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Show [ 241 ] t '240 '] PARLIAMENT, yet I think myfelf bound moft heartily to concur with him in what So that " the Powers that he" cannot bind the confcience when they exceed a law/eh Bundlttt' ; and therefore we may truly fay of all the Branches of the Leg/- he has mentioned in the fame page --‘ That it is a matter mof'r efTential to ‘ the liberties of this kingdom, that ‘ fuch members be delegated to this Iature together, (I mean their united au- ‘ important Truf'r, as are moft emi- Jufl limits, any more than the threats of thority,) what the ingenious Mr. Sadler faid particularly concerning the Houfe of Commons; viz. " When they are FREE- " i,. 7At " EST, they have L1M1'Ts;jbr they he " not infinite. Nay, when they are MOST . ! ey are MOST BOUND to GOOD" " FREE nent for their probity, their fortitude, ‘ and their knowledge; for it wasa ‘ known apophthegm of the great Lord ‘ Treafurer Burleigh, " that England n . " could never be ruined but by 21 Pat- " liament, 8;, ". ORDERS, and to 'RIGH'T-vREASON- Sadler's Rights, p. 135. It would be happy for this kingdom if all Members of Parliament were fenfible of thefe indzflerfihle limitations; and therefore, though I have thought it But, before I conclude this ad part of my Declaration, it may, perhaps, be expected that I fhould apologize for the tedious length of it ; and yet, when my Readers confider that it was neceflary for 'my duty to oppofe what Judge Black- me to anfwer the affertions of fome of the mofi: eminent Law Writers that this na- fione has unfortunately allowed concern- tion, perhaps, ever produced, they will ing the imaginary OMNIPOTENCE OF not think their time ill {pent (I hope) in following I i I PARLIAMENT, |