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656 Jlsview^jProsecittion against Mr* St...
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Art. Ill, —A'Letter To Theliev. Dr. Beil...
even mention the name ' of Mr . Bishop , the prosecutor ; nor does he hint at all at the proceedings of he hmtat all at the proceedings or the court and the resistance he has made to what he deems improper in its conduct _* His whole letter is taken up "With this plain and
important question : Was it right for the Bishop of London to cite into a criminal court , a clergyman , jfor opinions delivered in his ser- mon , contrary to those maintained in the Thirty-ni _^ e Articles ? The
question is argued in a very grave and solemn manner by the author , and he denies that the preaching of ' opinion * contrary to the Thirtynine Articles is matter for a crimi _^ Dal prosecution .
He argues in this manner : The church of England has established certain articles to which a candidate for what are called holy orders must subscribe _* previous to
ordination . After this subscription he goes through a certain ceremony , and is solemnly adjured by the Bishop to answer in the sight of God the following _questions .
_"Areyou persuaded that the holy scriptures contain _sufficientl y all doctrines required of necessity for eternal salvation , through faith in Jesus Christ ? and are you determined out of the said scriptures
to instruct the people committed to your charge , and to teach nothing , as required of necessity to eternal salvation , but that which you shall be persuaded may be concluded and proved by scrip - lure }"
" Answer . I am so determined , and have so determined , by God ' s grace /'
" The Bishop , Will you be ready with all faithful diligence to banish and drive away all erroneous and _strange _doctriues . contrary to _God'i word ?
Art. Ill, —A'Letter To Theliev. Dr. Beil...
u I ' ing ray helper . '' Here , then , Mr . Stone Here , then , Mr . btone rests his case . He says that he has strictly complied with the vow made by him to his ordaining bishop , who never asked him whether he would teach or preach in conformity to the articles . The engagement to the bishop , he contend * , is unconditional and scriptural , and com - _pletely emancipates , him from the galling yoke of the Thirty-nine Ar-Answer . will , the Lord be ray helper / tides . How indeed is a preacher
to act ? is he to act against his conscience becaube he something against the No . He is bound by his vow before God and the Christian church to preach and teach only that which he is persuaded may be proved by the scriptures . The argument is , in our opinion , conclusive , and Mr . Stone deserves the may say articles ?
thanks of the Clergy for having so well pleaded their cause . Having produced his argument , Mr . Stone puts himself in the place of the Bishop , and supposes how he should act if , in a siutilar case , a clergyman , supposed to have _nrp » _rkpfl f > rr /\ _nnniic rln _^ _'trim-m . \\ _t \ t preached erroneous _doctrines , had been brought before him . The sentiments he advances in this manner are highly worthy of a Christian bishop , and we recommendI to the perusal not only of 1 shops of the churches of them the bi-Rome ,
_Greece , and England , but to the _Presbyters of Scotland and the ministers of _^ very congregation of _Christians . How long will it be before the teachers of Christianity have learned that _theirs is a
_religion of love , and that an erring brother is to be _brought back into the fold by argument , and that it is possible for one / nan to be ng'Jt and a _wfoole church to be wrong _Protestants ailqw tlm in their dis < -
656 Jlsview^Jprosecittion Against Mr* St...
656 _Jlsview _^ _jProsecittion against Mr * Stone
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1807, page 655, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/mrp_02121807/page/36/
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