To the gentlemen of glamorginfhire. worthy marking how firongly they alfo Band againfl this vice we fpeake of. Forfirr( by the very names they glue to Patrons they ouerthrow it, terming them aduecatos ecclefiarum ,vicedontiros,Cufodes, gardvanos,trc. all being names of fidelitie,gouern_ ment and careful! preferuation of the Church.For the word Patronatos doth not fig.. nffle Dominum in ecclefta,but noteth very well,feruitiifolicitadinem, It is called Gra- tia, quad exgratiavelgrat rsconfcrridebeantbenefica: alfoaduocatia, becaufe they fhould defend and tender the eflate of the Churches whereof they bee Patrons, as aduocates doe the caufes of their clients,and fo for the other names mentioned even now before, And lserevpon the law giueth them all due and poflible reuerence euen . as mailers fromtheirferuants,and fathers from their children. It giueth them prehe- minence both in the Church and abroad in frtting7llanding, going, and fuch like. Iris prouìded likewife that if there Patrons or their Children fall into decay , they fhall be moderatelymaintained at the difcretion of the Ordinarie by the Church- goods,whereof they are Patrons :and this is the onelyprofit they are to take of the a zi ht o e. Church. They lay no (critics nor bondage upon the Church. Tenerur ertaiop- arronut t ón ge jetb protegere eecdefam,t r reparare,lminitetur ruimrm , rj debona facerdote prouidere: that ro the Patron is , the patron allo is bound to protect} the Church , and torepaire it, ifit be like to Honos Onus, fall to ruine, and carefully to ptouìde a good Minifter. Marke it. - Namius patroza- and vtióras tus,ee.For the patronage faith the law is fufpended,if the patron prefent an vnwor- mrrte the cane_ thy one, yea, his right, for.euer by that law, as fome thinke, paffeth to the Bithop, 2,e and he (hallneuer prefentmore: but ifnot fo yet at the leafi hec (hail be depriued of that turne if he prefent an vnfit man, mien by the Law in this Land in force. Fur- thermore in there lawes there are fo many notable rules and as it were axioms or principles touching the duety of patrons, as might with great profit and pleafure be noted, ifI had not already too much paffed the bonds of a preface in a defire to preuáile fome thing with fome in this matter. As Patre-sssnon potcff prafentare feip -. film. A patrone cannot prefent himfelfe, as God knoweth now many doe in effe& Againe, deletprafenraregratis , alias efI Simonia. He mull prefent freely, or elfe it is Simonie, and no excommunicate perfonor Simoni} (hail be a patron to prefent. Pa_ trouts non efi vere Dominus Ecclefia, fie. The Patron is not the Lord of the church, but as it were an Aduocate and defender, neither.may bee adminificr the goods of theChurch. lay puma us nil ám ins proprietátis patron tribuit, The right of patro_ rage giueth no prpprietie to the Patrone. A notable paying. Againe, patronusfacere potes`l e. debet, 6 c. The patron both may and ought to take heed that the fruits of the Church doe not goe to any other vie. Alto that permifliott of the Ordinarie 'by this Law to take any Oath if bee will of curry incumbent for his cleare entrance, if there were nothing elfe in the world again}t it, doth (}Tike a blow to the foules of themthat fo offend , and that a great one. What (hould I note that which yet rs , mofi worthy noting in this Law, to wit, that Vendrtis inrifpatrenarns prohibira eft ei. C ex tiro*. vniuerCtasspuadant, pradiorum,cni hoc ins aecedat,d flrahatur,That is,that theright C:dca /e.alam of patronage may neither be bought nor fold, nor paffe in fpeciall words in any she- Ewa de lure nation, but in generalionely with theland whereunto it is appertaining. For the patronats:. laid Law admitteth no patronage in groffe. Or thofe expreffewords, againe, dona_ do & permrstatio permitritnr, not venditio I warrant you. What ( bound I note the mo(} exam fireitnefl 'cof thefe Law es in making the very minds of the patron cove- ting reward of the gift of his Church a Simony before God which they cal! men_ Salem Simoniam, ? With number lush like notable -rules and places. So that we fee euen thefe Lawcs alfo deeefl }rand condemne it. And now then to conclude this matter,iuI think there is a God,& a day of judgement to come for me, & all my do.. ings,what (hould my heart minifier to maintaine me in this cull!, when God & man be againfiit ?Bùt why (hold I be thus tedious in this matter? Truly that it might ap- pear,rfGod fo wil,how far the corruptionswherin Come fleep as in no offencesydiffer frô the lawes ofGod & man,& from frncerity of former times and ages. But againe, why vnto you (tight Wor(h.)fhould I write fo much? Truly that by your godly care, confcìence and endeuor(hatring the places that you haue)this great wound of your cuntry may by Title &litle be relieued,& better prouifion daily made for the winning of
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