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The Works of the Right Reverend Father in God FROM THE LIBRARY OF REV. LOUIS FITZGERALD BENSON. D. D. BEQUEATHED BY HIM TO THE LIBRARY OF PRINCETON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY Section £j Kfjf) V, 2- THE WORKS BISHOP COSIN. Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2012 with funding from Princeton Theological Seminary Library http://archive.org/details/workfreveOOcosi : THE WORKS RIGHT REVEREND FATHER IN GOD JOHN COSIN LORD BISHOP OF DURHAM. NOW FIRST COLLECTED VOLUME THE SECOND. MISCELLANEOUS WORKS. OXFORD JOHN HKNRY PARKER. MDCCCXLV. : OXFORD rKINTKD m I. MIKIMI'TON. PREFACE. A very few words will suffice to indicate the sources whence the contents of the present volume have been derived. 1 " The Articles to be inquired of by the Churchwardens and Svvornmen of every parish within the Archdeaconry of the East Riding in York, in the ordinary Visitation of the Archdeacon there, anno 1627," are transcribed from the original manuscript preserved in the Bishop's library at Dur- ham. Although dated in 1627, the draft was framed in 1626. It would appear to have been intended for the press : but if printed, no copy has reached the editor's notice. 2. " The Sum and Substance of the Conferences lately had at York-House concerning Mr. Mountague's Books, which it pleased the Duke of Buckingham to appoint ; and with divers other honourable persons to hear, at the special and earnest request of Lord Warwick and the Lord Say." These confer- ences were held upon the 11th and 17th February, 1626. Of the first of these narratives there exist at Durham three copies, all in Cosin's handwriting, which also contain correc- tions and additions by White, dean of Carlisle, who along with Cosin, attended as the friend and defendant of Moun- tague. Another transcript, said to be in Cosin's handwriting, is preserved in the Bodleian library, and is printed by Mr, Brewer in his edition of Cosin upon Transubstantiation. vi PREFACE. .'i. "A Collection of Private Devotions: in the practice ot the Ancient Church, called the Hours of Prayer; aa they were after this manner published by authority of Queen Elizabeth, 1500, taken out of the Holy Scriptures, the ancient Fathers, and the Divine Service of our own Church. London, printed by R. Young, 1627." The only copy of the first edition' of Cosin's Devotions (three editions bear the date of 1G27) which the editor has met with, is here reprinted. The more im- portant variations between it and the succeeding editions are indicated in the notes. a For the loan of this copy the Mr. Robinson, bookseller, Newcastle- editor is indebted to the kindness of upnn-Tync. CONTENTS. Page Articles to be inquired of by the Churchwardens and Swornmen of every parish within the Archdeaconry of the East Riding in York, in the Ordinary Visitation of the Archdeacon there, - anno 1627. - - - 1 The Sura and Substance of the Conferences lately had at York- House concerning Mr. Mountague's Books. - 17 A Collection of Private Devotions : in the practice of the Ancient Church, called the Hours of Prayer. - - - 83 ARTICLES TO BE INQUIRED OF BY THE CHURCHWARDENS AND SWORNMEN OF EVERY PARISH WITHIN THE ARCHDEACONRY OF THE EAST RIDING IN YORK IN THE ORDINARY VISITATION OF THE ARCHDEACON THERE, ANNO 1627.* IMPRINTED AT LONDON ANNO SUPRADICTO. • The title has stood originally thus; Churchwardens and Swornmen in the ordi- " Articles to be inquired of within the Arch- nary visitation of the Archdeacon there, deaconry of the East Riding in York by the anno 1626." The Form of the Oath to be given unto the Churchwardens and Swornmcn. You shall swear by the holy Name of God that you, and every of you, shall duly consider and diligently inquire of all and every of those Articles given you in charge ; and that all affection, favour and hatred, all hope of reward or fear of displeasure set aside, yon shall make a full and true answer in writing unto every one of them, presenting every such person of or within your parish as hath com- mitted any offence, or omitted any duty mentioned, in any of tin Be Articles, or which are publicly defamed, or vehemently suspected, of any such offence or negligence. Wherein you shall deal faithfully, truly and plainly, neither presenting nor sparing to present any con- trary to truth having ; in this action the fear of Gon before your eyes, the danger and peril of your consciences in hiding or altering the truth, with an earnest zeal to maintain God's true religion and virtue, and to suppress wickedness and vice. So help you God, by the contents of His Holy Gospel. ARTICLES TO BE INQUIRED OF, CHAP. I. CONCERNING THE CHURCH, THE HONOUR, THE BOOKS AND POSSESSIONS, ORNAMENTS, AND UTENSILS THEREOF. First, whether is the body of your church or chapel, and Repara- S decently as well the chancel thereof, in good reparations, kept k°" ;n" of within as without ; the roof sufficiently maintained with clean elm relics timber and lead, (or with other materials, where there is no &c . lead at all,) so that it rains not in ; the windows well and seemly glazed, without disorderly patching ; the floors plain and clean paved; the pews and seats orderly set and well maintained j the walls, floors, pews and all other places clean, and sweet kept, in comely and decent sort, without dust, or any thing that may be either noisome or unseemly for the b house of God, as is prescribed in a sermon or homily set forth to that effect, and in the eighty-fifth and eighty-sixth canon ? Is there a partition between the body of the church and the chancel ? and if not, when, and by whom, and by what authority was it taken down ? Is the steeple in good repair, and the ancient number of bells still kept without diminishing ? [Are there any neAV pews erected in places where none were before, or old altered ? By whom, and by what autho- rity ? And is there any striving or contention for sitting in d pews ? and by whom ?] b Namely, that ' Of repairing and et earum defectus regiis commissariis keeping clean of churches.' intimandi. Sparrow's Collect., p. 308. c d Can. 85. Ecclesiae sartas tectas Struck thiough as if for omission ; conservandae. Can. 86. Ecclesiae de see number 4, p. 5. tertio in tertium annum perlustrandae, b2 Articles of Inquiry in the Archdeaconry C H A P. 2. Whether have you in your church or chapel the whole I. Bible of the ancient translation called The Bishops' Bible, Books, whereunto the Book of Common Prayer doth refer for Les- sons and Psalms, or at the le;ist the whole Bible in the largest volume, and of the translation authorized by his late majesty of blessed memory ; the Book of Common Braver, and other rites and ceremonies of the Church two j Psalters; the book of Homilies; bishop Jewell's works; the book of Constitutions and Canons; a Register-book of parchment for the ornaments belonging to the Church, for christenings, marriages, and burials, kept in all points according to the canons in that behalf provided ; another book wherein strange preachers arc to subscribe their names, and the name of the bishop by whom they were licensed, before they be suf- fered to preach ? Are all these books well and fairly bound? ('hosts. A chest, as well for the safe keeping of the books and ornaments of the church, as the said register ; another strong chest, with a hole in the lid for the alms, and with three locks and keys, one for the minister, the other two for the churchwardens ? A table set up of the degrees wherein by law men and women arc prohibited to marry ? Orna- 3. Whether have you a font of stone, with a comely cover, ments. set in the ancient usual place ; a little faldstool, or desk, with some decent carpet oxer it, in the middle alcy of the church, whereat the Litany may be said; a lower pulpit to say sen ice in, a higher for preaching, both decently framed and adorned \ on a fair and comely table for the holy Communion; Save J i. <•. at what is it worth to be prized'.' Is this communion- | and ;i ralua table placed according to the injunctions ? don. | Is it not at any time abused by sitting or leaning upon it; | by throwing hats on it, writing on it, or otherwise, as is not e agreeable to the rexcrcnt estimation and holy use thereof ?] Have you a large carpet of silk, or other decent cloth or stuff, continually lying upon it in the time of divine service, fair with a linen cloth at the time of communion ; and what might either of 1 hem be worth? " Tlii« passage is struck through for omission. of the East Riding of York. 5 Have you a fair chalice or communion-cup of silver, for the wine, with a large cover or paten of silver for the bread, when they are consecrated and delivered by the priest ? Have you a flagon of silver, or good pewter at least, for the wine which is brought to the church, and set upon the communion-table ? And are there no common tavern pots, no wicker, stone, or leathern bottles used for that holy purpose ? Have you a comely and a large surplice, and where two ministers are a surplice for each of them, with wide and long sleeves ; and what might it cost by the yard, or is now worth ? Is it kept clean, and whole, and fair, as it ought to be ? Have you a hearse to carry your dead upon to their graves, if need be ? And, generally, have you all other things which, after the custom of your country or the place where you hve, the parishioners are bound to find, maintain, and keep ? 4.
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