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 in THE LAWS AND ACTS Of the SECOND PARLIAMENT, Of Our Moft High and Dread Soveraign , H A R L E S T HE SECOND By the Grace of G O D, King of Scotland, England, Frame and Ireland, Defender of the Faith. Begun at Edinburgh. the 1 9. of October, 1669. By a Noble Lord, John Earl of Lauderdail , Vif count Maitland , Lord Thirleftane and Bolton, &f :. His MAJESTIES Qommiffioner for holding the fame, by vertue of a Comnaiflion under His MAJESTIES Great Seal of this Kingdom : With the Jpecial Advice and Confent of the Eftates of Tarliament. Extracted from the Records of PARLIAMENT, be Sir Archibald Trimerofi of Qhefler, Knight and Baronet , Clerk to His MAJESTIES Council, Re- gifters and Rolls. kA C T ajferting His iMajefies Supremacy over all Terfbns and in all Caufes Ecclejiaflical. November 16. 1669. H E Eftates of Parliament having ferioufly confidered, how neceflar it is, tor the good and Peace of the Church and State, That His Majefties Power and Authority, in relation to Matters and Perfons Ecclefiaftical , be more clearly aflerted by an Aft of Parliament ; Have therefore thought fit it be Enacted, Aflerted and Declared, Likeas, His Majefly, with advice and Confent of His Eftates of Parliament, doth hereby Enact , Aflert and De- clare, That His Majefty hath the Supreme Authority and Supremacy over all Perfons and in all Caufes Ecclefiaftical within this His Kingdom ; and that by vertue thereof, the Ordering and Difpofal of rhe External Govern- ment and Policy of the Church doth properly belong to His Majefty and His Succeflbrs, as an inherent Right to the Crown : And that His Maje- fty and His Succeflbrs may Settle, Enact and Emit fuch Conftitutions , Acts and Orders, concerning the Adminiftration of the External Govern- ment of the Church, artd the Perfons imployed in the fame , and concerning all Ecclefiaftical Meetings , and Matters to be propofed and determined therein, as they in their Royal Wifdom lhall think fir. Which A<?, 5, Orders