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A58236 Reasons for crowning the Prince and Princess of Orange King and Qveen joyntly, and for placing the executive power in the Prince alone 1689 (1689) Wing R489; ESTC R229282 1,505 1

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REASONS FOR CROWNING THE Prince and Princess of Orange KING and QVEEN joyntly And for placing the Executive Power in the Prince alone WHereas the Grand Convention of the Estates of England have asserted the Peoples Right by declaring That the late King James the Second having endeavoured to Subvert the Constitution of the Kingdom by breaking the Original Contract between King and People And by advice of Jesuits and other wicked Persons having Violated the Fundamental Laws And having withdrawn himself out of this Kingdom has abdicated the Government and that the Throne is thereby Vacant For which Mis-government He has forfeited the Trust of the Regal Inheritance of the Executive Power both in Himself and in His Heirs Lineal and Collateral so that the same is devolved back to the People who have also the Legislative Authority and consequently may of Right Give and Dispose thereof by their Representatives for their future Peace Benefit Security and Government according to their good Will and Pleasure And forasmuch as it is absolutely Necessary that the Government be speedily settled on sure and lasting Foundations and consequently that such Person or Persons be immediatly placed in the Throne in whom the Nation has most reason to repose an entire Confidence It therefore now lies upon Us to make to Judicious a choice that we may in all Humane Probability thereby render Our selves a Happy People and give our Posterity cause to rejoyce when they shal Read the Proceedings of this Wise and Grand CONVENTION Who is it therefore that has so highly Merited the Love and good Opinion of the People the Honour of Wearing the Crown and Swaying the Scepter of this Land As His illustrious Highness the Prince of Orange who with so great Expence Hazard Conduct Courage and Generosity had happily Rescued Us from Popery and Slavery and with so much Gallantry Restored Us to our ancient Rights Religion Laws Liberties and Properties for which Heroick Action we can do no less in Prudence Honour and Gratitude than pray Him to Accept our Crown II. It is better to settle the Exercise of the Government in One who is not immediat in the Line than in One that is 1. Because it is a clear Asserting of a Fundamental Right that manifests the Constitution of the English Government and covers the Subjects from Tyranny and Slavery 2. It cuts off the Dispute of the pretended Prince of Wales 3. The old Succession being legally Dissolved and a new one made the Government is secured from falling into the hands of a Papist III. The making the Prince and Princess of Orange King and Queen joyntly is the Nation 's Gratitude and Generosity And by re-continuing the Line in Remainder is manifested the inesteemable Value the People have for the two Princesses notwithstanding the Male-Administration of their Unhappy Father IV. The present State of Europe in General and of these Kingdoms in particular require a Vigorous and Masculine Administration To recover what 's lost rescue what 's in danger and rectifie what 's amiss cannot be effected but by a Prince that is consummat in the Art both of Peace and War. Tho' the Prince and Princess be King and Queen joyntly and will equally share the Glory of a Crown and we the Happiness of their Auspicious Reign yet the wisdom of the Grand Convention is manifested 1st In placing the Executive Power in one of them and not in both for two persons equal in Authority may differ in Opinion and consequently in Command and it is evident no Man can serve two Masters 2ly It 's highly necessary and prudent rather to vest the Administration in the Husband than in the Wife 1. Because a Man by Nature Education and Experience is generally rendered more capable to Govern than the Woman Therefore 2. the Husband ought rather to Rule the Wife than the Wife the Husband especially considering the Vow in Matrimony 3. The Prince of Orange is not more proper to Govern as he 's Man and Husband only but as he is a Man a Husband and a Prince of known Honour profound wisdom undaunted Courage and incomparable Merit as he 's a Person that 's naturally inclin'd to be just Merciful and Peaceable and to do all publick Acts of Generosity for the Advancement of the Interest and happiness of Humane Societies and therefore most fit under Heaven to have the sole Executive Power Re-printed in the Year 1689.