A second admonition to the parliament

* ^hBe not you called Rabbins / and to be called Rabbins is the matter with our doctors / but to teach / that is to base or needless for them. I have spoken the mere of this / because the abuse is great / and not thought of / for howsoever it will be faced out / the name is not a name ⟨p. 18⟩•f dignity / but a name of duty to be done to the church of God / by him that hath y• excellent gift of faithful & right expounding of the scriptures / and of the undoubted proving and avouching of all the articles of our christian religion / which is most requisite in place where I said before / and very requisite every where / & is to be had where competent provision may be made for such an one. Thus you see briefly how these two differ / and what is the use of the teachers or doctors §10office. Now the pastors in their charges and parishes² / have not only to propound sound doctrine / but also charge to exhort / and to admonish publicly and privately them that they find to need it / and to examine them / and to Catechise them in their faith / upon whom only lieth the charge of the whole congregation / whether there be a teacher / or doctor or no. For if the doctor faithfully keep his lectures / and answer his calling by godly life there is no further thing to be §20required of him / save y• in the consistory (again I say) he apply himself with the pastors to guide and direct the rest of the assistants / and in like sort join himself with the pastors in their conferences councils / and such like meetings. But every congregation must have a pastor / I say not a parson vicar or stipendiary priest / or curate (as they call him) but a pastor or shepherd / which is able / and doth intend feeding of them / every way / by preaching doctrine / by exhorting §30to the same / and to godly life / by admonishing offenders / by conference with them / by visiting the sick / to teach and counsel them / by Catechising the congregation / by making prayers / by ministering the sacraments / and examining before hand the communicants / and whatsoever he is directed unto by the prescript of the word of God.