And whereas the Liturgie of ye Church of England is capable of sevell alteracons and additions, which may free it from exception, and may conduce to ye Glory of God and ye better Edefication of the people, And whereas the Book of Canons is fitt to be reviewed and made suitable to the present state of the Church, And whereas there are divers abuses and defects in ye Ecclesiastical Courts and Jurisdiction, and particularly for reformacon or removeing of scandalous Ministers, And whereas it is very fitt and profitable that Confirmacon be administred with such due preparacon and solemnity as is directed in the late King Charles the Second’s Declaration concerning Ecclesiastical affairs, issued in the yeare of our Lord 1660, And a strict care be used in the Examinacon of such persons as desire to be admitted into Holy Orders, both as to their learning and manners:
Wee, your Maties most dutifull and Loyall Subjects, the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Commons in this present Parliamt assembled, doe most humbly beseech your Majesties to issue out a Comission under yor Great Seale, directed to the Arch Bishops, and such Bishops, and such others of the Clergy of the Church of England, not exceeding the number of thirty in ye whole, impowering and requiring them, or any twelve of them, to meet from time to time, and as often as shall be needfull, and to make such alteracons in the Liturgie and reformacon of the Canons and Ecclesiastical Courts as may conduce to the Establishmt of the Church in peace and Tranquility, and to present such alteracons and reformacons to the Convocation and to the Parliamt that the same may be approved and established in due forme of Law.
Alterations made in Committee.
COMPREHENSION.
| 1 sh. | 6 l.— | For (of) Reade (in). |
| „ | 14 l.— | Instead of (as containing) reade (wch I doe acknowledge to containe), and before (promise) add (solemnely). |
| „ | 18 l.— | Before (Oathes) insert (two), and leave out (of fidelity). |
| „ | 21 l.— | After (Symony) Add (And the Oath of Residence). |
| „ | 24 l.— | Leave out (of fidelitye), and add (mentioned in the sd Stat, made in the first yeare of the Raigne of King William and Queene Mary shall be). |
| 2 sh. | 2 l.— | After the first (or) insert (keepe any publiq schoole, and alsoe the sd oathes and declaracon, together with the sd oathes of Symony and Residence by every pson). |
| „ | 4 l.— | After (admission) add (respectively). |
| „ | 8 l.— | Leave out (of fidelity) and reade (mentioned in the sd Stat made in the first yeare of the Raigne of King William and Queene Mary). |
| „ | 9 l.— | Leave out from (Deputy) to (Provided) in the 11th l. |
| „ | 15 l.— | For (as containing) reade (wch I doe acknowledge to containe). |
| 2 sh. | 22 l.— | Leave out from (And Bee it) inclusive to (And Bee it) in the 5th l. of the 3rd sheet. |
| 3 sh. | 11 l.— | Leave out from (degree) to (And) in the 14th line. |
| „ | 18 l.— | After (Ministers) add (of the Church of Engld). |
| „ | 1 l.— | Leave out from (And) in the to (And) in 4th l. |
| 4 sh. | 4 l.— | For (improvements) reade (additions). |
| „ | 5 l.— | For (if) Reade (is). |
| „ | 5 l.— | Before (edificacon) reade (better). |
| „ | 16 l.— | For (twenty) reade (thirty). |
| „ | 20 l.— | After (Reformacon) reade (to the Convocacon and). |
| 1 sh. | 14 l.— | I, A. B., doe submit to the present Constitution of the Church of England. I acknowledge that the Doctrine of it contains in it all things necessary to Salvation, and that I will conform my selfe to the worship and the government thereof as established by law. |
| And I solemnely pmise, in the exercise of my ministry, to preach and practice according thereunto. | ||
| Agreed to. | ||
| 2 sh. | 14a 15 l.— | Instead of the 14th and 15th l. reade (I, A. B., doe submit to the prsent constitucon of the Church of Engld. I acknowledge that the doctrine of it contains in it all things necessary for Salvacon, and I will conforme my selfe to the worship and the government thereof as established by Law). |
| 4 sh. | 3 l.— | After (same) add (in a Pew or Seate in the Church). |
II.—P. 114.
The Toleration Act, entituled, An Act for Exempting their Majesties’ Protestant subjects dissenting from the Church of England from the penalties of certain Laws.
1 Will. and Mary, cap. 18.
Forasmuch as some ease to scrupulous consciences, in the exercise of Religion, may be an effectual means to unite their Majesty’s Protestant subjects in interest and affection:
The several Laws against Dissenters repealed.