Section VII Ecclesiastical Persons in Benefices, &c. to take the Oaths.

Neglecting, Suspension; and not taking them within Six Months,; Deprived.

And bee it further Enacted by the Authoritie aforesaid That if any ArchBishop or Bishop or any other Person now haveing any Ecclesiasticall Dignitie Benefice or Promotion shall neglect or refuse to take the Oathes by this Act appointed to be taken in such manner as by this Act is directed before the First day of August in the Yeare One thousand six hundred eighty nine Every such Person and Persons soe neglecting or refuseing shall be and is and are hereby declared and adjudged to be Suspended from the Execution of his or their Office by the Space of Six months to be accounted from the said First day of August, And if the said Person or Persons (soe haveing neglected or refused) shall not within the said space of Six months take the said Oathes in such Manner Court or Place as they ought to have taken the same before the said First day of August Then he or they shall be ipso facto deprived and is and are hereby adjudged to be deprived of his and their Offices Benefices Dignities and Promotions Ecclesiasticall