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take_v and_o subscribe_v the_o same_o and_o ordain_v the_o moderator_n of_o the_o respective_a presbytery_n to_o return_v the_o say_a oath_n so_o take_v and_o subscribe_v to_o the_o clerk_n of_o privy_a council_n betwixt_o and_o the_o first_o of_o october_n next_o and_o orduin_v the_o first_o diet_n of_o meet_v of_o the_o several_a provincial_a assembly_n of_o this_o kingdom_n to_o be_v upon_o the_o second_o tuesday_n of_o october_n next_o at_o the_o ordinary_a place_n where_o the_o synod_n and_o provincial_a assembly_n be_v in_o use_n to_o meet_v and_o ordain_v the_o church-session_n to_o be_v elect_v and_o choose_v both_o in_o burgh_n and_o landward_o at_o the_o ordinary_a time_n and_o after_o the_o ordinary_a manner_n though_o king_n william_n desire_v the_o presbyterian_o to_o pass_v this_o act_n for_o the_o settlement_n of_o their_o government_n in_o the_o church_n yet_o because_o it_o seem_v to_o restrain_v they_o from_o control_v the_o state_n when_o they_o please_v as_o they_o 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