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A88231	The peoples prerogative and priviledges, asserted and vindicated, (against all tyranny whatsoever.) By law and reason. Being a collection of the marrow and soule of Magna Charta, and of all the most principall statutes made ever since to this present yeare, 1647. For the preservation of the peoples liberties and properties. With cleare proofs and demonstrations, that now their lawes and liberties are nigher subvertion, then they were when they first began to fight for them, by a present swaying powerfull faction, amongst the Lords, Commons, and Army, ... so that perfect vassalage and slavery (by force of armes) in the nature of Turkish janisaries, or the regiments of the guards of France, is likely (to perpetuitie) to be setled, if the people doe not speedily look about them, and act vigorusly for the preventing of it. / Compiled by Lievt. Col. John Lilburne, prerogative prisoner in the Tower of London, and published by him for the instruction, information and benefit of all true hearted English-men.	Lilburne, John, 1614?-1657.	1648 (1648)	Wing L2153; Thomason E427_4; ESTC R202741	121,715	88

no prohibition hanging and the party condemned doe not obey the said sentence that then it shall be lawfull to every such Iudge Ecclesiasticall to excommunicate the said party so as afore condemned and disobeying in the which sentence of excommunication if the said party excommunicate wilfully stand and endure still excommunicate by the space of 40. dayes next after upon denunciation and publication thereof in the Parish Church or the place or Parish where the party so excommunicate is dwelling or most abiding the said Iudge Ecclesiasticall may then at his pleasure signifie to the King in his court of Chancery of the state and condition of the said party so excommunicate and thereupon to require processe De excommunicato capiendo to be awarded against every such person as hath been so excommunicate The 13. of Elizabeth Cha. 12. fol. 1099. Reformation of disorders in the Ministers of the Church THat the Churches of the Queens Majesties Dominions may be served with Pastors of sound Religion be it inacted by the authority of this Present Parliament That every person under the degree of a Bishop which doth or shall pretend to be a Priest or Minister of Gods holy word and Sacrament by reason of any other forme of institution Consecration 3. Ed 6. 12. 5. Ed. 6. 1. or ordering than the forme set forth by Parliament in the time of the late King of most worthy memory King Edward the sixth or now used in the reign of our most gracious Soveraign Lady before the feast of the Nativity of Christ next following shall in the presence of the Bishop or Guardian of the spiritualities of some one diocesse where he hath or shall have Ecclesiasticall living declare his assent and a a Dyer fo 377. subscribe to all the Articles of Religion which only concerne the confession of the true Christian faith and the doctrine of the Sacraments comprised in a book imprinted entituled Articles whereupon it was agreed by the Arch B●shops and Bishops of both Provinces and the whole Clergie in the Convocation holden at London in the yeare of our Lord God a thousand five hundred sixty and two according to the computation of the Church of England for the avoyding of the diversities of opinions and for the establishing of consent touching true Religion put forth by the Queens authority and shall bring from such Bishop or Guardian of spiritualties in writing under his seale authentick a testimoniall of such assent and subscription and openly on some Sunday in the time of some publique service afternoone in every Church where by reason of any Ecclesiasticall living he ought to attend read both the said testimonial and the said Articles upon pain that every such person which shall not before the said Feast doe as is above appointed shall be b b Cook l. 6. fo 29. ipso facto deprived and all his Ecclesiasticall promotions shall be void as if he then were naturally dead And that if any person Ecclesiasticall or which shall have Ecclesiasticall living shall advisedly maintaine or affirme any doctrine directly contrary or repugnant to any of the said Articles and being convented before the Bishop of the Diocesse or the Ordinary or before the Queens Highnesse Commissioners in causes Ecclesiasticall shall persist therein or not revoke his error or after such revocation eftsoones affirme such untrue doctrine such maintaining or affirming and persisting or such eftsoon affirming shall be just cause to deprive such person of his Ecclesiasticall promotions And it shall be lawfull to the Bishop of the Diocesse or the Ordinary or the said Commissioners to deprive such persons so persisting or lawfully convicted of such eftsoones affirming and upon such sentence of deprivation pronounced he shall be indeed deprived And that no person shall hereafter be admitted to any Benefice with Cure except he then be of the age of three and twentie years at the least and a Deacon and shall first have subscribed the said Articles in presence of the Ordinary and publikely read the same in the Parish Church of that benefice with declaration of his unfained assent to the same And that every person after the end of this Session of Parliament to be admitted to a benefice with Cure except that within two moneths after his induction he doe publiquely read the said Articles in the same Church whereof he shall have Cure in the time of Common Prayer there with declaration of his unfeined assent thereto and be admitted to minister the Sacrament within one yeare after his induction if he be not so admitted before shall be upon every such default ipso facto immediately deprived And that no person now permitted by any dispensation or otherwise shall retain any Benefice with cure being under the age of one and twenty years or not being Deacon at the least or which shall not be admitted as is aforesaid within one year next after the making of this act or within six moneths after he shall accomplish the age of 24. yeares on pain that such his dispensation shall be meerly void And that none shall be made Minister or admitted to preach or administer the Sacraments being under the age of 24. years nor unlesse he first bring to the Bishop of that Diocesse from men known to the Bishop to be of sound Religion a Testimoniall both of his honest life and of his professing the doctrine expressed in the said Articles nor unlesse he be able to answer and render to the Ordinary an accompt of his faith in Latine according to the said Articles or have speciall gift and ability to be a Preacher nor shall be admitted to the order of Deacon or Ministry unlesse he shall first subscribe to the said Articles And that none hereafter shall be admitted to any Benifice with Cure of or about the value of thirty pounds yearly in the Queens Books unlesse he shall then be a Batchelour of Divinity or a Preacher lawfully allowed by some Bishop within this Realme or by one of the Universities of Cambridge or Oxford And that all admissions to Benefices Institutions and inductions to be made of any person contrary to the forme or any provision of this Act and all tolerations dispensations qualifications and licences whatsoever to be made to the contrary hereof shall be meerly void in law as if they never were Provided alway that no title to conferre or present by a a Dyer fo 377. 346. 369. Co. ll 6. fo 29. lapse shall accrue upon any deprivation ipso facto but after six moneths after notiec of such deprivation given by the Ordinary to the Patron The 1. of Iames Chap. 10. fol. 1262. Nothing shall be taken for the report of a Case referred by any Court FOrasmuch as all exactions extortions and corruptions are odious and prohibited in all well governed Common-weales Be it inacted that no person to whom any order or cause shall be committed or referred by any of the Kings Iudges or Courts at Westminster or any