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the Test and those other Penal laws that tended to the security of
the Protestant Religion, since the Roman Catholics receive so
ether prejudices from these than their being excluded from Parlia•
menu and public employments; and that by them the Protestant
Iteligloa was sheltered from all the desists of the Remaa Catholics
against it or against the public safety—that neither the Test nor
those other laws could be said to carry any severity in tines against
the Roman Catholics upon account of their conscieoess. being only
provisions qualifying men to be Members of Parliament. or to be
cap4ile of bearing office, by which they must &dare before Goo
and *ea that they were for she Protestant Religion; so that in.
deed AI tbisanywnted to to more than a securing the Protestant
Religion from any prejudice it might receive frosts the Rounao-Ca.
tholics. Nor* than this. their Highnesses have thought, sod do
still think. it ought not to be asked or ezpeaell fr. In thews. slim
by that paeans the Roman Catholics and their posterity would be
fur 'free secured their persons or estates, or in the ezerche of
their religion; and they thought the Roman Cat/utiles ought to be
gadded with that, and not asumus the QUM of the klogslem under
pretence that they were Ant out of Partlamentaod employments;
and because these laws whereon the security of the Protestant re-
ligkm chiefly consisted were net repealed, by which they might be
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" 'noir Rightismse were totmloced in their COMICINICIS that
both the Protestant Religion and the Barrer of the Nation would
be expand to most certain diners if either the Tale of them
other Festal Laws of which he had made -frequent mention should
be repealed. Therefore they could set concur with his Naomi
in those matters. for they believed they should have mach to an-
. ewe? to Geo if the consideraties of any present advantages should
,induct then' to mom to things which they believed would net
oal be tidy &Fiero% but prejttilialatto the Freeman religieo."
the principle of exclusion from political pow,' os
account of religious opinions was as old as the founda-
tions of society. It was not a system of punishment ur
persecution—it was not a system which violated any
natural right, but it was a means employed by the com-
munity to secure their religion. their rights, and their
liberties. The disqualifying laws were the watch-towers
of the Constitution. intended to regent surprise, and to
avert danger from the citadel. One of the Members of
the Roman Catholic Association bad recently said that
all political power emanated from the people, and be
admitted this principle; but was it mg oho of the clearest

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