632 The HISTORY of the PURITANS. Chap. VI. K. Charles I. upon by the arcbbifhops of Canterbury and York, prefsdents of the corso- 16¢0. cationfor their refpetfive provinces, and the rift of the bifhaps and clergy L"."''-'7 of tbofe provinces, and agreed upon with the king's mayefty's licenfe, in theirfeveralfynods begun at London and York, 1640. CANON I. Concerning the regal power. ffb. iraa of " We ordain and decree, that every parfon, vicar, curate, or preach- the canons. o` er, upon one funday in every quarter of the year, in the place where Of the kingly ". he ferves, (hall read the following explanation of the regal power. power. Nailon, " That the mo(t high and facred order of kings is of DIVINERIGHT, P. 545. " being the ordinance of God himfelf, founded in the prime laws of " nature and revelation, by which the fupreme power over all perlons " civil and ecclefaftical is given to them. " That they have thecare of God's church, and the power of calling " and diffolving councils, both national and provincial. " That for any perlons to let up in the king's realms any indepen- " dent coercive power, either papal or popular, is treafonable againft " God and the king. And for fubjeëts to bear arms againft their king, " either offenfive or defenfive, upon any pretence whatfoever, is at " leaft to refift the powers ordained of God ; and though they do not invade, but only refift, St. Paul lays, They (hall receive damnation. " And though tribute and cuftom, aid and fubfidy be due to the king " by the law of God nature and nations, yet fubjedts have a right and " property in their goods and eftates ; and thefe two are fo far from crof- " fing one another, that they mutually go together for the honourable " and comfortable fupport of both. " If any clergyman (hall voluntarily and carelefsly negleét to punifh " thefe explications, he (hall be fufpended ; or if in any fermon or public " lefture, he (hall maintain any pofition contrary hereunto, he (hall be " forthwith excommunicated and fufpended for two years; and if he offend a fecond time he (hall be deprived." CANON II. For ,the better obferving the day of his majefly's inauguration. For obferving The fynod decrees and ordains, that all perlons (hall come to church the king's in- a' the morning of the faidoday, and continue there till prayers and preach- auguraiion " ing are ended, upon pain of fuck punithment as the law infliéts on thole day. " who wilfully abfent themfelves from church on holy days." CANON
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