Section XXXIX Proviso for Quakers making, &c. the Declaration of Fidelity of c. 18. ante.

Provided neverthelesse That whereas certaine Persons Dissenters from the Church of England commonly called Quakers and now knowne to be such doe scruple the takeing of any Oath It shall be sufficient for every such Person to Make and Subscribe the Declaration of Fidelity contained in an Act made in the late Session of this present Parlyament Intituled An Act for Exempting Their Majestyes Protestant Subjects dissenting from the Church of England from the Penalties of certaine Lawes Which Declaration any two or more of the Commissioners appointed for the Execution of this Act are hereby Impowered and Required to take And every such Person soe doeing shall not be lyable to or chargeable with any of the Double Rates aforesaid.