Now, I believe that this respect for the Act of Uniformity arises simply from the fact that no one reads it. The greater part has long since become a dead-letter, and if the whole were swept away our position would be very slightly changed. The following is a short summary:— 1. That the Book of Common Prayer as revised in 1660 should be used instead of that of Edward VI. 2. That all parsons, vicars, or other ministers should subscribe, according to the form above given, before the Feast of St. Bartholomew, 1662; or within one month be deprived, _ipso facto_, of their spiritual promotions. 3. That every person who may hereafter be presented to any living make the same Subscription. 4. That every resident incumbent, where a curate is kept, read the common prayers and service at least once a month, or forfeit 5_l._ to the poor of the parish, on conviction before two justices of the peace. 5. That all deans, canons, &c., and even tutors in private families, shall subscribe a declaration against rebellion, a promise to conform to the Liturgy, and until the year 1682 a renunciation of the Solemn League and Covenant. 6. That no person shall act as schoolmaster or private tutor in any family without a licence from the Bishop, and that any person teaching without a licence shall be liable to imprisonment for three months and a fine of 5_l._ 7. That no person shall be admitted to any benefice who is not in holy orders by episcopal ordination; or administer the Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper unless he be ordained priest by episcopal ordination, upon pain of a penalty of 100_l._ 8. That the penalties in this Act shall not extend to foreigners or aliens of the Foreign Reformed Churches allowed, or to be allowed, by the King’s Majesty, his heirs and successors in England. 9. That all heads of colleges read the Morning Prayer in their college chapel at least once in every quarter, upon pain to lose and be suspended of and from all benefits and profits belonging to the same Government or Headship by the space of six months. 10. That all lecturers or preachers shall, on their admission and on the first lecture day in every month afterwards, read the prayers for the time of the day, and shall afterwards declare their unfeigned assent and consent to the Book of Common Prayer according to the prescribed form; that if they neglect to do so they shall be disabled to preach the said or any other lecture; and that if they preach when so disabled they shall suffer three months’ imprisonment in the common gaol without bail or main-prise. 11. That whenever a sermon or lecture is to be preached the common prayer and service for that time of the day must be read. 12. That previous statutes be not repealed. 13. That the parishioners of the several parishes procure copies of the Prayer-book before the Feast of St. Bartholomew, 1662. 14. That the Book be translated into Welsh.