'534 1'he HISTORY ·of the PuRITANs. ·voL. n. Inter- ·over a.li!l: of their names to Dr. Barwick, to be communicated by him to Reg6 nutn. the b1lhops of Londo1z, Ely, Sarum, and others who were to be conI 59· d . h r . 1 lr -~ cerne m·t e·con,ecratwn. t was neceudry to carry on this defign with a great deal of fecrecy, left the governing powe(s lhould fecure the Difficultier biihops, and by that means pnt a fl:op to the work. It was no lefs difthat atte11dedfi 1 . 'd {; f 1 · d h .n. h .it. ··cut to p1ov1 e. per ons o earnmg an c arauer w o would accept the •charge, w?en 1.t would expofe them to fufferings, as being contrary to 'the laws m bemg, and wh_en there was no pro~oect: of refioring the ·church. But the greateft difficulty of all was, bow to do it in a cano– nical manner, when there were no deam and chapters to elect, and con– fequently no perfons to receive a conge d'fjlire, according to antient -cufl:om. Sundry o:peSeveral expedients were propofed for removing this difficulty. Si 1• :zus propof- Edward Hyde w.as of opinion, that the pro~eeding iliould be by a man– date from the kmg to any three or four b1lhops, by way of collation, upon the lapfe, for dean and chapter's non-eleCtion, But it was ob– jeered, that the fuppofal of a lap(e would impair the king's prerogative more than the collation would advance it, becaufe it would prefnppofe a power of eleClion plena jure in the -deans and chapters, which they have only de facultate 1'egia; nor could they petition for fuch a licenfc, becau fe moll: of the deans were dead, fame chapters extingni(hed, and all of them fo difl:urbed, that they could not meet in the chapter-houfe, where fuch aCts regularly are to be performed. Life of BarDr. Barwick who was in England, and correfponded with the chanwick, P· eel/or, propC)fed, that his majefiy lhould grant his commiffion to the IZe~net's bilhops of each province refpeCl:ively, a!fembled in provincial council, or Chrou. p. otherwife, as 01ould he mofl: convenient, to eleCl and confecrate fit per14• 1 5· ions for the vacant fees, with fuch defpenfative claufes as iliould be found necefirry upon the emergency of the cafe, (his majefl:y fignifying his pleafure concerning the perfons, and the fees), which commiffion may bear date before the ad ion, and then afterward npon certificate, and peti– tion to have his majefiy's ratification and confirmation of the whole pro– cefs, and the regifier to be drawn up accordingly by the chief aCtuary, who may take his memorials hence, and make up ~h_e record there. · Dr. Bramhall bilhop of Derry, was for the trijh way, where the king has an abfolute power of nomination, and therefore no way fcemed to him fo fafe, as confecrating the perfons nominated to void fees in Ire– land, and then removing them to others in England, which he appre– hended wonld clearly elude all thofe formalities which feemed to per– plex the affair; but this was thonght an ill precedent, as i~ ope~ed a door for defl:roying the privileges of the church of England.w .thm ~apitular eleCtions. The old bifuop of Ely was fo far from Wlihlllg with Dr.
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