"Every person who shall be
chosen a member of either
house, or appointed to any
office or place of trust,
before taking his seat, or
entering upon the execution
of his office, shall (...)

also make and subscribe the
following declaration, to wit:
I, [_____] do profess faith
in God the Father, and in
Jesus Christ His only Son,
and in the Holy Ghost,
one God, blessed for
evermore; and I do
acknowledge the holy
scriptures of the Old
and New Testament to be
given by divine inspiration."