Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A Word B Word C Word D Occurrence Frequency Band MI MI Band Prominent
lord_n call_v day_n week_n 21,908 5 10.6544 5 false
View all documents for the selected quad

Text snippets containing the quad

ID Title Author Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication) STC Words Pages
B02946 An act for the better observation of the Lords-Day. At the Parliament begun at Westminster, the seventeenth day of Septemb. An. Dom. 1656. England and Wales. Parliament. 1657 (1657) Wing E1094C; ESTC R176082 8,292 16

There is 1 snippet containing the selected quad. | View lemmatised text

AN ACT FOR THE Better Observation OF THE LORDS-DAY At the Parliament begun at Westminster the seventeenth day of Septemb. An. Dom. 1656. Reprinted at Aberden by IAMES BROWN 1657. AN ACT FOR THE BEtter Observation OF THE LORDS-DAY FOrasmuch as God hath appointed one Day in seaven to be kept holy unto himself and that in order thereunto man should abstain from the works of his ordinarie Calling and hath intrusted the Magistrate amongst others to take care therof within his Gates And whereas it is found by daylie experience that the First day of the week being the Lords Day and since the Resurrection of Christ to be acknowledged the Christian Sabbath is frequently neglected and prophaned to the dishonour of Christ and Profession of the Gospel Therefore for the better observation of the said Day and preventing in some measure such Prophanation thereof for the future Be it enacted by his Highnesse the Lord Protector and the Parliament of the Cōmonwealth of England Scotland Ireland and the Dominions therunto belonging that whatsoever person or persons within this Commonwealth shall be found guilty according to this Act of doing committing the Offences herafter mentioned upon the said Lords Day that is to say Betwixt Twelve of the Clock on Saturday night and Twelve of the Clock Lords-Day night shal be adjudged deemed and taken to be guilty of prophaning the Lords-Day That is to say Every person being a Waggoner Carrier Butcher Higler Drover or any of their servants travelling or coming by Land or Water into his or their Inne House or Lodging within the times aforesaid And every Inn-Keeper Victualler or Alehouse Keeper who shall lodge and entertain any such W●ggon●r C●rrier Butcher Higle● Drover or their servants coming travelling as aforesaid Every person using or imploying any Boat Wherry Lighter Barge Horse Coach or Sedan or travelling or labouring with any of them upon the Day aforesaid except it be to and from some place for the service of God or except in case of necessitie to bee allowed by some Iustice of the Peace Every person being in any Tavern Inn Ale-house Uictualing house Strongwater-house Tobaco-house Cellar or Shop not lodging there nor upon urgent necessity to be allowed by a Iustice of Peace or fetching or sending for any Wine Ale or Beer Tobacco Strong-water or other strong Liquor unnecessarly and to Tipple within any other House or Shope And the Keepers or Owners of every such Houses Cellars or Shope-keeping or causing to be kept their Doors ordinarily usually open upon the Day aforesaid Every person Dancing or prophanly Singing or Playing upon Musical Instruments or Tipling in any such Houses Cellars or Shops or else-where upon the Day aforesaid or harbouring or entertaining the persons so offending Every person Grinding or causing to be ground any Corn or Grain in any Miln or causing any Fulling or other Mills to work vpon the Day aforesaid Add every person working in the Washing Whiting or Drying of Clothes Threed or Yarn or causing such Work to be done upon the Day aforesaid Every person setting up burning or branding Beet Truf or Earth upon the Day aforesaid Every person gathering of Rates Loans Taxations or other Payments upon the Day aforesaid Except to the use of the Poor in the Publick Collections Every Chaundler melting or causing to be melted Tallow or Wax belonging to his Calling And every Common Brewer and Baker Brewing and Baking or causing Bread to be baked or Beer or Ale to be brewed upon the Day aforesaid And every Butcher killing any Cattel and every Butcher Costermonger Poulterer Herb-seller Cordwayner Shoomaker or other persons selling exposing or offering to sell any their Wares or Commodities and the persons buying such Wares or Commodities upon the Day aforesaid All Taylors and other Tradsemen sitting or going to sit or carry any wearing Apparell or other things And Barbers Trimming upon the Day aforesaid All persons-keeping using or being present upon the Day aforesaid at any Fairs Markets Wakes Revels Wrestlings Shootings Leaping Bowling Ringing of Bells for pleasure or upon any other occasion saving for calling People together for the Publick Worship Feasts Church-Ale May-poles Gaming Bear-beating Bull-baiting or any other Sports and Pastimes All persons unnecessarily walking in the Church or Church-Yards or elsewhere in the time of Publick Worship And all persons vainly and prophanely Walking on the Day aforesaid And al persōs Traveling carrying Burthens or doing any worldly labours or work of their ordinary Calling on the Day aforesaid shall be deemed guilty of prophaning the Lords-Day And it is Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That every person being of the age of Fourteen years or upwards offending in any of the premises and being convicted thereof by Confession or the view of any Mayor Head-Officer or Iustice of the Peace or upon the Testimony of One or more Witnesses upon Oath before any such Mayor Head-Officer or Iustice of the peace in the County City Division or place where the Offence shall be committed which Oath the said Mayor Iustice of Peace or Head-Officer shall and may administer shall for every such Offence where-of he shall be so convicted forfeit the Sum of Ten shillings Besides which Forfeitures all and every person and persons selling exposing or offering to sell any Wares or Commodities upon the Day aforesaid and in like manner duly convicted shall have their Wares and Commodities so sold exposed or offered to be sold seized and disposed of as is by this Act appointed Provided and it is hereby Enacted and Declared That nothing in this Act contained shall extend to the prohibiting the dressing of Meat in private Families or the dressing or Sale of Victuals in a moderate way in Inns Victualing-Houses or Cooks Shops for the use of such as cannot otherwise be provided for or to the Crying or Selling of Milk before nine of the Clock in the morning or after four of the Clock in the afternoon from the Tenth of September till the Tenth of March or before Eight of the Clock in the morning or after Five of the Clock in the afternoon from the Tenth of March till the Tenth of September yearly Nor to hinder any other works of Piety Necessity or Mercy to be allowed by a Iustice of peace And whereas many Navigable Rivers or Waters extend themselves into or are the Bounds of more Counties then one by reason whereof some Doubts have been raised whether the Iustices of the Peace of any County lying on the one side of such River have any or how far they may have Iurisdiction or power upon or over the same Be it therefore enacted by the Authority aforesaid That the Iustices of Peace of any such County or the Constable or other Officers of any Parish lying on either side of such River shall have Power and are hereby authorised and required to put this Act in execution for the apprehending and punishing of all Water-men Barge-men or other persons whatsoever who shall on the