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the Prenises Do hereby Report That in Order to Prevent any Disorder or Intermption
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of Divine Service at the Opening of to Seat the Inhabitants in the new Church as
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much to their convenience and accommodation at was in our Power We have Caused
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two Plans (which are here unto Annext) to be made one of the Pews in the Body of
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the Church & the other of the Galleries where in are wrote the Names of the Inhabitants
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in those Pews in which We are of Opinion they ought to be seated. Or at Least till
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such Time as some other Met had be found which may be more for their accommodation
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and here We must Observe That by means of the great Number of Inhabitants We
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have Placed more in the Pews than they can Respectively Contain and same Perhaps
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we have not Placed at all We being apprehensive that all so Placed will not Come
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to Church at one, Time but if they should We Recommend it That it be an Instruction
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to the Pew Openew That when any of the Pews are filled by some of those Persons
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appointed to sit in them that then such other Persons who Come after wards who are
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appointed to sit in them be placed in the next or some other Pew as shall be
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Suitable for them for that time and that when any such Inhabitant shall come
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who does not happen to have any particular seat appointed be also placed in
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some Pew Sutable for such Inhabitant and We propose That Tickets be
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Delivered by the Beadles to the Inhabitants to Inform them where they are to
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it
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which they are to Produce to the Pew Openers that they may be placed where they
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are Appointed by the Plans and We Recommend it That it be a further Instruction
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to the Pew Openers that they admit into the Pews no Servants Lodgers on others
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to whom the Tickets so to be sent as aforesaid may be given but only such
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Inhabitant to whom they are Directed This method which we now offer We
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Submit as the best and Properest for the Convenient & Commodins Seating the
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Inhabitants at present for the all Inhabitants ought to have Seats yet a sale
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as we Conceive will not come at least at once and those who for the most part
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Resort to our Church Will soon appear So We Imagine that after this
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particular Appointment & the Church be opened a few Weeks any alteration
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or further Regulation will not be Attended with that Disorder or Bustle
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which might other wise be at first which we hope by this means to prevent
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and We are of Opinion that or one of the Pews ought to be Lined or any addition
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or Alteration be made to the Fronts backs or other Parts of them which may
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any way Obstruct the Sight of others Sitting near or Spoil the present Order
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or Term of them And We conceive the following Rules concering the
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Vaults or Church Yard & the Burying in them to be proper & Necessary
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to be Observed for the Benefit & Advantage of the Parish Vizt. That nobody
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be buryed in that Part of the Church Yard which fronts the Church next
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