Codex juris ecclesiastici anglicani, or, The statutes, constitutions, canons, rubricks and articles, of the Church of England, methodically digested under their proper heads: with a commentary, historical and juridical : before it, is an introductory discourse, concerning the present state of the power, discipline and laws, of the Church of England, and after it, an appendix of instruments, ancient and modern . ith good effett, in our En-quiries on any point to which they relate. And as to the matterswhich are reduced to the Heads they belong to, and attually pla-ced under them • the Index flo
Codex juris ecclesiastici anglicani, or, The statutes, constitutions, canons, rubricks and articles, of the Church of England, methodically digested under their proper heads: with a commentary, historical and juridical : before it, is an introductory discourse, concerning the present state of the power, discipline and laws, of the Church of England, and after it, an appendix of instruments, ancient and modern . ith good effett, in our En-quiries on any point to which they relate. And as to the matterswhich are reduced to the Heads they belong to, and attually pla-ced under them • the Index flows thefe in a yet quicker, becaufenarrower, View; and by bringing together all points of the famefort, as Powers, Penalties, and the like ( which was not poffi-ble to be done,m drawing down a Succeffion of Statutes, Conflituti-ons, and Canons at kngth,) it gives us, at once, the whole ftrengthand compafs of the Law in every point, and immediately jbowshow that firength grew, and what are the feveral Foundations onwhich it fubfjls. TO this Account of the prefent Undertaking, and the feveralparts or branches of it ; I have nothing to add, but only to in-treat the Candor of the Clergy, and of all others mtowhofe handsit Jhall happen to come: Hoping, that the evident Ufefulnefs ofthe Defign, with the Length and Variety of the Work, will atonefor all Failings in the Performance. An XV11 Pag. 116. Pag: An Introductory Difcourfe, concerning the Prefent State of the Power, Disciplin,and Laws, of the Church of England. H E Power which is vefted in the Bifhops, for the due Admini-ftration of Government and Difciplin in the Church of England,appears by the Form of Confecration to have a twofold Ori-ginal, From the Word of God, and from the Laws of the is evidently fuppof-d in one of the Queftions, which that Formrequires every Bifhop to Anfwer, before the Impofition of Hands. The Archbijbop. mfXi pou maintain ant) fct fojfoato, ag much ag fljall lie in you, dutctnefe,Hob
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