ia ●t in●sna Ecclesia sacrd vitue or 〈◊〉 just a rat●ene perigantur 〈◊〉 omni ordine convenienti gravitat● a●fratrum ●tilitat agantur 〈◊〉 ●rehidiaconi 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 domi hoc est in Ecclesia Cashedrali ejus Ca●nicis Clericis Episcopo sint adjumento quast duo 〈◊〉 membr. utilissima necessaria Quare 〈◊〉 Decani abesse debent asua Ecclesia 〈◊〉 maxima ●words gentissima causa ab Episcopo approbanda I have delivered the whole Chapter intire because I would deale clearly Afterwards in the ninth Chapter I read preaching to be part of their duty Concionens habeat hecanus in Ecclesia Cathedrali singulis diebus dominicis Thus their office is declared to bee these particulars following 1. To rule and order the Church and to look to the repaire and for the decoration thereof as is also elsewhere enjoyned 2. To preserve discipline and holy rites 3. To bee adjuments or assistants to the Bishops in Cathedrals as bee the Archdeacons abroad Part of which assistance is as seemeth to preach for them but the Bishops will excuse them that service as too painfull nay forbid it as too dangerous but though they will not busie themselves in preaching yet have they leisure to bee inventive and operative in poore beggerly toyes and trifles which neither bring honour to God nor good to the Church and people their preaching and godly life did antiently win the peoples hearts to love God and them as his Ministers whom they received as Angels of God Embassadors from heaven Humilitie piety and industrie laide the foundation of all those magnificent structures dignities titles places revenewes and priviledges wherewith the Church-men were antiently endowed what hath or is likely to wast and demolish them is easie to conjecture King Iames hath delivered it in these words The naturall sicknesse that hath ever troubled and beene the decay of all Churches since the beginning of the world hath beene pride ambition and avarice and these infirmities wrought the overthrow of the popish Church in this Countrie and diverse others but the reformation of Religion in Scotland was extraordinarily wrought by God though many things were inordinatly done by such as blindly were doing the worke of God Thus farre that wife and religious Prince But lest I should forget a principall part of the office Church Musick it shall have here the first place the rather for that as I reade the first comming in thereof was to usher Antichrist for Idoe finde in my reading that Anno 666. the yeare that was designed or computed for the comming of Antichrist Vitalian Bishop of Rome brought to the Chirch singing of service and the use of Organs c. as we reade in Plas Baleus and others in the life of Vitalian who therefore was called the musicall Pope although at that time there was greater occasion of sorrow the Longobards having entred and wasted Italy and therefore fasting and praying had beene more proper then musicke and melodious singing Here upon saith mine Author ignorance arose among the people lulled as it were asleepe by the confused noixe of many voices This carried colour of advancing devotion although it was no better as the case then stood then the Altar erected to the unknowne God Acts 17. Hereby the key of knowledge was hid Luke 11. When the common people understood not what was sung and the heat of 〈◊〉 quenched in men of understanding whose eares were tickled but hearts not touched whilst at St. Augustine complaineth of himselfe so most were more moved by the sweetnesse of the long then by the sense of the matter which was ●ung unto them working their bane like the deadly touch of the Aspis in a tickling delight or as the soft touch of the Hien● which doth infatuate and lull asleepe and then devoureth if Service in the Latine or unknowne tongue whereof the simplest people understood somewhat was justly censured certainly this manner of singing Psalmes and Service whereof the most learned can understand nothing is to be condemned I dislike not singing though by musick of Organs and other instruments but I wish that what 〈◊〉 sung may be understood and as Iustinian the Emperor commanded all Bishops and Priests to celebia●● prayer with a loud cleare voice 〈◊〉 mode that the minds of the hearers might be sti●red up with more devotion to expresse the praises of God so wish I that Service and Psalmes may be so read and sung that they may be understood and so edifie the mind as well as please the eare Now I am to declare that this office doth neither tend to the honour of God the propagation of piety the advancement of learning or benefit of the common weale but to the contrary as I have delivered rather to the dishonour c. But the day being so farre spent I will not assume too much boldnes to presse upon your patience for further hearing therof but will crave leave for further rendring thereof at fitter opportunity and your better co●veniency FINIS