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Published
by
His
Majesties
special
Command
.
Charles
Bill
Thomas
Newcomb
An.
Do
.
THat
the
Canons
concerning
Ordinations
be
strictly
observed
.
That
every
Person
to
be
admitted
to
Holy
Orders
do
signify
his
Name
and
the
place
of
his
Abode
to
the
Bishop
fourteen
Days
before
he
is
ordained
,
to
the
end
that
enquiry
may
be
made
into
his
Life
and
Conversation
.
And
that
he
appear
at
the
furthest
on
Thursday
in
Ember-week
,
that
so
such
who
upon
Examination
shall
be
found
fit
,
may
have
time
to
prepare
themselves
by
Fasting
and
Prayer
,
before
the
day
of
Ordination
.
That
every
Bishop
shall
be
well
satisfied
,
that
all
Persons
that
are
to
be
ordained
have
a
real
Title
with
a
sufficient
Maintenance
,
according
to
the
A.
D.
in
which
matter
We
require
the
Bishops
to
use
an
especial
care
.
That
a
Certificate
of
the
Age
of
the
Person
to
be
ordained
,
be
brought
,
if
it
can
be
,
out
of
the
Parish
Register
,
or
at
least
a
Certificate
very
well
attested
.
That
the
part
of
the
A
D.
which
relates
to
the
giving
of
Certificates
concerning
the
Lives
and
Manners
of
those
who
are
to
be
ordained
,
be
strictly
looked
to
.
And
that
the
Bishops
lay
it
on
the
Consciences
of
the
Clergy
,
that
they
sign
no
Certificates
,
unless
,
upon
their
own
knowledge
,
they
judge
the
persons
to
be
duly
qualified
.
That
every
Bishop
shall
transmit
,
between
to
the
Arch-Bishop
of
the
Province
,
a
List
of
all
such
Persons
as
have
been
ordained
by
him
during
that
year
,
according
to
the
Constitutions
in
the
year
in
order
to
be
put
in
a
publick
Register
,
which
shall
be
prepared
by
you
for
that
Vse
.
That
the
Bishops
shall
reside
in
their
Dioceses
,
and
shall
take
care
to
oblige
their
Clergy
to
such
Residence
as
the
Laws
of
the
Land
and
the
Canons
do
require
,
particularly
the
A.
D.
That
they
who
keep
Curates
,
have
none
but
such
as
are
licensed
by
the
Bishop
of
the
Diocese
,
or
in
exempt
Iurisdictions
by
the
Ordinary
of
the
Place
having
Episcopal
Iurisdiction
,
as
is
required
both
by
the
Act
of
Vniformity
and
the
A.
D.
that
so
when
the
Incumbent
does
not
reside
,
the
Bishop
,
or
such
Ordinary
,
may
know
how
the
Cure
is
supplyed
;
And
that
no
Person
shall
presume
to
serve
any
Cure
without
Licence
from
the
Bishop
,
or
such
Ordinary
,
upon
pain
of
Suspension
.
That
you
use
your
most
effectual
endeavours
to
suppress
the
great
Abuses
occasioned
by
Pluralities
,
and
restrain
them
as
much
as
you
can
,
except
where
the
Parishes
lie
near
one
another
,
and
the
Livings
are
small
:
That
all
Qualifications
be
carefully
examined
:
We
being
determined
to
have
no
Chaplains
to
be
qualified
by
vs
,
but
such
as
are
admitted
to
attend
upon
Vs.
And
that
due
Caution
be
taken
before
any
Faculty
is
granted
.
And
that
such
Persons
as
are
legally
qualified
shall
reside
at
least
two
Months
in
the
Year
in
each
of
their
Livings
;
and
provide
a
Curate
to
serve
where
they
are
not
in
person
,
with
a
due
Maintenance
to
be
determin'd
by
the
Bishop
of
the
Diocess
,
unless
the
two
Parishes
lie
so
near
,
that
the
Incumbent
can
constantly
serve
both
Cures
.
That
the
Bishops
shall
look
to
the
Lives
and
Manners
of
their
Clergy
,
that
they
may
be
in
all
things
regular
and
exemplary
,
according
to
the
A.
D.
That
the
Bishops
do
use
their
utmost
Endeavour
to
oblige
their
Clergy
to
have
publick
Prayers
in
the
Church
,
not
only
on
Holy-days
and
Litany-days
,
but
as
often
as
may
be
,
and
to
celebrate
the
Holy
Sacrament
frequently
.
That
the
Bishops
shall
require
the
Clergy
to
use
their
utmost
Endeavours
,
that
the
Lord's
day
be
Religiously
observed
.
That
they
set
a
good
Example
to
their
People
,
and
exhort
them
frequently
to
their
Duty
herein
.
That
the
Bishops
remind
their
Clergy
to
visit
the
Sick
frequently
,
and
require
them
to
perform
that
Duty
with
great
Care
and
Diligence
according
to
the
A.
D.
That
Catechising
be
duly
perform'd
according
to
the
A.
D.
That
the
Bishops
be
careful
to
Confirm
,
not
only
in
their
Tricunial
Visitations
,
but
at
other
convenient
Seasons
.
That
care
be
taken
,
that
the
Arch-Deacons
make
their
Visitations
personally
;
and
that
,
as
much
as
may
be
,
they
live
within
the
Bounds
of
their
Iurisdiction
,
and
do
their
Duty
according
to
the
Canons
.
That
no
Commutation
of
Penance
shall
be
made
,
but
by
the
express
Order
and
Directions
of
the
Bishop
himself
,
which
shall
be
declared
in
open
Court
.
And
that
the
Commutation-Money
shall
be
applied
only
to
pious
and
charitable
Vses
,
according
to
the
made
in
the
year
and
the
Constitutions
made
in
the
year
That
no
Licence
for
Marriage
without
Banns
shall
be
granted
by
any
Ecclesiastical
Iudge
,
without
first
taking
the
Oaths
of
two
sufficient
Witnesses
,
and
also
sufficient
Security
for
performance
of
the
Conditions
of
the
Licence
according
to
the
A.
D.