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quoted , * " the trouble of transcribing prevents the accumulation of extracts , ( which might be carded to the extent of a folio volume ^) of matter illustrative of the sentiments of the primitive Quakers , in which no Unitarian could possibly unite . "
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trade to supply the priests with discourses , and sermons may be bespoken upon any subject , at prices proportioned to the degree of merit required , which is according to the rank of the congregation to whom they are to be addressed . Owe clergyman of
Cambridge has assisted his weaker brethren , by publishing outlines which they may rill up , and which he calls skeletons of sermons ; another of higher rank , to accommodate them still
further , prints discourses at full , in the written alphabet , so as to appear like manuscript Ito such of the congregation as may chance to see them . The manuscripts of a deceased clergyman are often advertised for sale , and
it is usually added to the notice , that they are warranted original ; that is , that no other copies have been sold , which might betray the secret . These shifts , however , are not resorted to by the more respectable clergy j it is not uncommon for these to enter into a
commercial treaty with their friends of the profession , and exchange their compositions . But even with this reinforcement , the regular stock is usually but scanty ; aud if the memory of the parishioners be good enough to last two years , or perhaps half the time , they recognise their old acquaintance at their regular return .
Tf , however , this custom be burthensome to one part of the clergy , they who have enough talents to support more vanity fail not to profit by it , and London is never without a certain number of popular preachers , I am not now speaking of those who are
popular among the sectarians , or becausethey introducesectarian doctrines into the church ; but of that specific character among the regular English clergy , which is here denominated a popular preacher . You may well imagine , that , as the tree is known by its
fruits , I have not a Luis de Granada , nor an Antonio Vieyra to describe . Threadbare garments of religious poverty , eyes weakened by incessant tears of contrition , or of pious love , and cheeks withered by fasting and penitence , would have ' few charms for
that part of the congregation for whom the popular preacher of London curls his forelock , studies gestures at his looking-glass , takes lessons from some stage-player in his chamber , and displays his white hand and white hand-
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350 The Spaniards Letters from England .
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The Spaniard ' s letters from England . ( Continued , from p . 284 . ) 7 .-English Clergy—Clerical Traders . ^ T ^ llJC sermon is read , not recited , JL nor delivered extemporaneously 3 which is one main difference between the regular Knglish clergy and the sectarians . It has become a branch of * Thomas Prichard .
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Sir , May 22 , 1817 . WAS at the time when it first ap-I peared in your Magazine , [ XI . 578 , ] much pleased with and interested in the success of Doctor Thomson ' s admirable plan of establishing funds , to be subscribed in small weekly or
quarterly sums , by the members of our numerous churches , for the purpose of assisting poor congregations in carrying on their worship , building chapels , supporting aged ministers , and other Unitarian purposes ; and 1 hardly need say how highly gratified , to find
his ideas so judiciously acted upon by our brethren at Birmingham and Swansea . 1 earnestly and confidently hope that this excellent example will be followed without a single exception , by the members of every place of Unitarian worship in the island : it will
be a present bond of union amongst us , and a most powerful means of promoting the great cause , from which all vvh ® justly appreciate the efficacy of the " truth as it is in Jesus , " look for the reformation of the Christian , and the conversion of the Jewish and Heathen world .
Unitarians seem hitherto to have worked only by hand ; and though some have laboured hard , and done much , still the business has been imperfectly and heavily carried on . But the general adoption of this admirable plan ,
will set a powerful machine in motion , which will execute all that we want , by the assistance of all , and without requiring the painful exertion of any . I am , with ardent wishes for the spread of genuine Scripture doctrines M , . II .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1817, page 350, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2465/page/30/
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