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never was in earnest in repressing the abuses of which it is clear how that it was well aware . One bright example of excellent discipline , unwearied diligence , strict morals , humanity , judgment , and zeal , he continually dwells upon in the conduct and plans of the company of Jesuits , as opposed to all the other orders ;
and it is only of a piece with the rest of the policy of the Spanish government , that it could not tolerate in its dominions even one body of persons apparently disposed to do its duty , but seized , plundered , and expatriated those who appear to have been , not only almost the only conscientious instructors of youth , and missionaries , and civilizers of the Indians , but to have been the most valuable subjects in the protection and extension of the
civil interests of the government . The removal of this body is considered one of the most effectual causes of the gradual decay and final dissolution of
the European interests in South America . One never-failing cause of anarchy and division was the distinction which the pride of the Spaniards created between European blood and that which had any tincture of the Indian . The stop which the emancipation of these countries has put to the perpetual importation among them of adventurers of the Spanish unmixed blood , must soon remove this cause of distinction , and will contribute more than any thing to the union of interests and equality in the administration of the laws . The religious establishments
will be purified by the same cause . Whatever is- set apart for their maintenance will be so applied , instead of swelling the fortunes of needy and profligate men seeking to enrich themselves in a foreign land . The influence which the moiher country gave to these objects of general execration is now removed . The tendency is to lessen the power and emoluments of the priesthood ; and there can be little doubt but that here , as well as elsewhere , there will be a correspondent increase in their conscientious discharge of their duty , and in their consequent usefulness and moral excellence .
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Art . II . —77 te Ecclesiastical History of the Second and Third Centuries , illustrated from the Writings of Tertullian . By John , Bishop of Bristol , [ Lincoln , ] &c .
( Continued from p . 273 . ) Resuming an examination of this excellent and important work , we enter upon the fourth chapter , in which the learned author , following the arrangement of Mosheim , proceeds " to inquire what information can be derived from Tertullian respecting the government and discipline of the church in his day . " Near the conclusion of his " Apology , " we find the Presbyter of Carthage thus stating the nature and purposes of the Christian assemblies :
" We form , " he says , " a body ; being joined together by a community of religion , of discipline , and of hope . In our assemblies we meet to offer up our united supplications to God—to read the Scriptures—to deliver
exhortations—to pronounce censures , cutting off , from communion in prayer , and in every holy exercise , those who have been guilty of any flagrant offence . The < lder members , men of tried piety and prudence , preside ; having obtained the dignity , not by purchase , hut by acknowledged merit . If any collection is made at our meetings , it is perfectly voluntary ; each contributes according to his ability , either monthly , or as often as he pleases . These contributions
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352 Rdmett . —Dr . K < tye > 8 Ttrtullwn .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1827, page 352, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1796/page/40/
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