A second admonition to the parliament

And in like sort for conferences §10and councils to d•ale for the stay of the churches in true doctrine / and in godly order and quietness to the Corinthians it is plain / and the council at Jerusalem / wherein is dealt for all those causes of the churches at once. The persons that were sent to the council / the persons that chiefly dealt / and how / and the general consent of the Apostles / Elders / and brethren / would be well observed / as giving great light for many purposes. Well / now who are our doers in this church §20government? how are they chosen? what causes do they deal in? and how do they deal? In every¹ parish a consistory there is not / nor in every great town containing many parishes / nor in every shire / but only one in a diocese / which containeth divers shires. I may peradventure d• deceived / for there may be so many in a diocese / as there are Archdeaconries / besides the grand consistory of y• bishop / or his substitute the Chancellor / for they say the Archdeacon or §30his substitute y• official / may visit oftener then y• bishop / & keep courts oftener then y• Chancellor / & there are in some diocese divers Archdeacons. But what of all this? whence have they their authority? who called them? what causes deal they in? and how? of God they have not their authority / they hold it by the Canon law / and by the bishop. And some of them pay the bishop full ⟨p. 55⟩well for it / they say. And so they say / that Chancellors offices are so gainful / that some of them are in fee with their bishops for them / yea they say some bishops have payed for their bishoprics other ways / though not to the Queen / and that some of them have large fees going out of their bishoprics / to their friends that helped them to their preferments. These are not rightly called. And whereas there is a statute to avouch §10