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Show . I ConflderationJ, touching the Edification, t11u/ Pdcifica tion,1 ch~ncellers Tttne; Having been, for the molt parr, Perfons, upon \ whom the Kings, cf this KedlhJ? have ~nofi: telyed, for i\.1atters of\1 couitcell •. And_ therefor'e, th<: te Is no Dou?t, but the Bifhop, who~e 1 Circuit ts ldle ample, and the Caufes, 10 NJtu r~, not f4 mn!tt- \ plying; with the Help,of References,ahd Cettiftcates) to;and. from, 'I fit Perfons, for the better R1'perlingofCaufes,in t heir mean pro - ceedings; And fuch ordinary Helps,ihcident to Jurifdictlon; Mar, very well, f uffice his Office. But yet, there 1 is another He lp; F dr the Caufes, that come before him, are thefe: Tithe J:, Legaciru; Admi"ifirat~ons; and. other Tejlament~ry.Ca1tji;s; r;,aufes Matrimo nial! ; Accnfations aga1nfr Mihijiers, tendmg td thetr St':[penjron, De . I privat;on, or Degrttding; Si"}o'IJ; Incqntimmcy ; Herejj ; BlaJPbe1J;y; Breach oft he S abboth; And other, like Cauj es, of Sctutdall. The fu fl: t wo ofthefe, in mine Opinion, differ f rom the Refi:; That is, '1 ithe.r, and Tejtame~tts; For thofe, be Mattet's of prof.ltj and, in tht:ir natute, Temporal/; Though, by a Favour, and Connivence; of the Te1;1pordll j urifdiction>they have been allowed,and permit- \ ted, to the Courts Ecdcjiafticall :The one~ to the e-nd, the C,lergy, ~~ tght fue for that, th~t was. their S'1tentation, bef<;>r~ their o~ n jtt.dges; And the other, tn a k1nd ofPtety, and Rel!gton, wh1ch wa ~ t hought incident, to the perforn;anc~, of J?e.ad .lvfens Wrfls. And fu rely~lor thefe two, the Bijhop, 1n mtne opmwn, may, wah lefie d itn ~r, difcharge himfelf, upon his Ordihary Jru;(¢es. And I think, h.Kewife, it wiil fall cut,that thofe Suites;ate in the greatdl: bum her. But for the rcft, which require a spirit111dl ScienceJ and Difi:retion, in refpect of their Nature, or of the Scandal!, it were reafon, in mine Opinion, there were no Audienc~ gi ven, but by the Bif!Jop Himfelf; He being alfo afiifred, as was touched befure: But it were nec\:fiary alfo, he were attended. by hi~ Chanceller, or fome others, his officers, being learned,in the Civil! Lawe1; for his better Inftrufrion, in Points, ofFormality,or the Courjes, of the Court: which ifit were d'one, then were thete Idle ufe, of the Gf cials Co}lrt ; Whereof, there is now, fo:much Complai nt~ And Ca1ifes~ of the Nature aforefaid) being ortely drawn, to the Astdi. ence, oft he Bijhop, it would reprefie• frivoulous, and Prowling Suites; And give, a Grave, and Incorrupt, Ptoceediog, to fuch Ca~fer, as ihall be fit, for the Court. . There is a Third Point alro, not of J1jrifdillion, hut of Form of . Proce-eding, which may defer\re Reformation. The rather, becaufe it is tontnuy, to the Lawes, and Cuflomes, of this land, and State; , which, tl;ough they do not ·rule thofe J)roceedtngs, yet may they 1 be ad vi fed wi~h, for better DirecHons; And that i~, the Oa~h ex . ajficio 2 Whtreby Men, are enforced, to accufe themfel ves; And i that, thott jsm()re, are fworn unto Blancks, and not unto .Accllj~- 1 tions' and Cbat-ge.r~eclared. By the l,aw of England, no•mcn IS bound, 'to a-ccufe hitnfdf. fn the HigheR Cife:r, ofJ. reajon, Torture is ufed) for Difoovery, anCl not furii,vidence. Jn Capi~a ll Matlets;) no J)elincptUttJ,'A.nfwer, upon Ottth, is required; No,u0t per- ---- -·-=--=- · mitted .. .~f the eburch oj Englaqd. mi-t-t-e-d.--1-n_C_r_i?»ina/l M atten, not Capi tail,- -h-an--d):--e_d_i_n~.t..h.,...._e_St_a-r Chamber; And In Caufes ofConfcience, h2ndled in the Cha11cer 1 ) . for the mofr _Pa rt, grounded, upon Trufr, and Secrecy, rhe oath . of the Party, ~ s requ~red. But ho~? Where th~re is a1:1 AcCJtfation, and ~n AccHjer, which we caJl, E1lls of Complamt; (From which the.Compltunant cannot vary; And, out of the Cornpa!le, of the whtch, the Defen,dant may no.t be examined, ) Exhibited unto the C~urt. and , by Procef{e, nottfied, unto the Def endant. But to exatnin a ~an_, upon Oath, out of the Jnjimtatio,1 ofF ame; Or out, of Accufatzons,fecret.J ~~d undeclured; Though it ha ve,fome Countenance~ from the Ctvtl!Law; yet it is, fo oppofire, Ex Diametro, to. the Senfe, a_n~ C~urfe, of the Common-L aw~ as it may well receive, fome L zm1tttt1o1a. Co11cerning the Liturgy, the Ceremonies and Subfcription. ' · FOr the Li!HrgJ., great R~fpefr, and He~d, would be taken, leafr, by u~vetghtng agamfr the Dum) .lldiniftery, due Reve-· re~;e, he_ not Withdrawn, from the Liturgy. For though the Gift o~ 1 reachn!g, be. far above that of Readi,.;g ; Yet, the At1ion oft he Lzturgy, lS as Htgh, and Holy, as that ot the Sermon. It is f~ id · Domrts mea Do~11u Orat10nis f/ocabitur: 1 he HoufeofPrayer, Not th ~ H011{c ofP~eachrng: And whereas the Apoflle faith; Horv jhall Men c~ll upon htnt:, on whom they have not believed~ And how [bail they be. lleve, unliffe they hear~ And hon: fhall they hear, witbmtt a Preacher l It appe~reth, that as Pre~chi11g Is the more Originull,fo Pray er is the mo~e.Ft~all : A~ the. Dtfference is , be.t~·een the Seed J and the , Fr~11f., For the Keepwg of Gods /-a1:v, .Is t he Fruit, of the Teachmg, of the Law; And Prayer or Invocation or Divine s erv1·c, LI. turgy., (F or t he tre _, 'o e b ut V' a n. ett.e s ofTe'r mes · ) Is the Im~ ,o.r d . ll · f h ' ,.,--< me Mfe,Ha owzng, o t e Name of God; And the principall work, of t.he fhfl T_able; And, of the great C ommttndement, of the Love, of God.. It 1s rrue, that r.he Pretz~lli~g, oft he Holy Word, of God, j ~ the So~1.ngo£ the ~eed ; lt IS the Liftz':gup,ofthe Brazen Serpent; The 111nzifle:y ofFa1th; And the Ordmary .llJeans, of salvation; But yet, 1~ tsgood, to take E:x:amp1e, how that the befr Allions, ofth.e rVorjl,lp of.God, may be extolled, excejfively, nndjitperflitio11jly. As the Extolb~g, of the ..r. ..·~crame!Jt, bred thesuperflitionofthe Majfe; The Extoll~ng of ~he Lztur.ey , ~nd Pra;·ert, bred the superjiition, ofi t?e M?nafltcall 01 ders, a~d Oraij{J111; And fo, no doubt, Preaching , likewtfe, may be magmfied, and extolled, foperflitiOiifJJ ; As if all the whole Eoclj·, of Gods U"'orjhip, fhould be turned into an Ear~ So as none, (as I fuppofe,) of found ]Hdgci:ne~:t, will derogate from Ji 2 the |
