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and being in holy orders , or pretended holy orders , or pretending to holy orders , to bo the minister of any separate congregation of Dissenting Protestants , duly certified and recorded or registered
according to law , and upon his admission to the peaceable possession and enjoyment of the place of minister of the said congregation , it shall be lawful for any
or more substantial and reputable householders belonging to the said congregation , in order that the said minister may duly qualify himself according to this Act . to
certify the said appointment and bis admission to the peaceable possession and enjoyment of the said place , bv writing under their hands and proper names , in the form set forth in the schedule of this Act
marked A ., to be directed to the justices of the peace at the general session of the peace to be holden for the county , riding , or place where such congregation shall be established ; and every such minister , who shall cause the certificate
to him granted as aforesaid to be recorded at any general session of the peace to be holden as aforesaid , within after the date of the said certificate , in the manner directed by this Act , ( proof being first made on the oath of or more credible witness or
witnesses of the handwriting oftrre Several persons of the said congregation whose names are subscribed l ^> 'he said certificate , ) shall be * nd is hereb y allowed , without fyrfher proof , to take the baths and * o make and subscribe the
declaration against popery required to be taken and made by the sqjd Act passed in the first year of the ** ignof King William and Queen Mary , ' ttnd also the declaration
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set forth in the said Act , passed in the nineteenth year of the rei ^ n of His present Majesty ; and aft £ j > taking the said oaths , and making and subscribing the said
declarations , in manner and upon proof a forest id , every such minister shall be , and is hereby declared to be entitled to all the exemptions , benefits , privileges , and
advantages granted to Protestant dissenting ministers by the said recited acts , or either of them , or by any Act in the said recited Acts or either of them , mentioned or referred to . Provided always , and be it fur . ther enacted , that nothing hereinbefore contained shall affect or
impeach , or be construed to affect or impeach , any provision or exemption , or any qualification or modification thereof , contained in any statute made since the said recited Acts , and now in force , relating to the militia , or the local militia , of this kingdom . Provided also , and be it further enacted , that nothing hereinbefore contained , shall affect or impeach , or be construed to
affect or impeach , the title or claim of any dissenting minister ^ who $ before the passing of this act , shall have taken the oaths and subscribed the declarations mentioned or set forth in the said recited acts , or
either of them , to have and enjoy the exemptions , benefits , privileges , and advantages granted by the said -acts or either of them .
And whereas it is expedient to exempt fr m certain penalties other persons 'hereinafter described , who shall make and subscribe the declaration set forth in the said Act of the nineteenth year of the reign of his present Majesty , be it farther enacted , that in ttisfc sinr
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Toleration Act . 333
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1811, page 333, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2417/page/13/
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