Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1845-05-29

Continued and concluded
The following is the form Of oath Ia.
ken by the commissioners.
We do solcmnly md sincerely, in the
presence Of God, profess, testify and de.
clare, that We do believe, tina, in the sa
crameni Of the Lords supper there is mol
iransuhs'anila,ion OF the clemouis oi
bread aud wine into the body and blood
ot Christ, at or after the--lhereotby any
person whatsoever And that the Invo-
cation or alteration of tho Virgin Mary,
or any other Saint, and the sacrifice o'
the Mass, as they are now used IN the
Church of Rome, are suprrsitous aud
'dolairons And We do solemnly, IN the
presence of God, profess, testify and de-
clare, that we do make this declaration
and every part thereof, IN the plain and
ordinary sense ofihc words read unto Us,
IA lney are commonly understood by
English Pro'eslanis, without any eva
sion, eqnlvocaiion, or mental reservation,
whatsoever, and without any dIspcnsa-
ton already granted IL for this purpose
by the Pope, or any other authority or
power whatsoever, or without any hope
OF such disPcnsatnns from any person OF
authority whatsoever, or without thinking
that we are or can be acquitted before
God or man, or absolved of this declara.
ton or any other person or persons, or
power whatsoever shall dispense with or
annul the same, or declare that it was
null aud void from the beginning
j JVonion, Fred. !Smyhe,
Dan H1rsemanden, Peter O!ioer,
Robi. Auchmuty,
We do truly and sincerely acknowl-
edge, profess, testify aud declare in our
conscience, before God and the world,
that our Sovereign Lord, George the
Third, is lawful and righ,fal King ol this
Realm, md all other his Males,y's do
minions thcreunto belonging And we
do solemnly and sincerely declare, tha,
We do believe in our conscienccs, that
not any Of the descendants Of the person
who pretended To be Prince OF Wales
during the life of the late King James
the Second, aud since his deccase pre-
tended to br, and took upon himself the
sl'Ie and title OF King OF England, by
the name Of James the Third, or of Scot
l2ud, by The name Of James the eighth
or the style aud title Of X inr of Great
Britain, bath any right or title wha'so-
ever 10 The Crown of this Realm, or any
other the donInions lhcrcuuio belong ing ::
And we do renounce, refuse, and abjurc
any allegiance or obedience to any of
skn, a Il ,t 4
benr faith and true allegiance to his Maj
rsty, King George the Third, and him
viii defend to the utmost Of our power,
against all traitorous conspiraces and at
iemPis whatsoever, which shall be made
against his person, crown or dignity ::
And we viii do our utmost endeavor To
disclose and make known 10 his Majesty
and his successors, all treason and trai-
toruus coHspIracles which we shall know
to 90 against him, or any Of them And
wr do faithfully promise 10 the utmost Of
osir power to support, maintain, and de
TEND the succession Of IN. crown against
the descendants Of The said James, and
against all other persons whatsoever.
which succession, To m act entitled, can
net tor the further limitation ofthe crown
and better securing the rights and liber-
tics Of the subject" is and stands limited
to the Princess Sophia, Electorcss and
Dn'rhess Dowager of Hanover and the
heirs Of her body being protestants and
all these things we do plainly and sin
crrely acknowledge aud swear accord
ing 10 these express words by Us spoke
and according to the plain aud common
sense and understanding Of The sam.
words, without any eqnivocation, mental
evasion, or secret reservation whatsoev
cr: And we do make this recognition.
acknowledgment, ahju,ation,-
promise heartily, willingly, and truly,
upon the true faith of Christian So
help us God.
J Udnion, Fred. Snpihe.
Dan H1rsemanden, Peier OGCer,
Robk Iochmniy,
We do swear, that we do from our.
hearts, abhor, drtest, and ablure as mpl-
pils and hprpticnl ,I,,f d,,r,lIo l.,