...employment in the government of « corporation, who had not, within the previous year, taken the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper according to the usage of the Church of England, and who would not, when elected, take the oaths of Supremacy and Allegiance, and the further oath and declaration...

...there is; for, the same law, which requires under severe penalties all persons in posts to receive the Lord's supper according to the usage of the church of England, does, by indisputable consequence, require some one to give it. If it must be received by them, it...

...statutes)within six months after their admission ; and also within the same time to receive the sacrament of the Lord's supper, according to the usage of the church of England, in some public church, immediately after divine service or sermon, and to deliver into court a certificate...

...heinous crimes ; but that was not the fact. No man, because he did not choose to receive the sacrament of the Lord's supper, according to the usage of the church of England, was subjected to any punishment whatever. The act, his lordship truly described, as holding out punishment...

...corporation, without having, within twelve months previous to their election, re* ceived the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper, according to the usage of the...requiring them to take the above-mentioned oaths. Judge Blackstone, in his Commentaries, styles these acts the bulwarks of the Constitution, and states,...

...condition for his holding such place or office, within six months HUIT his admission, receive the sacrament of the Lord's Supper, according to the usage of the church of England, in some parish church, immediately after divine service or «•rmon; ami that he shall deliver intocourt...

...at the quarter sessions, within three months after their admittance, but shall receive the sacrament of the Lord's Supper, according to the usage of the church of England, of which they are to deliver a certificate, and make proof, at the time of their taking the said oaths...

...statutes) within six months after their admission; and also within the same time to receive the sacrament of the Lord's supper, according to the usage of the church of England, in some public church, immediately after divine service or sermon, and to deliver into court a certificate...

...subscribe certain oaths and declarations, by the said act prescribed, and also receive the sacrament of the Lord's supper according to the usage of the church of England, at or within certain times therein specified, and upon refusal or neglect thereof, ipso Jacto, renders...

...proceedings in the said respective Courts shall cease: and all such persons shall also receive the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper, according to the usage of the Church of England, on a Sunday, within three months of their receiving such employment Was it ever thought necessary,...