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A61555 Ecclesiastical cases relating to the duties and rights of the parochial clergy stated and resolved according to the principles of conscience and law / by the Right Reverend Father in God, Edward, Lord Bishop of Worcester. Stillingfleet, Edward, 1635-1699. 1698 (1698) Wing S5593; ESTC R33861 132,761 428

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their Consciences fly in their Faces and they condemn themselves for their evil Actions And then these very Instances are an Argument against Infidelity for we may justly presume that they would shake off their Fears of another World if they could But why should some Instances of this Nature signifie more against Religion than the many Remarkable Examples of a Godly Righteous and Sober Life among the Clergy to a stronger Confirmation of it For they have had greater Occasion of searching into all the Considerable Difficulties about Religion than others can pretend to and I do not know any that have imployed most Time and Pains about it but have had greater Satisfaction as to the Truth and Excellency of it Thus I have endeavoured to remove the most common Prejudices of our Times against our Profession It would now be proper for me to give some particular Directions to you but that is so much the business of the following Discourses that I shall refer you to them and commend you to the Grace and Blessing of Almighty God that you may so carefully discharge your Duties in this World that it may advance your Happiness in another I am Your Affectionate Friend and Brother EDW. WIGORN Hartlebury C. Apr. 23. 1698. ERRATA PReface pag. viii lin 7. read Birinus p. xii l. 7. r. Kington P. 26. l. 21. after fraudes add p. 126. l. 11. r. Birinus p. 129. l. 9. r. Wulstan p. 142. l. 7. r. Flocks they go to p. 157. l. 17. after but insert to perswade you p. 226. l. 5. for more r. meer p. 236. l. 9. for Titles r. Tithes p. 241. l. 9. r. A●b●rdus p. 254. l. 17. r. Guthrun p. 256. l. 17. for than r. as THE CONTENTS CASE I. THE Bishop of Worcester's Charge to the Clergy of his Diocess in his Primary Visitation c. p. 1. II. Of the Nature of the Trust committed to the Parochial Clergy c. p. 103. III. Of the particular Duties of the Parochial Clergy c. p. 175. IV. Of the Maintenance of the Parochial Clergy by Law p. 229. V. Of the Obligation to observe the Ecclesiastical Canons and Constitutions c. p. 325. To which is annexed a Discourse concerning Bonds of Resignation c. A Catalogue of Books published by the Right Reverend Father in God Edward Lord Bishop of Worcester and sold by Henry Mortlock at the Phoenix in St. Paul's Church-Yard A Rational Account of the Grounds of the Protestant Religion being a Vindication of the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury's Relation of a Conference c. from the pretended Answer of T. C. The second Edition Folio Origines Britannicae or the Antiquities of the British Churches with a Preface concerning some pretended Antiquities relating to Britain in Vindication of the Bishop of St. Asaph Folio Irenicum A Weapon-Salve for the Churches Wounds Quarto Origines Sacrae or a Rational Account of the Grounds of Christian Faith as to the Truth and Divine Authority of the Scriptures and the Matters therein contained The Fifth Edition corrected and amended Quarto The Unreasonableness of Separation or an impartial Account of the History Nature and Pleas of the present Separation from the Communion of the Church of England Quarto A Discourse concerning the Idolatry practised in the Church of Rome and the hazard of Salvation in the Communion of it in Answer to some Papers of a revolted Protestant wherein a particular Account is given of the Fanaticism and Divisions of that Church Octavo An Answer to several late Treatises occasioned by a Book entitled A Discourse concerning the Idolatry practised of the Church of Rome and the hazard of Salvation in the Communion of it Part I. Octavo A Second Discourse in Vindication of the Protestant Grounds of Faith against the Pretence of Infallibility in the Church of Rome in answer to the Guide in Controversie by R. H. Protestancy without Principles and Reason and Religion or the certain Rule of Faith by E. W. With a particular Enquiry into the Miracles of the Roman Church Octavo An Answer to Mr. Cressy's Epistle Apologetical to a Person of Honour touching his Vindication of Dr. Stillingfleet Octavo A Defence of the Discourse concerning the Idolatry practised in the Church of Rome in Answer to a Book entitled Catholicks no Idolaters Octavo Several Conferences between a Romish Priest a Fanatick Chaplain and a Divine of the Church of England being a full Answer to the late Dialogues of T. G. Octavo The Council of Trent Examin'd and Disprov'd by Catholick Tradition in the main Points in Controversie between Us and the Church of Rome with a particular Account of the Times and Occasions of Introducing them A Discourse concerning the Doctrine of Christ's Satisfaction or the true Reasons of his Sufferings with an Answer to the Socinian Objections and a Preface concerning the true State of the Controversie about Christ's Satisfaction Octavo Second Edition A Discourse in Vindication of the Doctrine of the Trinity with an Answer to the late Socinian Objections against it from Scripture Antiquity and Reason And a Preface concerning the different Explication of the Trinity and the Tendency of the present Socinian Controversie Octavo Second Edition The Bishop of Worcester's Answer to Mr. Locke's Letter concerning some Passages relating to his Essay of Humane Understanding mention'd in the late Discourse in Vindication of the Trinity Octavo The Bishop of Worcester's Answer to Mr. Locke's Second Letter wherein his Notion of Idea's is proved to be inconsistent with it self and with the Articles of the Christian Faith Octavo Sermons preached upon several Occasions in three Volumes in Octavo The Effigies of the Right Reverend Father in God Edward Lord Bishop of Worcester Engraven on a Copper-Plate Price 6 d. THE BISHOP OF WORCESTER'S CHARGE TO THE CLERGY of his DIOCESE In his Primary Visitation begun at Worcester September 11 th 1690. My Brethren THIS being my Primary Visitation I thought it fitting to acquaint my self with the Ancient as well as Modern Practice of Episcopal Visitations and as near as I could to observe the Rules prescribed therein with respect to the Clergy who are now summoned to appear And I find there were two principal Parts in them a Charge and an Enquiry The Charge was given by the Bishop himself and was called Admonitio Episcopi or Allocutio wherein he informed them of their Duty and exhorted them to perform it The Enquiry was made according to certain Articles drawn out of the Canons which were generally the same according to which the Iuratores Synodi as the ancient Canonists call them or Testes Synodales were to give in their Answers upon Oath which was therefore called Iuramentum Synodale for the Bishop's Visitation was accounted an Episcopal Synod The former of these is my present business and I shall take leave to speak my Mind freely to you this first time concerning several things which I think most useful and fit to be