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Excerpt from Notes and Queries, Vol. 4: A Medium of Inter-Communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, Etc.; July-December, 1851 And whereas, his Majesty is informed that the prac tice of reading sermons is generally taken up by the preachers before the University, and there for some time continued. Even before himself, his Majesty hath commanded me to signify to you his pleasure, that the said practice, which tool: beginning with the disorders of the late times, be wholly laid aside; and that the foresaid hers deliver their sermons, both in Latin and English, by memory, or without book, as being a way of preaching which his Majesty judges most agree able to the use of the foreign churches, and to the custom of the University heretofore, and to the nature and intendnwnt of that holy exercise. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.