Historical Collections of the Life and Acts of John Aylmer, Lord Bishop of London, in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth

General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1821 Subjects: Religion / Christianity / Anglican Religion / Christianity / Denominations Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAP. 4, This book to be shewn quarterly unto a certain grave man appointed to examine how they had profited, and he to deliver them to Mr. Archdeacon. 5. The examinants to use these beginners with favour. 6. Every non-preaching Minister to be taxed at four purchased sermons every year ; that is, to procure at his own cost a preacher to preach a sermon in his church once in a quarter. 7. A licensed preacher to preach sixteen times in a year. Within two months after, the diligent Archdeacon summoned the Clergy again, viz. March the 8th ; that is, the preachers and learn- eder sort; enjoining them, 1. To observe carefully the Book of Common Prayer. 2. To catechize youth Sundays and holydays. And this was now allowed to Curates to do; and that in certain questions and answers set forth by the Bishop: as namely, Who made you ? God. Who redeemed you ? Jesus Christ,