A Collection of the Parliamentary Debates in England (Volume 5); From the Year M, DC, LXVIII to the Present Time (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1741. Excerpt: ... ed, and the act for security of the Protestant religion, and Presbyterian church government, was read; and after some discourse, a first reading mark'd thereon. On the 16th, the faid act was read a seAct fcr se-cond time; and then the act for security of the Procurity of the testant religion, and Presbyterian church governmentchurch go-mlerted m, and ratified by that act, was touched jS"' with the royal scepter, by the Lord High Commissioner. Immediately after this, the following representation and petitions was presented to the house: The Representation and Petition of the Commission of the General Assembly of the National Church of Scotland, was presented to the houses; Humbly Shewing, tiT6 ?'" ' TTdTiBe, confidering the trust reposed in us by then'chUreh the late General Assembly, find it our duty to lay of Scottand. before your Grace and Lordships, when as we are informed, you are about the faffing of an act of ra tifcation of the articles of the treaty of Union betwixt the two kingdoms of Scotland and England, which contains these following words; declaring neverthe less that the Parliament of England, may provide for the security of the Church of England, as they shall think expedient, to take place within the bounds of the faid kingdom of England, and not 'derogating from the security above provided, for 'establishing the Church of Scotland within the bounds of this kingdom, which shall not suspend 'or derogate from the force and effect of this pre sent ratification, but shall be understood as here in eluded, without any necessity of any new ratifica tion in the Parliament of Scotland: Which clause seems to us, not only to be a blank, put, with your Grace and Lordships consent, in the hands of the 'Parliament of England, to matt wha...