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 514 C. 7* Anno declmo Ann^ Reginae. A. D. 1711. Minifters of the TIL And be it further enaftf^d by the Authority aforeHiid, That all Minifters of the eftabliflied Church cilabhiheti ^f ^coilaiid^ and all and every Pcrfon and Perfbns, who is or are Paftor or Paftors, Minifter or Minifters of the "li'pifco^al ° any Epifcopal Congregation in ScJihind, fliall be obliged, and are hereby required, on or before the fu'ft Congregations Day of Aiigufl next, to come to talce and fubfcribe the following Oaths, in fuch Manner, and under fuch to take the Penalties, as all Officers, Civil ai;J Military in Scotland are obliged to take the Oath recited in the four- Ojth?, &c. teenth Ad of the iixth Year of her Majefty's Reign, intituled. An ASifor the better Security of her Majcjlys F."*'u"^'u'^.n'^' Perjon and Govermnent; and that all Miniilers of the eftablifhed Q,itc ox Scotland, hereafter to be ad- i^ons "latin'" niitted into their refpcifiive Churches or Benclices, and all and every Perfon and Perfons, who fhall hereaf- hcveto, ° ter be Paflor or Pailors, Minilter or Minifters of any Epifcopal Congregation, fliall, before fuch Admif- 10 Anns, c. 32, fion or Exercife of their refpefiive Functions, be obliged to take and fubfcribe likewife the following Oaths, in the fame Manner, and under the fame Penalties above-mentioned. The O.iths. ' T yf. P. do fincerely promife and fwear. That I will be faithful, and bear true Allegiance to herMajefty ' A. Qu€en Anns,' So help me God. I Geo. I. c. 13. ' Y A.B do truly and fincerely ackowledge, profefs, teftify, and declare in my Confcience, before Go'd cGeo. 1. 0,29. ' J_ and the V/orld, That our Sovereign Lady Queen Anne is lawful and rightful Queen of this Realm, ^* 3' ' and of all other her Majefty's Dominions and Countries thereunto belonging; and I do foiemnly and fni- ' cercly declare. That I do believe in my Confcience, the Perfon pretended to be Prince of Wales, during ' Stile and Title of King of England, by the Name of James the Third, or of Scotland, by the Name of ' James the Eighth, or the Stile and Title of King of Great Britain, hath not any Right or Title whatfo- ' ever to the Crov/n of this Realm, or any other the Dominions thereunto belonging; and I do renounce, ' refufe, and abjure any Allegiance or Obedience to him. And I do fwear. That 1 will bear Faith and ' traiterous Confpiracies and Attempts whatfoever, which fhall be made againft her Perfon, Crown, orDig- ' nity. And I will do my beft Endeavour to dilclofe and make known to her Majefty, and her SucceiTors, ' all Treafons and traiterous Confpiracies which I fhall know to be againft her, or any of them. And I ' do faithfully promife, to the utmoft of my Power, to fupport, maintain, and defend the Succeffion of ' the Crown againft him the faid James, and all other Perfons whatfoever, as the fame is and ftands I w. & W, ' fettled by an ASt, intituled. An Ail declaring the Rights and Liberties of the Subje£l, and fettling the Siic- ^"^ &*' w?* ' "Jf""^ "f '^-''^ Crown, to her prefent Majefty, and the Heirs of her Body being Proteftants ; and as the c. ' ' fame, by one other Aft, intituled, An A Si for the further Unnitation of the Crown, and better fecuring the ' Rights and Liberties of the SubjeSl, is and ftands fettled and entailed, after the Deceafe of her Majefty, and ' for Default of Ifiue of her Majefty, to the Princefs Sophia, Eleftrefs and Dutchefs Dowager of Hanover, ' and the Heirs of her Body, being Proteftants. And all thefe Things I do plainly and fincerely acknow- ' ledge and fwear, according to thefe exprefs Words by me fpoken, and according to the "plain and com- ' mon Senfe and Underftanding of the fame Words, without any Equivocation, mental Evafion, or fecret ' Refervation whatfoever. And I do make this Recognition, Acknowledgment, Abjuration, Renunciation, ' and Promife, heartily, willingly, and truly, upon the true Faith of a Chriftian. So help me God. Epifcopal Meet- IV. Provided always, That the Aftembly of Perfons for religious Worfliip in the Epifcopal Meetings, jn«s to be liell beheld with Doors not locked, barred, or bolted, during fuch Aflembly; and that nothing herein con- r'k ?°r^ "°S t^-'^s"^ ■^iW be conftrued to exempt any of the Perfons frequenting the faid Epifcopal Congregations from Perfons fre- ^" psyji^g of Tithes or other Parochial Duties to the Church or Minifter of the Parifh to which they belong, quenting them and in which they refide. j3ot excnri[.t:ed ' V. And whcreas fince the Eftablifhment of the Prefbyterian Government in iScff^/a/zi^, fome Laws ha'e fi-onnTithesj&c. « been made by the Parliament in Scotland zgiirA the Epifcopal Clergy of that Part of the united Kingdom, ' and particularly an A6t pafled in the Parliament held in the Year one thoufand fix hundred ninety-five, ' intituled, ASl againjl irregular Baptifms and Marriages, by which all Epifcopal Minifters, who were ' turned out of their Churches, are prohibited to baptize any Children, or to iblemnize any Marriage,, ' upon Pain of perpetual Imprifonment or Baniftiment ;' Be it therefore enadted by the Authority aforefaid, in i6 re'^aled- That the faid Aft above-mentioned be hereby repealed and annulled ; and that in all Time comingno Perfon and none kail' ' or Perfons fhall incur any Difability, Forfeiture, or Penalty whatfoever, upon Account of his or their re- "incur anyPe- forting to the faid Epiicopal Meetings held for the Worfliip of God ; and that it ftiall be free and lawful iiahy for refoit- for all the Subjefts in that Part of Great Britain called Scotland, to afFemble and meet together for Divine M°. " "^'"'j"^^' ^^^-^' without any Difturbance, and to fettle their Congregations in what Towns or Places they fiiall ip^fcopal'Mi- think fit to chufe, except Parifli Churches, and for the Epifcopal Minifters, not only to pray and preach nideis may in the Epifcopal Congregations, but to adminifter the Sacraments, and marry, without incurring any Paiii preach, f.c. or Penalty whatfoever ; any Law or Statute to the contrary notwithftanding. Children chrift- VI. Provided always, That the Parents who have their Children chriftened by Epifcopal Minifters, be ned by Epifco- hereby obliged to enter the Birth and Chriftning of their Children in the Regifter Books for Chriftnings P-^."'*Y^' '° belonging to the refpeftive Pariflies in v.diich they live : And provided likewife. That no Epifcopal Mini- ■wThere'the Pa- ^s"" °'' Minifters, refiding within that Part of the United Kingdom called Scotland, prefume to marry any rents refide. Perfons, but thofe whofe Bans have been duly publifaed three feveral Lord's Days in the Epifcopal Con- No Epifcopal grcgntions which the two Parties frequent, and in the Churches to which they belong as Parifhioners, by Minifter fliall virtue of their Reiidence ; and that upon the fame Pains and Punifliments ,as are already iiiHifted by the marry any «liofe £^^g ^^ Scotland Cafcs of clandeftine Marriages; and the Minifters of the Parifli Churches are hereby Bans have oot obliged
 * the Life of the late Kiiig James, and fmce his Deceafe pretending to be, and taking upon himfelf the
 * true Allegiance to her Majefty Queen Anne, and her will defend, to the utmoft of my Power, againftall