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iiiif ^ e « . e ^ offence , 20 / . per month fox eoiHmu ^ d personal absence , and 10 / . per month for tfeg nonattendance of their servauts—tliat these fines were re . cpverable by very summary proceeding ^—that the lands of the
person offending were seizable by this crown—and thai persons who neglected to conform might be committed to prison , or must abjure the realm ; and oil their refusal or return incurred the guilt of felony without benefit of clergy , and the punishment of death : —
and that by the Conventicle Act , 22 Charles II . c . 1 . additional , and most severe restrictions were imposed . 2 d , That , as to the ministers of the Protestant Dis senters ( besides being liable to all the statuses we have enumerated )
they were by the Ackof Uniformity ( 13 and 14 Charles II . c , 4 . ) subject to a penalty of 100 / . for ; ad - ministering the Lord s Supper : fey , jfce 3 Five Mile A < rt ( . 17 Charles 11 O . 4 # ) ; they were prohi bited , under a penalty of 40 /; from
coding wUhin fiise miles of ^ . ® ny city ^ tp % p corporate , or borough ^ apd by the Conventicle Act they ( orfeited 20 / . for the firat offence , au 4 l ^ - 'tbii swmti oftbqR ^ 4 fi 0 k- ( i tin : gjw «^ d . m 4 $ MW * •** <*/ # x $ hs * g ffa ^ 4 [ : l $ m ^* % & } 9 & more beaideft : &uamMu ^ &mte
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fered far dissect ^ several thousand jsersoiis exjpii- ^ d ia pfisoos : ^ Hd r dimbg thr ^ e yearsy property was extorted fram the Disaenters ex . two
O ^^ ing roilHons 6 terH « g . . Laws so ejc ^ eptionabte and pu nish meni 9 so unmerited ^ for Afor shipping their Creator , according to the dictate ^ xof their eon&ciences
necetaarily induced the JiissenUrs to bail that Revolotioa with < le . light , which they confide i : ably assisted to effect- Gratitude for that assistance , and : a ttach mem to the same civil and reJ ^ tous principles which they maintai n ^ induced the illustrious William
111 . to make every possible effort for their relief . * The . counteracting influence which then prevailed , prevented the complete accompli shmen t of l $ f designs ^ The repeal of the former p ^ ial law ^ he could -, not obtain ; nei ther could he obliterate even the Five
Act ( 1 WiUiaw aiKl J ^ ary , c- IS . ) which , whilst it CPP ^^ n e ^ empted Pj ? ot € i > tant l > is » e « ters horn the . statutes , % & i 3 * bfafa , pp ' * rh alluded , coufej : red . H 041 ^ the » PpQi * - e 4 teaches ^{« e >^^ te- ^® r ^^ ta ^; ,-4 « R | o ^ ¦ m& to
ail ^ rded their jWm ^ km P ^ ^^ •^ BP HH ^^^^ H !^ JUf ^ % ^ J ^; 4 ii # ^ . i ^ M ^^ ^ jp ^ Jfeei . vTg ^ £ 4 ## » ^ Hllpti ^^ . ^ yAJ # TO 0 |^ r . ^ i uca&M ^ ence .-iiiiw * J 5 ^ # i ^
