Ecclesiastical History of England, Volume 5—The Church of the RevolutionStoughton, John
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Ecclesiastical History of England, Volume 5—The Church of the Revolution
Stoughton, John
Great Britain -- Church history
XVII.--Provided always, and be it enacted by the Authority aforesaid,
That if any person or persons, at any time or times, after the 10^{th}
day of June, do, [Sidenote: How punished. See 1 Geo. 1, stat. 2,
cap. 5, f 4.] and shall willingly, and of purpose, maliciously, or
contemptuously, come into any Cathedral, or Parish Church, Chapel, or
other Congregation, permitted by this Act, and disquiet or disturb the
same; or misuse any Preacher or Teacher, such person or persons, upon
proof thereof, before any Justice of Peace, by two or more sufficient
witnesses, shall find two sureties to be bound by recognizance in the
penal sum of fifty pounds, and in default of such sureties shall be
committed to prison, there to remain till the next General or Quarter
Session; and upon conviction of the said offence, at the said General
or Quarter Sessions, shall suffer the pain and penalty of twenty
pounds, to the use of the King’s and Queen’s Majesties, their Heirs and
Successors.
[Sidenote: Place for Worship to be certified.]
XVIII.--Provided always, That no Congregation or Assembly for religious
worship shall be permitted or allowed by this Act until the place of
such meeting shall be certified to the Bishop of the Diocese, or to the
Archdeacon of that Archdeaconry, or to the Justices of the Peace, at
the General or Quarter Sessions of the Peace for the County, City, or
Place, in which such meeting shall be held and registered in the said
Bishop’s or Archdeacon’s Court respectively, or recorded at the said
General or Quarter Sessions; the register or clerk of the Peace whereof
respectively is hereby required to register the same, and to give
certificate thereof to such person as shall demand the same, for which
there shall be no greater fee nor reward taken than the sum of sixpence.
III.--P. 229.
_Extracts from Macpherson’s Original Papers._
To prevent the possibility of misapprehension, it may be proper to
remark that the extracts I have given from _Macpherson’s Original
Papers_, are intended simply to show what was reported and desired
by the Jacobite party. Many statements in the correspondence are
utterly untrustworthy. History has to do not only with what has been
actually accomplished or attempted, but with what has been thought
and said; for rumour and falsehood have been powerful factors in the
affairs of this world.
IV.--P. 263.
_The Writ summoning a Bishop to Parliament._
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