...rather than an angry channel. A division gave a vote of 168 to 116 in favour of the\ resolution, " That Penal Statutes in matters ecclesiastical cannot be \ suspended but by act of Parliament," which was embodied in a respectful petition to the King that the laws should once more be given their...

...against this double opposition, had to acknowledge defeat. On February 10, it was resolved by 168 to 116, 'that penal statutes, in matters ecclesiastical, cannot be suspended but by Act of Parliament.'9 The resolution was inscribed on the journals of the House,10 and it was further decided...

...Philip Henry, p. 136. When the House of Commons met 4th February, 167f , it at once resolved that " the Penal Statutes in matters ecclesiastical cannot be suspended but by Act of Parliament."6 Charles was forced to cancel his Indulgence on March 7th ; and the unhappy Test Act was...

...Forty statutes, it was said, had been violated by the Declaration, and the house passed a resolution that ' penal statutes in matters ecclesiastical cannot be suspended but by act of Parliament.' Both sides were anxious to limit the question to ecclesiastical statutes : Charles, because the powers...

...still more reason to fear the accession of his brother. By a majority of fifty-two the commons resolved "that penal statutes in matters ecclesiastical cannot be suspended but by act of parliament," and they presented an address to this effect to the king on February 19. In an adroit reply Charles...

...fill up vacancies the Presbyterian party had gained largely. By a vote of 168 to 116 it was resolved that ' penal statutes in matters ecclesiastical cannot be suspended but by act of parliament,' and a request for the withdrawal view* of of the Declaration was made to the king. All the P«-i»n«nt....

...powerful body in the Commons, now known as the Country Party, voted by a majority of 52 (168 to 116) that ' penal statutes in matters ecclesiastical cannot be suspended but by Act of Parliament, ' and with the support of the House of Lords presented addresses to the King urging the expulsion of...

...1673. — Parliament came together again after an interval of nearly two years. A resolution was passed that " penal statutes in matters ecclesiastical cannot be suspended but by act of Parliament." Charles found that no money would be forthcoming unless he withdrew the Declaration, and so he unwillingly...

...parliament expressed itself clearly and pointedly at its next session. The house of commons resolved that " penal statutes in matters ecclesiastical cannot be suspended but by act of parliament," and embodied the resolution in an address to the king. After some hesitation he yielded. Charles appears...

...dated the fifteenth day of March last, And we find ourselves bound in Duty to inform Your Majesty, that penal Statutes in Matters Ecclesiastical, cannot be suspended but by Act of Parliament, "We therefore ... do most humbly beseech Your Majesty that the said Laws may have their free course...