 | Great Britain. Parliament - 1808 - 740 pagine
...mentioned, for indulgence to Dissenters ; and we find ourselves bound in duty to inform your majesty, that penal statutes, in matters Ecclesiastical, cannot be suspended but by act of parliament. — We, therefore, do most humbly beseech your majesty, that the said laws may have their free force,... | |
 | William Harris - 1814 - 396 pagine
...address, Feb. 14th following; in which they say, " we find ourselves bound in duty to inform your majesty, that penal statutes, in matters ecclesiastical, cannot be suspended but by act of parliament." The king was not well pleased with this address, but seemed to insist on his dispensing power. The commons,... | |
 | Daniel Neal - 1817 - 508 pagine
...clause in the act of uniformity ; and therefore, upon the whole, they came to this resolution Feb. 10, " that penal statutes in matters ecclesiastical cannot be suspended but by act of parliament ; that no such power had ever been claimed by any of his majesty's predecessors, and therefore bis... | |
 | Daniel Neal - 1817 - 506 pagine
...in the act of uniformity ; and therefore, upon the. Whole, they came to this resolution Feb. 10, " that penal statutes in matters ecclesiastical cannot be suspended but by act of parliament ; that no such power had ever been claimed by any of his majesty's predecessors, and therefore his... | |
 | Earl John Russell Russell - 1819 - 368 pagine
...desired their interests might not be considered by the House of Commons. An address was voted, declaring that penal statutes, in matters ecclesiastical, cannot be suspended, but by act of parliament. Clifford attacked this vote violently in the House of Lords; but Shaftesbury, who had been made chancellor... | |
 | John Lingard - 1830 - 500 pagine
...Journed debate it was resolved by a majority of one hundred and sixty-eight to one hundred and sixteen, that " penal statutes in matters ecclesiastical cannot be suspended but by act of parliament,"! and this resolu1 e ' tion was embodied in an address presented to the king. Charles required time to... | |
 | sir James Mackintosh - 1834 - 394 pagine
...yielded to the dread of prerogative and the enmity to the Church of Rome. An address was presented e to the King, " to inform him that penal statutes in...answer ; and the House presented another address, dedaring " that the King was very much misinformed, no such power having been claimed or recognised... | |
 | Luke Howard - 1835 - 462 pagine
...Commons " Feb. 10th 1673, After a long and adjourned debate it was resolved, by a majority of 168 to 116, that 'penal statutes in matters Ecclesiastical cannot be suspended but by Act of Parliament ; ' and this resolution was embodied in an address presented to the king." Lingard, vol. vii, p. 545.... | |
 | Thomas Henry Lister - 1838 - 622 pagine
...Commons voted these elections void, and issued new writs. They then opposed the declaration — resolved that "penal statutes " in matters ecclesiastical cannot be suspended but " by act of Parliament," and embodied their resolution in an address to the King. The crisis had arrived. If Charles now paused... | |
 | Thomas Henry Lister - 1838 - 614 pagine
...Commons voted these elections void, and issued new writs. They then opposed the declaration — resolved that "penal statutes " in matters ecclesiastical cannot be suspended but " by act of Parliament," and embodied their resolution in an address to the King. The crisis had arrived. If Charles now paused... | |
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to inform him that penal statutes in matters ecclesiastical cannot be suspended but by Act of Parliament;" to which the King returned an evasive answer. 
