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AN

ADMONITION

TO ALL

MINISTERS ECCLESIASTICAL.

FOR

OR that the Lord doth require of his fervant, whom he hath fet over his houfhold, to fhew both faithfulness and prudence in his office; it fhall be neceffary that ye above all other do behave yourselves moft faithfully and diligently in your fo high a function: that is, aptly, plainly, and distinctly to read the facred Scriptures, diligently to inftruct the youth in their Catechifm, gravely and reverently to minifter his moft holy Sacraments, prudently alfo to choose out fuch Homilies as be moft meet for the time, and for the more agreeable inftruction of the people committed to your charge, with fuch difcretion, that where the Homily may appear too long for one reading, to divide the fame, to be read part in the forenoon, and part in the afternoon and where it may fo chance fome one or other chapter of the Old Teftament to fall in order to be read upon the Sundays or Holy-days, which were better to be changed with fome other of the New Teftament of more edification, it fhall be well done to spend your time to confider well of fuch chapters before-hand, whereby your prudence and

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diligence in your office may appear, fo that your people may have cause to glorify God for you, and be the readier to embrace your labours, to your better commendation, to the discharge of your confciences, and their own.

THE

THE TABLE OF HOMILIES ENSUING.

1. OF the Right Ufe of the Church.

I.

2. Against Peril of Idolatry.

3. For repairing and keeping clean the Church.

4. Of good Works; and firft of Fafting.

5. Againft Gluttony and Drunkenness. 6. Against Excefs of Apparel.

7. An Homily of Prayer.

8. Of the Place and Time of Prayer.

9. Of Common Prayer and Sacraments.

10. An Information of them which take Offence at certain

Places of boly Scripture.

11. Of Alms-deeds.

12. Of the Nativity.

13. Of the Paffion, for Good-Friday.

14. Of the Refurrection, for Eafter-day.

15. Of the worthy Receiving of the Sacrament.

16. An Homily concerning the coming down of the Holy

Gboft, for Whitfunday.

17. An Homily for Rogation-Week.

18. Of the State of Matrimony.

19. Against Idleness.

10. Of Repentance, and true Reconciliation unto God.

21. An Homily against Disobedience and wilful Rebellion.

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