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- Anti-Burgher comment "The Anti-Burghers were opponents of the Burgher Oath on theological grounds.In 1733 the First Secession from the Church of Scotland resulted in the creation of the \"Associate Presbytery\". This church split in 1747 over the issue of the Burgher Oath, which required holders of public offices to affirm approval of the religion \"presently professed in this kingdom\". The issue was civil compulsion in religious affairs, a forerunner of later arguments over the separation of church and state.".