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<head>An act to encourage <add>promote</add> the frequenting of Divine Service</head> | |||
<head>Recitals</head> | |||
<p>1<hi rend='superscript'>st</hi> That the present Statutes are insufficient<lb/> | |||
2<hi rend='superscript'>d</hi> That they are improper — insomuch as they make that<lb/> | |||
the point of fear of Human punishments which ought<lb/> | |||
to be <sic>chearful</sic> & voluntarily<lb/> | |||
3<hi rend='superscript'>d</hi> That the spectacle of his Creatures engaged in innocent<lb/> | |||
amusements behoves to be pleasing to God<lb/> | |||
4<hi rend='superscript'>thly</hi> That there is nothing against their <del>being engaged in</del> in<lb/> | |||
Scripture<lb/> | |||
5<hi rend='superscript'>th</hi> That the <add>allowance of their</add> celebration of them after Service may be a<lb/> | |||
means of inducing persons to resort thither <sic>chearfully</sic>; provided<lb/> | |||
none but such as have been at Church [<del><gap/></del> from the<lb/> | |||
beginning to the end] be permitted to be present either as Actors<lb/> | |||
or Spectators <note>Encouragement of singing</note><lb/> | |||
That Archery, <add>Military Exercise</add> Cricket, Trap Ball, Base Ball,<lb/> | |||
And all Games of Dexterity wherever a Ball is used<lb/> | |||
Leaping, Pitching the Bar, Running [with some others]<lb/> | |||
be allowed<lb/> | |||
That no Games of Chance be <sic>allow'd</sic><lb/> | |||
That voluntary Subscriptions or Gifts of prizes be <sic>allowd</sic><lb/> | |||
but no betting the prizes to be in kind and not in money<lb/> | |||
That stocks be provided or any other <add>such</add> engine for keeping<lb/> | |||
an offender in an incommodious attitude as a vestry<lb/> | |||
shall appoint.<lb/> | |||
That Umpires be chosen for each Day by the majority<lb/> | |||
of Parishioners men and Women + <note>+ except married women who are not to vote when their Husbands are present.</note> being of the age of 21<lb/> | |||
That a Justice of Peace being a Layman [if more than one]<lb/> | |||
to cast Lots] or in default of such an one the Rector or<lb/> | |||
Vicar, if no Rector or Vicar, the Curate, if no Curate any<lb/> | |||
other Clergyman, if no Clergyman the Churchwardens [to cast</p> | |||
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SABBATH
An act to encourage promote the frequenting of Divine Service
Recitals
1st That the present Statutes are insufficient
2d That they are improper — insomuch as they make that
the point of fear of Human punishments which ought
to be chearful & voluntarily
3d That the spectacle of his Creatures engaged in innocent
amusements behoves to be pleasing to God
4thly That there is nothing against their being engaged in in
Scripture
5th That the allowance of their celebration of them after Service may be a
means of inducing persons to resort thither chearfully; provided
none but such as have been at Church [ from the
beginning to the end] be permitted to be present either as Actors
or Spectators Encouragement of singing
That Archery, Military Exercise Cricket, Trap Ball, Base Ball,
And all Games of Dexterity wherever a Ball is used
Leaping, Pitching the Bar, Running [with some others]
be allowed
That no Games of Chance be allow'd
That voluntary Subscriptions or Gifts of prizes be allowd
but no betting the prizes to be in kind and not in money
That stocks be provided or any other such engine for keeping
an offender in an incommodious attitude as a vestry
shall appoint.
That Umpires be chosen for each Day by the majority
of Parishioners men and Women + + except married women who are not to vote when their Husbands are present. being of the age of 21
That a Justice of Peace being a Layman [if more than one]
to cast Lots] or in default of such an one the Rector or
Vicar, if no Rector or Vicar, the Curate, if no Curate any
other Clergyman, if no Clergyman the Churchwardens [to cast
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