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Eli trembling for fear of the ark a sermon preached at St. Mary Aldermanbury, December 28, 1662 / by Edmund Calamy ... upon the preaching of which he was committed prisoner to the gaol of Newgate, Jan. 6, 1662 ; together with the mittimus and manner of his imprisonment, annexed hereunto.
Oxford : s.n., 1662
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A Copy of the Mittimus and manner of Imprisonment of Mr. Edmund Calamy.
For as much as I have received a Certificate from and under the Hand and Seal of the right Reverend Father in God Gilbert Lord Bishop of London, that Mr. Edmund Calamy late Curate of the Parish Church of St. Mary Aldermanbury in the said City of London, being (according as is provided and enacted by the late Act of Parliament made for the Uniformity of Public Prayers, &c.) by reason of his Inconformity disabled to preach or read a•y Lecture or Sermon, in any Church or Chapel within his Majesties Realm of England, or Dominion of Wales, and town of Berwick upon Tweed, and continuing and remaining still so disabled, did since the Feast of St. Bartholomew last past, upon two several days, viz, on Tuesday the twenty sixth day of August last past, and upon Sunday the twenty eighth day of December, 1662, in the said Church of St. Mary Aldermanbury presume and take upon himself (without any lawful approbation and licen•e thereunto) to preach or read two several Sermons or Lectures publicly before the Congregation then and there in the said Church assembled, contrary to, and in contempt of Authority of the said Act of Parliament: These are therefore (as I am required by the said Act in his Majesties Name to will and command you to receive into your custody within the Gaol of Newgate the Body of the said Edmund Calamy brought unto you therewith, and him there detain for the offence aforesaid, for the Term of three Months from the day of the date hereof, without Bail or Maine prise, according to the tenor and effect of the Act of Parliament aforesaid. And this shall be your Warrant therein, dated this fifth day of January. 1662.
FOr as much as I have received a Certificate from and under the Hand and Seal of the right Reverend Father in God Gilbert Lord Bishop of London, that Mr. Edmund Calamy late Curate of the Parish Church of St. Mary Aldermanbury in the said City of London, being (according as is provided and enacted by the late Act of Parliament made for the Uniformity of Publick Prayers, &c.) by reason of his Inconformity disabled to preach or read ay Lecture or Sermon, in any Church or Chappell within his Majesties Realm of England, or Dominion of Wales, and town of Barwick upon Tweed, and continuing and remaining still so disabled, did since the Feast of St. Bartholomew last past, upon two several dayes, viz, on Tuesday the twenty sixth day of August last past, and upon Sunday the twenty eighth day of December, 1662, in the said Church of St. Mary Aldermanbury presume and take upon himself (without any lawfull approbation and licene thereunto) to preach or read two severall Sermons or Lectures publickly before the Congregation then and there in the said Church assembled, contrary to, and in contempt of Authority of the said Act of Parliament: These are therefore (as I am required by the said Act in his Majesties Name to will and command you to receive into your custody within the Gaol of Newgate the Body of the said Edmund Calamy brought unto you therewith, and him there detain for the offence aforesaid, for the Term of three Months from the day of the date hereof, without Bail or Maine prise, according to the tenor and effect of the Act of Parliament aforesaid. And this shall be your Warrant therein, dated this fifth day of January. 1662.