Chap. VI. The HISTORY of the PURITANS. CANON III. Forfapprefing the growth of Popery. 633 K. Charles I 1640. " All ecclefiafl:ical perlons within their feveral pari(hes or jurifdi&ions, ftgainjipope- H (hall confer privately with popifh reculants, but if private conference r,. " prevail not, the church mull and (hall come to her cenfures, and to " make way for them, fuch perlons (halt be prefented at the next vifita- " lion, who come not to church, and refufe to receive the holy eucharift; " or who either fay or hear mafs, and if they remain obflinate after ci- " tation, they (hall be excommunicated. " But if neither conference nor cenfures prevail, the church-(hall then p0 complain of them to the civil power ; and this facred fynod does ear- " neflly intreat the reverend juflices of affize to be careful in execut- " ing the laws, as they will anfwer it to God. And every bifhop " (hall once a year fend into the court of Chancery, a fagnifcävit of " the names of thofe who have flood excommunicated beyond the time li- mited by law, and (hail defire that a writ de excommunicato capiendo may " be at once fent out againft them all. " Care is likewife to be taken that no perfon be admitted to teach' " fchool, but who has fubfcribed to the church as the lawdireas; and " that no excommunicate perfon be abfolved by any appeal, unlefshe firii take the oath de parendojuri fiando mandätis ecclefaæ." CANON IV. focinianifm. " It is decreed, that no perlons (hall import, print, ordifperfe anyof?ga'nf foci- " their books on pain of excommunication, and of being further punifh- niamfm. " ed in the Star-Chamber. No minifter (hall preach any fuch doétrines in his'fermons, nor ftudent have any fach books in his ftudy, except " hebe a graduate in divinity ; and if any lay-man embrace their opinions " ° he (hall be excommunicated, and not abfolved without repentance and " abjuration." [N. B. None of the doctrines of Socinus, nor any of his peculiar fenti- ments, are mentioned in this Canon.] CANON V. Againft fehlaries, Ot The fynod decrees, that the canon abovementioned again(( papifts, Jgainfljepa_ " (hall be in full force againft all anabapt/s, brownifs, feparatáfis, and rqt (i,. " other feétaries, as far as they are applicable ; and further, the claufe VoL. I. 4 M againft
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