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P&tition of some of the Clergy of the JOiocese of Norwich in favour of the Catholic Claims , presented to the House of Commons by Mr . Coke , containing' 55 signatures . The Petition of the undersigned Clergy of the Diocese of Norwich , Ministers of the Established Church ,
HUIWBLY SHEWETH , That we whose names are hereunto subscribed , beg leave humbly to approach your Honourable House on behalf of that very numerous body of our fellow-subjects and fellow-Christians , who , though professing in common with us every
fundamental article of religious faith , and acknowledging every principle of moral obligation , we yet see with compassion and regret excluded from a very important share of civil rights and privileges , on the ground of certain speculative opinions and an adherence to the spiritual authority of the see of Rome .
That without here entering into any of those political considerations which might be deemed to be less belonging to our province as clergymen , or questioning either the expediency or necessity which originally dictated the severe enactments by which such exclusion is enforced , your
petitioners beg to express their unmixed satisfaction at the growing opinion , that neither the same expediency nor necessity exists at the present day for their continuance , and to record upon tlie following grounds their own sentiments in favour of their immediate removal .
1 . That the gospel which they are ordamed to preach recognizes no civil disqualifications on account of difference in religious opinions amongst Christians , but may , on the contrary , be considered in several passages strongly and pointedly to dissuade theml V . That as the reformed churches in
general , and especially the Churcli of England , have always rented ' the defence of then * own separation upon the sacredness of the rights of conscience , it does not appear to your petitioners to be consistent to imitate in practice wfrat they cdndemn n * principle , or to visit with penalties upon others what they claim as matters of unquestionable justice for themselves :
3 . That your petitioners feel fully coa-? kieed , that the penalties and restrictions enforced upon tfieir pafnelic fellow-subjects are so far fh # » promoting the cause of Christian imammity , or adding te the « tr 6 iigtir and sfccui * i £ y " oF " the established religion of these realms , that theft effect has been and will be \ f continued , to
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obstruct the former * to impair the latter , £ nd to bind in . the strongest bonds of unanimous hostility those who suffer under thein . 4 . That to a ' free circulation of the Scriptures , to the benefits of general education , and to their own individual
exertions in their sacred calling , your petitioners look as- the best means , under the blessing of God , for guarding the iuterest of that pure part . of the Church of Christ , at whose altars they minister , and doubt not that the same intrinsic excellencies which have procured for her
the attachment of the wise and good for so many generations , and carried her in triumph through so many storms , will be still more able in au age of superior light and more extended information to perpetuate her prosperity and protect her welfare .
5 . Impressed with these convictions , and anxious that the last footsteps of intolerance should be shewn not to be those stamped upon the soil of our country by the ministers of its . religion , your petitioners have thus ventured to implore your Honourable House not to stop short that work f ustice and which
m o j mercy has of late years , been so auspiciously begun , which , as far as you have pursued it , has produced no evil , but much acknowledged good , and not one step of which they believe , even those who have so constantly opposed k > would bow wish you to retrace . s >
6 . To these sentiments and prayers , founded as your petitioners conceive in reason , sanctioned by religion and confirmed by experience , they humbly beg your Honourable House to give your solemn and mature consideration . And your Petitioners will ever pray , &c .
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423 Intelligence . —Parliamentary . Churches in Ireland .
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Churches in Irelan d * July r 5 . On the motion for the third reading of the Irish Churches' Bill , The Earl of Liverpool addressed their
Lordships in support © f the measure , observing , at the same time , that he did not mean on this occasion , to go into any statement of the general condition of churches in Ireland . This was a measure of relief ; and their Lordships would observe the beneficral effect of the latter reduce
portion of the Bill ; which wa » to , in future , the parochial rates necessary for the purposes of repairing tJiGse ed&r fices , from 6 / . to 4 /» per c ^ nt ^ -ran alteratioh of the e # isdu £ law , wfrfeh « pnld * " >* fall , to prove a great relief to jxari » bes * Lord Hottuwp ' pi 9 t * 0 ttf < & ( $ tty * w a *
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1823, page 428, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1786/page/60/
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