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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A79649	A collection of articles injunctions, canons, orders, ordinances, and constitutions ecclesiastical with other publick records of the Church of England; chiefly in the times of K. Edward. VIth. Q. Elizabeth. and K. James. Published to vindicate the Church of England and to promote uniformity and peace in the same. And humbly presented to the Convocation.	Church of England.; Sparrow, Anthony, 1612-1685.; Hollar, Wenceslaus, 1607-1677, engraver.	1661 (1661)	Wing C4093A; ESTC R211415	186,414	341

thabrogacion of certayne holy dayes accordyng to the transumpte late sent by the kyngs hyghnes to all bysshops with his graces strayght commaundement to signifie his farther pleasure to all Colleges religious houses and Curates within theyr diocesse for the publicacion and also effectuall vniuersall obsercion of the same Anno 1536. FOr as moch as the nombre of holy dayes is so excessyuely growen and yet dayly more and more by mens deuocyon yea rather supersticyon was lyke further to encrease that the same was sholde be not onely preiudiciall to the common weale by reason that it is occasion as well of moche slouth and ydelnes the very nouryshe of theues vacaboundes and of dyuers other unthryftynesse and inconuenyencies as of decaye of good mysteryes and artes vtyle and necessary fort the common welthe and losse of mans fode many tymes beynge clene destroyed through the supersticious obseruaunce of the said holydayes in not takynge thoportunitie of good serene wheather offered vpon the same in time of haruest but also pernicyous to the soules of many men whiche beyng entysed by the lycencyous vacacyon and libertye of those holy dayes do vpon the same commonly vse and practyse more excesse ryote and supersluite than upon any other dayes And sith the Sabboth day was ordeyned for mans vse and therefore ought to gyue place to the necessite and behoue of the same whan soever that shall occurre mouche rather any other holyday institute by man It is therefore by the kings hyghnes auctority as supreme head in earth of the Church of Englande with the Common assente and consent of the prelates and clergy of this his realme in Convocacyon laufully assembled and congregate among other thynges decreed ordeyned and establyshed ¶ Fyrst that the feest of Dedicacyon of the church shall in all places throughout this realm be celebrated and kepte on the fyrst sonday of the moneth of Octobre for ever and vpon none other day ¶ Item that the feest of the patrone of every church within this realm called commonly the Church holyday shall not from henceforth be kepte or obserued as a holyday as heretofore hath been vsed but that it shall be laufull to all and singular persons resydent or dwellynge within this realme to go to their work occupacyon or mystery and the same truely to excercyse and occupy upon the said feest as vpon any other workyeday excepte the said feest of the Church holyday be such as must be ells vniversally observed as a holy day by this ordynaunce following Also that all those feestes or holy days which shall happen to occurre eyther in the haruest time which is to be compted from the fiyst day of Iuly unto the xxix day of Septembre or elles in the terme time at westmynster shall not be kepte or obserued from henceforth as holydayes but that it may be laufull for every man to go to his work or occupacion vpon the same as vpon any other workyeday except alwayes the feestes of the apostles of our blessed lady and of saynt George And also such feesles as wherein the kings Iudges at westmynster hall do not vse to sytte in Iudgement all which shall be kepte holy and solempne of every man as in tyme past have been accustomed Prouyded alwayes that it may be laufull vnto all preestes and clerkes as well secular as regular in the foresayd holydayes now abrogate to synge or saye their accostomed seruyce for those holydayes in their churches so that they do not the same solempnely nor do rynge to the same after the maner vsed in hygh holydayes ne do commaunde or indict the same to be kepte or obserued as holydayes Finally that the feest of the Natiuitie of our lord of Easter of the Natiuitie of saynt Iohn the baptyste and of saynt Mychaell shall be frome henceforth compted and accepted and taken for the iiij generall offering dayes And for further declaracyon of the premysses be it knowen that Easter terme begyneth alwayes the xviii day after Easter reckenyng Easter day for one and endeth the monday next after thascencyon day Trinitie terme begynneth alwayes the wednesday next after thoctaues of Trinitie sonday and endeth the xi or xii day of Iuly Myhgelmas terme beginneth the ix or x. day of October and endeth the xxviii or xxix day of Nouember Hillary terme begynneth the xxiii or xxiiii day of Ianuary and endeth the xii or xiii day of February In Easter terme upon thascencyon daye In Trinite term upon the Nativity of saynt Iohn Baptyst In Myghelmas terme vpon Alhallon day In Hillary terme vpon Candelmas day The kyngs Iudges at westmynster do not use to syt in Iudgement nor vpon any sondayes ¶ Imprynted at London in Fletestrete at the sygne of the Sonne by me Iohn Byddell Cum priuilegio Anno 1536. By the Queen A Proclamation against the despisers or breakers of the orders prescribed in the book of Common prayer THE Queens Majesty being right sorry to understand that the order of common prayer set forth by the common consent of the Realm and by authority of Parliament in the first year of her reign wherein is nothing conteined but the Scripture of God and that which is consonant unto it is now of late of some men despised and spoken against both by open preachings and writings and of some bold and vain curious men new and other Rites found out and frequenced whereupon contentions sects and disquietnesse doth arise among her people and for one godly and uniform order diversity of Rites and Ceremonies disputations and contentions schismes and divisions already risen and more like to ensue The cause of which disorders Her Majesty doth plainly understand to be the negligence of the Bishops and other Magistrates who should cause the good Laws and Acts of Parliament made in this behalf to be better executed and not so dissembled and winked at as hitherto it may appear that they have been For speedy remedy whereof Her Majesty straightly chargeth and commandeth all Archbyshops and Bishops and all Iustices of Assises and Oyer and Termyner and all Majors head officers of Cities and Towns corporate and all other who have any authority to put in execution the Act for the uniformity of common prayer and the administration of the Sacraments made in the first year of Her gracious reign with all diligence and severity neither favouring nor dissembling with one person nor other who doth neglect despise or seek to alter the godly Orders and Rites set forth in the said Book But if any person shall by publick preaching writing or printing contemn despise or dispraise the Orders contained in the said Book they shall immediately apprehend him and cause him to be imprisoned until he hath answered to the Law upon pain that the chief Officers being present at any such preaching and the whole Parish do answer for their contempt and negligence Likewise if any shall forbear to come to the Common prayer and receive the Sacraments of the Church according to

may hear the same And every Sunday and holy day they shall plainly and distinctly read or cause to be read one Chapter of the New testament in English in the said place at Matius immediately after the Lessons and at Even-song after Magnificat one Chapter of the old Testament And to the entent the premisses may be more conveniently done the Kings Majesties pleasure is that when ix Lessons should be read in the Church three of them shall be omitted and left out with the responds and at Evensong time the responds with all the memories shall be left off for that purpose Also because those persons which be sick and in peril of death be oftentimes put in despair by the craft and subtilty of the Devil who is then most busy and specially with them that lack the knowledge sure perswasion and stedfast belief that they may be made partakers of the great and infinite mercy which almighty God of his most bountiful goodnesse and meer liberality without our deserving hath offered freely to all persons that put their ful trust and confidence in him therefore that this damnable vice of despair may be clearly taken away and firme belief and stedfast hope surely conceived of all their parishioners being in any danger they shall learn and have alwayes in a readinesse such comfortable places and sentences of Scripture as do set forth the mercy benefits and goodness of almighty God towards all penitent and believing persons that they may at all times when necessity shall require promptly comfort their flock with the lively word of God which is the onely stay of mans conscience ALSO to avoid all contention and strife which heretofore hath risen among the Kings Majesties subjects in sundry places of his Realmes and Dominions by reason of fond curtesie and challenging of places in procession and also that they may the more quietly hear that which is said or song to their edifying they shall not from henceforth in any parish Church at any time use any procession about the Church or Church-yard or other place but immediately before high Mass the Priests with other of the Quire shall kneel in the midst of the Church and sing or say plainly and distinctly the Litany which is set forth in English with all the Suffrages following and none other procession or Litany to be had or used but the said Litany in English adding nothing thereto but as the Kings grace shall hereafter appoint and in Cathedral or Collegiate Churches the same shall be done in such places as our Commissaries in in our visitation shall appoint And in the time of the Litany of the Masse of the Sermon and when the Priest readeth the Scripture to the parishioners no manner of persons without a just and urgent cause shall depart out of the Church and all ringing and knowling of Bells shall be utterly forborn for that time except one Bell in convenient time to be rung or knowled before the Sermon ALSO like as the people be commonly occupied the work-day with bodily labour for their bodily sustenance so was the holy day at the first beginning godly instituted and ordained that the people should that day give themselves wholly to God And whereas in our time God is more offended then pleased more dishonoured then honored upon the holy day because of idlenesse pride drunkennesse quarelling and brawling which are most used in such dayes people nevertheless perswading themselves sufficiently to honour God on that day if they hear Masse and service though they understand nothing to their edifying therefore all the Kings faithful and loving subjects shall from henceforth celebrate and keep their holy day according to Gods holy will and pleasure that is in hearing the word of God read and taught in private and publick prayers in knowledging their offences to God and amendment of the same in reconciling their selves charitably to their neighbours where displeasure hath been in often times receiving the Communion of the very body and blood of Christ in visiting of the poor and sick in using all sobernesse and Godly conversation Yet notwithstanding all Parsons Vicars and Curates shall teach and declare unto their Parishioners that they may with a safe and quiet conscience in the time of Harvest labour upon the holy and festival dayes and save that thing which God hath sent And if for any scrupulosity or grudge of conscience men should superstitiously abstain from working upon those dayes that then they should grievously offend and displease God ALSO forasmuch as variance and contention is a thing which most displeaseth God and is most contrary to the blessed Communion of the body and blood of our Saviour Christ Curates shall in no wise admit to the receiving thereof any of their Cure and flock who hath maliciously and openly contended with his neighbour unlesse the same do first charitably and openly reconcile himself again remitting all rancour and malice whatsoever controversie hath been between them and neverthelesse their iust titles and rights they may charitably prosecute before such as have authority to heare the same ALSO that every Dean Archdeacon Master of Collegiate Church Master of Hospital and Prebendary being Priest shall preach by himself personally twice every year at the least either in the place where he is intituled or in some Church where he hath jurisdiction or else which is to the said place appropriate or united ALSO that they shall instruct and teach in their Cures that no man ought obstinately and maliciously to break and violate the laudable ceremonies of the Church by the King Commanded to be observed and as yet not abrogated And on the other side that whosoever doth superstitiously abuse them doth the same to the great peril and danger of his souls health as in casting holy water upon his bed upon Images and other dead things or bearing about him holy bread or saint Iohns Gospel or making crosses of wood upon palm-Palm-Sunday in time of reading of the Passion or keeping private holy dayes as Bakers Brewers Smithes Shoomakers and such other do or ringing of holy bells or blessing with the holy candle to the intent thereby to be discharged of the burden of sin or to drive away devils or to put away dreames and phantasies or in putting trust and confidence of health and salvation in the same ceremonies when they be onely ordained instituted and made to put us in remembrance of the benefits which we have received by Christ And if he use them for any other purpose he grievously offendeth God ALSO that they shall take away utterly extinct and destroy all shrines covering of shrines all tables candlesticks trindilles or rolles of wax pictures paintings and all other monuments of feigned miracles pilgrimages Idolatry and superstition so that there remain no memory of the same in walls glasses windows or elsewhere within their Churches or houses And they shall exhort all their Parishioners to do the like within their several houses And that the