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* ha th $ se * e Uitti € 4 emigrants were , ax > d k& ¥ * the y * were employed * and the uncaaoni ? ed bishop of St . Asaph states , with equal confidence , . the chronology of their return , their renunciation of the
Mosaic ritesj to which they had been attached ; from their infancy , and the worthy motive , by which these primitive and orthodox brethren , were induced to this
extraordinary conduct . And that which two bishops have affirmed , wjbo will presume to dispute r Trus it is , that the reviewer of this controversy , r ^ ot having the fear of episcopacy before his eyes 7
aad nat sufficiently adverting to the gravity of the case , did amuse bkpseif a little at the expence of tkese holy brethren ^ who at their Advapced time of life , could be in . faced-to shake off all their
establL > lKd aiid fondly cherished habits , and to lake so fatiguing a journey , for no other purpose bu { to enjoy a ^ . f eiv municipal privileges at 4 Uia ; yjet , learning from such M&fa authority , that this was the otysct&jf their choice , he expressed bis satisfaction at the information
communicated by the veracious i > Ubop of Salaims , *« that these Vjtnerable members of the primitive chu / ch at Jerusalem ,
recover-$ d framthe fatigues of their march , and that , at the time when Aquila « 4 * v . them , they were all flourishing in faith , teaching and working miracles in abundance . "
This unhallowed remark , upon these pious veterans , seems to have irritated the reverend prebendary ' s feelings beyond their usual point of eb ullition . , i « Whether" says he .
, ? Mr , B . was restrained by any pfttdential maiive ivom making these . ptaerxfitipns , on the reasoning * > £ l » ii& 0 (> , Hor » ley r duriug that
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prelate ' s life , is probably known to Mr . B . himself ; but I will venture to assure him , that the bishop , were he now alive , and possessed of all his youthful ardour , would not deign to take the smallest notice of them . Even I . however
inferior to him , will not condescend to make a serious reply to suclv a tissue of petulance and absurdity / ' Tracts , p . 587 * What the pious prebendary could possibly mean , by the
expression , prudential motive , —whe * ther he conceives that his right reverend father might be suspected of a disposition to lift either the spiritual or the secular arm against
the impugncrs of his high authority , is , ptrhaps , known to theworthy prtbendary himself : to Mr . B . it is utterly inconceivable ; and the reverend gentleman may rest assured that Mr . B . was
deterred by no consideration of that kind , at any time , from exposing the ludicrous absurdity or the bishop ' s hypothesis . But it seems that the reverend prebendary will not , and be vouches that bis learned parent , if he were living , would not
condescend to reply to such a Jissue of petulance and absurdity . The worthy prebendary ' s resolution is much to be approved , and the prudtneeoi his motives cannot reasonably be doubted . But , though he wiU not r * p ly , he will condescend toretort . And his success in irony bears a just ratio to his triumphs
in argument . As the foundation of his retort , the reverend gentleman rakes up a silly story of the English ( Jnk » tarians having made some application to the ambassador oi the emperor of Morocco , im &e oeiga of Charles the Second . Aad ho
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Mr ^ Btlshapi ' s iieply to the Rev . H . Hordey . 585
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vol .. viij . 4
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1813, page 585, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2432/page/25/
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