England, in holy orders, or pretended holy orders, or pretending to holy
orders, nor any preacher or teacher of any congregation of dissenting
Protestants, that shall make and subscribe the declaration aforesaid,
and take the said oaths at the general or quarter sessions of the peace,
to be held for the county, town, parts, or division where such person
lives, which court is hereby empowered to administer the same, and shall
also declare his approbation of and subscribe the Articles of Religion
mentioned in the statute made in the 13th of Queen Eliz., except the
34th, 35th, and 36th, and these words in the 20th Article, viz. “_the
Church hath power to decree rites or ceremonies and authority in
controversies of faith_,” shall be liable to any of the pains or
penalties mentioned in former acts.