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Formula taken and signed in parliament by John Urquhart of Melldrum
I, John Urquhart of Melldrum, do sincerly from my heart profess and declare before God, who searcheth the heart, that I do deny, disown and abhore the tenets and doctrines of the papal Romish church, viz: the supremacy of the pope and bishop of Rome over all pastores of the Catholick church, his power and authority over kings, princes and states, and the infallibility that he pretends to, either without or with a general council, his power of dispensing and pardoning, the doctrine of transubstantiation and the corporal presence, with the communion without the cup in the sacrament of the Lord's supper, the adoration and sacrafice professed and practised by the popish church in the mass, the invocation of angels and saints, the worshiping of images, crosses and relicts, the doctrine of supererogation, indulgences and purgatory, and the service and worship in ane unknown tongue, all qhich tenets and doctrines of the said church I beleive to be contrary to and inconsistent with the written word of God, and I do from my heart deny, disown and disclame the said doctrines and tenets of the church of Rome as in the presence of God without any equivocation or mentall reservation, but according to the known and plain meaning of the words as to me offered and proposed, so help me God. John Urquhart.
Seafield, cancellar[ius], I.P.D. p[arliamenti]