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An Act for the Vniformity

be from and after the said feast of the nativity of Saint Iohn Baptist in full force and effect, according to the tenor and effect of this statute : anything in the foresaid statute of repeal to the contrary notwithstanding.

And further be it enacted by the Queens Highness, with the assent of the Lords and Commons of this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, that all and singular Ministers in any Cathedrall, or parish-church, or other place within this Realm of England, Wales, and the Marches of the same, or other the Queens dominions, shall from and after the feast of the nativity of St. Iohn Baptist next coming, be bounden to say and vse the Mattens, Evensong, celebration of the Lords supper, and Administration of each of the sacraments, and all other common and open prayer in such order and form as is mentioned in the said book, so authorized by Parliament in the said fifth and sixth year of the reign of King Edward the sixth, with one alteration or addition of certein lessons to be vsed on every Sunday in the year, and the form of the Letany altered, and corrected, and two sentences only added in the delivery of the sacrament to the communicants, and none other or otherwise. And that if any manner of Parson, Vicar, or other whatsoever Minister, that ought or should sing or say common prayer mentioned in the said book, or minister the Sacraments from and after the feast of the nativity of Saint John Baptist next coming, refuse to vse the said common prayers, or to minister the sacraments, in such Cathedral, or Parish church, or other places, as he should vse to minister the same in such order and form as they be mentioned and set forth in the said book, or shall wilfully or obstinately standing in the same, vse any other Rite, Ceremony, Order, Form, or Manner of celebrating of the Lords Supper openly or privily, or Mattens, Evensong, Administration of the sacraments, or other open prayers, then is mentioned and set forth in the said book [Open prayer