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    ifcrffegal consequences were considered , essentially civil;—that the marriages of Dissenters celebrated in ihe face of their congregations , were Valid in the Courts of I # aw ; ( see Hutchinson and Wife # . Brookabank , 3 Iievinz 376 , Wigmore ' s case , Salkeld 43 & *> -r 4 hafc-the Marriage Act was meant only to accomplish a civil purpose , the policy and utility of which it was by no

    means intended to impugn ;—that though by the- operation of the Act an essential abridgment of the liberty- ' of ^ Dissenters from the doctrine and discipline of the Church was effected , it was clear that such a result was not the intent of the Legi $ Utfare , as appeared by its exemption of the Jews an 4 Quakers .

    Parties seeking exemption from the operation of hws , devised far the general welfare of the community , would naturally turn their attention to devising a method of relief , which they could submit with confidence , as evincing no wish to relieve themselves from the essential and wholesome ciyii regulations of their country , while they requested attention to tfee lights

    of conscience in matters purely religious . They saw and felt the desirableness of interfering as little as possible with existing institutions , the civil benefits of-which wew equally advantageous to all ; and it appeared therefore * o them at first , that the simplest and most satisfactory plan was , to allow :, in the case the anc the the

    of parties ^ cr ^ pling pe e of presen t services minister might use only such part of it as was necessary to the formation of a soleum tjontract f omitting * J 1 to which the parties ( as differing either in doctrine or discipline ) could object .

    On this principle a very short Bill wm framed * wd passed through some of its stages in the HouSfe of Commons , which provided that where the parties should < fcUver-a written declaration tltat th & f were Dissenters from the CUwrcfcof England , the minister sUoukl be ftllow ^ d to solemnise tbe In fcu ^ - ^? ge by using ouly such part of the service as begins with the words , " I require and charge you both / ' aod wfa wife the words > " And tlw ^ eto I give thee my troths A reference to the Bill printed below will shew t | ie aimpltoity of tkUi plaa , and the words vyhich woidd form the service useable under it are » ubj , oiaed for convenleace af

    reference-To thi ^ plaa it was , however , & o < m mideratood tlmt inenperablje ol > j < ee » tion « \ y ^ re entertain ^ * q which it became the petitionera to fmjr the greatest <| eferenc ^^ WJiile tj ^ ey wer ^ considering wOi ^ t o ^ er course Should b © udopte ^ u Ginili ^ of , whom poiiiicul ctttd W ^ gaqu ^ principles furnisli su ^ icieot pafeguftrd fc ^ - ^ m ftimtl * of the ? Eata ^ bl ^ hR ^^ , th ^ t c ^ vii wguimfy W w ^ U ft » the i 3 atewj » ts > of tfce Church wfcuW be ftrfly con ^ idpred , very pplitejy & fty * up . * MU ; vfym tfee pflaa ^ bkU ^ ppe ^ x ^ d to him coast ^ ^ a ^ le . This wm adopted ; by the QommiUfte * wlye ^ t to aojiic alterations ; upimpwtftnt in principk , an 4 ia the pty jmft VQGGt & tkhytliei Houaeof Lord « . > ...

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1823, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1714/page/44/