The canons and decrees of the Council of Trent celebrated under Paul III, Julius III, and Pius IV, Bishops of Rome / faithfully translated into English.

CHAP. II.

IT will seem expedient, That inferiour Bishops, such as have obtain'd or do obtain any Ecclesiastick Benefices, endowed according to the Quality of Places and Persons, by Title or Advowson, requiring personal Residence either by Law or Custom, from their Ordinaries who have plac'd them therein for the good Government of Churches, and the Increase of Divine Worship, be com∣pell'd by Seasonable Remedies to Reside: And none may lay claim to the Pri∣viledges and Grants in case of Non-Residence, or to his Revenues in case of Absence. But Indulgences and Temporal Dispensations, granted only for true and reasonable causes, and lawfully prov'd before the Ordinary, to remain in their full strength; in which Cases nevertheless it is the Duty of Bishops, as be∣ing herein Delegates of the Holy See, to provide that by Deputation of fit Preach∣ers, and the Assignation of a reasonable Portion of their Revenues thereto, the care of Souls may by no means be neglected; none in this case pleading Priviledge or Exemption.