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it therefore enacted by the King's most excellent Majesty,
by and with the Advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual
and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled,
and by the Authority of the same, That persons professing
the Jewish Religion may, upon Application for that Purpose,
be naturalized by Parliament, without receiving the Sacrament
of the Lord's Supper, the said Act of the Seventh Year of
the Reign of King James the First, or any other Law, Statute,
Matter or Thing to the contrary in any ways notwithstanding.
. . .
Provided also, and it is hereby further enacted, That no
Person shall be naturalized by virtue of any Act to be made
or passed in pursuance of this Act, unless Proof shall be
made by two credible Witnesses, that such Person professeth
the Jewish Religion, and hath for Three Years past professed
the same. . . .
Every person professing the Jewish Religion shall be disabled,
and is hereby made incapable to purchase, either in his
or her own name, or in the Name of any other Person or Persons,
to his or her Use . . . any advowson or Right of Patronage,
or Presentation, or any other Right or interest whatsoever
of, in, or to any Benefice, preband, or other Ecclesiastical
Living or Promotion, School, Hospital, or donative whatsoever.
