eighty two, there fhall be omitted in the faid Declaration, or Acknowledgment, fo to be sub. scribed and read, thefe words following, Scilicet.:

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ND I do declare that I do hold there lies no Obligation on me, or any other perfon from the Oath, commonly called the "Solemn League and Covenant, to endeavour any change, or alteration of Government either in "Church or State; And that the fame was in "itfelf an unlawful Oath, and impofed upon the "Subjects of this Realm against the known Laws "and Liberties of this Kingdom;"

So as none of the perfons aforefaid shall from thenceforth be at all obliged to fubscribe or read that part of the faid Declaration or Acknow ledgment.

Provided always, and be it enacted, That from and after the Feaft of Saint Bartholomew, which fhall be in the year of our Lord, One thousand fix hundred fixty and two, no person who now is incumbent, and in poffeffion of any Parfonage, Vicarage, or Benefice, and who is not already in holy Orders by Epifcopal Ordination, shall have, hold, or enjoy the faid Parfonage, Vicarage, Benefice with Cure, or other Ecclefiaftical Promotion, within this Kingdom of England, or the Dominion of Wales, or Town of Berwick upon Tweed: But fhall be utterly difabled, and ipfo facto deprived of the fame; And all his Ecclefiaffical Promotions fhall be yoid, as if he were naurally dead.

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And be it further enacted by the Authority aforelaid, That no perfon whatsoever fhall thenceforth be capable to be admitted to any Parfonage, Vicarage, Benefice, or other Ecclefiaftical Promotion or Dignity whatsoever, nor fhall prefume to confecrate and adminifter the holy Sacrament of the Lord's Supper, before fuch time as he fhall be ordained Prieft, according to the form, and manner in, and by the faid Book prefcribed, unless he have formerly been made Priest by Epifcopal Ordination, upon pain to forfeit for every offence the fum of one hundred pounds; (one moiety thereof to the King's Majefty, the other moiety thereof to be equally divided between the poor of the Parifh where the offence fhall be committed, and fuch perfon or perfons as fhall fue for the fame by Action of Debt, Bill, Plaint, or Information in any of His Majefty's Courts of Record, wherein no Effoign, Protection, or Wager of Law thall be allowed) And to be difabled from taking, or being admitted into the Order of Prieft, by the fpace of one whole year next following.

Provided that the Penalties in this A&t fhall not extend to the Foreigners or Aliens of the Foreign Reformed Churches allowed, or to be allowed by the King's Majefty, His Heirs and Suc ceffors, in England.

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Provided always, That no title to confer, or prefent by lapfe fhall accrue by any avoidance, or deprivation ipfo fatto by virtue of this Statute, but after fix months after notice of fuch voidance

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er deprivation given by the Ordinary to the Patron, or fuch fentence of deprivation openly and publickly read in the Parish Church of the Benefice, Parfonage, or Vicarage becoming void, or whereof the Incumbent fhall be deprived by virtue of this A&t;

And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That no Form, or Order of Commonprayers, Adminiftration of Sacraments, Rites or Ceremonies fhall be openly used in any Church, Chapel, or other public place of or in any College, or Hall in either of the Universities, the Colleges of Westminster, Winchefter, or Eaton, or any of them, other than what is prescribed and appointed to be ufed in and by the faid Book; and That the prefent Governors, or Head of every College and Hall in the faid Universities, and of the faid Colleges of Weftminster, Winchester, and Eaton, within one month after the Feast of Saint Bartholomew, which fhall be in the year of our Lord, One thoufand fix hundred fixty and two: And every Governor or Head of any of the faid Colleges, or Halls, hereafter to be elected, or appointed, within one month next after his Election, or Collation, and Admiffion into the fame Government, or Headship, fhall openly and publickly in the Church, Chapel, or other public place of the fame College or Hall, and in the prefence of the Fellows and Scholars of the fame, or the greater part of them then refident, subscribe unto the Nine and Thirty Articles of Religion, mentioned in the Statute made in the

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thirteenth year of the Reign of the late Queen Elizabeth, and unto the said Book, and declare his unfeigned affent and confent unto, and appro bation of the faid Articles, and of the fame Book, and to the use of all the Prayers, Rites, and Ceremonies, Forms and Orders in the faid Book prescribed and contained, according to the Form aforefaid; and that all fuch Governors, or Heads of the faid Colleges and Halls, or any of them as are, or shall be in holy Orders, fhail once at least in every Quarter of the year (not having a lawful Impediment) openly and publicly read the Morning-prayer and Service, in and by the faid Book appointed to be read in the Church, Chapel, or other publick place of the fame College or Hall, upon pain to lose, and be fufpended of, and from all the benefits and profits belonging to the fame Government or Headship, by the space of fix months, by the Vifitor or Vifitors of the fame College or Hall; And if any Governor or Head of any College or Hall, fufpended for not fubfcribing unto the faid Articles and Book, or for not reading of the Morning-prayer and Service as aforefaid, fhall not, at or before the end of fix months next after fuch fufpenfion, fubfcribe unto the faid Articles and Book, and declare his consent thereunto as aforefaid, or read the Morn ing prayer and Service as aforefaid, then fuch Government or Headship fhall be ipfo facto void.

Provided always, That it fhall and may be lawful to ufe the Morning and Evening-prayer, and all other Prayers and Service prefcribed in

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and by the faid Book, in the Chapels or other publick places of the refpective Colleges and Halls in both the Universities, in the Colleges of Weftminster, Winchester and Eaton, and in the Convocations of the Clergys of either Province, in Latin; Any thing in this Act contained to the contrary notwithstanding...

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And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That no person shall be, or be received as a Lecturer, or permitted, fuffered, or allowed to preach as a Lecturer, or to preach, or read any Sermon or Lecture in any Church, Chapel, or other place of publick Worfhip, within this Realm of England, or the Dominion of Wales, and Town of Berwick upon Tweed, unless he be first approved and thereunto licensed by the Archbishop of the Province, or Bifhop of the Diocese, or (in cafe the See be void) by the Guardian of the Spiritualities, under his Seal, and fhall in the prefence of the fame Archbishop, or Bishop, or Guardian, read the Nine and thirty Articles of Religion, mentioned in the Stal tute of the thirteenth year of the late Queen Elizabeth, with Declaration of his unfeigned affent to the fame; and That every perfon and perfons, who now is, or hereafter fhall be licensed, affigned, Appointed, or Received as a Lecturer, to preach upon any Day of the week in any Church, Chapel, or place of publick worship within this Realm of England, or places aforesaid, the firft time he preacheth (before his Sermon) fhall openly, publickly, and folemnly read the Com

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