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mm Remarks on the J 8 p . of Lincoln ' s Charge . ( See p . 382 . ) Norfolk , June 30 , 1815 . PRESUMING upon the accuracy of this statement , and
conceiving it possible , that the Bishop of Lincoln , as one of the appointed and zealous guardians of the sacred interests of orthodoxy may keep a vigilant eye upon the most notorious vehicles
of heresy and schism , the following questions and observations are written : —Are we to understand , that his Jordship ' s holy ire is excited against the learned and worthy Bishops of N r- and St . D for contributing
more extensively to circulate the authorized version of the New Testament ? And is his indignation roused because this version contains a verse which he and a large majority of
scriptural critics have pronounced an interpolation , and of course no part of the genuine word of God ? Even then we are in meekness to rebuke
those , who countenance what we deem to be error , and especially should this temper be shewn by those who , upon an accurate scrutiny of their own conduct , must be compelled to acknowledge some little inconsistency in themselves . To illustrate my
meaning , I will suppose a case , the application of which not only the bishop , but your readers will be' at no loss to make . —Suppose one of his episcopal brethren , whom he severely condemns , should , on the eve of Trinity Sunday , for the sake of the retort courteous , enter one of the venerable
cathedrals , where the Bishop of Lincoln has a stall $ conceive of him , as opening his lordship ' s Prayer Book , and where the 8 th verse of the vth chapter of the 1 st epistle of John now
stands , with a scriptural pen inserting these worris of our heavenly Master , acknowledged by all his followers of undisputed authority and solemn obligation , " First cast the beam out of tfeine own eye , ami then shalt thou
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see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother ' s eye . " Could the bishop be longer seriously angry , and could he wish to have the former reading restored ? We have too good an opinion of his understanding and tern .
per to believe either . While the officiating clergyman was reading as the true word of God , what his lordship has pronounced not to be so , he would be treasuring up most important and evangelical directions for the composition of his next episcopal
charge . May I be further indulged with a remark or two on the very laudable employment of the three bishops , of London , Lincoln and Peterborough , to " consolidate into one clear , perspicuous act the laws respecting the residence of the clergy and
the stipends of curates" ? If their lordships proceed with perfect harmony and good understanding and a c 6 rresponding expedition in rendering this important service to the church ,
may it not with great propriety be said , that in the whole business they were one ? No person of reflection would draw a wrong or ludicrous inference from such language . —Far he from the author of these observations
any personal antipathy to the Bishop of Lincoln , but their plain and obvious design is to check intolerance , to discountenance bigotry and to contribute to put to shame and confusion all illiberality , which dishonours the church of the living God . CLERICUS .
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S 58 Itemarks on the Bishop of Lincoln ' s Charge .
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distinguishing their society by that very appellation which marked their agreement with their neighbours , instead of one that contained any
appropriate description of themselves ! This , Sir , is a case in point . I leave your readers to judge whether it be possible to justify such a misapplication of words . PASTOR .
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Address to his Excellency the Earl of Moira 9 Governor-General of the J 3 ritish Empire in India . [ From the Joint Boards of Managers and Visitors of the Belfast Academical Institution . ] My Lord
. AN address from a Literary Institution in the North of Ireland , to the Governor-General of wdia , might justly be deemed irregu lar and intrusive , had not the directors of that institution previously reflected , that one of our earliest , yet most in-^ v » i i • • xlv ^ -. l / - » irP til enaceaoie is ujc
impressions , , « " «' native land : that , most particularly in the greatest and best minds , eminence of station , nor distance « place , can expel or alienate thifr s ^ , est of remembrances : and , th erefor , that the wish now to be expra ^
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1815, page 558, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1764/page/26/
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