A COPY OF THE TEST Which is to be taken by all such Persons as shall be employed in any public Place of TRUST in SCOTLAND. I A.B.C. Affirm and Testify and declare by this my Solemn Oath, that I own and sincerely profess the true Protestant Religion, as it's founded in the Word of God, and at present is Established and Professed in this Kingdom, and that I disown and renounce all such Principles, Doctrines, and Practices whatsoever, Popish or Fanatical, which are contrary to, and inconsistent with our Religion, as it's Established by Law and Doctrine, Worship and Government; and for the Testification of my obedience to my most Gracious Sovereign Charles the Second, I do Affirm and declare this Solemn Oath, that the King's Majesty is the only Supreme Governor of this Realm, and of all other His Majesty's Dominions and Countries, as well in Ecclesiastical Causes as Civil, and that no foreign Power, Person, Prelate, State, or Potentate have or aught to have any Jurisdiction, Power, Superiority, Preeminency or Authority Ecclesiastical of Civil within this Realm, and therefore I do utterly Renounce all Foreign Jurisdiction, Power, Superiority, and Authority, and do promise that from henceforth, I shall bear faithful and true Allegiance to His Majesty, His Heirs, and Lawful Successors, and to my utmost-power shall assist and defend all Rights, Jurisdictions, Prerogatives, and Privileges, Preeminences and Authorities, belonging to His Majesties own and Lawful Successors. And I further Affirm and declare by this my Solemn Oath, that I Judge it unlawful for Subjects upon any pretence whatsoever to enter into Covernant, or Levy, or to Assemble themselves together without the Kings Express Warrant, Consent, and Authority to take up Arms against the King or those Commissionated by him; And that the National Convenant as it was sworn and explained in the year (1638) And the Solemn League and Covenant were and are in themselves unlawful Oaths, and were taken by, and imposed upon the Subjects of this Kingdom against the fundamental Laws and Liberties of the same; And that there lies no Obligation on me from the said Oaths, or either of them, to Endeavour, Altar or Change the Government, either of Church or State, as it's now Established by the Laws of this Kingdom. And I do promise and Swear, that I shall with my utmost power assist, defend, and maintain His Majesty's Jurisdictions aforesaid, against all Opposers whatsoever, and shall never declaim His Majesty's power, as I shall answer to God. And finally, I Affirm and declare, that this my Solemn Oath and Declaration, is given in the plain genuine Sense of the words, without any Equivocation, mental Reservation, or any manner of Evasion whatsoever, So help me God. LONDON, Printed for E. Ryddal, 1681.