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Mr. Warren been cited, altho’ he had no Licence to preach in that Diocese;neither had his Orders yet been shew’d to any, nor had (Complaint been broughtto this Defendant (being then an Inhabitant in that.ToWn, and not Ijar fromthat Church, of whom the said Mr. Manning wpuld take no Notice) thathe not only neglected all the Orders of the Church, but the Rules of (the divineService also, and had quoted many dangerous Passages, in the Pulpit, tending tothe Disparagement of the State and th<? Disquiet .of the People. Yet citedonly he ,was, and because he dwelt far off in Becfordffiire , the Matter was nofurther pursued. He also faith, that Preaching without sufficient Licencehath in all times been censurable, and enquired into in the Church ofEngland.

Touching Mr. Eades, this Defendant remembereth not, that ever he heardof such a Man till now of late Reports are brought to him, of some veryseditious Sermons preach’d by him.

[The Counsel are desired to consider and insift upon this, that the Chancellorand the Commissary did inflict all these forenamed. Censures, although this De-fendant was by Letters or Conference made acquainted with the most thereofbefore they were done, and did consent or advise thereunto: for he could notdoubt, but that they being Men of the Law could best judge, what was Law andRight, and being (their Oath is, that they will to the utmost of their Under-standing deal uprightly and justly in their Office without Respect or Favour. Can.127. i°. foe.)sworn Men to do uprightly, and having their Places for Life ,could in no RespeSt to hhn be induced from that, which he ever desired themto do.

Howbeit for Honour of his Place and in Zeal to the Service of the Church ,it behoved him to hold an Intercourse of Letters and Consultations with them.she rather because all the Account to be yearly made of the State os all Af-fairs in the Diocese, as the King had commanded: for this , he (living out ofthe Diocese) could not have done , but by that Course of Letters between him andthe Officers.]

Lastly this Defendant faith, that notwithstanding the Non-residence ofthose six, for which they were deprived (as is aforesaid) and the long De-sertion of their Cures, and the patient Expectance both before and after Ci-tation, which was had of them, yet their Deprivation proceeded not, tillthis Defendant in his Account to the King by the Arch-biffiop in Decent.1637. had given Notice, how it was with them, and had humbly prayed to bedirected what he should do. In answer whereunto, in January following,he was willed to fee the King’s Pleasure upon Record in the Arch-bifhop’sOffice ; from whence he received in a Schedule, as followeth.

“j My Lord of Norwich hath been very careful of all your Majesty’s Instructi-“ °ns; of those which have stood under episcopal Censure, or that fled to avoidCensure, there are not above three or four which have submitted themselves;yet his Lordship hath had Patience (notwithstanding peremptory Citationssent out) hitherto to expect them. But now he must proceed to Deprivation,or suffer Scorn and Contempt to follow upon all his Injunctions. Never-theless herein he humbly craves Direction : and so do I, if it please yourct Majesty to give it.”

Unto which the King had, with his own Hand, written in the Margin ofthe Schedule.

Let him proceed to Deprivation.

80 that this Defendant transmitting a Copy of all this to the Chancellor(as h e conceived himself bound to do) the said Chancellor after two Monthslonger stay, did proceed to their Deprivation.

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