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person , being & Protestant dissentirrg from the Church of England , and in holy orders , or pretending to holy orders , but who shall not have been appointed or admitted the minister of any separate congre - gation of dissenting protestants , shall be desirous of qualifying himself according to this act , to preach and officiate as a dissenting minister , it shall be lawful for any or more substantial and reputable
householders , being respectively dissenting protestants , of one and the same sect or persuasion with the person applying , to certify , on their consciences and belief , by writing under their hands and proper names , in the form set forth in the schedule of this Act marked B ,, to be directed to the justices of the peace , at the general sessions of the peace , to be holden for the county , riding , or place , where the said householders , or the major part of them , shall reside , that such person is a protestant dissenting minister of their sect or persuasion , and has been known to them and every of them for the space of at the least before the date of * the said
certificate , and that such person is of sober life and conversation , and of sufficient ability and fitness to preach or teach , and officiate as such dissenting minister ; and e \ ery person to whom such last mentioned certificate shall be granted , who shall cause the same 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 hand-writing of the several persons ivhose names are subscribed to the said certificate , shall be , and is hereby allowed , without
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further proof , to take the said oaths , and make and subscri be the said declarations in the saiH recited Acts mentioned or set forth ; and every such person ,
after taking the said oaths , and mak - ing and subscribing the said declarations in manner and upon the proof aforesaid , may from thenceforth preach and officiate as a dissenting minister in any congegation of Dissenting , Protestants duly certified and registered or recorded
according to law ; and every person , so qualifying himself as last aforesaid , shall be wholly exempted from all and every the pains , penalties , punishments , or disabilities inflicted by any statute men . tioned in the said recited Acts , or
either of them , for preaching or officiating in any congregation of protestant dissenters for the exercise of religion permitted and allowed by law . And be it further enaetedthat
, upon the appointment or admission of any person of sober life and conversation to be a probationer for the exercise during a time to be limited , of the functions of a
Protestant dissenting minister , it shall be lawful for any or more dissenting ministers , who shall have taken the said oaths , and made and subscribed the said declarations pursuant to the said
recited Acts , or either of them , or this Act to certify the said appointment or admission by writing under their hands , in the form set forth in the schedule of this Act marked C . to be directed to the
justices of the peace , at the general session of the peace , be holden for the county , riding , or place where the' said ministers or major part of them shall reside , and that the person so appointed or admitted is of sober life and
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331 Toleration Act .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1811, page 334, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2417/page/14/
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