against people, it was questioned whether the House could invoke a judicial procedure like that of the now disbanded House of Lords. After much debate and looking at old precedents, the House concluded that it had the right to act in a judicial capacity. So they tried Naylor and passed the following resolution for his blasphemy:

Acceptance of the Humble Petition and Advice

After some thought, Cromwell declined the crown as embodied in the Humble Petition. The Naylor case had shown that the members of Parliament were less religiously

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