A declaration of the Commons of England assembled in Parliament, against all such persons as shall take upon them to preach or expound the Scriptures in any church of chappel, or any other publique place, except they be ordained either here or in some other reformed church. Die Jovis, 31. Decemb. 1646. Ordered by the Commons assembled in Parliament, that this declaration be forthwith printed and published: and that the knights and burgesses of the several counties and places, do send some of the said declaration so printed, into the several counties and places for which they serve, to be there published. H: Elsynge, Cler. Parl. D. Com. England and Wales. Parliament. House of Commons. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A83671 of text R201283 in the English Short Title Catalog. 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. 3KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 4 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 A83671 Wing E2553 Thomason E370_4 ESTC R201283 99861806

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 eng Preaching -- England -- Early works to 1800. Ordination -- Early works to 1800. eebo A declaration of the Commons of England assembled in Parliament, :$bagainst all such persons as shall take upon them to preach or expound the Scriptur England and Wales. Parliament. House of Commons. 1647 7 487 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. 2014-03 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2014-05 Sampled and proofread 2014-05 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2015-03 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion

A DECLARATION OF THE COMMONS Assembled in PARLIAMENT , Against all such Persons as shall take upon them to Preach or Expound the Scriptures in any Church or Chappel , or any other publique place , except they be Ordained either here or in some other Reformed CHURCH .

Die Jovis , 31. Decemb . 1646.

ORdered by the Commons assembled in Parliament , That this Declaration be forthwith Printed and Published : And that the Knights and Burgesses of the several Counties and Places , do send some of the said Declarations so Printed , into the several Counties and Places for which they serve , to be there Published .

H : Elsynge , Cler . Parl . D. Com .

London , Printed for Edward Husband , Printer to the Honorable House of Commons , January 2. 1646.

Die Jovis , 31 Decemb . 1646. A Declaration of the Commons assembled in Parliament , Against all such persons as take upon them to Preach or expound the Scriptures , except they be Ordained .

THe Commons assembled in Parliament do Declare , That they do dislike , and will proceed against all such persons as shall take upon them to Preach , or Expound the Scriptures in any Church or Chappel , or any other publique place ( except they be Ordained either here or in some other Reformed Church , as it is already prohibited in an Order of both Houses of 26 April , 1645. ) And likewise against all such Ministers or others , as shall publish or maintain by Preaching , Writing , Printing , or any other way , any thing against or in derogation of the Church-Government which is now established by the authority of both Houses of Parliament . And also against all and every person or persons , who shall willingly and purposely interrupt or disturb a Preacher who is in the publique Exercise of his Function : And all Iustices of Peace , Sheriffs , Mayors , Bailiffs , and other Head-Officers of Corporations ; And all Officers of the Army are to take notice of this Declaration , and by all lawful wayes and means to prevent offences of this kinde , and to apprehend the offenders , and give notice hereof unto this House , that thereupon course may bee speedily taken for a due punishment to bee inflicted on them .

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Die Iovis , 31. Decembr . 1646.

ORdered by the Commons assembled in Parliament , That this Declaration be forthwith Printed and Published : And that the Knights and Burgesses of the several Counties and Places , do send some of the said Declarations so Printed , into the several Counties and Places for which they serve , to be there Published .

H. Elsynge , Cler . Parl . D. Com .