A64661:112
The judgement of the late Arch-Bishop of Armagh and Primate of Ireland 1. Of…
The judgement of the late Arch-Bishop of Armagh and Primate of Ireland 1. Of the extent of Christs death and satisfaction &c, 2. Of the Sabbath, and observation of the Lords day, 3. Of the ordination in other reformed churches : with a vindication of him from a pretended change of opinion in the first, some advertisements upon the latter, and in prevention of further injuries, a declaration of his judgement in several other subjects / by N. Bernard.
London: printed for John Crook, 1658
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Letter: A Confirmation of the latter clause in this Letter of the Primates, viz. That the Artic…
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But for the confirmation of what ⟨p. 105⟩is here affirmed by the Primate, that the Articles of Ireland were not called in, though his above-mentioned Letter is sufficient to all uninteressed persons, yet for the Readers more full satisfaction, I shall give you a brief Narrative of the whole matter, being then a Member of that Convocation.
First in the House of the Clergy, which was then in the Cathedral of St. Patricks Dublin, there was a motion made for the reception anew of the Articles of Ireland, and all unanimous were for the affirmative, excepting two, who went out. Another time the whole house of the Clergy being called into the Quire, where the Bishops sate, and the same thing again propounded to them, they all stuck to their former vote, excepting seven. The intent of the whole Clergy being by this sufficiently understood, and it appearing, there was no need of any such confirmation, having been An. 1615. fully and formally established, (viz. signed by Arch-Bishop Jones, Chancellor ⟨p. 106⟩of Ireland, and then Speaker of the House of the Bishops in Convocation, by the Prolocutor of the House of the Clergy in their names, and signed by the then Lord Deputy Chichester, (by order from King James in his name) that motion was no more repeated, only the Primate was consulted with, concerning the approving and receiving of the Articles of England also, to which he readily consented, there being no substantial difference between them, to which he had subscribed himself voluntarily, long before in England, and conceiving it to be without any prejudice to the other.
First in the House of the Clergy, which was then in the Cathedrall of St. Patricks Dublin, there was a motion made for the reception anew of the Articles of Ireland, and all unanimous were for the affirmative, excepting two, who went out. Another time the whole house of the Clergy being called into the Quire, where the Bishops sate, and the same thing again propounded to them, they all stuck to their former vote, excepting seven. The intent of the whole Clergy being by this sufficiently understood, and it appearing, there was no need of any such confirmation, having been An. 1615. fully and formally established, (viz. signed by Arch-Bishop Jones, Chancelour