and Supreme Authority in Caufes Ecclefiaftical, to ratify by our Letters Patent under our Great Seal of England, and to confirm the fame, the title and tenor of them being word for sword as enfuctb:

Of the CHURCH of ENGLAND.

1. The King's Supremacy over the Church of England, in Caufes Ecclefiaftical, to be maintained.

AS our duty to the King's most excellent Majesty requireth, we firft decree and ordain, That the Archbishop of Canterbury (from time to time), all Bifhops of this province, all Deans, Archdeacons, Parfons, Vicars, and all other Ecclefiaftical Perfons, fhall faithfully keep and observe, and (as much as in them lieth) fhall caufe to be obferved and kept of others, all and fingular laws and ftatutes, made for reftoring to the Crown of this kingdom the ancient jurifdiction over the State Ecclefiaftical, and abolishing of all foreign power repugnant to the fame. Furthermore, all Ecclefiaftical Perfons, having cure of fouls, and all other Preachers, and Readers of Divinity Lectures, fhall, to the uttermoft of their wit, knowledge, and learning, purely and fincerely, without any colour or diffimulation, teach, manifeft, open, and declare, four times every year at the leaft, in their fermons and other collations and lectures, that all ufurped and foreign power (forafmuch as the fame hath no citablishment nor ground by the law of God) is for moft juft caufes taken away and abolished: and that therefore no manner of obedience, or fubjection, within his Majefty's realms and dominions, is due unto any fuch foreign power, but that the King's power, within his realms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and all other his dominions and countries, is the highest power under God; to whom all men, as well inhabitants, as born within the fame, do by God's laws owe moft loyalty and obedience, afore and above all other powers and potentates in the

earth.

2. Impugners of the King's Supremacy cenfured.

WHOSOEVER fhall hereafter affirm, That the King's Majefty hath not the fame authority in Caufes Ecclefiaftical, that the godly Kings had amongst the Jews and

Chriftian

Chriftian Emperors of the primitive Church; or impeach any part of his regal fupremacy in the faid caufes restored to the Crown, and by the laws of this realm therein eftablished; let him be excommunicated ipfo facto, and not restored, but only by the Archbishop, after his repentance, and public revocation of those his wicked er

rors.

3. The Church of England, a true and Apoftolical Church. WHOSOEVER fhall hereafter affirm, That the Church of England, by law established under the King's Majefty, is not a true and Apoftolical Church, teaching and maintaining the doctrine of the Apoftles; let him be excommunicated ipfo facto, and not restored, but only by the Archbishop, after his repentance, and public revocation of this his wicked error.

4. Impugners of the public Worship of God, eftablished in the Church of England, cenfured.

WHO

HOSOEVER fhall hereafter affirm, That the form of God's worship in the Church of England, established by law, and contained in the Book of Common Prayer and Adminiftration of Sacraments, is a corrupt, fuperftitious, or unlawful worship of God, or containeth any thing in it that is repugnant to the Scriptures; let him be excommunicated ipfo facto, and not reftored, but by the Bishop of the place, or Archbishop, after his repentance, and public revocation of fuch his wicked errors.

5. Impugners of the Articles of Religion, established in the Church of England, cenfured.

W HOSOEVER fhall hereafter affirm, That any of the nine and thirty Articles agreed upon by the Archbifhops and Bishops of both provinces, and the whole Clergy, in the Convocation holden at London, in the year of our Lord God one thousand five hundred fixty-two, for avoiding diverfities of opinions, and for the establishing of confent touching true Religion, are in any part fuperftitious or erroneous, or fuch as he may not with a good confcience fubfcribe unto; let him be excommunicated ipfo facto, and not reftored, but only by the Archbishop, after his repentance, and public revocation of fuch his wicked

errors.

6. Impugners of the Rites and Ceremonies, established in the Church of England, cenfured.

W HOSOEVER fhall hereafter affirm, That the Rites and Ceremonies of the Church of England by law eftablished are wicked, antichriftian, or fuperftitious, or fuch as, being commanded by lawful authority, men, who are zealously and godly affected, may not with any good confcience approve them, ufe them, or, as occafion requireth, fubfcribe unto them; let him be excommunicated ipfo facto, and not restored until he repent, and publicly revoke fuch his wicked errors.

7. Impugners of the Government of the Church of England by Archbishops, Bishops, &c. cenfured.

W WHOSOEVER fhall hereafter affirm, That the government of the Church of England under his Majefty by Archbishops, Bifhops, Deans, Archdeacons, and the reft that bear office in the fame, is antichriftian, and repugnant to the Word of God; let him be excommunicated ipfo facto, and fo continue until he repent, and publicly revoke fuch his wicked errors.

8. Impugners of the Form of confecrating and ordering Archbishops, Bishops, &c. in the Church of England, cenfured. WHOSOEVER fhall hereafter affirm or teach, That the form and manner of making and confecrating Bishops, Priests, and Deacons, containeth any thing in it that is repugnant to the Word of God, or that they who are made Bishops, Priefts, or Deacons, in that form, are not lawfully made, nor ought to be accounted, either by themselves or others, to be truly either Bishops, Priests, or Deacons, until they have fome other calling to those divine offices; let him be excommunicated ipfo facto, not to be restored until he repent, and publicly revoke fuch his wicked errors.

9. Authors of Schifm in the Church of England cenfured.

WHOSOEVER fhall hereafter separate themselves from

the Communion of Saints, as it is approved by the Apoftles Rules, in the Church of England, and combine themfelves together in a new brotherhood, accounting the Chriftians, who are conformable to the doctrine, government, rites and ceremonies of the Church of England, to

be

be profane, and unmeet for them to join with in Chriftian profeffion; let them be excommunicated ipfo facto, and not restored but by the Archbishop, after their repentance, and public revocation of fuch their wicked errors.

10. Maintainers of Schifmatics in the Church of England cenfured.

HOSOEVER fhall hereafter affirm, That fuch Minifters, as refuse to subscribe to the form and manner of God's worship in the Church of England, prefcribed in the Communion Book, and their adherents, may truly take unto them the name of another Church not eftablished by law, and dare prefume to publish it, That this their pretended Church hath of long time groaned under the burden of certain grievances impofed upon it, and upon the members thereof before mentioned, by the Church of England, and the Orders and Conftitutions therein by law established; let them be excommunicated, and not reflored until they repent, and publicly revoke fuch their wicked errors.

11. Maintainers of Conventicles cenfured.

WHOS

HOSOEVER fhall hereafter affirm or maintain, That there are within this realm other meetings, affemblies, or congregations of the King's born fubjects, than fuch as by the laws of this land are held and allowed, which may rightly challenge to themfelves the name of True and Lawful Churches; let him be excommunicated, and not reftored, but by the Archbishop, after his repentance, and public revocation of fuch his wicked errors.

12. Maintainers of Conflitutions made in Conventicles cenfured.

WHOSOEVER fhall hereafter affirm, That it is lawful for any fort of Minifters and Lay-perfons, or of either of them, to join together, and make rules, orders, or conftitutions, in Caufes Ecclefiaftical, without the King's authority, and fhall fubmit themfelves to be ruled and governed by them; let them be excommunicated ipfo facto, and not be reftored until they repent, and publicly revoke thofe their wicked and Anabaptiftical errors.

Of

Of Divine Service, and Administration of the Sacraments.

13. Due Celebration of Sundays and Holy-days.

ALL manner of perfons within the Church of England shall from henceforth celebrate and keep the Lord's Day, commonly called Sunday, and other Holy-days, according to God's holy will and pleafure, and the orders of the Church of England prefcribed in that behalf; that is, in hearing the Word of God read and taught; in private and public prayers; in acknowledging their offences to God, and amendment of the fame; in reconciling themfelves charitably to their neighbours, where difpleasure hath been; in oftentimes receiving the Communion of the body and blood of Chrift; in vifiting of the poor and fick; ufing all godly and fober converfation.

14. The prefcript Form of Divine Service to be used on Sundays and Holy-days.

HE Common Prayer fhall be faid or fung diftin&tly

THE and reverently upon fuch days as are appointed to be kept holy by the Book of Common Prayer, and their eves, and at convenient and ufual times of thofe days, and in fuch place of every Church as the Bishop of the diocefe, or Ecclefiaftical Ordinary of the place, fhall think meet for the largenefs or ftraitnefs of the fame, fo as the people may be moft edified. All Minifters likewife fall obferve the Orders, Rites, and Ceremonies prefcribed in the Book of Common Prayer, as well in reading the holy Scriptures, and faying of Prayers, as in adminiftration of the Sacraments, without either diminishing in regard of preaching, or in any other refpect, or adding any thing in the matter or form thereof.

15. The Litany to be read on Wednesdays and Fridays.

THE Litany fhall be faid or fung when, and as it is fet

down in the Book of Common Prayer, by the Parfons, Vicars, Minifters, or Curates, in all Cathedral, Collegiate, Parish Churches, and Chapels, in fome convenient place, according to the difcretion of the Bishop of the diocefe, or Ecclefiaftical Ordinary of the place. And that we may fpeak more particularly, upon Wednesdays and Fridays weekly, though they be not Holy-days, the Minifter, at

the