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    £ 1 & ifaWfcicV b ? t > ie stifejedt , bttt Because fee feU it Sflicblt xot ^ mn his iiidigfld-Mflj ^ Ttt Witttfc $ lfefc " tW > ttem | ks tidw in £ de to btertfcrdw * tie fotiiidarrdn < tf ** U of the of

    ttublic prdriertik Itie l ? fl ^| brei ^ iit ttublic prdpWtt . ttie l ? fl ^ 6 t ther ^ re ^ iit nibtioti wotfld § e to maii £ n Afe ) fttt&-blished-GhAt ' i&i to * fcfi& , Unfit hatttfu & well as from feettllg , WB oUght all to fjeel a String atfcichfrSent ; * M tb irftmVe jn

    anarchy iuftft" &ttifii *! bft < £ vfery principle which should fre field tho&t ^ lu-r ^ d By PariiStilbtit , ^ aWfcularTy tfcSt Of the iitfrto-Ittbflitt of uH public aud ^ rtvWtepretty , wfiether ii l&ton « ted t 6 tfcfc Chfrfdi br % o

    the Utity . TWe / H ^ ii . M 6 # 1 > er , WBSfhfe stated that he waS tu ^< M to place : the clergy of the counti ^ upo n a res pectable footing * appealed to ^/ Mi io plade them under the ban pf fioci ^ ty , to place them in a situad 6 ii Whi <^ i woul d nrtciude them

    frGin expressibg to Parlia 1 ii € iit in the ^ rra & £ j ^ titton feitter / th ^ 4 wants Or &k&p wishes ^ He ( Mr . H 4 nle ) accused the Bishops o € presumption , for having » urBm < kied their c ! ei % y ^ order W consider of a meaaum wfcich Would have the effect-of depriv 4 rtg them of those fttbds which were given to them for the ad-Of

    vmnc ^ tneiit religion atid morality > and to ipefcition the House of Cotnmoris 'that . mich a iueasdr © might ridt' pafts ~ into a claw I The Ho no arable Member bad brdadly stated , that the Cliergjrwere < & £ - . pendent fepou and subservient to the Crown * He ( Mr . G . ) was itwar ^ tba t it had heen for some time the fashion to

    create a feeling against the clergy . He knew at the same time that whAl affected the Church affected the State ; they Were by reason ^ ae 1 ? y l ^ vv united , and mufit ^ tand qz > foW jogether . r n > ey All , recollected jb ^ t period of our hi ^ tpry , \ he disturTmae ^ s of which ended in the death of tfce unf <> rtu » ate Charles , At that time aod

    a , g ^ J « era 4 anar ^ y confjn $ i © n prevaii-^ ) ut iJ Vfpiild be ? borne in mind tha t ^ wsr < ls , Chwrch property , they were next made against tfi £ l ^ iefrops , of

    and higher Dignitari ^ a the Cliurch , &c . The Honourable ; IM ^ mb ^ r liqd appealed to the landed interes « t ip u ^ e co u rse of his spe £ dh ^ lie ( M ^ . . ) . ft « ftt ? d Ala |; tfcere was not in that ridt&e a country gen tie-(« j ^ n w lK ) \ vo * ild ^ fer ^ e With the p lim laid down by ^ po ^ qi ^ Je ^ mbet . Tfyere was no principle ; Imprei ^ augerous and deatructlv ^ in Mffil ^^

    fitedoiie clas ^ or ^ cfety at ttre expense ofMb . . Tiife « mtio « of tlfli Ho ^ rable J > feiqb # only went to Vb&tmwl ^ all ^ ^>' ' ^ Jfe ^ ' ^ " ^ SS ^ . ^^!^^ 6 r » t ) f loa ^^ m 1 ^^^ SMtfm % fiW ^ k « o

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    assailfed , and tW mfe ^ rt W tbat ^ stablishnaeut would ofrt : fe ^ liaa ^ cb reasotr to cooiplam ^ t Jtlidii ^ tl ^ ittsei ^ es -attacked as the \ great Pouilder of pur reUgioa had been . Of him it wasvaisk « d by those who were opposed to Cbnstia » ity , " Why

    not sell this dintmeiifc for three hundred pence , and give the meney to the poor ?' Not that they cliced ab ^ wt tile | K ) or- but because they wislied thus hy ^ iocritically to puzzle and embarrass him whose arguments they were finable to answer , or whose tenets they were Unable'to oppose .

    He differed encireiy with the Hoiiourable Member as to the nature of ChiH-eh property ; he ( ft ^ i'H »> seemed tfOrtoz of ojmnion , that Cfcaii ^ li | woperty was ijot as invij ^ ably protected as any private property could be ; upon that point they Were at issue . Hie ( Mr . Gouiburn )

    maintained tliat Church property was as Saered as the prirate estate of any gentleman in that House ; in asserting this opinion he was supported by some of the best authorities in the country on the subject , and . he spoke in the presence of those

    who , if he was wrong , wOuld correct him . The property ^ ef the Church was held by' the tenure of performing certain duties—* as wr «« many other properties in the country—but it never happened , even if the parties failed in thoise | iuties , that the penalty of the feiltire extended to the

    successor of the person in deftuilt . Row , then ^ could the Hoikrarable Member , even if certain that the clergy had been Aegligent of their iddty ^ attempt to argue that Che property wliich tlfgy 'possessed jSfeouid never ag ^ ki be applied $ o the servioe of the Church ? The Honourable of

    Member mi ^ toeok tine hatute Church property alt «^^ l ) Ji e ^ ; it wds property given Hot only for the u ^ e ^ f the Gfeu&h , but fer the b ^ efit of , yfoe people . If any ci&rgyman had bfeea- fh&mmt * $ & his duty , dowa catne that g ^ at tR ^ fotmer bf the : modern school - ( Mr . fttrtne ) ' to declaim that the people itt ^ t be mtilcted of the an ^^» *> £ obtatuing tno ^ al ufid religious iiifitiuctlion . Wtee Proterttattt Gtiurcli of

    Ireiaed had produced AoJrfe learned men tbat toy otbdr Christian-Ch 4 lPGh . H this ifl ^ gy « f the Established Church were t £ ^ be f ^ t ^ il * small arid ipremiib ^ pit-^ aimeu the Hbu « e might fie « tffeir \ if fiuSlug men of teamin * * M ttbiUfee ^ to fill thi

    situation . ; 1 | p 9 Htoaouti ^ le G ^ titleman compared ^ Be pijMgf > - of tfe ^ Church of Scotland to th ^ fefitoto lOf I reland ; now »!^ : < MlIS ^ r ^ di ^ i ^ idheti MwdSIMf Ute # ev .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1823, page 250, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1783/page/58/