( 13 3 ) a Jew, who both hate Idolatry, and should be fo fcandàlized at this Trail- gent Image and humane Symbol, as that they would rather never be Chri- (Hans or beBaptized, than receive it ; yet moil the poor Prieft -let them go without Christianity, rather than Baptize them without this Image of a Crois, uniefs he will be Suspended from preaching Chrifts Gospel tothe ignorant that they may be Paved. But if he will bear that, he may do whathe- will ; thatfo poor fouls may be the lofers. 19. If the commonest whore or wicked woman come to . be Churched, as theycall it, after child-bearing, the Prieft mutt ufe all the Office of thankf- giving,without firfi expe6ing her repentance,as if the were the chafteft person.: And mofe give her the Sacrament. zo. To conclude, noPriest as filch (till'Licenfrc%) hath power [ to take upon them to expound .in hat own Cure, or elfewhere ( and therefore not to his family, or any one of his ignorant neighbours ) any Scripture, or matter, or- Doílrine; But (hall only ffudy to Read plainly and aptly, without glogng oc adding the Homilies, &c. J Are these Authorized P.eiess, that may not fo much as tell a Child the meaning ,;r his Catechifm, or any Article of the Faith ? No though an ignorant person ask him ?` The Priefis lips fhoukk preferve knowledge , and the Law should be enquired of at his mouth, for he is the meffenger ofthe Lord of hoffs. But an English Priest mar not expound any Matter, Scripture, or Dollrine but barely Rtad, till the. Bithop License him. Obj. If they benot able, it will do moreharm thangood. Anfw. Will the righteous God`be always mocked? and suffer men to. make merchandice of Souls, and to vilifie them and set them at cheaper rates than they would do a goose, a pig, or a dog? Is this a fit anfwer for thofe that are their Ordainers ?" under whofe examination and hands all men enter into the Miniflery ?' Will they fay that they can get no bet- ter ? What, not when they have made fo many Canonical Engines to keep out better? What, not when filch as Cartwright, Flilderfham, Ameftu., Parker, Dod, Ball, tic. are call out as unworthy ? When fo many hundred` were filmed in Queen Elizabeth and King 7ames's days ; andEighteen Hundred of us now ? When the Bishops have got fo- many -Laws to hin., der us from Preaching,in publick and private, and- to banish us five miles from all Cities, Corporations, and places where we have preached? ` When none but their fworn Curates, Subfcribers, Declarers, &c. may preach, yet can they get no better? Will they keep up a Miniliry whom-: they will themfelves fo ignominioufly fligmatize, as to tell the world, that none of them all, as Presbyters, may be endured to expound any Scripture, Doirine; . or Matter, but barely to Read? Yea as- if they woulddiffwade them from all Learning of Humanity or Divinity asneedlefs or hurtful things, they fay. [ befhal onlyflay to Read plainly andaptly.] So that he that fiudieth for any more than. to. Read, doth break the Canons-of thePrelatical Church, 111fo
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