(6)  Item,  That  every  minister  saying  any  public  prayers  or
ministering  the  sacraments  or  other  rites  of  the  church  shall
wear  a  comely  surplice  with  sleeves,  to  be  provided  at  the
charges  of  the  parish ;  and  that  the  parish  provide  a  decent
table  standing  on  a  frame  for  the  communion  table.
(8)  That  all  communicants  do  receive  kneeling  .  ..
III.  Articles  for  certain  orders  in  ecclesiastical  policy.
(i)  First,  Against  the  day  of  giving  orders  appointed,  the
bishop  shall  .  .  .  give  notice  that  none  shall  sue  for  orders  but
within  their  own  diocese  where  they  were  born  or  had  their
long  time  of  dwelling,  except  such  as  shall  be  of  degree  in  the
Universities.
(3)  Item,  That  no  curate  or  minister  be  permitted  to  serve
without  examination  and  admission  of  the  ordinary  or  his
deputy  .  .  .  and  that  the  said  ministers,  if  they  remove  from
one  diocese  to  another,  be  by  no  means  admitted  to  serve
without  testimony  of  the  diocesan  from  whence  they  come,  in
writing,  of  their  honesty  and  ability.
IV.  Articles  for  outward  apparel  of  persons  ecclesiastical.
(4)  Item,  That ..  .  .  all  ecclesiastical  persons  or  other  having

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any  ecclesiastical  living  do   wear   the   cap  appointed  by  the
injunctions  .  ..
V.  Protestations  to  he  made  .  .  .  and  subscribed  bij  them  that  shall
hereafter  be  admitted  to  any  office  .  .  .  ecclesiastical.
(i)  Imprimis,  I  shall  not  preach  or  publicly  interpret,  but
only  read  that  which  is  appointed  by  public  authority,  without
special  license  of  the  bishop  under  his  seal  .  ..
(4)  I  shall  use  sobriety  in  apparel,  and  specially  in  church
at  common  prayers,  according  to  order  appointed  .  ..
