hall be deprived ipfo fatte of all his Spiritual Promotions, and alfo fhall fuffer Impriforment during his life: And if the perfon, that fhall offend, and be convict in form aforefaid, concerning any of the Premifes, fhall not be beneficed, nor have any Spiritual Promotion; That then the fame perfon, fo offending and convict, fhall for the first Offence fuffer Imprifonment during one whole year next after his faid conviction, without Bail or Mainprize: And if any fuch perfon not having any Spiritual Promotion, after his first conviction, shall effoons offend in any thing concerning the premifes, and fall in form aforefaid be thereof lawfully convicted; That then the fame perfon fhall for his fecond offence fuffer Imprifonment during his life.

And it is Ordained, and Enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That if any perfon or perfons whatfoever, after the faid Feaft of the Nativity of Saint John Baptift next coming, fhall in any Interludes, Plays, Songs, Rhimes, or by other open words, declare, or fpeak any thing in the derogation, depraving, or defpifing of the fame Book, or of any thing therein contained, or any part thereof, or fhall by open fact, deed, or by open threatnings, compel, or caufe, or otherwife procure, or maintain any Parlon, Vicar, or other Minister in any Cathedral, or Parish Church, or in Chapel, or in any other place, to fing, or fay any Common or open Prayer, or to minifter any Sacrament otherwife, or in any other manner, and form, than is mentioned in the faid Book;

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or that by any of the faid means fhall unlawfully interrupt, or let any Parfon, Vicar, or other Minifter in any Cathedral, or Parifh-Church, or in Chapel, or any other place, to fing, or fay Common and open Prayer, or to minifter the Sacraments, or any of them, in fach manner and form as is mentioned in the faid Book; That then every fuch perfon, being thereof lawfully convicted in form aforefaid, fhall forfeit to the Queen our Sovereign Lady, Her Heirs, and Succeffors, for the first Offence an hundred marks: And if any perfon, or perfons, being once convict of any fuch Offence, eftfoons offend again any of the laft recited Offences, and (hall in form aforefaid be thereof lawfully convict: That then the fame perfons fo offending and convict, fhall for the fecond Offence forfeit to the Queen our Sovereign Lady, Her Heirs, and Succeffors 400 marks: And if any perfon, after he in form aforefaid fhall have been twice convict of any Offence concerning any of the last recited Of fences, fhall offend the third time, and be thereof in form abovesaid lawfully convict; That then every person so offending and convict, shall for his third Offence forfeit to our Sovereign Lady the Queen all his Goods and Chattels, and fhall fuffer Imprisonment during his life; And if any perfon or perfons, that for his first offence concerning the premises, fhall be convict in form aforefaid, do not pay the fum to be paid by virtue of his conviction, in fuch manner and form, as the fame ought to be paid, within next week next

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next after his conviction: That then every per fon fo convict, and fo not paying the fame, fhall for the fame firft offence, inftead of the faid fum, fuffer Imprifonment by the fpace of fix months, without Bail or Mainprize: And if any perfon, or persons, that for his fecond offence concerning the premises fhall be convict in form aforefaid, do not pay the faid fum to be paid by virtue of his conviction, and this eftatute, in fuch manner and form, as the fame ought to be paid, within fix wecks next after his faid fecond con-" viction; That then every perfon fo convicted, and not fo paying the fame, fhall for the fame fecond offence, inftead of the faid fum, fuffer Imprifonment during twelve months without Bail or Mainprize: And, That from and after the faid Feaft of the Nativity of Saint John Baptift next coming, all, and every perfon and perfons, inhabiting within this Realm, or any other the Queen Majefty's Dominions, fhall diligently, and faithfully, having no lawful, or reasonable excuse to be abfent, endeavour themselves to refort to their Parish-Church, or Chapel accuffomed, or upon reasonable let thereof, to fome ufual place, where Common Prayer, and fuch Service of God fhall be ufed in fuch time of let, upon every Sunday, and other days ordained and ufed to be kept as holy-days, and then, and there, to abide orderly and foberly, during the time of the Common Prayer, Preaching, or other Service of God, there to be ufed and miniftered, upon pain of punishment by the cenfures of the Church;

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Church; and alfo upon pain, that every perfon fo offending fhall forfeit for every fuch offence twelve-pence, to be levied by the Church-wardens of the Parifh, where fuch offence fhall be done, to the use of the poor of the fame Parish, of the goods, lands, and tenements of fuch of fender, by way of diftrefs.

And for due execution hereof, the Queen's moft excellent Majefty, the Lords Temporal, and all the Commons in this present Parliament affembled, do, in God's name, earneftly require, and charge all the Archbishops, Bifhops, and other Ordinaries, that they fhall endeavour themfelves, to the uttermoft of their knowledges, that the due and true execution hereof may be had throughout their Dioceses and Charges, as they will answer before God for fuch evils and plagues, wherewith Almighty God may juftly punish his people for neglecting this good and wholefome law. And for their Authority in this behalf, Be it further Enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That all and fingular the fame Archbishops, Bifhops, and all other their officers, exercifing Ecclefiaftical jurifdiction, as well in place exempt, as not exempt, within their Diocefes, fhall have full power and Authority by this Act to reform, correct and punifh by cenfure of the Church, all, and fingular perfons, which fhall offend within any of their jurifdictions, or Diocefes, after the faid Feaft of the Nativity of Saint John Baptift next coming, againft this Act and Statute: Any other Law, Statute, Privilege, Liberty, or Provi

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And it is Ordained and Enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That all and every Juftice of Oyer and Determiner, or Jultices of Affize fhall have full power and Authority, in every of their open and general Seflions, to enquire, hear and determine all and all manner of offences, that fhall be committed, or done contrary to any Article contained in this prefent A&t, within the limits of the Commiffion to them directed, and to make procefs for the execution of the fame, as they may do against any perfon indicted before them of trefpafs, or lawfully convicted thereof.

Provided always, and be it Enacted by the Authority aforelaid, That all and every Archbilhop and Bishop, shall and may, at all time and times, at his liberty and pleafure, join and affociate himself, by virtue of this Act, to the faid Juftices of Oyer and Determiner, or to the faid Juftices of Affize, at every of the said open and general Seffions, to be holden in any place within his Diocele, for and to the inquiry, hearing, and determining of the offences aforefaid.

? Provided also, and be it Enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That the Books concerning the faid Services fhall, at the cofts and charges of the Parishioners of every Parish and Cathedral Church, be attained, and gotten before the laid Feaft of the Nativity of Saint John Baptist next following, and that all fuch Parishes and Cathe