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V / - fg $ Slli ^! U >> $ H ^^ motioBi Or ov ^ tufe % > ^ fearfr ^ - ^ their fevo ^ rabl ^ opinidui toe was entitled to say , per itzctirhtm . i He ^ thought the ana aecia
esseiMiai ^ neni ^ if ^ ^ a ; against him upon thede grounds , he had nothing to say- ; ibutthepacted * wrong if prece » - dents had the whole influence in guiding their decisions . . Supposing that the ; Assembly consisted of 200 members , ; and that 199 believed the Order in Council to be a violation of our
ecclesiastical privileges , would it be sufficient for the 200 th member to rise up and say , You must not find it so , beeawise the Assembly in 1760 thought it otnerwise ? The idea was absurd Besides , if the Privy Council were
thought to have sufficient power to stamp authority upon their orders to the Church ,-why did the Assembly not rest satisfied with these orders ? Why cKd-theykdd always on ^ the back of then * an order of their own ?—It had
been remarked by his honourable friend , that his motion was , by a side wind , pronouncing a censure upon the Privy Council ¦ $ ; but if these orders of the Privy Council possessed perfect authority over the Church , was not the Assembly , by * a side wind , throwing
contempt on that body , by pretending ta give a strength to this aet ^ which yet ; we were told , it did not need ? ( A iaug& . J . He disclaimed going to work hyside winds ; he went straight forward
to his object , and would do his duty boldly ) aid' openly , without being intimidated or discouraged by the opposition of ? any one . ( Applattxe . ) He should » 6 w say a few words on what fell from his Mend Dr . Lee , whose
acquaintance with church history was known to be extensive and accurate . He must lament that the Rev . Professor was ^ ektremely unfortunate in his historical * facts . He first referred to the f submission of the clergy , in what weift *?; the >? fli 0 St > figid and primitive times , to the ioi $ ersv ^ ojf the sovereign ;
but he forgot to tell the Assembly that the Olergy , at that period to which he aiittded ; m \ vete beginning to conform , - ' ^( WftWvBBfjftB ^ ot ^! iQ ^ f ^ g ^ iKiA > % 3 tainple for us to follow ; arid that their- conformity senedtdexeitetihealarmfoftthepeople , ^^ nafly to rivet their o ^ ition . to
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had ^ arted ^ 6 l |^| ii ^^ acknowledged . j ^ MI ^ Cgn ^ b ^ to ap point fasts ajid thanks ^ vings . ¦; But here wain there was a very crcat mig
take ; for , if the , learned Doctor would only look to the instructions given by the Assembly to their * Commission from i year to year , he would Bud the very reverse of what he alleged y he would find one of the instructions to
be , that the Commission should consult and fix with the State respecting the fasts and thanksgivings to be appointed . So much for the light thrown upon the discussion by the researches of Ids reverend friend Dri l ^ ei ^ - ^ A laugh . )
And now , as to the short speech of Ms nTuch-respected friend on . the other side of the table , ( Dr . Cooke , ) lie must observe , that it began with something v ^ ry excellent . He acknowledged maafully , that no power on earth had a right to prescribe forms o £ prayer % to us . Here was a well-spring of sound and constitutional doctrine , whicli was
quite refreshing to his soul , amidst all that he had heard this day . But unluckily we did not enjoy it long ; for no sooner had it come out than it bolted in again , aad we heard no more of it . ( A laugh . ) The learned D octor
objected * strongly to , his imotion bei » g discussed or voted upon before it had been given over to a Commit tee of Overtures ; hut . what wasr . hia cpaduct when the t motion , of , the , lear ^^ d tord was proposed & , 4 Why , , / he , Ijhppigh * fit
not to repeat his objection , ^ - ( « r ^^« >) although it » was j just a ^ y ^ aso ^ able , and valid in the . onp case raaiij the othGE j Now really he evSp ^ Gt ^ d ms \ \ eomm and reverend friendito ^ tqspg&pteffi and , at ^ 11 tmemu . iM b # ^ 4 * 0 ti g ^ e W vote for 4 k& : m ^ m * wfoi ^ ? * £ would he ffdveit fort ithfettiof the learnea
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1820, page 572, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2493/page/8/
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