The History of the Desertion,: Or an Account of All the Publick Affairs in England, from the Beginning of September 1688. to the Twelfth of February Following. With an Answer to a Piece Call'd The Desertion Discussed: in a Letter to a Country Gentleman |
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... endeavour a legal Establishment of an Univer- ' fal Liberty of Confcience for all Our Subjects ; it is alfo our Refolution inviolably to preferve the Church of England by fuch . a Confirmation of the feveral Acts of Uniformity , that ...
... endeavour a legal Establishment of an Univer- ' fal Liberty of Confcience for all Our Subjects ; it is alfo our Refolution inviolably to preferve the Church of England by fuch . a Confirmation of the feveral Acts of Uniformity , that ...
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... endeavour to imbroil this Kingdom in Blood ' and Ruine to gratifie their own Ambition and Malice , pro- pofing to themselves a Prey and Booty in fuch a publick • Confufion . ' We cannot omit to make it known , that altho ' We had ...
... endeavour to imbroil this Kingdom in Blood ' and Ruine to gratifie their own Ambition and Malice , pro- pofing to themselves a Prey and Booty in fuch a publick • Confufion . ' We cannot omit to make it known , that altho ' We had ...
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... Endeavour to furprize and deceive Us , We have not been wanting on our part , to make fuch Provifions as did become Us , and by ' Gods Bleffing , We make no doubt of being found in fo good ' a Pofture , that Our Enemies may have caufe ...
... Endeavour to furprize and deceive Us , We have not been wanting on our part , to make fuch Provifions as did become Us , and by ' Gods Bleffing , We make no doubt of being found in fo good ' a Pofture , that Our Enemies may have caufe ...
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... endeavour to preferve and maintain the established Laws , Liberties and Cu- ftoms , and above all , the Religion and Worship of God that is e- ftablished among them ; and to take fuch an effectual care , that the Inhabitants of the faid ...
... endeavour to preferve and maintain the established Laws , Liberties and Cu- ftoms , and above all , the Religion and Worship of God that is e- ftablished among them ; and to take fuch an effectual care , that the Inhabitants of the faid ...
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... endeavour- ed , under the fpecious Pretence of Liberty of Confcience ,. first to fow Divifions among Proteftants , between thofe of the Church of England and the Diffenters : The Defign be- ing laid to engage Proteftants , that are all ...
... endeavour- ed , under the fpecious Pretence of Liberty of Confcience ,. first to fow Divifions among Proteftants , between thofe of the Church of England and the Diffenters : The Defign be- ing laid to engage Proteftants , that are all ...
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Page 129 - That levying money for or to the use of the crown, by pretence of prerogative, without grant of parliament, for longer time, or in other manner, than the same is or shall be granted, is illegal.
Page 128 - And several grants and promises made of fines and forfeitures, before any conviction or judgment against the persons, upon whom the same were to be levied. All which are utterly and directly contrary to the known laws and statutes, and freedom of this realm.
Page 129 - That the freedom of speech and debates or proceedings in parliament ought not to be impeached or questioned in any court or place out of parliament.
Page 131 - That I do from my heart abhor, detest, and abjure as impious and heretical, that damnable doctrine and position, that Princes excommunicated or deprived by the Pope, or any authority of the See of Rome, may be deposed or murdered by their subjects, or any other whatsoever. And I do declare, That no foreign prince, person, prelate, state, or potentate hath, or ought to have, any jurisdiction, power, superiority, pre-eminence, or authority ecclesiastical or spiritual, within this realm : So help me...
Page 128 - And whereas the said late King James the Second having abdicated the Government and the Throne being thereby vacant His Highness the Prince of Orange (whom it hath pleased Almighty God to make the glorious Instrument of Delivering this Kingdom from Popery and Arbitrary Power) did (by the advice of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal and divers principal Persons of the Commons) cause letters...
Page 53 - the power of the twelve judges to offer up the laws, rights, and liberties of the whole nation to the King...
Page 130 - That William and Mary Prince and Princess of Orange be and be declared King and Queen of England France and Ireland and the Dominions thereunto belonging...
Page 68 - We are confident that no persons can have such hard thoughts of us as to imagine that we have any other design in this undertaking, than to procure a settlement of the religion, and of the liberties and properties of the subjects, upon so sure a foundation, that there may be no danger of the nation's relapsing into the like miseries at any time hereafter.
Page 127 - By levying money for and to the use of the Crown by pretence of prerogative for other time and in other manner than the same was granted by Parliament; 5.
Page 130 - And they do claim, demand and insist upon all and singular the premises as their undoubted rights and liberties, and that no declarations, judgments, doings or proceedings to the prejudice of the people in any of the said premises ought in any wise to be drawn hereafter into consequence or example.