A55307:173
The Samaritan showing that many and unnecessary impositions are not the oil that must…The Samaritan shewing that many and unnecessary impositions are not the oyl that must…
The Samaritan showing that many and unnecessary impositions are not the oil that must heal the church together with the way or means to do it / by a country gentleman who goes to common-prayer and not to meetings.The Samaritan shewing that many and unnecessary impositions are not the oyl that must heal the church together with the way or means to do it / by a country gentleman who goes to common-prayer and not to meetings.
London: printed for Tho. Simmons, 1682
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Whereas the Peace of the State is highly concerned in the Peace of the Church, Therefore at all Times, but especially in this Conjuncture, it is most Necessary to be preserved. In Order therefore to remove Differences and Dissatisfactions, which may arise among Protestants, Be it enacted by the Kings most Excellent Majesty, by, and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons in this present Parliament Assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That if any Person shall (without making any Interpretation of his own, unless it be such as shall be allowed to be Orthodox by his Diocesan, or two other Bishops) Subscribe, and Declare his Assent and Consent unto, and Approbation of the Articles of Religion, mentioned in the Statute made in the 13th. Year of the late Q. Elizabeth, except only the 34th. 35th. and 36th. Articles; and also, except these words in the 20th. Article [Viz. The Church hath power to decree Rites & Ceremonies, & Authority in Controversies of Faith,] in like manner as he is already Obliged to Subscribe, and Declare his Assent and Consent unto, and Approbation of, all the said ⟨p. 121⟩39 Articles: Every such Person shall be as capable of taking any Degree in either University, or being Ordained Priest or Deacon, or of being Collated, Admitted, or put into, and to Hold and Enjoy any Ecclesiastical Benefice or Promotion, as if the said Person had Subscribed and Declared his Assent and Consent unto, and Approbation of all the said Articles of Religion.
WHereas the Peace of the State is highly concern'd in the Peace of the Church, Therefore at all Times, but especially in this Conjuncture, it is most Necessary to be preserved. In Order therefore to remove Differences and Dissatisfactions, which may arise among Protestants, Be it enacted by the Kings most Excellent Majesty, by, and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons in this present Parliament Assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That if any Person shall (without making any Interpretation of his own, unless it be such as shall be allowed to be Orthodox by his Diocesan, or two other Bishops) Subscribe, and Declare his Assent and Consent unto, and Approbation of the Articles of Religion, mentioned in the Statute made in the 13th. Year of the late Q. Elizabeth, except only the 34th. 35th. and 36th. Articles; and also, except these words in the 20th. Article [Viz. The Church hath power to decree Rites & Ceremonies, & Authority in Controversies of Faith,] in like manner as he is already Obliged to Subscribe, and Declare his Assent and Consent unto, and Approbation of, all the said