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A58603 The copy of an act of Parliament passed in Scotland the 29th of August 1681 for security of the Protestant religion against papists and phanaticks : together with the oath to be taken by all persons in publick trusts. Scotland. 1681 (1681) Wing S1197; ESTC R21925 3,720 4

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ORDAINS That all who shall hereafter be promoted to or imployed in any of the foresaid Offices Trusts or Imployments shall at their Entry into and before their Exercising thereof take and subscribe the said Oath in manner foresaid to be recorded in the Registers of the respective Courts and reported to His Majesties Privy Council within the space of after their taking the same And if any shall presume to exercise any of the said Offices or Employments or any Publick Office or Trust within this Kingdom the Kings lawful Brothers and Sons only excepted until they take the Oath foresaid and subscribe it to be recorded in the Register of the respective Courts they shall be declared incapable of all Publick Trusts thereafter and be further punished with the loss of their Moveables the one half whereof to be given to the Informer and the other half to belong to His Majesty And His Majesty with advice foresaid Recommends to his Privy Council to see this Act put to due and vigorous Execution I A. B. Solemnly Swear in Presence of the Eternal God whom I Invocate as Judge and Witness of my Sincere Intentions in this my Oath That I Allow and Sincerely Profess the True Protestant Religion contained in the Confession of Faith Recorded in the First Parliament of King James the Sixth And that I believe the same to be founded on and agreeable unto the Written Word of God And I Promise and Swear That I shall Adhere thereto all the dayes of my Lif●-●ime And shall endeavor to Educate my Children therein And shall never consent to any Alteration contrary thereto And that I Disallow and Renounce all such Principles Doctrines or Practices whether Popish or Fanatical which are contrary unto and inconsistent with the said Protestant Religion and Confession of Faith And for Testification of my Obedience to my most Gracious Sovereign CHARLES the Second I do Affirm and Swear by this my Solemn Oath That the Kings Majesty is the Onely Supreme Governor of this Realm over all Persons and in all Causes as well Ecclesiastical as Civil And that no Foreign Prince Person Pope Prelate State or Potentate hath or ought to have any Jurisdiction Power Superiority Preheminence or Authority Ecclesiastical or Civil within this Realm And therefore I do utterly Renounce and Forsake all Foreign Jurisdictions Powers Superiorities and Authorities And do promise that from henceforth I shall bear Faith and true Allegiance to the Kings Majesty His Heirs and Lawful Successors And to my Power shall All it and Defend all Rights Jurisdictions Prerogatives and Priviledges Preheminencies and Authorities belonging to the Kings Majesty His Heirs and Lawful Successors And I further Affirm and Swear by this my Solemn Oath That I judge it Unlawful for Subjects upon Pretence of Reformation or any other Pretence whatsomever to enter into Covenants or Leagues or to Convocate Conv●●n● or Assemble in any Councels Conventions or Assemblies to Treat Consult or Determine in any matter of State Civil or Ecclesiastical without His Majesties Special Command or Express Licence had thereto or to take up Arms against the King or those Commission'd by Him And that I shall never so rise in Arms or enter into such Covenants or Assemblies And that there lies no Obligation on me from the National Covenant or the Solemn League or Covenant so commonly called or any other manner of way whatsoever to endeavor any Change or Alteration in the Government either in Church or State as it is now Established by the Laws of this Kingdom And I Promise and Swear That I shall with my utmost Power Defend Assist and Maintain His Majesties Jurisdiction aforesaid And I shall never decline His Majesties Jurisdiction as I shall answer to God And Finally I Affirm and Swear That this my Solemn Oath is given in the plain genuine Sense and Meaning of the Words without any Eq●ivocation Mental Reservation or any manner of Evasion whatsoever And that I shall not accept or use any Dispensation from any Creature therefore So help me God London Printed for Randal Taylor 1681.