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The honours of the Lords spiritual asserted, and their priviledges to vote in capital cases in Parliament maintained by reason and precedents collected out of the records of the Tower, and the journals of the House of Lords.
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Hunt, Thomas, 1627?-1688.
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take the rest in Order onely premising this that t is true indeed we find fewer of this See upon the Civil Stage than any other most Offices being lookt upon as below the Archiepiscopal Dignity and therefore a Nobleman upbraided Hurbert Arch Bishop 1199. when he was made Chancellour of England Chief Justice of England and high Governour of all the Dominions under King Richard the first however we shall begin with his Person and See Canterbury Hubert under Richard 1. and King John who intrusted the same Prelate with the Government of the whole Realm at his departure into Normandy Gualter Reynolds Chancellour Ann. Dom. 1310. John Stratford Chancellour under Edw. 3. And when the King Invaded France no Person thought so fit in his absence to have the Government of the Nation entrusted to him Simon Islip of the Privy Counsel to the Edw. 3. John Stafford to Hen. 5. John Morton to Hen. 6. and Edw. 4. But we need not stand upon this when in truth it hath been seldom known that any of them have been at any time omitted Nor was this proper only to the times of Propery Come to the Reformation we find Arch Bishop Cranmer of the Privy Counsel to Hen. 8. and Edw. 6. and very active in Civil matters yet a man so averse to Rome so instrumental in planting the Gospel so Laborious so Holy that a great Apocalyptical man Mr. Brightman in his Commentaries oa the Apocalypse a man no friend to the Hierarchy takes him to be that Angel pointed at by God Rev. 14. that had power over the fire Under the renown'd Queen Elizabeth John Whitgift of the Council and had the Government of the Principality of Wates given to him YORK Waler Gray Chancellour under King John had the Government of the Realm entrusted to him under Hen. 3. William de Melton Successively Treasurer and Chancellour of England 1317. William de Zouche Vicegerent to King Edw. Ann. Dom. 1346. John Kemp Ann. 1425. twice Lord Chancellour And Thomas Young Lord Precident of the North An. Dom. 1561. LONDON There was not long since to be seen in St. Pauls the Monument of William Bishop of London who obtained from the Conqueror the City Charter to which the Lord Major and his Brethren the Aldermen used in a gratefull Commemoration every year to walk on foot He was Privy Counsellor to King William the Conqueror Mauritius Chancellour under the same King Eustachius de Falconbridge one of King Rich. 1. his Justices Chancellour of the Exchequer Treasurer of England and twice Embassadour into France Henry de Wingham Chancellour under Edw. 3. Ralph Boldoc under Edw. 1. Richard Bintworth under Edw. 3. Robert Braybrook under Rich. 2. Richard Cox Dean of Westminster whom I crave leave to name here as belonging to the Diocess of the privy Counsel to Edw. 6. And Bishop Bancroft sent Embassadour to Embden to treat with the King of Denmarks Commissioners Ann. Dom. 1600. DURHAM Geoffrey Rufus Chancellour of England Ann. Dom. 1140. Richardus de Marisco Ann. Dom. 1217. Anthony Beake of the Privy Councel Ann. Dom. 1294. Richard de Bury Cancellarius Ann. Dom. 1334. and Treasurer Ann. Dom. 1336. Thomas Langley Chancellor Ann. Dom. 1406. Thomas Ruthal of the Counsel to Henry 8. and as his Monument at Westminster testifies Secretary to Hen. 7. Richard Neyle of the Privy Council A. D. 1627. And here we cannot omit that known passage of Newbrigensis who brings in K. Richard making himself merry with the Bishop boasting what a feat he had done E Vetusto Episcopo novitium Comitem ego mirus artifex feci To make a New Count of an Old Bishop a Priviledge yet continued to that Ancient See WINCHESTER Swithan Chancellour of England under K. Egbert Ann. Dom. 860. William Giffard Chancellour under the Conqueror William Rufus and K. Henry 1. Peter de la Roch. Lord Chief Justice under K. John Sendall Chancellour 1316. William Edenden Treasucr under Edw. 3. William of Wickam Founder of New Colledge in Oxon Principal Secretary of State Keeper of the Privy Seal Master of the Wards and Treasurer of the Kings Revenues in France Ann. Dom. 1360. William Wainfleet Founder of Magdalen Colledge Oxon for his great Wisdom and Integrity long Lord Chancellor of England under Hen. 6. Richard Fox Founder of C. C. C. Oxon one of the Privy Counsel to Hen. 7. as Prudent a Prince as this Nation hath known and this Bishop as wise a Privy Counsellor as he a Prince continually employed either in matters of Counsel at home or Embassies and Treaties abroad ELY William Longchamp Chancellor Ann. Dom. 1189. after Chief Justice and Protector of the Realm when K. Richard the first undertook his Journey to the Holy Land Eustacius Chancellor Ann. Dom. 1196. John Hotbam Chancellor Ann. Dom. 1317. Simon Laughan And. Dom. 1361. first Treasurer then Chancellor of England John Barnet Treasurer A. D. 1366. John Fordham Treasurer Ann. Dom. 1385. William Gray Treasurer Ann. Dom. 1469. John Alcock Chancellor Ann. Dom. 1486 And Thomas Goodrick Chancellor under Edw. 6. LINCOLN Robert Bleuet Chancellor under the Conqueror Ann. 1092. Alexander under K. Henry the I. Lord Chief Justice of England Galfridus Chancellour A. D. 1180. Hugh de Wells Chancellour Ann. Dom. 1209. Walter de Constantiis Chancellour under Hen. 6. and Dr. Williams Dean of Westminster and after Bishop of this See made Lord Keeper by the Learned K. James COVENTRY and LICHFIELD Roger de Wiseman Keeper of the Great Seal Ann. Dom. 1245. William de Langton Treasurer Ann. Dom. 1226. Roger Northbrough Clerk of the Wardrope afterwards Treasurer Ann. Dom. 1322. Geoffrey Blyth Lord President of Wales Ann. Dom. 1513. Rowland Lee his Successor in the same Office Ann. D. 1535. Richard Sampson in the same Ann. Dom. 1537. William Smith Founder of Brazen-Nose Colledge Oxon in the same under Hen. 8. SARUM Osmond Chancellor of England always of the Privy Council and seldom separated from the Court under the Conqueror Roger Chancellor 1107. and under K. Stephen Ann. Dom. 1136. John Waltham Master of the Rools Keeper of the Privy Seal and after Treasurer of England under Richard the II. Nicolas Bubwith Treasurer Ann. Dom. 1407. William Ayscoth Clerk of the Counsel Ann. Dom. 1438. BATH and WELLS Robert Burnet first Lord Treasurer then Chancellour of England and always of the Council under Edw. I. John Drokensford Keeper of the Wardrope Ann. 1309. Robert Stillington first Keeper of the Privy Seal then Chancellour Ann. Dom. 1465. Oliver King Principal Secretary of State 1492. John Clark Master of the Rolls A. D. 1523. EXETER Leofricus first one of the Privy Counsel then Chancellour of England under the Conqueror though Sir Henry Spelman reckons him of Bath at that time and possibly he might be of both William Brewster of the Privy Counsel under Henry the 3. Walter Stapledon Founder of Exon Colledge Oxon first of the Privy Counsel then Treasurer under Edw. 2. John Grandesson Privy Counsellor to Edw. 3. John Voysey Lord
other Royal Titles and in the fullness of time Jesus Christ himself the King of Kings the Eternal Son of God and Original of all Power thought it not below him telling us expresly Luke 4. 18. That he was sent into the World on no other end than to Preach the Gospel True it is his Kingdom was not of this World and he never went about to dipossess either the Roman or Jewish Governours in Judaea neither did his Disciples ever go about to do any thing like it yet when the Empire became Christians the Prudent Piety of the first and most Christian Emperors for the better Encouragement of Religion and Learning conferred large Immunities and Exemptions upon Church-men freeing them from Subsidies Impositions and sundry services wherewith other of their Subjects were burdened Eusebius and Zozomen record several Priviledges granted by Constantine That those who Minister in Holy Religion be wholly free and exempt from all publick Burthens And some have very well observed that during the continuance of the gift of Tongues extraordinary Learning and other Miraculous effusions of Gods Holy Spirit upon the Primitive Church there were no need of the Piety and Charity which subsequent Christian Emperors bestowed upon the Church the Apostles had no need to study for their Preaching and therefore had leisure enough to fish and make Tents for a livelihood whereas ours are forced to pore upon Books to Meditate Write and all hardly sufficient to search out the deep Mysteries which cost Them no Pains the Spirit supplying the place of all Therefore to make amends for all these extraordinary qualifications and abundant measure of Spiritual Graces wherewith they were furnished above us it hath pleased the Lord of the Harvest in these latter days to raise up Christian Magistrates to assist and encourage his Labourers and appoint them a more setled and plentifull allowance yea and honour also and power together with it for that Wisdom without these is commonly contemned Who ever was chosen a Magistrate in our Neighbour State of Holland or here at home who had not Riches and therefore Honour to support them Wisdom in the esteem of the Vulgar is always thought to be accompanied with Riches and Power So that the pretences of those men who for a Cloak to their Innovations and Sacriledges vainly vaunt that all things should be brought back to the Primitive Purity and the Clergy also to the Apostles Poverty seem to argue thus much that they are no farther true Gospel Ministers and the Successors of the Apostles than they are able to work Miracles and that they though not enabled to it by any Education may be required to work in any of those Callings of which the Apostles were whose Successors they pretend to be We read in Lud. Vives in his Commentary upon St. Aust de Civitate Dei That the Priests of Ceres no other than the Mendicants amongst them of Rome were to renounce the World and Riches and Honour too and therefore that on the day of their Initiation they were to put on a Coat which they never left off till such time as it was so ragged that it would no longer hang to their backs certainly if Spiritual Persons were left to some mens allowance this would be their Portion from them to be clad with Poverty Contempt and Rags and their Callings as well as their Necessities would constrain them to Fast and Pray I know some men particularly Luther amongst our Reformers have sleighted Honours and that Portion due to their Callings out of sincere Principles and a good meaning who have yet lived to Repent their Error though not able to redress it when they have seen how much the Church has thereby suffered and Religion been damnified Witness Luther Epist p. 131. Ego per meo stipendio annuo tantum novem antiquas Sexagenas habeo praeter has ne obolus quidem mihi aut fratribus è Civitate accedit A great and noble reward for such matchless deserts and if so happy an Instrument of Europes Reformation so valiant a Champion who singly opposed the United Power of Rome and Hell What may the Clergy of our days expect viz. To be devested of their Revenues Honours and Immunities because they are the Successors of their Forefathers the Bishops and Reformers in Queen Marys days some of the Principal whereof were publickly Burnt as Martyrs for that Religion which God be thanked maugre the Monstrous ingratitude of some we yet through the Blessing of God enjoy by the Pains and Labours of their Worthy Successors Who are the Persons who have to the Eternal Shame and Infamy of Rome laid open the Vileness Wickedness and Immorality as well as the false Doctrines Idolatries and Superstitions of that Church Who are they who have been the Watchmen upon the Wall that have ever since the Reformation Beaten and Foiled them in their Assaults upon our Church Was not the Walls thereof Watered and as it were Cemented with the Blood of Cranmer Latimer Ridley Hooper and others the Supestructure raised by Jewel Reynolds and others Sed me reprimo And yet now those days through Mercy are over Must their Successors still be wounded by the hands of their pretended Friends and receive such hard measure from their Pretended Well-wishers This strikes to the very Heart Scilicet Hoc Ithacus velit magno Mercentur Atridae CHAP. II. The Clergy under the Law and Gospel also have ingaged in Secular Causes and the State very happy in this their Administration in the Primitive times of the Gospel proved from the Examples of St. Ambrose St. Austine c. WE all know it was a Political Maxim mentioned by Josephus as derived from Moses 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Philo. in vit Mos The King must ever take the advice of the Priest Moses himself was a Priest as well as a Ruler and he appointed Priests dureing the Levitical Administration to be Overseers of all things Judges of Controversies and Punishment of Malefactors Joseph lib. 2. cont App. who saw the precept reduced to practice tells us the thing in fact was so Who hath not heard that Ely and Samuel the Lords Priests were at the same time Civil Judges in Israel Chytraeus makes three Consistories amongst the Jews of all which the Priests were the Principal and Essential Members 1. A Triumvirat in every City wherein many matters and lighter Trespasses was decided these Grotius calls Pedaneos Judices 2 The little Sanhedrim Consisting of 23 wherein Capital Causes were determined in the Gate of every City 3. The Council of State or grand Senate of 70 Elders which some make to consist of 71 taking in Moses others in 72. Six out of each Tribe the High Priest being commonly of the Number Now that the Priests and Levites were part of this great Sanhedrim Causabon will bear me out who makes it appear out of their best Authors quod hujus Concilii ea fuit institutio ut si fieri possit e