Die Veneris, 20. Feb. 1645. Resolved by the Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled; that there bee forthwith a choice made of elders throughout the kingdome of England, and dominion of Wales, ... England and Wales. Parliament. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A83435 of text R212276 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason 669.f.9[51]). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 2 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2017 A83435 Wing E2243 Thomason 669.f.9[51] ESTC R212276 99870913 99870913 161149 2240949074

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A83435) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 161149) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 245:669f9[51]) Die Veneris, 20. Feb. 1645. Resolved by the Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled; that there bee forthwith a choice made of elders throughout the kingdome of England, and dominion of Wales, ... England and Wales. Parliament. 1 sheet ([1] p.) Printed by Richard Cotes, [London] : 1645. [i.e. 1646] Title from heading and first lines of text. Place of publication from Wing. Signed: Jo. Browne Cleric. Parliamentorum. Resolutions of Parliament concerning the election of elders in the parish churches and chapels of England and Wales. Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng Church of England -- Government -- Early works to 1800. Elders (Church officers) -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800. Church and state -- Great Britain -- 17th century -- Early works to 1800. A83435 R212276 (Thomason 669.f.9[51]). civilwar no Die Veneris, 20. Feb. 1645. Resolved by the Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled; that there bee forthwith a choice made of elders thro England and Wales. Parliament. 1645 1 231 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2007-10 Assigned for keying and markup 2007-10 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-12 Sampled and proofread 2007-12 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
Die Veneris , 20. Feb. 1645. Resolved by the Lords and Commons in Parliament Assembled ;

THat there bee forthwith a Choice made of Elders throughout the Kingdome of England , and Dominion of Wales , in the respective Parish Churches and Chappels , according to such Directions as have already passed both Houses , bearing date the 19. of August , 1645. and since that time . And all Classes , and Parochiall Congregations respectively , are hereby authorized and required forthwith effectually to proceed therein accordingly .

Resolved , &c. That notice of the Election of Parochiall and Congregationall Elders , and of the time when it shall be , be given by the Minister in the Publique Assembly the next Lords day but one before : And that on that said Lords day a Sermon be Preached preparatory to that weighty busines .

Resolved , &c. That such Election shall bee made by the Congregation , or the Major part of them then Assembled , being such as have taken the Nationall Covenant , and are not Persons under Age , nor Servants that have no Families .

Resolved , &c. That these three Votes be forthwith communicated to the Lord Major , and immediately put in due execution .

Jo. Browne Cleric . Parliamentorum .

Printed by Richard Cotes , 1645.