25. Surplices and Hoods to be worn in Cathedral Churches, when there is no Communion 29 26. Notorious Offenders not to be admitted to the Communion ib. 27. Schismatics not to be admitted to the Communion 30 28. Strangers not to be admitted to the Communion ib. 29. Fathers not to be Godfathers in Baptism, and Children not Communicants ib. 30. The lawful Use of the Cross in Baptism explained 31 Ministers, their Ordination, Function, and Charge. 31. Four solemn times appointed for the making of Ministers 33 32. None to be made Deacon and Minister both in one day 34 33. The Titles of such as are to be made Ministers 34. The Quality of such as are to be made Ministers 35. The Examination of such as are to be made Ministers ib. 35 ib. 36. Subscription required of such as are to be made Ministers 36 The Articles of Subscription. The Form of Subscription. 37. Subscription before the Diocesan 38. Revolters after Subscription censured 37 ib. 39. Cautions for Institution of Ministers into Benefices ib. 40. An Oath against Simony at Institution into Benefices ib. 41. Licences for Plurality of Benefices limited, and Residence enjoined 38 42. Residence of Deans in their Churches ib. 43. Deans and Prebendaries to preach during their Residence 39 44. Prebendaries to be resident upon their Benefices 45. Beneficed Preachers, being resident upon their Livings, to preach every Sunday 40 ib. 46. Beneficed Men, not Preachers, to procure monthly Ser mons ib. 47. Absence of beneficed Men to be supplied by Curates that are allowed Preachers ib. 48. None to be Curates but allowed by the Bishop 49. Ministers, not allowed Preachers, may not expound 50. Strangers not admitted to preach without shewing their Li -41 ib. cence ib. 51. Strangers not admitted to preach in Cathedral Churches without sufficient Authority ib. 52. The names of strange Preachers to be noted in a Book 42 53. No public Opposition between Preachers ib. 54. The Licences of Preachers refusing Conformity to be void ib. 55. The Form of a Prayer to be used by all Preachers before their Sermons 43 56. Preachers and Lecturers to read Divine Service, and administer the Sacraments twice a Year at the least ib. 57. The Sacraments not to be refused at the hands of unpreaching Ministers 44 58. Ministers reading Divine Service, and administering the Sacraments, to wear Surplices, and Graduates therewithal Hoods 59. Ministers to catechise every Sunday 45 ib. 60. Confirmation to be performed once in three Years 61. Ministers to prepare Children for Confirmation 46 ib. 62. Ministers not to marry any persons without Banns or Li cence ib. 63. Ministers of exempt Churches not to marry without Banns or Licence 47 69. Ministers not to defer christening, if the Child be in dan ger ib. 70. Ministers to keep a Register of Christenings, Weddings, and Burials ib. 71. Ministers not to preach, or administer the Communion in private Houses 50 72. Ministers not to appoint public or private Fasts or Prophe cies, or to exorcise, but by authority 73. Ministers not to hold private Conventicles 51 ib. 77. None to teach School without Licence 78. Curates desirous to teach, to be licensed before others 79. The Duty of Schoolmasters 80. The Great Bible, and Book of Common Prayer, to be had in every Church ib. 81. A Font of Stone for Baptism in every Church 85. Churches to be kept in sufficient Reparations 56 86. Churches to be surveyed, and the Decays certified to the high Commissioners ib. to Churches 87. A Terrier of Glebe-lands, and other Possessions belonging 88. Churches not to be profaned 57 ib. 57 Church-wardens or Quest-men, and Side-men or Assistants. 89. The choice of Church-wardens, and their Account 90. The choice of Side-men, and their joint office with Churchwardens Parish-Clerks. 91. Parish-Clerks to be chosen by the Minister 58 ib. Ecclesiastical Courts belonging to the Archbishop's Jurisdiction. 92. None to be cited into divers Courts for Probate of the same Will 59 93. The Rate of Bona notabilia liable to the Prerogative Court 60 94. None to be cited into the Arches or Audience, but dwellers within the Archbishop's Diocese, or Peculiars 61 95. The Restraint of double Quarrels 96. Inhibitions not to be granted without the Subscription of an Advocate ib. 62 97. Inhibitions not to be granted, until the Appeal be exhibited to the Judge ib. 98. Inhibitions not to be granted to factious Appellants, unless they first subscribe 63 99. None to marry within the Degrees prohibited 100. None to marry under Twenty-one Years, without their Parents' consent ib. ib. 101. By whom Licences to marry without Banns shall be granted, and to what sort of Persons 64 102. Security to be taken at the granting of such Licences, and under what Conditions 103. Oaths to be taken for the Conditions ib. ib. 65 104. An exception for those that are in Widowhood 105. No Sentence for Divorce to be given upon the sole con fession of the parties ib. 106. No Sentence for Divorce to be given but in open Court ib. 107. In all Sentences for Divorce, Bond to be taken for not marrying during each other's life 108. The Penalty for Judges offending in the Premises 66 ib. Ecclesiastical Courts belonging to the Jurisdiction of Bishops and Archdeacons, and the Proceedings in them. 109. Notorious Crimes and Scandals to be certified into Eccle 115. Ministers and Church-wardens not to be sued for present ing 69 116. Church-wardens not bound to present oftener than twice a Year 117. Church-wardens not to be troubled for not presenting oftener than twice a Year 69 70 118. The old Church-wardens to make their Presentments before the new be sworn ib. 119. Convenient time to be assigned for framing Presentments 71 120. None to be cited into Ecclesiastical Courts by Process of Quorum Nomina ib. ib. 121. None to be cited into several Courts for one Crime 122. No Sentence of Deprivation or Deposition to be pro nounced against a Minister, but by the Bishop 72 ib. 73 123. No Act to be sped but in open Court 124. No Court to have more than one Seal 125. Convenient Places to be chosen for the keeping of Courts ib. 126. Peculiar and inferior Courts to exhibit the original Copies of Wills into the Bishop's Registry ib. Judges Ecclesiastical, and their Surrogates. 74 ib. 127. The Quality and Oath of Judges 128. The Quality of Surrogates Proctors. 129. Proctors not to retain Causes without the lawful Assign 75 ment of the Parties 130. Proctors not to retain Causes without the counsel of an ib. Advocate 132. Proctors prohibited the Oath, In animam domini sui 133. Proctors not to be clamorous in Court 131. Proctors not to conclude in any Cause without the knowledge of an Advocate 135. A certain Rate of Fees due to all Ecclesiastical Officers 78 136. A Table of the Rates and Fees to be set up in Courts and Registries ib. 137. The whole Fees for shewing Letters of Orders, and other Licences, due but once in every Bishop's time 140. Synods conclude as well the absent as the present 141. Depravers of the Synod censured 80 ib. An ADMONITION to all such as shall intend hereafter to enter the State of Matrimony godly and agreeably to Laws. FIRST, That they contract not with such persons as be hereafter expressed, nor with any of like degree, against the law of God, and the laws of the realm. Secondly, That they make no secret contracts, without consent or counsel of their parents or elders, under whose authority they be, contrary to God's laws and man's ordinances. Thirdly, That they contract not anew with any other upon divorce and separation made by the Judge for a time, the laws yet standing to the contrary, MARRIAGE is honourable among all men, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge. Heb. xiii. 4. To avoid fornication, let every man have his wife, and let every woman have her husband. He that cannot contain, let him marry: for better it is to marry than to burn. 1 Cor. vii. 2, 9. Unto the married I command, not I, but the Lord: Let not the wife depart from her husband; but if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled unto her husband. And let not the husband put away his wife. 1 Cor. vii. 10, 11. I. It is to be noted, That those persons which be in the direct line ascendent and descendent, cannot marry together, although they be never so far asunder in degree. II. It is also to be noted, That Consanguinity and Affinity (letting and dissolving Matrimony) is contracted as well in them and by them which be of kindred by the one side, as in and by them which be of kindred by both sides. III. Item, That, by the laws, Consanguinity and Affinity (letting and dissolving Matrimony) is contracted as well by unlawful company of man and woman, as by lawful marriage. IV. Item, In contracting betwixt persons doubtful, which be not expressed in this Table, it is most sure, first to consult with men learned in the laws, to understand what is lawful, what is honest and expedient, before the finishing of their contracts. V. Item, That no Parson, Vicar, or Curate, shall solemnize Matrimony out of his or their cure, or parish church or chapel, and shall not solemnize the same in pri |