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and succeed in the Imperial Crown of this Kingdom, by Virtue of this Act, shall
have the Coronation Oath administred to him, her, or them, at their respective
Coronations, according to the Act of Parliament made in the first Year of the
Reign of his Majesty, and the said late Queen Mary, intituled, An Act for esta-
blisbing the Coronation Oath, and shall make, subscribe, and repeat the
Declaration in the Act first above recited, mentioned, or referred to, in the Man-
ner and Form thereby prescribed. III. And whereas it is requisite and necessary
that some further Provision be made for securing our Religion, Laws, and Liber-
ties, from and after the Death of his Majesty and the Princess Anne of Den-
mark and in Default of Issue of the Body of the said Princess and of his Majesty
respectively: Be it enacted by the Kings most Excellent Majesty, by and with the
Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in Par-
liament asseınbled, and by the Authority of the same, That whosoever shall hereaf-
ter come to the Possession of this Crown, shall joyn in Communion with the Church
of England, as by Law established. That in Case the Crown and Imperial Dignity
of this Realm shall hereafter come to any Person, not being a Native of this Kings-
dom of England, this Nation be not obliged to engage in any War for the Defence
of any Dominions or Territories which do not belong to the Crown of England,
without the Consent of Parliament. T'hat no Person who shall hereafter come to
the Possession of this Crown, shall go out of the Dominions of England, Scot-
land or Ireland, without Consent of Parliament. That from and after the time
that the further Limitation by this Act shall take effect, all Matters and Things
relating to the well governing of this Kingdom which are properly cognizable in
the Privy Council by the Laws and Customs of this Realm, shall be transacted
there, and all Resolutions taken thereupon shall be signed by such of the Privy
Council as shall advice and consent to the same. That after the said Limitation
shal take effect, as aforesaid, no Person born "out of the Kingdoms of England,
Scotland or Ireland, or the Dominions thereunto belonging (although he be
naturalized or made a Denizen, except such as are born of English Parents) shall
be capable to be of the Privy Council, or a Member of either House of Parliament,
or to enjoy any Office or Place of Trust, either Civil or Military, or to have any
Grant of Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments from the Crown to himself, or to
any other or others in Trust for him. That no Person who has an Office or Place
of Profit under the King, or receives a Pension from the Crown, shall be capable
of serving as a Member of the House of Commons. That after the said Limitation
shall take effect, as aforesaid Judges Conmissions be made quamdiu se bene
gesserint, and their Salaries ascertained and established: But upon the Adress
of both Houses of Parliament, it may be lawful to remove them. That no Pardon
under the Great Seal of England be pleadable to an Impeachment by the Com-
mons in Parliament. IV. And whereas the Laws of England are the Birth-right
of the People thereof, and all the Kings and Queens, who shall ascend the Throne
of this Realm, ought to administer te Government of the same according to the
said Laws, and all their Officers and Ministers ought to serve them respectively
according to the same: The said Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons,
