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of England and Scotland, and of Great Britain and Ireland, established permanently and inviolably; And whereas the Right and Title of Archbishops to their respective Provinces, of England as in Ireland, have been settled and established by Law; be it therefore enacted, That if any Person, after the commencement of this Act, other than the Person thereto authorized by Law, shall assume or use the name, Style, or Title of Archbishop of any Province, Bishop of any Bishopric, or Dean of any Deanery, in England or Ireland, he shall for every such Offence forfeit and pay the Sum of One Hundred Pounds."

XXV.

"And be it further enacted, That if any Person holding any Judicial or Civil Office, or any Mayor, Provost, Jurat, Bailiff, or other Corporate Officer, shall, after the commencement of this Act, resort to or be present at any place or Public Meeting for Religious Worship in England or in Ireland, other than that of the United Church of England and Ireland, or in Scotland, other than that of the Church of Scotland, as by Law established, in the Robe, Gown, or other peculiar Habit of his Office, or attend with the Ensign or Insignia, or any part thereof, belonging to such his office, such Persons shall, being thereof convicted by due Course of Law, forfeit such Office, and pay for every such Offence the sum of One Hundred Pounds."

XXVI.

"And be it further enacted, That if any Roman Catholic Ecclesiastic, or any Member of any of the Orders, Communities, or Societies hereinafter mentioned, shall, after the commencement of this Act, exercise any of the Rites or Ceremonies of the Roman Catholic Religion, or wear the Habits of his Order, save within the usual Places of Worship of the Roman Catholic Religion, or in private Houses, such Ecclesiastic or other Person shall, being thereof convicted by due Course of Law, forfeit for every such Offence the Sum of Fifty Pounds."

XXVIII.

"And whereas Jesuits, and Members of other Religious Orders, Communities, or Societies of the Church of Rome, bound by Monastic or Religious Vows, are resident within the United Kingdom; and it is expedient to make Provision for the gradual Suppression and final Prohibition of the same therein; be it therefore enacted, That every

Jesuit, and every Member of any other Religious Order, Community, or Society of the Church of Rome, bound by Monastic or Religious Vows, who at the time of the commencement of this Act shall be within the United Kingdom, shall, within Six Calendar Months after the commencement of this Act, deliver to the Clerk of the Peace of the County or Place where such Person shall reside, or to his Deputy, a Notice or Statement, in the Form and containing the Particulars required to be set forth in the Schedule to this Act annexed; which Notice or Statement such Clerk of the Peace, or his Deputy, shall preserve and register amongst the Records of such County or Place, without any Fee, and shall forthwith transmit a Copy of such Notice or Statement to the Chief Secretary of the Lord Lieutenant, or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland, if such Person shall reside in Ireland, or if in Great Britain, to One of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State; and in case any Person shall offend in the Premises, he shall forfeit and pay to His Majesty, for every Calendar Month during which he shall remain in the United Kingdom without having delivered such Notice or Statement as is herein before required, the Sum of Fifty Pounds."

XXIX.

"And be it further enacted, That if any Jesuit, or Member of any such Religious Order, Community, or Society as aforesaid, shall, after the commencement of this Act, come into this Realm, he shall be deemed and taken to be guilty of a Misdemeanour, and being thereof lawfully convicted, shall be sentenced and ordered to be banished from the United Kingdom for the Term of his natural Life.”

XXX.

"Provided always, and be it further enacted, that in case any natural-born subject of this realm, being at the time of the commencement of this Act a Jesuit, or other Member of any such Religious Order, Community, or Society, as aforesaid, shall, at the time of the commencement of this Act, be out of the Realm, it shall be lawful for such Person to return or to come into this Realm; and upon such his Return or coming into this Realm he is hereby required, within the space of Six Calendar Months after his first returning or coming into the United Kingdom, to deliver such Notice or Statement to the

tained, it is so hard and difficult to raise our souls unto the love of God. Were it not for that depravation, he would always appear as the only suitable and satisfactory object unto our souls and affections." -Dr. Owen.

"AND behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves; but he was asleep. And the disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us: we perish. Then he arose and rebuked the winds and the sea; ard there was A GREAT CALM. (St. Matt. viii. 24-26.) The little ship tossed up and down in the sea, represents the Christian Church, which suffers affliction and persecution in this world, whilst the Lord sleeps, and seems patiently to overlook it, till being awakened by the prayers of the saints in the latter days, he shall check the raging world, and restore tranquility to his servants."-Tertullian.

WE want no more than daily bread for our souls as well as for our bodies. In spiritual as well as in temporal things, we are to take no thought for the morrow: for the morrow, when it comes, will take thought of the things of itself. To think for the morrow, is to anticipate its evils; as if the evils of to-day were not sufficient, and as much as we could bear. We must remember the promise, As thy day is, so shall thy strength be.' If, therefore, we anticipate to-day the evils of to-morrow, we must grapple with them in our own strength; for God has promised only strength sufficient for the evils of to-day."-Rev. T. Charles.

Wrestle,

"HURT not your conscience with any known sin. fight, go forward, watch, fear, believe, pray; and then you have all the infallible symptoms of one of the elect of Christ within you. Set your heart upon heaven, and trouble not your spirit with this clay idol of the world, which is but vanity, and hath but the lustre of the rainbow in the air, which cometh and goeth with a flying March shower. The great Messenger of the covenant, the Son of God, establish you on your Rock, and keep you to the day of his coming!" -Rutherford.

"THE interests of eternity are of so vast a nature, the hazard so great, and the apparent improbability of retrieving error after death is so plainly stated, that the supposition of carelessness is so great a matter, is a supposition fearful in the extreme. All human evils are tolerable, because they are momentary. Earthquake, shipwreck, loss of property, death of friends-these calamities are limited; but the loss of salvation is an intolerable evil, because it is an evil which seems to admit of no termination. O, who can endure, what heart can maintain its fortitude, if God shall enter with it into judgment? There is, therefore, no spectacle more affecting to a kind and reflecting mind, than that of carelessness in religion. There is no object more pitiable than that of an immortal being wasting the few precious hours of life in the frivolous occupations of pleasure, or in the severer persuits of gain, while yet he is reckless of the pains and pleasures, the gains and losses of eternity."-From the Hon. and Rev. Gerard Noel's Sermon on Necessity for Religious Caution in Family Sermons, vol. i. p. 130.

T. RAGG, PRINTER, 90, HIGH STREET,

BIRMINGHAM.

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THE Editor of The Churchman's Magazine and Village Churchman cannot take leave of the readers of his little periodical without expressing the regret he feels that its scanty circulation has compelled the publisher to discontinue it. When this monthly remembrancer commenced its course, ten years ago, there were few in the field whose object and spirit were the same: since that time several have appeared, which, from a larger circulation, are able to present greater advantages at a very diminished cost. This is the sole reason why the present Magazine now. retires from the field of literary action.

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The Editor indulges the hope that, whatever difference of opinion may exist as to the merit of the work now before the public, there will be little or none as to the spirit in which it has been conducted, that spirit in which it set out, "speaking the truth in love:" and that, whilst the principles of the Church of England have been fearlessly upheld, the law of Christian charity has never intentionally been broken. If any humble member of the Church has been taught to place a higher value upon her ministrations, and any alien from her privileges led to enquire into her constitution, and seek after her good "old paths," the Editor's toils will have been abundantly repaid, and he will withdraw from his public duties with the heartfelt satisfaction that his labour, however humble, has not been altogether in vain in the Lord. That this has been the case, he has good reason for knowing; and that such may still further be found so, as the Magazine becomes the solace and instruction of many an evening hour, is his earnest desire. But, more than all, that every reader of his Magazine may reach that home where the Church Militant becomes the Church Triumphant, is the constant prayer of him who subscribes himself,

December, 1847.

JOSHUA FAWCETT,

Editor of The Churchman's Magazine and Village Churchman.

The "Old Church," Edgbaston.

ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S CHURCH, Edgbaston, was originally built in very ancient times, when England was under the government of Saxon Kings. It appears to have been erected in the year 777, by a stone which was found among the materials of the old structure bearing that date, and which now stands over the Northern door, the present principal entrance. We extract the following account of it from the Notes to Mr. Ragg's Poem of Edgbaston," in his new volume, a notice of which appears in this number:

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