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A84520	A collection of certaine statutes in force, vvith full and ready notes in the margent, containing their effect in briefe. As also the ordinances for the better observation of the Lords day, and the fast dayes. Published for the better caution of such as are inclinable to delinquency against the severall effects of those statutes and ordinances. And also for the better information of all such officers and ministers as are by late speciall warrants authorised and commanded to put the same statutes and ordinances in execution. For the better suppressing 1. Of unlawfull pastimes and abuses on the Lords day. 2. Of prophane swearing and cursing. 3. Of the loathsome sin of drunkennesse. 4. Of the severall offences committed by inne-keepers, ale-house-keepers, and unlicensed ale-house-keepers. 5. Of unlawful games. And severall other abuses. Being appointed by the Lord Mayor of the City of London to be published in all congregations within his jurisdiction.	England and Wales.; W. B., co-author.	1644 (1644)	Wing E887; Thomason E16_26; ESTC R8377	42,137	48

strong therefore and let not your hands be weak for your worke shall be rewarded Therefore let us as the holy Ghost saith in the 1 Chron. 22. and the 16. verse Arise and be doing and the Lord will be with us Thus I humbly wish that this worke may be seriously thought upon and faithfully carried on to the high pleasure of Almighty God and the profit and quiet of the Common wealth Yours W. B. The Titles of the Statutes and Ordinances contained in this Collection viz. 1. Car. 1. There shall be no Assemblies for unlawfull Pastimes on the Lords day Page 1. 3. Car. 1. A Restraint of divers abuses committed on the Lords Day pag. 3. 1. Jac. 22. The duty of Shoomakers pag. 5. An Ordinance of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament for the better observation of the Lords day pag 5 21. Jac. 20. None shall prophanely swear or curse pag. 9 1. Jac. 9. Severall penalties of Ale-house-keepers for their severall offences pag. 10. 4. Jac. 5. The penalty of a Drunkard and of him that continueth drinking in an Ale-house pag. 14. 7. Jac. 10. The penalty for an offence committed against any of the Branches of the Statute of 1. Jac. 9. or 4. Jac. 5. touching Ale-house-keepers and Drunkards pag. 18. 21. Jac. 7. The Statutes of 1. Jac. 9. and 4. Jac. 5. made perpetuall One witnesse shall be sufficient to convince a man of Tipling or Drunkennesse pag. 18. 1. Car. 4. Forreiners as well as Inhabitants shall not be permitted to Tipple in Innes Ale-houses c. pag. 21. 5. 6. Ed. 6. cap. 25. None shall sell Ale or Beer without Licence and they shall be bound by Recognisance pag. 22. 3. Car. 3. The forfeiture and punishment of him that keepes an Ale-house without Licence pag. 25. 4. Jac. 4. In what case only Ale or Beer may be sold to an Alchouse-keeper having no Licence pag. 28. 33. Hen. 8. cap. 8. Artillery shall be maintained and unlawfull Games debarred pag. 30. 2. 3. Phil. Mar. cap. 9. All Licences to keep houses for unlawfull Games shall be void pag. 35. An Ordinance of the Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled for the better observation of the Monethly Fast pag. 36. Dalton fol. 363. The Form of an Oath concerning the Office of a Constable pag. 39. Anno primo CAROLI REGIS CAP. I. There shall be no Assemblies for unlawfull Pastimes upon the Lords-day FOrasmuch as there is nothing more acceptable to God then the true and sincere Service and Worship of him according to his holy will and that the holy keeping of the Lords-day is a principall part of the true Service of God which in very many places of this Realm hath been and now is profaned and neglected by a disorderly sort of people in exercising and frequenting Bear-baiting Bull-baiting Enterludes common Playes and other unlawfull exercises and pastimes upon the Lords-day And for that many quarrels bloodsheds and other great inconveniencies have grown by the resort and concourse of people going out of their own Parishes to such disordered and unlawfull exercises and pastimes neglecting Divine-worship both in their owne Parishes and elsewhere Be it enacted by the Kings most excellent Majestie and the Lords and Commons in this present Parliament assembled and by the authority of the same That from and after forty dayes next after the end of this Session of Parliament there shall be no meetings assemblies or concourse of No meetings out of their own Parishes on the Lords day for any sports No unlawfull pastimes to be used by any person within his own Parish 3. 5. 4. d. for every offence to the poor people out of their own Parishes on the Lords day within this Realm of England or any the Dominions thereof for any sports and pastimes whatsoever nor any Bear-baiting Bull-baiting Enterludes common Playes or other unlawfull exercises and pastimes used by any person or persons within their own Parishes and that every person persons offending in any the premises shall forfeit for every offence three shillings four pence The same to be employed and converted to the use of the poor of the Parish where such offence shall be committed And A Justice of the County or chief officer of any Corporate Town upon view confession or proof of one witnes upon oath shall give warrant to the Constables or Church-wardens of the Parish to levie the said penalty by distresse that if any one Justice of the Peace of the County or the chief Officer or Officers of any City Borough or Town Corporate where such offence shall be committed upon his or their view or consession of the party or proof of any one or more witnesses by oath which the said Justice or chief Officer or Officers shall by vertue of this Act have authority to minister shall finde any person offending in the premisses the said Justice or chief Officer or Officers shall give Warrant under his or their hand and seal to the Constables or Church-wardens of the Patish or Parishes where such offence shall be committed to levie the said penalty so to be assessed by way of distresse and sale of the goods of every such offender rendring to the said offenders the over-plus of the money raised of the said goods so to be sold In default of distress the offender shall be set in the stocks for three hours If any be sued for executing this Law he may plead the generall issue None to be impeached unlesse questioned within a moneth after the offence committed And in default of such distresse that the party offending be set publikely in the stocks by the space of three hours And that if any man be sued or impeached for the execution of this Law he shall and may plead the generall Issue and give the said matter of Justification in evidence Provided that no man be impeached by this Act except he be called in question within one moneth next after the said offence committed Provided also that the Ecclesiasticall Jurisdiction within this Realm or any the Dominions thereof by vertue of this Act or any thing therein contained shall not be abridged but that the Ecclesiasticall Court may punish the said offences as if this Act had not been made Anno tertio CAROLI REGIS CAP. I. A Restraint of divers abuses committed on the Lords-day FOrasmuch as the Lords-day commonly called Sunday is much broken and profaned by Carriers Wagoners Carters Wain-men Butchers and Drovers of Cattell to the great dishonour of God and reproach of Religion Be it therefore enacted by the Kings most excellent Majestie the Lords Commons in this present Parliament assembled and by the authority of the same That no Carrier with any Horse or Horses nor Waggon-men No Carrier with horse waggon-man nor Carman with Waggons or Carts Wain-men with Wains nor Drover with Cattell shal travell on the Lords-day upon forfeiture of 20. 3. for every offence If a Butcher kill or sell any

A COLLECTION Of certaine Statutes in force VVith full and ready notes in the Margent containing their effect in briefe As also the ORDINANCES for the better observation of the Lords Day and the Fast Dayes Published For the better caution of such as are inclinable to Delinquency against the severall effects of those STATUTES and Ordinances And also For the better Information of all such Officers and Ministers as are by late speciall Warrants authorised and commanded to put the same Statutes and Ordinances in execution For the better suppressing 1. Of unlawfull Pastimes Pastimes and abuses on the Lords day 2. Of prophane Swearing and Cursing 3. Of the loathsome sin of Drunkennesse 4. Of the severall offences committed by Inne-keepers Alehouse-keepers and unlicensed Ale-house-keepers 5. Of unlawfull Games And severall other abuses Being appointed by the Lord Mayor of the City of London to be published in all Congregations within his Jurisdiction London printed by Robert White and are to be sold at his house On Adling-Hill MDCXLIV THE EPISTLE TO The READER To whose serious consideration are presented some Arguments to move all good Christians to consider their Vows made in their late solemn Covenant And accordingly to assist in this great work of active Reformation Courteous Reader HEre is set out to thy view in this ensuing Treatise some of the penall Statutes now in force against the hainous and common offences of vain swearing cursing prophaning of the Lords day drunkennesse and common gaming c. which offences have from one end of the Kingdom to the other deeply dishonoured our God provoked his wrath against us disgraced the gospell and Religion professed amongst us and made the land to mourne and languish under many heavy judgements and now at last under that sore Plague of civill war the effectuall suppressing of which abominations how happily may it conduce to repaire the honour of God to appease the wrath of the most high to adorne and credit the Gospel of Christ and to obtaine healing for a bleeding languishing dying Nation The vowes of God are upon us most strongly obliging us sincerely to assist in this worke as appears by our late nationall Covenant for Reformation which we have solemnly sworne That we shall sincerely really and 〈…〉 constantly through the grace of God in our severall places and callings without respect of persons endeavour the extirpation of Popery Prelacy Superstition Heresie Schisme Prophanesse and whatsoever Artic ● shall be found to be contrary to sound doctrine and the power of godlinesse least we partake of other mens sins and thereby be in danger to receive of their Plagues We shall also according to our places and callings Artic. 6. in this Common Cause of Religion Liberty and peace of the Kingdoms assist and defend all those that enter into this League and Covenant in the maintaining and pursuing thereof Now the forenamed sins are ringleaders in prophannesse directly opposite both to sound doctrine and the power of godlinesse and such person or persons as zealoustie imploy themselves by warrant from authority to see that the penall Statutes and the Ordinances against such sins be effectually put in execution do really proceed as by our Covenant we are strictly engaged according to our places and callings The crushing of these outragious and most scandalous offences in this Kingdom will be no small progresse in the pious designe of Reformation which hath been begged with so many prayers and tears yea dearly bought with so much blood Gods people may herein learne wisdom of the children of this world in their generation for when the Prelatic all and Popish faction had designed the utter ruine of the true Religion amongst us both in truth of doctrine and power of godlinesse and the introducing of Atheisme Popery and prophanesse their compendious method was to stock up the Lords day by the roots both by preaching and publishing licentious Pamphlets against the doctrine and morality of the Sabbath and by sending forth Declarations in the Kings name to be read in all Churches and Chappels directly against the practicall sanctification of the Sabbath Whereby both all godly Ministers all publike Ordinances and therein the whole life of Religion were exposed to contempt So that now we are by Gods great blessing upon the great worke of Reformation in removing the rubbish of sin and advancing pure Ordinances and the power of godlinesse one most compendious way thereto is the carrying on of this worke in the suppressing of the aforesaid abuses and that the Lords day may be restored to her primative glory Much good successe hath already crowned these endeavours in the City of London and places adjacent especially in putting a stop to drunken courses sensuall sports and other prophanations of the Lords day which inviteth London to persist and likewise all the Counties of the Kingdom to set upon the like worke it being a worke that doth so much conduce to the glory of God And it is not doubted but that the Royall City of London will be an exemplary patterne to all the Cities and Counties of the Kingdom of England in spewing out all these loathsome sins for which the Lord might justly cause the land to vomit out her Inhabitants The life of all our politicall Laws consists in their lively and faithfull execution the publishing of these Statutes therefore may be very usefull to all but chiefly for a rule for those to walke by that are authorised to put the same in execution and also for those that are subject to violate the said Lawes that so they may take warning and avoid the penalties A happy thing it were and much to be desired as being a matter much conducing to the carrying on of this worke that all godly Ministers would informe the judgements of the people in their preaching of the greatnesse of these offences that so the sword of the Magistrate and the sword of the Ministry going together the work may be carried on with the more ease to the glory of God the credit of the Gospel and the comfort of the Godly It was the practice of good King Jehosaphat 2 Chro. 17. 8 9. He sent the Priests and Levites to instruct the people and in the 10. verse saith the holy Ghost the feare of the Lord fell upon all the Kingdoms of the lands that were round about Judah so that they made no war against Jehosaphat such glorious effects may this worke produce if it be done with courage for God God now cals for men to put too their helping hand in this active worke for Reformation And let no man think the worke too low for him for the worke is Gods and our Covenant binds us to it and there is a curse pronounced against those that do it not in the 48. of Jer. and the 10 verse Cursed be he that doth the worke of the Lord negligently And for our incouragement it is said in the 2 Chron. 15. and the 7. verse Be ye