§. 167. The power of calling parliaments in England, as to precise time,
place, and duration, is certainly a prerogative of the king, but still with
this trust, that it shall be made use of for the good of the nation as the
exigencies of the times and variety of occasion shall require. For it being
impossible to foresee which should always be the fittest place for them to
assemble in, and what the best season, the choice of these was left with the
executive power, as might be best subservient to the public good and best suit
the ends of parliament.