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 of Lawes, nor give judgement upon any m ans peron or etate, where no Law hath been before provided; ave only in calling to an accompt, and punihing publique Officers for abuing or failing their trut.

7. That no Member of any future Repreentative be made either Receiver, Treaurer or other Officer during that imployment, aving to be a Member of the Councell of State.

8. That no Repreentative hall in any wie render up, or give, or take away any the foundations of Common Right, liberty or afety contained in this Agreement, nor hall levell mens etates, detroy propriety, or make all things common.

8. That the Councell of State, in cae of imminent danger or extream neceity, may in each intervall, ummon a Repreentative to be forthwith choen, and to meet, o as the Seions thereof continue not above forty daies, and so it diolve two moneths before the appointed time for the meeting of the next Repreentative.

9. That all ecurities given by the publique Faith of the Nation, hall be made good by the next and all future Repreentatives, ave that the next Repreentative may continue or make null in part or in whole, all gifts of moneys made by the preent Houe of Commons to their own Members, or to any of the Lords, or to any of the Attendants of either of them.

10. That every Officer or Leader of any Forces in any preent or future Army, or Garrion that hall reit the Orders of the next or any future Repreentative, (except uch Repreentative hall exprely violate this Agreement) hall forthwith after his or their reitance, by vertue of this Agreement, looe the benefit and protection of all the Lawes of the Land, and die without mercy.

Thee things we declare to be eentiall to our jut Freedomes, and to a through [sic] compoure of our long and wofull ditractions. And therefore we are agreed and reolved to maintain thee certain Rules of Government, and all that joyne therein, with our utmot poibilities, againt all oppoition whatoever.