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             The reduction of episcopacie unto the form of synodical government received in the ancient church proposed in the year 1641 as an expedient for the prevention of those troubles which afterwards did arise about the matter of church-government / by James Usher ; published by Nicholas Bernard.
             Ussher, James, 1581-1656.
          
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             1658.
          
           
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           THE
           REDUCTION
           OF
           EPISCOPACY
           Unto
           the
           Form
           of
           Synodical
           Government
           ,
           Received
           in
           the
           ANCIENT
           CHURCH
           :
           By
           the
           most
           Reverend
           and
           learned
           Father
           of
           our
           Church
           Dr.
           
             JAMES
             USHER
             ,
          
           late
           Arch-Bishop
           of
           
             Armagh
             ,
          
           and
           Primate
           of
           all
           
             Ireland
             .
          
        
         
           Proposed
           in
           the
           year
           1641.
           as
           an
           Expedient
           for
           the
           prevention
           of
           those
           Troubles
           ,
           which
           afterwards
           did
           arise
           about
           the
           matter
           of
           
             Church-Government
             .
          
        
         
           Published
           by
           
             NICHOLAS
             BERNARD
             .
          
           D.
           D.
           Preacher
           to
           the
           Honourable
           Society
           of
           
             Grayes-Inne
             ,
          
           London
           .
        
         
           
             LONDON
             ,
             Printed
             ,
          
           Anno
           Domini
           ,
           1658.
           
        
      
       
       
       
         
           TO
           THE
           READER
           .
        
         
           
             THE
          
           Originall
           
             of
             this
             was
             given
             me
             by
             the
             most
          
           Reverend
           Primate
           ,
           
             some
             few
             years
             before
             his
             death
             ,
             wrote
             throughout
             with
             his
             own
             hand
             ,
             and
             of
             late
             I
             have
             found
             it
          
           subscribed
           
             by
          
           himself
           ,
           and
           Doctor
           Holseworth
           ,
           
             and
             with
             a
             Marginal
             Note
             at
             the
             first
             Proposition
             ,
             which
             I
             have
             also
             added
             .
             If
             it
             may
             now
             answer
             the
             expectation
             of
             many
          
           pious
           ,
           
             and
          
           prudent
           
             Persons
             ,
             who
             have
             desired
             the
             publishing
             of
             it
             ,
             as
             a
          
           seasonable
           preparative
           to
           some
           
             moderation
          
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           those
           
             extreams
             ,
          
           which
           this
           Age
           abounds
           with
           ,
           it
           
           will
           attain
           the
           end
           intended
           by
           the
           
             Authour
             :
          
           And
           it
           is
           likely
           to
           be
           more
           operative
           ,
           by
           the
           great
           
             reputation
          
           he
           had
           ,
           and
           hath
           in
           the
           hearts
           of
           
             all
             good
             men
             ,
          
           being
           far
           from
           the
           least
           suspicion
           to
           be
           byassed
           by
           any
           privivate
           ends
           ,
           but
           onely
           ayming
           at
           the
           reducing
           of
           
             Order
             ,
             Peace
             ,
          
           and
           
             Unity
             ,
             which
             God
             is
             the
             Authour
             of
             ,
          
           and
           not
           of
           confusion
           .
           For
           the
           recovery
           of
           which
           ,
           it
           were
           to
           be
           wished
           ,
           that
           such
           as
           do
           consent
           in
           
             Substantials
             ,
          
           for
           matter
           of
           
             Doctrine
             ,
          
           would
           consider
           of
           some
           
             conjunction
          
           in
           point
           of
           
             Discipline
             ,
          
           that
           private
           interest
           and
           
             circumstantials
             ,
          
           might
           not
           keep
           them
           thus
           far
           asunder
           .
        
         
           
             
               Grayes-Inne
               ,
            
             
               Octob.
               13.
               1657.
               
            
          
           
             N.
             BERNARD
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
       
         
           The
           Reduction
           of
           Episcopacy
           unto
           the
           form
           of
           Synodical
           Government
           ,
           received
           in
           the
           ancient
           Church
           ;
           proposed
           in
           the
           year
           1641
           ,
           as
           an
           Expedidient
           for
           the
           prevention
           of
           those
           troubles
           ,
           which
           afterwards
           did
           arise
           about
           the
           matter
           of
           Church-Government
           .
        
         
           
             Episcopal
             and
             Presbyterial
             Government
             conjoyned
             .
          
           
             BY
             Order
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             
               England
               ,
            
             all
             Presbyters
             are
             charged
             
               a
            
             
               to
               administer
               the
               Doctrine
               and
               Sacraments
               ,
               and
               the
               Discipline
               
               of
               Christ
               ,
               as
               the
               Lord
               hath
               commanded
               ,
               and
               as
               this
               Realme
               hath
               received
               the
               same
               ;
            
             And
             that
             they
             might
             the
             better
             understand
             what
             the
             
               Lord
               had
               commanded
            
             therein
             ,
             
               b
            
             the
             exhortation
             of
             Saint
             
               Paul
               ,
            
             to
             the
             Elders
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             
               Ephesus
            
             is
             appointed
             to
             be
             read
             unto
             them
             at
             the
             time
             of
             their
             Ordination
             ;
             
               Take
               heed
               unto
               your selves
               ,
               and
               to
               all
               the
               flock
               among
               whom
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               hath
               made
               you
               Overseers
               to
            
             
               c
            
             
               Rule
               the
               Congregation
               of
               God
               ,
               which
               he
               hath
               purchased
               with
               his
               blood
               .
            
          
           
             Of
             the
             many
             Elders
             ,
             who
             in
             common
             thus
             ruled
             the
             Church
             of
             
               Ephesus
               ,
            
             there
             was
             one
             
               President
               ,
            
             whom
             our
             
               Saviour
            
             in
             his
             Epistle
             unto
             this
             Church
             in
             a
             peculiar
             manner
             stileth
             
               d
            
             
               the
               Angell
               of
               the
               Church
               of
               Ephesus
               :
            
             and
             
               Ignatius
            
             in
             another
             Epistle
             written
             about
             twelve
             yeares
             after
             unto
             the
             same
             Church
             ,
             calleth
             the
             
               Bishop
            
             thereof
             .
             Betwixt
             the
             Bishop
             and
             the
             Presbytery
             of
             that
             Church
             ,
             what
             an
             harmonius
             consent
             there
             was
             in
             the
             ordering
             of
             the
             Church-Government
             ,
             the
             same
             
             
               Ignatius
            
             doth
             fully
             there
             declare
             ,
             by
             the
             Presbytery
             ,
             with
             
               e
            
             Saint
             
               Paul
               ,
            
             understanding
             the
             Community
             of
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             
               Presbyters
               ,
            
             or
             
               Elders
               ,
            
             who
             then
             had
             a
             hand
             not
             onely
             in
             the
             delivery
             of
             the
             
               Doctrine
            
             and
             
               Sacraments
               ,
            
             but
             also
             in
             the
             Administration
             of
             the
             
               Discipline
               of
               Christ
               :
            
             for
             further
             proof
             of
             which
             ,
             we
             have
             that
             known
             testimony
             of
             
               Tertullian
            
             in
             his
             general
             Apology
             for
             Christians
             .
             
               f
            
             
               In
               the
               Church
               are
               used
               exhortations
               ,
               chastisements
               ,
               and
               divine
               censure
               ;
               for
               judgement
               is
               given
               with
               great
               advice
               as
               among
               those
               ,
               who
               are
               certain
               they
               are
               in
               the
               sight
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               in
               it
               is
               the
               chiefest
               foreshewing
               of
               the
               judgement
               which
               is
               to
               come
               ,
               if
               any
               man
               have
               so
               offended
               ,
               that
               he
               be
               banished
               from
               the
               communion
               of
               prayer
               ,
               and
               of
               the
               Assembly
               ,
               and
               of
               all
               holy
               fellowship
               .
               The
               Presidents
               that
               bear
               rule
               therein
               are
               certain
               approved
               Elders
               ,
               who
               have
               obtained
               this
               honour
               not
               by
               reward
               ,
               but
               
               by
               good
               report
               ,
            
             who
             were
             no
             other
             (
             as
             he
             himself
             intimates
             )
             elsewhere
             but
             
               g
            
             those
             
               from
               whose
               hands
            
             they
             used
             to
             receive
             the
             Sacrament
             of
             the
             
               Eucharist
               .
            
          
           
             For
             with
             the
             
               Bishop
               ,
            
             who
             was
             the
             chiefe
             President
             (
             and
             therefore
             stiled
             by
             the
             same
             
               Tertullia●
            
             in
             another
             place
             ,
             
               h
            
             
               Summus
               Sacerdos
            
             for
             distinction
             sake
             )
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             dispensers
             of
             the
             Word
             and
             Sacraments
             joyned
             in
             the
             common
             Government
             of
             the
             Church
             ;
             and
             therefore
             ,
             where
             in
             matters
             of
             Ecclesiasticall
             Judicature
             ,
             
               Cornetius
            
             Bishop
             of
             
               Rome
            
             used
             the
             received
             forme
             of
             
               i
            
             
               gathering
               together
               the
               Presbytery
               ;
            
             of
             what
             persons
             that
             did
             consist
             ,
             
               Cyprian
            
             sufficiently
             declareth
             ,
             when
             he
             wisheth
             him
             to
             read
             his
             Letters
             
               k
            
             
               to
               the
               flourishing
               Clergy
               :
               which
               there
               did
               preside
               ,
            
             or
             rule
             
               with
               him
               :
            
             The
             presence
             of
             the
             
               Clergy
            
             being
             thought
             to
             bee
             so
             requisite
             in
             matters
             of
             Episcopall
             audience
             ,
             that
             in
             the
             fourth
             Counc●ll
             of
             
               C
               〈…〉
               ge
            
             it
             was
             concluded
             ,
             
             
               l
            
             
               That
               the
               Bishop
               might
               hear
               no
               mans
               cause
               without
               the
               presence
               of
               〈◊〉
               Clergy
               :
               and
               that
               otherwise
               the
               〈…〉
               ops
               sentence
               should
               be
               void
               ,
               unlesse
               it
               were
               confirmed
               by
               the
               presence
               of
               the
               Clergy
               :
            
             which
             we
             find
             also
             to
             be
             inserted
             into
             the
             Canons
             of
             
               m
            
             
               Egbert
               ,
            
             who
             was
             Arch-Bishop
             of
             
               York
            
             in
             the
             
               Saxon
            
             times
             ,
             and
             afterwards
             into
             the
             body
             of
             the
             
               n
            
             
               Cannon
               Law
            
             it self
             .
          
           
             True
             it
             is
             ,
             that
             in
             our
             Church
             this
             kinde
             of
             
               Presbyterial
               Government
            
             hath
             been
             long
             disused
             ,
             yet
             seeing
             it
             still
             professeth
             that
             every
             Pastor
             hath
             a
             right
             to
             
               rule
            
             the
             Church
             (
             from
             whence
             the
             mame
             of
             
               Rector
            
             also
             was
             given
             at
             first
             unto
             him
             )
             and
             to
             administer
             the
             
               Discipline
               of
               Christ
               ,
            
             as
             well
             as
             to
             dispense
             
               the
               Doctrine
               and
               Sacraments
               ,
            
             and
             the
             restraint
             of
             the
             exercise
             of
             that
             right
             proceedeth
             onely
             from
             the
             custome
             now
             
               received
               in
               this
               Realm
               ;
            
             no
             man
             can
             doubt
             ,
             but
             by
             another
             Law
             of
             the
             Land
             ,
             this
             hinderance
             may
             be
             well
             removed
             .
             And
             how
             easily
             this
             
               ancient
            
             form
             of
             Government
             by
             the
             
             united
             suffrages
             of
             the
             
               Clergy
            
             might
             be
             〈…〉
             ved
             again
             ,
             and
             with
             what
             lit
             〈…〉
             〈…〉
             ew
             of
             alteration
             the
             
               Synodical
            
             conventions
             of
             the
             Pasters
             of
             every
             Parish
             might
             be
             accorded
             with
             the
             
               Presidency
            
             of
             the
             
               Bishops
            
             of
             each
             Diocese
             and
             Province
             ,
             the
             indifferent
             Reader
             may
             quickly
             perceive
             by
             the
             perusal
             of
             the
             ensuing
             
               Propositions
               .
            
          
           
             
               I.
               
            
             
               In
               every
               Parish
               the
               
                 Rector
                 ,
              
               or
               Incumbent
               Pastor
               ,
               together
               with
               the
               
               
                 Church-Wardens
              
               and
               Sides-men
               ,
               may
               every
               week
               take
               notice
               of
               such
               as
               live
               
                 scandalously
              
               in
               that
               Congregation
               ,
               who
               are
               to
               receive
               such
               several
               admonitions
               and
               reproofs
               ,
               as
               the
               quality
               of
               their
               offence
               shall
               deserve
               ▪
               And
               if
               by
               this
               means
               they
               cannot
               be
               reclaimed
               ,
               they
               may
               be
               presented
               to
               the
               next
               
                 monethly
                 Synod
                 ;
              
               and
               in
               the
               mean
               time
               debarred
               by
               the
               
                 Pastor
              
               from
               accesse
               unto
               the
               Lords
               Table
               .
            
          
           
           
             
               II.
               
            
             
               Whereas
               by
               a
               Statute
               in
               the
               six
               and
               twentieth
               year
               of
               King
               
                 Henry
              
               the
               eighth
               (
               revived
               in
               the
               first
               year
               of
               Queen
               
                 Elizabeth
                 )
                 Suffragans
              
               are
               appointed
               to
               be
               erected
               in
               26
               several
               places
               of
               this
               Kingdom
               ;
               the
               number
               of
               them
               might
               very
               well
               be
               conformed
               unto
               the
               number
               of
               the
               several
               
                 Rural
                 Deanries
              
               into
               which
               every
               Diocese
               is
               subdivided
               ;
               which
               being
               done
               ,
               the
               
                 Suffragan
              
               supplying
               the
               place
               of
               those
               ,
               who
               in
               the
               ancient
               Church
               were
               called
               
                 Chorepiscopi
                 ,
              
               might
               every
               moneth
               assemble
               a
               Synod
               of
               all
               the
               
                 Rectors
                 ,
              
               or
               Incumbent
               
                 Pastors
              
               within
               the
               Precinct
               ,
               and
               according
               to
               the
               
                 major
                 part
              
               of
               their
               voyces
               ,
               coclude
               all
               matters
               that
               shall
               be
               brought
               into
               debate
               before
               them
               .
            
             
               To
               this
               
                 Synod
              
               the
               
                 Rector
              
               and
               Church-wardens
               might
               present
               such
               impenitent
               persons
               ,
               as
               by
               admonitions
               and
               
                 suspension
              
               from
               the
               Sacrament
               would
               not
               be
               reformed
               ;
               who
               if
               they
               should
               still
               remain
               contumacious
               and
               incorrigible
               ,
               the
               sentence
               of
               
               
                 Excommunication
              
               might
               be
               decreed
               against
               them
               by
               the
               Synod
               ,
               and
               accordingly
               be
               executed
               in
               the
               Parish
               where
               they
               lived
               .
               Hitherto
               also
               all
               things
               that
               concerned
               the
               
                 Parochial
                 Ministers
              
               might
               be
               referred
               ,
               whether
               they
               did
               touch
               their
               
                 Doctrine
                 ,
              
               or
               their
               
                 conversation
              
               '
               as
               also
               the
               censure
               of
               all
               
                 new
                 Opiuions
                 ,
                 Heresies
                 ,
              
               and
               
                 Schismes
                 ,
              
               which
               did
               arise
               within
               that
               Circuit
               ;
               with
               liberty
               of
               Appeal
               ,
               if
               need
               so
               require
               ,
               unto
               the
               
                 Diocesan
              
               Synod
               .
            
          
           
             
               III.
               
            
             
               The
               
                 Diocesan
              
               Synod
               might
               be
               held
               ,
               
                 once
                 ,
              
               or
               
                 twice
              
               in
               the
               year
               ,
               as
               it
               should
               be
               thought
               most
               convenient
               :
               Therein
               all
               the
               
                 Suffragans
                 ,
              
               and
               the
               rest
               of
               the
               
                 Rectors
                 ,
              
               or
               Incumbent
               Pasters
               (
               or
               a
               certain
               select
               number
               of
               of
               every
               
                 Deanry
                 )
              
               within
               the
               
                 Dio●ese
              
               might
               meet
               ,
               with
               whose
               consent
               ,
               or
               the
               major
               part
               of
               them
               ,
               all
               things
               might
               be
               concluded
               by
               the
               Bishop
               ,
               or
               
                 *
              
               
                 Saperintendent
              
               (
               call
               him
               whether
               you
               will
               )
               or
               in
               his
               absence
               ,
               by
               one
               of
               the
               
                 Suffragans
                 ;
              
               whom
               he
               shall
               
               depute
               in
               his
               stead
               to
               be
               
                 Moderator
              
               of
               that
               Assembly
               .
            
             
               Here
               all
               matters
               of
               
                 greater
              
               moment
               might
               be
               taken
               into
               consideration
               ,
               and
               the
               Orders
               of
               the
               monthly
               Synodes
               
                 revised
                 ,
              
               and
               (
               if
               need
               be
               )
               
                 reformed
                 :
              
               and
               if
               here
               also
               any
               ma●ter
               of
               difficulty
               could
               not
               receive
               a
               full
               determination
               :
               it
               might
               be
               referred
               to
               the
               next
               
                 Provincial
                 ,
              
               or
               
                 National
              
               Synod
               .
            
          
           
             
               IV.
               
            
             
               The
               
                 Provincial
              
               Synod
               might
               consist
               of
               
                 all
                 the
                 Bishops
                 and
                 Suffragans
                 ,
              
               and
               such
               other
               of
               the
               Clergy
               as
               should
               be
               
                 elected
              
               out
               of
               every
               
                 Diocese
              
               within
               the
               
                 Province
                 ,
              
               the
               
                 Arch-Bishop
              
               of
               either
               Province
               ,
               might
               be
               the
               
                 Moderator
              
               of
               this
               meeting
               ,
               (
               or
               in
               his
               room
               some
               
                 one
              
               of
               the
               
                 Bishops
              
               appointed
               by
               him
               )
               and
               all
               mat●ers
               be
               ordered
               therein
               by
               common
               consent
               as
               in
               the
               former
               Assemblies
               .
            
             
               
                 This
                 Synod
              
               might
               be
               held
               every
               third
               year
               ,
               and
               if
               the
               Parliament
               do
               then
               sit
               (
               according
               to
               the
               Act
               
               of
               a
               
                 Triennial
              
               Parliament
               )
               
                 both
                 the
                 Arch-Bishops
              
               and
               Provincial
               Synods
               of
               the
               Land
               might
               joyn
               together
               ,
               and
               make
               up
               a
               
                 National
              
               Councel
               :
               wherein
               all
               
                 Appeals
              
               from
               
                 infer
                 〈…〉
                 ur
              
               Synods
               might
               be
               received
               ,
               all
               their
               
                 Acts
                 examined
                 ,
              
               and
               all
               Ecclesiastical
               Constitutions
               which
               concerne
               the
               state
               of
               the
               Church
               of
               the
               whole
               Nation
               
                 established
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           
             
               WE
               are
               of
               the
               judgement
               That
               the
               form
               of
               Government
               here
               proposed
               is
               not
               in
               any
               point
               repugnant
               to
               the
               Scripture
               ;
               and
               that
               the
               Suffragans
               mentioned
               in
               the
               second
               Proposition
               ,
               may
               lawfully
               use
               the
               power
               both
               of
               Jurisdiction
               and
               Ordination
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               Word
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               the
               practice
               of
               the
               ancient
               Church
               .
            
          
           
             
               
                 
                   Ja.
                   Armachanus
                   .
                
                 
                   Rich.
                   Holdsworth
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
         
           
             AFter
             the
             proposal
             of
             this
             ,
             An.
             1641.
             
             Many
             
               Quaeries
            
             were
             made
             ,
             and
             doubts
             in
             point
             of
             conscience
             resolved
             by
             the
             
               Primate
               ,
            
             divers
             passages
             of
             which
             he
             heth
             left
             under
             his
             
               own
               hand
               ,
            
             shewing
             his
             pious
             endeavours
             to
             peace
             and
             unity
             ,
             which
             how
             far
             it
             then
             prevailed
             ,
             is
             out
             of
             season
             now
             to
             relate
             ,
             only
             I
             wish
             it
             might
             yet
             be
             thought
             of
             to
             the
             
               repairing
               of
               the
               breach
               ,
            
             which
             this
             division
             hath
             made
             ,
             and
             that
             those
             ,
             who
             are
             by
             their
             Office
             
               Messengers
               of
               Peace
               ,
            
             and
             whose
             
               first
               word
               to
               cach
               house
            
             should
             be
             
               peace
               ,
            
             would
             earnestly
             promote
             it
             ,
             within
             the
             walls
             of
             their
             
               Mother-Church
            
             ,
             wherein
             they
             were
             educated
             ,
             and
             not
             thus
             by
             contending
             about
             
               circumstantials
            
             lose
             the
             
               substance
               ,
            
             and
             make
             our selves
             a
             prey
             to
             the
             adversary
             of
             both
             ,
             who
             rejoyce
             in
             their
             hearts
             ,
             
               saying
               ,
               So
               would
               we
               have
               it
               .
            
          
        
      
       
       
         
           Which
           are
           the
           
             Primates
          
           works
           ,
           and
           which
           not
           .
        
         
           
             A
             Catalogue
             of
             the
             Works
             already
             printed
             of
             Doctor
             
               James
               Usher
               ,
            
             late
             Arch-Bishop
             of
             
               Armagh
               ,
            
             and
             Primate
             of
             all
             
               Ireland
               ,
            
             which
             are
             owned
             by
             him
             .
          
           
             
               In
               Latine
               .
            
             
               
                 DE
                 Ecclesiarum
                 Christianarum
                 successione
                 &
                 Statu.
              
               Quarto
               ,
               Londini
               ,
               1613.
               
            
             
               
                 Epistolarum
                 Hibernicarum
                 Sylloge
                 ,
              
               4o
               .
               Dublinii
               1630.
               
            
             
               
                 Historia
                 Goteschalci
                 ,
              
               4o
               .
               Dublinii
               1631.
               
            
             
             
               
                 De
                 Primordiis
                 Ecclesiarum
                 Britanicarum
                 ,
              
               4o
               .
               Dublinii
               1639.
               
            
             
               
                 Ignatii
                 Epistolae
                 cum
                 annotationibus
                 ,
              
               4o
               .
               Oxoniae
               1645.
               
            
             
               
                 De
                 Anno
                 Solari
                 Macedonum
                 ,
              
               8o
               .
               Londini
               1648.
               
            
             
               
                 Annales
                 Veteris
                 Testamenti
                 ,
              
               Fol.
               Londini
               1650.
               
            
             
               
                 Annales
                 Novi
                 Testamenti
                 usque
                 ad
                 extremum
                 Templi
                 &
                 Reipublicae
                 Judaicae
                 excidium
                 ,
              
               &c.
               Fol.
               
               Londini
               2654.
               
            
             
               
                 Epistola
                 ad
                 Capellum
                 de
                 Variantibus
                 textus
                 Hebraici
                 Lectionibus
                 ,
              
               4o
               .
               Londinii
               1652.
               
            
             
               
                 De
                 Graeca
                 Septuaginta
                 Interpretum
                 versione
                 Syntagma
              
               4o
               .
               Londini
               1655.
               
            
             
               
                 These
              
               four
               last
               are
               sold
               by
               
                 John
                 Crook
                 ,
              
               at
               the
               Ship
               in
               St.
               
                 Paul's
              
               Church-yard
               .
            
          
           
           
             
               In
               English
               .
            
             
               AN
               Answer
               to
               a
               challènge
               made
               by
               the
               Jesuite
               
                 Malone
              
               in
               
                 Ireland
                 ,
              
               Anno
               1631.
               
            
             
               A
               Sermon
               preached
               before
               the
               House
               of
               Commons
               ,
               
                 Febr.
              
               18.
               1618.
               
            
             
               A
               Declaration
               of
               the
               visibility
               of
               the
               Church
               ,
               preached
               in
               a
               Sermon
               before
               King
               
                 James
                 ,
                 June
              
               20.
               1624.
               
            
             
               A
               Speech
               delivered
               in
               the
               Castle-Chamber
               in
               
                 Dublin
                 ,
              
               the
               22.
               of
               
                 November
                 ,
              
               1622.
               
            
             
               The
               Religion
               profest
               by
               the
               ancient
               
                 Irish
              
               and
               
                 Brittains
                 ,
              
               4o
               .
               1631.
               
            
             
               These
               five
               are
               bound
               together
               in
               Quarto
               .
            
             
               
                 Immanuel
                 ,
              
               or
               the
               Incarnation
               of
               the
               Son
               of
               God
               ,
               4o
               .
               
                 Dublin
                 .
              
               1639.
               
            
             
               A
               Geographical
               Description
               of
               the
               
                 Lesser
                 Asia
                 ,
              
               4o
               .
               Oxford
               ,
               1644.
               
            
             
               The
               judgement
               of
               Doctor
               
                 Reynolds
                 ,
              
               touching
               the
               Original
               of
               
                 Episcopacy
              
               more
               largely
               confirmed
               out
               of
               Antiquity
               ,
               
                 An.
              
               1641.
               
            
             
             
               His
               Discourse
               of
               the
               Original
               of
               Bishops
               and
               Metropolitanes
               ,
               in
               4o
               .
               
                 Oxford
                 ,
              
               1644.
               
            
             
               His
               small
               Catechisme
               re-viewed
               ,
               12o
               .
               
                 London
                 ,
              
               1654.
               
            
             
               ☞
               His
               aforesaid
               Annals
               of
               the
               Old
               and
               New
               Testament
               ;
               with
               the
               Synchronismus
               of
               Heathen
               Story
               to
               the
               destruction
               of
               
                 Jerusalem
                 ,
              
               translated
               out
               of
               
                 Latin
              
               into
               
                 English
              
               now
               at
               the
               Presse
               ,
               
                 Fol.
              
               to
               be
               sold
               by
               
                 John
                 Crook
                 ,
              
               at
               the
               Ship
               in
               St.
               
                 Pauls
                 Church-yard
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
         
           
             In
             regard
             there
             have
             been
             ,
             and
             are
             
               divers
            
             books
             printed
             ,
             which
             go
             under
             the
             name
             of
             the
             late
             
               Arch-Bishop
            
             of
             
               Armagh
               ,
            
             but
             are
             not
             his
             ,
             and
             more
             may
             be
             obtruded
             to
             the
             injury
             of
             him
             ,
             I
             have
             thought
             fit
             ,
             at
             the
             request
             of
             the
             
               Printer
               ,
            
             to
             give
             the
             
               Reader
            
             this
             advertisement
             following
             .
          
           
             IN
             Anno●
             1640.
             
             There
             was
             a
             book
             printed
             ,
             entitled
             
               the
               Bishop
               of
               Armaghs
               direction
               to
               the
               house
               of
               Parliament
               ,
               concerning
               the
               Liturgy
               and
               Episcopal
               Government
               ,
            
             and
             Anno
             1641.
             
             Another
             book
             entitled
             
               Vox
               Hiberniae
               ,
            
             being
             some
             pretended
             notes
             of
             his
             ,
             at
             a
             publick
             fas●
             .
             Both
             these
             at
             his
             Petition
             
             were
             suppressed
             by
             order
             from
             the
             
               House
               of
               Lords
               and
               Commons
               ,
               11.
               
               Feb.
            
             1641.
             and
             I
             hope
             will
             not
             be
             revived
             .
          
           
             In
             Anno
             1651.
             
             A
             book
             called
             
               (
               A
               Method
               for
               Meditation
               ,
            
             or
             
               a
               manual
               of
               Divine
               duties
               ,
            
             which
             most
             injuriously
             is
             printed
             in
             his
             name
             ,
             but
             is
             none
             of
             his
             ,
             which
             he
             directed
             me
             then
             to
             declare
             publickly
             as
             from
             him
             ,
             yet
             in
             1657.
             
             It
             is
             again
             reprinted
             to
             his
             great
             dishonour
             .
          
           
             For
             his
             
               small
               Catechisme
            
             the
             Reader
             is
             to
             take
             notice
             ,
             that
             there
             was
             a
             false
             one
             Printed
             without
             his
             knowledge
             ,
             and
             is
             still
             sold
             for
             his
             .
             The
             injury
             he
             received
             by
             it
             compelled
             him
             to
             
               review
               it
               ,
            
             with
             an
             
               Epistle
            
             of
             his
             own
             before
             it
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             mark
             to
             know
             the
             right
             Edition
             ,
             though
             being
             framed
             for
             his
             private
             use
             in
             his
             younger
             yeares
             ,
             (
             about
             23.
             )
             he
             had
             no
             intention
             of
             it
             for
             the
             publick
             .
          
           
             If
             any
             
               Sermon-Notes
            
             taken
             from
             him
             have
             been
             Printed
             in
             his
             life-time
             under
             his
             name
             ,
             or
             shall
             be
             hereafter
             )
             which
             divers
             have
             of
             
             late
             attempted
             )
             The
             
               Reader
            
             is
             to
             take
             notice
             that
             it
             was
             against
             his
             minde
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             are
             
               disowned
               ,
            
             by
             him
             ,
             which
             as
             he
             endeavoured
             to
             his
             utmost
             to
             suppresse
             ,
             while
             he
             was
             
               living
               ,
            
             so
             it
             was
             his
             fear
             to
             be
             injured
             in
             it
             after
             his
             
               death
               .
            
          
           
             For
             a
             further
             confirmation
             of
             which
             ,
             I
             shall
             give
             you
             part
             of
             a
             Letter
             of
             his
             ,
             while
             he
             was
             
               Bishop
               of
               Meath
               ,
            
             (
             upon
             the
             like
             intention
             of
             a
             
               Printer
               ,
            
             who
             had
             gotten
             into
             his
             hands
             some
             Notes
             of
             his
             
               Sermons
               ,
            
             said
             to
             be
             preached
             by
             him
             in
             
               London
               ,
            
             and
             was
             about
             to
             publish
             them
             )
             which
             he
             wrote
             to
             Doctor
             
               Featly
               ,
            
             Chaplain
             to
             the
             then
             
               Arch-Bishop
            
             of
             
               Canterbury
            
             for
             the
             stopping
             of
             them
             ,
             in
             these
             words
             .
          
           
             
               
                 
                   I
                   beseech
                   you
                   to
                   use
                   all
                   your
                   power
                   to
                   save
                   me
                   from
                   that
                   disgrace
                   ,
                   which
                   undiscreet
                   and
                   covetous
                   men
                   go
                   about
                   to
                   fasten
                   upon
                   me
                   ,
                   or
                   else
                   I
                   must
                   be
                   driven
                   to
                   protest
                   against
                   their
                   injurious
                   dealings
                   with
                   me
                   ,
                   and
                   say
                   as
                
                 Donatus
                 once
                 did
                 ,
                 
                   Mala
                   illis
                   sit
                   ,
                   qui
                   me●
                   festinant
                   edere
                   ante
                   me
                   .
                
              
               
               
                 
                   But
                   I
                   repose
                   cenfidence
                   in
                   you
                   ,
                   that
                   you
                   will
                   take
                   order
                   that
                   so
                   great
                   a
                   wrong
                   as
                   this
                   may
                   not
                   be
                   done
                   unto
                   me
                   .
                
                 Remember
                 me
                 to
                 worthy
                 Doctor
                 
                   Goad
                   ,
                
                 and
                 forget
                 not
                 in
                 your
                 prayers
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Dublin
                   ,
                   
                     Sept.
                     16.
                     1622.
                     
                  
                
                 
                   Your
                   most
                   assured
                   loving
                   friend
                   ,
                   and
                   fellow
                   labourer
                   JA.
                   MEDENSIS
                   .
                
              
            
          
           
           
             THat
             book
             entitled
             the
             
               summe
               and
               substance
               of
               Christian
               religion
               ,
            
             some
             of
             the
             
               materials
            
             with
             the
             
               Method
            
             are
             his
             ,
             collected
             by
             him
             in
             his
             yonger
             years
             ,
             for
             his
             own
             private
             use
             :
             but
             ,
             being
             so
             unpolished
             ,
             defective
             ,
             and
             full
             of
             mistakes
             ,
             he
             was
             much
             displeased
             at
             the
             publishing
             of
             it
             in
             his
             name
             .
             And
             though
             it
             be
             much
             commended
             at
             
               home
               ,
            
             and
             by
             
               Ludovicus
               Crocius
            
             abroad
             ,
             yet
             that
             he
             did
             disown
             it
             as
             it
             is
             now
             set
             forth
             ,
             this
             Letter
             following
             ,
             wrote
             to
             Mr.
             
               John
               Downham
               ,
            
             (
             who
             caused
             it
             to
             be
             printed
             )
             doth
             sufficiently
             confirm
             ,
             as
             followeth
             .
          
           
             
               
               
                 
                   SIR
                   ,
                
              
               
                 YOu
                 may
                 be
                 pleased
                 to
                 take
                 notice
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 
                   Catechisme
                
                 you
                 write
                 of
                 is
                 none
                 of
                 mine
                 ,
                 but
                 transcribed
                 out
                 of
                 Mr
                 ,
                 
                   Cartwrights
                   Catechisme
                   ,
                
                 and
                 Mr.
                 
                 
                   Crooks
                   ,
                
                 and
                 some
                 other
                 
                   English
                   Divines
                   ,
                
                 but
                 drawn
                 together
                 in
                 one
                 Method
                 ,
                 as
                 a
                 kind
                 of
                 
                   Common-place-book
                   ,
                
                 where
                 other
                 mens
                 judgements
                 and
                 reasons
                 are
                 simply
                 laid
                 down
                 ,
                 though
                 not
                 approved
                 in
                 all
                 points
                 by
                 the
                 
                   Collector
                   ;
                
                 besides
                 that
                 the
                 Collection
                 (
                 such
                 as
                 it
                 is
                 )
                 being
                 lent
                 abroad
                 to
                 divers
                 in
                 scattered
                 sheets
                 ,
                 hath
                 for
                 a
                 great
                 part
                 of
                 it
                 miscarried
                 ,
                 the
                 one
                 half
                 of
                 it
                 as
                 I
                 suppose
                 (
                 well
                 nigh
                 )
                 being
                 no
                 way
                 to
                 be
                 recovered
                 ,
                 so
                 that
                 so
                 
                   imperfect
                
                 a
                 thing
                 Copied
                 
                   verbatim
                
                 out
                 of
                 others
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 divers
                 places
                 dissonant
                 from
                 mine
                 
                   own
                
                 judgement
                 ,
                 may
                 not
                 by
                 any
                 meanes
                 be
                 owned
                 by
                 me
                 ;
                 But
                 if
                 it
                 shall
                 seem
                 good
                 to
                 any
                 industrious
                 person
                 to
                 cut
                 off
                 
                 what
                 is
                 weak
                 and
                 superfluous
                 therein
                 ,
                 and
                 supply
                 the
                 wants
                 thereof
                 ,
                 and
                 cast
                 it
                 into
                 a
                 new
                 mould
                 of
                 his
                 own
                 framing
                 ,
                 I
                 shall
                 be
                 very
                 well
                 content
                 that
                 he
                 make
                 what
                 use
                 he
                 pleaseth
                 of
                 any
                 the
                 
                   materials
                
                 therein
                 ,
                 and
                 set
                 out
                 the
                 whole
                 in
                 his
                 own
                 name
                 :
                 and
                 this
                 is
                 the
                 resolution
                 of
              
               
                 
                   
                     May
                     13.
                     1645.
                     
                  
                
                 
                   Your
                   most
                   assured
                   loving
                   friend
                   JA.
                   ARMACHANUS
                   .
                
              
            
          
           
           
             A
             Book
             entituled
             
               Confessions
               and
               Proofs
               of
               Protestant
               Divines
               of
               Reformed
               Churches
               for
               Episcopacy
               ,
               &c.
            
             though
             it
             be
             a
             very
             Learned
             one
             ,
             yet
             it
             is
             not
             his
             ;
             Onely
             that
             of
             
               the
               Original
               of
               Bishops
               and
               Metropolitans
            
             (
             Frequently
             bound
             up
             with
             the
             former
             )
             is
             owned
             by
             him
             .
             unto
             which
             he
             was
             earnestly
             moved
             by
             a
             Letter
             from
             Doctor
             
               Hall
               ,
            
             the
             late
             Reverend
             and
             Learned
             
               Bishop
               of
               Norwich
               ,
            
             then
             
               Bishop
               of
               Exeter
               ;
            
             which
             ,
             shewing
             the
             great
             esteem
             he
             had
             of
             him
             ,
             is
             annexed
             as
             followeth
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
       
         
           To
           the
           most
           Reverend
           Father
           in
           God
           ,
           and
           my
           most
           Honoured
           Lord
           ,
           the
           Lord
           
             Arch-Bishop
          
           of
           
             Armagh
             ,
          
           and
           
             Primate
          
           of
           
             Ireland
             .
          
        
         
           
             Most
             Reverend
             ,
             and
             my
             most
             worthily
             Honoured
             ,
             Lord
             .
          
        
         
           THat
           which
           fell
           from
           me
           yesterday
           ,
           
             suddenly
          
           and
           transcursively
           ,
           hath
           since
           taken
           up
           my
           after-midnight
           thoughts
           ,
           and
           I
           must
           crave
           leave
           ,
           what
           I
           then
           moved
           ,
           to
           importune
           ,
           that
           your
           Grace
           would
           be
           pleased
           to
           bestow
           one
           sheet
           of
           paper
           upon
           these
           distracted
           times
           ,
           in
           the
           subject
           of
           
             Episcopacy
             ,
          
           shewing
           
           the
           
             Apostolical
             Original
          
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           the
           grounds
           of
           it
           from
           Scripture
           ,
           and
           the
           immediately
           succeeding
           antiquity
           ;
           Every
           line
           of
           it
           coming
           from
           your
           
             Graces
          
           hand
           ,
           would
           be
           
             super
             rotas
             suas
             :
          
           as
           
             Solomons
          
           expression
           is
           ,
           
             very
             Apples
             of
             Gold
             ,
             with
             Pictures
             of
             Silver
             ,
          
           and
           more
           worth
           than
           volumes
           from
           us
           :
           Think
           ,
           that
           I
           stand
           before
           you
           like
           the
           
             Man
          
           of
           
             Macedon
             ,
          
           and
           that
           you
           hear
           me
           say
           ,
           
             Come
             and
             help
             us
             :
          
           And
           as
           your
           
             Grace
          
           is
           wholly
           given
           up
           to
           the
           common
           good
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           say
           ,
           whether
           you
           can
           deny
           it
           ?
           and
           if
           please
           your
           Grace
           to
           take
           your
           rise
           from
           my
           humble
           
             motion
          
           to
           expresse
           your self
           in
           this
           question
           ,
           wherein
           I
           am
           publickly
           interested
           ,
           or
           otherwise
           ,
           to
           professe
           your
           
             voluntary
          
           resolutions
           for
           the
           setling
           of
           many
           ,
           either
           misled
           ,
           or
           doubting
           Soules
           ,
           it
           will
           be
           the
           most
           acceptable
           ,
           and
           (
           I
           hope
           )
           the
           most
           successefull
           work
           that
           your
           Grace
           hath
           ever
           undertaken
           ;
           It
           was
           my
           earnest
           motion
           long
           ago
           to
           (
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           )
           to
           intreat
           this
           labour
           from
           your
           Grace
           ;
           which
           now
           comes
           from
           my
           meannesse
           ;
           
           your
           Gracious
           humility
           will
           not
           even
           from
           so
           low
           hands
           disregard
           it
           ;
           with
           my
           zealous
           suit
           ,
           and
           hopefull
           expectation
           of
           a
           yeilding
           answer
           ,
           I
           humbly
           take
           leave
           ,
           and
           am
        
         
           
             Your
             Graces
             humbly
             ,
             and
             heartily
             devoted
             JOS.
             EXON.
          
        
         
           FINIS
           ▪
        
         
         
      
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A64679e-430
           
             a
             The
             
               book
               of
            
             Ordination
             .
          
           
             b
             ●●id
             ,
             ex
             
               Act.
            
             20
             ,
             27
             ,
             28.
             
          
           
             c
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             So
             taken
             in
             Mat.
             2.
             6.
             and
             Rev.
             12.
             5.
             and
             19.
             15.
             
          
           
             d
             Rev.
             2.
             1.
             
          
           
             e
             1
             Tim.
             4.
             14.
             
          
           
             f
             Ibidem
             etiam
             exhortationes
             ,
             castigationes
             &
             censura
             divina
             ;
             nam
             &
             judicatur
             magno
             cum
             p●●dere
             ut
             apud
             cert●s
             de
             Dei
             conspectu
             ,
             summú
             nque
             futuri
             judicii
             p●aeiudicium
             est
             .
             si
             quis
             ita
             deli
             〈…〉
             ,
             ut
             à
             commu●●catione
             .
             o●ationis
             &
             conventus
             ,
             &
             omnis
             sancti
             commecii
             relegetur
             president
             proba●●
             quique
             seniores
             ,
             honorem
             istum
             non
             pretio
             ,
             sed
             Testimonio
             adepti
             .
             T●●tul
             .
             
               Apologet.
               cap.
            
             39.
             
          
           
             g
             〈◊〉
             de
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             manibus
             〈◊〉
             praesidentium
             s●m●mus
             ,
             〈◊〉
             de
             coro●●
             〈◊〉
             ,
             
               cap.
            
             3.
             
          
           
             h
             Dan●●
             quidem
             〈◊〉
             hab●
             〈◊〉
             sum
             〈…〉
             〈◊〉
             ;
             qui
             〈◊〉
             Episcopus
             :
             〈◊〉
             Pres●y●●i
             &
             〈◊〉
             ▪
             〈◊〉
             
               de
               Bapt
               ,
               cap.
            
             17.
             
          
           
             i
             Omni
             actu
             ad
             〈◊〉
             perlate
             ●la
             〈…〉
             contra
             〈…〉
             
             ,
             〈◊〉
             
               apud
            
             〈◊〉
             
               epi●●
               .
            
             46.
             
          
           
             k
             Florenti
             〈…〉
             〈◊〉
             〈…〉
             cum
             〈◊〉
             Cy
             〈…〉
             
               epist.
            
             〈◊〉
             .
             〈◊〉
             
               Cornel
               .
            
          
           
             l
             Ut
             Episcopu●
             nullius
             causam
             audiet
             absque
             praesentia
             Clericorum
             suoram
             ,
             alioquin
             irrita
             erit
             sententia
             Episcopi
             nise
             Clericorum
             praesentiâ
             confirmetur
             ,
             
               Concil.
               Carthag
               .
               IV.
               cap.
            
             23.
             
          
           
             m
             Excerption
             .
             Egberti
             ,
             
               c.
            
             43.
             
          
           
             n
             15.
             q.
             7.
             
               cap.
            
             Nullus
             .
          
           
             How
             the
             Church
             might
             Syn●dically
             be
             Governed
             ,
             Arch-Bishops
             and
             ●ish●ps
             being
             still
             retained
             ,
          
           
             *
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             id
             est
             ,
             superintendentes
             ;
             unde
             &
             nomen
             Episcopi
             trastum
             est
             ,
             
               Hi●ron
               ,
               epist.
               86.
               ad
               Evagrium
               .