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tjifc vmtte ? vm ^ ' \ " An ^ Fpowtjperit bjr ^ e < W" magistrate wpujd be i ^ xpegiftat . " ipft * 11 * only & # ? # - wrfiztit ; bjjt wjry—wh y inexpedient ? ; B * pse whp p # y the workman ought to choose liim ; and it seems but fair , if . he is jtojbe paid by the civil po , w ; er , the
j ^ at sam e power shpuld appoint lum . This , . however , does not altogether satisfy JNir . ^ lsham , and a middle course is sug ^ sted , viz . Mr . Sturges Bourne's plan of # reject vestrv . " If , "
aays he , " jthe minister is chiefly supported by Government ,, perhaps it might be ^ dv } se $ ble to vest the election of a minister in a committee chosen
Jy the congregation . " Perhaps it might ; it would be very proper and consistent that our congregations , having firs > t delivered over their pastors to £ e maintained by Government , should then conpmit the power of choosing j ^ em to a committee . The latter is
( juiteas sure a mode of preserving their own . independence as the former is of securing th # t of their ministers . As one proof Qf the practical efficacy of Jos plan , Mr . B ^ lsWm s ays that u Ireland , although Episcopacy is
ftp favoured party , large sums are al-IpW&d by . Government to the support of ihe Presbyterians ; " but he forgets to add that , in return for these sums , ^ appointment pf every Presbyterian Jooinister is obliged to be ratified and
$ i | pwed . by the Lord Lieutenant . Such a bartering of their independence for £ Government stipend will operate , if is to be hoped , rather as a warning ## in an ^ ent ^ qement to the Dissenters oftnerlancL
We have yet to te&rn to what ^ xtent Mr . 3 els | ianri wpuld h ^ ive the patronage of the State exjt ^ nd ^ d . He |; eils us that '• s f Nffce find Ub ^ l GavernR xenjfc would , yfith p ^ iteraal iippartiality , apportiqn its favour : tp . one or other of tl ^ e
different . denqmtoatiojis , according to the proportionate numbejrs of each : " but ia a following page he thinks " it . would be morally impossible th ^ t every p arti-^ lar ( denomin at i on of Chri 3 tiws should
oe supppr ^ d by tbe pivil ppwer . " Now who ur ( i J . o W jtl ^ e favoured par-Wcers of jbtLis f |> 9 f ) ppLtgr , 8 # d who are to Pe reject * . Why MiouW the Paptists jflore ttap ( the Ift ^ P ^ d ^^ , or the SSSf'y ^ W WW ?* ¥ " * W u ^ ^ pum Aom ] % to , ^ qtp les be p ^ . trw ^ d w $ W ^ t&l ^ s , be Mt to ^ l ^ ft *« r thempi ^ a ^ 4 . should ' like to h ^ ear
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Mr . ^^ ham ^ ^^ c ^ . % 4 ^ ^< % sion of pne sejCt , px& U ^ s ^ pjip ^ t ffi feather . ! . R ^ b e fore we ^ dopt ^ b prpp ^^ l for ^ 1 unipa ^ etweep G | irlstian ^ y ^ i the civil pow ^ r , fet ^ s Jw $ t r ^ fl ^ ;^ - aae moment on its . effeqts ,. J . ^ ajjl fl ^ pt refer to the murder pf Sjjt . jp J ^ feplp mew , the per ^ ecujtipAS of t ^ e ^ pto - tants in Kr ^ nce , ? the ^ fires of fcxmi thj ^ lc , the martyrdom pf Se . rvetus , . the cruel ties of Xa « ud , or tfoe tortures of tj } £ Inquisition , b ( ut I will take the cfer / gy of the Established Church at the -
present rnqment in this country , a , s prppj ^ of the natural effect which sjucJi ^ n union is calculated tp prQ ^ uce . Js , th < e ^ e a more base , venal $ && time-ser | 4 iig r ^ ce of men in existence ? The , d § t ^ rmined enemies of all reform , i ^ , £ biu &h
or State 5 swearing to tjeach wl ^ t hundreds of them do not belieye , aiid pursing and anathematizing those wl ^ p are not as nmch hypocrites as th ^ easelves ^ prostituting their pulpits £ qr the purpose of upholding every nefarious act of 9- corrupt government ;
oppressors of the » poo . r ; deserting tjj ^ ir flocks except when tithe-day ooov ^ s ; hated for their tyranny ^ in < i de ^ &pised for their ignorance ; ^ egir ^ riing a career of hypocrisy and servility at colliege , and acting up to it as long as they l } v £ . See them at a county election ^ ike sworn foes to patriotism and indepen
dence , practising eyery art of Uiean-. ness and tyranny , and heading their poor , drunken , deluded ^ p 4 treinW | iyj slaves up to tlie poll , and shouting , ^ d teaching them to shout , Cihur ^ ^ d State I" Look at the swarms of clerical n ^ agistrates throughout the ki ngdom , and see them the foremost tpsf * * ¦ # * * ' ' * * * * # . ^ nd see the paternal impartiality of tfye Government apportioning i ] ts fttvepur *' to those who were the mpst fp > r ^ ai ; d * # * * . ; Jn-R ^ memb ^ r the Biirmiiighfiiipa ^ Rts ^ ^ pd who were the cjiie ? f actors tj ^ ere .- ^ Tbe character pf a priest w ^ stdi ^ wn by # ri acute writer 100 years ! &inc # in tt ^ e fpUpwing tenqs , w ^ th ^ re ip xxo re ^^ a
\ Prudence compels- us to make an hiatus here . This character of ike slevgy i « part of our Corre ^ pO ^ dQnt ' s ^ fgwn&& > ;\^ t w ^ c ^ n » o t let it pasjs witljput Baying itj ^^ t . we w ^ h it ^ d be ^ otherwise ^~ nr £ 0 S £ a , Ed .
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, Qn Mr . fietfifym ' s Three Sermcm $ . vgj ^
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1820, page 279, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2488/page/23/
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