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\ Hy in support pf your mQtioBu You thought of mentioning- the subject to the iVrch bishop of Qa ^ t ^ rb ^ ry . ; I coroulei ! tb ^ t as a candid proceeding-, suited to the importance of the subject 5 and I suggest to your Grace ' s consideration a circunir
stance , of whiei you cap . form a much l&Stter judgment than , I caa-r-whether i $ would not be proper to mention it to the JCing iu the fir ^ fe instance . The Windsor a ^ nepdote vyould induce me % o think that liie ^ ing vHouldhave no objection , aad his concurrence would facilitate the measure ;
% ut if he should object , it may then admit < fc £ deliberation , whetheir , in Jbro conscin entica , your Grace sbonld proceed . I cannot flatter myself that any little . puibKcatioas of mine can have been instrumental
ra turning you * Grace ' s attention to religious sftidiesj but I am , happy in the eyiBftii Oif your aftptiqatiow . A future , state i . % rt& £ i » jos ( i important consideration that c $ n a . fleet a bum a ft mind , and if the gospel is no ^ tr-a § , of that , jstatfe I can bave no
expectation . c 1 ain , &c > « . R . LANJ 3 AMV * ¦ ' The Wijidsor anecdote heve alluded to , was toW me hy the I ^ tte Dif . Heberdeti : —rihe clerg * yn » art tbere , on k dtoty wfeea tlte Atfafana ^ i ^ n" Or . ced > ^ y as to be i * ead , began with ^ Whosever wiU b $ $ avedj &ci ? the who usu
Ki ^ g ^ ally * esponded * with a loud vdiee , was silent ^ the i » mistier repeated ma higlier tone his < TVkQS&ever : ' * the Kin ^ continued silent ; at length the Apostles' Creed was repeated by the minister , and ; the King * followed him throughoilt with a distinct and audible voice . " Pp . 244 )^ -244 .
Ii beginning pf 1 79 ^ ^ i ^ PP Wajt ^ c ^ jni published taq Ch ^ JTS ^ wh * PA he Va 4 delivered to his clergy in t ^ ^ etjediing June j i n tM $ Charge he had torched upon unpopular subjects , — the advantages likely to result tosociety fjcom the French Revolution , and the
injustice and inapolicy of the Test and Corporation Acts . The Charge was at 8 rs | L wholly misre ^ respnted ^ and copies of the ini ^ rep resentaJt io nSy h « e 8 ay ^ , were hftnde ^ afyqut aj t the tafyfas , o ] f hisfiops qjid judffts . He g $ ye it i ; ps I ^ e pu bjjc tq ^ fi ^ nce caj ujtn ny ,. The relation of this iiuklent leads him fco he
descant ^ which d oes with great ability , upoi *> the-subject of the e ? xclusioft of lM « 8 enters fiom civil office ^ aiid trusts by the aforenamed' Ac | bs . Tfc < e followin g is a manly and eloquent r ^|> iy to the aVsriinieiit from fear / tc
" # llt * it ifi . thougTh | : > tjh ^ were the <^ 8 * aiuf , C ^ rp <» raaofti Act « r ^ j ^ al ^ d ^ the Bis » v > nter& WohW g&r a footi «» insome of the
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bx ? jr ^ iigbs retu ^ mng uiembers tp parliam ^ Ttt . The jpji ^ seivtersr t ^ ve ? , at present , a pqjisideral >) e in ^ Juence in tnany borough 5-but there is little probability that > were all legal obstacles to their eligibility to public offices removed , they would ever be able to overcome the influence of ' governmeht ,
the influence of the aristocracy , and the influence of the church , in the majority of the boroughs in this kingdom . But admitting' so very improbable aa ocCiUrrcn ^ e to take place , what then ? Why , then a majority of boroug-ns would return Dissenters to sit in parliament . Dissenters
are allowed to sit in parliament at present ; the danger then , such as il isf , arisejs not from Dissenters having seats in parliament , but from the number of Dissenting * members being increased . But that the number of Dissenting members should ever be so far increased as to constitute a
majority of the House of Commons , is to me quite an improbable circumstance 5 I think it a far more likely event that , all restraints being" removed , the Dissenters will insensibly become Churchmen- Suppose , however , even that improbable
cirounistfince to take place , and that a majority of the House of Commons has eeasect to be Churchmen—what then ? Wh y , then the House of Commons may present to the House of Lords a bill for changingthe Constitution of the Church of Engtana into that of the Church of Scotland . Be
it so<—^ what then ? Why , then the House of Commons will compel the House of Lords to agree to such a bill 5 this does not follow ; I know not any legal or probable means of effecting such a compulsion ; but for the sake of coming- to a conclusion ^ let it be admitted , that at some
distant period , of which no man can form a reasonable conjecture , the House of Lords wouUL , by compulsion or choice , agree with the House of Commons , and that the King would agree with them both , in establishing * Presbytery in the room of Episcopacy—what then ? Why , then the
present form of the Church of England would be changed into another ! And is this all ?^—thia the catastrophe of so many tragical forebodings 5 this the issue of so many improbable contingencies ; this the result of so , much unchristian contention ; this ri . cause for oontinuingt distinctions by
which the persons and properties of peaceful citizeus are ex poised to the fiery zeal of a senseless rabble ? A great Protestant nation does not return to Popery ; a great Christian nation dfces not apostatize to I ? uganis ? n > or Mtithoinetanism ; it simply adopts an . ecclesiastical constitution difforeint from-what it had before . What ' is in
ther ^> tlws alarm any maiv Hb £ ~ rally thinks with the late © r . Powell ^ tnat there i » nothihg- in the ^ regimen of the Chui ^ ch q € Enc lnnd , or in that of the
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1818, page 202, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2474/page/50/
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