[155] Ile's Case (1671) 1 Ventr. 153; R. _v._ Thame (Churchwardens) (1719) 1 Str. 115; Olive _v._ Ingram (1739) 2 Str. 1114; R. _v._ Taunton St. James (Churchwardens) (1776) 1 Cowp. 413; R. _v._ Minister, &c., of Stoke Damerel (1836) 5 A. & E. 584, 590, sq.; Cansfield _v._ Blenkinsop (1849) 4 Ex. 234. [156] (1856) 19 & 20 Vict. c. 104, s. 9. [157] 1 & 2 Will. 4, c. 38, s. 16. [158] Wyndham _v._ Cole (1875) 1 P. D. 130. [159] 3 Burn, 452; Strype's Annals, vol. i. ch. xiii., XXX. pp. 178-81, 345, sq.; (ed. 1824, pp. 265-69, 514-16); Martyn _v._ Hind (1776) 2 Cowp. 437, 438-39, 444. [160] Particulars as to readers and their powers and functions in consecrated buildings and elsewhere will be found in another Handbook of the present Series: _Lay Work and the Office of Reader_, by Dr. Yeatman-Biggs, afterwards made Bishop of Worcester. [161] 2 Edw. 7, c. 42, s. 7 (6). CHAPTER V DIVINE SERVICE 1. Every deacon and priest before his ordination, and, as mentioned above, every incumbent, before he is admitted to his benefice, and every stipendiary curate, on entering upon his curacy, declares that in public prayer and administration of the sacraments he will use the form prescribed in the Book of Common Prayer and none other except so far as ordered by lawful authority.[162] This uniform use is enjoined by the Acts of Uniformity and the Prayer Book itself, which has legal force as part of the Act of 1662, and by the 14th Canon, except so far as modifications are permitted under the Act of Uniformity Amendment Act of 1872, which, like the Act of 1662, was passed at the instance of Convocation.[163] No clergyman, therefore, may alter, add to, or diminish the form of worship therein prescribed, including the lessons.[164] The expression "lawful authority" occurs in the Act of 1662, which directs that in those portions of the Prayer Book which relate to the King, Queen, or Royal progeny the names shall be altered from time to time as occasion requires according to the direction of lawful authority. This is explained by Bishop Gibson to mean, according to practice, the authority of the Sovereign in Council.[165] The archbishops and bishops have no authority, combined or singly, to order modifications of or additions to the forms of Divine service, except to the extent permitted by the Act of 1872. The Preface to the Prayer Book "Concerning the Service of the Church" expressly contemplates that in lieu of diversity of use in different dioceses and parts of the realm, all shall henceforth have but one use. The only function of the prelates which it recognises in the matter is the power of the bishop to set at rest any doubts which may arise as to the construction of the Prayer Book and the proper practice thereunder, with liberty to him, if he is himself in doubt, to refer to the archbishop. But the Act of 1872 permits (_a_) the use, upon a special occasion approved by the ordinary,