The English nonconformity as under King Charles II and King James II truly stated…

M. 1. We must assent and consent to the Rubric, which commandeth [That every Parishioner shall Communicate three times a year at least. 2. The Oath of Canonical Obedience binds us to obey the 112 Canon, as well as the rest; which saith [The Minister, Churchwardens, Questmen and Assistants of every Parish-Church and Chapel, shall yearly within 40 days after Easter exhibit to the Bishop or his Chancellor, the Names, and Surnames of All the Parishioners as well Men as Women, which being at the Age of 16 years, received not the Communion at Easter before.] And then they are to be Excommunicated if they refuse, and to lie in Jail till they die, when taken by the Writ De Excommunicato Capiendo.

M. 1. We must assent and consent to the Rubrick, which commandeth [That every Parishioner shall Communicate three times a year at least. 2. The Oath of Canonical Obedience binds us to obey the 112 Canon, as well as the rest; which saith [The Minister, Churchwardens, Questmen and Assistants of every Parish-Church and Chappel, shall yearly within 40 days after Easter exhibit to the Bishop or his Chancellor, the Names, and Surnames of All the Parishioners as well Men as Women, which being at the Age of 16 years, received not the Communion at Easter before.] And then they are to be Excommunicated if they refuse, and to lie in Jail till they die, when taken by the Writ De Excommunicato Capiendo.

L. And why should not men be forced to their Duty, and to their own good, if they are backward to it?

M. The internal part is the first and chief part of their Duty, without which the external is not their Duty, but their great Sin. It is the Duty of Heathens to Believe and be baptized, but not to be baptized till they believe. It is the Duty of Candidates for the Ministry, to get Ability and Ordination and to officiate. But not to officiate before they get Ability and Ordination. It is the Duty of every Man to believe the Truth of the Gospel, and to profess that belief: But to say he believeth, when he doth not, is Hypocrisy and Lying. It is a slothful Man's Duty to rise and dress him, and go to his Work; but not to work in Bed, or go abroad Naked. Men that need Marriage must Marry, and then liberis operam dare, but not to do this before they Marry. So Persons that are unfit for the Sacrament must be fit, and then receive it, but not before they are fit. Now if you can force them by a Gaol out of Ignorance, unbelief and ungodliness, it will be a very charitable work: Otherwise you force them upon Sacrilege and Profanation to their Damnation. Why else doth the Common-Prayer Book persuade the Blasphemers and hinderers of God's