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The NoNC0tfFORMu$!v No. XXIV. , On some bf'ttKe e&isiing'Disabilities wtid Inconveniences tvhich attach to - Dissent from the/Church of England*
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IF we may credit the doting eulogists of the ; . " best constituted church in the world // she has never shrunk from the fullest investigation of her tenets , &nd has constantly been distinguished by the . most unparalleled forbearance towards those who dissent
frpm her doctrines and discipline . But without resorting to other sources of history , the records of oui * statutebook , which cannot be gainsayed > y a church founded : on Acts of Parliament ^ disclose her character in a somewhat less consistent . , £ nd amiable point of
view . The . secret motives in which her separation : from the Church of Rome originated , when compared with those which gave rise to Protestantism ia other countries , were not peculiarly laudable for their purity , whether we trace them to the caprice and
infidelity , or to the grasping avarice , of a sensual and arbitrary tyrant . How far the first public act of her separate existence displayed an enlightened preference to truth and simplicity in doctrine , or the most charitable spirit towards her opponents , is recorded * ia
the statute passed in the 31 st year ot Henry ' s reign , < c for abolishing of Diversity of Opinions in certain Articles concerning Christian Religion , " by which , trarisubstantiation , the ' denial of the cup to the laity , private masses , auricular confession , and others of the
inost scandalous corruptions of Christianity , were consecrated as leading articles or doctrines of " the whole Church and Congregation of England /' and the extrerrie penalty of death wa 3 denounced against all oppugners of the edict . * >
• This statute was passed immediately wter the Act for . dissolving the greater Mflti asterieg . The following is an ab-8 tr ** its preamble : . Where the King ' s most excellent Majesty is , by God ' s law * supreme head , im-
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j , ¦ * The cool and unhesitating arrogance * with which the omniscience and . infai- > mediately under him , of this whole Church and Congregation of England / intending the conservation of the same church and congregation in . a . truty sin ^* cere and uniform doctrine of Christ ' s - # & »
ligion ; calling also to his -blessed ; and : most gracious remembrance , as well the , great and quiet assurance , prosperous , increase and other innumerable commpdi ^ , ties which have ever insued concord jtna imitie in opinions , as also the maxiirom perils , dangers and inconveniences wmcjji have heretofore , in many places arid * ; r ^ gions , grown , sprung and arisen of ift&
diversities of minds and opinions , especif ally of matters of Christian religion ; and therefore desiring , that such an ' ufiii ^ should be charitably established in < a £ things concerning the same , as might ; chiefly be to the honour of AlhMgKty God , and , consequently , redound to £ he
Commonwealth , had caused his Partial .. V ment , and also a synod and convocation . of the Archbishops , &c . to be assembled ; The articles proponed for their consideration were six , relating to transubstah ^ fcjation , communion in'both kinds , celibacy of the priests , voluntary' profession of ce
libacy , private masses arid auricular coii J fession . The King ' s most Royal Majesty *; most prudently pdhderkig and consider ^ ing , that , by occasion of variable and sun-i dry opinions and judgments of the s £ * fct articles , great discord and variance h a ^ arisen , as well amongst the clergy of his
realm , as amongst a great number of tfte vulgar people , his loving subjects of the same , and being in a full hope and trust , that a full and perfect resolution of the said articles should make a perfect coifii cord and unity generally amongst all MS loving and obedient subjects , of his if \ 6 & %
excellent goodness , not Only commanded that the said articles shouM deliberately and advisedly , by his said Archlfisho '^ s ; &c , be debated , and their opinionsnt 6 ? be understood , but also most gracicKisly vouchsafed , in his own princely persoft , ' to descend unto his High Court of Parliament and counsel , arid thei * e , like a prince
The Nonc0tfformu$!V No. Xxiv. , On Some Bf'ttke E&Isiing'disabilities Wtid Inconveniences Tvhich Attach To - Dissent From The/Church Of England*
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1822, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2510/page/1/
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