Hiiory of f t, e Puritans, examin'd. 33 7 Neal, p. 548 His Majefty acquainted the Hou» fromHuntington with his Defign, to refide for fame time at York ; and adds, That theyJhould pay a due Regard to his Prerogative, and to the Laws efla- bliJhed ; and that none of his Subjeas /Mould prefume, under Colour of any Order or Ordinance of Parlia- ment, to which his Majefly is not a Party, to do or execute what is not warranted by Law. His Ma- jefty's Intention by this Meffli¢e, was to put a flop to all farther Proceedings of the Parliament, for their own, and the Nation's Security, &c. His, Majefty's Declaration is juif the reverie of what he mentions :' * ' And that his Majefty may leave no way unattempted, which may beget a good Underflanding between him and his Parlia- ment, he thinks it necc:ffary to declare, that as he has been fo tender of the Privileges of Parlia- ment, that he has been ready and forward to re- ' traft any Aft of his own, which he has been in- ' formed hath trench'd upon their Privileges ; fo he experts an equal Tendernefs in them, of his Ma- ' jefty's known and unqueftionable Privileges, (which are the Privileges of the Kingdom) a- ' mongff which he is affured it is a fundamental one, That his Subjeas cannot be obliged to obey any Aft, Order, or Injunftion, to which his Majefty has not given his Content. And there- ' fore, he thinks it necefiary to publifh, that he experts, and hereby requires Obedience of all his loving Subjeas to the Laws eftablifhed ; and that they prefume not, upon any Pretence of Order or Ordinance (to which. his Majefty was no Party) concerning the Militia, or any other things, to do or execute what is not warranted by thofe Laws: His Majefty being refolved to * Lord Clarendon's Hiftory, Vol. I. p. 353, Reefhworth, Vol. IV. p. 533, 534. VoL. keep
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