 | William Harris - 1814 - 404 pages
...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.... | |
 | Daniel Neal - Great Britain - 1817 - 508 pages
...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 his majesty's... | |
 | Daniel Neal - Great Britain - 1817 - 506 pages
...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 his majesty's... | |
 | King's College (University of Cambridge) - Church and education - 1817 - 120 pages
...laws. Charles II. 1675. Upon the King's Declaration of indulgence to Dissenters, the Commons state: " That Penal Statutes in matters Ecclesiastical, cannot be suspended but by Act of Parliament." The King replied, " He is troubled that his declaration should give occasion to the questioning his... | |
 | Earl John Russell Russell - Great Britain - 1819 - 372 pages
...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... | |
 | Earl John Russell Russell - Great Britain - 1820 - 606 pages
...interests might not be considered by the House of Commons. An address to the Crown 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 j but Shaftesbury, who had been made chancellor... | |
 | Earl John Russell Russell - Great Britain - 1820 - 318 pages
...interests might not be considered by the House of Commons. An address to the Crown 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... | |
 | Daniel Neal - Great Britain - 1822 - 528 pages
...in the act of uniformity; and therefore, upon the whole, they came to this resolution February 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 majesty's... | |
 | John Lingard - Great Britain - 1829 - 402 pages
...debate it was resolved by a majority of one hundred and sixty-eight to Feb. 10. one hundred and sixteen, that « penal statutes in matters « ecclesiastical cannot be suspended but by act of par1 Com. Journ. Feb. 7. Burnet, ii. i3. We are, however, told by North , that sir Thomas Lee, Mr.... | |
 | John Lingard - Great Britain - 1830 - 498 pages
...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 resolu6 ' ' tion was embodied in an address presented to the king. Charles required time to... | |
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of 168 to 116 in favour of the resolution, " That Penal Statutes in matters ecclesiastical cannot be suspended but by act of Parliament, 
