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AN ORDINANCE OF THE LORDS and COMMONS Aſſembled in PARLIAMENT: FOR The preſent ſetling (without further delay) Of the Presbyteriall Government In the Church of ENGLAND

Die Veneris, 5. Junii. 1646.

ORdered by the Lords Aſſembled in Parliament, That this Ordinance concerning Church-Government be forthwith printed and publiſhed.

Joh. Brown Cler. Parliamentorum.

London printed for John Wright at the Kings Head in the old Bayley. 1646.

〈1 page duplicate〉 Die Veneris 5. Junii 1646. AN ORDINANCE OF THE LORDS and COMMONS Aſſembled in PARLIAMENT.

THe Lords and Commons in Parliament, holding their former reſolution, That all notorious and ſcandalous Offenders ſhalbe kept from the Sacrament, have thought fit to make a further addition to the ſcandalous Offences formerly enumerated, for which men ſhall be kept from the Sacrament; and leaſt the ſtay of the enumeration, and the not naming of Commiſſioners to judge of Caſes not enumerated, ſhould hinder the putting in execution the Presbyterian Government already eſtabliſhed: They have thought fit, that in regard that divers perſons fit to be Commiſsioners, according to the laſt Ordinance of 14 Martii 1645. by reaſon of the preſent Diſtractions, are abſent from their habitations, and ſo cannot doe the ſervice therein, which otherwiſe they might doe: They doe therefore Ordaine, that in ſtead and place of Commiſsioners in the ſaid Ordinance,

THomas Earle of Arundell and Surry, Algernon Earle of Northumberland, Henry Earle of Kent, John Earle of Rutland, Philip Earle of Pembroke and Montgomery, Robert Earle of Eſſex, Theophilus Earle of Lincolne, Charles Earle of Nottingham, James Earle of Suffolke, William Earle of Salisbury, John Earle of Bridgewater, Robert Earl of Warwieke, Bazill Earle of Denbigh, Iames Earle of Middleſex, Oliver Earle of Bollingbrooke, Edward Earle of Mancheſter, Edmond Earle of Mulgrave, Henry Earle of Stamford, William Lord Vifcount Say and Seale, George Lord Berkley, Francis Lord Dacres, Philip Lord Wharton, Francis Lord Willoughby of Parham, Dudley Lord North, Iohn Lord Hunſdon, Charles Lord Stanhopp, Edward Lord Mountague, William Lord Grey of Warke, Iohn Lord Roberts, William Lord Maynard, Edward Lord Howard of Eſcrich, Richard Lord Herbert Cherberry, Thomas Lord Bruce.

Francis Rous, Edmund Prideaux Eſquires, Sir Henry Vane Senior, Iohn Glyn Eſquire, Recorder of London; Sir Robert Harley, Bulſtrode Whitlock Eſquire, Humphrey Salloway Eſquire, Maſter Serjeant Wilde, Oliver St. Iohn Eſquire, his Majeſties Sollicitor; Sir Benjamin Rudyard Knight, Maſter Tate, Sir Iohn Clotworthy Knight, Iohn Maynard Eſquire, Sir Henry Vane junior Knight, William Pierrepont Eſquire, William Wheeler Eſquire, Sir William Maſham, VValter Young, Sir Iohn Evelyn Knight, Iohn Selden Eſquire, Samuel Browne Eſquire, Sir William Strickland, Walter Long Eſquire, Herbert Morley Eſquire, George Snelling Eſq Harbottle Grimſton Eſq Iohn Boys Eſq Richard Shuttleworth, Lord Fairfax, Sir Iohn D'Anvers, Iohn Crew Eſq Sir Anthony Irby, Sir John Holland, Sir Philip Stapleton, Luke Robinſon Eſq Thomas Weſtrow Eſq Denzell Hollis Eſq Henry Lucas Eſq Sir Iohn Dreydon, Robert Reynolds Eſq Sir Thomas Middleton, Robert Iennor Eſq Henry Oxenden Eſq Sir Gilbert Gerrard, Nicholas Stoughton Eſq Sir Iohn Burgoyne, Sir Edward Aiſcough, Iohn Swynfen Eſq Sir Henry Heyman, Edw. Leigh Eſq Sir Thomas VVroth, Samuel Gott Eſq Sir John Bamfield, VVilliam Ball Eſq John Palmer Eſq Laurence VVhitacre Eſq Sir Arther Haſlerigg, Sir Dudley North, Sir VVilliam VValler, Nathaniel Bacon Eſq Richard Edwards Eſq Luke Hodges Eſq Sir VVilliam Lewis, Francis Allen Eſq Giles Greene Eſq John Gourdon Eſq Dennis Bond Eſq Sir Peter VVentworth, Sir Samuel Luke, Edward Bainton Eſq Richard Salloway junior, Simon Theloall Eſq Oliver Gromwell Eſq Iſaac Pennington Eſq Alderman of the City of London, John Ven Eſq Doctor John Bond, Sir Richard Onſlow, Sir VVilliam Armyn, VVilliam Aiſcough Eſquire, George Abbot Eſquire, Cornelius Holland Eſquire, John Blackinſten Eſquire, Lord Herbert, Sir VValter Erle, Henry Martin Eſquire, Sir Thomas Dacres, Richard Brown Eſquire, VVilliam E lis Eſquire, John Liſle Eſquire, VVilliam Aſhurſt Eſquire, Sir John Treavor, Sir Nathaniel Barnardiſton, Thomas Lord VVenman, Sir Martin Lumley, Samuel Vaſſall Eſquire, Sir Matthew Boynton, Jervace Piggot Eſquire, John Hutchinſon Eſquire, Thomas Hatcher Eſquire, James Fiennes Eſquire, Valentine Walton Eſquire, John Stephens Eſquire, John Evelyn of Surry, Thomas Scott Eſquires, Thomas Pury Eſquire, Henry Peck Eſquire, Thomas Hodges of Glouceſterſhire Eſquire, William Leman Eſquire, Richard Winwood Eſquire, John Lowry Eſquire, Sir Martin Liſter, Sir Edmond Fowell, Robert Wallop Eſquire, Richard Whitehead Eſquire, Nathaniel Hallows Eſquire, Robert Brewſter Eſquire, Sir Edward Hungerford, Richard Norton Eſquire, Sir Thomas Barnadiſton, Sir Thomas Trenchard, Miles Corbet Eſquire, Sir Henry Mildmay, Thomas Atkin Eſquire, Alderman of the City of London, Lord Cranborne, Roger Hill Eſquire, Sir John Barington, John Trenchard Eſquire, Sir John Corbet, Alexander Popham Eſquire, Sir Samuel Roll, Sir John Coke, John Nut Eſquire, Ralph Aſhton Eſquire, Richard Barwis Eſquire, William Armyn Eſquire, Richard Tolſon Eſquire, Sir Henry Cholmly, Sir Thomas Widdrington, George Fenwicke Eſquire, Edmond Ludlow Eſquire, Lillibon Long Eſquire, Franois Drake Eſquire, Sir Michaell Liveſay, Edward Stephens Eſquire, Sir William Spring, James Herbert Eſquire, Henry Laurence Eſquire, John Roll Eſquire, Sir John Francklyn, Thomas Sandys Eſquire, Sir Thomas Maliverer, Sir William Litton, Nathaniell Fiennes Eſquire, William Purefoy Eſquire:

Or any nine of them ſhall be a Committee of Lords and Commons, to adjudge and determine ſcandalous offences not formerly enumerated, and the Elderſhips ſhall proceed in the Examinations of ſuch ſcandalous offences according to the cauſions and reſtrictions mentioned in the Ordinance of the twentieth of October, 1645. And the ſaid Committee ſhall have ſuch power, and ſhall proceed in ſuch ſort as is hereafter menrioned.

If any notorious and ſcandalous offence not formerly enumerated be committed by any within any Elderſhip, and ſo after full proofe ſhall be found before the Elderſhip, who ſhall have power to examine Proofs and Witneſſes on both ſides, in caſe both the Elderſhip and the party complained of do agree, the Proofs and Examinations to be duly taken, the ſaid Elderſhip ſhall forthwith certifie the ſaid Offence, with the Proofs, to the ſaid Committee of Parliament, who ſhall with all convenient ſpeed determine and adjudge the ſame; But in caſe the party accuſed ſhall finde himſelfe grieved, either by the not examination or undue examination of Witneſſes, or miſ-entring of the Depoſitions, in ſuch caſe he ſhall forth with declare the ſame to the Elderſhip, who ſhall relieve him if there be cauſe, which if they ſhall not do, then the three Juſtices of Peace next to the Pariſh whereof the party complained of is a Member, or any two of them, not being of the ſame Elderſhip before whom the Complaint lyes, ſhall have power, and are hereby inabled and required forthwith to examine upon Oath the ſaid Witneſſes that were not examined, or were miſ-examined, or whoſe Depoſitions were miſ-entred, and with all convenient ſpeed returne the Examination to the ſaid Committee of Parliament: And in caſe the ſaid Juſtices, or any two of them, do not finiſh their Examination, within ſix daies after the Cauſe ſhall be preſented to them, the Party ſhall abſtaine untill they have finiſhed and certified their Examinations; And the ſaid Committee upon hearing the whole matter from the Elderſhip and Juſtices, or either of them, ſhall adjudge whether the ſame be a notorious and ſcandalous offence, and ſo proved or no. And in caſe the ſaid Committee ſhall not adjudge and determine the Caſe within fourteen dayes after the receipt of the Certificate to them made, the party againſt whom the ſaid Certificate ſhall be made, ſhall abſtaine from the Sacrament, untill the Committee ſhall determine the ſame, unleſſe in the meane time the Party ſhall ſhew his repentance for the ſaid offence, and thereof give ſatisfaction to the Elderſhip; And if the ſaid Committee ſhall adjudge the ſame not to be a ſcandalous Offence, or not well proved, the ſaid party ſhall be admitted to the Sacrament; and if they ſhall adjudge the ſame to be a ſcandalous Offence, and ſo proved, he ſhall not be admitted to the Sacrament untill he ſhall have teſtified his repentance to the Elderſhip.

And be it further Ordained, That the Elderſhip ſhall either give perſonall notice to the Party complained of before them, or elſe leave notice in writing at his dwelling place, of the time and place when and where they will examine Witneſſes againſt him, and alſo of the time that they will make their Certificate to the Committee of Parliament. And in caſe information ſhall be given to the Elderſhip of a notorious and ſcandalous offence committed by any within their Elderſhip, they ſhall forth with proceed to the Examination thereof; and if they cannot finiſh their examination til the week before the Sacrament, and they ſhall then finde by ſufficient proof that he hath committed a notorious and ſcandalous Offence, and yet they cannot certifie the ſame before the Sacrament, it being to be adminiſtred within a week after, in ſuch caſe the Party ſhall abſtaine from the Sacrament for the next time onely, unleſſe the Committee of Parliament, to whom the ſame is to be certified, ſhall adjudge the ſame a notorious and ſcandalous offence, and ſo proved; for which he ought to be kept from the Sacrament: and in ſuch caſe, upon the teſtifying of his repentance to the Elderſhip, he ſhall be againe reſtored to the Sacrament, and not before.

And be it further Ordained, If any ſhall finde themſelves agrieved with the judgement againſt him given by the ſaid Committee, they ſhall appeale from thence to both Houſes of Parliament if they ſee cauſe.

And be it Ordained, That the Committee to whom the ſaid Certificate ſhall be made, as aforeſaid, ſhall report to both Houſes the ſaid ſeverall Caſes to them certified, and their judgements thereupon, that ſo the offences not yet enumerated may be added to the enumeration, in caſe the Houſes ſhall ſo thinke fit, and in their Reports they ſhall take care that they firſt report thoſe Certificates and their opinions thereupon, wherein they at any time ſhall differ from the Elderſhip.

And be it further Ordained, That this Ordinance ſhall continue for the ſpace of three yeers and no longer, unleſſe both Houſes think fit to continue it.

Joh. Brown Cler. Parliamentorum.
22 Aprill, 1647. Remedies for removing ſome Obſtructions in Church-Government. Reſolved, &c.

1. THat Letters from the Speakers of both Houſes be ſent into all Counties (from whence no returne hath been certified) That their reſpective Counties be divided into diſtinct Claſſes, and the ſame certified forthwith, with the Names of Miniſters and others fit to be of each Claſſis, according to the Ordinance.

2 That ſuch returnes from any of the Counties as are already made, or ſhall hereafter be made, be referred to be conſidered of by the Committee of Lords and Commons for judging of Scandall, and that ſo ſoone as ſuch returnes ſhall be made, the Speakers of both Houſes doe ſend the ſaid returnes to the ſaid Committee accordingly; and that ſuch being by them conſidered of and allowed, ſhall have power to act according to Ordinance of Parliament.

3 That the ſeverall Claſſes conſtituted by Parliament, in the ſeverall Counties within the Limits of the ſaid reſpective Claſſes, where no Congregationall Presbyteries are already ſetled, ſhall have from time to time power to nominate ſuch Miniſters and others as are qualified according to the Ordinance, to joyne with them in the ſame, to be approved by the Committee of Lords and Commons appointed to judge of Scandall, untill ſuch time as Congregationall Presbyteries ſhall be ſetled within the ſaid reſpective precincts: And when the ſaid Congregationall Presbyteries ſhall be ſetled within the ſaid Limits, That then the ſaid Congregationall Presbyteries ſhall act according to the power and directions of the Ordinance in that behalf; And that ſuch power ſhall be executed, not onely in caſes of death, or other departure of any Miniſter or Elder from the place of their wonted dwelling, but alſo in caſe of increaſe of Miniſters and Congregationall Elderſhips in their ſeverall precincts.

4 That at any ſuch time as ſeven Congregationall Elderſhips, or more, ſhall be conſtituted in any Claſſicall precinct in any of the Counties, by the reſpective Claſſes eſtabliſhed by Parliament, the ſame ſhall by them be ſignified to the ſeverall Congregationall Elderſhips ſo eſtabliſhed; and the ſaid Congregationall Elderſhips ſhall forthwith proceed to depute ſuch of their Elders as are moſt fit, who together with their Miniſters (according to the Ordinance of Parliament) ſhall meet as a Claſſis, and ſhall be, to all intents and purpoſes, thenceforth the Claſſis of that precinct, and execute all power belonging to ſuch or any former Claſſis; and the Claſſis formerly conſtituted by Parliament, ſhall ceaſe as to that precinct.

5 That the Elders of the Claſſis of the Province of London, ſhall hold their Provinciall Aſſembly in the Convocation-houſe at Pauls Church in London, upon the firſt Munday in May next enſuing, and may adjourn their meeting de die in diem, and conclude their meeting with Adjournment unto the next opportunity, according to the Ordinance of Parliament: And that no Act ſhall paſſe or be valid in the ſaid Province of London, but what ſhall be done by the number of Six and thirty preſent, or the major part of them, whereof Twelve to be Miniſters, and Four and twenty to be Ruling-Elders; and that the firſt meeting of the Provinciall Aſſemblies in the ſeverall Counties, be appointed by the Committee of Lords and Commons aforeſaid, and may adjourne as aforeſaid; who are to appoint the number of which each Province ſhall conſiſt, and the Quorum that ſhall act in each Province.

6 That in the Claſſicall meeting of all Claſſes, that which ſhall be done by the major part preſent, ſhall be eſteemed as the act of the whole Claſſicall number; and the ſame to hold in the City of London in their meeting of Triers, and in all their Claſſicall meetings, and in the ſeverall Counties; and that no act done by any Claſſis ſhall be valid and good, unleſle it be done by the number of fifteen preſent, or the major part of them, whereof five to be Miniſters, and ten to be Ruling Elders.

Joh. Brown Cler. Parliamentorum.
FINIS.