Agreement of the People
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An Agreement of the People · the Agreement · the Agreement of the People · the Agreement of the People offered by the Levellers · the original Agreement of the People · this Agreement
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The Constitutional Documents of the Puritan Revolution, 1625–1660 (English)
An Agreement of the People for a firm and present peace upon grounds of common right.
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The Constitutional Documents of the Puritan Revolution, 1625–1660
An earlier constitutional scheme, originating with the Levellers and the Army, that served as the model for several provisions of the Instrument of Government.
The army could take care that a man like Charles I should not rule England, but the Agreement of the People, the Instrument of Government, and the Humble Petition and Advice were but academical studies, interesting as anticipating in many respects the constitutional and political development of England and of the United States of America, but utterly incapable of commending themselves to the consc …
So far the Parliament had gone in carrying out the Agreement of the People, but, as might be expected, it took no steps to limit its own powers, nor was it at all in a hurry to appoint a day for its own dissolution.
The articles on Liberty of Worship (§§ 36, 37) are almost verbally taken from the Agreement of the People, except that for the clause ‘Nevertheless, it is not intended to be hereby provided that this liberty shall necessarily extend to Popery or Prelacy,’ is substituted ‘Provided this liberty be not extended to Popery or Prelacy, nor to such as, under the profession of Christ, hold forth and practise licentiousness.