[I4.2] Commifoned by him] And the Declaration is [ That there is JVO OBLIGATION ``upon me or ANT OTHERp : f f on, from cc the Oat; Commonly called thefolemn League and "Covenant. z. By this Oath and this Declaration the Government and 7;4' of all the Cities and Corporations of England are conffituted or qualified. 2. Part of this Vow and Covenant is [ againft Popery, fuperftition, and profanenefs and all that is againft found doEtrine and Godlynefs : that we will Repent ofour fins, unfeignedly, and amend our lives, &c, ] which the Nonconforìnifts take to be Lawful and Neceffary things. 3. Thoufands of people lived in the Kings Garrifons, or Quarters, and thoufands were then unborn or Children, who never took this Vow or Covenant, nor ever heardor read it, or know what is in ir. 4. The Parliament that impofed it on others took it voluntarily themfelves, as did many thoufand more, 5. Many thoufands took it that never faw the faces ofeach other, nor know in what fenfe, or with what mina all others took it : The fence being doubtful, all tosk it not in and fenfe : \ud many thought themfelves not boun to take it in the impofèrs fence, where the words m fight bear another ; And fo, its like, thought the Royal party of the Nobility and Gentry, who took it at their compofition. 6. It was a Vow to God, as well as a Cove- nant with men (as the words ihew.) 7. The Controverfie is not, z. Whether it was
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