431 hurch Hiflory of Bi/hops, ` r o. It is againfl^S::ripture that Church-men have poßëfliion (that is, `-they fhould not labour to be rich.) t z. No Prelate should excommunicate any one, unlefs he know that ` God bath lidi excommunicated him : And he that fo excommunicateth; is thereby aHeretick, dr Excommunicate. . zz. A Prelate that excommunicateth a Clerk who appealed to the `King, or to the Council of the Kingdome, is thereby a Traytor to the `King and Kingdome. 13. They that give over Preaching, or hearing Gods word, for mens 'Excommunication, are Excommunicate, and in the Day of Judgment fhall ` be judged Traytors to Chrifl. 14. It islawful for a Deacon or Presbyter to preach the Word of God ` withoutthe Authority of the Apoftolick Seal, or áCatholick Bithop. 15. No one is a Civil Lord, or a Prelate, or a Bithop, while he liveth in `mortal fin. (Themeaningof this is, no open wickedman is a Subjeïf capable of filch Authority given byChrj, as (hall marrant him to ufe the place, but dais ` allemay be valued to others in many cafes) Difpofttio materi.e eft neceffariaad for - mamrecipiendam:.As an Infidel can be noBifhop or Pallor.) ` 16. Temporal Lords may take away temporal goods from the Church, from a Poffeflor habitually criminal, and not only in ac}. (Not from the ` facred ufe in general, but from that man that forfeiteththem.) z 7. The people maycorreo their Delinquent Lords (This is not to be `believed to be Wickiiff's fenfe, tilltheycite hisown words, which no doubt limit ` it to the cafes.) z 8. Tythes are meer Alms, and the Parithioners may take them away for their Prelates fins. t9. The fpecial prayers applied by Prelatesand Religious men to one `perfon, profit him nomore than the general ones, czteris paribus. 20. HethatgivethAlms to Fryars is thereby Excommunicate (that is, ` he fins by cherUhing wilful idlenefs.) `2I. He that enters the private Religion, either of the Poffeffing or the `Mendicant Fryars, becomes lets fit and able to keep the Commandments of God. ` 22. Holy men thatmade private Religions, thereby finned. ` 23. The Religibus living in private.Reltgion, are not (therein) of the Chriltian Religion. `24. Fryars are boiled to get their living by the labour of their hands, `arid not bybegging. ` 25. They are Simoniacal that bind themfelves to pray for others for a `temporal reward(orprice.).. 26. The prayersof Reprobates (wickedmen) availethnot to any. 427. All thingscome topafs by neceffity. 28. The Confirmationof Youth; the Ordination of Clerks, the Con- ' Iteration of Places, are referved to the Pope and Bithops for covetoufnefs `of temporal gain and honour. `2F. Univer-
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