Chap. III. ne HISTORYofthe PuRITANs.· • 4-9I made large advances in power already, and he might apprehend it not Oliver worth while at prefent, to rifk the whole for the fJke of a name; though I P r6tctlor. make no quefl:ion, but if he had lived to fee his ~overnment e~ablifhed,~ and the fpirits of the people calmed, he would m a proper ttme have accepted of the fiile and title, as he had already done the qjfice of KING. Nay Mr. We/wood fays, that a crown was acrually made, and broughtp. ur . to Whitehall for that pnrpofe-. Upon Cromwe/l's declining the title of king, the parliament concluded Parli~- . upon an humble petition and advice, which was prefented to the protec- m_ents sdpet:- . . I h f ll . . I '' Th tzon an aator May 2 5, contawmg among ot 1ers, t e o owwg arttc es.- at via. " his !Jigbnefs would exercife the otlice of chief magifl:rate of this na- WhitL " tion under the title of LbRD PROTECTOR; and that during life he MemoJr&.' " would declare his fucceifor-That for the future he would be pleafed P· '67S. " to call parliaments, confiiling of two houfes, to meet once in three " years, and oftner, if there be occafion-That the antient liberties of " parliament may be preferved; and that none who are chofen may be " excluded but by the judgment and confent of the hou[e of which " they are members--That no papift, no perfon that has borne arms " againfl: the parliament, unlefs he has fince ·given proof of his good af- " fecrion to the commonwealth; no clergyman, no atheift, or openly '' prophane perfon, be qualified to be chofen member of parliament- " That the other houfe of parliament be not more than feventy, nor lefs " than forty, of which twenty one to make a houfe-That they may " not vote by proJCy-That as any of them die, no new ones be ad- " mitted but by confent of the houfe it felf, but the nomination to be in " the protecror; and that they may not proceed in any criminal caufes but '' by impeachment of the commons-That no laws be abrogated, 11 fufpended, or repealed, but by aCt: of parliament; and that no perfou " be compelled to contribute to any gift, loans, benevolences, or taxes, '' without confent of parliament-That the number of his highnefs's '' council be not more than twenty one, of which feven to be a quorum; " and that no privy counfellor be removed but by confent of parliament; " though in the intervals of parliament they may be fufpcnded-That " the chancellor, or keeper of the great feal, the commiffioners of the '' treafury, and other chief officers of fl:ate, may be approved by both " houfes of parliament-" The article relating to religion was in thefe words; " That the pro- Ar!icle re- ' " tefl:ant chriflian religion contained in the holy fcriptures of the old and 1 1~tmg 10 rt· ll. d h b 1r zgt on, " new tenament, an no ot er, e auerted and held forth, as the pub- " lie profeffion of this nation ; and that a confeffion of faith, to be " agreed upon by your highnefs and this prefent parliament, be afferted, " and recommended to the people of the nation; and that none ihall R r r 2 ~·be
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