Paul went Preaching from Jerusalem to Illyricum, Mark was in Egypt, Matthew in Ethiopia, Thomas in India, Simon Zealots in Britain, and others in other places, all labouring in the same Work. After the Death of the Apostles, this Ordinance was much esteemed in succeeding ages. Anciently the very Bishops of Rome were wont to Preach; and in the supposed Epistle of Clement to James the Brother of the Lord, mention is made of quotidiana Praedicatio. Tertullian speaks of feeding the peoples Faith Sanctis Vocibus, with holy Words; And Origen saith, Omnes Episcapi erudiunt, all the Bishops Preach. In the Old, though not, as they are called, Apostolical Canons, we have this; Episcopus non docens deponatur, Let the not-preaching ⟨p. 378⟩Bishop be deposed: and in the Old, though not, as named, Apostolical Constitutions; the manner was, first one Presbyter preached, then another, and last of all the Bishop. At this time there was good store of Preaching. Damasus the First, Bishop of Rome, in his Epistle de Chorepiscopis, shows how unlike Christ they are who preach not; Ipse enim docuit, ipse ovem perditam quaesivit, ipse propriis humeris reportavit; Christ did all himself. St. Austin and St. Chrysostom preached every day; ye heard yesterday, ye shall hear to morrow, is common in their Homilies. Many of the Writings of Ambrose, Nazianzen, Basil and Cyril, were only their Sermons to the People; and therefore in Concilio Vasensi held about the Year of our Lord 440, it was ordered, That if the Presbyter were sick and unable to Preach, Sanctorum Patrum Homiliae à Diaconis recitentur; The Deacons should read the Homilies of the holy Fathers. Gregory the Great in his Pastoral, saith, Qui verbum praedicationis subtrabunt, animabus morientibus vitae remedia abscondunt; The unpreaching Minister hides the Bread of Life from dying souls. The fourth Toletan Council, which was a little after Gregory, saith, Omne opus Sacerdotum in predication consistit, Preaching is a Ministers All. In the Council of Mentz under Charles the Great, It was Ordered, Can. 25. Nunquam desit diebus Dominicis qui Verbum Dei Praedicet; On Sabbath days a Preacher must not be wanting; No, though the Bishop be sick it must not, as that Can. saith. In the Oxford Constitutions ⟨p. 379⟩made by Archbishop Stephen, Preaching is enjoined, ne canes muti merito judicentur.
Paul went Preaching from Jerusalem to Illyricum, Mark was in Egypt, Matthew in Ethiopia, Thomas in India, Simon Zelotes in Britam, and others in other places, all labouring in the same Work. After the Death of the Apostles, this Ordinance was much esteemed in succeeding ages. Anciently the very Bishops of Rome were wont to Preach; and in the supposed Epistle of Clement to James the Brother of the Lord, mention is made of quotidiana Praedicatio. Tertullian speaks of feeding the peoples Faith Sanctis Vocibus, with holy Words; And Origen saith, Omnes Episcapi erudiunt, all the Bishops Preach. In the Old, though not, as they are called, Apostolical Canons, we have this; Episcopus non docens deponatur, Let the not-preaching ⟨p. 378⟩Bishop be deposed: and in the Old, though not, as named, Apostolical Constitutions; the manner was, first one Presbyter preached, then another, and last of all the Bishop. At this time there was good store of Preaching. Damasus the First, Bishop of Rome, in his Epistle de Chorepiscopis, shews how unlike Christ they are who preach not; Ipse enim docuit, ipse ovem perditam quaesivit, ipse propriis humeris reportavit; Christ did all himself. St. Austin and St. Chrysostom preached every day; ye heard yesterday, ye shall hear to morrow, is common in their Homilies. Many of the Writings of Ambrose, Nazianzen, Basil and Cyril, were only their Sermons to the People; and therefore in Concilio Vasensi held about the Year of our Lord 440, it was ordered, That if the Presbyter were sick and unable to Preach, Sanctorum Patrum Homiliae à Diaconis recitentur; The Deacons should read the Homilies of the holy Fathers. Gregory the Great in his Pastoral, saith, Qui verbum praedicationis subtrabunt, animabus morientibus vitae remedia abscondunt; The unpreaching Minister hides the Bread of Life from dying souls. The fourth Toletan Council, which was a little after Gregory, saith, Omne opus Sacerdotum in praedicatione consistit, Preaching is a Ministers All. In the Council of Mentz under Charles the Great, It was Ordered, Can. 25. Nunquam desit diebus Dominicis qui Verbum Dei Praedicet; On Sabbath days a Preacher must not be wanting; No, though the Bisliop be sick it must not, as that Can. saith. In the Oxford Constitutions ⟨p. 379⟩made by Archbishop Stephen, Preaching is enjoined, ne canes muti merito judicentur.
