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    f 4 ithful f aiid bc ^ r true allegiance to our most gracious Sovereign Lord , King G ^ o % g ^ the Third , and him will defend , tp the utmost pf my power , against all conspiracies aud attempts whatever , that shajl be made against Iris person , crown and dignity ; and I will do my utmost endeavour to

    disclose and make known to his Majesty , aud his heirs , all treasons and traitorous conspiracies which may be formed against him or them ; and I do faithfully promise to maintain , support and defend , te the utmost of my power , the succession of the

    crown in his Majesty ' s family , against any person or persons whatsoever $ hereby utterly renouncing and abjuring any obedience or allegiance unto the person taking upon himself the style , and title of Prince of Wales , in the life time of his father , and who ,

    since his death , is said to have assumed the style and title of King of Great Britain and Ireland , by the name of Charles the . Third , and to any other person claiming , or pretending a tight to the crown of these

    realms ; and I do swear , that I do reject and detest , as unchristian # nd impious to believe , that it is lawful to murder or destroy any person or persons whatsoever , for , or under pretence of their being heretics ; aud also that unchristian and impious

    principle , that no faith is to be kept with heretics : I further declare , that ijt is no article of my faith , and that I < fai renounce , reject and abjure the opinion , that Princes excommunicated by the Pope and Council , or by any authority of the See of Rome , or

    by any authority whatsoever , may t > e deposed , or murdered by their subjects , or by any person whaisoever ; and I do promise , that I . will . not hold , maintain or abet any sucfi opinion , or any other opinion contrary to what is expressed in this declaration ; and

    I tty declare , that I do not believe ftiat the Pope of Rome , or any other fiftetgn prince , prelate , state or potentate , hath or ought to have any ttntpdra ) or civil jumdictioti , power , superiority , or pre-emiiience , directly or indirectly Within this realm ; and

    I ^ solemnly , in the presence of God , Q $ of Im oply Son Jesus Christ tny Redeemer , profess , testify , and de-$$ & > that I do make this decl&ra-%£ W 4 ^ veryt ^ part thereof , in the SJft % ^<| ordinary veme df the worcfa ' this ( Jath ; without any evasion

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    equivocation , or mental reservation whatever , and without any dispensation already granted by ttte Pope , or any authority of the See of Rome , or any person whatever ; and without thinking that I am , or can be

    acquitted before God or man , or ab ^ solved of this declaration , or any part thereof , although the Pope , or any other person or persons , or authority whatsoever , shall dispense with or annul the same , or declare that it wa «

    null and void from the beginning . « So help me GOD . " ( No . 2 . ) « I do hereby declare , that I do profess the Roman Catholic Religion . u swear , that I do abjure , condemn and detest , as unchristian

    and impious , the principle , that it is lawful to murder , destroy , or any ways injure any person whatsoever , for or under the pretence of being a heretic ^ and I do declare solemnly before God , that I believe , that no

    act in itself unjust , immoral , or wicked , can ever be justified or excused by , or under pretence or colour that it was done either for the good of the Church , or in obedience to any ecclesiastical power whatsoever . I also declare , that it is not an article of

    the Catholic Faith , neither am I thereby required to believe or profess that the Pope is infallible , or that I am bound to obey any order in its own nature immoral , though the Pope or any ecclesiastical power should issue or direct such order , but on the contrary , I hold that it would

    be sinful in me ta pay any respect or obedience thereto ; I further declare , that I do not believe that any sin whatsoever , committed by me , can be forgiven at the mere will of the Pope , or of any priest , or of any person or persons whatsoever ; but that sincere sorrow for past sins , a firm and sincere resolution to avoid

    fiiture guilt , and to atotie to God , are previous and indispensible requisites to establish a well-founded expectation of forgiveness ; and that any person who receives absolution without

    these previous requisites , so > far from obtaining thereby any rernissron of ftis sans , incurs the additional gailt of violating * a sacrament ; and I do swe&r # thkt I will defend to the utmost of

    ray power the settlement and arrangement of property in this country , nu established by the laws now in teeibg ; I do heraby disclaim ) , disavow , and

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    Intelligence . —Addrest of the foi $ h Catholic * to Pope Pius VII . TfW

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1815, page 775, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1767/page/47/