are, and ought to be Made, Ordained, and Consecrated: May it please Your Majesty, That it be enacted, and be it enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and of the Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by Authority of the same, That all and singular Ministers, in any Cathedral, Collegiate, or Parish Church or Chapel, or other Place of Public Worship within this Realm of Ireland, shall be bound to say and use the Morning Prayer, Evening Prayer, Celebration and Administration of both the Sacraments, and all other the Public and Common Prayer, in such order and form as is mentioned in the said Book annexed and joined to this present Act, and intituled, The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, according the Use of the Church of England; together with the Psalter or Psalms of David, pointed as they are to be sung or said in the Churches; and the Form or Manner of Making, Ordaining, and Consecrating of Bishops, Priests, and Deacons and that the Morning and Evening Prayers therein contained, shall upon every Lord's Day, and upon all other days and occasions, and at the times therein appointed, be openly and solemnly read by all and every Minister or Curate in every Church, Chapel, or other Place of Public Queen's Printers'. 1. 6. and by the Authority. Worship within this His Majesty's Realm of Ireland. And to the end that Uniformity in the Public Worship of God, which is so much desired, may be speedily effected; Be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That every Parson, Vicar, or other Minister whatsoever, who now hath and enjoyeth any Ecclesiastical Benefice or Promotion within this Realm of Ireland, shall in the Church, Chapel, or Place of Public Worship belonging to his said Benefice or Promotion, upon some Lord's Day before the Feast of the Nativity of our blessed Lord and Saviour Commonly called Xmas day, which shall be in the Year of our Lord God One thousand six hundred sixty and four, openly, publicly, and solemnly read the Morning and Evening Prayer appointed by this Act to be read, by and according to the said Book of Common Prayer, at the times thereby appointed; and after such reading thereof, shall openly and publicly, before the Congregation there assembled, declare his unfeigned assent and consent to the Use of all things in the said Book contained and prescribed in these words, and no other: I A. B. do here declare my unfeigned assent and consent to all and every thing contained and prescribed in and by the Book intituled, The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, according to the Use of the Church of England: together with the Queen's Printers'. 11. 10, 11. Feast-day of the Annunciation of the blessed Virgin Mary. 11. 12, 13. sixty and seven. 1. 21. do hereby declare. Psalter or Psalms of David, pointed as they are to be sung or said in Churches; and the Form or Manner of Making, Ordaining and Consecrating of Bishops, Priests, and Deacons. And that all and every such Person, who shall, without some lawful Impediment, to be allowed and approved of by the Ordinary of the Place, neglect or refuse to do the same within the time aforesaid, or in case of such Impediment, within one month after such Impediment removed, shall (ipso facto) be deprived of all his Spiritual Promotions; and that from thenceforth it shall be lawful to and for all Patrons and Donors of all and singular the said Spiritual Promotions, or any of them, according to their respective Rights and Titles, to present or collate to the same, as though the Person or Persons, so offending or neglecting, were dead. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That every Person who shall hereafter be presented or collated, or put into any Ecclesiastical Benefice or Promotion within this His Majesty's Realm of Ireland, shall in the Church, Chapel, or Place of Public Worship belonging to his said Benefice or Promotion, within two months next after that he shall be in the actual possession of the said Ecclesiastical Benefice or Promotion, upon some Lord's Day, openly, publicly, and solemnly read the Morning and Evening Prayers, appointed to be read by, and according to the said Book of Common Prayer, at the times thereby appointed; and after such reading thereof, Queen's Printers'. shall openly and publicly, before the Congregation there assembled, declare his unfeigned assent and consent to use of all things therein contained and prescribed, according to the Form before appointed: And that all and every such Person, (who shall without some lawful Impediment, to be allowed and approved by the Ordinary of the Place neglect or refuse to do the same within the time aforesaid, (or in case of such Impediment, within one month after such Impediment removed, shall (ipso facto) be deprived of all his said Ecclesiastical Benefices and Promotions; And that from thenceforth it shall and may be lawful to and for all Patrons and Donors of all and singular the said Ecclesiastical Benefices and Promotions, or any of them, (according to their respective Rights and Titles, to present or collate to the same, as though the Person or Persons, so offending or neglecting, were dead. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That in all Places where the proper Incumbent of any Parsonage or Vicarage, or Benefice with Cure, doth reside on his Living, and keep a Curate, the Incumbent himself in person, not having some lawful Impediment, to be allowed by the Ordinary of the Place, shall once at the least in every month, openly and publicly read the Common Prayers and Service in and by the said Book prescribed, and, if there be occasion, administer each of the Sacraments, and other Rites of the Church, in the Parish Church or Chapel of or belonging to the same Parsonage, Vicarage, or Queen's Printers'. Benefice, in such order, manner, and form, as in and by the said Book is appointed, upon pain to forfeit the sum of five pounds to the use of the poor of the Parish for every offence, upon conviction by confession, or proof of two credible witnesses upon oath, before two Justices of the Peace of the County, City, or Town-corporate where the offence shall be committed, which oath the said Justices. are hereby empowered to administer, and in default of payment within ten days, to be levied by distress and sale of the goods and chattels of the Offender, by the warrant of the said Justices, by the Church-wardens or Overseers of the poor of the said Parish, rendering the surplusage to the Party offending. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That every Dean and other Dignitary, Canon, Prebendary, and Warden of every Cathedral or Collegiate Church, and all Masters and other Headfellows, Chaplains, and Tutors of or in any College, Hall, House of Learning, or Hospital, and every public Professor and Reader in any Universities, College or Colleges, which are or shall be within this Realm, and every Parson, Vicar, Curate, Lecturer, and every other Person in Holy Orders, and every Schoolmaster keeping any public or private School, and every Person instructing or teaching any Youth in any House or private Family as a Tutor or Schoolmaster, who, upon the nine and twentieth day of September, which shall be in |