formity in Divine Worship might be obtained, and that every Person in Ireland might certainly know the rule to which he was to conform in Public Worship and Administration of Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church of Ireland, and the manner how and by whom Bishops, Priests, and Deacons were, and ought to be Made, Ordained, and Consecrated, enacted, 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, should 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 was mentioned in the said Book annexed and joined to the 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, should 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 Worship in Ireland: and, to the end that Uniformity in the Public Worship of God, which was so much desired, might be speedily effected, enacted that every Parson, Vicar, or other Minister whatsoever, who then had and enjoyed any Ecclesiastical Bene

fice or Promotion in Ireland, should in the Church, Chapel, or Place of Public Worship belonging to his Benefice or Promotion, upon some Lord's Day before the Feast of the Nativity of our blessed Lord and Saviour, commonly called Christmas-day, in the year 1664, openly, publicly, and solemnly read the Morning and Evening Prayer appointed by the Act to be read, by and according to the said Book of Common Prayer, at the times thereby appointed; and after such reading thereof, should 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 hereby 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 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 every Person who should thereafter be presented or collated, or put into any Ecclesiastical Benefice or Promotion in Ireland, should in the Church, Chapel, or Place of Public Worship belonging to his Benefice or Promotion, within two months next after he should be in the actual possession of such 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 ap

pointed; and after such reading thereof, should openly and publicly, before the Congregation there assembled, declare his unfeigned assent and consent to the use of all things therein contained and prescribed, according to the Form before appointed and that in all Places where the proper Incumbent of any Parsonage or Vicarage, or Benefice with Cure, resided on his Living, and kept a Curate, the Incumbent himself in person, (not having some lawful Impediment, to be allowed by the Ordinary of the Place,) should 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 were occasion, administer each of the Sacraments, and other Rites of the Church, in the Parish Church or Chapel of or belonging to such Parsonage, Vicarage, or Benefice, in the order, manner, and form, in and by the said Book appointed: That every Dean and other Dignitary, Canon, Prebendary, and Warden of every Cathedral or Collegiate Church, and all Masters and other Heads, Fellows, 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 were or should be in Ireland, 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 twenty-ninth of September, 1664, or any time thereafter, should be Incumbent, or have possession of any Deanry, Dignity, Canonry, Prebend, Wardenship, Headship, Fellowship, Professor's place, or Reader's place, Parsonage,

Vicarage, or any other Ecclesiastical Dignity or Promotion, or of any Curate's place, Lecture, or School; or should instruct or teach any Youth as Tutor or Schoolmaster, should, before Candlemas day, 1664, or at or before his or their respective admissions, to be Incumbent, or have possession of any the Dignities, Promotions, or Places aforesaid, subscribe the Declaration or Acknowledgement following, scilicet: "I A. B. do declare, That it is not lawful upon any pretence whatsoever to take Arms against the King; and that I do abhor that traitorous position of taking Arms by His Authority against His Person, or against those that are commissioned by him; and that I will conform to the Liturgy of the Church of England as it is now by law established. And I do declare, that I do hold, that there lies no obligation upon me, or on any other Person, from the oath commonly called, The Solemn League and Covenant, to endeavour any change or alter ation of Government, either in Church or State, and that the same was in itself an unlawful oath:" and that no Form or Order of Common Prayers, Administration of Sacraments, Rites or Ceremonies, should be openly used in any Church, Chapel, or other public Place, of or in any College or Hall in any University, College or Colleges within this Realm, or any of them, other than what was prescribed and appointed to be used in and by the said Book; and that the then Governor or Head of every College and Hall in the University, and of the said College or Colleges, within one month after the Feast of the Purification of the blessed Virgin Mary, 1664, and every Governor or Head of any of the said Colleges or Halls thereafter to be elected or

appointed, within one month next after his Election or Collation, and Admission, should openly and publicly, in the Church, Chapel, or other public Place of the College or Hall, and in the presence of the Fellows and Scholars subscribe to the Thirty-nine Articles of Religion agreed upon by the Archbishops and Bishops and the whole Clergy in the Convocation holden at London in the year 1562, for the avoiding of diversities of opinion, and for establishing of consent touching true Religion, and unto the said Book, and declare his unfeigned assent and consent unto, and approbation of the said Articles, and of the same Book, and to the Use of all the Prayers, Rites, and Ceremonies, Forms and Orders in the said Book prescribed and contained, according to the Form aforesaid; and that all such Governors or Heads of the said Colleges and Halls, or any of them, as were or should be in Holy Orders, should once at least in every quarter of the Year, not having a lawful Impediment, openly and publicly read the Morning Prayer and Service in and by the said Book appointed to be read in the Church, Chapel, or other public Place of the College or Hall; provided always, that it might be lawful to use the Morning and Evening Prayer, and all other Prayers and Services prescribed in and by the said Book in the Chapels or other public Places of any Colleges, Halls, or Universities in Ireland, and in the Convocations of the Clergy, in Latin and it further enacted that every person who then was or thereafter should be licensed, assigned, appointed, or received as a Lecturer to preach upon any day of the week in any Church, Chapel, or Place of Public