The Declaration of James dispensed also with all religious tests.

The Declaration of Charles permitted the Roman Catholics to celebrate their worship in private dwellings only.

Under the Declaration of James they might build and decorate temples, and even walk in procession along Fleet Street with crosses, images, and censers.

Yet the Declaration of Charles had been pronounced illegal in the most formal manner.

The Commons had resolved that the King had no power to dispense with statutes in matters ecclesiastical.