The kings maiesties letter to the the Lords Grace of Canterbury, touching preaching, and preachers.
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             The kings maiesties letter to the the Lords Grace of Canterbury, touching preaching, and preachers.
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             The
             Kings
             MAIESTIES
             Letter
             to
             the
             Lords
             
               
                 Grace
              
            
             of
             
               Canterbury
               ,
            
             touching
             
               Preaching
               ,
            
             and
             
               Preachers
               .
            
          
           
             
               MOST
               Reuerend
               Father
               in
               God
               ,
               Right
               trustie
               and
               right
               intirely
               beloued
               Councellor
               ,
               We
               greet
               yee
               well
               .
            
          
           
             Forasmuch
             as
             the
             abuse
             and
             extrauagancies
             of
             Preachers
             in
             the
             Pulpit
             ,
             haue
             been
             at
             all
             times
             repressed
             in
             this
             Land
             ,
             by
             some
             Act
             of
             
               Councell
            
             or
             
               State
               ,
            
             with
             the
             aduise
             and
             resolution
             of
             Graue
             and
             Reuerend
             Preachers
             ,
             insomuch
             as
             the
             very
             licensing
             of
             `
             Preachers
             ,
             had
             beginning
             by
             order
             in
             the
             
               Star-Chamber
               ,
            
             the
             eighth
             of
             
               Iuly
               ,
            
             in
             the
             nineteenth
             yeare
             of
             King
             
               Henry
            
             the
             Eight
             ,
             Our
             Noble
             Predecessor
             :
             And
             whereas
             at
             this
             present
             diuerse
             young
             Students
             ,
             by
             reading
             of
             late
             Writers
             and
             vngrounded
             Diuines
             ,
             doe
             preach
             many
             times
             vnprofitable
             ,
             vnseasonable
             ,
             seditious
             and
             dangerous
             doctrine
             ,
             to
             the
             scandall
             of
             the
             
               Church
               ,
            
             and
             disquieting
             of
             the
             
               State
            
             and
             present
             Gouernment
             :
             Wee
             ,
             vpon
             humble
             presentation
             vnto
             Us
             of
             these
             ill
             inconueniencies
             by
             your Selfe
             ,
             and
             sundrie
             other
             Graue
             and
             Reuerend
             Prelates
             of
             this
             
               Church
               ;
            
             as
             of
             our
             Princely
             care
             and
             desire
             ,
             for
             the
             extirpation
             of
             Schisme
             and
             Dissention
             growing
             from
             these
             seedes
             ;
             and
             for
             the
             setling
             of
             a
             Religious
             and
             Peaceable
             Gouernement
             both
             of
             
               Church
            
             and
             
               State
               :
            
             Doe
             by
             these
             Our
             speciall
             Letters
             straightly
             charge
             and
             command
             you
             ,
             to
             vse
             all
             possible
             care
             and
             diligence
             ,
             that
             these
             limitations
             and
             cautions
             herewith
             sent
             you
             concerning
             Preachers
             ,
             be
             duely
             and
             strictly
             from
             henceforth
             obserued
             ,
             and
             put
             in
             practise
             by
             the
             seuerall
             Bishops
             in
             their
             seuerall
             Diocesses
             within
             your
             Iurisdiction
             .
             And
             to
             this
             end
             Our
             Pleasure
             is
             ,
             that
             you
             send
             them
             forth
             seuerall
             Copies
             of
             these
             Directions
             ,
             to
             be
             by
             them
             speedily
             sent
             and
             communicated
             to
             euery
             Parson
             ,
             Uicar
             and
             Curate
             ,
             Lecturer
             and
             Minister
             ,
             in
             euery
             Cathedrall
             and
             Parish
             Church
             within
             their
             seuerall
             Diocesses
             ;
             and
             that
             ye
             earnestly
             require
             them
             ,
             to
             employ
             their
             vtmost
             endeauours
             for
             the
             performance
             of
             this
             so
             important
             a
             businesse
             :
             Letting
             them
             know
             ,
             We
             haue
             an
             especiall
             eye
             to
             their
             proceedings
             ,
             and
             expect
             a
             strict
             accompt
             thereof
             both
             from
             you
             and
             euery
             of
             them
             ,
             and
             this
             Our
             Letter
             shall
             be
             your
             sufficient
             warrant
             and
             discharge
             in
             this
             behalfe
             .
          
           
             
               Giuen
               vnder
               Our
               Signet
               at
               Our
               Castle
               of
               
                 Windsor
                 ,
              
               
                 the
                 fourth
                 day
                 of
                 
                   August
                   ,
                
                 in
                 the
                 twentieth
                 yeare
                 of
                 Our
                 Reigne
                 of
                 
                   England
                   ,
                   France
                   ,
                
                 and
                 
                   Ireland
                   ,
                
                 and
                 of
                 
                   Scolland
                
                 the
                 sixe
                 and
                 
                   fiftieth
                
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           
           
             Directions
             concerning
             Preachers
             .
          
           
             1
             THat
             no
             Preacher
             ,
             vnder
             the
             degree
             and
             calling
             of
             a
             Bishop
             ,
             or
             Deane
             of
             a
             Cathedrall
             or
             Collegiate
             Church
             ,
             and
             they
             vpon
             the
             Kings
             dayes
             ,
             and
             set
             Festiuals
             ,
             doe
             take
             occasion
             by
             the
             expounding
             of
             any
             text
             of
             Scripture
             whatsoeuer
             ,
             to
             fall
             into
             any
             set
             discourse
             or
             Common-place
             (
             otherwise
             then
             by
             opening
             the
             coherence
             and
             diuision
             of
             his
             Text
             )
             which
             shall
             not
             be
             comprehended
             and
             warranted
             ,
             in
             essence
             ,
             substance
             and
             effect
             ,
             or
             naturall
             inference
             ,
             within
             some
             one
             of
             the
             Articles
             of
             Religion
             set
             forth
             1562.
             or
             in
             some
             of
             the
             Homelies
             set
             forth
             by
             authoritie
             in
             the
             Church
             of
             
               England
               ,
            
             not
             onely
             for
             a
             helpe
             for
             the
             
             Non-preaching
             ,
             but
             withall
             for
             a
             patterne
             and
             a
             bundarie
             (
             as
             it
             were
             )
             for
             the
             preaching
             Ministers
             ,
             and
             for
             their
             further
             instructions
             :
             for
             the
             performance
             hereof
             ,
             that
             they
             forthwith
             peruse
             ouer
             ,
             and
             read
             diligently
             the
             said
             Articles
             ,
             or
             the
             two
             bookes
             of
             Homilies
             .
          
           
             2
             That
             no
             Parson
             ,
             Vicar
             ,
             Curate
             ,
             or
             Lecturer
             ,
             shall
             preach
             any
             Sermon
             or
             Collation
             vpon
             Sunday
             and
             Holy-dayes
             in
             the
             afternoone
             in
             any
             Cathedrall
             or
             Parish
             Church
             throughout
             the
             Kingdome
             ,
             but
             vpon
             some
             part
             of
             the
             Catechisme
             ,
             or
             some
             text
             taken
             out
             of
             the
             Creed
             ,
             tenne
             Commandements
             ,
             or
             Lords
             Prayer
             ,
             (
             funerall
             Sermons
             onely
             excepted
             )
             and
             that
             those
             Preachers
             be
             most
             encouraged
             and
             approoued
             of
             ,
             who
             spend
             these
             afternoone
             Exercises
             in
             examining
             the
             children
             in
             their
             Catechisme
             ,
             and
             in
             expounding
             of
             the
             seuerall
             points
             and
             heads
             of
             the
             Catechisme
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             most
             auncient
             and
             laudable
             custome
             of
             teaching
             in
             the
             Church
             of
             
               England
               .
            
          
           
             3
             That
             no
             Preacher
             of
             what
             title
             soeuer
             ,
             vnder
             the
             degree
             of
             a
             Bishop
             or
             Deane
             at
             the
             least
             ,
             do
             from
             henceforth
             presume
             to
             preach
             in
             any
             populous
             auditorie
             ,
             the
             deepe
             points
             of
             Predestination
             ,
             Election
             ,
             Reprobation
             ;
             of
             the
             Vniuersalitie
             ,
             Efficacie
             ,
             Resistabilitie
             ,
             or
             Irresistabilitie
             of
             Gods
             grace
             ,
             but
             leaue
             those
             Theames
             to
             be
             handled
             by
             the
             learned
             men
             ,
             and
             that
             moderately
             ,
             and
             modestly
             ,
             by
             way
             of
             vse
             and
             application
             ,
             rather
             then
             by
             way
             of
             positiue
             doctrine
             ,
             as
             beeing
             fitter
             for
             the
             Schooles
             and
             Vniuersities
             ,
             then
             for
             simple
             auditories
             .
          
           
             4
             That
             no
             Preacher
             of
             what
             title
             or
             denomination
             soeuer
             ,
             shall
             presume
             from
             hence
             forth
             in
             any
             auditorie
             in
             this
             Kingdome
             ,
             to
             declare
             ,
             limit
             ,
             or
             bound
             out
             by
             positiue
             doctrine
             ,
             in
             any
             Lecture
             or
             
             Sermon
             ,
             the
             Power
             ,
             Prerogatiue
             ,
             Iurisdiction
             ,
             Authoritie
             ,
             or
             Duty
             of
             Soueraigne
             Princes
             ;
             or
             otherwise
             meddle
             with
             these
             matters
             of
             State
             ,
             and
             the
             references
             betweene
             Princes
             and
             the
             People
             ,
             then
             as
             they
             are
             instructed
             and
             presidented
             in
             the
             Homilie
             of
             obedience
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             Homilies
             and
             Articles
             of
             Religion
             ,
             set
             forth
             as
             is
             before
             mentioned
             by
             publike
             authoritie
             ;
             but
             rather
             confine
             themselues
             for
             those
             two
             heads
             ,
             Faith
             and
             good
             Life
             ,
             which
             are
             the
             subiect
             of
             auncient
             Sermons
             and
             Homilies
             .
          
           
             5
             That
             no
             Preacher
             of
             what
             title
             or
             denomination
             soeuer
             ,
             shall
             causlesly
             ,
             and
             without
             inuitation
             from
             the
             Text
             ,
             fall
             into
             bitter
             inuectiues
             ,
             and
             vndecent
             rayling
             speeches
             ,
             against
             the
             persons
             of
             either
             Papist
             or
             Puritan
             ,
             but
             modestly
             ,
             and
             grauely
             when
             they
             are
             inuited
             or
             occasioned
             thereunto
             by
             their
             text
             of
             Scripture
             ,
             free
             both
             the
             Doctrine
             and
             Discipline
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             
               England
               ,
            
             from
             the
             aspersion
             of
             either
             Aduersarie
             ,
             especially
             where
             the
             auditorie
             is
             suspected
             to
             be
             tainted
             with
             the
             one
             or
             the
             other
             infection
             .
          
           
             6
             Lastly
             ,
             the
             Archbishops
             and
             Bishops
             of
             this
             kingdome
             (
             whom
             his
             Maiestie
             hath
             good
             cause
             to
             blame
             for
             their
             former
             remisnes
             )
             be
             more
             warie
             and
             choice
             in
             licensing
             Preachers
             ,
             and
             reuoke
             all
             grants
             made
             to
             any
             Chancellor
             ,
             Officiall
             ,
             or
             Commissary
             to
             licence
             in
             this
             kind
             .
             And
             that
             all
             the
             Lecturers
             throughout
             the
             kingdome
             (
             a
             new
             body
             seuered
             from
             the
             auncient
             Clergie
             of
             England
             ,
             as
             beeing
             neither
             Parson
             ,
             Vicar
             ,
             nor
             Curate
             )
             be
             licensed
             henceforth
             in
             the
             Court
             of
             faculties
             ,
             onely
             vpon
             recommendation
             of
             the
             party
             from
             the
             Bishop
             of
             the
             Diocesse
             ,
             vnder
             his
             hand
             and
             seale
             with
             a
             
               Fiat
            
             from
             the
             L.
             Archbish.
             of
             
               Canterbury
               ,
            
             and
             a
             confirmation
             of
             the
             great
             seale
             of
             
               England
               ▪
            
             and
             that
             such
             as
             transgresse
             any
             of
             these
             directions
             ,
             bee
             suspended
             by
             the
             L.
             Bish.
             of
             the
             Diocesse
             ;
             in
             his
             default
             by
             the
             L.
             Archbish.
             of
             the
             prouince
             ,
             
               ab
               Officio
               &
               Beneficio
               ,
            
             for
             a
             yeare
             and
             a
             day
             ,
             vntill
             his
             Maiestie
             by
             aduice
             of
             the
             next
             Conuocation
             shall
             prescribe
             some
             further
             punishment
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           The
           Lord
           Archbishop
           of
           
             Canterburie
          
           his
           Letters
           to
           the
           Bishop
           of
           the
           Diocesse
           of
           
             Norwich
             .
          
        
         
           
             MY
             very
             good
             L.
             
          
        
         
           I
           doubt
           not
           but
           before
           this
           time
           ,
           you
           baue
           receiued
           from
           me
           the
           Directions
           of
           His
           most
           excellent
           Maiesty
           concerning
           Preaching
           and
           Preachers
           ,
           which
           are
           so
           graciously
           set
           downe
           ,
           that
           no
           godly
           or
           discreet
           man
           ,
           can
           otherwise
           then
           acknowledge
           ,
           that
           they
           doe
           much
           tend
           to
           edification
           ,
           if
           he
           doe
           not
           take
           them
           vpon
           report
           ,
           but
           do
           punctually
           consider
           the
           tenor
           of
           the
           words
           as
           they
           lie
           ;
           and
           doe
           not
           giue
           an
           ill
           construction
           to
           that
           ,
           which
           may
           receiue
           a
           fairer
           interpretation
           .
           Notwithstanding
           ,
           because
           some
           fewe
           Churchmen
           ,
           and
           many
           of
           the
           People
           haue
           sinisterly
           conceiued
           (
           as
           we
           doe
           here
           find
           )
           that
           those
           Instructions
           doe
           tend
           to
           the
           restraint
           of
           the
           Exercise
           of
           Preaching
           ,
           and
           doe
           in
           some
           sort
           abate
           the
           number
           of
           Sermons
           ,
           and
           so
           consequently
           by
           degrees
           ,
           doe
           make
           a
           breach
           to
           let
           in
           Ignorance
           and
           Superstition
           :
           His
           Maiestie
           in
           his
           Princely
           wisdome
           hath
           thought
           fit
           ,
           that
           I
           should
           aduertise
           your
           Lordship
           of
           the
           graue
           and
           waighty
           reasons
           which
           induce
           His
           Highnesse
           to
           prescribe
           that
           which
           is
           done
           .
           You
           are
           therefore
           to
           know
           ,
           That
           His
           Maiestie
           being
           much
           troubled
           ,
           and
           grieued
           at
           the
           heart
           ,
           to
           heare
           euery
           day
           of
           so
           many
           defections
           from
           our
           Religion
           ,
           both
           to
           Poperie
           and
           Anabaptisme
           ,
           or
           other
           points
           of
           Separation
           in
           some
           parts
           of
           this
           Kingdome
           ,
           and
           considering
           with
           much
           admiration
           ,
           what
           might
           be
           the
           cause
           thereof
           ,
           especially
           in
           the
           Reigne
           of
           such
           a
           King
           ,
           who
           doth
           so
           constantly
           professe
           himselfe
           an
           open
           Aduersary
           to
           the
           superstition
           of
           the
           one
           ,
           and
           madnesse
           of
           the
           other
           :
           His
           Princely
           wisdome
           could
           fall
           vpon
           no
           one
           greater
           probabilitie
           ,
           then
           the
           lightnes
           ,
           affectednes
           ,
           and
           vnprofit
           ablenesse
           of
           that
           kind
           of
           Preaching
           ,
           which
           hath
           been
           of
           late
           yeares
           too
           much
           taken
           vp
           in
           Court
           ,
           Vniuersitie
           ,
           Citie
           ,
           and
           Countrey
           .
           The
           vsuall
           scope
           of
           very
           many
           Preachers
           ,
           is
           noted
           to
           bee
           a
           soaring
           vp
           in
           points
           of
           Diuinitie
           ,
           too
           high
           for
           the
           capacities
           of
           the
           people
           ,
           or
           a
           mustering
           of
           much
           reading
           ,
           or
           displaying
           of
           their
           wit
           ,
           or
           an
           ignorant
           medling
           with
           Ciuill
           matters
           ,
           aswell
           in
           the
           priuate
           of
           seuerall
           Parishes
           &
           Corporations
           ,
           as
           in
           the
           publike
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           :
           or
           a
           venting
           of
           their
           owne
           distastes
           ,
           or
           a
           smoothing
           vp
           of
           those
           idle
           fancies
           ,
           which
           in
           this
           blessed
           time
           of
           so
           long
           a
           peace
           ,
           doe
           boyle
           in
           the
           braines
           of
           vnaduised
           people
           .
           And
           lastly
           ,
           
           by
           an
           euill
           and
           vndecent
           rayling
           ,
           not
           onely
           against
           the
           Doctrine
           (
           which
           when
           the
           Text
           shall
           occasion
           the
           same
           ,
           is
           not
           onely
           approoued
           ,
           but
           much
           commended
           by
           his
           Maiestie
           )
           but
           against
           the
           persons
           of
           Papists
           and
           Puritanes
           .
           Now
           the
           people
           bred
           vp
           with
           this
           kind
           of
           teaching
           ,
           and
           neuer
           instructed
           in
           the
           Catechisme
           and
           Fundamentall
           points
           of
           Religion
           ,
           are
           for
           all
           this
           aiery
           nourishment
           ,
           no
           better
           then
           
             abrasae
             tabulae
             ,
          
           new
           Table-books
           ,
           ready
           to
           be
           filled
           vp
           either
           with
           the
           Manuals
           or
           Catechismes
           of
           Popish
           Priests
           ,
           or
           papers
           and
           pamphlets
           of
           Anabaptists
           ,
           Brownists
           ,
           and
           Puritanes
           .
           His
           Maiestie
           euer
           calling
           to
           mind
           that
           saying
           of
           
             Tertullian
             ,
             Id
             verum
             quod
             primum
             ,
          
           and
           remembring
           with
           what
           doctrine
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           in
           her
           first
           and
           most
           happy
           reformation
           ,
           did
           driue
           out
           the
           one
           ,
           and
           kept
           out
           the
           other
           from
           poisoning
           and
           infecting
           the
           people
           of
           this
           Kingdome
           ,
           did
           find
           that
           the
           whole
           scope
           of
           this
           Doctrine
           is
           contained
           in
           the
           Articles
           of
           Religion
           ,
           the
           two
           Bookes
           of
           Homilies
           ,
           the
           lesse
           and
           the
           greater
           Catechisme
           ,
           which
           his
           Maiestie
           doth
           therefore
           recommend
           againe
           in
           these
           Directions
           ,
           as
           the
           proper
           subiect
           of
           all
           sound
           and
           edifying
           Preaching
           .
           And
           so
           farre
           are
           these
           Directions
           from
           abating
           ,
           that
           his
           Maiestie
           doth
           expect
           from
           our
           hands
           ,
           that
           it
           should
           encrease
           the
           number
           of
           Sermons
           ,
           by
           renewing
           vpon
           euery
           Sunday
           in
           the
           afternoone
           in
           all
           Parish
           Churches
           throughout
           the
           Kingdome
           ,
           the
           primitiue
           and
           most
           profitable
           exposition
           of
           the
           Catechisme
           ,
           wherewith
           the
           people
           ,
           yea
           very
           children
           may
           be
           timely
           seasoned
           &
           instructed
           in
           all
           the
           heads
           of
           Christian
           Religion
           .
           Which
           kind
           of
           teaching
           (
           to
           our
           amendment
           be
           it
           spoken
           )
           is
           more
           diligently
           obserued
           in
           all
           the
           reformed
           Churches
           of
           Europe
           ,
           then
           of
           late
           it
           hath
           bin
           here
           in
           England
           .
           I
           find
           his
           Maiesty
           much
           moued
           with
           this
           neglect
           ;
           &
           resolued
           ,
           that
           if
           wee
           which
           are
           his
           Bishops
           do
           not
           see
           a
           reformation
           hereof
           (
           which
           I
           trust
           wee
           shall
           )
           to
           recommend
           it
           to
           the
           care
           of
           the
           Ciuill
           Magistrate
           ,
           so
           far
           is
           he
           from
           giuing
           the
           least
           discouragement
           to
           solid
           Preaching
           ,
           and
           Religious
           Preachers
           .
        
         
           To
           all
           these
           I
           am
           to
           adde
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           his
           Maiesties
           Princely
           pleasure
           ,
           that
           both
           the
           former
           Directions
           ,
           and
           these
           reasons
           of
           the
           same
           ,
           bee
           fairely
           written
           in
           euery
           Registers
           Office.
           To
           that
           ende
           ,
           that
           euery
           Preacher
           of
           what
           denomination
           soeuer
           ,
           may
           if
           he
           be
           pleased
           take
           out
           Copies
           of
           either
           of
           them
           with
           his
           owne
           hand
           
             gratis
             ,
          
           paying
           nothing
           in
           the
           name
           of
           Fee
           ,
           or
           Expedition
           .
           But
           if
           he
           doe
           vse
           the
           paines
           of
           the
           Register
           his
           Clerks
           ,
           then
           to
           pay
           some
           moderate
           Fees
           ,
           to
           be
           pronounced
           in
           open
           Court
           by
           the
           Chancellor
           and
           Commissaries
           of
           the
           place
           ,
           taking
           the
           direction
           and
           approbation
           of
           any
           the
           Lords
           the
           Bishops
           .
        
         
           Lastly
           ,
           that
           from
           henceforth
           a
           course
           may
           be
           taken
           ,
           that
           euery
           Parson
           ,
           Vicar
           ,
           or
           Curate
           ,
           or
           Lecturer
           ,
           doe
           make
           exhibite
           of
           these
           his
           Maiesties
           
           directions
           and
           reasons
           of
           the
           same
           ,
           
             in
          
           the
           next
           ensuing
           Visitation
           of
           the
           Bishops
           and
           Archdeacons
           ,
           paying
           to
           the
           Register
           by
           
             way
          
           of
           Fee
           two
           pence
           onely
           at
           the
           time
           of
           the
           exhibite
           .
        
         
           And
           so
           wishing
           ,
           and
           in
           his
           Maiesties
           Name
           requiring
           your
           Lordsh.
           to
           
             haue
             a
             speciall
          
           and
           extraordinarie
           care
           of
           the
           pr
           〈…〉
           ▪
           I
           leave
           you
           to
           the
           Almightie
           .
        
         
           
             From
             Croidon
             ,
             
               Sept.
               4.
               1622.
               
            
          
           
             Your
             louing
             Brother
             ,
             G.
             Cant.