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             Mr. Hollis his speech to the Lords in Parliament concerning peace. With a motion for some course to be taken for repairing of trade, that so poore tradesmen may be preserved to hold out during these troublesome times. Whereunto is added a relation of a vision of blood in the skie, that appeared about Redding on Tuesday night last.
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               Mr.
               HOLLIS
               HIS
               SPEECH
               TO
               The
               Lords
               in
               Parliament
               concerning
               PEACE
               .
               WITH
               A
               motion
               for
               some
               course
               to
               be
               taken
               for
               repairing
               of
               trade
               ,
               that
               so
               poore
               tradesmen
               may
               be
               preserved
               to
               hold
               out
               during
               these
               troublesome
               Times
               .
            
             
               
                 Whereunto
                 is
                 added
                 a
                 Relation
                 of
                 a
                 Vision
                 of
                 Blood
                 in
                 the
                 Skie
                 ,
                 that
                 appeared
                 about
              
               Redding
               
                 on
                 Tuesday
                 night
                 last
                 .
              
            
             
               LONDON
               ,
               Printed
               for
               T.
               Wright
               .
               1643.
               
            
          
        
         
           
           
           
             
               Mr.
               Hollis
               HIS
               .
               Speech
               to
               the
               Lords
               ,
               upon
               the
               delivery
               of
               a
               Message
               from
               the
               House
               
                 of
                 Commons
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 My
                 Lords
                 ,
              
            
             
               I
               Am
               commanded
               by
               the
               Knights
               .
               Citizens
               and
               Burgesses
               of
               the
               Commons
               House
               ,
               to
               present
               your
               Lordships
               with
               a
               Petition
               now
               delivered
               into
               their
               House
               ,
               by
               divers
               poor
               Tradesmen
               in
               and
               about
               the
               Citie
               of
               London
               ,
               contaning
               in
               the
               same
               the
               great
               want
               and
               necessitie
               they
               and
               their
               families
               are
               fallen
               into
               ,
               through
               the
               decay
               of
               treading
               .
               The
               means
               and
               causes
               that
               have
               produced
               this
               decay
               ,
               and
               the
               remedies
               to
               prevant
               further
               miserie
               ,
               and
               revive
               trading
               :
               My
               Lords
               ,
               it
               is
               a
               common
               observation
               ,
               and
               the
               experience
               of
               former
               Ages
               hath
               made
               it
               manifest
               ,
               that
               when
               the
               sword
               of
               warre
               is
               unsheathed
               ,
               famine
               that
               
               followes
               ,
               the
               greatest
               destruction
               of
               all
               Common-wealths
               and
               Kingdomes
               ,
               witnesse
               the
               miserable
               calamities
               and
               troubles
               that
               have
               of
               late
               years
               befallen
               upon
               
                 Italy
              
               and
               Germany
               .
               If
               wee
               call
               to
               minde
               ancient
               Histories
               mentioning
               the
               fatall
               destruction
               of
               the
               Easterne
               Empires
               ,
               wee
               shall
               finde
               that
               the
               first
               step
               to
               their
               desolation
               ,
               hath
               been
               domestick
               dissention
               ,
               and
               home-bred
               mutinies
               ,
               upon
               which
               hath
               followed
               Nationall
               warres
               ,
               and
               the
               effects
               of
               all
               hath
               been
               famine
               and
               pestilence
               ,
               which
               hath
               given
               a
               full
               period
               to
               the
               utter
               confusion
               of
               those
               Kingdoms
               .
               If
               wee
               pry
               and
               search
               into
               the
               ancient
               Histories
               of
               
                 Italy
              
               and
               
                 Rome
                 ,
              
               we
               shall
               find
               the
               only
               destruction
               both
               of
               that
               Kingdom
               and
               Citie
               ;
               hath
               happened
               only
               by
               these
               occasions
               ,
               the
               pride
               and
               ambition
               of
               the
               Popes
               and
               Bishops
               of
               that
               See
               ,
               usurping
               authority
               to
               themselves
               over
               the
               Churches
               in
               the
               East
               ,
               produced
               the
               wars
               between
               the
               East
               Vandals
               and
               the
               Romans
               ,
               beeween
               the
               East
               and
               West
               Gothes
               ,
               and
               the
               
                 Italians
                 ,
              
               which
               was
               the
               utter
               desolation
               of
               the
               City
               of
               Rome
               .
            
             
               First
               ,
               by
               
                 Allarick
              
               Captain
               of
               the
               West
               Gothes
               .
               Secondly
               by
               
                 Adolph
              
               their
               Captain
               .
               Thirdly
               ,
               by
               
                 Athila
              
               King
               of
               the
               Hunns
               .
               Fourthly
               ,
               by
               
                 Genserick
              
               King
               of
               the
               Vandalls
               .
               Fifthly
               
                 Odasar
              
               a
               German
               .
               Sixthly
               
                 Theodericke
              
               an
               East
               Goth.
               And
               lastly
               ,
               
                 Totela
                 Baldivel
                 .
              
            
             
               These
               
                 Princes
              
               by
               the
               sword
               and
               fire
               ,
               executed
               the
               iust
               iudgements
               of
               God
               upon
               proud
               and
               wicked
               
                 Rome
                 ;
              
               the
               originall
               whereof
               was
               occasioned
               by
               the
               impurity
               and
               uncleanes
               of
               the
               Clergy
               :
               and
               what
               terrible
               Famines
               and
               grievous
               pestilencies
               followed
               these
               
               warres
               ,
               is
               likewise
               too
               manifest
               by
               History
               ;
               whereas
               in
               the
               beginning
               whome
               
                 Rome
              
               first
               began
               to
               lift
               up
               her
               head
               against
               Gods
               true
               Religion
               and
               his
               anointed
               Servants
               ,
               Kings
               and
               Emperours
               ,
               she
               had
               been
               dashed
               and
               suppressed
               ,
               all
               those
               bloudy
               and
               long
               warres
               procured
               by
               the
               Bishops
               thereof
               in
               all
               parts
               of
               the
               Christian
               world
               had
               bin
               prevented
               and
               avoyded
               .
            
             
               
                 My
                 Lords
                 ,
                 I
              
               have
               spoken
               this
               onely
               to
               remember
               your
               Lordships
               of
               the
               miseries
               and
               calamities
               that
               have
               hapned
               unto
               those
               Nations
               that
               have
               entertained
               amongst
               themselves
               dissension
               about
               the
               diversity
               of
               worship
               of
               God
               in
               Religion
               ,
               which
               alwaies
               hath
               proved
               the
               root
               and
               principall
               means
               of
               future
               destruction
               ,
               that
               now
               in
               time
               while
               opportunity
               doth
               serve
               such
               occasions
               of
               difference
               as
               do
               threaten
               the
               the
               same
               desolations
               to
               the
               state
               wherein
               we
               live
               ,
               and
               whereof
               we
               be
               a
               part
               ,
               may
               by
               the
               wisdome
               of
               this
               high
               Court
               of
               
                 Parliment
              
               be
               prevented
               and
               avoyded
               .
            
             
               
                 My
                 Lords
                 ,
              
               if
               Dearth
               and
               Famine
               be
               in
               a
               Nation
               ,
               there
               can
               be
               nothing
               expected
               but
               confusion
               as
               well
               of
               the
               rich
               ,
               as
               of
               the
               poore
               ,
               It
               is
               the
               Common
               Proverb
               ,
               necessity
               hath
               no
               law
               .
               There
               is
               no
               delaying
               of
               present
               necessity
               .
               It
               is
               not
               to
               be
               thought
               that
               Millions
               of
               men
               ,
               women
               and
               childrdn
               will
               starve
               and
               perish
               ,
               so
               long
               as
               there
               is
               Corn
               in
               the
               Land
               of
               
                 Goshen
                 ,
              
               or
               in
               the
               custody
               of
               
                 Ioseph
                 ,
              
               It
               is
               therefore
               the
               desire
               ,
               my
               Lords
               ,
               of
               the
               Commons
               ,
               that
               as
               they
               have
               compassionately
               considered
               among
               themselves
               this
               necessiated
               Petition
               of
               distressed
               Trades-men
               ,
               and
               have
               limited
               a
               day
               certaine
               for
               answering
               the
               same
               ,
               so
               your
               Lordships
               would
               be
               pleased
               to
               take
               the
               same
               Petition
               into
               
               your
               consideration
               with
               them
               ,
               that
               the
               petitioners
               may
               at
               the
               time
               appointed
               ,
               receive
               from
               both
               Houses
               of
               Parliament
               ,
               such
               answer
               from
               their
               demands
               ,
               as
               may
               give
               them
               full
               satisfaction
               .
            
             
               My
               Lords
               ,
               under
               favour
               ,
               I
               am
               to
               speake
               a
               word
               or
               two
               of
               the
               means
               that
               have
               occasioned
               the
               decay
               in
               trading
               ,
               and
               the
               remedies
               to
               prevent
               the
               same
               for
               future
               time
               ,
               and
               againe
               renew
               Trading
               ,
               the
               meanes
               they
               conceive
               is
               principally
               want
               of
               due
               execution
               of
               Justice
               upon
               those
               persons
               that
               have
               bin
               the
               causers
               ,
               and
               Authors
               thereof
               ,
               and
               then
               the
               remedies
               ,
               due
               execution
               of
               Justice
               ,
               without
               any
               further
               protraction
               of
               time
               and
               the
               Enacting
               of
               such
               wholsome
               and
               good
               lawes
               ,
               for
               the
               restriction
               of
               vice
               ,
               and
               maintaining
               of
               vertue
               ,
               both
               in
               goverment
               of
               the
               Church
               and
               State
               ,
               as
               shall
               be
               congruent
               to
               the
               word
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               the
               peace
               and
               prosperity
               of
               his
               Sacred
               Majesty
               ,
               and
               all
               his
               Kingdoms
               ,
               as
               shall
               be
               thought
               meet
               by
               the
               wisdome
               and
               policie
               of
               this
               great
               &
               high
               Court
               of
               
                 Parliament
                 ,
              
               which
               I
               further
               humbly
               leave
               to
               the
               grave
               consideration
               of
               this
               Honourable
               House
               .
            
          
           
           
             
               A
               Relation
               of
               a
               Vision
               of
               Blood
               in
               the
               Skie
               ,
               which
               appeared
               at
               Redding
               on
               Tuesday
               night
               last
               .
            
             
               UPon
               Tuesday
               night
               last
               there
               appeared
               a
               skie
               red
               as
               bloud
               about
               Redding
               ,
               halfe
               a
               mile
               long
               ,
               or
               more
               ,
               which
               was
               seen
               so
               cleare
               and
               visible
               about
               six
               of
               the
               clock
               at
               night
               ,
               that
               not
               onely
               many
               people
               thereabouts
               did
               run
               to
               see
               it
               ,
               but
               it
               being
               apparent
               so
               farre
               that
               it
               might
               be
               seen
               to
               London
               ;
               there
               were
               thousands
               that
               went
               to
               London-Bridge
               ,
               and
               many
               other
               places
               ,
               where
               they
               could
               attaine
               the
               prospect
               ,
               to
               see
               it
               ;
               insomuch
               that
               there
               was
               a
               great
               crowd
               upon
               the
               Bridge
               ,
               some
               went
               into
               the
               fields
               ,
               others
               to
               the
               tops
               of
               houses
               to
               behold
               this
               wonderfull
               vision
               ,
               which
               was
               in
               this
               manner
               ,
               viz.
               In
               length
               half
               a
               mile
               or
               more
               ,
               as
               it
               was
               judged
               ,
               sharp
               at
               the
               North
               
               end
               ,
               and
               broad
               at
               the
               South
               end
               :
               for
               the
               length
               of
               it
               was
               North
               and
               South
               ,
               red
               as
               bloud
               ,
               and
               very
               clear
               ,
               almost
               in
               colour
               like
               the
               Moon
               when
               she
               is
               in
               an
               Eclipse
               ;
               which
               though
               it
               seemed
               cleere
               ,
               yet
               caused
               rather
               a
               darknesse
               then
               a
               light
               ;
               the
               length
               continued
               much
               alike
               ,
               but
               it
               grew
               somtimes
               broader
               ,
               and
               sometimes
               again
               it
               was
               narrower
               ;
               there
               was
               neither
               Sun
               ,
               Moone
               ,
               nor
               any
               Star
               visible
               in
               the
               skie
               ,
               which
               was
               very
               black
               and
               dark
               ,
               onely
               this
               bloudy
               vision
               which
               appeared
               in
               this
               manner
               .
               What
               can
               we
               otherwise
               judge
               of
               ,
               then
               to
               be
               a
               token
               of
               Gods
               displeasure
               against
               the
               cruell
               Cavaliers
               thereabouts
               ,
               who
               kill
               ,
               murder
               ,
               and
               slaw
               the
               people
               of
               God
               ,
               whose
               bloud
               cries
               to
               heaven
               in
               the
               ears
               of
               God
               for
               vengeance
               against
               them
               .
            
             
               FINIS
               .
            
          
        
      
       
         
           
           
             
               
            
          
        
         
           
             
             
             
               
                 handle
                 the
                 Ecclesiasticall
                 affaires
                 .
                 And
                 those
                 which
                 shall
                 be
                 chosen
                 to
                 goe
                 to
                 the
                 Colloques
                 and
                 Synods
                 with
                 the
                 Ministers
                 ,
                 shall
                 not
                 faile
                 to
                 come
                 thither
                 at
                 the
                 day
                 assigned
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 
                   CHAP.
                   VII
                   .
                
                 Of
                 Deacons
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Article
                
                 I.
                 THe
                 Deacons
                 shall
                 be
                 ordained
                 in
                 the
                 Church
                 to
                 gather
                 the
                 almes
                 of
                 the
                 people
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 distribute
                 them
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 necessitie
                 of
                 the
                 poore
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 advice
                 of
                 the
                 Consistory
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Art.
                
                 2.
                 
                 They
                 shall
                 gather
                 together
                 the
                 almes
                 after
                 the
                 Sermon
                 ,
                 and
                 shall
                 procure
                 and
                 keepe
                 faithfully
                 ,
                 the
                 goods
                 of
                 the
                 poore
                 :
                 And
                 if
                 necessitie
                 so
                 require
                 ,
                 they
                 shall
                 goe
                 from
                 house
                 to
                 house
                 of
                 those
                 that
                 are
                 willing
                 ,
                 to
                 gather
                 that
                 which
                 it
                 shall
                 please
                 them
                 to
                 give
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Art.
                
                 3.
                 
                 They
                 shall
                 distribute
                 nothing
                 without
                 the
                 advice
                 of
                 the
                 Consistory
                 ,
                 if
                 there
                 be
                 not
                 urgent
                 necessitie
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Art.
                
                 4.
                 
                 The
                 almes
                 shall
                 be
                 distributed
                 principally
                 to
                 those
                 which
                 are
                 of
                 the
                 houshold
                 of
                 faith
                 ,
                 and
                 if
                 there
                 be
                 any
                 overplus
                 ,
                 it
                 may
                 serve
                 to
                 helpe
                 the
                 strangers
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Art.
                
                 5.
                 
                 To
                 meet
                 with
                 all
                 suspition
                 the
                 Deacons
                 shall
                 keepe
                 the
                 Booke
                 ,
                 as
                 well
                 of
                 the
                 receits
                 as
                 also
                 of
                 the
                 distribution
                 of
                 the
                 almes
                 ,
                 the
                 which
                 they
                 shall
                 count
                 in
                 presence
                 of
                 the
                 Minister
                 and
                 of
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 Elders
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Art.
                
                 6.
                 
                 The
                 Deacons
                 shall
                 render
                 their
                 accompts
                 every
                 Communion
                 day
                 after
                 the
                 latter
                 Sermon
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 presence
                 of
                 the
                 Ministers
                 ,
                 the
                 Ancients
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 people
                 ,
                 if
                 there
                 be
                 any
                 that
                 will
                 assist
                 them
                 :
                 And
                 therefore
                 they
                 shall
                 be
                 exhorted
                 to
                 be
                 present
                 there
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Art.
                
                 7.
                 
                 They
                 shall
                 endeavour
                 that
                 the
                 poore
                 shall
                 be
                 nourished
                 without
                 going
                 about
                 a
                 begging
                 .
                 And
                 they
                 shall
                 make
                 suite
                 to
                 the
                 Governours
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 youth
                 fit
                 for
                 labour
                 ,
                 may
                 be
                 set
                 to
                 occupations
                 :
                 And
                 shall
                 advertise
                 
                 the
                 Masters
                 ,
                 the
                 Justices
                 ,
                 to
                 the
                 end
                 they
                 may
                 give
                 order
                 that
                 none
                 goe
                 from
                 house
                 to
                 house
                 to
                 beg
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Art.
                
                 8.
                 
                 They
                 shall
                 visite
                 the
                 poore
                 ,
                 sicke
                 ,
                 and
                 impotent
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 prisoners
                 ,
                 to
                 comfort
                 and
                 assist
                 them
                 in
                 their
                 necessitie
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Art.
                
                 9.
                 
                 They
                 shall
                 be
                 assistant
                 to
                 the
                 Consistory
                 with
                 the
                 Ministers
                 and
                 Ancients
                 ,
                 and
                 there
                 shall
                 propose
                 the
                 necessitie
                 of
                 the
                 poore
                 ,
                 and
                 tell
                 their
                 advice
                 :
                 but
                 in
                 the
                 choice
                 of
                 other
                 Deacons
                 ,
                 they
                 shall
                 have
                 definitive
                 voice
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Art.
                
                 10.
                 
                 There
                 shall
                 be
                 two
                 Deacons
                 in
                 every
                 Parish
                 ,
                 or
                 else
                 the
                 Elders
                 shall
                 have
                 this
                 charge
                 of
                 gathering
                 and
                 distributing
                 the
                 almes
                 of
                 the
                 people
                 .
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Ecclesiasticall
                   Liturgie
                   ,
                   wherein
                   is
                   contained
                   the
                   Preaching
                   of
                   the
                   Word
                   ,
                   the
                   Administration
                   of
                   the
                   Sacraments
                   ,
                   Marriage
                   ,
                   the
                   visitation
                   of
                   the
                   Sicke
                   ,
                   wherein
                   also
                   is
                   spoken
                   of
                   Buriall
                   .
                
              
            
             
               
                 
                   CHAP.
                   VIII
                   .
                
                 Of
                 the
                 Preaching
                 of
                 the
                 Word
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Article
                
                 I.
                 THe
                 people
                 shall
                 assemble
                 themselves
                 twice
                 every
                 Sunday
                 within
                 the
                 Church
                 to
                 heare
                 the
                 Gospell
                 preached
                 ,
                 and
                 shall
                 be
                 assistant
                 to
                 the
                 publike
                 prayers
                 :
                 And
                 also
                 they
                 shall
                 assemble
                 themselves
                 once
                 or
                 twice
                 every
                 weeke
                 upon
                 the
                 dayes
                 ,
                 which
                 shall
                 be
                 commodious
                 for
                 the
                 Parishes
                 :
                 And
                 every
                 house-holder
                 shall
                 cause
                 to
                 be
                 present
                 his
                 family
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Art.
                
                 2.
                 
                 The
                 people
                 being
                 assembled
                 before
                 the
                 Sermon
                 ,
                 one
                 shall
                 reade
                 a
                 Chapter
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 Canonicall
                 Scripture
                 onely
                 ,
                 and
                 not
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 Apocrypha
                 Bookes
                 :
                 and
                 that
                 it
                 be
                 done
                 by
                 one
                 that
                 hath
                 charge
                 in
                 the
                 Church
                 ,
                 or
                 of
                 one
                 of
                 good
                 conversation
                 at
                 the
                 least
                 .
              
               
               
                 
                   Art.
                
                 3.
                 
                 During
                 the
                 time
                 of
                 prayers
                 ,
                 every
                 one
                 shall
                 kneele
                 ,
                 having
                 the
                 head
                 bare
                 .
                 Item
                 during
                 the
                 time
                 of
                 singing
                 of
                 Psalmes
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 administration
                 of
                 the
                 Sacraments
                 ,
                 and
                 whiles
                 the
                 Minister
                 shall
                 read
                 his
                 Text
                 ,
                 every
                 one
                 shall
                 be
                 uncovered
                 ,
                 and
                 be
                 attentive
                 to
                 that
                 which
                 is
                 said
                 and
                 done
                 of
                 him
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Art.
                
                 4.
                 
                 At
                 the
                 publike
                 Catechismes
                 which
                 the
                 Minister
                 shall
                 make
                 on
                 the
                 Sunday
                 after
                 dinner
                 ,
                 he
                 shall
                 chuse
                 a
                 Text
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 Word
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 agreeable
                 unto
                 the
                 section
                 he
                 is
                 to
                 treate
                 of
                 ,
                 and
                 shall
                 reade
                 in
                 the
                 beginning
                 of
                 the
                 said
                 Text
                 ,
                 and
                 shall
                 have
                 it
                 for
                 a
                 foundation
                 of
                 the
                 doctrine
                 which
                 shall
                 be
                 spoken
                 of
                 in
                 the
                 said
                 section
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Art.
                
                 5.
                 
                 The
                 doores
                 of
                 the
                 Church
                 shall
                 be
                 shut
                 after
                 the
                 Sermon
                 and
                 publike
                 prayers
                 ,
                 to
                 wipe
                 away
                 all
                 superstition
                 .
                 And
                 the
                 sears
                 shall
                 be
                 set
                 in
                 good
                 order
                 ,
                 that
                 every
                 one
                 may
                 commodiously
                 understand
                 the
                 voice
                 of
                 the
                 Minister
                 preaching
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Art.
                
                 6.
                 
                 The
                 Churches
                 which
                 are
                 dedicated
                 to
                 the
                 speciall
                 service
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 shall
                 not
                 be
                 imployed
                 to
                 any
                 prophane
                 uses
                 :
                 And
                 the
                 Magistrate
                 shall
                 be
                 desired
                 that
                 he
                 would
                 not
                 hold
                 there
                 any
                 civill
                 jurisdiction
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 
                   CHAP.
                   IX
                   .
                
                 Of
                 Baptisme
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Article
                
                 I.
                 THe
                 holy
                 Baptisme
                 shall
                 be
                 administred
                 in
                 the
                 Church
                 after
                 the
                 preaching
                 of
                 the
                 Word
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 before
                 the
                 blessing
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Art.
                
                 2.
                 
                 The
                 Fathers
                 of
                 the
                 children
                 (
                 if
                 they
                 be
                 not
                 upon
                 a
                 voyage
                 )
                 shall
                 with
                 the
                 witnesses
                 stand
                 neere
                 to
                 the
                 child
                 ,
                 to
                 present
                 it
                 to
                 God
                 ,
                 and
                 make
                 promise
                 for
                 the
                 instruction
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 as
                 they
                 are
                 bound
                 there
                 to
                 doe
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Art.
                
                 3.
                 
                 None
                 shall
                 be
                 received
                 to
                 present
                 a
                 childe
                 at
                 the
                 Baptisme
                 ,
                 unlesse
                 he
                 have
                 received
                 the
                 Lords
                 Supper
                 ,
                 
                 or
                 else
                 if
                 he
                 be
                 not
                 fit
                 to
                 receive
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 he
                 make
                 promise
                 to
                 doe
                 it
                 at
                 the
                 next
                 Communion
                 ,
                 whereof
                 (
                 if
                 he
                 be
                 a
                 stranger
                 )
                 he
                 shall
                 bring
                 testimony
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Art.
                
                 4.
                 
                 He
                 which
                 would
                 present
                 a
                 childe
                 to
                 be
                 Baptised
                 ,
                 shall
                 advertise
                 the
                 Minister
                 in
                 good
                 time
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Art.
                
                 5.
                 
                 The
                 Minister
                 shall
                 not
                 receive
                 the
                 names
                 of
                 Heathen
                 ,
                 of
                 Idolls
                 ,
                 names
                 attributed
                 to
                 God
                 in
                 the
                 Scripture
                 ,
                 neither
                 the
                 names
                 of
                 Office
                 ,
                 as
                 Angels
                 ,
                 Baptist
                 ,
                 Apostle
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Art.
                
                 6.
                 
                 Every
                 Parish
                 shall
                 register
                 all
                 their
                 Baptismes
                 ,
                 of
                 the
                 Fathers
                 ,
                 Mothers
                 ,
                 and
                 Witnesses
                 of
                 children
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 the
                 day
                 wherein
                 they
                 were
                 baptized
                 ;
                 and
                 likewise
                 of
                 the
                 Marriages
                 and
                 of
                 the
                 dayes
                 ;
                 all
                 which
                 shall
                 be
                 carefully
                 kept
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 
                   CHAP.
                   X.
                
                 Of
                 the
                 Lords
                 Supper
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Article
                
                 I.
                 THe
                 holy
                 Supper
                 of
                 our
                 Lord
                 Jesus
                 Christ
                 ,
                 shall
                 be
                 celebrated
                 foure
                 times
                 in
                 the
                 yeare
                 ;
                 at
                 Easter
                 ,
                 or
                 the
                 first
                 Sunday
                 of
                 Aprill
                 :
                 the
                 first
                 Sunday
                 of
                 July
                 :
                 the
                 first
                 Sunday
                 of
                 October
                 ;
                 and
                 the
                 first
                 Sunday
                 of
                 Januarie
                 :
                 And
                 this
                 shall
                 be
                 done
                 after
                 the
                 Sermon
                 ,
                 the
                 which
                 shall
                 be
                 made
                 expresly
                 of
                 this
                 matter
                 ,
                 or
                 at
                 the
                 least
                 shall
                 be
                 touched
                 at
                 the
                 latter
                 end
                 of
                 the
                 Sermon
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Art.
                
                 2.
                 
                 They
                 shall
                 follow
                 this
                 order
                 ;
                 The
                 Table
                 shall
                 be
                 set
                 in
                 some
                 commodious
                 place
                 by
                 the
                 Pulpit
                 ,
                 where
                 they
                 shall
                 communicate
                 in
                 order
                 ,
                 being
                 set
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 most
                 conformable
                 to
                 the
                 first
                 institution
                 ,
                 or
                 standing
                 ,
                 as
                 it
                 is
                 the
                 custome
                 of
                 some
                 Churches
                 ,
                 the
                 men
                 first
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 women
                 after
                 ,
                 and
                 none
                 shall
                 goe
                 away
                 till
                 after
                 the
                 thankesgiving
                 and
                 blessing
                 of
                 the
                 people
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Art.
                
                 3.
                 
                 Those
                 which
                 would
                 communicate
                 at
                 the
                 holy
                 Supper
                 ,
                 shall
                 be
                 catechised
                 first
                 of
                 all
                 by
                 the
                 Minister
                 ,
                 to
                 render
                 a
                 reason
                 of
                 their
                 faith
                 .
                 They
                 ought
                 to
                 know
                 
                 the
                 Lords
                 Prayer
                 ,
                 the
                 Articles
                 of
                 their
                 faith
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 ten
                 Commandements
                 ,
                 at
                 the
                 least
                 the
                 substance
                 of
                 them
                 ;
                 and
                 renounce
                 the
                 Pope
                 ,
                 the
                 Masse
                 ,
                 and
                 all
                 Idolatry
                 and
                 Superstition
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Art.
                
                 4.
                 
                 None
                 shall
                 be
                 received
                 to
                 the
                 holy
                 Supper
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 not
                 of
                 age
                 and
                 discretion
                 ,
                 and
                 which
                 hath
                 not
                 good
                 testimony
                 of
                 his
                 life
                 and
                 conversation
                 ,
                 and
                 which
                 doth
                 not
                 promise
                 to
                 subject
                 himselfe
                 to
                 the
                 discipline
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Art.
                
                 5.
                 
                 If
                 there
                 be
                 any
                 which
                 is
                 accused
                 in
                 justice
                 to
                 have
                 committed
                 some
                 crime
                 ,
                 he
                 shall
                 be
                 exhorted
                 to
                 abstaine
                 from
                 the
                 Communion
                 ,
                 till
                 such
                 time
                 as
                 he
                 shall
                 be
                 justified
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Art.
                
                 6.
                 
                 There
                 shall
                 not
                 be
                 received
                 to
                 the
                 Lords
                 Supper
                 any
                 of
                 other
                 Parishes
                 without
                 good
                 testimony
                 from
                 his
                 Pastor
                 ,
                 or
                 of
                 two
                 of
                 the
                 Elders
                 where
                 there
                 is
                 no
                 Minister
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Art.
                
                 7.
                 
                 Those
                 that
                 will
                 not
                 be
                 reconciled
                 ,
                 shall
                 be
                 deprived
                 of
                 the
                 Lords
                 Supper
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Art.
                
                 8.
                 
                 They
                 shall
                 advertise
                 the
                 people
                 at
                 the
                 least
                 fifteene
                 dayes
                 before
                 the
                 Lords
                 Supper
                 ,
                 to
                 the
                 end
                 they
                 may
                 be
                 prepared
                 for
                 it
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Art.
                
                 9.
                 
                 Besides
                 the
                 former
                 examination
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 made
                 of
                 the
                 doctrine
                 before
                 they
                 communicate
                 unto
                 the
                 holy
                 Supper
                 ,
                 every
                 one
                 ought
                 againe
                 to
                 be
                 catechised
                 once
                 a
                 yeare
                 at
                 the
                 least
                 ,
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 commoditie
                 of
                 the
                 Ministers
                 and
                 Parishioners
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 
                   CHAP.
                   XI
                   .
                
                 Of
                 the
                 Fast
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Article
                
                 I
                 .
                 THe
                 publike
                 fast
                 shall
                 be
                 celebrated
                 in
                 the
                 Church
                 ,
                 what
                 time
                 the
                 Colloque
                 or
                 Synode
                 shall
                 thinke
                 it
                 meete
                 ,
                 as
                 a
                 day
                 of
                 rest
                 ,
                 in
                 which
                 there
                 shall
                 be
                 Sermons
                 in
                 the
                 forenoone
                 and
                 afternoone
                 ,
                 with
                 prayers
                 ,
                 the
                 reading
                 of
                 the
                 word
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 and
                 singing
                 of
                 Psalmes
                 ,
                 all
                 most
                 
                 meete
                 for
                 the
                 occasions
                 and
                 causes
                 of
                 the
                 Fast
                 ,
                 and
                 all
                 by
                 the
                 authoritie
                 of
                 the
                 Magistrate
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Of
                   Thankesgiving
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Art.
                  
                   2.
                   
                   The
                   solemne
                   thankesgiving
                   must
                   be
                   celebrated
                   in
                   like
                   manner
                   ,
                   as
                   the
                   Fast
                   :
                   all
                   the
                   exercises
                   being
                   fitted
                   to
                   the
                   occasions
                   and
                   causes
                   of
                   it
                   .
                
              
            
             
               
                 
                   CHAP.
                   XII
                   .
                
                 Of
                 Marriage
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Article
                
                 I.
                 THe
                 promises
                 of
                 Marriages
                 shall
                 be
                 made
                 in
                 the
                 presence
                 of
                 the
                 Parents
                 friends
                 ,
                 Governours
                 ,
                 or
                 Masters
                 or
                 Mistresses
                 of
                 the
                 parties
                 ,
                 and
                 with
                 consent
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 the
                 presence
                 of
                 the
                 Minister
                 ,
                 or
                 of
                 one
                 Elder
                 or
                 Deacon
                 ,
                 who
                 shall
                 receive
                 the
                 promises
                 pure
                 and
                 simple
                 ,
                 with
                 invocation
                 of
                 the
                 name
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 otherwise
                 they
                 shall
                 not
                 be
                 received
                 .
                 And
                 as
                 for
                 those
                 that
                 are
                 at
                 their
                 owne
                 libertie
                 ,
                 the
                 presence
                 of
                 the
                 Minister
                 or
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 Elders
                 or
                 Deacons
                 is
                 also
                 necessary
                 for
                 the
                 policie
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Art.
                
                 2.
                 
                 The
                 children
                 and
                 those
                 which
                 are
                 under
                 Government
                 ,
                 cannot
                 make
                 any
                 promise
                 of
                 Marriage
                 without
                 the
                 consent
                 of
                 their
                 Fathers
                 and
                 Mothers
                 ,
                 or
                 of
                 their
                 Tutors
                 ,
                 or
                 of
                 their
                 Gardians
                 ,
                 in
                 whose
                 power
                 they
                 are
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Art.
                
                 3.
                 
                 If
                 the
                 Fathers
                 and
                 Mothers
                 are
                 so
                 unreasonable
                 that
                 they
                 will
                 not
                 accord
                 to
                 so
                 holy
                 a
                 thing
                 ,
                 the
                 Consistory
                 shall
                 give
                 them
                 such
                 advice
                 as
                 shall
                 be
                 expedient
                 ,
                 to
                 the
                 which
                 if
                 the
                 Fathers
                 and
                 Mothers
                 will
                 not
                 agree
                 ,
                 they
                 shall
                 have
                 recourse
                 to
                 the
                 Magistrate
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Art.
                
                 4.
                 
                 Even
                 those
                 which
                 have
                 beene
                 married
                 ,
                 owe
                 this
                 honour
                 to
                 their
                 parents
                 ,
                 not
                 to
                 marry
                 themselves
                 without
                 the
                 advice
                 of
                 their
                 parents
                 ,
                 for
                 want
                 whereof
                 they
                 shall
                 be
                 censured
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Art.
                
                 5.
                 
                 Those
                 which
                 shall
                 be
                 betrothed
                 ,
                 shall
                 promise
                 
                 with
                 their
                 parents
                 that
                 they
                 shal
                 be
                 married
                 within
                 three
                 moneths
                 after
                 their
                 promises
                 are
                 made
                 ,
                 or
                 within
                 six
                 moneths
                 ,
                 in
                 case
                 they
                 be
                 in
                 a
                 voyage
                 .
                 And
                 if
                 they
                 will
                 not
                 obey
                 ,
                 they
                 shall
                 be
                 pursued
                 by
                 the
                 Ecclesiasticall
                 Censures
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Art.
                
                 6.
                 
                 No
                 stranger
                 shall
                 be
                 betrothed
                 ,
                 unlesse
                 he
                 have
                 leave
                 of
                 the
                 Right
                 Worshipfull
                 the
                 Governours
                 ,
                 or
                 their
                 Leiftenants
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Art.
                
                 7.
                 
                 In
                 marriages
                 the
                 degrees
                 of
                 consanguinitie
                 and
                 affinitie
                 shall
                 be
                 diligently
                 observed
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 law
                 of
                 God
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Art.
                
                 8.
                 
                 The
                 publication
                 of
                 Matrimony
                 shall
                 be
                 declared
                 three
                 Sundayes
                 ,
                 one
                 after
                 another
                 immediately
                 in
                 the
                 Church
                 where
                 the
                 parties
                 dwells
                 ,
                 or
                 if
                 they
                 marry
                 in
                 some
                 other
                 Parish
                 ,
                 they
                 shall
                 bring
                 good
                 testimony
                 from
                 the
                 Minister
                 that
                 shall
                 have
                 published
                 them
                 ,
                 otherwise
                 they
                 cannot
                 be
                 married
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Art.
                
                 9.
                 
                 To
                 avoyde
                 the
                 abuse
                 and
                 prophanation
                 of
                 the
                 day
                 of
                 Rest
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 manifest
                 contempt
                 of
                 the
                 Word
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 made
                 in
                 the
                 marriage-dayes
                 ,
                 it
                 is
                 thought
                 good
                 that
                 marriage
                 be
                 no
                 more
                 celebrated
                 upon
                 Sunday
                 ,
                 but
                 on
                 the
                 weeke
                 dayes
                 onely
                 when
                 there
                 is
                 a
                 Sermon
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Art.
                
                 10.
                 
                 If
                 any
                 will
                 oppose
                 himselfe
                 against
                 the
                 publication
                 of
                 Matrimony
                 ,
                 they
                 must
                 addresse
                 themselves
                 to
                 the
                 Minister
                 first
                 ,
                 or
                 to
                 two
                 of
                 the
                 Elders
                 ,
                 which
                 shall
                 signifie
                 it
                 to
                 the
                 next
                 Consistory
                 ,
                 to
                 come
                 and
                 give
                 the
                 reasons
                 of
                 his
                 opposition
                 :
                 Of
                 which
                 the
                 Consistory
                 shall
                 judge
                 :
                 And
                 if
                 there
                 be
                 any
                 appeale
                 ,
                 it
                 shall
                 be
                 referred
                 to
                 the
                 Colloque
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Art.
                
                 11.
                 
                 Those
                 which
                 have
                 companied
                 together
                 before
                 they
                 are
                 married
                 ,
                 shall
                 not
                 be
                 married
                 before
                 they
                 have
                 made
                 confession
                 of
                 their
                 fault
                 ;
                 and
                 if
                 the
                 fault
                 be
                 openly
                 knowne
                 ,
                 they
                 shall
                 doe
                 it
                 before
                 all
                 the
                 Church
                 :
                 And
                 if
                 it
                 be
                 lesse
                 knowne
                 ,
                 the
                 Consistory
                 shall
                 give
                 order
                 for
                 it
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Art.
                
                 12.
                 
                 The
                 promises
                 of
                 Widdowes
                 that
                 would
                 remarry
                 themselves
                 ,
                 shall
                 not
                 be
                 received
                 but
                 six
                 moneths
                 
                 after
                 the
                 death
                 of
                 their
                 deceased
                 husband
                 ,
                 that
                 both
                 for
                 the
                 honestie
                 and
                 well
                 seemlinesse
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 meet
                 with
                 many
                 inconveniences
                 .
                 As
                 for
                 the
                 men
                 ,
                 they
                 shall
                 be
                 exhorted
                 to
                 stay
                 a
                 certain
                 time
                 also
                 ,
                 without
                 constraining
                 them
                 thereunto
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 
                   CHAP.
                   XIII
                   .
                
                 Of
                 the
                 Visitation
                 of
                 the
                 sicke
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Article
                
                 I.
                 THose
                 which
                 have
                 sicke
                 folke
                 ,
                 shall
                 advertise
                 those
                 which
                 have
                 charge
                 in
                 the
                 Church
                 in
                 commodious
                 time
                 to
                 this
                 end
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 may
                 be
                 visited
                 and
                 comforted
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Art.
                
                 2.
                 
                 Those
                 which
                 are
                 sicke
                 shall
                 be
                 advertised
                 to
                 make
                 their
                 will
                 in
                 good
                 time
                 ,
                 and
                 whilst
                 they
                 are
                 in
                 their
                 good
                 sense
                 ,
                 which
                 shall
                 be
                 done
                 in
                 the
                 presence
                 of
                 the
                 Minister
                 or
                 Elder
                 ,
                 or
                 some
                 other
                 able
                 men
                 ,
                 and
                 worthy
                 of
                 faith
                 ,
                 which
                 shall
                 seale
                 the
                 said
                 Testament
                 ,
                 to
                 this
                 end
                 they
                 may
                 be
                 approved
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 
                   CHAP.
                   XIV
                   .
                
                 Of
                 Buriall
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Article
                
                 I.
                 THe
                 dead
                 bodies
                 shall
                 not
                 be
                 brought
                 nor
                 made
                 enter
                 into
                 the
                 Churches
                 :
                 but
                 into
                 the
                 Church-yard
                 ordained
                 for
                 the
                 faithfull
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Art.
                
                 2.
                 
                 The
                 kinsfolke
                 ,
                 friends
                 ,
                 and
                 neighbours
                 of
                 the
                 dead
                 ,
                 and
                 as
                 many
                 as
                 the
                 kinsfolkes
                 will
                 pray
                 ,
                 even
                 the
                 Ministers
                 ,
                 if
                 they
                 be
                 at
                 leisure
                 ,
                 as
                 members
                 of
                 the
                 Church
                 and
                 brethren
                 ,
                 not
                 in
                 regard
                 of
                 their
                 charge
                 ,
                 no
                 more
                 than
                 the
                 Elders
                 and
                 Deacons
                 ,
                 and
                 shall
                 goe
                 to
                 conduct
                 the
                 dead
                 corps
                 ,
                 for
                 the
                 comelinesse
                 of
                 the
                 buriall
                 :
                 At
                 the
                 
                 which
                 there
                 shall
                 be
                 neither
                 Sermon
                 ,
                 nor
                 prayer
                 ,
                 nor
                 ringing
                 of
                 Bells
                 ,
                 neither
                 any
                 kinde
                 of
                 other
                 ceremony
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Art.
                
                 3.
                 
                 The
                 dead
                 shall
                 not
                 be
                 buried
                 without
                 advertising
                 of
                 the
                 Minister
                 before
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Art.
                
                 4.
                 
                 The
                 dead
                 corps
                 of
                 those
                 which
                 are
                 excommunicated
                 shall
                 not
                 be
                 buried
                 among
                 the
                 faithfull
                 without
                 ordinance
                 of
                 the
                 Magistrate
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 
                   CHAPTER
                   XV
                   .
                
                 Of
                 Ecclesiasticall
                 Censures
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Article
                
                 I.
                 ALL
                 those
                 which
                 are
                 of
                 the
                 Church
                 shall
                 be
                 subject
                 to
                 the
                 censures
                 ,
                 as
                 well
                 those
                 which
                 have
                 charge
                 in
                 the
                 Church
                 ,
                 as
                 those
                 which
                 have
                 no
                 charge
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Art.
                
                 2.
                 
                 The
                 suspention
                 from
                 the
                 holy
                 Supper
                 of
                 the
                 Lord
                 ,
                 shal
                 be
                 published
                 only
                 in
                 matter
                 of
                 heresie
                 ,
                 schisme
                 ,
                 or
                 other
                 notable
                 fault
                 ,
                 of
                 which
                 the
                 Consistorie
                 shall
                 judge
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Art.
                
                 3.
                 
                 Those
                 which
                 shall
                 not
                 receive
                 the
                 advertisements
                 and
                 reprehensions
                 of
                 faults
                 made
                 by
                 the
                 Word
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 and
                 which
                 continue
                 hardened
                 ,
                 without
                 hope
                 of
                 being
                 brought
                 into
                 the
                 right
                 way
                 after
                 many
                 exhortations
                 ,
                 if
                 they
                 cannot
                 be
                 brought
                 againe
                 they
                 shall
                 be
                 excommunicated
                 :
                 whereunto
                 shall
                 be
                 proceeded
                 by
                 three
                 Sundayes
                 ,
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 order
                 as
                 followeth
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Art.
                
                 4.
                 
                 The
                 first
                 Sunday
                 every
                 one
                 shall
                 be
                 exhorted
                 to
                 pray
                 for
                 the
                 sinner
                 ,
                 without
                 naming
                 or
                 declaring
                 the
                 sinne
                 ,
                 or
                 the
                 sinner
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Art.
                
                 5.
                 
                 The
                 second
                 Sunday
                 the
                 sinner
                 shall
                 be
                 named
                 and
                 not
                 the
                 sinne
                 :
                 the
                 third
                 Sunday
                 the
                 sinner
                 shall
                 be
                 named
                 and
                 the
                 sinne
                 declared
                 ,
                 and
                 he
                 excommunicated
                 ,
                 which
                 shall
                 so
                 continue
                 as
                 long
                 as
                 he
                 remaineth
                 rebellious
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Art.
                
                 6.
                 
                 Those
                 which
                 are
                 excommunicated
                 ,
                 are
                 rejected
                 of
                 the
                 Church
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 ought
                 not
                 to
                 be
                 admitted
                 
                 either
                 to
                 publick
                 prayers
                 ,
                 or
                 unto
                 the
                 preaching
                 of
                 the
                 Word
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Art.
                
                 7.
                 
                 If
                 any
                 having
                 publick
                 charge
                 in
                 the
                 Church
                 ,
                 shall
                 commit
                 any
                 fault
                 which
                 in
                 a
                 private
                 person
                 meriteth
                 publick
                 suspention
                 from
                 the
                 Lords
                 Supper
                 ,
                 they
                 shall
                 be
                 suspended
                 from
                 their
                 charge
                 ,
                 and
                 if
                 they
                 commit
                 any
                 fault
                 the
                 which
                 in
                 a
                 private
                 person
                 meriteth
                 excommunication
                 they
                 shall
                 be
                 deposed
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Art.
                
                 8.
                 
                 And
                 likewise
                 those
                 which
                 have
                 committed
                 any
                 such
                 fault
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 which
                 they
                 are
                 made
                 uncapable
                 of
                 exercising
                 their
                 charge
                 to
                 the
                 edification
                 of
                 the
                 Church
                 ,
                 shall
                 be
                 deposed
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Art.
                
                 9.
                 
                 If
                 the
                 sinner
                 commeth
                 to
                 repentance
                 ,
                 desiring
                 of
                 the
                 Consistory
                 to
                 be
                 received
                 to
                 the
                 peace
                 of
                 the
                 Church
                 ,
                 diligent
                 information
                 must
                 be
                 had
                 of
                 his
                 conversation
                 ,
                 and
                 shall
                 advise
                 the
                 people
                 thereof
                 the
                 Sunday
                 before
                 he
                 be
                 received
                 ,
                 and
                 make
                 confession
                 to
                 have
                 peace
                 of
                 the
                 Church
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Art.
                
                 10.
                 
                 The
                 second
                 Sunday
                 he
                 shall
                 present
                 himselfe
                 before
                 the
                 Pulpit
                 ,
                 and
                 shall
                 confesse
                 his
                 fault
                 ,
                 asking
                 pardon
                 of
                 God
                 and
                 of
                 the
                 Church
                 by
                 his
                 owne
                 mouth
                 ,
                 in
                 ratifying
                 onely
                 that
                 which
                 the
                 Minister
                 shall
                 have
                 said
                 of
                 his
                 repentance
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 
                   CHAP.
                   XVI
                   .
                
                 Of
                 the
                 Ecclesiasticall
                 Assemblies
                 for
                 the
                 guiding
                 and
                 governing
                 of
                 the
                 Church
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Article
                
                 I.
                 IN
                 all
                 Ecclesiasticall
                 Assemblies
                 the
                 Ministers
                 shall
                 be
                 Moderators
                 ,
                 to
                 gather
                 the
                 voyces
                 ,
                 to
                 impose
                 silence
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 give
                 sentence
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 pluralitie
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 give
                 the
                 Censures
                 ;
                 to
                 the
                 which
                 they
                 shall
                 be
                 subject
                 as
                 well
                 as
                 others
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Art.
                
                 2.
                 
                 All
                 Censures
                 shall
                 be
                 done
                 in
                 meeknesse
                 of
                 spirit
                 and
                 doctrine
                 .
              
               
               
                 
                   Art.
                
                 3.
                 
                 All
                 Assemblies
                 shall
                 be
                 begun
                 and
                 ended
                 by
                 prayers
                 and
                 thankesgiving
                 ;
                 and
                 it
                 shall
                 be
                 done
                 by
                 him
                 that
                 is
                 then
                 Moderator
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Art.
                
                 4.
                 
                 All
                 those
                 which
                 there
                 shall
                 be
                 assistant
                 ,
                 shall
                 speake
                 by
                 order
                 ,
                 without
                 interrupting
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 other
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Art.
                
                 5.
                 
                 None
                 shall
                 depart
                 from
                 the
                 Assembly
                 without
                 leave
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Art.
                
                 6.
                 
                 All
                 Ecclesiasticall
                 matters
                 there
                 shall
                 be
                 intreated
                 of
                 ,
                 and
                 decided
                 by
                 the
                 Word
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 without
                 taking
                 upon
                 them
                 any
                 civill
                 Jurisdiction
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Art.
                
                 7.
                 
                 If
                 there
                 come
                 any
                 matter
                 of
                 importance
                 ,
                 which
                 cannot
                 be
                 decided
                 in
                 the
                 lesser
                 Assemblies
                 ,
                 they
                 shall
                 be
                 sent
                 to
                 the
                 greater
                 .
                 And
                 likewise
                 if
                 any
                 man
                 doe
                 feele
                 himselfe
                 grieved
                 with
                 the
                 judgement
                 of
                 the
                 lesser
                 ,
                 he
                 may
                 appeale
                 to
                 the
                 greater
                 :
                 And
                 there
                 shall
                 be
                 nothing
                 in
                 the
                 greater
                 handled
                 ,
                 which
                 hath
                 not
                 been
                 handled
                 before
                 in
                 the
                 lesser
                 ,
                 unlesse
                 it
                 be
                 in
                 a
                 matter
                 which
                 is
                 remitted
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Art.
                
                 8.
                 
                 For
                 all
                 the
                 things
                 that
                 are
                 memorable
                 in
                 all
                 the
                 Assemblies
                 ,
                 there
                 shall
                 be
                 a
                 Register
                 made
                 ,
                 which
                 shall
                 be
                 done
                 by
                 a
                 Scribe
                 appointed
                 in
                 every
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 Assemblies
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Art.
                
                 9.
                 
                 The
                 Ecclesiasticall
                 Assemblies
                 shall
                 not
                 be
                 daysmen
                 in
                 causes
                 and
                 matters
                 civill
                 ,
                 yet
                 the
                 particular
                 members
                 of
                 it
                 as
                 private
                 persons
                 may
                 ,
                 but
                 yet
                 very
                 rarely
                 ,
                 when
                 it
                 is
                 for
                 making
                 an
                 end
                 of
                 debate
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 same
                 of
                 great
                 consequence
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Art.
                
                 10.
                 
                 He
                 which
                 hath
                 been
                 deprived
                 of
                 the
                 Communion
                 ,
                 or
                 suspended
                 from
                 his
                 Charge
                 by
                 an
                 assembly
                 ,
                 shall
                 be
                 reestablished
                 by
                 the
                 same
                 .
              
               
                 
                   These
                   Assemblies
                   are
                   either
                   simple
                   ,
                   or
                   compound
                   ;
                   simple
                   ,
                   as
                   the
                   Consistories
                   .
                
              
            
             
             
               
                 
                   CHAP.
                   XVII
                   .
                
                 Of
                 the
                 Consistories
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Article
                
                 I.
                 THe
                 Consistory
                 is
                 the
                 assembly
                 of
                 the
                 Ministers
                 and
                 Elders
                 of
                 every
                 Church
                 ,
                 for
                 the
                 Government
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 watch
                 over
                 the
                 manners
                 and
                 doctrine
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 correct
                 the
                 vices
                 ,
                 and
                 encourage
                 the
                 well-doers
                 ,
                 where
                 the
                 Deacons
                 ,
                 together
                 with
                 the
                 proposants
                 ,
                 may
                 be
                 assistant
                 to
                 the
                 Ministers
                 ,
                 to
                 the
                 end
                 to
                 fashion
                 them
                 in
                 the
                 discipline
                 and
                 guiding
                 of
                 the
                 Church
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Art.
                
                 2.
                 
                 The
                 Consistories
                 are
                 to
                 be
                 assembled
                 every
                 Sunday
                 ,
                 or
                 other
                 dayes
                 and
                 houres
                 ordained
                 ,
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 commoditie
                 of
                 the
                 Consistories
                 ,
                 to
                 consult
                 of
                 the
                 affaires
                 of
                 the
                 Church
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Art.
                
                 3.
                 
                 None
                 shall
                 be
                 called
                 to
                 the
                 Consistory
                 without
                 the
                 advice
                 of
                 the
                 Minister
                 and
                 of
                 two
                 Elders
                 ,
                 in
                 case
                 of
                 necessitie
                 at
                 the
                 least
                 :
                 and
                 every
                 Elder
                 or
                 he
                 that
                 giveth
                 sommance
                 ,
                 shall
                 call
                 them
                 of
                 his
                 quarter
                 ,
                 as
                 shall
                 be
                 ordained
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Art.
                
                 4.
                 
                 The
                 Elders
                 shall
                 not
                 report
                 the
                 secret
                 faults
                 ,
                 not
                 having
                 observed
                 the
                 order
                 commanded
                 by
                 Jesus
                 Christ
                 ,
                 
                   Matth.
                
                 18.
                 
                 Reprehending
                 in
                 secret
                 the
                 faults
                 that
                 are
                 secret
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Art.
                
                 5.
                 
                 The
                 Minister
                 or
                 Elders
                 shall
                 not
                 name
                 to
                 the
                 Consistorie
                 ,
                 those
                 whose
                 faults
                 they
                 shall
                 bring
                 to
                 the
                 Consistorie
                 ,
                 without
                 the
                 advice
                 of
                 the
                 said
                 Consistorie
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Art.
                
                 6.
                 
                 The
                 censures
                 of
                 the
                 Consistorie
                 shall
                 be
                 given
                 before
                 every
                 Communion
                 in
                 the
                 most
                 commodious
                 day
                 ;
                 wherein
                 the
                 School-Masters
                 also
                 shall
                 be
                 censured
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Art.
                
                 7.
                 
                 The
                 Consistorie
                 shall
                 choose
                 those
                 which
                 ought
                 to
                 goe
                 to
                 the
                 Colloques
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Art.
                
                 8.
                 
                 The
                 correction
                 of
                 faults
                 and
                 offences
                 ,
                 appertaineth
                 to
                 the
                 Consistories
                 ,
                 excommunication
                 excepted
                 .
              
               
               
                 
                   Art.
                
                 9.
                 
                 In
                 Ecclesiasticall
                 Assemblies
                 the
                 Consistories
                 shall
                 make
                 inquisition
                 of
                 the
                 faults
                 which
                 shall
                 come
                 before
                 them
                 ;
                 and
                 shall
                 adjure
                 the
                 parties
                 in
                 the
                 name
                 of
                 God
                 to
                 speake
                 the
                 truth
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 
                   CHAP.
                   XVIII
                   .
                
                 Of
                 the
                 composed
                 Assemblies
                 ,
                 which
                 are
                 the
                 Colloques
                 and
                 the
                 Synods
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Article
                
                 I.
                 AT
                 the
                 beginning
                 of
                 the
                 Assembly
                 there
                 shall
                 be
                 called
                 the
                 Minister
                 and
                 the
                 Elders
                 ,
                 which
                 ought
                 to
                 be
                 assistants
                 there
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Art.
                
                 2.
                 
                 The
                 persons
                 who
                 are
                 named
                 to
                 be
                 assistants
                 shall
                 not
                 misse
                 to
                 be
                 present
                 there
                 ,
                 upon
                 paine
                 to
                 be
                 censured
                 at
                 the
                 next
                 assembly
                 ,
                 unto
                 the
                 which
                 they
                 shall
                 be
                 called
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Art.
                
                 3.
                 
                 The
                 Articles
                 of
                 the
                 former
                 assemblies
                 shall
                 be
                 read
                 before
                 they
                 enter
                 the
                 affaires
                 ,
                 to
                 the
                 end
                 to
                 know
                 if
                 they
                 have
                 been
                 executed
                 :
                 And
                 at
                 the
                 end
                 of
                 every
                 assembly
                 the
                 Elders
                 shall
                 take
                 a
                 copie
                 of
                 that
                 which
                 hath
                 been
                 determined
                 there
                 :
                 to
                 the
                 end
                 that
                 all
                 may
                 walk
                 after
                 the
                 same
                 rule
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Art.
                
                 4.
                 
                 In
                 every
                 Assembly
                 there
                 shall
                 be
                 a
                 Scribe
                 to
                 write
                 that
                 which
                 shall
                 be
                 resolved
                 of
                 by
                 the
                 Company
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Art.
                
                 5.
                 
                 At
                 the
                 end
                 of
                 every
                 assembly
                 they
                 shall
                 give
                 a
                 brotherly
                 censure
                 of
                 the
                 Consistories
                 ,
                 in
                 generall
                 of
                 the
                 Ministers
                 and
                 Elders
                 ,
                 which
                 shall
                 be
                 assistant
                 there
                 ,
                 and
                 principally
                 of
                 that
                 which
                 hath
                 been
                 done
                 in
                 the
                 assembly
                 during
                 the
                 action
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Art.
                
                 6.
                 
                 The
                 excommunication
                 shall
                 be
                 onely
                 concluded
                 in
                 these
                 assemblies
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Art.
                
                 7.
                 
                 The
                 Masters
                 the
                 Justices
                 shall
                 be
                 prayed
                 to
                 cease
                 the
                 exercise
                 of
                 Courts
                 ,
                 ordinary
                 and
                 extraordinarie
                 in
                 the
                 dayes
                 of
                 the
                 Colloques
                 and
                 Synods
                 ,
                 to
                 this
                 end
                 
                 that
                 they
                 which
                 ought
                 to
                 be
                 there
                 assistant
                 may
                 not
                 be
                 hindred
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 
                   CHAP.
                   XIX
                   .
                
                 Of
                 the
                 Colloques
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Article
                
                 I.
                 THe
                 Colloque
                 in
                 the
                 Assembly
                 of
                 the
                 Ministers
                 and
                 Ancients
                 deputed
                 of
                 every
                 Church
                 ,
                 in
                 every
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 Governments
                 of
                 those
                 Iles
                 ,
                 for
                 the
                 government
                 and
                 entertainment
                 of
                 the
                 Discipline
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Art.
                
                 2.
                 
                 The
                 Colloques
                 shall
                 be
                 assembled
                 foure
                 times
                 in
                 the
                 yeare
                 ;
                 ten
                 dayes
                 before
                 every
                 Communion
                 :
                 In
                 which
                 day
                 there
                 shall
                 be
                 the
                 proposition
                 of
                 the
                 Word
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 following
                 the
                 forme
                 which
                 is
                 before
                 established
                 in
                 the
                 Chapter
                 of
                 Ministers
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Art.
                
                 3.
                 
                 The
                 Ministers
                 of
                 
                   Alderney
                
                 and
                 
                   Sparke
                   ,
                
                 shall
                 meet
                 once
                 a
                 yeare
                 at
                 the
                 least
                 ,
                 at
                 the
                 Colloque
                 at
                 
                   Gernsey
                   ,
                
                 and
                 they
                 shall
                 choose
                 the
                 most
                 fit
                 time
                 to
                 come
                 in
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Art.
                
                 4.
                 
                 The
                 Colloque
                 shall
                 choose
                 those
                 which
                 ought
                 to
                 goe
                 to
                 the
                 Synode
                 ,
                 and
                 shall
                 give
                 them
                 Letters
                 testimoniall
                 of
                 their
                 sending
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 
                   CHAP.
                   XX
                   .
                
                 Of
                 the
                 Synods
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Article
                
                 I.
                 THe
                 Synode
                 is
                 the
                 Assemblie
                 of
                 Ministers
                 and
                 Elders
                 ,
                 deputed
                 by
                 the
                 Colloques
                 of
                 these
                 Iles.
                 
              
               
                 
                   Art.
                
                 2.
                 
                 The
                 Synode
                 shall
                 be
                 assembled
                 from
                 two
                 yeares
                 to
                 two
                 yeares
                 ,
                 in
                 
                   Gersey
                
                 and
                 
                   Garnsey
                
                 by
                 course
                 ,
                 unlesse
                 necessitie
                 doe
                 constraine
                 to
                 assemble
                 it
                 sooner
                 ▪
                 In
                 which
                 case
                 those
                 of
                 the
                 I
                 le
                 where
                 the
                 Synode
                 is
                 to
                 be
                 holden
                 ,
                 may
                 hasten
                 ▪
                 it
                 by
                 the
                 advice
                 of
                 both
                 the
                 Colloques
                 .
              
               
               
                 
                   Art.
                
                 3.
                 
                 In
                 every
                 Synode
                 there
                 shall
                 be
                 chosen
                 a
                 Minister
                 to
                 governe
                 the
                 action
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 Scribe
                 to
                 register
                 the
                 actions
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Art.
                
                 4.
                 
                 The
                 Minister
                 of
                 the
                 place
                 where
                 the
                 assembly
                 is
                 made
                 ,
                 shall
                 make
                 a
                 prayer
                 in
                 the
                 beginning
                 of
                 the
                 first
                 sitting
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Art.
                
                 5.
                 
                 The
                 Colloques
                 shall
                 mutually
                 advertise
                 one
                 another
                 of
                 the
                 generall
                 things
                 they
                 have
                 to
                 propose
                 to
                 the
                 Synode
                 in
                 commodious
                 time
                 ,
                 to
                 this
                 end
                 that
                 every
                 one
                 may
                 have
                 time
                 to
                 think
                 of
                 it
                 more
                 ripely
                 .
                 And
                 they
                 shall
                 give
                 some
                 advertisement
                 thereof
                 before
                 the
                 Colloque
                 ,
                 which
                 goeth
                 next
                 before
                 the
                 Synode
                 ,
                 so
                 farre
                 as
                 they
                 may
                 :
                 And
                 as
                 for
                 things
                 of
                 smaller
                 importance
                 ,
                 they
                 shall
                 be
                 communicated
                 of
                 in
                 the
                 day
                 of
                 the
                 first
                 sitting
                 .
              
               
                 
                   These
                   Articles
                   touching
                   the
                   Discipline
                   ,
                   are
                   so
                   set
                   downe
                   that
                   so
                   much
                   and
                   so
                   farre
                   as
                   they
                   are
                   grounded
                   upon
                   the
                   Word
                   of
                   God
                   ,
                   they
                   are
                   immoveable
                   :
                   And
                   as
                   for
                   the
                   points
                   that
                   are
                   meerely
                   Ecclesiasticall
                   ,
                   that
                   is
                   to
                   say
                   ,
                   framed
                   and
                   set
                   downe
                   for
                   the
                   commoditie
                   of
                   the
                   Church
                   ,
                   according
                   to
                   the
                   circumstance
                   of
                   persons
                   ,
                   time
                   ,
                   and
                   place
                   ,
                   they
                   may
                   be
                   changed
                   by
                   the
                   same
                   authoritie
                   they
                   have
                   been
                   instituted
                   .
                
              
            
             
               
                 Here
                 followeth
                 the
                 manner
                 of
                 Installing
                 the
                 Officers
                 of
                 the
                 Church
                 .
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Promise
                   in
                   generall
                   .
                
                 
                   YOu
                   promise
                   before
                   God
                   ,
                   his
                   elect
                   Angels
                   ,
                   and
                   his
                   Church
                   ,
                   that
                   you
                   will
                   serve
                   him
                   faithfully
                   in
                   this
                   Office
                   ,
                   taking
                   heed
                   to
                   your selfe
                   ,
                   to
                   this
                   end
                   ,
                   that
                   in
                   this
                   vocation
                   of
                   God
                   ,
                   you
                   may
                   walke
                   worthily
                   ,
                   so
                   as
                   it
                   becommeth
                   a
                   good
                   servant
                   of
                   God
                   ,
                   without
                   abusing
                   it
                   to
                   serve
                   your
                   owne
                   affections
                   ,
                   or
                   to
                   be
                   pleasing
                   unto
                   men
                   ,
                   but
                   that
                   you
                   use
                   it
                   with
                   a
                   good
                   consciente
                   ,
                   carrying
                   all
                   
                   that
                   you
                   doe
                   in
                   this
                   office
                   to
                   the
                   glory
                   of
                   God
                   ,
                   and
                   to
                   the
                   edification
                   of
                   the
                   Church
                   ,
                   principally
                   of
                   that
                   over
                   which
                   you
                   are
                   set
                   :
                   giving
                   in
                   all
                   things
                   good
                   example
                   unto
                   all
                   ,
                   namely
                   ,
                   in
                   keeping
                   and
                   taking
                   good
                   heed
                   to
                   the
                   pollicy
                   as
                   well
                   Ecclesiasticall
                   as
                   Civill
                   ,
                   procuring
                   the
                   good
                   and
                   honour
                   of
                   the
                   Kingdome
                   of
                   
                     England
                  
                   and
                   of
                   the
                   I
                   le
                   :
                   taking
                   paines
                   that
                   the
                   people
                   may
                   live
                   in
                   good
                   order
                   ,
                   peace
                   and
                   union
                   one
                   with
                   another
                   ,
                   and
                   in
                   subjection
                   and
                   obedience
                   to
                   the
                   Government
                   of
                   his
                   Majestie
                   ,
                   the
                   right
                   Worshipfull
                   the
                   Governours
                   ,
                   his
                   Lieftenant
                   ,
                   the
                   Bailiefe
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Justices
                   ,
                   not
                   consenting
                   to
                   any
                   thing
                   which
                   is
                   repugnant
                   to
                   the
                   Lawes
                   Civill
                   ,
                   Pollicy
                   of
                   the
                   Countrey
                   and
                   Kingdome
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Ecclesiasticall
                   Censures
                   .
                   All
                   which
                   you
                   shall
                   doe
                   so
                   farre
                   as
                   your
                   office
                   doth
                   require
                   ,
                   that
                   is
                   to
                   say
                   ,
                   without
                   being
                   prejudiciall
                   to
                   the
                   libertie
                   of
                   a
                   good
                   conscience
                   .
                
                 
                   Furthermore
                   ,
                   You
                   shall
                   not
                   abandon
                   or
                   leave
                   off
                   your
                   Charge
                   for
                   any
                   discontentment
                   ,
                   or
                   tediousnesse
                   ,
                   or
                   any
                   thing
                   whatsoever
                   :
                   unlesse
                   it
                   be
                   by
                   the
                   consent
                   of
                   the
                   Consistory
                   ,
                   or
                   other
                   to
                   whom
                   it
                   appertaineth
                   :
                   At
                   which
                   Consistory
                   you
                   shall
                   attend
                   (
                   if
                   there
                   be
                   no
                   hinderance
                   )
                   the
                   Sunday
                   ,
                   after
                   the
                   Catechisme
                   to
                   handle
                   the
                   Ecclesiasticall
                   affaires
                   :
                   And
                   you
                   shall
                   take
                   heed
                   of
                   not
                   disclosing
                   any
                   thing
                   that
                   hath
                   been
                   handled
                   ,
                   to
                   the
                   parties
                   or
                   any
                   other
                   persons
                   (
                   unlesse
                   it
                   be
                   that
                   they
                   ought
                   to
                   know
                   it
                   )
                   in
                   paine
                   of
                   being
                   rejected
                   from
                   the
                   Company
                   :
                   Remembring
                   alwayes
                   that
                   you
                   must
                   render
                   an
                   account
                   of
                   the
                   charge
                   which
                   hath
                   been
                   committed
                   unto
                   you
                   ;
                   to
                   the
                   end
                   that
                   you
                   may
                   heare
                   his
                   most
                   amiable
                   voice
                   ,
                   
                     It
                     is
                     well
                     done
                     good
                     servant
                     ,
                     enter
                     into
                     the
                     joy
                     of
                     thy
                     Lord
                     .
                  
                   Finally
                   ,
                   that
                   which
                   toucheth
                   you
                   most
                   neerly
                   in
                   regard
                   of
                   the
                   particular
                   charge
                   you
                   are
                   called
                   unto
                   .
                
              
            
             
               
                 Promises
                 Common
                 to
                 Ministers
                 of
                 the
                 Word
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 the
                 Elders
                 .
              
               
                 YOu
                 doe
                 promise
                 that
                 you
                 will
                 feed
                 and
                 governe
                 the
                 flocke
                 of
                 Christ
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 committed
                 unto
                 you
                 ,
                 
                 which
                 is
                 his
                 house
                 ,
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 pollicy
                 that
                 our
                 Lord
                 Jesus
                 Christ
                 hath
                 established
                 in
                 his
                 Church
                 ,
                 in
                 having
                 a
                 care
                 not
                 by
                 constraint
                 ,
                 but
                 willingly
                 and
                 with
                 a
                 ready
                 courage
                 ,
                 not
                 for
                 gaine
                 or
                 unseemely
                 honour
                 ,
                 but
                 onely
                 having
                 regard
                 to
                 the
                 glory
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 the
                 salvation
                 of
                 the
                 people
                 :
                 Not
                 raigning
                 over
                 the
                 Church
                 ,
                 but
                 in
                 humilitie
                 and
                 feare
                 ,
                 following
                 the
                 Word
                 of
                 God
                 .
              
               
                 You
                 promise
                 also
                 to
                 have
                 an
                 eye
                 and
                 watch
                 upon
                 the
                 flocke
                 ,
                 to
                 admonish
                 and
                 comfort
                 in
                 particular
                 ,
                 according
                 as
                 neede
                 requires
                 :
                 Also
                 to
                 reprehend
                 the
                 private
                 faults
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 bring
                 to
                 the
                 Consistorie
                 the
                 publick
                 faults
                 ;
                 to
                 the
                 end
                 the
                 scandalls
                 of
                 the
                 Church
                 may
                 be
                 hindred
                 .
              
               
                 You
                 shall
                 attend
                 the
                 Colloques
                 and
                 Synodes
                 at
                 all
                 times
                 ,
                 when
                 you
                 shall
                 be
                 deputed
                 thereunto
                 ,
                 revealing
                 nothing
                 of
                 that
                 which
                 hath
                 been
                 handled
                 to
                 the
                 parties
                 ,
                 or
                 any
                 of
                 the
                 persons
                 ,
                 unlesse
                 they
                 ought
                 to
                 know
                 it
                 ,
                 upon
                 paine
                 to
                 be
                 rejected
                 from
                 the
                 company
                 .
              
               
                 You
                 promise
                 to
                 take
                 carefull
                 heed
                 of
                 the
                 accompts
                 of
                 the
                 Deacons
                 at
                 the
                 Communion
                 day
                 ,
                 or
                 at
                 least
                 at
                 the
                 Communion
                 dayes
                 of
                 September
                 and
                 Easter
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 after
                 the
                 second
                 Sermon
                 of
                 the
                 Sabbath
                 ;
                 in
                 which
                 day
                 ordinarily
                 there
                 is
                 no
                 Consistorie
                 kept
                 ,
                 or
                 else
                 the
                 Sunday
                 following
                 ,
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 opportunitie
                 of
                 the
                 Church
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 A
                 Promise
                 particular
                 to
                 the
                 Minister
                 of
                 the
                 Word
                 .
              
               
                 YOu
                 promise
                 that
                 you
                 will
                 deliver
                 the
                 most
                 holy
                 Word
                 ,
                 and
                 Sacraments
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 in
                 all
                 faithfulnesse
                 ,
                 purenesse
                 ,
                 and
                 reverence
                 ,
                 that
                 you
                 will
                 take
                 paines
                 in
                 teaching
                 the
                 people
                 which
                 are
                 capable
                 ,
                 in
                 convincing
                 those
                 which
                 contradict
                 ,
                 in
                 casting
                 downe
                 the
                 proud
                 ,
                 in
                 erecting
                 and
                 lifting
                 up
                 the
                 humble
                 ,
                 in
                 bringing
                 againe
                 those
                 that
                 are
                 strayed
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 way
                 ,
                 in
                 cutting
                 rightly
                 the
                 word
                 of
                 truth
                 ,
                 as
                 a
                 good
                 workman
                 ,
                 which
                 needeth
                 
                 not
                 be
                 ashamed
                 ,
                 and
                 as
                 a
                 good
                 and
                 wise
                 Steward
                 of
                 the
                 House
                 of
                 the
                 Lord
                 ,
                 distributing
                 the
                 spirituall
                 meate
                 as
                 well
                 to
                 every
                 one
                 apart
                 ,
                 according
                 to
                 his
                 abilitie
                 ,
                 as
                 in
                 common
                 to
                 all
                 the
                 family
                 .
                 You
                 shall
                 doe
                 this
                 in
                 all
                 diligence
                 ,
                 being
                 earnest
                 in
                 time
                 and
                 out
                 of
                 time
                 :
                 And
                 for
                 this
                 cause
                 you
                 promise
                 to
                 follow
                 with
                 all
                 care
                 and
                 diligence
                 ,
                 all
                 meanes
                 and
                 helpes
                 of
                 studie
                 ,
                 things
                 proper
                 to
                 execute
                 &
                 honour
                 your
                 said
                 Ministery
                 ,
                 which
                 notwithstanding
                 shall
                 be
                 done
                 in
                 all
                 simplicitie
                 and
                 easinesse
                 ,
                 as
                 well
                 in
                 words
                 as
                 in
                 sentences
                 ,
                 to
                 this
                 end
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 rudest
                 and
                 most
                 unlearned
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Church
                 may
                 be
                 edified
                 by
                 it
                 .
                 Above
                 all
                 ,
                 you
                 shall
                 imploy
                 your selfe
                 in
                 studying
                 the
                 holy
                 Scriptures
                 ,
                 to
                 this
                 end
                 ,
                 that
                 being
                 well
                 instructed
                 touching
                 the
                 Kingdome
                 of
                 Heaven
                 ,
                 you
                 may
                 be
                 like
                 a
                 good
                 Father
                 of
                 a
                 Family
                 ,
                 who
                 is
                 able
                 to
                 draw
                 out
                 of
                 his
                 treasure
                 both
                 old
                 and
                 new
                 things
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 A
                 Promise
                 particular
                 to
                 the
                 Elders
                 .
              
               
                 YOu
                 promise
                 to
                 be
                 assistant
                 unto
                 the
                 Ministers
                 of
                 the
                 Word
                 ,
                 for
                 the
                 Government
                 of
                 the
                 Church
                 ,
                 over
                 the
                 which
                 you
                 are
                 appointed
                 ,
                 and
                 shall
                 take
                 heed
                 to
                 the
                 Ministery
                 of
                 the
                 Word
                 ;
                 First
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Church
                 be
                 not
                 unprovided
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 being
                 established
                 it
                 may
                 be
                 reverenced
                 ,
                 and
                 therefore
                 you
                 shall
                 have
                 an
                 eye
                 to
                 them
                 as
                 well
                 for
                 the
                 holy
                 doctrine
                 ,
                 as
                 for
                 their
                 holinesse
                 of
                 life
                 ,
                 and
                 afterwards
                 upon
                 the
                 rest
                 of
                 the
                 Church
                 ,
                 especially
                 upon
                 those
                 which
                 are
                 committed
                 more
                 neerly
                 to
                 your
                 charge
                 .
                 And
                 therefore
                 if
                 there
                 shall
                 come
                 any
                 discord
                 between
                 any
                 of
                 your
                 quarter
                 ,
                 you
                 shall
                 endeavour
                 to
                 accord
                 them
                 by
                 good
                 and
                 brotherly
                 advisement
                 ,
                 and
                 if
                 they
                 will
                 not
                 obey
                 ,
                 you
                 shall
                 summon
                 them
                 to
                 come
                 to
                 the
                 Consistorie
                 to
                 have
                 some
                 convenient
                 remedy
                 thereof
                 ,
                 which
                 you
                 shall
                 doe
                 principally
                 in
                 the
                 Visitation
                 before
                 the
                 Communion
                 :
                 Also
                 you
                 shall
                 goe
                 at
                 every
                 Communion
                 throughout
                 all
                 the
                 Families
                 of
                 your
                 quarter
                 ,
                 as
                 well
                 to
                 
                 your
                 neighbours
                 ,
                 as
                 those
                 that
                 are
                 of
                 your
                 own
                 houshold
                 ,
                 to
                 know
                 whether
                 they
                 live
                 in
                 the
                 feare
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 whether
                 they
                 frequent
                 preaching
                 ,
                 if
                 they
                 doe
                 pray
                 in
                 their
                 houses
                 ,
                 their
                 particular
                 prayers
                 evening
                 and
                 morning
                 ,
                 before
                 and
                 after
                 meate
                 .
              
               
                 Furthermore
                 ,
                 You
                 doe
                 promise
                 to
                 visit
                 the
                 sicke
                 of
                 your
                 quarter
                 ,
                 and
                 when
                 there
                 shall
                 be
                 need
                 ,
                 you
                 shall
                 call
                 with
                 you
                 the
                 Ministers
                 of
                 the
                 Word
                 to
                 comfort
                 them
                 ;
                 finally
                 ,
                 you
                 shall
                 procure
                 that
                 all
                 things
                 in
                 the
                 assemblies
                 may
                 be
                 done
                 in
                 good
                 order
                 and
                 seemlinesse
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 A
                 Promise
                 particular
                 to
                 Deacons
                 .
              
               
                 YOu
                 promise
                 to
                 receive
                 ,
                 dispence
                 ,
                 and
                 keepe
                 faithfully
                 ,
                 and
                 without
                 deceipt
                 or
                 acceptation
                 of
                 persons
                 ,
                 the
                 goods
                 which
                 are
                 given
                 to
                 the
                 poore
                 ;
                 you
                 shall
                 gather
                 the
                 almes
                 of
                 the
                 poore
                 given
                 by
                 the
                 people
                 at
                 the
                 going
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 Church
                 after
                 the
                 Sermons
                 ,
                 and
                 especially
                 on
                 the
                 Sabbath
                 day
                 :
                 And
                 if
                 that
                 necessitie
                 so
                 require
                 (
                 because
                 of
                 some
                 extraordinary
                 need
                 )
                 you
                 shall
                 goe
                 by
                 the
                 houses
                 of
                 those
                 which
                 are
                 willing
                 ,
                 to
                 gather
                 some
                 come
                 or
                 other
                 almes
                 ,
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 good
                 will
                 or
                 discretion
                 of
                 well
                 disposed
                 people
                 .
                 And
                 to
                 wipe
                 away
                 all
                 evill
                 suspition
                 ,
                 you
                 shall
                 count
                 out
                 of
                 hand
                 the
                 almes
                 received
                 (
                 which
                 shall
                 be
                 set
                 down
                 in
                 writing
                 )
                 in
                 the
                 presence
                 of
                 the
                 Ministers
                 ,
                 and
                 one
                 or
                 two
                 of
                 the
                 Elders
                 :
                 And
                 for
                 this
                 cause
                 you
                 shall
                 have
                 a
                 Booke
                 ,
                 wherein
                 to
                 Register
                 as
                 well
                 the
                 things
                 that
                 are
                 received
                 as
                 those
                 that
                 are
                 laid
                 out
                 .
              
               
                 You
                 doe
                 promise
                 that
                 you
                 will
                 not
                 give
                 any
                 almes
                 without
                 communicating
                 it
                 unto
                 the
                 Ministers
                 and
                 the
                 Elders
                 ,
                 that
                 you
                 distribute
                 the
                 almes
                 ,
                 first
                 of
                 all
                 unto
                 those
                 that
                 are
                 of
                 the
                 houshold
                 of
                 faith
                 ;
                 and
                 if
                 there
                 be
                 any
                 overplus
                 ,
                 you
                 may
                 let
                 it
                 run
                 down
                 unto
                 strangers
                 from
                 the
                 Church
                 .
              
               
                 You
                 do
                 promise
                 to
                 visit
                 the
                 poore
                 ,
                 sicke
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 cause
                 them
                 to
                 be
                 tended
                 and
                 looked
                 unto
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 inquire
                 of
                 the
                 
                 necessitie
                 of
                 other
                 poore
                 ,
                 principally
                 of
                 your
                 quarter
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 the
                 end
                 that
                 they
                 may
                 be
                 nourished
                 by
                 the
                 almes
                 of
                 the
                 Church
                 ,
                 without
                 letting
                 them
                 wander
                 and
                 range
                 about
                 the
                 streets
                 ,
                 or
                 other
                 Parishes
                 .
                 And
                 you
                 shall
                 procure
                 that
                 those
                 which
                 are
                 meet
                 to
                 be
                 put
                 to
                 occupation
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 may
                 be
                 imployed
                 ,
                 of
                 the
                 which
                 ,
                 you
                 shall
                 advertise
                 the
                 Constables
                 ,
                 or
                 those
                 which
                 have
                 the
                 charge
                 of
                 Justice
                 ,
                 to
                 the
                 end
                 that
                 they
                 may
                 not
                 be
                 suffered
                 to
                 beg
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 A
                 Prayer
                 Common
                 for
                 all
                 the
                 Officers
                 of
                 the
                 Church
                 .
              
               
                 OH
                 Lord
                 God
                 ,
                 Father
                 of
                 light
                 ,
                 from
                 whom
                 commeth
                 every
                 good
                 and
                 perfect
                 gift
                 ,
                 we
                 doe
                 pray
                 thee
                 most
                 humbly
                 in
                 the
                 name
                 and
                 favour
                 of
                 Jesus
                 Christ
                 ,
                 thy
                 onely
                 Sonne
                 our
                 Saviour
                 ,
                 who
                 being
                 ascended
                 into
                 heaven
                 in
                 glory
                 ,
                 doth
                 not
                 cease
                 to
                 inlarge
                 towards
                 as
                 thy
                 gratious
                 liberalitie
                 of
                 Officers
                 ,
                 for
                 the
                 work
                 of
                 the
                 Ministery
                 ,
                 and
                 building
                 of
                 thy
                 mysticall
                 bodie
                 ,
                 wee
                 most
                 humbly
                 pray
                 thee
                 ,
                 that
                 seeing
                 it
                 hath
                 pleased
                 thee
                 to
                 call
                 this
                 our
                 brother
                 to
                 the
                 service
                 of
                 the
                 Church
                 ,
                 that
                 thou
                 wouldest
                 so
                 fashion
                 and
                 fit
                 him
                 to
                 so
                 holy
                 a
                 charge
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 may
                 quit
                 himselfe
                 in
                 all
                 diligence
                 ,
                 imploying
                 himselfe
                 faithfully
                 and
                 with
                 a
                 fervent
                 zeale
                 to
                 all
                 that
                 which
                 belongeth
                 unto
                 his
                 charge
                 .
                 Give
                 him
                 prudency
                 to
                 governe
                 himselfe
                 well
                 in
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 force
                 to
                 execute
                 all
                 things
                 that
                 appertaine
                 to
                 him
                 in
                 regard
                 of
                 his
                 office
                 .
                 Above
                 all
                 things
                 ,
                 fill
                 him
                 with
                 the
                 spirit
                 of
                 thy
                 feare
                 ,
                 to
                 the
                 end
                 that
                 he
                 may
                 be
                 preserved
                 from
                 all
                 scandall
                 ,
                 confusion
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 allurements
                 of
                 this
                 present
                 world
                 ,
                 of
                 the
                 snares
                 and
                 ambushments
                 of
                 Sathan
                 ,
                 giving
                 him
                 patience
                 and
                 constancy
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 may
                 acquit
                 faithfully
                 his
                 dutie
                 as
                 much
                 as
                 humane
                 frailtie
                 may
                 suffer
                 :
                 Blesse
                 thou
                 his
                 labour
                 ,
                 to
                 the
                 end
                 that
                 nothing
                 hinder
                 the
                 holy
                 worke
                 which
                 is
                 in
                 his
                 hands
                 ;
                 Shew
                 also
                 this
                 grace
                 to
                 every
                 one
                 of
                 us
                 ,
                 to
                 acknowledge
                 
                 him
                 as
                 set
                 and
                 ordained
                 of
                 thy
                 hand
                 in
                 this
                 most
                 holy
                 vocation
                 ,
                 that
                 we
                 may
                 be
                 led
                 by
                 him
                 ,
                 without
                 withstanding
                 the
                 order
                 thou
                 hast
                 established
                 in
                 thy
                 Charge
                 :
                 And
                 that
                 by
                 this
                 means
                 remaining
                 in
                 thy
                 obedience
                 ,
                 thou
                 mayst
                 be
                 glorified
                 in
                 us
                 ,
                 and
                 thy
                 Church
                 may
                 receive
                 continuall
                 growth
                 ,
                 to
                 the
                 good
                 and
                 salvation
                 of
                 thy
                 children
                 :
              
               
                 
                   Proper
                   to
                   the
                   Minister
                   of
                   the
                   Word
                   .
                
                 
                   And
                   in
                   regard
                   of
                   his
                   particular
                   Charge
                   ,
                   we
                   most
                   humbly
                   pray
                   thee
                   ,
                   that
                   this
                   our
                   brother
                   which
                   thou
                   hast
                   called
                   to
                   the
                   Ministery
                   of
                   thy
                   holy
                   Word
                   ,
                   to
                   the
                   which
                   even
                   the
                   holy
                   Angells
                   are
                   insufficient
                   ,
                   thou
                   wouldest
                   enlarge
                   him
                   with
                   the
                   true
                   keowledge
                   of
                   the
                   wonderfull
                   secrets
                   thereof
                   ,
                   and
                   with
                   a
                   singular
                   wisdome
                   ,
                   by
                   the
                   which
                   he
                   may
                   know
                   how
                   to
                   dispence
                   and
                   apply
                   to
                   every
                   one
                   ,
                   according
                   to
                   the
                   circumstance
                   of
                   time
                   ,
                   of
                   places
                   ,
                   and
                   principally
                   of
                   persons
                   ,
                   that
                   he
                   may
                   have
                   his
                   mouth
                   opened
                   to
                   declare
                   in
                   all
                   libertie
                   and
                   boldnesse
                   ,
                   truly
                   spirituall
                   ,
                   the
                   mystery
                   of
                   the
                   Gospell
                   ;
                   As
                   also
                   all
                   that
                   which
                   is
                   meete
                   for
                   him
                   to
                   declare
                   ;
                   And
                   also
                   to
                   administer
                   the
                   holy
                   Sacraments
                   in
                   all
                   puritie
                   and
                   reverence
                   :
                   Give
                   to
                   every
                   one
                   of
                   us
                   this
                   grace
                   ,
                   that
                   we
                   may
                   receive
                   as
                   well
                   the
                   one
                   as
                   the
                   other
                   ,
                   in
                   all
                   humilitie
                   and
                   trembling
                   of
                   heart
                   ,
                   not
                   as
                   comming
                   from
                   men
                   ,
                   but
                   (
                   as
                   the
                   truth
                   is
                   )
                   comming
                   from
                   thee
                   the
                   living
                   God
                   ,
                   thereby
                   to
                   be
                   quickned
                   eternally
                   to
                
              
               
                 
                   Proper
                   to
                   the
                   Elders
                   .
                
                 
                   be
                   an
                   Elder
                   and
                   watchman
                   ,
                   graunt
                   thou
                   that
                   he
                   being
                   given
                   for
                   helpe
                   to
                   the
                   Ministers
                   of
                   the
                   Word
                   in
                   the
                   government
                   ,
                   and
                   as
                   the
                   eares
                   of
                   the
                   body
                   of
                   the
                   Church
                   ,
                   he
                   may
                   apply
                   himselfe
                   with
                   such
                   diligence
                   to
                   know
                   the
                   estate
                   as
                   well
                   of
                   the
                   faith
                   as
                   of
                   the
                   manners
                   of
                   the
                   flocke
                   ,
                   principally
                   of
                   those
                   over
                   the
                   which
                   he
                   hath
                   more
                   particular
                   charge
                   ,
                   that
                   by
                   this
                   meanes
                   he
                   may
                   as
                   well
                   admonish
                   ,
                   reprehend
                   ,
                   comfort
                   ,
                   and
                   encourage
                   every
                   one
                   ,
                   according
                   as
                   there
                   is
                   need
                   ;
                   as
                   also
                   to
                   certifie
                   the
                   Ministers
                   of
                   the
                   Word
                   of
                   it
                   ,
                   that
                   the
                   Ministers
                   by
                   help
                   thereof
                   may
                   with
                   more
                   profit
                   addresse
                   their
                   doctrine
                   to
                   the
                   Church
                   of
                   God
                   .
                   Give
                   also
                   this
                   grace
                   to
                   every
                   one
                   of
                   us
                   ,
                   that
                   we
                   
                   may
                   obey
                   and
                   reverence
                   him
                   as
                   well
                   in
                   private
                   admonitions
                   ,
                   as
                   the
                   rest
                   of
                   the
                   guiding
                   of
                   the
                   Church
                   ,
                   as
                   a
                   father
                   whom
                   God
                   hath
                   set
                   to
                   watch
                   over
                   our
                   soules
                   ,
                   to
                   this
                   end
                   he
                   may
                   doe
                   it
                   with
                   cheerfulnesse
                   and
                   not
                   with
                   griefe
                   to
                
              
               
                 
                   Proper
                   to
                   Deacons
                   .
                
                 
                   be
                   a
                   Deacon
                   ,
                   that
                   thou
                   wouldest
                   graunt
                   him
                   thy
                   Spirit
                   ,
                   first
                   of
                   simplicitie
                   ,
                   to
                   distribute
                   the
                   treasure
                   of
                   the
                   church
                   without
                   acceptation
                   of
                   persons
                   ;
                   and
                   then
                   the
                   spirit
                   of
                   discretion
                   ,
                   to
                   discern
                   of
                   the
                   estate
                   of
                   every
                   one
                   of
                   the
                   poore
                   ,
                   and
                   especially
                   of
                   those
                   which
                   are
                   of
                   his
                   quarter
                   .
                   Finally
                   ,
                   and
                   above
                   all
                   ,
                   the
                   spirit
                   of
                   compassion
                   ,
                   to
                   execute
                   his
                   dutie
                   towards
                   the
                   poore
                   (
                   principally
                   towards
                   the
                   sicke
                   and
                   weake
                   )
                   in
                   all
                   joy
                   and
                   readninesse
                   ,
                   to
                   the
                   end
                   they
                   be
                   not
                   put
                   to
                   further
                   sorrow
                   :
                   Touch
                   also
                   the
                   hearts
                   &
                   entrayles
                   of
                   every
                   one
                   of
                   us
                   ,
                   that
                   following
                   thy
                   liberalitie
                   towards
                   us
                   ,
                   we
                   may
                   willingly
                   and
                   frankly
                   distribute
                   of
                   our
                   goods
                   to
                   sustain
                   the
                   necessitie
                   of
                   the
                   afflicted
                   ,
                   as
                   members
                   of
                   the
                   same
                   bodie
                   ,
                   and
                   entertaining
                   the
                   communion
                   ,
                   which
                   ought
                   to
                   be
                   between
                   the
                   faithfull
                   ,
                   we
                   may
                   shew
                   by
                   effect
                   that
                   we
                   are
                   true
                   members
                   of
                   the
                   Church
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Laying
                   on
                   of
                   hands
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   lay
                   upon
                   him
                   the
                   hands
                   in
                   the
                   name
                   of
                   the
                   Consistory
                   ,
                   by
                   which
                   imposition
                   of
                   hands
                   ,
                   you
                   are
                   advertised
                   that
                   you
                   are
                   set
                   apart
                   from
                   the
                   affaires
                   of
                   this
                   world
                   ,
                   whether
                   they
                   be
                   your
                   own
                   or
                   any
                   others
                   (
                   in
                   so
                   much
                   as
                   they
                   may
                   hinder
                   the
                   charge
                   you
                   are
                   called
                   unto
                   )
                   to
                   be
                   dedicated
                   &
                   consecrated
                   to
                   the
                   holy
                   service
                   of
                   God
                   .
                   Moreover
                   ,
                   that
                   in
                   doing
                   your
                   dutie
                   faithfully
                   ,
                   roundly
                   ,
                   and
                   in
                   all
                   simplicitie
                   (
                   as
                   before
                   God
                   )
                   you
                   shall
                   be
                   assured
                   of
                   the
                   assistance
                   of
                   the
                   hand
                   of
                   God
                   ,
                   helpfull
                   unto
                   you
                   in
                   all
                   your
                   necessitie
                   :
                   And
                   therefore
                   that
                   you
                   be
                   not
                   discouraged
                   for
                   the
                   afflictions
                   that
                   may
                   come
                   upon
                   you
                   in
                   executing
                   your
                   charge
                   ,
                   rather
                   that
                   you
                   may
                   sustain
                   constantly
                   and
                   in
                   all
                   patience
                   ,
                   contempt
                   ,
                   shame
                   ,
                   and
                   reproach
                   of
                   men
                   given
                   in
                   this
                   world
                   ,
                   both
                   which
                   things
                   being
                   signified
                   by
                   this
                   ceremony
                   ,
                   God
                   by
                   his
                   mercy
                   and
                   faithfulnesse
                   accomplish
                   and
                   perfect
                   in
                   you
                   ,
                   in
                   the
                   name
                   of
                   his
                   Sonne
                   Jesus
                   Christ
                   our
                   Saviour
                   .
                
              
            
             
             
               
                 A
                 generall
                 Admonition
                 to
                 the
                 people
                 for
                 all
                 the
                 Officers
                 of
                 the
                 Church
                 .
              
               
                 ANd
                 as
                 for
                 you
                 Brethren
                 and
                 Sisters
                 know
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 dutie
                 of
                 the
                 Church
                 towards
                 the
                 Brother
                 present
                 ,
                 is
                 to
                 receive
                 him
                 willingly
                 ,
                 as
                 sent
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 bearing
                 him
                 honour
                 and
                 reverence
                 ,
                 in
                 regard
                 of
                 his
                 Charge
                 ,
                 the
                 which
                 he
                 executeth
                 towards
                 you
                 :
                 Take
                 heed
                 that
                 you
                 murmur
                 not
                 against
                 him
                 ,
                 or
                 against
                 his
                 Ministery
                 in
                 any
                 sort
                 whatsoever
                 ,
                 for
                 the
                 Lord
                 will
                 not
                 leave
                 unpunished
                 the
                 contempt
                 of
                 his
                 servants
                 ,
                 and
                 much
                 lesse
                 the
                 murmuring
                 and
                 rash
                 rebellion
                 against
                 their
                 persons
                 :
                 As
                 the
                 horrible
                 examples
                 that
                 may
                 be
                 seene
                 in
                 the
                 Scriptures
                 doe
                 plainly
                 testifie
                 .
                 It
                 is
                 also
                 required
                 of
                 you
                 that
                 you
                 pray
                 unto
                 God
                 for
                 him
                 ,
                 to
                 this
                 end
                 that
                 he
                 may
                 execute
                 the
                 office
                 God
                 hath
                 called
                 him
                 unto
                 in
                 all
                 wisdome
                 and
                 faithfulnesse
                 ,
                 referring
                 all
                 to
                 Gods
                 glory
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 edification
                 of
                 his
                 Church
                 ,
                 whereof
                 he
                 hath
                 charge
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Speciall
                   for
                   the
                   Minister
                   of
                   the
                   Word
                   .
                
                 
                   Which
                   you
                   shall
                   doe
                   so
                   much
                   more
                   carefully
                   for
                   him
                   in
                   regard
                   that
                   his
                   charge
                   is
                   of
                   so
                   great
                   importance
                   ,
                   as
                   well
                   for
                   the
                   glory
                   of
                   God
                   ,
                   as
                   for
                   the
                   salvation
                   of
                   us
                   all
                   ,
                   as
                   you
                   have
                   partly
                   understood
                   by
                   the
                   dutie
                   which
                   hath
                   been
                   already
                   recited
                   .
                   To
                   the
                   end
                   that
                   speech
                   may
                   be
                   given
                   him
                   and
                   a
                   mouth
                   opened
                   in
                   all
                   boldnesse
                   to
                   make
                   known
                   the
                   secret
                   of
                   the
                   Gospell
                   ,
                   and
                   to
                   speak
                   frankly
                   as
                   it
                   behoveth
                   him
                   to
                   speak
                   .
                   Secondly
                   ,
                   it
                   is
                   meet
                   you
                   know
                   that
                   the
                   office
                   of
                   the
                   Church
                   towards
                   the
                   Ministers
                   is
                   to
                   entertaine
                   them
                   honestly
                   ,
                   according
                   to
                   their
                   power
                   and
                   abilitie
                   :
                   for
                   it
                   is
                   good
                   reason
                   that
                   seing
                   they
                   sow
                   spirituall
                   things
                   ,
                   they
                   should
                   reap
                   the
                   corporall
                   things
                   :
                   And
                   that
                   the
                   Oxe
                   that
                   treadeth
                   out
                   the
                   graine
                   ,
                   should
                   not
                   want
                   feeding
                   ,
                   as
                   St
                   
                     Paul
                  
                   teacheth
                   :
                   Therefore
                   also
                   you
                   shall
                   have
                   this
                   our
                   Brother
                   for
                   recommended
                   as
                   touching
                   his
                   entertainment
                   .
                
              
            
             
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