Section II Proviso for Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction.

Provided always That nothing in this Act shall extend or be construed to take away or abridge the Jurisdiction of Protestant Arch-Bishops or Bishops or any other Judges of any Ecclesiasticall Courts in cases of Atheisme Blasphemy Heresie or Schisme and other damnable Doctrines and Opinions but that they may proceede to punish the same according to his Majestyes Ecclesiasticall Lawes by Excommunication Deprivation Degradation and other Ecclesiasticall Censures not extending to death in such sort and noe other as they might have done before the makeing of this Act Any thing in this Law contained to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding.