A55307:174
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.
And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That every Person Ordained between the Year of our Lord 1644, and the First of May, in the Year 1680, according to the Form of Ordination, used by laying on of hands by the Presbytery, shall be as capable of any Ecclesiastical Benefice, or Promotion, as if he had been Ordained according to the Form of Making and Ordaining Priests and Deacons in the Church of England: And that every Person Ordained only by Presbyters since the Year of our Lord 1660, shall not be admitted to any Benefice, unless he receive a second Imposition of Hands from some Bishop, to recommend him to the Grace of God, for the Work or Exercise of his Office, in the Place or Charge unto which he is called; and the Bishop shall frame his Words accordingly.
And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That every Person Ordained between the Year of our Lord 1644, and the First of May, in the Year 1680, according to the Form of Ordination, used by laying on of hands by the Presbytery, shall be as capable of any Ecclesiastical Benefice, or Promotion, as if he had been Ordained according to the Form of Making and Ordaining Priests and Deacons in the Church of England: And that every Person Ordained only by Presbyters since the Year of our Lord 1660, shall not be admitted to any Benefice, unless he receive a second Imposition of Hands from some Bishop, to recommend him to the Grace of God, for the Work or Exercise of his Office, in the Place or Charge unto which he is call'd; and the Bishop shall frame his Words accordingly.
And Whereas, by a Statute made in the 13th. and 14th. Year of His Majesties Reign that now is, Entitled, An Act for the Uniformity of the Public Prayer, and Administration of Sacraments, & other Rites and Ceremonies, and for Establishing the Form of Ordaining & Consecrating Bishops, Priests, and Deacons, in the Church of England, ⟨p. 122⟩there are two Declarations imposed upon several Persons, and in such manner as is there specified.
And Whereas, by a Statute made in the 13th. and 14th. Year of His Majesties Raign that now is, Entituled, An Act for the Uniformity of the Publick Prayer, and Administration of Sacraments, & other Rites and Ceremonies, and for Establishing the Form of Ordaining & Consecrating Bishops, Priests, and Deacons, in the Church of England,