tio Legum Ecclesiasticarum," 223.-Part of king Henry VIII.'s last will and testa-

ment relating to matters of religion, 225.-The order for the coronation of king

Edward, Sunday, February 13, at the Tower, &c., 227.—An inhibition directed to the

bishop of London by the king's commissaries for a general and regal visitation, toge-

ther with a citation for the said bishop to appear before the visitors, 231.-The bedes,

or the ancient form of bidding prayer, 234.-A form of procuratorial powers, which

those who represented the convents or inferior clergy were furnished with to sit in

parliament, 236.-Answer to certain arguments, raised from supposed antiquity, and

practised by some members of the lower house of parliament, to prove that ecclesias-

tical laws ought to be enacted by temporal men, R. B. C., 237.—The ancient method

of electing bishops in the Church of England, 244.-Quæ sunt Episcopalis ordinis

dignitatis et jurisdictionis, 246.—The office for the communion, as it stands in the

first Common Prayer-book, made in the reign of king Edward VI., 247.—The lady

Elizabeth's letter to the queen-dowager Parr, then married to the lord-admiral Sey-

mour, (it was written to wish the queen-dowager a good hour,) 265.-The names of

the two-and-thirty persons commissionated by king Edward VI. to examine, correct,

and set forth the ecclesiastical laws, 266.-The forms of ordaining the lower orders,

settled by the fourth council of Carthage, 267.—Part of the service at the consecration

of a bishop in the Greek Church, (the translation, examined by the original,) 268.—

Ordinatio presbyteri, 269.-A patent of king Edward VI. for the establishment of

the Dutch Church in London, 276.-Articles agreed upon in the convocation, and

published by the king's majesty, 279.-An account of some of the alienations of

Church lands in the reign of king Henry VIII. and king Edward VI. not mentioned

in the History, 295.-Queen Mary's proclamation for prohibiting preaching and

expounding Scripture without her licence, 298.-A form of a licence to preach

granted by queen Mary, 300.-The opinion of Philips, Haddon, Cheney, and Philpot,

members of the convocation, concerning the presence of our Saviour in the holy

eucharist, 300.- Articuli ministrati presbyteris conjugatis, mense Martio, 1554,

301.-Archbishop Cranmer's answer to the three articles given him by the com-

mittee at Oxford, 302.-Articles concerning archdeacons, their officials, and ministers,

311.-Cardinal Pole's legatine commission from pope Julius III., 316.—The king

and queen's letters-patent to indemnify cardinal Pole for holding a synod, 319.-Car-

dinal Pole's letter to the princess Elizabeth, 319.-Cardinal Pole's significavit into

the court of Chancery, for the punishment of heretics, 320.—The differences between

the Common Prayer-book set forth in the first year of queen Elizabeth, and the

second book made use of in the reign of king Edward VI., 321.-Certain considera-

tions of a Roman Catholic, why a man may not, with a safe conscience, and without

offending God, be present at the Service now used, 322.-An information made to

queen Elizabeth by of the several abuses and frauds done unto the State in

general and the Crown, by such as have been employed by her father, &c., upon the

suppression of the abbeys, &c., 326.—The form of a congé d'élire, 331.-Archbishop

Parker's homage to queen Elizabeth, (apud West. die Feb. 1559,) 331.-At the con-

firmation of a bishop by the archbishop, the dean and chapter by their proxy certify

the following particulars, touching the regularity of the election, before the arch-

bishop, his vicar-general, or commissary, 332.-The form of a commendam, 335.—

Sampson's and Humphrey's letter to the archbishop of Canterbury, and the bishops of

London, Winchester, Ely, and Lincoln, to excuse their non-compliance with reference

to the ceremonies, 336.-An university licence for preaching, granted by Fisher,

chancellor of Cambridge, in a bull from the court of Rome, 338.-Queen Elizabeth's

letters-patent to the university of Cambridge for licensing preachers, 340.-Bishop

Grindall's letter to Bullinger, relating to the contests about the habit, 340.-The

form of the excommunication of the bishop of Gloucester, pronounced in the synod

an. 1571, 342.-Part of the queen's mandate to the archbishop, for confirming and

consecrating the bishop of Man upon the earl of Derby's nomination, 342.-The

address of the London clergy to the convocation, 343.-A draft of archbishop

Grindall's resignation of the archbishopric of Canterbury, 346.-Part of Hosius

bishop of Corduba's letter to the emperor Constantius, 347.-Part of St. Athanasius's

remonstrance against the proceedings of the emperor Constantius, 347.—Heads of a

conference agreed upon between the king and the ministers touching Church disci-

pline, 348.-Mr. secretary Knolly's letter to sir Francis Walsingham, 351.—Orders

which the right reverend father, Richard, lord bishop of London, desires to be

assented unto, and carefully observed, by every ecclesiastical officer exercising

jurisdiction ecclesiastical under him, within the diocese of London, (dat. March the

8th, 1595,) 352.-The absolution of attorney-general Coke and the lady Hatton, for

marrying without banns or licence, 356.-Pope Clement VIII.'s plenary indulgence

to the Irish, to encourage them to an insurrection against queen Elizabeth, 358.—

Pope Clement VIII.'s instructions to the archpriest Blackwell, 359.-The number of

all the benefices in England, with their several values, 362.-A brief note of such

matters as were agreed on by the king's majesty, the lords of his council, and the

clergy, to be reformed in the government of the Church, (January 18, 1603-4,) 363.

-Pope Paul V.'s brief to the English Roman Catholics, forbidding them going to the

English service, or taking the oath of allegiance, 365.—Cardinal Bellarmine's letter

to the archpriest Blackwell against the oath of allegiance, 367.-Negotium consecra-

tionis et dedicationis parochialis Sancti Olavi, in Silver-street, civitat. London, (A.D.

1610,) 371.—Archbishop Abbot's letter to the bishop of Peterborough, touching the

restraining Mr. Dodd and other Nonconformists from preaching, 371.-The opinion

of a learned civilian, whether bishops may be translated at the prince's pleasure, 372.

-Dr. Joseph Hall's speech at his taking leave of the synod at Dort, 374.-The

States-General's letter to king James, given to the English divines at the breaking up

of the synod of Dort, 375.-Dispensatio cum Georgio archiepiscopo Cantuariensi,

super irregularitate, 376.-Pope Urban VIII.'s letter to the English Roman Catho-

lics, 380.-King Charles I.'s letter to archbishop Laud, for encouraging the Greek

press, 382.-Canons and constitutions of the Church of New England, received 1634,

383.-A form of penance and reconciliation of a renegado or apostate from the

Christian religion to Turcism, 388.-The sentence of deposition, &c., pronounced

against Mr. John Guthry, bishop of Murray; Mr. John Graham, bishop of Orkney;

Mr. James Ferley, bishop of Lismore; Mr. Neile Campbell, bishop of the Isles, by

the pretended assembly at Glasgow, 392.-The earl of Traquair, lord commissioner

for Scotland, his instructions with reference to the general assembly at Glasgow, 394.

-Letter from king Charles I. to the archbishop of St. Andrew's, 395.-Farther

instructions given to the carl of Traquair, lord high commissioner, at the general

assembly at Edinburgh, 397.-A letter and an address from the university of Cam-

bridge to the House of Commons, and read in the house, May 12, 1641, 398.-King

Charles I.'s vindication of himself from the misrepresentations of the assembly-

divines, in a manifesto to the Protestants beyond sea, 403.-Concessions made by the

Church-commissioners at the Savoy, for alterations in the Common Prayer, 404.

Some Remarks on Dr. Kennet's Second and Third Letters, wherein his misrepresent-

ations of Mr. Collier's Ecclesiastical History are laid open, and his calumnies

disproved, 407.

An Answer to some Exceptions in Bishop Burnet's Third Part of the History of the

Reformation, &c., 433.

Bishop Nicholson's Opinion of Collier's Ecclesiastical History, extracted from the

"Historical Library," 457.

Observations upon the Remarks of Mr. Collier, in his Ecclesiastical History, on several

passages in Bishop Burnet's History of the Reformation, extracted from Gutche's

“Miscellanea Curiosa," by J. Lewis, minister of Margate, 459.

General Index to Collier's Ecclesiastical History, 477.

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ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY

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GREAT BRITAIN.

A COLLECTION OF RECORDS.

Theodorus, Archbishop of Canterbury's Letter to Ethelred, King
of the Mercians.
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GLORIOSISSIMO et excellentissimo Elthelredo regi Merciorum Theodorus, gratia Dei Archiepiscopus, in Domino perennem Eddius in salutem. Cognoscat itaque, fili mi dilectissime, tua miranda frid. c. 42. sanctitas pacem me in Christo habere cum venerando episcopo Scriptor. Wilfrido, et idcirco te, carissime, paterna dilectione ammoneo, A. D. 687. et in Christi charitate tibi præcipio, ut ejus sanctæ devotioni, quantum vires adjuvant, præstante Deo patrocinium, sicut semper fecisti, quam diu vivas, impendas: quia longo tempore propriis orbatus substantiis in paganos in Domino multum laboravit. Et idcirco, Ego Theodorus, humilis episcopus, decrepita ætate hoc tuæ beatitudini suggero: quia Apostolica hoc velut sanctis commendat auctoritas, ut ille supra nominatus sanctissimus in patientia sua, sicut dicit Scriptura, possideat animam suam, et injuriarum sibi unjuste inrogatarum (immemor) humilis, et mitis Caput suum Dominum salvatorem sequens, et medicinam expetens: et si inveni gratiam in conspectu tuo, licet tibi pro longinquitate itineris durum esse videatur, oculi mei faciem tuam jucundam videant, et benedicat tibi anima mea, antequam morior. Age ergo, fili mi, fili mi, taliter de illo supra fato viro sanctissimo, sicut te deprecatus sum. Quod si patri tuo non longe de hoc seculo reces

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suro obedieris, multum tibi proficiet ad salutem. Vale in pace, vive in Christo, dege in Domino, Dominus sit tecum.

Annales

Monas. Burton. p. 304.

A.D. 1254.

706,

II.

De Libertate Capellarum Domini Regis.

Henricus Dei gratia Rex Angliæ, &c. universis Christi fidelibus ad quos præsens scriptum pervenerit, salutem. Noverit universitas vestra, quod nuncii nostri, quos nuper pro negotiis nostris et regni nostri ad Generale Concilium apud Lugdunum celebratum destinavimus, inter plura privilegia nobis et regno nostro a Domino Papa Innocentio concessa, unum nobis de immunitatibus, exemtionibus, et libertatibus capellarum nostrarum detulerunt, in hæc verba.

Innocentius Episcopus Servus, &c. carissimo in Christo filio Henrico Regi Anglorum illustri salutem, et Apostolicam benedictionem. Tanto libentius celsitudinis tuæ precibus benignum impartimur assensum, quanto inter reges et principes Christianos te specialius in Domino reputamus dilectum et devotum. Tuis itaque supplicationibus inclinati, districtius inhibemus, ne aliquis ordinarius, aut etiam delegatus, vel etiam subdelegatus in capellas regias, et oratoria earundem, Ecclesiæ Romanæ immediate subjecta, seu canonicos vel servientes eorundem, contra tenorem privilegiorum, aut indulgentiarum Apostolicæ sedis, excommunicationis, vel interdicti sententiam promulgare, seu aliquod ipsis onus imponere, quod aliis exemtis ecclesiis non consuevit imponi absque mandato sedis Apostolicæ speciali, quod expressam faciat de inhibitione hujusmodi mentionem. Nulli ergo, omnino hominum liceat hanc paginam nostræ inhibitionis infringere, vel ei ausu temerario contraire. Si quis autem hoc attemtare præsumserit, indignationem omnipotentis Dei, et beatorum Apostolorum Petri et Pauli se noveriti ncursurum. Data Lugduni XII. Kal. Augusti, Pontificatus nostri anno.

Volentes igitur privilegium illud in perpetua firmitate manere, vobis universis et singulis mandamus, quatenus illud inviolabiliter observetis, et observari facietis ; et ne aliquis contra prædictum privilegium aliquid audeat attemtare, sedem Apostolicam appellamus. Teste meipso apud Westmonasterium, xx. die Martii, anno regni nostri xxx.