A. D. 1688. Anno primo Gulielmi 6c MARiii. C, 8. 419 P^rfon or Perfbns fliall refufe alfo to make and fubfcribe the Declaration mentioned in the Statute made >n the thirtieth Year of the Reign of King Char/a the Second, intituled, Jn Ail for the more effeilital preferv- . inz the King's Per [on and Government^ by difahling Papifts from fitting in either Houfe of Parliament, fiieh Perfon and Perfons fhall fufFer all Pains, Penalties, Forfeitures, and DiAibilities as a Popiih Rccufant Copviift, and be taken and deemed a Popifh Rccufant Convi(St, to all Intents and Purpofes whatfoever, X. And be it further enabled by the Authority aforefaid. That all and every ComniifTion-officer and ^3" '"<' Se» Officers, and Non-commilfion or Warrant-officer and Officers, that are already imployed in their Majefties ^^1"1^°q i Service by Sea or Land, fhall take the faid Oaths, and alfo make, repeat, and fubfcribe ihc Declaration ,nj Dtcbri- mentioned in the faid Statute made in the thirtieth Year of the Reign of King Charles the Second, before tion. the Lord High Admiral of EngLnd, or the Commiffioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral, or their Deputies, or fuch oiher Perfons as their Majefties fliall authorize or appoint to adniinifter and accept the fame refpeftively ; and that all and every fuch Perfon and Perfons as fliall hereafter be put into any fuch Imployment by Sea or Land, (hall, before the Delivery of fuch Commiflion or Warrant to fuch Officer, take the faid Oatlis, and make, repeat, and fubfcribe the faid Declaration before the Lord High Admiral, or Commiffioners of the Admiralty, or their Deputies, as aforefaid, or fuch Perfon as fliall iffue fuch Commiffion or Warrant, or fuch others as fhall be authorized to adminifter the fame as aforefaid refpeflively, who are hereby refpeftively authorized and required to tender, adminifter, and accept the Penalty, fame; and all and every fuch Officer or Officers, that fhall refufe to take the faid Oaths, and make and fubfcribe the faid Declaration, fhall be incapable of receiving, taking, holding, or executing fuch Office or Imployment. XI. And be it further enafted. That the Oath appointed by the Statute made in the thirteenth and four- The Oath anS teenth Years of King Charles the Second, intituled. An A51 for ordering the Forces in the feveral Counties of^'^'^^^^^'"f} this Kingdom^ the Form and Words of which Oath are in the fame Statute exprefled ; and alfq fo much of ^^"Aas of a Declaration prefcribed in another AS made in the fame Year, intituled. An ASifor the Uniformity of Pub- 13 & 14. Car. i. lick Prayers, and Adminijiration of the Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceretnonies : And for eftablijhing the Form c. 3 & 4. of making, ordaining, and confecrattng Bijhops, Priejls, and Deacoris, in the Church «/" England, as is exprefled "'^ ^°'^ in thefe Words, (viz.) ' X" A.B. declare. That it is not lawful upon any Pretence whatfoever to take Arms againft the King ; ' X arid that I do abhor that Traiterous Pofition of taking Arms by his Authority againft, his Perfon, or ' againft thofe that are commiffioned by him ;' (hall not from henceforth be required or enjoined, nor any Perfon fuffer any Forfeiture, Penalty, or Lofs, by the not taking, fubfcribing, or making the faid Oath, or the faid recited Part of the faid Declaration; the laft fore-mentioned Statutes, or any other Law or Statute to the contrary in any wife notwithftanding. XII. And be it enafted. That the Oaths that are intended and required to be taken by this Aft, are the Oaths by thi* Oaths in thefe exprefs Words hereafter following ; ^^• ' T ^. £, do fmccrely promife and fwear. That I will be faithful, and bear true Allegiance, to their Ma- ' M, jefties King IVilliam and Qiieen Mary:' So help me Gady &c. ' T A. B. do fwear. That I do from my Heart abhor, deteft, and abjure, as impious and heretical, that ' JL damnable Doctrine and Pofition, That Princes excommunicated or deprived by the Pope^ or any Authority ' of the See »/Rome, rnay be defiofed or murdered by their SubjeSis, or any other whatfoever. ' And I do declare. That no Foreign Prince, Perfon, Prelate, State, or Potentate, hath or ought' to have
- any Jurifdidtion, Power, Superiority, Pre-eminence or Authority, Ecclefiaftical or Spiritual, within this
' Realm; So help me God, &c,' XIIL And be it further ena£ted by the Authority aforefaid. That the Names of all and fmgular fuch N^es of P^r the fame, in Rolls made and kept only for that Intent and Purpofe, and t'or no other. The which Rolls, as for the Court of Chancery, fhall be publickly hung up in the Office of the Petty-bag; and the Rolls for the King's Bench, in the Crown Office of the faid Court ; and in fome publick Place in every Qiiarter- Sfiflious, .and there remain., during the whole Term, every Term, and during the whole Time of the faid to be viewed Seflions, in every Quarter-Seffions, for every one to refort to, and look upon without Fee or Reward, without Fes, And none of the Perfon or Perfons -aforefaid fhall give or pay, as any Fee or Reward to any Officer or Offi- cers belonging to any of the Courts, as aforefaid, above the Sum of twelve Pence for his or their Entry of Twelve Pence his or their taking of the faid Oaths by this A«a required or appointed to be taken. , ^^^^' XIV. And whereas ftnce the eleventh Day oi December in the Year of our Lord one thoufaadfixProvirion for. ' hundred eighty-eight, the faid abrogated Oaths could not be taken by any Perfon that was ele£led or placed Members of in any Office of Magiftracy, or Place of Truft relating to or concerning the Government of any City, *^.°u'°"'l°"' H— — y-^ - . - ' who could net 2 Corporation, t.ke the ab.'o-
