n the time of Edward the Sixth;
and therefore we judge them to be read in Churches by the
Ministers, diligently and distinctly, that they may be understanded
of the people.
_Of the Names of the Homilies_.
1 Of the right Use of the Church. 10 Of the reverend estimation of
2 Against peril of Idolatry. God's Word.
3 Of repairing and keeping clean 11 Of Alms-doing.
of Churches. 12 Of the Nativity of Christ.
4 Of good works: first of 13 Of the Passion of Christ.
Fasting. 14 Of the Resurrection of Christ.
5 Against gluttony and 15 Of the worthy receiving of the
drunkenness. Sacrament of the Body and
6 Against excess of apparel. Blood of Christ.
7 Of Prayer. 16 Of the Gifts of the Holy Ghost.
8 Of the place and time of 17 For the Rogation-days.
Prayer. 18 Of the State of Matrimony.
9 That Common Prayers and 19 Of Repentance.
Sacraments ought to be 20 Against idleness,
ministered in a known tongue. 21 Against rebellion.
XXXVI. _Of Consecration of Bishops and Ministers_.
The Book of Consecration of Archbishops and Bishops, and Ordering
of Priests and Deacons, lately set forth in the time of Edward the
Sixth, and confirmed at the same time by authority of Parliament,
doth contain all things necessary to such Consecration and Ordering:
neither hath it any thing, that of itself is superstitious and
ungodly. And therefore whosoever are consecrated or ordered
according to the Rites of that Book, since the second year of
the forenamed King Edward unto this time, or hereafter shall be
consecrated or ordered according to the same Rites, we decree all
such to be rightly, orderly, and lawfully consecrated and ordered.
XXXVII. _Of the Civil Magistrates_.
The King's Majesty hath the chief power in this Realm of England,
and other his Dominions, unto whom the chief government of all
Estates of this Realm, whether they be Ecclesiastical or Civil, in
all causes doth appertain, and is not, nor ought to be, subject to
any foreign jurisdiction.
Where we attribute to the King's Majesty the chief government,
by which titles we understand the minds of some slanderous folks to
be offended; we give not to our Princes the ministering either of
God's Word, or of the Sacraments, the which thing the Injunctions
also lately set forth by Elizabeth our Queen
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