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MISCELLANEOUS COMMUNICATIONS,
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pists have unanimously maintained the divine right of prelacy against our protestant divines . The bishop ^ it seems , took it ill that the popish synods of West Europe , such as those of Constance and Basil , must be styled " oecumenical 3 > councils ,
that they might come in arid witness for presbytery . His lordship , however , by his great and exemplary candour , procured the just respect and admiration of those who could not be convinced by his arguments . In his pious clemency towards the dissenters he is said to haye been singular , having in his day
no rival or imitator * . The adversaries of the dissenters in that country were so far from being disposed to imitate the good bishop ' s laudable example , that their bigotry and rage no \ s ( seemed to increase , and warrants were soon issued against Mr .
Ch which confined him to his house * and obliged him , when he went abroad , to travel by ni g ht . But the piety and uprightness which marked his character , and adorned the various scenes of h is life , so recommenced him to the esteem of his neighbours , that he was scarce ever in want of a timely intimation of approaching and imminent danger . No discouragements or menaces , however , could deter him from his duty . He expounded
the scriptures , prayed , and praised God every morning ancj
everting in his own family , where several of his religious neighbours were generally present . He also preached every Lord's day in his own house to as many as had courage to attend * ancj administered the Lord ' s supper at stated times . £ Tq be continae ^ . }
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APLEA FOR CANDOUR , IN REPLY TO GOGMACOG , To the Editor of the Monthly Repository .
Sir , Though approving , in general , of Gogmagog's ideas , and pleased even with the eccentricity of his character , which gives us reason to expect that he will rally us out of our follies and
* Although the good bishop could not succeed in removing Mr . Owcn ' n scru- » pics , and bringing him over to the church , yet his regard and friendship for him appear to foive continued undjminished . In 1688 , as he was passing through Oswestree , he -sent for Mr . O . and ventured to acquaint him -with the secret of the Prince of Orange ' s invitation by some great persons , in which he had joined , and
added , " He hoped the protestant dissenters "would concur in promoting ihe comj non interest , for you and we are brethren ( said he ); we have indeed been angry brethren , but we have seen our folly , and are resolved , if ever we have it in oujr power , to * hew that wp will treat you as brethren . "—Toulmin ' s NeaL v . 64 .
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238 A Plea for Candour .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1806, page 238, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1724/page/14/
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