Die Veneris 20. Febr. 1645 Resolved by the Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled that there be forthwith a choice made of elders ... England and Wales. Parliament. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B09089 of text R221206 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 3 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 B09089 Wing E2243B ESTC R221206 ocm 61297007

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 eng Church of England. -- Government -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1642-1649. eebo Die Veneris 20. Febr. 1645. Resolved by the Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled. England and Wales. Parliament. 1646 5 497 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
Die Veneris 20. Febr . 1645.
Resolved by the Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled .

THat there be forthwith a Choice made of Elders thorowout 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 Minster in the publike Assembly the next Lords Day but one before : And that on that said Lords Day a Sermon be preached preparatory to that weighty businesse .

Resolved , &c.

THat such Election shall be 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 Mayor , and immediatly put in due execution .

Ioh . Brown Cler . Parliamentorum .
Die Jovis 26. Febr . 1645.
Resolved by the Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled .

THat the Tryers of Elections of Elders shall have power to heare and determine all Exceptions brought unto them concerning undue Elections , as well as to receive them ; And also to call before them all persons Elected to be Elders , ( and accepting such Election ) against whom any Exceptions shall be brought in ; And to send for such Witnesses as shall be nominated to them , by such persons as shall bring in the said Exceptions ; And shall have power to examine upon Oath , both the persons bringing in such Exceptions , and the said Witnesses , concerning any undue proceedings in the manner of the said Election , and concerning all matters of Ignorance and Scandall , objected against the person elected , and expressed in any Ordinance of Parliament , to bee a sufficient cause of Suspention from the Sacrament of the Lords Supper , and of which any Eldership by Ordinance of Parliament , hath cognizance and jurisdiction ; And that shall be prooved to have been committed within one whole year before the Exceptions exhibited ; And that the person against whom the Exceptions are taken , shall have the like liberty to produce Witnesses to be examined in like manner on his behalf .

Resolved , &c.

THat the Triers shall have power to examine whether the Elders that are to be chosen , be so qualified as is expressed in the Ordinance which hath passed both Houses .

Joh . Brown Cler . Parliamentorum .