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B09013 An act for apporbation and admission of ministers of the gospel to benefices and publique lectures England and Wales. Laws, statutes, etc.; England and Wales. Parliament. 1659 (1659) Wing E1001A; ESTC R176065 4,197 12

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whereas for the better maintainance of Preaching Ministers several Augmentations have been heretofore granted Be it further Enacted That all persons or p●rson to whom after the said 15th day of March any Augmentation shall be granted before he or they receive the same shall obtain the approbation of the said Commissioners or five of them as a person qualified as is before mentioned And in case of approbation such approbation shall be entred by the said Register who under his hand shall also signifie the same to such person or persons as are or shal be authorized to pay such Augmentation who are hereby required and authorized from time to time to pay the person or persons so approved such Augmentation as shall be granted as aforesaid unto him or the place where he preacheth taking his or their Acquittances for the same Provided and it is hereby declared that this Act or any thing therein contained shall not be construed to extend unto any Benefices Ecclesiastical that were not presentative before the Ordinance for the Abolition of Bishops nor to any Lectures preacht or read in any of the Vniversities or other Colledges Provided also and be it hereby Enacted That all Ministers having Parochial Charge do read the Scriptures Preach Administer the Sacraments of Baptisme and the Lords Supper Catechize and perform all other Duties according to the Directory for the Publick Worship of God established by Ordinance of Parliament the third of January 1644. Provided also and be it hereby Enacted That the Feés upon every Approbation and Admission be only Thirteén shillings and Four pence that is To the Register six shillings eight pence only the other six shillings eight pence to be disposed of for the defraying of incident Charges as the said Commissioners or any five of them shall appoint And be it further Enacted and Ordained That such Persons or any five or more of them that the Commissioners in this Act named from time to time according to the Instructions mentioned in this Act shall nominate and appoint in the respective Counties of England and Wales for the approving of Preaching Ministers unto Livings with Cure and Lectures in their respective Counties shall from time to time have Power and Authority And are hereby Authorized to ordain Preaching Ministers in their respective Counties according to the Form and Directions of an Ordinance of the Lords and Commons in Parliament Assembled of the 29. of August 1648 Intituled The Form of Church-Government to be used in England and Ireland So as such Persons nominated as aforesaid be Ordained Ministers And Be it further Enacted and Ordained That the publick Professors of Divinity and the Divinity Lecturers and the Heads of the Houses respectively in the respective Vniversities of Oxford and Cambridge or any Five or more of them being Ministers Ordained shall from time to time have power and authority and are hereby authorized to Ordain Preaching Ministers in the said respective Vniversities according to the Form and Directions of the said Ordinance of the Lords and Commons of the 29 of August 1648. And Be it further Enacted That the said Ordinance of the 29. of August 1648 Intituled The Form of Church-Government to be used in England and Ireland shall stand and be in force and put in Execution And whereas in the said Ordinance of Lords and Commons bearing Date the 29. Day of August 1648 there was a Clause inserted for the dividing of the several Counties of England and Wales into distinct Classicall Presbyteries where they were not already divided which was not put in Execution accordingly by reason whereof that work remains yet undone Be it therefore Enacted That the several Iustices of the Peace in the respective Counties Cities and places within England and Wales or any Five or more of them of the several Counties of England and Wales with the assistance of such Ministers and others as they shall think fit Do forthwith meet and consider how their severall Counties respectively may be most conveniently divided into distinct Classical Presbyteries where they are not already divided and what Ministers and others are fit to be of each Classis And they shall accordingly make such Division and Nomination of Persons for each Classical Presbytery Which Divisions and Persons so named for every Division shall be certified by the said Commissioners to the Lord Keeper or Lords Commissioners for Custody of the Great Seal for the time being And that the Chancellor Vice-Chancellors and Heads of the Vniversities do likewise consider how the Colledges and Halls may be put into Classical Presbyteries and do certifie the same up to the said Lord Keeper or Lords Commissioners for Custody of the Great Seal And that the said Certificate be made before the 29. Day of September next which the Council of State is required to approve and confirm the same as they shall think fit immediately upon receipt of such Certificates and cause the same to be Registred by the Clerk of the Commonwealth in Chancery Provided That this Act and every thing therein contained shall be and stand in force onely untill the Parliament take further Order Wednesday March 14. 1659. ORdered by the Parliament That this Act be forthwith Printed and Published THOMAS St. NICHOLAS Clerk of the Parliament LONDON Printed by John Streater and John Macock Printers to the Parliament 1659.