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 ;w A.. D. 1661. Anno decimo tertio Caroli n. C. iiy 12. 21.1 of this Adl, that he (hall not be profecuted, nor incur the, penalty of any-other Law or Statute for. the 5™eo. i. c. t^. £me Offence. 19H. ;• c. ii. 3 Jac. i. c. 13. 7 Jac.,ij^Ck,^i^^-, fceo... c.«, ., ,' : i 10 Geo,*, c. jx, C A P. XI. An Afl: for confirming of three Adls therein mentioned. BE it enadled by the King's mod Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords and Commons in this prefent Parliament affembled, and by the Authority of the fame, i That the feveral Adts herein after mentioned, made or mentioned to be made upon or fince the twenty- fifth Day of Jpril in the twelfth Year of his faid Majefty's Reign, by his faid Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords and Commons affembled ■iXjVeftminJler upon the faid twenty-fifth of April, and there continued until the twenty-ninth Day of December then next following, and then dif- j folved ; which faid Adts are herein after particularly mentioned and expreffed by the feveral and re- ! ipedtive Titles following; That is to fay, (2) one A6t, intituled, An ASi for the Raifing of feventy Tir.t%. ^ thoufand Pounds for the Jurther Supply of his Majejty ; (3) And one other Aa, intituled. An Acl for the Ma'^riagts ^' *'' Confirmation of Marriages ; (4) And one other A6t, intituled, An Ail for a perpetual Anniverfary Thankf- ■,^q„_^_,^^, giving on the twenty-ninth Day of May : (5) And all and every the Claufes, Sentences and Articles in Anniverfary I them and every of them contained, fhall be and. hereby are ratified and confirmed, and enacfted and 7i''c»r'|""c"^i4. thereof, and fo fhall be adjudged, deemed and taken to all Intents and Purpofes whatfoeverj-aad-as if ' the fame had been made, declared and enadled by Authority of this prefent Parliament. CAP. xir. I An A(5t for Explanation of a Claufe contained in an Aft of Parliament made ift the feventeenth i Year of the late King Charles^ intituled, Jn JSi for Repeal of a Branch of a Statute Prim Elizabethiej concerning Commiffioners for Caufes Ecckfiaftical. ' ■ . H E R E A S in an Aft of Parliament made in the feventeenth Year of the late King Charles, inti- 16 Car. i, e. lu tuled. An Acl for Repeal of a Branch of a Statute Prima Elizabeths, concerning Commiffioners for ' Caufes Ecclefajlical, it is (amongft "other Things) enadted, That no Archbifhop, Bifliop nor Vicar Gct ' neral, nor any ChancCiUor nor CommifTary/of any Archbifhop, Bifliop or Vicar General, nor any Or- ' dinary whatfoever, nor any other Spiritual or Ecclefiaflical Judge, Officer or Miriifler of Juflice,.nor ' any other Perfon or Perforis whatfoever, exercifing Spiritual or Ecclefiaflical Power, Authority or Jurif^ ' didion, by any Grant, Licence or Commiflion of the King's Majefiy, his Heirs or Succeflofs, oir py ' any Power or Authority derived' from the King, his Heirs or SuccefTors, or otherwife, fliall. (from and ' after the firfl D2.Y ,c£ Auguft,, which then fhould be in the Year of our Lord God one thoufand nx hun- ' dred forty-one) award, impofe or infli(5t any Pain, Penalcy, Fine, Amerciament, Imprifonment,. or ' ot'er corporal Punifhment upon any of the King's Subjects,, for any Contempt, Mifdemeanor, Crime, ' Offence, Matter or Thing whatfoever, belonging to Spiritual or Ecclefiaftical Cognizance or Jurif- ' dicStion ;■ (2) whereupon' fome Doubt hath been, made, that all ordinary Power of Coercion and Pro- ' ceedings in ' Caufes Ecclefiaftical were taken away, whereby the ordinary Courfe of Juflice in Caufes Ec- ■' ■ ' clefiaftical hath. been obftrucSted :' (3) Be it therefore declared and enacted by the. King's mofl: Excellent . Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent o^ the Lords and Commons in this prefent Parliament allembled, .and by.tlie Authority thereof, That neither the fiid Adt, nor ruiy Thing therein contained, rhiisrSiPary doth or (hall take away any ordinary Power or Authority from any of the faid Archbithops, Bifliops, or ^9^^" of Arch- any other Perfon or Perfons named as aforefaid, but that they and, every of them, exercifing Ecclefiaflical taken'^awayi "°' I Jurifdidtion, may proceed, determine, fenrence, execute and . exerciie all Maimer of Ecclefiaflical JunT- ! aiftion, and all Cenfures and Coercions appertaining and belonging to the fame before the Making of the I Adl before recited, in all Caufes and Matters belonging to Eccleliaftical Jurifdiction, according to the MayufeEcde- I King's Majsfty's Eccleiiaftical Laws ufed and pradlifed in this Realm, in as ample Manner and form, as fiafticai jurif- they did and might lawfully have done before the Making of the faid Ail. ^ _ diaion. II. And be it further enadled by the Autliority aforefaid. That the afore recited Acl oi^deciino feptimo xheStat. 16 Caroli, and all the Matters and Claufes therein contained (excepting what concerns the Higli Commiffiori- Car. r, c! n. Court, or the new Eredtion of fome fuch like Court by Commiliion) (hall be and is hereby repealed^ to repealed as to I all Intents and Purpoles whatfoever; any Thing, Claufe or Sentence in the faid Adl contained to the con- coii/erns'tfir '*' ' trary notv/lthllanding. - High conimif. III. Provided always, and it is hereby ena(5ted, That neither this Aft, nor any Thing herein cont.ain- fion Court. I ed, (liall extend or be conftrued to revive or give Force to the faid Branch of the faid Statute made in the ^°^' °' I faid firll Year of the Reign of the faid late Qiieen Elizabeth, mentioned in the faid A(5l of Parliament made I in the faid feventeenth Year of the Reign of the faid King Charles, but that the faid Branch of the faid i Eiiz, c. i. I Statute made in the faid firft Year of the Reign of the (aid late Qiieen Elizabeth, (hall (land and be re- §• '*■ ' pealed in fuch Sort as if this A<51 had never been made. IV. Provided alfo, and it is hereby further enadted. That it fliall not be lawful for any Archbifhop, Provifo touching Bifliop, Vicar General, Chancellor, Coramifiary, or any other Spiritual or EccVeriaflical Judge, Officer Jlil^. '" or Alinifler, or any other Perfon having or exercifing Spiritual or Ecclefiaflical Turifdiclion, to tender or i' Mn.i. 1S5. adiniDifler unto any Perfon whatfoever, "the Oath-ultiail.y called the Oath j&'.v Officio, orany otiwsr Oath '^ R'^i'- »*■ E e s ' ' v'':viL'b,'
 * declared to li?ve the full Force and Strength of A6ts of ParUament, according to the Tenor and Purport • ■ • »4»