Chap.. IX. The HISTORY of the PURITANS. 705 He recommendeth cathedrals, as fit to fupply the defects of privateK. Charles I. prayer; the public performance whereof fhould be in force place of 1641. diftinf ion. And whereas the exquifitenefs of the mufick gave offence L Hack- fOrrle ears, as hindring their devotion, he regnefted in the name of ett's del. of his brethren, that it might be moderated to edification, and reduced to deans and the form that .elthanaJus recommends, Ut legentibuslint pans cantanti- Fier5h. busfimiliores. XI. 1. 177. He alledged that at the reformation, preaching began in cathedrals ; and whereas tome have faid, that ieture preachers were an upftart cor. poration ; the Dr. obferved, that the local ftatutes of all the cathedrals required lectures on the week days; and he requefted in the name of his brethren, that the godly and profitable performance of preaching might be more exalted. He urged, that cathedrals werefrviceablefor the advancement of learn- ing, and training up perfonsfor the defence of the church ; and that the taking them away would difTerve the caufe of religion, and be a pleafure to their adverfaries. He added, that the ancient andgenuine ufe of deans and chapters was as SENATUS EPISCOPI, to aßift the'bifhop in his jurifdiltion; and whereas force of his reverend brethren had complained, that bifhops had for many years ufurped the foie government to themfelves and their confiftories, the continuing of chapters rightly ufed would bring it to a plurality of affiftants. He then put them in mind of the antiquity of the/Iruc5lures, and the number of perfons maintained by them, amounting to many thoufands ; he inftanced in their tenants, who by their leafes enjoyed fix parts in feven pure gain, and had therefore petitioned for their landlords; and (hewed that the cities in which cathedrals were built, were enriched by the hofpitality of the clergy, and the refort of ftrangers. He enlarged further upon their endowments, as encouragements to in- duflryand virtue ; that feveral famous proteftants of foreign parts had been maintained by being inftalled prebendaries, as Cafaubon, Saravia, Dr. Peter du Moulin, Voius, and others ; that the crown had great be- nefit from thefe foundations, paying greater fums into the exchequer for firft fruits and tenths, according to proportion, than other corporations. And laftly, he put them in mind, that thefe firuFtures and opiates were confecrated to divinefervice, and barred all alienationwith the moll dread- ful imprecations. In the afternoon Dr. Cornelius Burges appeared on the other fide ofDr.Burges'r. the queftion, and made a long fpeech concerning the unprofitablenefslpeeCh a of thole corporations ; he complained of the debauchery ofjnging ga`nß them. and of their vicious converfation i he (poke againft mufick in churches Vol.. I. X
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