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Page 104
... Order , to obferve to you , that all the Diffa- tisfactions which have been raised in the Minds of the People , owe ... holy Orders , who have made the Conftitution of their own Country a very little Part of their Study , and yet made ...
... Order , to obferve to you , that all the Diffa- tisfactions which have been raised in the Minds of the People , owe ... holy Orders , who have made the Conftitution of their own Country a very little Part of their Study , and yet made ...
Page 199
... Holy Orders are forced to fublift with an Income below that of Day- Labourers ? Why do not you , while you are courting the Clergy , help this Particular ? If you go on in fuch Defigns as thefe , will it not fuffice ? No : This would be ...
... Holy Orders are forced to fublift with an Income below that of Day- Labourers ? Why do not you , while you are courting the Clergy , help this Particular ? If you go on in fuch Defigns as thefe , will it not fuffice ? No : This would be ...
Page 246
... holy Orders • declared and adjudged incapable of being e- ver admitted into the fame . I fhall conclude • with this Obfervation , That these noble Foun- • dations and Monuments of the Virtue of our Ancestors , are in their very Nature ...
... holy Orders • declared and adjudged incapable of being e- ver admitted into the fame . I fhall conclude • with this Obfervation , That these noble Foun- • dations and Monuments of the Virtue of our Ancestors , are in their very Nature ...
Page 250
... Holy Profeffors of it . I have received feveral Approbations in Publick and in Private , from Men in Holy Orders , for my concurring with them , to the beft of my poor Abilities , in the Advancement of Morality , and in beating down ...
... Holy Profeffors of it . I have received feveral Approbations in Publick and in Private , from Men in Holy Orders , for my concurring with them , to the beft of my poor Abilities , in the Advancement of Morality , and in beating down ...
Page 252
... holy Orders . Per- fons who have devoted themselves to the Ser- 6 vice of God are venerable to all who fear him ... Order ? He has not taken the leaft Care to difguife his being an Enemy to the Perfons against whom he writes , nor any ...
... holy Orders . Per- fons who have devoted themselves to the Ser- 6 vice of God are venerable to all who fear him ... Order ? He has not taken the leaft Care to difguife his being an Enemy to the Perfons against whom he writes , nor any ...
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Page 122 - 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 123 - ... king and queen of England, France and Ireland and the dominions thereunto belonging...
Page 156 - Lord, one thousand eight hundred and one, and for ever after, be united into one kingdom, by the name of The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland...
Page 123 - 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.
Page 259 - ... it was written by one whose virtue sits easy about him, and to whom vice is thoroughly contemptible. It was said by one of this company, alluding to that knowledge of the world the author seems to have, ' The man writes much like a gentleman, and goes to heaven with a very good mien.
Page 119 - 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 125 - Now in pursuance of the premises, the said lords spiritual and temporal, and commons, in parliament assembled, for the ratifying, confirming and establishing the said declaration, and the articles, clauses, matters, and things therein contained, by the force of a law made in due form by authority of parliament, do pray that it may be declared and enacted, That all and singular the rights and liberties asserted and claimed in the said declaration, are the true, ancient, and indubitable rights and...
Page 123 - To which demand of their rights they are particularly encouraged by the declaration of his highness the Prince of Orange, as being the only means for obtaining a full redress and remedy therein...
Page 121 - January, in this year one thousand six hundred eighty and eight, in order to such an establishment, as that their religion, laws, and liberties might not again be in danger of being subverted ; upon which letters, elections have been accordingly made. And thereupon the said lords spiritual and temporal, and commons, pursuant to their respective letters and elections, being now assembled in a full and free...
Page 128 - Rome, or shall profess the popish religion, or shall marry a papist, shall be excluded and be for ever incapable to inherit, possess or enjoy the crown and government of this realm and Ireland and the dominions thereunto belonging...