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<HEAD>&leaf; <DATE>Die Mercurii 8^o Septemb. 1641.</DATE></HEAD>
<P>_WHereas divers Innovations in or about the wor&s;hip of God, have
been lately practized in this Kingdom, by injoyning &s;ome things,
and prohibiting others without warrant of Law, to the great
grievance and di&s;content of his Maje&s;ties Subjects. For the &s;up|pre&s;&s;ion
of &s;uch Innovations, and for pre&s;ervation of the pub|like
Peace, It is this day Ordered by the Commons in Par|liament
a&s;&s;embled, That the Church-Wardens of every Pari&s;h
Church and Chappell re&s;pectively, do forthwith remove the
Communion Table from the Ea&s;t end of the Church, Chappell,
or Chancell, into &s;ome other convenient place, and that they
take away the Railes, and levell the Chancels, as heretofore
they were, before the late Innovations.</P>
<P>That all Crucifixes, &s;candalous Pictures of any one or more per&s;ons of the Trinitie,
and all Images of the Virgin <HI>Mary</HI> &s;hall be taken away and aboli&s;hed, and that all Tapers,
Candle&s;ticks, and Ba&s;ins, be removed from the Communion Table.</P>
<P>That all corporall Bowing at the name <HI>(JESUS)</HI> or towards the Ea&s;t end of the Church,
Chappell, or Chancell, or towards the Communion Table, be henceforth forborn: That the
orders afore&s;aid be ob&s;erved in all the &s;everall Cathedrall Churches of this Kingdom, and
<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 span"> Churches or Chappels in the two Vniver&s;ities, or any other part of the
Kingdom, and in the Temple Church, and the Chappels of the other Innes of Court, by
the Deans of the &s;aid Cathedrall Churches, by the Vice Chancellour of the &s;aid Vniver&s;i|ties,
and by the Heads and Governours of the &s;everall Colledges and Halls afore&s;aid, and
by the Benchers and Readers in the &s;aid Innes of Court re&s;pectively.</P>
<P>That the Lords Day &s;hall be duly ob&s;erved and &s;anctified: All Dancing, or other
Sports, either before or after Divine Service be forborn and re&s;trained; and that the preach|ing
of Gods word be permitted in the afternoon in the &s;everall Churches and Chappels of
this Kingdom, and that Mini&s;ters and Preachers be incouraged thereunto.</P>
<P>That the Vice-Chancellors of the Vniver&s;ities, Heads and Governours of Colledges,
all Par&s;ons, Vicars, and Church-Wardens, do make Certificates of the performance of
the&s;e Orders: and if the &s;ame &s;hall not be ob&s;erved in any the places aforementioned, upon
complaint thereof made to the two next Iu&s;tices of Peace, Major, or head Officers of Ci|ties
or Towns Corporate, It is Ordered that the &s;aid Iu&s;tices, Major, or other head Of|ficer
re&s;pectively, &s;hall examine the trueth of all &s;uch complaints, and certifie by who&s;e de|fault
the &s;ame are committed, All which Certificates are to be delivered in Parliament be|fore
the thirtieth of October next.</P>
<P><HI>Re&s;olved upon the Que&s;tion.</HI></P>
<P>That this Order now read &s;hall be an Order of it &s;elf without any addition for the pre&s;ent,
and that it &s;hall be Printed and publi&s;hed.</P>
<P>It is further Ordered, That the Knights, Citizens, and Burge&s;&s;es of every Shire,
Citie, and Borough, do take care to publi&s;h this Order in their &s;everall Counties, Cities,
and Boroughs.</P>
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<P>&para;Imprinted at London by Robert Barker Printer to the Kings
mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;tie: And by the A&s;signes of John Bill. 1641.</P>
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