THe Estates of Parliament having seriously considered, how necessar it is for the good and peace of the Church and State, That His Majesties Power and Authority, in relation to Matters and Persons Ecclesiastical, be more clearly asserted by an Act of Parliament; Have therefore thought fit it be Enacted, Asserted and Declared, Likeas, His Majesty, with Advice and Consent of His Estates of Parliament, doth hereby Enact, Assert and Declare, That His Majesty hath the Supreme Autho­rity and Supremacy over all Persons and in all Causes Ecclesiastical within this His Kingdom; and that by vertue thereof, the Ordering and Disposal of the External Government and Policy of the Church doth properly belong to His Majesty and His Successors, as an inherent Right of the Crown: And that His Majesty and His Successors may Settle, Enact and Emit such Constitutions, Acts and Orders, concerning the Administration of the External Government of the Church, and the Persons imployed in the same, and concerning all Ecclesiastical Meetings, and Matters to be proposed and determined therein, as they in their Royal Wisdom shall think fi [...]. Which Acts, Orders and Constitutions, being Recorded in the Books of Council and duly published, are to be observed and obeyed by all His Majesties Subjects, any Law, Act or Custom to the contrary notwithstanding. Likeas, His Majesty, with Advice an [...] Consent foresaid, doth Rescind and Annull all Laws Acts and Clauses thereof, and all Customs and Constitutions, Civil or Ecclesiastick, which are contrary to, or inconsistent with, His Majesties Supremacy as it is hereby asserted, And declares the same void and null in all time coming.