at any Time or Times, to fummon and convene before them all fuch Perfons within the Limits of their refpe&tive Jurifdictions, Powers and Authorities, as they should or might fufpect to be dangerous, or difaffected to us, or our Government, and fhould and might tender to every fuch Perfon and Perfons, the Oath in that Act mention'd, commonly call'd, The Abjuration Oath, and fhould at the next Quarter Seflions of the Peace, to be held for the County or Place in which the faid Oath should be tender'd, certify the Chriftian Name and Sirnames, and Places of Abode, of all Perfons refufing to take the faid Oath, to be there recorded, and fhall be from thence certify'd by the Clerk of the Peace of fuch County, Riding, Liberty, Borough, Town Corporate, or Place within England, into the Court of Chancery, or King'sBench at Westminster, and by the Clerk of the Peace of every Shire, Stewarty, Borough, or Place, in Scotland, into the Court of Seffion there, to be recorded in the Regifter, or Rolls of the faid refpective Courts; and if the Perfon fo refusing and certify'd, fhall not within the next Term, or Seflion, after fuch Refufal, appear in the Court of Chancery, King's Bench, or Seffion, where fuch Certificate fhall be return'd, and in open Court audibly and folemnly take and fubfcribe the Oath aforefaid, and endorfe, or enter, his fo doing upon the Certificate fo return'd, fhall be from the Time of fuch his Neglect or Refufal, taken, efteem'd, and adjudg'd a Popish Recufant Convict, and as fuch, fhall forfeit and undergo fuch Penalties as a Popish Recufant Convict ought to do, by the Laws then in Force within England: And by an Act made in the Five and Thirtieth Year of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth, every Popish Recufant Convict is to repair to the Place of his ufual Dwelling, or Abode, and not at any Time to remove above five Miles from thence, unless thereunto licens'd according to the Direction of that Act, or of a fubfequent Act, made in the third Year of the Reign of the late King James the First: Now for the Prefervation of the publick Peace, and for preventing the like traiterous Practices for the future, we have thought fit, by and with the Advice of our Privy Council, to iffue this our Royal Proclamation, hereby commanding and requiring all our Juftices of the Peace, and all others whom it may concern, that they do, with the utmost Diligence and Application, put the faid Laws ftrictly in Execution against Papifts and Nonjurors, and that they tender to them the faid Oaths and Declaration, and take G

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from the Refufers thereof their Horfes and Arms, a their Endeavours to confine them to their ufual Ha ons, in fuch Manner as by the faid Laws is directed that they do alfo put ftrictly in Execution all other made against Papifts, reputed Papifts, and Nonjurors we do further ftrictly charge and command all Pog cufants, Natives, and Denizens, who shall be abe Age of fixteen Years, that they do, according to tute in that Behalf made, repair to their respective of Abode, and do not thence remove, or pass abo Distance of five Miles, unless thereunto licens'd aco to Law; and the respective Juftices of the Peace others concern'd to execute our Commands herein hereby requir'd to certify an Account of what fhall do, purfuant to the fame, to us in our f Council.

Given at our Court at St. James's the 6th Day of D ber, 1714, in the First Year of our Reign.

The other two Proclamations were for a publick Tha giving, to be observ'd in England and Scotland; the of which was as follows:

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Hereas we have receiv'd an humble 'Applica from the Archbishops and Bifhops of Eng that a Day may be appointed for a publick Thanksgiv to Almighty God, for his great Goodness in bringing to a peaceable and quiet Poffeffion of the Throne of G Britain, and thereby disappointing the Defigns of Pretender, and the wicked Contrivances of his Ad rents, to defeat us of our undoubted Right to the Im rial Crown of this Realm, and to fubvert the establi Conftitution in Church and State: We being well plea with this Inftance of the good Affections of our Peop and deeply fenfible of this fignal Providence of G which calls for the moft thankful and folemn Ackno ledgments both from us and our Subjects, have thoughtf by the Advice of our Privy Council, to iffue this Royal Proclamation, hereby appointing and comman ing, that a General Thanksgiving to Almighty God, f thefe his Mercies, be obferv'd throughout England, Wale and the Town of Berwick upon Tweed, on Thursday d Twentieth Day of January next.. And for the bett and more orderly folemnizing the fame, we have give Directions to the Moft Reverend the Archbishops,

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s,everend the Bishops of England, to compose a Form 1 yer fuitable to this Occafion, to be used in all eces and Chapels, and other Places of publick WorOthnd to take Care for the timely difperfing of the rohroughout their respective Diocefes. And we do Pocharge and command, that the faid Publick Day abnksgiving be religiously obferv'd by all our lov to bjects, as they tender the Favour of Almighty tivind upon Pain of fuffering fuch Punishment, as we sally inflict upon all fuch who fhall contemn or neg dade fame.

Pešiven at our Court at St. James's the 6th Day of Decem ere ber, 1714, in the First Year of our Reign.

De Proclamation for a Thanksgiving in Scotland was e fame Effect, Mutatis Mutandis, particularly the oning the Commiffion of the General Affembly of Church of Scotland, instead of the Archbishops and ps of England, &c.

ck the 11th of December the King fign'd the following tions to the Clergy, for the Unity of the Church, the Peace and Quiet of the State.

ections to our Archbishops and Bishops, for the preferving f Unity in the Church, and the Purity of the Chriftian Faith, concerning the Holy Trinity; and also for preferving the Peace and Quiet of the State.

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OST Reverend and Right Reverend Fathers in God, we greet you well: Whereas we are given understand, that there have of late been great Diffeences among fome of the Clergy of this our Realm, bout their Ways of expreffing themselves in their Serons and Writings, concerning the Doctrine of the Bleffed Trinity: And whereas alfo unusual Liberties have been taken by feveral of the faid Clergy, in intermeddling with the Affairs of State and Government, and the Conftitution of the Realm, both which may be of very dangerous Confequence, if not timely prevented; we therefore, out of our princely Care and Zeal for the Prefervation of the Peace and Unity of the Church, together with the Purity of the Chriftian Faith, and alfo for preferving the Peace and Quiet of the State, have thought fit to fend you these following Directions, which we Straitly

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ftraitly charge and command you to publish, and to fee that they be obferv'd within your feveral Diocefes.

I. That no Preacher whatsoever, in his Sermon, or Lecture, do prefume to deliver any other Doctrine concerning the Blessed Trinity, than what is contain❜d in the Holy Scriptures, and is agreeable to the Three Creeds, and the Thirty Nine Articles of Religion.

II. That in the Explication of this Doctrine they carefully avoid all new Terms, and confine themselves to fuch Ways of Expreffion as have been commonly used in the Church.

III. That Care be taken in this Matter, efpecially to obferve the Fifty Third Canon of this Church, which forbids publick Oppofition between Preachers; because (as that Canon exprefles it) there groweth thereby much Offence and Difquietnefs unto the People: And that above all Things, they abftain from bitter Invectives, and scurrilous Language against all Perfons whatfoever.

IV. That none of the Clergy, in their Sermons or Lectures, prefume to intermeddle in any Affairs of State or Government, or the Conftitution of the Realm, fave only on fuch fpecial Feafts and Fafts as are or shall be appointed by publick Authority; and then no farther than the Occafion of fuch Days fhall ftrictly require; provided always, that nothing in this Direction fhall be understood to discharge any Perfon from preaching in Defence of our Regal Supremacy establish'd by Law, as often, and in fuch Manner, as the First Canon of this Church doth require.

V. That the foregoing Directions be alfo observ'd by thofe who write any Thing concerning the said Subjects.

VI. Whereas also we are credibly inform'd, that it is the Manner of fome in every Diocese, before their Sermon, either to use a collect and the Lord's Prayer, or the Lord's Prayer only, (which the Fifty Fifth Canon prefcribes as the Conclufion of the Prayer, and not the whole Prayer) or at least to leave out our Titles, by the faid Canon requir'd to be declar'd and recogniz'd; we do farther direct, that you require your Clergy, in their Prayer before Sermon, that they do keep ftrictly to the Form in the faid Canon contain'd, or to the full Effect thereof.

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VII. And whereas we also understand, that divers Perfons, who are not of the Clergy, have of late prefumed, not only to talk, and to difpute against the Chriftian Faith, concerning the Doctrine of the Bleffed Trinity, but alfo to write and publifh Books and Pamphlets against the fame, and induftrioufly fpread them thro' the Kingdom, contrary to the known Laws in that Behalf made and enacted; and particularly to one Act of Parliament made in the ninth Year of King William the Third, entitled, An Act for the more effectual Suppreffing of Blasphemy and Prophaneness: We taking all the Matters above-mention'd into our Royal and Serious Confideration, and being defirous to do what in us lies, to put a Stop to thefe Disorders, do ftrictly charge and command you, together with all other Means fuitable to your holy Profeffion, to make Use of your Authority according to Law, for the reprefling and reftraining of all fuch exorbitant. Practices. And for your Affiftance, we will give Charge to our Judges, and all other our Civil Officers, to do their Duty herein, in executing the faid Act, and all other Laws, against all fuch Perfons as shall by these Means give Occafion of Scandal, Difcord, and Disturbance, in our Church and Kingdom.

Given at our Court at St. James's, the 11th Day of December, 1714, in the First Year of our Reign.

By His Majefty's Command, Townshend.

Mean while the Earl of Strafford, his Majefty's Embassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary with the States-General, having received his Letters of Revocation, and notify'd the fame to their High Mightineffes, the last Day of December, N. S. (the 20th 0. S.) was appointed for his Excellency's publick Audience of Leave. Accordingly, on that Diy, Meff. Renswoude and du Tour, their High-Might ineffes Deputies, went to his Excellency's Houfe, and from thence conducted him, with a prodigious Train of Coaches, with 8, 6, 4, or 2 Horses each, thro' the Houtftraet, Voorhout, Vyverberge, the Square, Hoogftraet, Veneftraet, Spuytract, Hofftraet, and fo to the Court where their High-Mightineffes were assembled; and being feated in an Elbow-Chair, oppofite to the Prefident Velters, his Excellency first deliver'd the King his Master's Letter, which was immediately read; and them he took his Leave of them, by the fol lowing Speech, which he made in French, viz.