Chap. V. 'Ihe HISTORY of the PuRlt'ANS. 177 ( 2 .) " That the bilhop !ball exercife no aCt of jurifdiB:ion or ordination, K. Charles I. " without the confent of the preibyters, who £ball be chafe~ ?Y the cler- ~" gy of each diocefe, out of the moft learned and grave numfters of the " diocefe. ( 3 .) "That the bilhop keep his confl:ant relidence in .his diocefe, ex– " cept when he lhall be required by his majefty to attend hil)1 on any " occafion, and that (if he be not hindered by the infirmities of old age, " or licknefs) he preach every funday in fame church within his diocefe. (4.) " That the ordination of minifters £ball be always in a public and " folemn manner, and very fl:riB: rules obferved concerning the fufficiency, <' and other qualifications of thofe men, who £ball be received into holy " orders, and the biG1ops lhall not receive any into holy orders, without " the approbation and confent of the prefbyters, or the major part of " them. (5·) " That a competent maintenance and provifion be eftablilh– " ed by atl: of parliament, to fuch vicarages as belong to bilhops, « deans, and chapters, out of the impropriations, and according to the " value of thofe impropriations of the feveral parilhes. (6.) That for time to come no man !hall be capable of two parfonages " or vicarages, with cure of fouls. (7.) " That towards fettling the public peace, one hundred thouland " pounds !hall be railed by act of parliament, out of the eftates of bi– " !hops, deans, and chapters, in fuch manner as lhall be thought fit by " the king and two houfes of parliament, without the alienation of any " of the fa id lands. (8.) " That the juri!diB:ion in caufes te!lamentary, decimal, matrimo– ,, nial, be fettled in fuch m.mner as iliall feem mofi: convenient by the king "and two houfes of parliament. (9.) " That one or more aCts of parliament be pafl'ed for regulating " of vifi ta tions, and againfl: immoderate fees in ecclefia!lical courts, " and abufes by frivolous excommunication, and all other abufes " in the exerci!e of ecclefia!lical jurifditl:ion, in fuch manner as ~' ihall be agreed upon by the king and both houfes of parliament. " Anrt if your lord01ips G1all infifl upon any other thing, which your " lordG1ips !hall think neceffi1ry for reformation, we ihall very willingly " apply ourfelves to the confideration thereof." But they ab!olutely re– fufed their confent to the main points (viz.) the ab,)liihing epifcopacy, efl:ablilhing the directory, co11firmi'llg the a1Tembly of divines, and taking the covenant• . Mr. R(/pinobferves upon the firft of the!e conceffions, that .fince the pe- Remarks. nallaws were not to be aboli{hed, but only fufpended, it would be in the VoL. IT. A a ki ng's \
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