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 they have ſent them, which Certificat they are to return to the Clerke of the Parliament appointed forthefor the [sic] Commons Houſe, that ſo an Account may be given of it, as there ſhall be occaſion.

That the ſeverall Miniſters be required to reade the ſaid Covenant publikely unto their people the next Lords day after they receive it, and prepare their people for it, againſt the time that they ſhall be called to take it.

That the ſaid League and Covenant bee taken by the Committees of Parliament in the place where they reſide, and tendered alſo to the Inhabitants of the Towne, within ſeven dayes after it comes to the ſaid Committees hands.

That the ſaid Committees after they have taken it themſelves, doe ſpeedily diſperſe themſelves through the ſaid Counties, ſo as three or foure of them be together on dayes appointed at the chiefe places of meeting for the ſeverall diviſions of the ſaid Counties, And ſummon all the Miniſters, Churchwardens, Conſtables, and other Officers unto that place; where, after a Sermon preached by one appointed by the Committee for that purpose, they cauſe the ſame Miniſter to tender the League and Covenant unto all ſuch Miniſters and other Officers, to be taken and ſubſcribed by them, in the preſence of the ſaid Committees.

That the ſaid Committees do withall give the ſaid Miniſters in Charge to tender it unto all the reſt of their Pariſhioners the next Lords day, making them unto their