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The votes and orders of the honourable House of Commons passed February 25 & 26, 1662 upon reading His Majesties gracious declaration & speech together with their reasons and address humbly presented to His Majesty (the whole House present) by their speaker ... on Saturday Feb. 28 ... : with his speech at the delivery thereof : and his report of the substance of His Majesties gracious answer thereunto.
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England and Wales. Parliament. House of Commons.; England and Wales. Sovereign (1660-1685 : Charles II)
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THE Votes and Orders Of the Honorable House of Commons Passed February 25 26. 1662. Vpon Reading His Majesties Gracious DECLARATION SPEECH Together with their Reasons and Address Humbly presented to His Majesty The whole House present By their Speaker Sir Edward Turner Knight Baronet On Saturday Feb. 28. in the banqueting-Banquetting-House at Whitehall With his Speech at the delivery thereof And his Report of the Substance of His Majesties gracious Answer thereunto HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE DIEV ET MON DROIT London Printed by John Bill and Christopher Barker Printers to the Kings most Excellent Maiesty 1662. CVM PRIVILEGIO THE Votes Orders Of the Honourable House of Commons passed Febr. 25. 26. 1662. upon reading His Majesties Gracious Declaration and Speech c. THe honourable House of Commons having appointed Wednesday the 25. of this Moneth for the reading his Majesties Gracious Declaration of the six and twentieth of December last and his Speech made at the opening of this Session and the same being then read and taken into mature debate and consideration The House proceeded to pass these Votes and Orders following viz. Mercurii 25. Feb. 15. Car. R. Upon Consideration had by the House of the Kings Majesties Declaration and Speech Resolved upon the Question nemine contradicente THat the humble thanks of this House be returned to the Kings Maiesty for his constancy in the Observation of the Act of Indempnity Resolved c. nemine contradicente That the humble thanks of this House be returned to the Kings Majesty for His Profession against Introducing a Government by a Military Power Resolved c. nemine contradicente That the humble thanks of this House be returned to His Majesty for His gracious Invitation to this House to prepare some Laws against the growth and progress of Popery Resolved c. nemine contradicente That the humble thanks of this House be returned to His Majesty for His Resolution to maintain the Act of Vniformity Resolved c. nemine contradicente That the humble thanks of this House be returned to His Majesty for his Gracious recommendations to this House to prepare Laws against Licentiousness and Impiety and also to provide Sumptuary Laws and Laws for the Advance of Trade and for His Majesties gracious Expressions to retrench the Charge and Expences in His own Family Resolved c. That it be presented to the Kings Majesty as the Humble Advice of this House That no Indulgence be granted to the Dissenters from the Act of Vniformity Ordered That a Committee be appointed to collect and bring in the Reasons of this House for this Vote upon the present Debate to be presented to His Majesty and that the nominating of the Committee be adjourned till to morrow morning Jovis 26. Feb. 15. Car. R. Resolved c. That in the close of the Reasons to be presented to His Majesty for the Vote of Advice it be also added That this House will assist His Majesty with their Lives and Fortunes and That the Committee appointed to bring in the Reasons do pen an Address for that purpose to His Majesty And the Committee appointed to bring in the Reasons and Address before directed having met and agreed the same Sir Heneage Finch His Majesties Sollicitor General made Report thereof to the House on Fryday the Twenty seventh of this Month and the same being twice read and some small Amendments and Additions made thereto and the Reasons and Address so agreed ordered to be fair written A Message was sent to His Majesty by Sir William Compton and others of His Majesties Privy Councel Members of the House to desire leave of His Majesty that the House might wait on him at such time and place as His Majesty should appoint And His Majesty being attended Sir William Compton on Saturday made report That His Majesty did most graciously receive the Message as He did all things that came from that House and to testifie he did so had appointed the shortest time He could to be attended which was this present Saturday at Three of the clock in the afternoon in the banqueting-Banquetting-house at Whitehall and the House thereupon adjourning till Two of the Clock in the afternoon and being then met again Mr. Speaker with the whole House went from thence to Whitehall to attend His Majesty and Mr. Speaker delivered himself in manner following Most Gracious Sovereign THe Knights Citizens and Burgesses of the Commons House of Parliament did with great joy receive Your Majesties most Gracious Speech at the opening this Session of Parliament And being thereby invited to consider of Your Declaration of the Twenty sixth of December last they have with all Sobriety Duty and Affection examined the grounds thereof and do by me present unto Your Majesty their most hearty Thanks for the same and humble Advice thereupon both which I do beseech Your Majesty that You will vouchsafe me to deliver in their own words May it please Your most Excellent Majesty WE your Majesties most Dutiful and Loyal Subjects the Knights Citizens and Burgesses of the House of Commons in Parliament Assembled having with all Fidelity and Obedience considered of the several Matters comprised in Your Majesties late Gracious Declaration of the 26th of December last and Your most Gracious Speech at the beginning of this present Session Do in the first place for our selves and in the names of all the Commons of England render to Your Sacred Majesty the Tribute of our most hearty Thanks for that infinite Grace and Goodness wherewith Your Majesty hath been pleased to Publish Your Royal Intentions of adhering to Your Act of Indempnity and Oblivion by a Constant and Religious Observance of it And our hearts are further enlarged in these returns of Thanksgivings when we consider Your Majesties most Princely and Heroick Professions of relying upon the Affections of Your People and abhorring all sort of Military and Arbitrary Rule But above all We can never enough remember to the Honour of Your Majesties Piety and our own unspeakable Comfort those solemn and most endearing Invitations of us Your Majesties Subjects to prepare Laws to be presented to Your Majesty against the growth and increase of Popery and withal to provide more Laws against Licentiousness and Impiety at the same time Declaring Your own Resolutions for maintaining the Act of Uniformity And it becomes us always to acknowledge and admire Your Majesties Wisdom in this Your Declaration whereby Your Majesty is pleased to resolve not only by Sumptuary Laws but by Your own Royal Example of Frugality to restrain that excess in mens Expenses which is grown so general and so exorbitant and to direct our Endeavours to find out fit and proper Laws for Advancement of Trade and Commerce After all this we most humbly beseech Your Majesty to believe That it is with extream unwillingness and reluctancy of heart that we are brought to differ from any thing which Your Majesty hath thought fit to propose
And though we do no way doubt but that the unreasonable Distempers of mens spirits and the many Mutinies and Conspiracies which were carried on during the late Intervals of Parliament did reasonably incline Your Majesty to endeavour by Your Declaration to give some allay to those ill humours till the Parliament Assembled and the hopes of Indulgence if the Parliament should consent to it especially seeing the pretenders to this Indulgence did seem to make some titles to it by vertue of Your Majesties Declaration from Breda Nevertheless we Your Majesties most Dutiful and Loyal Subjects who are now returned to serve in Parliament from those several parts and places of Your Kingdom for which we were chosen Do humbly offer to Your Majesties great Wisdom That it is in no sort advisable that there be any Indulgence to such persons who presume to dissent from the Act of Uniformity and the Religion established For these Reasons WE have considered the nature of Your Majesties Declaration from Breda and are humbly of opinion That Your Majesty ought not to be pressed with it any further Because it is not a Promise in it self but only a Gracious Declaration of Your Majesties Intentions to do what in You lay and what a Parliament should advise Your Majestie to do and no such Advice was ever given or thought fit to be offered nor could it be otherwise understood because there were Laws of Uniformity then in being which could not be dispensed with but by Act of Parliament They who do pretend a Right to that supposed Promise put the Right into the hands of their Representatives whom they chose to serve for them in this Parliament who have Passed and Your Majestie consented to the Act of Uniformity If any shall presume to say that a Right to the benefit of this Declaration doth still remain after this Act Passed It tends to dissolve the very Bonds of Government and to suppose a disability in Your Majesty and the Houses of Parliament to make a Law contrary to any part of Your Majesties Declaration though both Houses should advise Your Majestie to it We have also considered the nature of the Indulgence Proposed with reference to those Consequences which must necessarily attend it It will establish Schism by a Law and make the whole Government of the Church Precarious and the Censures of it of no Moment or Consideration at all It will no way become the Gravity or Wisdom of a Parliament to pass a Law at one Session for Uniformity and at the next Session the reasons of Uniformity continuing still the same to pass another Law to frustrate or weaken the execution of it It will expose Your Majesty to the restless Importunity of every Sect or Opinion and of every single person also who shall presume to dissent from the Church of England It will be a cause of increasing Sects and Sectaries whose numbers will weaken the true Protestant Profession so far that it will at least be difficult for it to defend it self against them And which is yet further considerable those Numbers which by being troublesom to the Government finde they can arrive to an Indulgence will as their numbers increase be yet more troublesom that so at length they may arrive to a general Toleration which Your Majesty hath declared against and in time some prevalent Sect will at last contend for an establishment which for ought can be foreseen may end in Popery It is a thing altogether without Precedent and will take away all means of convicting Recusants and be inconsistent with the method and proceedings of the Laws of England Lastly It is humbly conceived that the Indulgence proposed will be so far from tending to the Peace of the Kingdom that it is rather likely to occasion great disturbance And on the contrary That the asserting of the Laws and the Religion establisht according to the Act of Uniformity is the most probable means to produce a setled Peace and Obedience throughout Your Kingdom Because the variety of Professions in Religion when openly indulged doth directly distinguish men into parties and withal gives them opportunity to count their numbers which considering the animosities that out of a Religious Pride will be kept on foot by the several Factions doth tend directly and inevitably to open disturbance Nor can Your Majesty have any Security that the Doctrine or Worship of the several Factions which are all Governed by a several Rule shall be consistent with the Peace of Your Kingdom And if any persons shall presume to disturb the Peace of the Kingdom We do in all humility declare that we will for ever and in all Occasions be ready with our utmost endeavour and assistance to adhere to and serve your Majesty according to our bounden Duty and Allegiance The Speakers Report of the Substance of His Majesties Gracious Answer THat His Majesty gave them hearty Thanks for their many Thanks That never any King was so happy in a House of Commons as He in this That the Paper and Reasons were long and therefore He would take time to consider of them and send them a message That they could never differ but in Judgment and that must be when He did not rightly express Himself or they did not rightly understand Him but their Interest was so far linkt together that they could never disagree LONDON Printed by John Bill and Christopher Barker Printers to the Kings most Excellent MAJESTY 1662.