Statutes, of bumi1zg of Chrijlia11s for Religion, examined. 667 { ~;~;.} ~;,:~~?~r~~~*~~~~:~~:;:~:~E~~~~~~:~i ;~~; 1:::~;;~;~~E~!,~;~;::~'kli~:~!"~r"~;~~; Scriprurc-Books in the Eng/ifl,.. Tongue, b_y the making ?r. pctfon or perfons comm1ttW. to the fccular pown by the tr:mJlating of Wickltjf, or from the time . of Wic!t.liff Ckrgr. And th:lt 1 prove thus> fo_r ahhough the fame downward, be counted Hmlic •. or not• . ~s for th.e Statute cf King Hmry the Fou~h m ~h~ Books ptinttd approving of the Ord in~ry, or~~ d~e Pr?vmoal Counct l aptxar to h.. v~ Lat~ and Auchonty fuffimnt, by the full addtd in the end of the fatd Conlhtunon': lt llllktt? more aifcnt both ot .the King 1 of the Lords, and of the Corn~ for a·lhcw, ot prw:nce, than for any J~l: cxceptton, or men~; yet bemg occahoned by Maller ~~pt to ft:arch fur~ ;my true intenci~. For what man,_havmg thole Scrip-- rhcr m.rhc Statutes, I ha~c found that m the Rolls and :~;~ Or~:~::i~/~~~;g(c''l(~~~~~~ ~;tt~lh~. ~;X~:~~ t~f~~:~~ ~~~t?~fi~~~~ P~:i~i~1~3~~~a~~~~f :~~;~~c:~~ ~~h~~:~ ~~~~~ ~~;~~p~:~~ ~~~~ '(L~:~d~~:~#~~o~v.c r~~:~::~~~ 1~~h~ ~~~~~~d&;~~~~[fn :;~,~t~t~;~~~~~d~~d~fc~ unto them? Or clfcwhr did tht good Manyrs ot Amtr· ly and td.lfl)' 1s foifttd. m, as by the plamwords tha(()f may fam fi.dfcr drath, in the tx~nning o~ King Htnr) ~he well appear. Eighth, for having and rcadmg cerram Books of Scr~p- .For whtr~ t.hc faid Statute, Anno2, _Hm.4. cap. 15. turc, which were (35 isfaid) onlyfour Epiliks ofSa_mt ~mg.diUs mutulcd in d1c Rolls, PmtiO Cltri ccmt rfl. Paul, with cwain other Prayers? And the other whiCh h~trtt"os, and atfcntcd unto in this form, hath thcfe hcardthembutonlyrcad,didbcarFaggors;"andthcfamc words. ~;;t:t :~~~,F~~~e~~il~tr~:n:hrtir~~m~~~n7~i~1ia~~115 Bifu~~ ~·: ~~r/~ of Lincoln, and preaching tO them at the !lake, (a id, 'fhar Stat. An no ~ . Hen. 4• cap. I 5· Intituled in the t/>1-ra. '!'Jw[owtr thq were that Jid but mvut thtir lips in rtatl· Roll t h us, PetitifJ Cleri cont ra httrelic6t; and mg tbofo Ch~tp!trs were Jmmttd for n:er ; as "JPhtn 've a!Iented unto in this form com~ to that tlmt, bJ :htGrauoj Chrijf, jb~tll hrulfjtt~ ' mtJrtamplJ and nmrnouflJapptar. And where then u """~~iEi~~~~~~Is!~l!~~ I anf~er again, ask_ing likcwifc _vf Mafl_er Copt, HIYlv was and more words arc there not m the Statute--Roll. the Kmg then afatd to ho/dhu Parltament at London Wherefo~e, wh~rcas the _Sra.tute-Book primed hath thus: ~~·;t'J& {o;.,::~,~ ~~:~~ A~he;:~:eM~:; ~~hcl~lk~~~h~~ ~;~;~i q{~;],J/:~t:m;;:cl~~ar~:;rti~ .e~t{f;;' f:;f;:;s a~;d · have me at a narrow firait, and to held me faCt, b1dd<"th Clergy) Pr~l~~ts & Clmu jilpraJ,fiJ ac ttlam Commume tell him how it could be otherwife, but the Lord Cob- in eodtm Parlitm7rnto exijlrn. .Jiff. ham muft needs have Fautors? And who lhould thefe F a':'tOI"S be (fa ith he) but Sir R_ogtr Aflon? Br(t'JJ.In, and .thei r Fellows ? The which mighty qucfiJOil of Mafier Cope 1 anf..\'er again; Hw ,oNIJ Sir R oger Adon, Ettam Comm11nitam diHi Rtgni, &c. arc put in further Brown, and their Fe!ltn~~J be ehm Fautors of the Lwd than the Roll dorh warrant,an<l fcemeth to be .the pra~ice Cobham,forwhom the Kin$ JNrft TJOt hold tht Parliamtm ofthcClcrgy1 to make that as an AQ: of . Parhamwc, and 1ft London, whm a1 the [a1IJ Roger Ad:on, Brown, and to fccm to have the force of a Law, WhiCh was never af. rhe reft 1vere pHt t o death ) a whole yMr almoft bifort the fcntcd unto by C<:lmmons. Pa~:;t;~~a~r~:~e;;i~lft;~o? briefly, and truly a~tfwcrcd bott 11~:~ t;/}foua~~ 1i11~~~~1;~ f~::! S~~t~r~ii~~~: ~~;,sr;;~ ~;r,t~~~1~~~d~o~~~li~~w~e a~o~hcr~~c~r~~~ ~: ~~~~h;~e ~~"t~~~b~~~:~ef~~~:~;;;:J)r~~~ni~~:; ~~~~;b0 fomuch as you have put me to the fcarching ol the Statutes overthrow it (elf, ~or that it fwan·eth from the Record in this matter, wherewith before I was not much ac- both in form and 111 matter, and lacketh the aifent of the fc~~~~~ ~u~li:,t ~~~~hy f~~beS~~~:. ri~c a !~b:~ ~;,:d~mt~V)~~h(:~~~ ~~~)u~~ ~~a~!:~~~~ % thiS, Th~t forafmuchas fomany good Martyrs andSain(S urged me w.thc fcarchingoutofthcStaturcs, by your de· b~~~ ~~:~~'c i:;,;;~f ~~~~~,~~t~af'~u~~h,e~:~ cl'~~~~~~:~~~t~h~~S~a~~~h~fo~cfai~, joyn alfo withiill $g;;? ~]?o}~:~:~~~~;·~o:~:ii~~~\i~·:):~; ~:.i:~-, ~:~::0~~;~;;~;~,~~-,~~::~ f.~:~~ *~.p:~ tell me, by what Law or Statute of the Realm were thefe certam Prtachcrs fpccdicd in the fame Statute, which men brmt ~ I know the ancient cuflom hath been, that going about in ctnain habits from place to place, did HmticksconvJ<~lcd by a Provincial Council were wont to draw the people to Sermons; and Commi fl ions were be kft to the fccular power. But how will ye prove me, nude and dircdM in the faid Parliament to the She· thefc Hcrcticks were either convid: by fuch Provincial riffs, to arrcfi all fuch Preach~ and to imprifon the Council, or that thcfc fccubr men ought to be you r But· fame, at the Certifications of the Prelates. Here is then cllCTS in burning them,whom ye have 1.:ommimd tO them? to be noted, that the Came Statute, Anno '.i• Rich. 2, ] f ye a\l(dgc t~e lix ArticltS I!!Jde in the ft: eign of King 'ap. '.i · wa_s revoked by the King in the Parliament, Hm'l the E~ghth , tbofc Art!clcs neither dtd fcrve before -(fnno 6. Ru_h. 2 . upon the words of the CoRllllons beoo ~~i~~~~f~t~~~
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