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Recusants.
' thence upon pain to lose his Goods and Chattels, and all his Lands,
&c.
' for his life. But if he have no place of abode, he shall within
the
' time aforesaid, repair to the place where he was born, or his Father
or
' Mother dwells, upon pain of Forfeiture as aforesaid: And being
come
' to such place, shall within twenty days present himself, and give his
' name to the Minister or Curate, and to the Constable, &c. And
the
' Minister or Curate shall enter his name in a Book, to be kept in the
' Parish; and the Minister and Constable shall certifie the same to the
next
' Sessions, and the Justices shall enter it in the Rolls. |
Chap. 81. |
§. 25.
Abjuration. |
' A convicted Popish Recusant of small ability (not
having 20 Mark
' Freehold per annum, or 40 Pounds in Goods, nor being a Feme
Covert)
' that shall not repair to his place of usual dwelling, or place of birth,
' or where his Father or Mother is dwelling, and there notifie himself
' to the Minister and Constables, according to the Statute of 35 El.
1. Or
' shall afterwards remove above five Miles from the same. If after
he be
' apprehended, and shall not conform himself within 3 months, in coming
' usually to Church, and in making such publick submission, as in the said
' Statute is appointed, being thereunto required; then any two Justices
of
' Peace, or Coroner of that County, may require such offender to abjure
' the Realm, and may assign him the time, and Haven, &c. And
every
' such offender, shall upon his Corporal Oath, before the said Justices,
abjure
' this Realm of England, and all other the Kings Dominions for ever. |
35 El. 2. |
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' The Abjuration must be entred and certified, as
herein is directed by
' 35 Eliz. But because that of 35 El. 1. was made against
Sectaries, and
' this of cap. 2. against Popish Recusants, I have so distinguished
them;
' and having observed some difference in penning the two Acts, the only
' remaining difference is in the words of Submission in the Acts, that
of
' Sectaries by 35 El. 1. being thus:
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§. 15.
Submission
of Sectaries. |
' I A. B. do humbly confess and
acknowledge, That I have grievously
' offended God, in contemning Her Majesties godly and lawful Government
' and Authority, by absenting my self from Church, and from hearing Divine
' Service, contrary to the godly Laws and Statutes of this Realm; and in
' using and frequenting disordered and unlawful Conventicles and Assemblies,
' under pretence and colour of Exercise of Religion. And I am heartily
sorry
' for the same, and do acknowledge and testifie in my Conscience, that
no other
' Person hath, or ought to have any Power or Authority over Her
Majesty. And
' I do promise and protest, without any dissimulation, or any colour, or
means
' of any dispensation, That from henceforth I will, from time to time,
obey and
' perform her Majesties Laws and Statutes, in repairing to the Church,
and
' hearing Divine Service, and do my utmost endeavour to maintain and defend
' the same. |
35 El. 1. |
§. 17.
Submission
of Recusants. |
' That of Popish Recusants by 35 Eliz. 2.
being thus, I A. B. do humbly
' confess and acknowledge, That I have grievously offended God in contemning
' Her Majesties godly and lawful Government and Authority, by absenting
my
' self from Church, and from hearing Divine Service, contrary to the godly
' Laws and Statutes of this Realm. And I am heartily sorry for the
same,
' and do acknowledge and testifie in my Conscience, That the Bishop or
See of
' Rome, hath not, nor ought to have any Power or Authority over
Her Majesty,
' or within any Her Majesties Realms or Dominions. And I do promise
' and protest without any dissimulation, or any colour, or means of any
dispensation,
' That from henceforth I will from time to time, obey and perform Her
' Majesties Laws and Statutes in repairing to the Church, and hearing Divine
' Service, and do my utmost endeavor to maintain and defend the same. |
35 El. 2. |
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