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XII.[XII. Declarations appointed for Quakers in place of the Oaths.
Provided neverthelesse That whereas there are certain Dissenters in Ireland com[m]only called Quakers who scruple the taking any Oath It shall be sufficient for every such Dissenter he or she producing a Certificate under the Hands and Seales of Six or more sufficient Men of the Congregation to which he or she belongs owning him or her for one of them to make and subscribe the following Declarac[i]on
I. A. B. do sincerely p[re]mise and solemnely declare before God and the World That I will be True and Faithfull to King William and Queen Mary And I do solemnly Professe and Declare That I do from my Heart abhorr detest and renounce as Impious and Heretical that damnable Doctrine and Position That Princes Excommunicated or Deprived by the Pope or any Authority of the See of Rome may bee deposed or murdered by their Subjects or any other whatsoever And I do declare That no Foreign Prince p[er]son Prelate State or Potentate hath or ought [to have] any Power Jurisdicc[i]on Supiority Preeminence or Authority Ecclesiasticall or Spirituall within this Realme
Exemption from Penalties.
And every such Dissenter so Subscribing shall be and is hereby exempted from the Penalties menc[i]oned in this Act]
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