But yet among abuses of these clergy men / this is a great one / the whole house is a great abuse / but the polling of their clergy for their clerks fees / and their disorderous choosing of their clerks may be numbered among the rest of their enormities / following none other order / ⟨p. 58⟩but for the face of a thing / saving only my Lord bishops pleasure / or else he will know why / and yet it shall be as he will / when at is done / for either his Archdeacon shall have one room to bear his charges withal / which otherwise must be there Ex officio / & so ware his own charges / or some other of his friends shall have that room / & his Chancellor shall have the other to pleasure him with / not for any pleasure commonly y• the Chancellor can do in this house / who can scarce say (as §10they say) shoo to a goose / and if they had need of1 a divines answer or him / wing most commonly a drudging Canonist / & sometime a Doctor. But when he is best / best is to bad. Thus I say / for this matter the bishop dealeth / or to testowe it upon his chaplain / which shall wait at the stirrup / or at y• bridle / to buy him a new gown / & somewhat with / but as unfit for the house as the former commonly / but the bishop will have the appointing of both ro•me•. O the tyranny §20that they use many / many ways. I have thus briefly as I could / and handling matters as I ought / passed through many abuses in the ministry / and government of the church of Christ in England / and I have according to my pore talent declared / what should be the state of a well ordered and reformed church. How many sorts of ministers / how they should be called to y• function / what their office is / what order should be amongst them / what meetings & conferences there §30should be for the continuing of true religion / and for them to increase in knowledge by. And in like sort I have waded in declaring what officers there should be in the government / what stroke they may b•are / so it be by the congregation / what a consistory is / what excommunication is / what provision there should be made for the pore / what the deacons office is / and or all other orders of the ⟨p. 59⟩consistory / which it pleased God that I had in mind / and thought most profitable to utter. It remaineth for me now to return again to the state.
But yet among abuses of these clergye men / thys is a great one / the whole house is a great abuse / but the polling of their cleargye for their clarkes fees / and theyr disorderous chusing of their clarkes may be numbred among the rest of their enormities / following none other order / ⟨p. 58⟩but for the face of a thyng / sauing only my Lord byshops pleasure / or else he will know why / and yet it shalbe as he wil / when at is done / for either his Archdeacon shal haue one roume to beare his charges wythall / whych otherwise must be there Ex officio / & so ware hys owne charges / or some other of hys frends shall haue that roume / & hys Chancellor shall haue the other to pleasure hym wyth / not for any pleasure commonly y• the Chā cellor can do in thys house / who ca scarse say (as §10they say) shue to a goose / and if they had neede of1 a deuines answer or hym / wing most commonly a dudging Canonist / & sometime a Doctor. But when he is best / best is to bad. Thus I say / for thys matter the byshop dealeth / or to testowe it vpon hys chapleyne / whych shall wayte at the stirrop / or at y• brydle / to buy hym a new gowne / & somewhat wyth / but as vnfit for the house as the former commonly / but the byshop wyll haue the apoynting of bothe ro•me•. O the tyrannie §20that they vse many / many wayes. I haue thus brefely as I could / and handling matters as I ought / passed through many abuses in the ministery / and gouernment of the church of Christ in England / and I haue accordyng to my pore talent declared / what shoulde be the state of a well ordered and reformed church. How many sortes of ministers / how they shuld be called to y• function / what their effice is / what order should be amongst them / what metings & conferences there §30should be for the continuing of true religion / and for them to increase in knowledge by. And in like sorte I haue waded in declaring what offycers there should be in the gouernment / what stroke they may b•are / so it be by the cōgregation / what a consistorie is / what excommunication is / what prouision there shuld be made for the pore / what the deacons office is / and or al other orders of the ⟨p. 59⟩
- 1Clarkly divines.Clarkly deuin•s.
