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<HEAD>RESOLVES OF The COMMONS a&s;&s;embled in Parliament, Concerning &s;uch MINISTERS as &s;hall Preach or Pray again&s;t the pre&s;ent Government e&s;tabli&s;hed by Parliament.</HEAD>
<OPENER>Re&s;olved, &amp;c.</OPENER>
<P N="1">I. THat if any Mini&s;ter &s;hall directly or indirectly preach, or publiquely pray again&s;t the Power, Authority or Proceedings of this pre&s;ent Par|liament, or again&s;t the pre&s;ent Government e&s;tabli&s;hed by Authority thereof.</P>
<P N="2">II. Or &s;hall directly or indirectly, in preaching or praying, make mention of <HI>Charls Stuart,</HI> or <HI>Iames Stuart,</HI> Sons to the late King, who by judgement of Par|liament are Declared Enemies, and &s;tand excepted from pardon, otherwi&s;e then as the Enemies to this Commonwealth; or &s;hall under the Name of the Royal I&s;&s;ue or otherwi&s;e, promove any Title or Intere&s;t taken away, or declared again&s;t by Authority of this Parliament, to the prejudice of this pre&s;ent Government.</P>
<P N="3">III. Or &s;hall not keep and ob&s;erve days of publique Humiliation or Thank&s;|giving, appointed or to be appointed by Authority of Parliament; or &s;hall not publi&s;h the Acts, Orders or Declarations of Parliament, being enjoyned and di|rected thereunto by Authority of the &s;ame, having due notice thereof, without rea&s;onable cau&s;e to the contrary &s;hewed, &s;hall be deemed, taken and adjudged Delinquents, and within the re&s;pective Orders, Ordinances and Acts touching Seque&s;tration, as to their Eccle&s;ia&s;tical Benefices and Stipends.</P>
<P>And that in all &s;uch ca&s;es, the Committee of Parliament for plundred Mini|&s;ters, and all other Committees or Commi&s;sioners for Seque&s;tration in the re&s;pe|ctive Counties and places throughout this Commonwealth, &s;hall have power, and are hereby authorized and enjoyned to take cognizance thereof, and effectu|ally to proceed thereupon accordingly.</P>
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<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE>Die Lunae, 9 Iulii, 1649.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P><HI>ORdered by the Commons a&s;&s;embled in Parliament, That the &s;aid In&s;tructions be forthwith printed and publi&s;hed.</HI></P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Hen: Scobell,</SIGNED>
Cleric. Parliamenti.</CLOSER>
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<P><HI>London,</HI> Printed for <HI>Edward Husband,</HI> Printer to the Parliament of <HI>England, Iuly</HI> 10. 1649.</P>
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