An apologie for svndrie proceedings by iurisdiction ecclesiasticall : of late times by some chalenged, and also diuersly by them impugned. By which Apologie (in their seuerall due places) all the reasons and allegations set downe as well in a treatise, as in certaine notes (that goe from hand to hand) both against proceedings ex officio, and against oaths ministred to parties in causes criminall; are also examined and answered: vpon that occasion lately reuiewed, and much enlarged aboue the first priuate proiect, and now published, being diuided into three partes: the first part whereof chieflie sheweth what matters be incident to ecclesiasticall conisance; and so allowed by statutes and common law: the second treateth (for the most part) of the two wayes of proceeding in causes criminal, viz. by way of accusation, & ex officio iudicis: the third concerneth oaths in generall, but more specially the lawfulnesse of such as be ministred touching supposed offenses, either of themselues that sweare, or of their brethren: respectiuelie submitted to the graue iudgements of the reuerend iudges and other sages of the common lawe: of iudicious professors of the ciuill lawe; and of the right reuerend prelates and other grounded diuines in this realme. Whereunto (for the learneds sake and for similitude of argument and iudgement) I have presumed to adioine that right excellent and sound determination (concerning oaths) which was made by M. Lancelot Androvves ... an. 1591.
by: Cosin, Richard, 1549?-1597
Published: (1593)
