Die Mercurii, 23 Februarii, 1647.
Die Publico Humiliationis.
Preachers thanked.
ORDERED, That Mr. Rose do, from this House,
give Thanks unto Mr. Ashe, for the great Pains he
took in his Sermon preached on this Day at Margarett's,
Westminster, before the House of Commons: And that
he be desired to print his Sermon: Wherein he is to have
the like Privilege in Printing of it, as others in the like
kind usually have had.
Ordered, That Sir Wm. Massam do, from this House,
give Thanks to Mr. Nye, for the great Pains he took in
his Sermon preached on this Day at Margarett's Westminster, before the House of Commons: And that he be
desired to print his Sermon: Wherein he is to have the
like Privilege in Printing of it, as others in the like kind
usually have had.
Preachers appointed.
Ordered, That Sir Wm. Massam do, from this House
desire Mr. Thomas Goodwyn to preach before the House
of Commons, at Margarett's, Westminster, on the next
monthly Fast Day.
Ordered, That Mr. Boscawen do, from this House, desire
Mr. Hicks to preach before the House of Commons at
Margarett's, Westminster, on the next monthly Fast Day.
League and Covenant.
Mr. Arthur Annesley, Mr. John Moyle, Mr. Francis
Holles, Mr. Robert Ellison, Mr. Thomas Crompton, Mr.
Henry Stapilton, Sir John Palgrave, this Day took the
National League and Covenant.
Lord's Day, &c.
An additional Ordinance for the more strict Observation
of the Lords Day, and of all other Days set apart by Authority for publick Fasting and Humiliation, was this Day
read the First and Second time; and, upon the Question,
committed unto Sir Gilbert Gerard, Mr. Edward Stephens,
Sir Wm. Allenson, Mr. Dodderidge, Alderman Pennington,
Sir John Palgrave, Mr. Annesley, Mr. Winwood, Sir John
Bampfield, Mr. Nath. Bacon, Mr. Lister, Mr. Francis
Bacon, Mr. Bois, Mr. Ratcliff, Mr. John Gourdon, Sir
Wm. Massam, Sir Anthony Irby, Sir James Harrington,
Mr. Moyle, Mr. Boscawen, Mr. Myles Corbett, Mr. Henry
Stapilton, Major General Browne, Mr. Holles, Sir John
Francklyn, Sir Nathaniell Barnardiston, Alderman Atkin,
Mr. Ellison, Mr. Priestly, Captain Nutt, Mr. Crowther,
Mr. Salwey, Mr. Nelthorpe, Mr. Hallowes, Mr. Francis
Allen, Mr. Fell, Mr. Rose, Sir Ralph Ashton, Colonel
Hunt, Alderman Hoyle, Mr. Doce, Mr. Shuttleworth:
And all that will come are to have Voices: And are to
meet To-morrow at Two post meridiem, in the Exchequer
Chamber; and so de die in diem: And they are to report
it on the next Fast Day, or sooner, if it may be: And
the Care of this Business is more particularly referred
to Mr. Dodderidge.
Drunkenness, &c.
Mr. Salwey is to desire of Mr. Serjeant Wilde, the Ordinance for punishing Drunkenness, and other notorious
Vices.
Blasphemous Publications.
Ordered, That the Order of this House for bestowing
of One hundred Pounds upon such Person or Persons, as
shall discover the Author, or Printer, of the vile blasphemous Pamphlets; the one intituled, "The Parliament's
Ten Commandments; the Parliament's Pater-noster; and
the Articles of the Faith;" the other intituled, "Ecce
the New Testament of . . . Lords and Saviours the House
of Commons at Westminster, or the supreme Council at
Windsore;" be forthwith printed and published.
Ordered, That the vile blasphemous Pamphlets; the one
intituled, "The Parliament's Ten Commandments, the
Parliament's Pater-noster, and Articles of the Faith; the
other intituled, "Ecce the New Testament of . . . Lords
and Saviours the House of Commons at Westminster, or
the supreme Council at Windsore;" be forthwith diligently
searched for, and seized, and collected together, by the
Care of the Sheriffs of the City of London and Middlesex:
And the said Sheriffs are enjoined to see them, after they
are so seized, and collected together, to be burnt by the
Hands of the common Hangman the next Week, in three
of the most publick Places of London and Westminster,
upon a Market Day.