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 whatoever is not in this Agreement excepted or reerved from them:

As particularly:

1. We do not empower our Repreentatives to continue in force, or make any Lawes, Oaths and Covenants, whereby to compell by penalties or otherwie, any peron to any thing, in or about matters of Faith, Religion, or Gods Worhip, or to retraine any peron from the profeing his Faith, or exercie of Religion, according to his Concience, in any houe or place (except uch as are, or hall be et apart for the publique worhip,) neverthelee the intruction or directing of the Nation in a publique way, for the matters of Faith, Worhip, or Dicipline (o it be not compulive or expree Popery) is referred to their dicretion.

2. We do not empower them to impree or contraine any peron to erve in Warre either by Sea or Land, every mans concience being to be atified in the jutnee of that caue wherein he hazards his life.

3. That after the diolution of this preent Parliament, none of the people be at any time quetioned for any thing aid or done in reference to the late VVarres, or publique differences, otherwie then in execution or puruance of the determination of the preent Houe of Commons, againt uch as have adhered to the King or his interet againt the People: And aving that Accomptants for publique moneys received, hall remain accomptable for the ame.

4. That in any Lawes hereafter to be made, no peron by vertue of any Tenure, Grant, Charter, Pattent, Degree or Birth, hall be priviledged from ubjection thereto, or being bound thereby as well as others.

5. That all priviledges or exemptions of any perons from the Lawes, or from the ordinary coure of legall proceedings, by vertue of any Tenure, Grant, Charter, Pattent, Degree or Birth, or of any place of reidence or refuge, hall be henceforth void and null, and the like not to be made nor revived againe

6. That the Repreentatives intermeddle not with the execution Rh