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(7) be made for securing our Religion Laws & Libertyes & therefore enacts severall particulars ^ [[addition]] some [[/addition]] relating to the Sovereign, his Comunion wh ye established Church, his not going abroad his Power of pardoning Impechmts one to his Dominons abroad, yt that this Nation should not be ingaged in a War for ye defence of them, Others with relation to ye Judges, & to fforeigners, & one to Persons having offices, to make them incapable of serving as Members of ye House of Commons. And then it declares ye Laws to be ye Birthright of ye People, & yt all the Kings & Queens of this Realm ought to administer ye Governmt according to ye same. The Scotch Act above mentioned ^ [[addition]]which was to be part of ye foundation of the Union [[/addition]] requires ye [[deletion]] King [[/deletion]] Sovereign at his accession to ye Crown to swear to maintain he Establishmt in that Act The English Act preliminary to ye Union that the Sovereign at his Coronation, shall take & subscribe an oath to maintain & preserve inviolable ye Settlemt of ye Church of England as by Law established. The Act for setling ye Succession of ye Crown made in ye first yeare of King William & Queen Mary enails yt every King shall on ye first day of ye meeting of ye first Parliamt next after his coming to ye Crown, sitting in his throne in ye House of Peers in ye presence of ye Lords & Comons therein assembled, Or at his Coronation which shall first happen make subscribe & repeat the declaration therein mentioned agst Popery. And if he shall happen to be then under ye Age of 12 yeares, then at his Coronation or ye first day of ye first Parliamt as aforesd, which shall first happen after he shall have attained ye Age of 12 years A like Provision might be made in this case enacting yt ye King (intended to be bound thereby) shall make & seale a solemn Renunciation of ye Electorate &c in favour of his Younger Brother & his male descendants & do all other Acts necessary to ye putting his Brother in full possession thereof, & this might be required to be done, at his accession to ye Crown, or at his first