640 ' A. D. 1689- 



aflembled at Weilminfter, lawfully, fully, and freely, reprefenting air 

 the eftates of the people of England, viz. 



' I) Whereas the late Khig James II, by the alliflance of divers evil 

 counfellors, judges, and minifiers, employed by him, did endeavour to 

 fubvert and extirpate the proteftant reUgion, and the laws and liberties 

 of this kingdom, 



' I. By afluming a power of difpenfing with the laws, without the 

 confent of parliament ; 



' 2. By committing and profecuting divers worthy prelates, for hum- 

 bly petitioning to be excufed from concurring to the faid afTumed 

 power ; 



* 3. By his commiflion, under the great feal, for erecting a court, 

 called the court of commiflioners for ecclefiaflical caufes ; 



* 4. By levying money by pretence of prerogative, for other time, 

 and, in other manner, than the fame was granted by parliament ; 

 ' 5. By railing and keeping up a Handing army in time of peace, 



without confent of parliament, and quartering of foldiers contrary to 

 law ; 



' 6. By caufing feveral good fubjeds, being proteftants, to be difarm- 

 ed, at the fame time when papifts were both armed and employed, 

 contrary to law ; 



' 7. By violating the freedom of eledions of members to ferve in: 

 parliament; 



' 8. By profecutions in the court of king's bench for matters and 

 caufes cognizable only in parliament ; and by divers other arbitrary, 

 and illegal courfes ; 



' 9. By obtaining partial, corrupt,, and unqualified, perfons to be re- 

 turned to ferve on juries in trials for high treafon, who were not free-- 

 holders ; 



' 10. By exceffive bails being required of perfons committed in cri- 

 minal cafes, to elude the benefit ©f the laws made for the liberty of 

 the fubjeds ; 



' II. ' By exceffive fines having been impofed, and illegal and cruel 

 punilhments inflided ; 



' 12; and laflly. By feveral grants and promifes made of fines and 

 forfeitures, before any convidion or judgment againfl the perfons up- 

 on whom the fame were to be levied. 



* All which are utterly and diredly contrary to the known laws, and' 

 ftatutes, and freedom, of this realm ; wherefor, the faid lords fpiritual 

 and temporal, and commons, now aflembled in a full and free reprefent- 

 ative of this nation, do, in the firfl place, as their ancefiors, in like 

 cafe have ufually done, for the vindicating and aflerting their antient 

 rights and liberties, declare, 



* I. That the pretended power of fufpending laws, or the execution 



