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not have free disposal of their own effects;” — and whatever is iniquitous can never be made lawful (8) by any authority on earth; not even by the united authority of King, Lords, and Commons; for that would be contrary to the eternal (9) Laws of God, which are supreme. (10)

In every point of view, the making laws for the subjects of any part of the British Empire, without their participation and assent, is iniquitous and therefore unlawful: for