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... representatives of the nation , their privileges , their liberties , their lives , their religion , their present and future security from Popery , slavery , and arbitrary power . " * SECTION IV . THE INTENTION SHOWN IN THE PUBLIC ...
... representatives of the nation , their privileges , their liberties , their lives , their religion , their present and future security from Popery , slavery , and arbitrary power . " * SECTION IV . THE INTENTION SHOWN IN THE PUBLIC ...
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... representatives . " Were these expressions intended to be taken literally ? We must suppose not ; because if so taken , they would express that which is not the fact . The Oath can in no sense be said to be taken to the people ...
... representatives . " Were these expressions intended to be taken literally ? We must suppose not ; because if so taken , they would express that which is not the fact . The Oath can in no sense be said to be taken to the people ...
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... representatives of the people , " the obligation of the Coronation Oath ( which , for the purpose of this argument , is supposed to have " extended to the present case " ) is dissolved ! Is this doctrine constitu- tional ? If the ...
... representatives of the people , " the obligation of the Coronation Oath ( which , for the purpose of this argument , is supposed to have " extended to the present case " ) is dissolved ! Is this doctrine constitu- tional ? If the ...
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... representatives , as have not the legisla- tive sanction , must be regarded as declarative of the proper will of that representative body only . To ascribe to the substantive proceed- ings of one of the branches of the Legislature a ...
... representatives , as have not the legisla- tive sanction , must be regarded as declarative of the proper will of that representative body only . To ascribe to the substantive proceed- ings of one of the branches of the Legislature a ...
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... representatives of the people having been intended to be thus under- stood . Though the passing of a Bill in Par- liament for an object opposed to that for which the Oath was established would be not of itself sufficient to annul the ...
... representatives of the people having been intended to be thus under- stood . Though the passing of a Bill in Par- liament for an object opposed to that for which the Oath was established would be not of itself sufficient to annul the ...
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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.