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    made for chapels during the ensuing year ; «* lieu thereof , a collection for pacing off the public , debt should "be triple - in wery circuit , in ¦ .. the > month of January or Febmary , iSxx , find

    remitted to Mr Blsnchard imrne * diaiely , ** This resolution is now to be put in practice , ana accordingly the ne-vr taxes for i&ii will commence in due form . H . E .

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    ORlnNATl 6 ^ S AT M EIA B 4 W > KEAR ^ df > AfcMfcfc . of

    Of * tihe # d ^ June , A 0 ckrdi , itetetmg afc Mead Row , ** && Godalretn * 5 tad 3 t Warplesdbn , Stoy 5 tact at tfee former place , * o ordain the &ev * John

    EJ 1 & and Joseph Bfent as pastors over the said church , and also to ordain three of their members as deacons . The Rev . Mr ; Evans , of Islington , and Mr . Mar-« om , of XiOndpn ; were invited by them to be present , assisting and co-operating ywtht&em . "Mr . Evans began the service with a slkort prayer , and then read the % ad Psalm and the 4 th chapter of the Epistle to thfe Ephesians ; after which , Mr . M . addressed the church on the nature of the business in which they were engaged . He said 3 that though they were called upon to witness what they were about to do in the appointment of officers among them , they neither possessed nor did they claim any power or authority over them . That as a voluntary Association for the great purposes of religion , and submitting to the authority of Jesus

    Christ as their only Jbord and Master , they were an independent society , possessingin themselves the ^ ixqlu ^ ive power and "Sfuthorlty of appointing persons to every office in the church , ne «* cessary to its order and prosperity , independently of any foreign assistance or intcrfca ^ nce whatever . He then noticed we too

    the strong pr ^ wdices are ajpt to entertain in > fkyotxf q £ oW established forms and customs , \ vithout exaniiiiing the authority on which they ^ est . Th& led to an inquiry into the nature of the pastoral office , and whether the authority to ordain to that office , was by

    divine appointtwfcht eacrasivcly nested-in . peiraoBii who had themseJhres been ord 3 ia « d to tfetij office , and by them com , OMWoicatcd to thjpise who recervdd ordi ^ Ration from them , Such an authority

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    he said ^ if it exists , must have been de # rivpd froriJt the apostles of Jesus Christ * and iiiust ^ ave descen ded through a regular uninterrupted auc < fes ^ . dn of or * , deined pastors from th ^ ir dkys down to an

    the present tin * ie ; ^ nd that such au * thprhy can O " nly , be prbye | t to exist , by tracing up tlxat unuiteirujited succession to the apostles themselves ; l > ut this is impossible ^ Were yrz to attempt it , he asked * where would it lead us , but into tjie very / bosom of the church of Rome , and compelL 9 $ to acknowledge that this pretended divine authority is derived from tjje \) ishp | k or priests of that apostate and antichnstian church ? He then attempted to ^ show that the administration of the ordinances of bap * fcbm and tiie L » prd * s supper had no nec ^ ssary . copnection with Uie pastoral oHice , s «» l / endeavpure 4 to point but the evils which resuHed from the supposition that they had any such connection . . Mr * Evans then . engaged in the ordii ^ ation prayer ^ which w ^ as accompanied with the ; lay i ** £ on of hands . He then deliverer } a 4 i ^ cour 30 on . the importance and DecessUy of consistency and fidelity an ministers of the gospel , from iLftke xvi . 10 . He that is faithful in that which is least s is faithful also in much ; and he thftt iaiupjwst in the least , is unjust also in much . **

    3 Mr , M > O 0 nckid « 4 ; 4 he service by an address-to the people * from 1 Cor . » u . part of Ae liltK vewt , K Be perfect , be of good comfort , be of one mind , we tn mace , and Ac God of love and peace shall be with you . " ^ Mr . Evans preached a Lecture in the f veni ^ g ; fyQin . Qe ^ , ; jrfir . ** -, last claus ^ « See thatyc fall aot out by the way . The place wa ^ cro « dc 4 > aiMbwiny w * otHgc 4 to retnata without )**» & ^^^ to * get m . ; —¦ ' ' , - ¦ . ~ ^

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    • X ' 4 S 8 Int € tiigen&fa ^ Q ** dina £ ion $ at Mead JRow , tyc .

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    j ^^ i o Ot , B ^ B ttR ^ BOVB 3 LB L ECT UJkE . i )? 8

    On Ta « 8 ^ iy ; r S ^ tcmbcr 1 ^ tlv io , Was h olden at Oldbury , in Shropahirc t the Annual Meeting of Dissenting TS / linmets , which is d « tiogtiW * d fcf tfcc

    i ^ m c ^^ w ^«^ s ^^ ^^ «< Dudley , coudilcfed tlie &rdtM > i > a » » * ,, , * &&&& .. 9 IW ^ e ° *»*» *

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1810, page 458, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2408/page/42/