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HOUSE OF COMMONS , ; ¦ ' ¦ " . ^ r \' - / Mkvidii& ^ . J' /^ _ . ' Establishment of ^ lfjelanidL
IRISH TITHES . r - - Mr . Hume saiu \ he . rose under a 4 |* U impression o £ the importariceof the question . HaJelt i >» / mtt ' ratf how impossible it , woul < l -be , , to obtain , an agreejneiK on any , one , of his propositions , unless they came to a defined understanding what
the term , " Church'V meant . Men were < lisposed tOv deftne ^ ctba : t term more in c <» iformity with tf ^ efff own pre possessions , XhpnKt under the . * MM « or | ty of Scripture , Jaw , or const || utipnai ; . analogy . The ^ e . were three acceptations ; under which the 4 . eem was understood . He would not lay
-any stress ou that which meant only the material of . the building , the s ropf anjl waUs . Some , . however , understood ¦ by the Church the Clergy—^ an < kthe ~ Clergy only- * , WM _ le another class of persons comprehended within that term the com , * in union of persons belonging to that
persuasion or establishment . He was at a loss to discover any arguments in support of , ; any . other . accept a tip n . The , . Apostte Paul ,, the oldest , and the , most undoubted authority , understood the Church to b ^ a communion of persons holding tbte same belief . —rNpw , acknowledging ^ ha t ; aqcep
tat ion , t he Ch urch 4 in Ireland ha 4 * this distinctive ex . cep ^ ion , tha ^ H wa § a , comtauniou of persous professing a belief in opposition to , that of the great , body of the population .. (^ Hear , hear . ) . cTbe ^ e , was , no authority in , Scripture fp ^ r any ,
other interpretation to J > e put . on the . other interpretation toj > e pux ^ on the , word Church . It was .. the creajture . of t ^ e , law , anoY . wa ^ $ o be deal t with , byt ^ e law . t—He denied that , there ^ was » any similarity , between Church property an 4 pH- ^
^ ate -prqp « . rt >> A pi iv ^ e proprietor pf land held it . w . Uhpu $ . an . y . cpnditio ^ . by the Yiplation of which it vyould b ^ fpr ^ ite 4 , ; for . his own , to descend to his , ) leirs fpr , cyer . Cburch property . ^ was . held onjthe condition of the periprraance of ^ certa , in ' duties , If tho ^ e duties . were neglected , tjie individuals holding the property . might , be deprived oif | t . , > Why < wa $ the ; Bishop of Clogherdepi ^ e ^ of . his fprpi > e £ ty ? . if ¦» - ¦
, . ¦ — O ~< . ""¦ r R 7 iT > ' — > m « . — fj ^ f rJKr *^ KM TT *< t ^ e duvk s were not performed ,. the , clergy . Qllgl ^ t not to receive ^ y pf th ^ pay ^ , r < enmueratkHi appwpj iaited-to them , ^ y ^ ajt ^ W ^ S rfn ^ Jfacta . with i : eept ? ct ,, < ro the % ho- ; iffajM ^ mfah At the Ume of ^ the Ij £ % T , tfeer w ^ s scarcely individual
u ^ alloja ; § an in th ^ kus ^ otm ^ hold 4 og , a « > en ^ c § r ^^ 4 id not do . # s duty w the SRo ^ .: It wa ^ OBlv > since tb ^ 4 ^^ Ojf > p ^| y , ia reUgW JW * S ^ raMienceJi tfeat nbujig © in tbe < phut c ^ , had , taken place , ^ lo $ | # gl ^ r tfea clQitgy
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no ^ r tending Uie cure . of souls ^ they iwexp ^ o he ip « p 4 ^ Ma ^ , a ^ h ^ t ^ i ^^ oi , | n . Rome , all . over the wprld . -Wpuld the HouseLcontinue ^ tpisauctiou ^ h ^ j ^*^^ tion of a sacred duty , and abstain firom visiting those by ^ whigu ^ it xv&& practised visiting those by ^ w ^ m , it ^ ras practised
Witk the forfeiture which they had inqpr ^ d ? . ^ But , . ^ h ^ 4 fiMmfa m 4 *} m Church property was whoUy , in ^ lierial > le . Did pot parliament alter the Jaw ^ re ^ ^ pectiy . g , alL other Wndf , of ^ p ^ pp ^ Ety ? What ; iyvas there iju Church property that prohibited Parjiament from r . legialatiag with regard to ti % ? Had ' there , not , " from the time of Henry the Eighth dowiiward * ,
been frequent interferences of that nature ? Was there not' in the case ot the Land-Tax Bill an interference on the part of the legislature , authorizing the sale of a part of the Church property for ^ urp bses
oJu . s $ a £ e ' ? Had npt ., Parliament already changed the religion of the country from Catholicism to ^ Protestantlsm ? Had they not , there ^ e , established by law all the existing bishops , dean 5 , chapters ao 4 their paraphernaiia ? Having had the po . wei * to
gp that , they had unquestionably the power to 4 change ; th 4 . present- ieligioQ ,, it tliey thought proper so to 5 I 0 . , Haying exercised th ^ ir power twice , ia .. tfiat tespect , w ^ at ^ as , there to prevent .. thejir-ex ^ rc ^ lng it , a third tipie ? Suppose ,, on a
prpposition iuade to Parhainent , it should determine that the established religion of the laud should be no 4 onger Prptestanjisni , but Ctiiakerisui-r-suppo ^ e ^ ha . t F ( au ^ e ^ were to becanae a House ^ of Quakers—suppose that , right or wrong , they were to declaim that Quajcer ^ in , shaifld oe the . prevailing religion of the state , what must be the
cpnaequence i , ^ l ^ he Quakers had no clergy -rrtbe Quakers had no bishops , deaus ^ qr chapters . In the event of the establishment of QuakerLsru , wh < Vt . then would become of the freeholds wl ^ ch the clergy fea t at
no , w ^ assessed ? ? tNfl ^ h ^ d t ^ m the . tioie ; mj ^ t . be , al | pwe 4 ' OiW ^*« K at i tfeena m > % M %$ of . vgf ^ righM ) ^ 9 % M them 44 ^ W ^^ i ^ k ^^ . |^^ 4 tt -y ™? tins pr ^ pipl ^ of ^^ n ^ pa ^^ W HM £ d ; escribe 4 > -tf ^ v& Bm } 4 m $ l Jk m paid for bUk B ^ p ^ ^ p ^^ rVigipa ^^ Ja ^ he § hpuld be glad t o know what wpuld become of the great mass of Church pror rty ? WauldJ t h © i aUgwed tofal ) i t o
pe , ; the ground ? Qr would not gpveruo ^ eiu reserve it , and apply it ^ to a ^ iy purppse to whicli P ^ rlmmeqt n ^ ight . tli ^ nk , it pjap ^ j tp 4 ^ ote u ? . j ^ t . i ^ mmt * wtmtikm ^ r * m&fa > hijt i ^ m ^ Mum ^ M ^ fic
^ whetnfir they per ^ orined , 0 | e ^ | lHUc 3 y ^ MW P *^ 'W * ^^ v ?^ h ^ slS ^ 'PSSi ^^ J ^ TSwJ' ^ l ^ sP ^ - ' < J ^ P ^! r ftnp ^ fwIBPw ^ lPJpRpiRr ^' " tJBfwKfiS ^^ pljfep *!^'
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K 184 Intelligence . —Irish Church \ E $ tabliehmen £ .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1823, page 184, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1782/page/56/
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