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 226 C. 4. Anno declmo tertio & quarto Caroli II. A. D. 1662. togefher with the F falter or Pfalms of David, pointed as they are to be fung or /aid in Churches ; and the Form or Manner of Making, Ordaining and Confecrating of Bijhops, Priejls, and Deacons, The Penalty for V. And that all and every fuch Perfon, who {hall (without fome lawful Impediment to be allowed an<f "l^Geo'z C.21. approved of by the Ordinary of the Place) negledl or refufe to do the fame within the Time aforefaid, (or ' in cafe of fuch Impediment within one Month after fuch Impediment removed,) Ihall ipfo faifo be de- prived of all his Spiritual Promotions : (2) And that from thenceforth it fhall be lawful to and for all Pa- trons and Donors of all and lingular the faid Spiritual Promotions or of any of them, according to their refpedtive Rights and Titles, to prefent or collate to the fame, as though the Perfon or Perfpus lb offending or neglecting were dead. Every Peifon VI. And be it further enadted by the Authority aforefaid. That every Perfon who Iha'l hereafter be prie-' prommVd to'^any f^nted or collated, or put into any Ecclefiaftical Benefice or Promotion within this Realm of England and icciefiarticaiBe- Places aforefaid, Ihall in the Church, Chapel or Place of Publick Worfhip belonging to his faid Benefice. nefice Ihall read or Promotion, within two Months next after that he ihall be in the adlual PoflelRon of the faid Ecclefiafti- 1 Prayer^^d"de- 9^^ Benefice or Promotion, upon fome Lord's Day, openly, publickly and folemnly, read the Morning' 1 Clare h'is Affent and Evening Prayers appointed to be read by and according to the faid Book of Common Prayer, at the 1 thereto. Times thereby appointed ; and after fuch Reading thereof ihall openly and jpublickly, before the Congre-] j gation there aifembled, declare his unfeigned Aflent and Confent to the U(e of all Things therein con- The Penalty (or tained and prefcribed according to the Form before appointed : (2) And that all and every fuch Perfon, "'3/° '"^' ^^'^ ^'^^ (without fome lawful Impediment to be allowed and approved by the Ordinary of the Place] °^'53' uegie(£l or refufe to do the fame within the Time aforefaid, or in Cafe of iiich Impediment within one Month after facii Impediment removed) ihall {ipfofaSio) be deprived of all his faid Ecclefiaftical Benefices and Promotions : (3) And that from thenceforth it ihall and may be lawful to and for all Patrons and Donors of all and lingular the faid Eccleiiaitical Benefices and Promotions or any of them, according to their refpective Rights and Titles, to prefent or collate to the fame, as though the Perfon or Perfons llj offending or neglecting were dead. ■ ' ■ Incumbents of VII. And be it further enaited by the Authority aforefaid, That in all Places where the proper Incum- Livmgs.keep- ^gj^^ of any Parfonage or Vicarage, or Benefice with Cure, doth refide on his Living and keep a Curate, ihall read "lie ,the Incumbent himfelf in Perfon (not having fome lawful Impediment to be allowed by the Ordinary of' faiTie once every the PI pxe) ihall once (at the leaft) in every Month openly and publickly read the Common Prayers and Month. Service in and by the faid Book prefcribed, and (if there be Occafion) adminifier each of the Sacra- ments and other Rites of the Church, in the Parilh Church or Chapel, of or belonging to the fame Parfonage, Vicarage or Benefice, in fuch Order, Manner and Form, as in and by the faid Book is ap- The Penalty and pointed ; (2) Upon Pain to forfeit the Sum of five Pounds to the Ufe of the Poor of the Pariih for every vfaFo'n fo'r'iSc"" Offs'^'"^^5 up9n Convidion by Confelfion or Proof of two credible WitneiTes upon Oath before two tfoing it. JufHces of the Peace of the County, City cr Town Corporate, where the Offence ihall be committed, (which Oath the faid Juftices are hereby impowered to adniiniiler) and in Default of Payment within ten Days, to be levied by Diftrefs and Sale of the Goods and Chattels of the Offender, by the Warrant of the laid Juftices, by the Churchwardens, or Overfeers of the Poor of the faid Pariih, rendring the Surplufage to the Party. Deans, Canons, VIII. And belt further enadled by the Authority aforefaid. That every Dean, Canon and Prebendary &c^''nial*fub' °^ every Cathedral or Collegiate Church, and all Mailers and other Heads, Fellows, Chaplains and Tu- fcribe the Decla- tors of or in any College, Hall, Houfe of Learning or Hofpital, and every publick ProfeiTor and Reader ration. jn either of the Univerlities and in every College elfewhere, and every Parfon, Vicar, Curate, Ledlurer sle^jzAnn'x' ^^^ every other Perfon in Holy Orders, and every School-mafter keeping any publick or private School, Stat. 1. c. 7. ' and every Perfon inftruding or teaching any Youth in any Houfe or private Family as a Tutor or School- andsGeo. 2. mailer, who upon the firft Day of May which ihall be in the Year of our Lord_ God one thoufand fix e. 3j. §. 8. hundred fixty-two, or at any Time thereafter, fhall be incumbent or have Poileilion of any Deanery, Canonry, Prebend, Mafteriliip, Headfhip, Fellowlhip, Profeifor's Place or Reader's Place, Parfonage, Vicarage or any other Ecclefiaftical Dignity or Promotion, or of any Curate's Place, Le<5ture or School, or ihall inftrutft or teach any Youth as Tutor or School-mafter, fhall before the Feaft-Day of St. Bar- tholomew which fhall be in the Year of our Lord one thoufand fix hundred fixty-two, or at or before his or their refpedtive Admillion to be Incumbent or have PoiTeirion aforefaid, fubfcribe the Declaration or | Acknowledgment following. Scilicet^ '^heDeclaraticD. ' IX. T J. B. do declare. That it is not lawful upon any Pretence whatfoever to take Arms againfti ed b^'^i'w°'&^ '. A *s King ; and that I do abhor that traiterous Poiition of taking Arms by his Authority againft ' M.Seif. i.c, 8. ' ^^* Perfon or againft thofe that are commiifionated by him; and that 1 will conform to the Liturgy of ^. jt. "''',' the Church of England, as itis now by Law eftablifned : And I do declare. That I do hold, there liesljl ' no Obligation upon me or on any other Perfon, from the Oath commonly called, The Solemn Leaguel ' and Covenant, to endeavour any Change or Alteration of Government either in Church or State;,! 'and that the fame was in it felf an unlawful Oath, and impofed upon the Subjeds of this Realm againil P ' the known Laws and Liberties of this Kingdom.' X. Which faid Declaration and Acknowledgmerxt fhall be fubfcribed by every of the faid Mafters and other Heads,' Fellows, Chaplains arid Tutors of or in any College, Hall or Houfe of Learn'ng, and'by every publick ProfeiTor and Reader in either of the Univerfities, before the V ice-Chancellor of the re- fpedtive Univerfities for the Time being or his Deputy : And the faid Declaration or Acknowledgment Inall be fubfcribed before the refpedtive Archbifliop, Bifhop or Ordinary of the Diccefe, by every other Perfon hereby enjojncd to fubfcribe jthe fame ; (a) upon Pain that all and every of the Perfons aforefaid ■ ■ • failing I