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(9) not laid upon his Royall Predecessors, & not necessary for ye publick welfare, were readily given up by ye Parliamt. tho parts of ye Act of Settlemt. The next Inquiry therefore was what security there would be, yt an Act for such a Renunciation will not be repealed, & yt a Prince in full possession of the throne, & having likewise an undoubted title to ye Electorate will give it up. The Provisions in ye Act of Settlemt & other Acts above mentioned, which remain unrepealed, are for securing ye Religion established in ye respective parts of Great Brittain, or for Points that have ye appearance of a manifest advantage to ye Subjects of Great Brittain, & the zeale of ye People to preserve them on ye one hand & ye prudent care on ye other hand ^ [[addition]] wh will probably in all times be had [[/addition]] not to begin a Reign with an attempt to breake in upon or weaken their Religions or Civill Rights make up together the security, & a reasonable one, & perhaps ye only one, that these will not be repealed also. And should ye People of Great Brittain [[deletion]] all [[/deletion]] be as fully persuaded, yt ye keeping ye Dominions in Germany together with the Kingdom of Great Brittain would be prejudiciall to this Kingdom, such Opinion would probably secure such act made for ye separation of them, from being repealed. But it seemd a very great doubt whether they would [[deletion]] think so [[unclear]] [[/deletion]] be of that Opinion or not, & would be exceeding dangerous to endeavour to convince them of it, because then they might be apt to be uneasy at their being ever kept together; & their uneasiness would rise higher & discover itself in more dangerous Instances, & perhaps at nice conjunctures, in proportion as ye Inconveniences should be represented greater & their apprehensions of them should increase. And then that Humour which must be relyed upon to preserve the Law for a separation might possibly force on a perpetuall separation, though ye Younger Line should fail, and perhaps sooner than is intended.
