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this_o session_n there_o be_v make_v this_o order_n that_o no_o person_n or_o person_n do_v hereafter_o presume_v to_o molest_v trouble_n or_o otherwise_o disquiet_a any_o minister_n or_o congregation_n either_o before_o or_o after_o the_o public_a exercise_n be_v end_v and_o if_o any_o person_n or_o person_n so_o offend_v that_o in_o all_o such_o case_n the_o constable_n or_o any_o other_o officer_n shall_v apprehend_v take_v or_o arrest_v the_o party_n or_o party_n so_o offend_v and_o bring_v he_o or_o they_o before_o the_o mayor_n and_o some_o other_o justice_n of_o the_o peace_n who_o be_v to_o take_v care_n that_o such_o offender_n or_o offender_n be_v bind_v with_o sufficient_a surety_n to_o appear_v at_o the_o next_o general_a session_n and_o in_o the_o mean_a while_n to_o be_v of_o the_o good_a behaviour_n and_o for_o not_o find_v some_o surety_n as_o aforesaid_a to_o commit_v they_o to_o prison_n that_o if_o any_o such_o disturbance_n trouble_n or_o other_o disquietment_n be_v 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