CONSTITUTIONS
AND
CANONS
Ecclesiasticall
;
Treated
upon
by
the
ARCHBISHOPS
of
Canterbury
and
York
,
Presidents
of
the
Convocations
for
the
respective
Provinces
of
Canterbury
and
York
,
and
the
rest
of
the
Bishops
and
Clergie
of
those
Provinces
;
And
agreed
upon
with
the
KINGS
Majesties
License
in
their
severall
Synods
begun
at
London
and
York
.
1640.
In
the
yeer
of
the
Reign
of
our
Soveraign
Lord
Charles
,
by
the
grace
of
God
,
King
of
England
,
Scotland
,
France
,
and
Ireland
,
the
Sixteenth
.
And
now
Published
for
the
due
observation
of
them
,
by
His
Majesties
Authority
under
the
Great
Seal
of
England
.
LONDON
:
Printed
by
ROBERT
BARKER
,
Printer
to
the
Kings
most
Excellent
Majestie
:
And
by
the
Assignes
of
JOHN
BILL
.
1640.
CHARLES
,
By
the
grace
of
GOD
,
King
of
England
,
Scotland
,
France
,
and
Ireland
,
Defender
of
the
Faith
,
&c.
To
all
to
whom
these
presents
shall
come
,
Greeting
.
Whereas
our
Bishops
,
Deanes
of
Our
Cathedrall
Churches
,
Arch-deacons
,
Chapters
and
Colledges
,
and
the
other
Clergie
of
every
Diocesse
within
the
severall
Provinces
of
Canterburie
and
Yorke
,
being
respectively
summoned
and
called
by
vertue
of
our
severall
Writs
to
the
most
Reverend
Father
in
God
,
Our
right
trustie
,
and
right
welbeloved
Counceller
,
William
,
by
divine
providence
,
Lord
Arch-bishop
of
Canterburie
,
Primate
of
all
England
,
and
Metropolitan
,
And
to
the
most
Reverend
Father
in
God
,
Our
right
trustie
and
welbeloved
Counceller
:
Richard
,
by
divine
providence
,
Lord
Arch-bishop
of
York
,
Primate
and
Metropolitan
of
England
respectively
directed
,
bearing
date
the
twentieth
day
of
Februarie
,
in
the
fifteenth
yeer
of
Our
reign
,
to
appear
before
the
said
Lord
Arch-bishop
of
Canterburie
in
Our
Cathedrall
Church
of
S.
Paul
in
London
,
And
before
the
said
Lord
Arch-bishop
of
York
,
in
the
Metropolitan
Church
of
S.
Peter
in
York
the
fourteenth
day
of
April
then
next
ensuing
,
or
elswhere
,
as
they
respectively
should
think
it
most
convenient●
to
treat
,
consent
and
conclude
,
●pon
certain
difficult
and
urgent
affairs
contained
in
the
said
Writs
;
Did
thereupon
at
the
time
appointed
,
and
within
the
Cathedrall
Church
of
S.
Paul
,
and
the
Metropolitan
Church
of
S.
Peter
aforesaid
,
assemble
themselves
respectively
together
,
and
appear
in
severall
Convocations
for
that
purpose
,
according
to
the
said
severall
Writs
,
before
the
said
Lord
Arch-bishop
of
Canterburie
,
and
the
said
Lord
Arch-bishop
of
York
respectively
.
And
forasmuch
as
We
are
given
to
understand
,
that
many
of
Our
subjects
being
misled
against
the
Rites
and
Ceremonies
now
used
in
the
Church
of
England
,
have
lately
taken
offence
at
the
same
,
upon
an
unjust
supposall
,
that
they
are
not
onely
contrary
to
Our
laws
,
but
also
introductive
unto
Popish
superstitions
,
whereas
it
well
appeareth
unto
Vs
upon
mature
consideration
,
that
the
said
Rites
and
Ceremonies
which
are
now
so
much
quarrelled
at
,
were
not
onely
approved
of
,
and
used
by
those
learned
and
godly
Divines
,
to
whom
at
the
time
of
Reformation
under
King
Edward
the
sixth
,
the
compiling
of
the
Book
of
Common
Prayer
was
committed
divers
of
which
suffered
Martyrdome
in
Queen
Maries
dayes
)
but
also
again
taken
up
by
this
whole
Church
under
Queen
Elizabeth
,
and
so
duely
and
ordinarily
practised
for
a
great
part
of
her
Reign
(
within
the
memory
of
divers
yet
living
)
as
that
it
could
not
then
be
imagined
that
there
would
need
any
Rule
or
Law
for
the
observation
of
the
same
,
or
that
they
could
be
thought
to
savour
of
Popery
.
And
albeit
since
those
times
,
for
want
of
an
expresse
Rule
therein
,
and
by
subtile
practises
,
the
said
Rites
and
Ceremonies
began
to
fall
into
disuse
,
and
in
place
thereof
,
other
forrain
and
unfitting
usages
by
little
and
little
to
creep
in
;
Yet
forasmuch
as
in
Our
own
Royall
Chappels
,
and
in
many
other
Churches
,
most
of
them
have
been
ever
constantly
used
and
observed
,
We
cannot
now
but
be
very
sensible
of
this
matter
,
and
have
cause
to
conceive
that
the
authors
and
fomentors
of
these
jealousies
,
though
they
colour
the
same
with
a
pretence
of
Zeal
,
and
would
seem
to
strike
onely
at
some
supposed
iniquity
in
the
said
Ceremonies
;
Yet
,
as
We
have
cause
to
fear
,
ayme
at
Our
own
Royall
person
,
and
would
fain
have
Our
good
Subjects
imagine
that
We
Our Self
are
perverted
,
and
do
worship
God
in
a
superstitious
way
,
and
that
we
intend
to
bring
in
some
alteration
of
the
Religion
here
established
.
Now
how
far
We
are
from
that
,
and
how
utterly
We
detest
every
thought
therefore
,
We
have
by
many
publike
Declarations
,
and
otherwise
upon
sundry
occasions
,
given
such
assurance
to
the
world
,
as
that
from
thence
We
also
assure
Our Self
,
that
no
man
of
wisdom
and
discretion
could
ever
be
so
beguiled
as
to
give
any
serious
entertainment
to
such
brain-sick
jealousies
;
and
for
the
weaker
sort
,
who
are
prone
to
be
misled
by
cr●fty
seducers
,
We
rest
no
lesse
confident
,
that
even
of
them
,
as
many
as
are
of
loyall
,
or
indeed
but
of
charitable
hearts
,
will
from
henceforth
utterly
banish
all
such
causlesse
fears
and
surmises
,
upon
these
Our
sacred
professions
,
so
often
made
by
Vs
,
a
Christian
Defender
of
the
Faith
,
their
King
,
and
Soveraign
.
And
therefore
if
yet
any
person
,
under
whatsoever
mask
of
zeal
or
counterfeit
holinesse
,
shall
henceforth
by
speech
or
writing
,
or
any
other
way
(
notwithstanding
these
Our
right
,
hearty
,
faithfull
,
and
solemn
protestations
made
before
him
,
whose
Deputy
We
are
against
all
and
every
intention
of
any
Popish
innovation
)
be
so
ungracious
and
presumptuous
as
to
vent
any
poisoned
conceits
,
tending
to
such
a
purpose
,
and
to
cast
these
devilish
aspersions
and
jealousies
upon
Our
Royall
and
godly
proceedings
,
We
require
all
Our
loyall
Subjects
,
that
they
forthwith
make
the
same
known
to
some
Magistrate
,
Ecclesiasticall
or
Civill
;
And
We
straightly
charge
all
Ordinaries
,
and
every
other
person
in
any
authority
under
Vs
,
as
they
will
answer
the
contrary
at
their
utmost
perill
,
that
they
use
no
palliation
,
connivence
,
or
delay
therein
;
but
that
taking
particular
information
of
all
the
passages
,
they
do
forthwith
certifie
the
same
unto
Our
Court
of
Commission
for
causes
Ecclesiasticall
,
to
be
there
examined
,
and
proceeded
in
with
all
fidelity
and
tendernesse
of
Our
Royall
Majestie
,
as
is
due
to
Vs
their
Soveraigne
Lord
and
Governour
:
But
forasmuch
as
We
well
perceive
that
the
misleaders
of
Our
well
minded
people
,
do
make
the
more
advantage
for
the
nourishing
of
this
distemper
among
them
from
hence
,
that
the
foresaid
Rites
and
Ceremonies
,
or
some
of
them
,
are
now
insisted
upon
but
onely
in
some
Diocesses
,
and
are
not
generally
revived
in
all
places
,
nor
constantly
and
uniformly
practised
thorowout
all
the
Churches
of
Our
Realm
,
and
thereupon
have
been
lyable
to
be
quarrelled
and
opposed
by
t●em
who
use
them
not
;
We
therefore
out
of
Our
Princely
inclination
to
Vniformity
and
peace
,
in
matters
especially
that
concern
the
holy
worship
of
God
,
proposing
to
Our self
herein
the
pious
examples
of
King
Edward
the
sixth
,
and
of
Queen
Elizabeth
,
who
sent
forth
Injunctions
,
and
Orders
about
the
divine
Service
,
and
other
Ecclesiasticall
matters
,
and
of
Our
dear
Father
of
blessed
memory
,
King
James
,
who
published
a
book
of
Constitutions
and
Canons
Ecclesiasticall
;
and
(
according
to
the
Act
of
Parliament
in
this
behalf
)
having
fully
advised
herein
with
Our
Metropolitan
,
and
with
Our
Commissioners
authorised
under
Our
great
Seal
for
causes
Ecclesiasticall
,
have
thought
good
to
give
them
free
leave
to
treat
in
Convocation
,
and
agree
upon
certain
other
Canons
necessary
for
the
advancement
of
Gods
glory
,
the
edifying
of
his
holy
Church
,
and
the
due
reverence
of
his
blessed
Mysteries
and
Sacraments
:
that
as
We
●ver
have
been
,
and
by
Gods
assistance
(
by
whom
alone
We
reign
)
shall
ever
so
continue
carefull
and
ready
to
cut
off
superstition
with
one
hand
,
so
We
may
no
lesse
expell
irr●verence
and
profanenesse
with
the
other
,
whereby
it
may
please
Almighty
God
,
so
to
blesse
Vs
,
and
this
Church
committed
to
Our
government
,
that
it
may
at
once
return
unto
the
true
former
splendour
of
Vniformity
,
Devotion
,
and
holy
Order
,
the
luster
whereof
for
some
yeers
by
past
hath
been
overmuch
obscured
,
through
the
devices
of
some
ill
affected
to
that
Sacred
Order
,
wherein
it
had
long
stood
from
the
very
beginning
of
the
Reformation
,
and
through
inadvertencie
of
some
in
authority
in
the
Church
under
Vs
:
We
therefore
by
vertue
of
Our
Prerogative
Royall
,
and
Supream
authority
in
causes
Ecclesiasticall
,
by
Our
severall
and
respective
Letters
Patents
under
Our
Great
Seal
of
England
,
dated
the
fifteenth
day
of
Aprill
now
last
past
,
and
the
twelfth
day
of
May
then
next
following
,
for
the
Province
of
Canterbury
;
And
by
Our
like
Letters
Patents
dated
the
seven
and
twentieth
day
of
the
same
m●neth
of
Aprill
,
and
the
twentieth
day
of
the
moneth
of
May
aforesaid
,
for
the
Province
of
York
,
did
give
and
grant
,
full
,
free
,
and
lawfull
libertie
,
licence
,
power
and
authoritie
unto
the
said
Lord
Arch-bishop
of
Canterbury
,
President
of
the
said
Convocation
,
for
the
Province
of
Canterbury
,
and
unto
the
said
Lord
Arch-bishop
of
York
,
President
of
the
said
Convocation
for
the
Province
of
York
,
and
to
the
rest
of
the
Bishops
of
the
said
Provinces
,
and
unto
all
Deanes
of
Cathedrall
Churches
,
Arch-deacons
,
Chapters
and
Colledges
,
and
the
whole
Clergie
of
every
severall
Diocesse
,
within
the
said
severall
Provinces
,
and
either
of
them
,
that
they
should
and
might
from
time
to
time
,
during
the
present
Parliament
,
and
further
during
Our
will
and
pleasure
,
conferre
,
treat
,
debate
,
consider
,
consult
,
and
agree
of
and
upon
Canons
,
Orders
,
Ordinances
,
and
Constitutions
,
as
they
should
think
necessary
,
fit
,
and
convenient
for
the
honour
and
service
of
Almighty
God
,
the
good
and
quiet
of
the
Church
,
and
the
better
government
thereof
,
to
be
from
time
to
time
observed
,
performed
,
fulfilled
,
and
kept
,
as
well
by
the
said
Arch
bishop
of
Canterbury
,
and
the
said
Arch-bishop
of
York
,
the
Bishops
,
and
their
successours
,
and
the
rest
of
the
whole
Clergie
of
the
said
severall
Provinces
of
Canterbury
and
York
,
in
their
severall
Callings
,
Offices
,
Functions
,
Ministeries
,
Degrees
,
and
Administrations
;
As
by
all
and
every
Dean
of
the
Arches
,
and
other
Judges
of
the
said
severall
Arch-bishops
,
of
Courts
Guardians
of
Spiritualties
,
Chancellours
,
Deanes
and
Chapters
,
Arch-deacons
,
Commissaries
,
Officials
,
Registers
,
and
all
and
every
other
Ecclesiasticall
Officers
,
and
their
inferiour
Ministers
whatsoever
,
of
the
same
respective
Provinces
of
Canterbury
and
York
,
in
their
,
and
every
of
their
distinct
Courts
,
and
in
the
order
and
manner
of
their
,
and
every
of
their
proceedings
,
and
by
all
other
persons
within
this
Realm
,
as
farre
as
lawfully
being
members
of
the
Church
it
may
concern
them
,
as
in
Our
said
Letters
Patents
amongst
other
Clauses
more
at
large
doth
appear
.
Now
forasmuch
as
the
said
Lord
Arch-bishop
of
Canterbury
,
President
of
the
said
Convocation
for
the
Province
of
Canterbury
,
and
the
said
Arch-bishop
of
York
,
President
of
said
Convocation
for
the
Province
of
York
,
and
others
the
said
Bishops
,
Deans
,
Arch-deacons
,
Chapters
and
Colledges
,
with
the
rest
of
the
Clergie
,
having
met
together
respectively
,
at
the
time
and
places
before
mentioned
respectively
,
and
then
and
there
,
by
vertue
of
Our
said
authority
granted
unto
them
,
treated
of
,
concluded
,
and
agreed
upon
certain
Canons
,
Orders
,
Ordinances
,
and
Constitutions
,
to
the
end
and
purpose
of
Vs
limited
and
prescribed
unto
them
,
and
have
thereupon
offered
and
presented
the
same
unto
Vs
,
most
humbly
desiring
Vs
to
give
Our
Royall
assent
unto
the
same
,
according
to
the
form
of
a
certain
Statute
or
Act
of
Parliament
made
in
that
behalf
in
the
25th.
yeer
of
the
Reign
of
King
Henry
the
eighth
,
and
by
Our
said
Prerogative
Royall
and
Supream
authority
in
Causes
Ecclesiasticall
,
to
ratifie
by
Our
Letters
Patents
under
Our
great
Seal
of
England
,
and
to
confirm
the
same
,
The
Title
and
Tenour
of
them
being
word
for
word
as
ensueth
.
Constitutions
and
Canons
Ecclesiasticall
,
treated
upon
by
the
Archbishops
of
Canterbury
and
York
,
Presidents
of
the
Convocations
for
the
respective
Provinces
of
Canterbury
and
York
,
and
the
rest
of
the
Bishops
and
Clergie
of
those
Provinces
:
And
agreed
upon
with
the
Kings
Majesties
Licence
in
their
severall
Synods
begun
at
London
and
York
1640.
In
the
yeer
of
the
Reign
of
our
Soveraign
Lord
,
CHARLES
,
by
the
grace
of
God
,
King
of
England
,
Scotland
,
France
,
and
Ireland
,
and
Sixteenth
.
I.
Concerning
the
Regall
power
.
WHereas
sundry
Lawes
,
Ordinances
,
and
Constitutions
have
been
formerly
made
for
the
acknowledgment
and
profession
of
the
most
lawfull
and
independent
authority
of
our
dread
Soveraign
Lord
,
the
Kings
most
Excellent
Majestie
,
over
the
State
Ecclesiasticall
and
Civil
:
We
(
as
our
dutie
in
the
first
place
bindes
us
,
and
so
far
as
to
us
appertaineth
)
enjoyn
them
all
to
be
carefully
observed
by
all
persons
whom
they
concern
,
upon
the
penalties
in
the
said
Laws
and
Const●tutions
expressed
.
And
for
the
●uller
and
clearer
instruction
and
information
of
all
Christian
people
within
this
Realm
in
their
duties
in
this
particular
;
We
do
further
ordain
and
decree
,
That
every
Parson
,
Vicar
,
Curate
,
or
Preacher
upon
some
one
Sunday
in
every
quarter
of
the
yeer
at
Morning
prayer
,
shall
in
the
place
where
he
serves
,
treatably
,
and
audibly
read
these
explanations
of
the
Regall
power
here
inserted
.
THE
most
High
and
Sacred
order
of
Kings
is
of
Divine
right
,
being
the
ordinance
of
God
himself
,
founded
in
the
prime
Laws
of
nature
,
and
clearly
established
by
expresse
texts
both
of
the
old
and
new
Testaments
.
A
supream
Power
is
given
to
this
most
excellent
Order
by
God
himself
in
the
Scriptures
,
which
is
,
That
Kings
should
rule
and
command
in
their
severall
dominions
all
persons
of
what
rank
or
estate
soever
,
whether
Ecclesiasticall
or
Civill
,
and
that
they
should
restrain
and
punish
with
the
temporall
sword
all
stubborn
and
wicked
doers
.
The
care
of
Gods
Church
is
so
committed
to
Kings
in
the
Scripture
that
they
are
commend●d
when
the
Church
keeps
the
right
way
,
and
taxed
when
it
runs
amisse
,
and
therefore
her
government
belongs
in
chief
unto
Kings
:
For
oth●rwise
one
man
would
be
commended
for
anothers
care
,
and
taxed
but
for
anothers
negligence
,
which
is
not
Gods
way
.
The
power
to
call
and
dissolve
Councels
both
nationall
and
provincial
is
the
true
right
of
all
Christian
Kings
within
their
own
Realms
or
Territories
:
And
when
in
the
first
times
of
Christs
Church
,
Prelates
used
this
power
,
't
was
therefore
onely
because
in
those
dayes
they
had
no
Christian
Kings
:
And
it
was
then
so
onely
used
as
in
times
of
persecution
,
that
is
,
with
supposition
(
in
case
it
were
requir●d
)
of
submitting
their
very
lives
unto
the
very
Laws
and
Commands
even
of
those
Pagan
Princes
,
that
they
might
not
so
much
as
seem
to
disturb
their
Civill
Government
,
which
Christ
came
to
confirm
,
but
by
no
means
to
undermine
.
For
any
person
or
persons
to
set
up
,
maintain
,
or
avow
in
any
their
said
Realms
or
Territories
respectively
,
under
any
pretence
whatsoever
,
any
independent
Coactive
power
,
either
Papall
or
Popular
(
whether
directly
or
indirectly
)
is
to
undermine
their
great
Royall
office
,
and
cunningly
to
overthrow
that
most
Sacred
ordinance
,
which
God
himself
hath
established
:
And
so
is
treasonable
against
God
,
as
well
as
against
the
King
.
For
subjects
to
bear
Arms
against
their
Kings
,
offensive
or
defensive
,
upon
any
pretence
whatsoever
,
is
〈◊〉
the
least
to
resist
the
Powers
,
which
are
ordained
of
God
:
And
though
they
do
not
inv●de
,
but
onely
resist
,
St.
Paul
tels
them
plainly
,
Th●y
shall
receive
to
themselves
damnation
.
And
although
Tribute
,
and
Custome
,
and
Aide
,
and
Subsidie
,
and
all
manner
of
necessary
support
and
s●pply
,
be
respectively
due
to
Kings
from
their
subjects
by
the
Law
of
God
,
Nature
,
and
Nations
,
for
the
publike
defence
,
care
and
protection
of
them
:
yet
n●verthelesse
,
subjects
have
not
onely
possession
of
,
but
a
true
and
just
right
,
title
and
propertie
,
to
,
and
in
all
their
goods
and
estates
,
and
ought
so
to
have
:
And
these
two
are
so
far
from
●rossing
one
another
,
that
they
mutually
go
together
,
for
the
honourable
and
comfortable
support
of
both
.
For
as
it
is
the
dutie
of
the
subjects
to
supply
their
King
:
so
is
it
part
of
the
Kingly
office
to
support
his
subjects
in
the
property
and
freedom
of
their
estates
.
And
if
any
Parson
,
Vicar
,
Curate
,
or
Preacher
shall
voluntarily
or
carelesly
neglect
his
duty
in
publishing
the
said
explications
and
conclusions
,
according
to
the
Order
above
prescribed
,
he
shall
be
suspended
by
his
Ordinary
,
till
such
time
as
upon
his
penitence
he
shall
give
sufficient
assurance
,
or
evidence
of
his
amendment
;
and
in
case
he
be
of
any
exempt
jurisdiction
,
he
shall
be
Censurable
by
his
Majesties
Commissioners
for
Causes
Ecclesiasticall
.
And
we
do
also
hereby
require
all
Archbishops
,
Bishops
,
and
all
other
inferiour
Pries●s
and
Ministers
,
that
they
preach
,
teach
,
and
exhort
their
people
to
obey
,
honour
,
and
serve
their
King
;
and
that
they
presume
not
to
speak
of
his
Majesties
power
in
any
other
way
then
in
this
Canon
is
expressed
.
And
if
any
Parson
,
Vicar
,
Curate
,
Preacher
,
or
any
other
Ecclesiasticall
person
whatsoever
,
any
Deane
,
Canon
,
or
Prebendarie
of
any
Collegiate
or
Cathedrall
Church
,
any
member
or
Student
of
Colledge
or
Hall
,
or
any
Reader
of
Divinity
,
or
Humanity
in
either
of
the
Universities
,
or
elswhere
,
shall
in
any
Sermon
,
Lecture
,
Common
place
,
Determination
,
or
Disputation
either
by
word
or
writing
,
publikely
maintain
or
abett
any
position
or
conclusion
,
in
opposition
or
impeachment
of
the
aforesaid
explications
,
or
any
part
or
article
of
them
,
he
shall
forthwith
by
the
power
of
his
Majesties
Commissioners
for
Causes
Ecclesiasticall
,
be
excommunicated
till
he
repent
,
and
suspended
two
yeers
from
all
the
profits
of
his
Benefice
,
or
other
Ecclesiasticall
,
Academicall
,
or
Scholasticall
preferments
:
And
if
he
so
offend
a
second
time
,
he
shal
be
deprived
from
all
his
spirituall
promotions
,
of
what
nature
or
degree
soever
they
be
.
Provided
alwayes
,
that
if
the
offence
aforesaid
be
given
in
either
of
the
Universities
,
by
men
not
having
any
Benefice
or
Ecclesiasticall
preferment
,
that
then
the
delinquent
shall
be
censured
by
the
ordinary
authority
in
such
Cases
of
that
University
respectively
,
where
the
said
fault
shall
be
committed
.
II.
For
the
better
keeping
of
the
day
of
his
Majesties
most
happy
Inauguration
.
THe
Synode
taking
into
consideration
the
most
inestimable
benefits
which
this
Church
enjoyeth
,
under
the
peaceable
and
blessed
government
of
our
dread
Sovereign
Lord
,
King
CHARLES
;
And
finding
that
aswell
the
godly
Christian
Emperours
in
the
former
times
,
as
our
own
most
religious
Princes
since
the
Reformation
,
have
caused
the
dayes
of
their
Inaugurations
to
be
publikely
celebrated
by
all
their
Subjects
,
with
Pray●rs
and
Thanksgiving
to
Almighty
God
;
and
that
there
is
a
particular
form
of
Prayer
appointed
by
authority
for
that
day
and
purpose
;
And
yet
with
all
considering
how
negligent
some
people
are
in
the
observance
of
this
day
,
in
many
places
of
this
Kingdom●
Doth
therefore
decree
and
ordain
,
that
all
manner
of
persons
within
the
Church
of
Englan●
,
shall
from
henceforth
celebrate
,
and
keep
the
morning
of
the
said
day
,
in
coming
diligently
and
reverently
unto
their
Parish
Church
or
Chapp●ll
at
the
time
of
Prayer
,
and
there
continuing
all
the
while
,
that
the
prayers
,
preaching
,
or
other
service
of
the
day
endureth
;
in
testimony
of
their
humble
gratitude
to
God
for
so
great
a
blessing
,
and
dutifull
affections
to
so
benigne
and
mercifull
a
Sovereign
.
And
for
the
better
execution
of
this
our
Ordinance
,
the
holy
Synode
doth
straitly
require
and
charge
,
and
by
authority
hereof
enableth
all
Archbishops
,
Bishops
,
D●anes
,
Deanes
and
Chapters
,
Arch-deacons
,
and
other
Ecclesiasticall
persons
,
having
exempt
or
peculiar
jurisdiction
;
as
also
all
,
Chancellors
,
Commissaries
,
and
Officialls
in
the
Church
of
England
,
that
they
enquire
into
the
keeping
of
the
same
in
their
Visitations
,
and
punish
such
as
they
shall
finde
to
be
delinquent
,
●ccording
as
by
Law
they
are
to
censure
,
and
punish
those
who
wilfully
absent
themselves
from
Church
on
Holy-dayes
.
And
that
the
said
day
may
be
the
better
observed
,
We
do
enjoyn
,
that
all
Church-wardens
shall
provide
at
the
Parish
charge
,
two
of
those
books
at
least
,
appointed
for
that
day
,
and
if
there
be
any
want
of
the
said
book
in
any
Parish
,
they
shall
present
the
same
at
all
Visitations
respectively
.
III.
For
suppressing
of
the
growth
of
Popery
.
ALl
and
every
Eccl●siasticall
persons
,
of
what
rank●
or
condition
soever
,
Arch-Bishops
,
and
Bishops
,
Deanes
,
Arch
deacons
,
all
having
exempt
or
p●culiar
jurisdiction
,
with
their
severall
Chancellours
,
Commissaries
,
and
Officials
,
all
p●rsons
intrusted
with
cure
of
soules
,
shall
us●
r●spectiv●ly
all
possible
car●
and
di●igence
by
conferring
privately
with
the
parties
,
and
by
●ensures
of
the
Church
in
inferiour
and
higher
Courts
,
as
also
by
complaints
unto
the
S●cular
power
,
to
reduce
all
such
to
the
Church
of
England
,
who
are
misl●d
into
Popish
superstition
.
And
first
these
private
Conferences
shall
be
performed
in
each
severall
Diocesse
,
either
by
the
Bishop
in
person
,
if
his
occasion
will
permit
it
,
or
by
some
one
or
mor●
learned
Ministers
at
his
speciall
appointment
,
and
the
said
Bishop
shall
also
designe
the
time
and
place
of
the
said
severall
Conferenc●s
,
and
all
such
persons
as
shall
be
present
ther●at●
which
if
Recusants
refuse
to
observe
,
they
shall
be
taken
for
obstinate
,
and
so
certified
to
the
Bishop
.
And
if
the
said
ti●e
and
place
be
not
observed
by
the
Minister
or
Ministers
so
appointed
,
they
shall
be
suspended
by
their
Ordinary
for
the
space
of
six
moneths
,
without
a
very
reasonable
cause
alleadged
to
the
contrary
.
Provided
that
they
be
not
●ent
above
ten
miles
from
their
dwelling
.
If
the
said
Conferences
prevail
not
,
the
Church
must
and
shall
come
to
her
Censures
,
and
to
make
way
for
them
,
the
said
Ecclesi●sticall
persons
shall
carefully
inform
themselves
in
the
places
belonging
to
their
severall
charges
,
of
all
Recusants
above
the
age
of
twelve
yeers
,
both
of
such
as
come
not
at
all
to
Church
,
as
also
of
those
who
coming
sometimes
thither
,
do
yet
refuse
to
receive
the
holy
Eucharist
with
us
,
as
likewise
of
all
those
,
who
shall
either
say
,
or
hear
Masse
:
and
they
shall
in
a
more
especiall
manner
enquire
o●t
all
those
,
who
are
●ither
dangerously
active
to
seduce
any
persons
from
the
Communion
of
the
Church
of
England
,
o●
s●ditiously
busie
to
disswade
his
Majesties
subjects
from
taking
the
oath
of
Allegiance
,
together
with
all
them
who
abused
by
their
Sophistry
,
refuse
to
take
the
said
oath
.
And
we
straigh●ly
command
all
Parsons
,
Vi●ars
,
and
Curates
,
that
they
carefully
,
and
severally
present
at
all
Visitations
,
the
names
and
surnam●s
of
the
delinquents
of
these
severall
kindes
in
their
own
parishes
,
unde●
pain
of
suspension
for
s●●
moneths
.
And
likewise
we
straightly
enjoyn
all
Church-wardens
and
the
like
sworn
Offic●rs
whatsoever
,
●hat
by
vertue
o●
their
o●thes
,
they
shall
present
at
the
said
Visitations
the
names
of
such
persons
,
whom
they
know
or
hear
of
,
or
justly
suspect
to
be
delinq●ent
,
in
all
or
any
of
these
particulars
,
and
that
under
the
pains
of
the
highest
censures
of
the
Church
:
that
so
these
delinquents
may
be
legally
cited
,
and
being
●ound
obstinate
,
they
shall
be
excommun●cated
,
and
such
excommunication
shall
be
pronounced
both
in
the
Cathedrall
Church
of
the
Diocesse
,
and
in
the
severall
Parishes
where
such
Recusants
live
,
and
every
third
moneth
they
shall
be
again
publikely
repeated
in
the
places
aforesaid
,
that
all
may
take
notice
of
those
Sentenc●s
.
And
because
there
are
places
which
either
have
,
or
pretend
to
have
exemptions
,
in
which
such
delinquents
do
usually
affect
to
make
their
aboad
;
Therefore
we
enjoyn
,
that
all
Bishops
shall
within
their
severall
Diocesses
,
send
unto
such
places
one
or
more
of
their
Chaplains
,
or
some
of
their
officers
whom
they
may
relie
on
,
to
make
strict
inquiry
after
o●f●nders
in
those
kindes
,
who
diligently
returning
their
information
accordingly
,
the
said
Bishop
shall
certifie
such
informations
to
his
Metropolitan
,
that
the
aforesaid
proceedings
may
forthwith
issue
from
some
higher
Courts
in
these
cases
,
whereof
by
reason
of
the
said
exemptions
the
inf●riour
Courts
can
take
no
cognisance●
Bu●
if
neith●r
Conf●rring
nor
Censures
will
prevail
with
such
persons
,
the
Church
hath
no
way
left
but
complaints
to
the
secular
power
;
and
for
them
we
s●●aitly
enjoyn
,
that
all
Deanes
and
Arch-deacons
,
and
all
having
inferiour
or
exempt
Jurisdiction
,
shall
every
yeare
within
sixe
moneths
after
any
Visitation
by
them
holden
,
make
Certificate
unto
their
severall
Bishops
,
or
Archbishop
,
(
if
it
be
within
his
Diocesse
)
under
their
Seale
of
Office
,
of
all
such
persons
who
have
been
presented
unto
them
as
aforesaid
,
under
pain
of
suspension
from
their
said
Jurisdictions
by
the
space
of
one
whole
yeare
.
And
we
in
like
manner
enjoyne
all
Archbishops
and
Bishops
,
that
once
every
yeare
at
the
least
,
they
certifie
under
their
Episcopall
Seale
in
Parchment
,
unto
the
Justices
of
Assise
of
every
County
in
the
Circuits
and
within
their
Diocesses
respectively
,
the
names
and
sirnames
not
onely
of
those
who
have
been
presented
unto
them
from
the
said
Deanes
,
Archdeacons
,
&c.
but
of
those
also
who
upon
the
oathes
of
Church-wardens
and
other
sworne
men
at
their
Visitations
,
or
upon
the
information
of
Ministers
imployed
in
the
said
Conferences
,
have
been
presented
unto
them
,
that
so
the
said
intended
proceedings
may
have
the
more
speedy
and
the
more
generall
successe
.
In
particular
,
it
shall
be
carefully
inquired
into
at
all
Visitations
under
the
oathes
of
the
Church-wardens
and
other
sworne
men
,
what
Recusants
or
Popish
persons
have
been
either
married
or
buryed
,
or
have
had
their
children
baptized
otherwise
then
according
unto
the
Rules
and
Formes
established
in
the
Church
of
England
;
and
the
names
of
such
delinquents
(
if
they
can
learne
them
,
or
otherwise
such
names
as
for
the
time
they
carry
)
shall
be
as
aforesaid
given
up
to
the
Bishop
,
who
shall
present
them
to
the
Justices
of
Assise
,
to
bee
punished
according
to
the
Statutes
.
And
for
the
education
of
Recusants
children
,
since
by
Canon
already
established
,
no
man
can
teach
Schoole
,
(
no
not
in
any
private
house
)
except
hee
bee
allowed
by
the
Ordinary
of
the
place
,
and
withall
have
subscribed
to
the
Articles
of
Religion
established
in
the
Church
of
England
;
We
therefore
straightly
enjoyne
,
that
forthwith
at
all
Visitations
there
bee
diligent
enquiry
made
by
the
Churchwardens
or
other
sworne
Ecclesiasticall
Officers
of
each
Parish
,
under
their
oathes
,
who
are
imployed
,
as
Schoole-masters
to
the
children
of
Recusants
;
and
that
their
severall
names
be
presented
to
the
Bishop
of
the
Diocesse
,
who
citing
the
said
Schoole-masters
shall
make
diligent
search
whether
they
have
subscribed
or
no
;
and
if
they
or
any
of
them
bee
found
to
refuse
subscription
,
they
shall
bee
forbidden
to
teach
hereafter
,
and
censured
for
their
former
presumption
;
and
withall
the
names
of
him
or
them
that
entertaine
such
a
Schoole-master
,
shall
be
certified
to
the
Bishop
of
the
Diocesse
,
who
shall
at
the
next
Assise
present
them
to
the
Judges
to
bee
proceeded
against
according
to
the
Statutes
.
And
if
they
subscribe
,
enquiry
shall
be
made
what
care
they
take
for
the
instruction
of
the
said
children
in
the
Catechisme
established
in
the
Book
of
Common
Prayer
.
And
all
Ordinaries
shall
censure
those
whom
they
finde
negligent
in
the
said
instruction
;
and
if
it
shall
appeare
,
that
the
Parents
of
the
said
children
doe
forbid
such
Schoole-masters
to
bring
them
up
in
the
Doctrine
of
the
Church
of
England
,
they
shall
notwithstanding
doe
their
duty
;
and
if
thereupon
the
said
Parents
shall
take
away
their
children
,
the
said
Schoole-masters
shall
forthwith
give
up
their
names
unto
the
Bishop
of
the
Diocesse
,
who
shall
take
care
to
returne
them
to
the
Justices
of
Assise
in
manner
and
forme
aforesaid
.
And
because
some
may
cunningly
elude
this
Decree
,
by
sending
their
children
to
bee
bred
beyond
the
seas
,
Therefore
wee
ordaine
that
the
Church-wardens
and
other
sworne
Ecclesiasticall
Officers
shall
likewise
make
carefull
enquiry
,
and
give
in
upon
their
oathes
at
all
Visitations
,
the
names
of
such
Recusants
children
,
who
are
so
sent
beyond
the
seas
to
be
bred
there
,
or
whom
they
probably
suspect
to
bee
so
sent
:
which
names
as
aforesaid
shall
be
given
up
to
the
Bishop
,
and
from
him
returned
to
the
Judges
as
aforesaid
,
that
their
Parents
,
who
so
send
●hem
,
may
be
punished
according
to
Law
.
Provided
alwayes
that
this
Canon
shall
not
take
away
or
derogate
from
any
power
or
authority
already
given
or
established
by
any
other
Canon
now
in
force
.
And
all
the
said
Complaints
or
Certificates
shall
be
presented
up
to
the
Judges
in
their
severall
Circuits
by
the
Bishops
Register
,
or
some
other
of
his
Deputies
immediately
after
the
publishing
of
his
Majesties
Commission
,
or
at
the
end
of
the
charge
,
which
shall
bee
then
given
by
the
Judge
.
And
this
upon
paine
of
Suspension
for
three
moneths
.
This
sacred
Synode
doth
earnestly
intreat
the
said
Reverend
Justices
of
Assise
,
to
bee
carefull
in
the
execution
of
the
said
Lawes
committed
to
their
trust
,
as
they
will
answer
to
God
for
the
daily
encrease
of
this
grosse
kinde
of
superstition
.
And
further
,
we
doe
also
exhort
all
Judges
,
whether
Ecclesiastical
or
Tempo●all
upon
the
like
accompt
,
that
they
would
not
admit
in
any
of
their
Courts
any
vexatious
Complaint
,
Suit
or
Suits
,
or
Presentments
against
any
Minister
,
Churchwardens
,
Questmen
,
Sidemen
,
or
other
Church-Officers
for
the
making
of
any
such
Presentments
.
And
lastly
,
we
enjoyne
that
every
Bishop
shall
once
in
every
yeare
send
into
his
Majesties
High
Court
of
Chancery
,
a
Significavit
of
the
names
and
sirnames
of
all
such
Recusants
who
have
stood
excommunicated
beyond
the
time
limited
by
the
Law
,
and
shall
desire
that
the
Writ
De
excommunicato
cap●endo
might
bee
at
once
sent
out
against
them
all
Ex
Officio
.
And
for
the
better
execution
of
this
Decree
,
this
present
Synode
doth
most
humbly
beseech
his
most
sacred
Majesty
,
that
the
Officers
of
the
said
High
Court
of
Chancery
,
whom
it
shall
concerne
,
may
bee
commanded
to
send
out
the
aforesaid
Writ
from
time
to
time
as
is
desired
,
for
that
it
would
much
exhaust
the
particular
estates
of
the
Ordinaries
,
to
sue
out
severall
Writs
at
their
owne
charge
.
And
that
the
like
command
also
may
be
laid
upon
the
Sheriffes
and
their
Deputies
,
for
the
due
and
faithfull
execution
of
the
said
Writs
,
as
often
as
they
shall
be
brought
unto
them
.
And
to
the
end
that
this
Canon
may
take
the
better
and
speedier
effect
,
and
not
to
be
deluded
or
delayed
;
We
further
decree
and
ordaine
,
That
no
Popish
Recusant
,
who
shall
persist
in
the
said
sentence
of
Excommunication
,
beyond
the
time
prescribed
by
Law
,
shall
be
absolved
by
vertue
of
any
Appeale
in
any
Ecclesiasticall
Court
,
unlesse
the
said
partie
shall
first
in
his
or
her
owne
person
,
and
not
by
a
Proctor
,
take
the
usuall
Oath
De
parendo
Iuri
,
&
stando
mandatis
Ecclesiae
.
IV.
Against
Socinianisme
.
WHEREAS
much
mischiefe
is
already
done
in
the
Church
of
God
by
the
spreading
of
the
damnable
and
cursed
Heresie
of
SOCINIANISME
,
as
being
a
complication
of
many
ancient
Heresies
condemned
by
the
foure
first
generall
Councels
,
and
contrariant
to
the
Articles
of
Religion
now
established
in
the
Church
of
England
:
And
whereas
it
is
too
apparent
that
the
said
wicked
and
blasphemous
errours
are
unhappily
dilated
by
the
frequent
divulgation
and
dispersion
of
dangerous
Books
written
in
favour
and
furtherance
of
the
same
,
whereby
many
,
especially
of
the
younger
or
unsetled
sort
of
people
,
may
be
poysoned
and
infected
:
It
is
therefore
decreed
by
this
present
Synode
,
That
no
Stationer
,
Printer
,
or
Importer
of
the
said
Books
,
or
any
other
person
whatsoever
,
shall
print
,
buy
,
sell
,
or
disperse
any
Booke
,
broaching
or
maintaining
of
the
said
abominable
Doctrine
or
Positions
,
upon
paine
of
Excommunication
ipso
facto
to
be
thereupon
incurred
:
And
wee
require
all
Ordinaries
upon
paine
of
the
Censures
of
the
Church
,
that
beside
the
Excommunication
aforesaid
,
they
doe
certifie
their
names
and
offences
under
their
Episcopall
Seale
to
the
Metropolitan
,
by
him
to
be
delivered
to
his
Majesties
Attorney
Generall
for
the
time
being
,
to
be
proceeded
withall
according
to
the
late
Decree
,
in
the
Honourable
Court
of
Star-chamber
,
against
spreaders
of
prohibited
Books
.
And
that
no
Preacher
shall
presume
to
vent
any
such
Doctrine
in
any
Sermon
under
paine
of
Excommunication
for
the
first
offence
,
and
Deprivation
for
the
second
.
And
that
no
Student
in
either
of
the
Universities
of
this
Land
,
nor
any
person
in
holy
Orders
,
(
excepting
Graduates
in
Divinity
,
or
such
as
have
Episcopall
or
Archidiaconall
Jurisdiction
,
or
Doctors
of
Law
in
holy
Orders
)
shall
be
suffered
to
have
or
reade
any
such
Socinian
Booke
or
discourse
,
under
paine
(
if
the
offender
live
in
the
University
)
that
he
shal
be
punished
according
to
the
strictest
Statutes
provided
there
against
the
publishing
,
reading
,
or
maintaining
of
false
Doctrine
;
or
if
he
live
in
the
City
or
Country
abroad
,
of
a
Suspension
for
the
first
offence
,
and
Excommunication
for
the
second
,
and
Deprivation
for
the
third
,
unlesse
he
will
absolutely
and
in
terminis
abjure
the
same
.
And
if
any
Lay-man
shall
be
seduced
into
this
opinion
,
and
be
convicted
of
it
,
he
shall
be
excommunicated
,
and
not
absolved
but
upon
due
repentance
and
abjuration
,
and
that
before
the
Metropolitane
,
or
his
owne
Bishop
at
the
least
.
And
wee
likewise
enjoyne
,
that
such
Bookes
,
if
they
be
found
in
any
prohibited
hand
,
shall
be
immediately
burned
:
and
that
there
be
a
diligent
search
made
by
the
appointment
of
the
Ordinary
after
all
such
Books
,
in
what
hands
soever
,
except
they
be
now
in
the
hands
of
any
Graduate
in
Divinity
,
and
such
as
have
Episcopall
or
Archidiaconall
Jurisdiction
,
or
any
Doctor
of
Lawes
in
holy
Orders
as
aforesaid
;
and
that
all
who
now
have
them
,
except
before
excepted
,
be
strictly
commanded
to
bring
in
the
said
Books
,
in
the
Universities
to
the
Vice-chancellors
,
and
out
of
the
Universities
to
the
Bishops
,
who
shall
returne
them
to
such
whom
they
dare
trust
with
the
reading
of
the
said
Books
,
and
shall
cause
the
rest
to
be
burned
.
And
we
farther
enjoyne
,
that
diligent
enquiry
be
made
after
all
such
that
shall
maintaine
and
defend
the
aforesaid
Socinianisme
,
and
when
any
such
shall
be
detected
,
that
they
be
complained
of
to
the
severall
Bishops
respectively
,
who
are
required
by
this
Synode
to
represse
them
from
any
such
propagation
of
the
aforesaid
wicked
and
detestable
opinions
.
V.
Against
Sectaries
.
WHEREAS
there
is
a
provision
now
made
by
a
Canon
for
the
suppressing
of
Poperie
and
the
growth
thereof
by
subjecting
all
Popish
Recusants
to
the
greatest
severitie
of
Ecclesiasticall
Censures
in
that
behalfe
:
This
present
Synode
well
knowing
that
there
are
other
Sects
which
indeavour
the
subversion
both
of
the
Doctrine
and
Discipline
of
the
Church
of
England
no
lesse
then
Papists
doe
,
although
by
another
way
;
for
the
preventing
thereof
doth
hereby
decree
and
ordain
,
That
all
those
proceedings
and
penalties
which
are
mentioned
in
the
aforesaid
Canon
against
Popish
Recusants
as
far
as
they
shall
be
appliable
,
shall
stand
in
full
force
and
vigour
against
all
Anabaptists
,
Brownists
,
Separatists
,
Familists
,
or
other
Sect
or
Sects
,
person
or
persons
whatsoever
,
who
do
or
shall
,
either
obstinately
refuse
,
or
ordinarily
,
not
having
a
lawfull
impediment
(
that
is
,
for
the
space
of
a
moneth
)
neglect
to
repair
to
their
Parish
Churches
or
Chappels
where
they
inhabit
,
for
the
hearing
of
Divine
Service
established
,
and
receiving
of
the
holy
Communion
,
according
to
Law
.
And
we
do
also
further
decree
and
ordain
,
that
the
Clause
contained
in
the
Canon
now
made
by
this
Synod
against
the
Books
of
Socinianisme
,
shall
also
extend
to
the
makers
,
importers
,
printers
,
and
publishers
,
or
dispersers
of
any
Book
,
writing
,
or
scandalous
Pamphlet
devised
against
the
discipline
and
government
of
the
Church
of
England
,
and
unto
the
maintainers
and
abettors
of
any
opinion
or
doctrine
against
the
same
.
And
further
,
because
there
are
sprung
up
among
us
a
sort
of
factious
people
,
despisers
and
depravers
of
the
Book
of
Common
prayer
,
who
do
not
according
to
the
Law
resort
to
their
parish
Church
or
Chappel
,
to
joyn
in
the
publique
prayers
,
service
,
and
worship
of
God
with
the
congregation
,
contenting
themselves
with
the
hearing
of
Sermons
onely
,
thinking
thereby
to
avoid
the
penalties
due
to
such
as
wholly
absent
themselves
from
the
Church
.
We
therefore
for
the
restraint
of
all
such
wilfull
contemners
or
neglecters
of
the
Service
of
God
,
do
ordain
that
the
Church
or
Chappell
Wardens
,
and
Questmen
,
or
Sidemen
of
every
parish
,
shall
be
carefull
to
enquire
out
all
such
disaffected
p●rsons
,
and
shall
present
the
names
of
all
such
d●linquents
at
all
Visitations
of
Bishops
,
and
other
Ordinaries
;
And
that
the
same
proceedings
and
penalties
m●ntioned
in
the
Canon
aforesaid
respectively
,
shall
be
used
against
them
as
against
oth●r
Recusants
,
unlesse
within
one
whole
moneth
after
they
are
●irst
denounced
,
they
shall
make
acknowledgement
and
reformation
of
that
their
fault
.
Provided
alwayes
,
that
this
Canon
shall
not
derogat●
from
any
other
Canon
,
Law
,
or
Statute
in
that
behalf
provided
against
those
Sectaries
.
VI
.
An
Oath
injoyn'd
for
the
preventing
of
all
Innovations
in
Doctrine
and
Government
.
THis
present
Synod
(
being
desirous
to
declare
their
sincerity
and
constancie
in
the
profession
of
the
Doctrine
and
Discipline
already
established
in
the
Church
of
England
,
and
to
secure
all
men
against
any
suspition
of
revolt
to
Poperie
,
or
any
other
superstition
)
decrees
that
all
Arch-bishops
,
and
Bishops
,
and
all
other
Priests
and
Deacons
in
places
●xempt
or
not
exempt
,
shall
before
the
second
day
of
November
next
ensuing●
take
this
Oath
following
against
all
Innovation
of
Doctrine
or
Discipline
,
and
this
Oath
shall
be
tendred
them
,
and
every
of
them
,
and
all
others
named
after
in
this
Canon
,
by
the
Bishop
in
person
,
or
his
Chancelour
,
or
some
grave
Divines
named
and
appointed
by
the
Bishop
under
his
seal
;
and
the
said
Oath
shall
be
taken
in
the
presence
of
a
publique
Notarie
,
who
is
hereby
r●quired
to
make
an
Act
of
it
,
leaving
the
Universities
to
the
Provision
which
followes
.
The
Oath
is
:
I
A.
B.
Do
swear
,
That
I
do
approve
the
Doctrine
and
Discipline
or
Government
established
in
the
Church
of
England
,
as
containing
all
things
necessary
to
salvation
:
And
that
I
will
not
endeavour
by
my self
or
any
other
,
directly
or
indirectly
,
to
bring
in
any
Popish
Doctrine
,
contrary
to
that
which
is
so
established
:
Nor
will
I
ever
give
my
consent
to
alt●r
the
Government
of
this
Church
,
by
Arch-bishops
,
Bishops
,
Deanes
,
and
Arch-deacons
,
&c.
as
it
stands
now
established
,
and
as
by
right
it
ought
to
stand
,
nor
yet
ever
to
subject
it
to
the
usurpations
and
superstitions
of
the
Sea
of
Rome
.
And
all
these
things
I
do
plainly
and
sincerely
acknowledge
and
swear
,
according
to
the
plain
and
common
sence
and
understanding
of
the
same
words
,
without
any
equivocation
,
o●
mentall
evasion
,
or
secret
r●servation
whatsoever
.
And
this
I
do
heartily
,
willingly
,
and
truely
,
upon
the
faith
of
a
Christian
.
So
help
me
God
,
in
Jesus
Christ
.
And
if
any
man
Benefic●d
or
Dignified
in
the
Church
of
England
,
or
any
oth●r
Ecclesiasticall
p●rson
shall
refuse
to
take
this
Oath
,
the
Bishop
shall
give
him
a
moneths
time
to
inform
hims●lf
,
and
at
the
moneths
end
,
if
he
refuse
to
take
it
,
he
shall
be
suspended
ab
Officio
,
and
have
a
second
moneth
granted
:
and
if
then
he
refuse
to
take
it
,
he
shall
b●
suspended
ab
O●fi●io
&
Beneficio
,
and
have
a
third
moneth
granted
him
for
his
better
information
:
but
if
at
the
end
of
that
moneth
he
refuse
to
take
the
Oath
above-named
,
he
shall
by
the
Bishop
be
deprived
of
all
his
Eccl●siasticall
Promotions
whatsoever
,
and
execution
of
his
function
which
he
holds
in
the
Church
of
England
.
And
we
likewise
Constitute
and
Ordain
,
That
all
Masters
of
Arts
(
the
sons
of
Noble-men
onely
excepted
)
all
Bachelours
and
Doctors
in
Divinity
,
Law
,
or
Physick
,
all
that
are
licenced
to
practise
Physick
,
all
Registers
,
Actuaries
,
and
Proctors
,
all
School-masters
,
all
such
as
being
natives
or
naturalized
,
do
come
to
be
incorporated
into
the
Universities
here
,
having
taken
a
Degree
in
any
forraign
Unive●sity
,
shall
be
bound
to
take
the
said
Oath
.
And
we
command
all
Governours
of
Colledges
and
Halls
in
either
of
the
Universities
,
that
they
administer
this
said
Oath
to
all
persons
resident
in
their
severall
Houses
that
have
taken
the
degrees
before
mentioned
in
this
Canon
,
within
six
moneths
after
the
publication
hereof
.
And
we
likewise
Constitute
,
That
all
Bishops
shall
be
bound
to
give
the
said
Oath
unto
all
those
to
whom
they
give
holy
Orders
,
at
the
time
of
their
Ordination
,
or
to
whomsoever
they
give
Collation
,
Institution
,
or
Licence
to
Preach
,
or
serve
any
Cure
.
VII
.
A
Declaration
concerning
some
Rites
and
Ceremonies
.
BEcause
it
is
generally
to
be
wished
,
that
unity
of
Faith
were
accompanied
with
uniformity
of
practis●
,
in
the
outward
worship
and
service
of
God
;
chiefly
for
the
avoiding
of
groundlesse
suspit●ons
of
those
who
are
weak
,
and
the
malicious
aspersions
of
the
professed
enemies
of
our
Religion
;
the
one
fearing
Innovations
,
the
other
flattering
themselves
with
a
vain
hope
of
our
backslidings
unto
their
Popish
superstition
,
by
reason
of
the
situation
of
the
Communion
Table
,
and
the
approaches
thereunto
,
the
Synod
declareth
,
as
followeth●
That
the
standing
of
the
Communion
Table
,
side-way
under
the
East
window
of
every
Chancell
,
or
Chappell
,
is
in
its
own
nature
indifferent
,
neither
commanded
nor
condemned
by
the
Word
of
God
,
either
expresly
,
or
by
immediate
deduction
,
and
therefore
that
no
Religion
is
to
be
placed
therein
,
or
scruple
to
be
made
thereon
.
And
albeit
at
the
time
of
reforming
this
Church
from
that
grosse
superstition
of
Popery
,
it
was
carefully
provided
that
all
meanes
should
be
used
to
root
out
of
the
mindes
of
the
people
,
both
the
inclination
thereunto
,
and
memory
therof
;
especially
of
the
Idolatry
committed
in
the
Masse
,
for
which
cause
all
Popish
Altars
were
demolished
:
yet
notwithstanding
it
was
then
ordered
by
the
Injunctions
and
Advertisements
of
Queen
Elizabeth
,
of
bless●d
memory
,
that
the
holy
Tables
should
stand
in
the
place
where
the
Altars
stood
,
and
accordingly
have
been
continued
in
the
Royall
Chappells
of
three
famous
and
pious
Princes
,
and
in
most
Cathedrall
,
and
some
Parochiall
Churches
,
which
doth
sufficiently
acquit
the
manner
of
placing
the
said
Tables
from
any
illegality
,
or
just
suspition
of
Popish
superstition
or
innovation
.
And
therefore
we
judge
it
fit
and
convenient
,
that
all
Churches
and
Chappels
do
conform
themselves
in
this
particular
,
to
the
example
of
the
Cathedral
,
or
Mother
Churches
,
saving
alwaies
the
generall
liberty
left
to
the
Bishop
by
Law
,
during
the
time
of
Administration
of
the
holy
Communion
.
And
we
declare
that
this
situation
of
the
holy
Table
,
doth
not
imply
that
it
is
,
or
ought
to
be
esteemed
a
true
and
proper
Altar
,
whereon
Christ
is
again
really
sacrificed
:
but
it
is
,
and
may
be
called
an
Altar
by
us
,
in
that
sense
in
which
the
Primitive
Church
called
it
an
Altar
,
and
in
no
other
.
And
because
experience
hath
shewed
us
,
how
irreverent
the
behaviour
of
many
people
is
in
many
plac●●
,
some
leaning
,
others
casting
their
hats
,
and
some
sitting
upon
,
some
standing
,
and
others
sitting
under
the
Communion
Table
in
time
of
Divine
Service
:
for
the
avoiding
of
these
and
the
like
abu●●s
,
it
is
thought
meet
and
convenient
by
this
present
Synod
,
that
the
said
Communion
Tables
in
all
Chancells
or
Chappells
,
be
decently
severed
with
Rails
to
preserve
them
from
such
or
worse
profanations
.
And
because
the
Administration
of
holy
things
is
to
be
performed
with
all
possible
decency
and
reverence
,
there●ore
we
judge
it
fit
and
convenient
,
according
to
the
word
of
the
Service-Book
established
by
Act
of
Parliament
,
Draw
neer
,
&c.
that
all
Communicants
with
all
humble
reverence
shall
draw
neer
and
approach
to
the
holy
Table
,
there
to
receive
the
divine
Mysteries
,
which
have
heretofore
in
some
places
been
unfitly
carried
up
and
down
by
the
Minister
,
unlesse
it
shall
be
otherwise
appointed
in
respect
of
the
incapacity
of
the
place
,
or
other
inconvenience●
by
the
Bishop
himself
in
his
jurisdiction
,
and
other
Ordinaries
respectively
in
theirs
.
And
lastly
,
whereas
the
Church
is
the
house
of
God
,
dedicated
to
his
holy
worship
,
and
therefore
ought
to
minde
us
,
both
o●
the
greatnesse
and
goodnesse
of
his
Divine
Majestie
,
certain
it
is
that
the
acknowledgement
thereof
,
not
onely
inwardly
in
our
hearts
,
but
also
outwardly
with
our
bodies
,
must
needs
be
pious
in
it self
,
profitable
unto
us
,
and
edifying
unto
others
.
We
therefore
think
it
very
meet
and
behoovefull
,
and
heartily
commend
it
to
all
good
and
well
affected
people
,
members
of
this
Church
,
that
they
be
ready
to
tender
unto
the
Lord
the
said
acknowledgement
,
by
doing
reverence
and
obeisance
,
both
at
their
coming
in
,
and
going
out
of
the
said
Churches
,
Chancels
,
or
Chappels
,
according
to
the
most
ancient
custome
of
the
Primitive
Church
in
the
purest
times
,
and
of
this
Church
also
for
many
yeers
of
the
Reign
of
Qu●en
Elizabeth
.
The
reviving
therefore
of
this
ancient
and
la●dable
custome
,
we
heartily
commend
to
the
serious
consid●ration
of
all
good
people
,
not
with
any
intention
to
exhibite
any
Religious
worship
to
the
Communion
Table
,
the
East
,
or
Church
,
or
any
thing
therein
contained
in
so
doing
,
or
to
perform
the
said
gesture
,
in
the
celebration
of
the
holy
Eucha●ist
,
upon
any
opinion
of
a
corporall
p●esence
of
the
body
of
Jesus
Christ
,
on
the
holy
Table
,
or
in
t●e
mysticall
elements
,
but
onely
for
the
advancement
of
Gods
Majestie
,
and
to
give
him
alone
that
honour
and
glory
that
is
due
unto
him
,
and
no
otherwise
;
and
in
the
practise
or
omission
of
this
Rite
,
we
desire
that
the
rule
of
Charity
prescribed
by
the
Apostle
,
may
be
observed
,
which
is
,
That
they
which
use
this
Rite
despise
not
them
who
use
it
not
,
and
that
they
who
use
it
not
,
condemn
not
those
that
use
it
.
VIII
.
Of
Preaching
for
Conformity
.
WHer●as
the
Preaching
of
Order
and
Decencie
,
according
to
St
Pauls
rule
,
doth
conduce
to
edification
;
it
is
required
,
that
all
Preachers
(
as
well
Benefic●d
men
as
others
)
shall
positively
and
plainly
Preach
and
In●truct
the
people
in
their
publike
Sermons
twice
in
the
yeer
at
the
least
,
that
the
Rites
and
Ceremonies
now
established
in
the
Church
of
England
are
lawfull
and
commendable
,
and
that
they
the
said
people
and
others
,
ought
to
conform
themselves
in
their
practise
to
all
the
said
Rites
and
Ceremonies
,
and
that
the
people
and
others
ought
willingly
to
submit
themselves
unto
the
authority
and
government
of
the
Church
as
it
is
now
established
under
the
Kings
Majestie
.
And
if
any
Preacher
shall
refuse
or
neglect
to
do
according
to
this
Canon
,
let
him
be
suspended
by
his
Ordinary
,
during
the
time
of
his
refusall
,
or
wilfull
forbearance
to
do
thereafter
.
IX
.
One
Book
of
Articles
of
inquiry
to
be
used
at
all
Parochiall
Visitations
.
FOr
the
better
settling
of
an
Uniformity
in
the
outward
government
and
administration
of
the
Church
,
and
for
the
more
preventing
of
just
grievances
which
may
be
laid
upon
Church-wardens
and
other
Sworn-men
,
by
any
impertin●nt
,
inconvenient
,
or
illegall
enquiries
in
the
Articles
for
Ecclesiasticall
Visitations
;
This
Synode
hath
now
caus●d
a
Summary
or
Collection
of
Visi●●tory
Articles
(
out
of
the
Rubricks
of
the
Service-Book
,
and
the
Canons
and
warrantable
Rules
of
the
Church
)
to
be
made
,
and
for
future
direction
to
be
deposited
in
the
Records
of
the
Arch-bishop
of
Canterbury
:
and
we
do
decree
and
ordain
,
that
from
henceforth
no
Bishop
or
other
person
whatsoever
having
right
to
hold
,
use
,
or
exercise
any
Parochiall
Visitation
,
shall
(
under
the
pain
of
a
Moneths
suspension
upon
a
Bishop
,
and
two
Moneths
upon
any
other
Ordinary
that
is
delinquent
,
and
this
to
be
incurred
ipso
facto
)
cause
to
be
printed
or
published
,
or
otherwise
to
be
given
in
charge
to
the
Church-warden●
,
or
to
any
other
persons
which
shall
be
sworn
to
make
Presentm●nts
,
any
other
Articles
or
formes
of
enquiry
upon
oath
,
then
such
onely
as
shal
be
approved
and
in
terminis
allowed
unto
him
(
upon
due
request
made
)
by
his
Metropolitan
under
his
Seal
of
Office
.
Provided
alwaies
that
after
the
end
of
three
yeers
next
following
the
date
of
these
presents
,
the
Metropolitan
shal
not
either
at
the
instance
of
those
which
have
right
to
hold
Parochiall
Visitations
,
o●
upon
any
other
occasion
,
make
any
addition
or
diminution
from
that
allowance
to
any
Bishop
,
of
Visitatory
Articles
,
which
he
did
last
before
(
in
any
Diocesse
,
within
his
Province
)
approve
of
;
But
calling
for
the
same
shall
hold
and
give
that
onely
for
a
perpetual
Rule
,
and
then
eve●y
Pa●ish
shal
be
bound
onely
to
take
the
said
Book
from
the
Arch-deacons
and
other
having
a
Peculiar
or
exempt
Jurisdiction
,
but
once
from
that
time
,
in
three
yeers
,
in
case
they
do
make
it
appear
that
they
have
the
said
Book
remaining
in
their
publike
Ch●st
for
the
use
of
the
Parish
:
And
from
ev●ry
Bishop
they
shall
receive
the
said
Articles
at
the
Episcopall
Visitation
onely
,
and
in
manner
and
form
as
formerly
they
have
been
accustomed
to
do
,
and
at
no
greater
price
then
what
hath
bin
usually
paied
in
the
said
Diocesse
respectively
.
X.
Concerning
the
Conversation
of
the
Clergie
.
THe
sober
,
grave●
and
exemplary
Conversation
of
al
those
that
are
imployed
in
Administration
of
holy
things
,
being
of
great
avail
for
the
furtherance
of
pietie●
It
hath
be●n
the
Religious
care
of
the
Church
of
England
,
strictly
to
enjoyn
to
all
&
every
one
of
her
Clergie
,
a
pious
,
regular
,
and
inoffensive
d●meanour●
and
to
prohibit
all
loose
and
scandalous
carriage
by
severe
censures
to
be
inflicted
upon
such
delinquents
,
as
appeares
by
the
74.
and
75.
Canons
Anno
1603.
provided
to
this
purpose
.
For
the
more
●ffectuall
successe
of
which
pious
and
necessary
care
,
this
present
Synode
,
straitly
charges
all
Cleargie
men
in
this
Church
,
that
setting
before
their
●yes
the
glory
of
God
,
the
holin●sse
of
their
calling
,
and
the
edification
of
the
people
committed
to
them
,
they
carefully
avoid
all
excesse
and
disorder
,
and
that
by
their
Christian
and
Religious
conversation
they
shine
forth
as
lights
unto
others
in
all
godlinesse
and
honesty
.
And
we
also
require
all
those
to
whom
the
Government
of
the
Clergie
of
this
Church
is
committed
,
that
they
set
themselves
to
countenance
and
encourage
godlinesse
,
gravitie
,
sobrietie
,
and
all
unblameable
conversation
in
the
Ministers
of
this
Church
,
and
that
according
to
the
power
with
which
they
are
intrusted
,
they
diligently
labour
by
the
due
execution
of
the
above
named
Canons
,
and
all
other
Ecclesiasticall
provisions
made
for
this
end
,
to
reform
all
offensive
and
scandalous
persons
,
if
any
be
in
the
Ministerie
,
as
they
tender
the
welfare
and
prospering
of
Pietie
and
Religion
,
and
as
they
will
answer
to
God
for
those
scandals
,
which
through
their
remisnesse
and
neglect
shall
arise
and
grow
in
this
Church
of
Christ
.
XI
.
Chancellours
Patents
.
FOr
the
better
remedying
and
redresse
of
such
abuses
as
are
complained
of
in
the
Ecclesiasticall
Courts
,
the
Synode
doth
Decree
and
ordain
,
that
hereafter
no
Bishop
shall
Graunt
any
Patent
to
any
Chanc●llour
,
Commissarie
,
or
Officiall
,
for
any
longer
terme
,
then
the
life
of
the
Grauntee
onely
,
nor
otherwise
then
with
expresse
reservation
to
himself
,
and
his
Successours
,
of
the
power
to
execute
the
said
place
,
either
alone
,
or
with
the
Chancellour
,
if
the
Bishop
shall
please
to
do
the
same
,
saving
alwayes
to
the
said
Chancellors
,
&c.
the
Fees
accustomably
taken
for
executing
the
said
jurisdiction
.
And
that
in
all
such
Patents
,
the
Bishop
shall
keep
in
his
own
hands
the
power
of
Institution
unto
Benefices
,
as
also
of
giving
Licenses
to
preach
or
keep
school
;
And
further
,
that
no
Deane
and
Chapter
confirme
any
Patent
of
any
Chancellour
,
Commissaries
,
or
Officials
place
,
wherein
the
said
conditions
are
not
expressed
sub
po●na
suspensionis
,
to
the
Deane
(
or
his
locum
tenens
if
he
passe
the
Act
in
his
absence
)
and
to
every
Canon
,
or
Prebendary
,
voting
to
the
confirmation
of
the
said
Act
,
to
be
inflicted
by
the
Arch-bishop
of
the
Province
.
And
further
,
the
holy
Synode
doth
decree
and
ordain
that
no
reward
shall
be
taken
for
any
Chancellours
,
Commissaries
or
Officials
place
under
the
heaviest
Censures
of
the
Church
.
XII
.
Chancellours
alone
not
to
Censure
any
of
the
Clergie
in
sundry
Cases
.
TH●t
no
Chancellour
,
Commissarie
,
or
Officiall
,
unlesse
he
be
in
holy
Orders
,
shall
proceed
to
Suspension
,
or
any
higher
Censure
against
any
of
the
Clergie
in
any
criminall
cause
,
other
then
neglect
of
appearance
,
upon
legall
citing
,
but
that
all
such
causes
shall
be
heard
by
the
Bishop
in
person
,
or
with
the
assistance
of
his
Chancellour
,
or
Commissarie
;
or
if
the
Bishops
occasions
will
not
permit
,
then
by
his
Chancellour
,
or
Commissarie
,
and
two
grave
dignified
,
or
benficed
Ministers
of
the
Diocesse
to
be
assigned
by
the
Bishop
,
under
his
Episcopall
seal
,
who
shall
hear
and
censure
the
said
cause
in
the
Consistorie
.
XIII
.
Excommunication
and
absolution
not
to
be
pronounced
but
by
a
Priest
.
THat
no
excommunications
or
absolutions
shall
be
good
or
valid
in
Law
,
except
they
be
pronounced
,
either
by
the
Bishop
in
person
,
or
by
some
other
in
holy
Orders
,
having
Ecclesiasticall
jurisdiction
,
or
by
some
grave
Minister
beneficed
in
the
Diocesse
,
being
a
Master
of
Arts
,
at
least
,
and
appointed
by
the
Bishop
,
and
the
Priests
name
pronouncing
such
sentence
of
excommunication
,
or
absolution
to
be
expressed
in
the
Instrument
issuing
under
seal
out
of
the
Court
.
And
that
no
such
Minister
shall
pronounce
any
sentence
of
absolution
but
in
open
Consistory
,
or
at
the
least
in
a
Church
or
Chappell
,
the
penitent
humbly
craving
and
taking
absolution
upon
his
knees
,
and
having
first
taken
the
Oath
,
De
parendo
juri
&
stando
mandatis
Ecclesiae
.
And
that
no
Parson
,
Vicar
,
or
Curate
,
sub
poena
suspensionis
,
shall
declare
any
of
his
or
their
Parishioners
to
be
excommunicate
,
or
shall
admit
any
of
them
so
excommunicate
into
the
Church
,
and
there
declare
them
to
be
absolved
,
except
they
first
receive
such
excommunications
and
absolutions
under
the
seal
of
the
Ecclesiasticall
Judge
,
from
whom
it
cometh
.
XIIII
.
Concerning
Commutations
,
and
the
disposing
of
them
.
THat
no
Chancellor
,
Commissary
,
or
Officiall
,
shall
have
power
to
commute
any
penance
in
whole
,
or
in
part
;
but
either
together
with
the
Bishop
in
person
,
or
with
his
privity
in
writing
,
or
if
by
himself
,
there
he
shall
give
up
a
full
and
just
account
of
all
such
Commutations
once
every
yeer
,
at
Michaelmas
to
the
Bishop
,
who
shall
with
his
Chancellor
,
see
that
all
such
moneyes
be
disposed
of
to
charitable
and
publike
uses
,
according
to
Law
.
And
if
any
Chancellor
or
other
,
having
jurisdiction
,
as
aforesaid
,
shall
not
make
such
a
just
account
to
the
Bishop
,
and
be
found
guilty
of
it
,
he
shall
be
suspended
from
all
exercise
of
his
jurisdiction
,
for
the
space
of
one
whole
yeer
.
Alwayes
provided
,
that
if
the
crime
be
publikely
complained
of
,
and
do
appear
notorious
,
that
then
the
Office
shall
signifie
to
the
place
,
from
whence
the
complaint
came
,
that
the
delinquent
hath
satisfied
the
Church
for
his
offence
.
And
the
Minister
shall
signifie
it
as
he
shall
be
directed
;
saving
alwayes
to
all
Chancellers
,
and
other
Ecclesiasticall
Officers
their
due
and
accustomable
fees
,
if
he
or
they
be
not
so
suspended
as
aforesaid
.
XV
.
Touching
concurrent
Iurisdictions
.
THat
in
such
places
wherein●
there
is
concurrent
Jurisdiction
,
no
Executor
be
cited
into
any
Court
or
Office
,
for
the
space
of
ten
dayes
after
the
death
of
the
Testator
.
And
that
aswell
every
Apparitor
herein
,
as
every
Register
,
or
Clark
that
giveth
or
carrieth
out
any
Citation
or
Processe
to
such
intent
,
before
that
the
said
ten
dayes
be
expired
,
shall
for
the
first
Offence
herein
,
be
suspended
from
the
execution
of
his
Office
,
for
the
space
of
three
Moneths
;
and
for
the
second
Offence
,
in
this
kinde
,
be
and
stand
excommunicated
,
ipso
facto
,
not
to
be
restored
,
but
by
the
Metropolitan
of
the
Province
,
or
his
lawfull
Surrogate
;
And
that
yet
neverthelesse
,
it
be
lawfull
for
any
Executor
,
to
prove
such
Wills
when
they
thinke
good
,
within
the
said
ten
dayes
,
before
any
Ecclesiasticall
Judge
respectively
,
to
whose
jurisdiction
the
same
may
,
or
doth
appertaine
.
XVI
.
Concerning
Licences
to
Marrie
.
WHereas
divers
Licences
to
Marry
,
are
granted
by
Ordinaries
,
in
whose
Jurisdiction
,
neither
of
the
parties
,
desiring
such
Licence
,
is
resident
;
to
the
prejudice
of
the
Archiepiscopall
prerogative
:
to
whom
only
the
power
of
granting
such
Licences
,
to
parties
of
any
Jurisdiction
,
per
totam
provinciam
,
by
Law
belongeth
;
and
for
other
great
inconv●niences
thereupon
ensuing
.
It
is
therefore
decreed
,
That
no
Licence
of
Marriage
shall
be
granted
by
any
Ordinary
to
any
parties
,
unlesse
one
of
the
said
parties
have
beene
commorant
in
the
Jurisdiction
of
the
said
Ordin●ry
,
for
the
space
of
one
whole
Moneth
,
immediately
before
the
said
Licence
be
desired
.
And
if
any
O●dinary
shall
offend
herein
,
and
be
sufficien●ly
evinced
thereof
,
in
any
of
the
Lord
Archbishops
Courts
,
he
shall
be
liable
to
such
censure
as
the
Lord
Archbishop
shall
thinke
fit
to
inflict
.
And
we
further
decree
,
That
one
of
the
Conditions
in
the
Bond
of
securitie
given
by
the
parties
taking
such
Licence
,
shall
be
,
that
the
said
partie●
,
or
one
of
them
,
have
,
or
hath
beene
a
Moneth
commorant
in
the
said
Jurisdiction
,
immediately
before
the
said
Licence
granted
.
And
the
Synod
decrees
,
That
whatsoever
is
ordered
in
these
six
last
Canons
,
concerning
the
Jurisdiction
of
Bishops
,
their
Chancellors
,
and
Commissaries
,
shall
(
so
farre
as
by
Law
is
applyable
)
be
in
force
,
concerning
all
Deanes
,
Deanes
and
Chapters
,
Collegiate
Churches
,
Archdeacons
,
and
all
in
holy
Orders
,
having
exempt
,
or
peculiar
Jurisdiction
,
and
their
severall
Officers
respectively
.
XVII
.
Against
vexatious
Citations
.
AND
that
this
Synod
may
prevent
all
grievances
,
which
may
fall
upon
the
people
by
Citations
into
Ecclesiasticall
Courts
,
upon
pretence
only
of
the
breach
of
Law
,
without
either
P●esentment
,
or
any
other
just
ground
.
This
present
Synod
decrees
,
That
for
all
times
to
come
no
such
Citation
,
grounded
only
as
aforesaid
,
shall
issue
out
of
any
Ecclesiasticall
Court
,
except
the
said
Citation
be
sent
forth
under
the
hand
and
Seale
of
the
Chancellor
,
Commissarie
,
Archdeacon
,
or
other
competent
J●dge
of
the
said
Court
,
within
thirty
dayes
af●er
the
fault
committed
;
and
returne
thereof
to
be
m●de
the
next
,
or
second
Court
day
after
the
Citation
served
at
the
farthest
;
and
that
the
partie
so
cited
,
unl●sse
he
be
convinced
by
two
witnesses
,
shall
,
upon
the
denyall
of
the
fact
upon
Oath
,
be
forthwith
freely
dismissed
without
any
payment
of
fees
;
Provided
that
this
Decree
ex●e●d
not
to
any
g●ievous
crime
,
as
Schisme
,
Incontinencie
,
misbehaviour
in
the
Church
in
time
of
Divine
Service
,
obstinate
inconformitie
,
or
the
like
.
WEE
of
Our
Princely
inclination
and
Royall
care
for
the
maintenance
of
the
present
Estate
and
government
of
the
Church
of
England
by
the
Lawes
of
this
Our
Realme
now
setled
and
established
,
having
diligently
,
with
great
contentment
and
comfort
read
and
considered
of
all
these
their
said
Canons
,
Orders
,
Ordinances
and
Constitutions
agreed
upon
,
as
is
before
expressed
:
And
finding
the
same
such
as
We
are
perswaded
wil
be
very
profitable
,
not
onely
to
Our
Clergie
,
but
to
the
whole
Church
of
this
Our
Kingdome
,
and
to
all
the
true
members
of
it
(
if
they
be
well
observed
;
)
Have
therefore
for
Vs
,
Our
Heires
,
and
lawfull
Successours
,
of
Our
especiall
grace
,
certaine
knowledge
,
and
meere
motion
,
given
,
and
by
these
presents
doe
give
Our
Royall
Assent
,
according
to
the
forme
of
the
said
Statute
or
Act
of
Parliament
aforesaid
,
to
all
and
every
of
the
said
Canons
,
Orders
,
Ordinances
and
Constitutions
,
and
to
all
and
every
thing
in
them
contained
,
as
they
are
before
written
.
And
furthermore
,
We
do
not
onely
by
Our
said
Prerogative
Royall
,
and
supreme
Authority
in
Causes
Ecclesiasticall
,
ratifie
,
confirme
,
and
establish
,
by
these
Our
Letters
Patents
,
the
said
Canons
,
Orders
,
Ordinances
and
Constitutions
,
and
all
and
every
thing
in
them
contained
,
as
is
aforesaid
,
but
do
likewise
propound
,
publish
,
and
straightly
injoyne
and
command
by
Our
said
Authority
,
and
by
these
Our
Letters
Patents
,
the
same
to
be
diligently
observed
,
executed
,
and
equally
kept
by
all
Our
loving
Subjects
of
this
Our
Kingdome
,
both
within
the
Provinces
of
Canterbury
and
Yorke
,
in
all
points
wherein
they
do
or
may
concern
●very
or
any
of
them
according
to
this
Our
will
and
pleasure
hereby
signified
and
expressed
.
And
that
likewise
for
the
better
observation
of
them
,
every
Minister
,
by
what
●ame
or
title
soever
he
be
called
,
shall
in
the
Parish
Church
or
Chappell
where
he
hath
charge
,
read
all
the
said-Canons
,
Orders
,
Ordinances
and
Constitutions
,
at
all
such
times
,
and
in
such
manner
as
is
prescribed
in
the
said
Canons
,
or
any
of
them
:
The
Book
of
the
said
Canons
to
be
provided
at
the
charge
of
the
Parish
,
betwixt
this
and
the
Feast
of
S.
Michael
the
Archangell
next
ensuing
,
straightly
charging
and
commanding
all
Archbishops
,
Bishops
,
and
all
other
that
exercise
any
Ecclesiasticall
jurisdiction
within
this
Realme
,
every
man
in
his
place
to
see
and
procure
(
so
much
as
in
them
lyeth
)
all
and
every
of
the
●ame
Canons
,
Orders
,
Ordinances
and
Constitutions
to
be
in
all
points
duly
observed
,
not
sparing
to
execute
the
penalties
in
them
severally
mentioned
,
upon
any
that
shall
wittingly
or
wilfully
break
or
neglect
to
observe
the
same
;
as
they
tender
the
honour
of
God
,
the
peace
of
the
Church
,
the
tranquillity
of
the
Kingdome
,
and
their
duties
and
service
to
Vs
their
King
and
Sovereigne
.
In
witnesse
whereof
We
have
caused
these
Our
Letters
to
be
made
Patents
:
Witnesse
Our Selfe
at
Westminster
,
the
thirtieth
day
of
June
,
in
the
sixteenth
yeare
of
Our
Reigne
.