I. A. B. do in the presence of Almighty God promise, vow & protest, to maintaine & defend so far as lawfully I may with my life, power, & estate, y ^e true reformed Protestant Religion, expressed in y ^e Doctrine of the Church of England, against all Popery & popish Innovations within this Realme, contrary to y ^e same Doctrine, and according to y ^e duty of my Allegiance, his maiesties royall Person; honour & Estate, as also y ^e power & priviledge of Parliament; The lawfull rights & Liberties of y ^e subiect, & every person y ^t maketh this protestation, in w ^t soever he shall do in y ^e lawfull pursuance of y ^e same, And to my power, & as far as lawfully I may, I will oppose, & by all good waies & meanes endeauour to bring to condigne punishm ^t, all such as shall either by force, practise, Counsells, Plotts, conspiracies, or otherwise, do any thing to y ^e contrary of any thing in this present Protestation, contayned. And further, That I shall in all iust & honourable waies endeauour to preserue y ^e union & Peace between y ^e three Kingdomes of England, Scot-land, & Ireland, And neither for hope, feare, nor other respect, shall relinquish this promise, vow, & Protestation.

This house doth declare, that by those words, the true reformed Protestant Religion, &c is meant onely the publike Doctrine profess ^d in y ^e said Church, so far as it is opposite to Popery, or Popish Innovations, & not y ^e mayntayning of any forme of Worship, Discipline, or Gouerment, nor any rites or Cerimonijs of y ^e s ^d: Church. [...]