“In those days, an offender might have his Clergy even for Murder _toties quoties_, but this was restrained by the statute of 4 _Hen. VII. cap._ 13, that he should have it but once. And for the better Observance of that Law, it was then provided That the Criminal should be marked upon the Brawn of the Left Thumb, that he might be known again upon a second Offence”—“which was not intended as any Part of the Judgment”—“It was only a Mark set upon the Offender that he might not have his Clergy a second Time.” By the Common Law, “all Offenders, except in Treason against the Person of the Queen,” should have the Benefit of Clergy “and _toties quoties_; but by statute of 25 _Ed. III. cap._ 4, it was prohibited in Treasons; and by that of 4 _Hen. VII._ it is restrained to one Time, so that now (_i.e._ in 1711) there are but very few cases wherein the Common Law denies Clergy, but in many ‘tis taken away by several acts of Parliament.” Among those from whom it was thus taken away, were Popish Recusants by act of 35 _Eliz. cap._ 1 and 2, and those who receive Priests being natives of England, and ordained by the See of Rome by act of 27 _Eliz. cap._ 2. “In Anno 2 _Ed. VI._, the Reformers, intending to bring the Worship of God under set forms, compiled a Book of Common Prayer, which was established by Act of Parliament in that year.” “But because several things were contained in that Book which showed a compliancy to the superstitious Humours of those times, and some Exceptions being made to it by precise Men at Home and by JOHN CALVIN abroad, therefore two years afterwards it was reviewed, in which _Martin Bucer_[31] was consulted and some Alterations were made, which consisted in adding some Things and leaving out others, as in the former Edition: { A general Confession { of sins to the daily service. { { A general Absolution { to the truly Penitent. { { The Communion to { begin with reading the The { Commandments, the Additions { People kneeling. were, viz.: { { And a Rubrick Concerning { the Posture of { kneeling, which was { afterwards ordered to be { left out by the statute of { the 1 _Eliz._, but is now { again explained as in 2 { _Ed. VI._ { The use of Oil in Confirmation { and Extream { Unction. Prayers for { Souls departed. Left out: { { And what tended to a { Belief of the Corporeal { Presence in the Consecration { of the Eucharist.”