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I speake of the office of gouernment, and so be my words. Euery particular parish hath a particular pastor to preache, pray, and mynister the sacraments. The Bishop hath to procure (so much as lyeth in him) that all things be done in his Dioces, according to the lawes & orders of the Church. The Archbishop hath not only to sée that ye Bishops do their duties, but to helpe thē in reforming that, which by thēselues they cannot do. The office of preaching they exercise, where & when they sée it most conuenient. The whole charge of preaching & of gouerning resteth neyther vpon the Archbishop, ney∣ther vpō the Bish〈1 line〉〈1 line〉p: but the one is a helpe vnto the other, & they togither with the pa∣stors teach the flocke of Christ faithfully & truely, and gouerne them according to the lawes prescribed And therfore the whole gouernment of the prouince dothe not rest in the Archbishop, for the whiche cause he may with lesse difficultie execute that, that dothe apperteyne vnto him.
Whatsoeuer any other minister may do, the same may ye Archbishop do also, but it doth not therfore follow, that he is bound to ye same particular parish. The pastor may preach, so may the Archbishop, but the pastors charge is particular, the Archbishops more generall. And this is a very euill consequent, the Archbishop may minister the sacraments, and preache the worde, therfore he muste doe it in euery particular con∣gregation.