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... duties of the sovereign had been well defined or understood , no inconvenience was probably experienced from the general terms in which they were ex- pressed . There is no doubt , however , that the oath was regarded centuries before ...
... duties of the sovereign had been well defined or understood , no inconvenience was probably experienced from the general terms in which they were ex- pressed . There is no doubt , however , that the oath was regarded centuries before ...
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... duties of the sovereign be more distinctly expressed , than in the simple language of the ancient oath ? We will go farther . Not only would a new oath , affecting the King in his executive cha- racter merely , have no greater effect ...
... duties of the sovereign be more distinctly expressed , than in the simple language of the ancient oath ? We will go farther . Not only would a new oath , affecting the King in his executive cha- racter merely , have no greater effect ...
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... duties pre- scribed . There is no restriction as to the mode , no distinction as to the functions to be employed . He is bound , to " the utmost of his power , " ( terms the most forcible and compre- hensive , ) to fulfil the intentions ...
... duties pre- scribed . There is no restriction as to the mode , no distinction as to the functions to be employed . He is bound , to " the utmost of his power , " ( terms the most forcible and compre- hensive , ) to fulfil the intentions ...
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... duties : " When any prince succeeds , he must necessarily succeed only in the right and upon the terms of his prede- * Hargr . Mss . No. 49. art . 5. British Museum . cessors , and his taking upon him the royal authority 116 NOTES .
... duties : " When any prince succeeds , he must necessarily succeed only in the right and upon the terms of his prede- * Hargr . Mss . No. 49. art . 5. British Museum . cessors , and his taking upon him the royal authority 116 NOTES .
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... duties and promises which were the grounds of its being conferred on his predecessors ; just as subjects by claiming and enjoying protection are obliged to pay allegiance to their princes , even before they have engaged themselves by ...
... duties and promises which were the grounds of its being conferred on his predecessors ; just as subjects by claiming and enjoying protection are obliged to pay allegiance to their princes , even before they have engaged themselves by ...
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Page 99 - I, AB, do swear, 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.
Page 99 - Transubstantiation of the Elements of Bread and Wine into the Body and Blood of Christ, at or after the consecration thereof by any person whatsoever, and that the Invocation or Adoration of the Virgin Mary or any other Saint, and the Sacrifice of the Mass, as they are now used in the Church of Rome, are superstitious and idolatrous.
Page 52 - Will you solemnly promise and swear to govern the people of this kingdom of England, and the dominions thereto belonging, according to the statutes in parliament agreed on, and the laws and customs of the same ? — The king or queen shall say, I solemnly promise so to do.
Page 99 - I, AB, do utterly testify and declare in my conscience, that the queen's highness is the only supreme governor of this realm, and of all other her highness's dominions and countries, as well in all spiritual or ecclesiastical things or causes, as temporal...
Page 99 - I do declare that no foreign prince, person, prelate, state, or potentate hath, or ought to have, any jurisdiction, power, superiority, preeminence, or authority, ecclesiastical or spiritual, within this realm : So help me God.
Page 72 - That after the said limitation shall take effect as aforesaid, no person born out of the kingdoms of England, Scotland or Ireland or the dominions thereunto belonging (although he be naturalized or made a denizen, except such as are born of English parents) shall be capable to be of the privy council, or a member of either house of parliament...
Page 99 - Pre-eminence, or Authority, Ecclesiastical or Spiritual, within this Realm ; and therefore I do utterly renounce and forsake all foreign Jurisdictions, Powers, Superiorities, and Authorities, and do promise that from henceforth I shall bear Faith and true Allegiance to the...
Page 82 - Our political system is placed in a just correspondence and symmetry with the order of the world, and with the mode of existence decreed to a permanent body composed of transitory parts; wherein, by the disposition of a stupendous wisdom, moulding together the great mysterious incorporation of the human race...
Page 38 - Upon which their said Majesties did accept the crown and royal dignity of the kingdoms of England, France and Ireland, and the dominions thereunto belonging, according to the resolution and desire of the said Lords and Commons contained in the said declaration. V. And thereupon their Majesties were pleased that the said Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, being the two Houses of Parliament, should continue to sit, and with their Majesties...
Page 39 - ... be the law of this realm for ever ; and the same are by their said Majesties, by and with the advice and consent of the lords spiritual and temporal, and commons, in parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, declared, enacted, and established accordingly.