and traiterous confpiracies, which I shall know to be agains him, or any of them. And I will be true and faithful to the fucceffion of the crown against him the faid James, and all other perfons whatsoever, as the fame is and ftands fettled by an aƐt, intituled, An act declaring the rights and liberties of the fubject, and fettling the fucceffion of the crown, to the late queen Anne, and the heirs of her body, being proteftants; and as the fame, by one other aðî, intituled, An act for the further limitation of the crown, and better fecuring the rights and liberties of the fubject, is and flands fettled and intailed, after the deceafe of the faid late queen; and for default of iffue of the faid late queen, to the late princess Sophia, elettrefs and dutchess dowager of Hanover, and the heirs of her body, being proteflants. And all these things I do plainly and fincerely acknowledge, promife and declare, according to thefe express words by me fpoken, and according to the plain and common fenfe and understanding of the fame words without any equivo◄ cation, mental evafion or fecret refervation whatsoever. And I do make this recognition, acknowledgment, renunciation, and promife, heartily, willingly, and truly. Since the death of the late pretender, who affumed the title of king of England by the name of James the third, it is abfurd to renounce the fame person being dead; and therefore the aforefaid act of the 6 G. 3. c. 53. altered the form of the oath of abjuration, fo as to abjure the descendants of the faid James. But no provifion is made for al, tering in like manner the quakers form of renunciation. The quakers profeffion of their belief, by the W. 6.-18. is this: 1 A. B. profefs faith in God the father, and in Jefus Chrift bis eternal Son, the true God, and in the Holy Spirit, one God bleffed for evermore; and do acknowledge the holy feriptures of the old and new teftament to be given by divine inspiration. 22. The affirmation of the Moravians fhall be in thefe words: "IA. B. do declare, in the prefence of almighty "God, the witness of the truth of what I fay." 22 G, 2. 30 A Dbit, Nobit was an office performed at funerals, when the corps was in the church, and before it was buried ; which afterwards came to be anniversary, and then money or lands were given towards the maintenance of a prieft who fhould perform this office every year. Obit. Ayl. Par. 395. Oblations. See Offerings. Obventions. See Offerings. Nelf. Tit. Offerings. OFFERINGS, oblations (f), and obventions are one and the fame thing: tho' obvention is the largeft word. And under these are comprehended, not only those small cuftomary fums commonly paid by every perfon when he receives the facrament of the Lord's fupper at Eafter, which in many places is by cuftom 2 d. from every communicant, and in London 4 d. an houfe; but also the cuftomary payments for marriages, chriftnings, churchings, and burials. Watf. c. 52. (f) The term Oblation, in the canon law, means whatever is in any manner offered to the church by the pious and faithful, whether it be moveable or immoveable property. X. 5. 40. 29. Spelm. in Concil. vol. i. p. 39. Thefe offerings were given on various occafions, fuch as at burials and marriages, by penitents, at feftivals, or by will. But they were not to be received from perfons excommunicated, or who had difinherited their fons, or been guilty of injuftice, or had oppreffed the.poor. Such offerings conftituted at firft the chief re venues of the church. When established by cuftom, they may now be recovered as fmall tithes before two juftices of the peace, by the 7 and 8 W. 3. c. 6. and fubfequent acts. See Tithes, VII 9. Offerings are made at the holy altar by the king and queen twelve times in the year on feftivals called offering days, and diftributed by the dean of the chapel to the poor. James the firft commonly offered a piece of gold, having the following mottos: Quid retribuam domino pro ommibus quae. tribuit mihi? Cor contritum et humiliatum non despiciet Deus. Lex Conftit. 184. The money in lieu of thefe accustomed offerings is now fixed at 50 guineas a year, and paid by the privy purse annually to the dean or mis order; for the diftribution of which offertory money, the dean directs proper lifts of poor people to be made out. Ex. MSS. Concerning Concerning which, it is enacted by the ftatute of the 2 & 3 Ed. 6. c. 13. that all perfons which by the laws or customs of this realm ought to make or pay their offerings, fhall yearly well and truly content and pay the fame to the parfon, vicar, proprietor, or their depuies or farmers, of the parishes where they shall dwell or abide; and that, at fuch four offering days, as at any time heretofore within the space of four years laft paft hath been used and accustomed for the payment of the fame; and in default thereof, to pay for the faid offerings at eafter then next following. The four offering days are christmas, eafter, whitfuntide, and the feast of the dedication of the parish church. Gibf. 739. Concerning the offerings at eafter; it is directed by the rubrick at the end of the communion office, that yearly at eafter, every parishioner shall reckon with the parfon, vicar or curate, or bis or their deputy or deputies, and pay to them or him all ecclefiaftical duties, accuftomably due, then at that time to be paid. And it hath been decreed, that eafter offerings are due of common right, and not by cuftom only. Bunb. 173. [Where it is faid by B. Gilbert, that offerings were a compenfation for perfonal tithes. Ib. 198.] So in the cafe of Carthew and Edwards, T. 1749; it was decreed by the court of exchequer, that eafter offerings were due to the plaintiff of common right, after the rate of 2 d. a head for every perfon in the defendant's family of 16 years of age and upwards, to be paid by the defendant. Befides the oblations on the four principal feftivals, there were occafional oblations upon particular fervices: of which there were fome free and voluntary, which the parishioners or others were not bound to perform but ad libitum; there were others by cuftom certain and obligatory, as thofe for marriages, chriftnings, churching of women, and burials. Deg. p. 2. 6. 23. Thofe offerings which were free and voluntary are now vanished, and are not comprehended within the aforesaid ftatute; but thofe that were cuftomary and certain, as for communicants, marriages, chriftnings, churching of women, and burials, are confirmed to the parish priests, vicars, and curates of the parishes where the parties live that ought to pay the fame. Deg. p. 2. c. 23. Particularly, at the burial of the dead, it was a cuftom for the furviving friends, to offer liberally at the altar, for the pious ufe of the priest, and the good eftate of the foul of the deceased. Ren. Par. Ant. Gla And And from hence the cuftom ftill continueth in many places, of bestowing alms to the poor on the like occafions. Thefe oblations were anciently due to the parfon of the parish, that officiated at the mother church or chapel that had parochial rites; but if they were paid to other chapels that had not any parochial rites, the chaplains thereof were accountable for the fame to the parfon of the mother church. Cod. 427. By the ftatute of circumfpecte agatis, 13 Ed. 1. If a parfon demands of his parishioners oblations due and accustomed, fuch demand fhall be ade in the spiritual court; in which cafe the fpiritual judge shall have power to take knowledge, notwithflanding the king's probibition. But Sir Simon Degge conceiveth, that an action alfo may be formed upon the ftatute at the common law. Dig. p. 2. c. 23. However, it is certain, that by the fmall tithe act of the 7 & 8 IV. c. 6. offerings, oblations, and obventions may be recovered before the juftices of the peace. Dfficial. OFFICIAL principal is an officer, whofe office is ufually annexed to that of Chancellor; and is there fore treated of under that title. There is also an official to the archdeacon; unto whom he ftandeth in the like relation, as the chancellor doth to the bishop. Old Style. See kalendar. Option. See Bishops. Ordinal. ORDINAL, ordinale, was that book which ordered the manner of performing divine fervice: and feemeth to be the fame which was called the pie or portuis, and fometimes portiforium. Lind. 251. C 4 Drdinarp. Ordinary. ORDINARY, ordinarius (which is a word we have received from the civil law), is he who hath the proper and regular jurifdiction, as of course and of common sight; in oppofition to perfons who are extraordinarily appointed. Swinb. 380. In fome acts of parliament we find the bishop to be called ordinary, and fo he is taken at the common law, as having ordinary jurisdiction in causes ecclefiaftical; albeit in a more general acceptation, the word ordinary fignifieth any judge authorised to take cognizance of caufes in his own proper right, as he is a magiftrate, and not by way of deputation or delegation. God. 23. Ordination. I. Of the order of priests and deacons in the church. II. Of the form of ordaining priests and deacons, annexed to the book of common prayer. III. Of the time and place for ordination. IV. Of the qualification and examination of per- V. Of oaths and fubfcriptions previous to the ordination. VI. Form and manner of ordaining deacons. VII. Forms and manner of ordaining priests. IX. Simoniacal promotion to orders. X. General office of deacons. XI. General office of priests. XI. Exbibiting letters of orders. T XIII. Archbishop Wake's directions to the bishops of his province, in relation to orders. I. 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