Phillip Stubbes's Anatomy of the abuses in England in Shakspere's youth, A.D. 1583 / edited by Frederick J. Furnivall.

  • Stubbs, Philip, active 1581-1593.
Date:
1877-1882
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Credit: Phillip Stubbes's Anatomy of the abuses in England in Shakspere's youth, A.D. 1583 / edited by Frederick J. Furnivall. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Preaching Ministers preach mainly in their own parishes, but sometimes out of them, and rightly so, C Sig. K 7] notwithstanding the Brownists, for the Apostles went from place to place preaching. Evils of Pluralities* L* Sig. K 7, back] 74 II. 2. Preachers may travel New-fangled Brownists. Tkeod. Do thefe preaching minifters preach onely in their owne cures, flockes and charges, or elfe indifferently abroad elfe where ? Amphil They preach for the moft part in their owne charges and cures whereouer the holie Ghoft hath made them ouerfeers, and for which they lliall render a dreadfull account at the day of iudge- ment, if they doe not their dutie diligently, as God hath commanded. But though they preach moft commonly in their owne cures, yet doe they fometimes helpe their felowe brethren to breake the bread of life to their charges alfo. Wherein me thinke they do not amifle. For if a watch man appointed by a whole citie, or towne to giue warning when the enimie commeth, feeing an other citye or towne to be in danger, giueth fufficient warning to his owne citie, and goeth and warneth the other citie alfo, and fo by this meanes deliuereth them both, I fay, that in fo doing, hee doth well, and according to charitie. And yet ^notwithftanding, diuers new phangled felows fprong vp of late, as the Brownifts, and there adherents, haue fpoken verie blafphemouflie hereof, teaching in their railing pamphletes, that thofe who are ledhirers or preach els wher than in their owne cures are accurfed before god. Than the which, what can be more abfurdlie, or vntruely fpoken ? For if they grant (as they cannot deny) that the word of God is good, then cannot the declaration of that which is good in one place, be hurtfull in another. And read we not that the apoftles themfelues went from place to place, preaching the word to euerie congregation? Chrift lefus did the fame, & alfo taught vs, that he came not to preach to one citie onely, but to many? Theod. Doe the reading minifters onely continue and read alto- gither in their owne charges, or not ? AmphiL The reading rninifters, after they be hired of the pariflies (for they are mercenaries) they read commonly in their owne charges, and cures, and except (which is a horrible abufe) that tftey haue two or three cures to feme, all vpon one day, and peraduenture two or three myles diftant, one from another. Which maketh them to gallop it ouer as faft as they can, and to chop it vp with all poflible expediti^on, though none vnderftand them, and as fewe be edified by them. Theod. Be thefe reading minifter? well prouided for, fo as they want nothing, or not?