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EEVIEW. c€ ^ tifl pleased to praise, yet ntot afraid to bl&meS^P&VE r . ¦ *¦ <. V: . .
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Art . l . —tiemark * mi the Camump tfob of Public Wealth b y the Ctergy vf ev&ru Christian Natixm , < ind pur » i ttculerfu by , the EstaMuhed Gfmvch in JSngtand and ff ^ ates , and in Ire ~ \ famdf mth a Plan for altering tVr Rett rules subject to Existing Inte
rests , whereby the JSptecoperi Bod y would he provided for , on a Seme to make them the richest Mpiseep&l Body in the Wnrlri : the iVorktimg Clergy of the Establishment would he much better provided fW than at present : the Working Glergy of all other Denomiruitions would be
eqtekU g provided for unth those of the Establishment , and doth on a Scale to ywcke them the richest Working Clergy in the World z and upwards of , £ 100 , 000 , 000 obtained to emtmgnmh so muck of ih > e Afa * tiotud Debt , and r&li # vi ° the Nation from Four Millions rrf Jfovm # il Tn # ym . , 890 * pp . 86 , Wilson , Royal
r ? -Ww fettg ago predicted that Chttfifh l * biver will nt > t kiirvivg thfe ito ^ t ^ ttth c&mixry , titid thfe working of twtntis tbrcmglibittt Etttope is t&ktl TOjt -t ? o ( Ji ^ accfomplishtofe » t pf % he pttr ^ Lietlott . Iftce power of the Church is fottnded upon its wealth , alid tfhte , Ih wopoiiion a ^ aprtperstltion loses its f
tibld of itoetis ixmwte , id Jidmitted to be the property of the state . Formerly , the clergy asserted with some success the divine right of tithes . The Legislature has again and again broken in upoti this political sophlsrti , and made the sacerdotal order fijel that they are servants , not masters , and that there
is-a- { totter abovfcthem , authorised to rfefine their service and to limit and regttlate their \ vflges . They may now arm then raise the feeble cry of sacrilege , oflce a xionveixfettt watchword , but ? notv an untpfeantnir term , conderathe of it
in ^ sense which wfcre as vai n to dispute to concerning that of heresy or \* itchcraft : The infloence of gre ^ t wealth in . > < ¦ > " - ^*—K " ~* - ~^ - —« . ^ - ^ , JkMMf ^ . . « ' . . 1 * See Vindiciae Galiicae . 4 th ed . pp . 95 , 96 .
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corrupting bodies of meli ^ has been no where displayed more strikingly than in opulent eccTesTastical establishments . These pdlkfcsrt iii&itutions have iavariably been imxnieaL f& the ratio of their eH ^ ovvments . to freedom ,
to knowledge and even to virtue . Between a richly beneficed ctergy tod tk $ e people there can be little sytopathy , because there can be no commuflky of interests . In England , thepeepie have outgrown tbe Chiirch . The
clergy have become an anomaloife landed proprietary ; landkwrds of the worst description , whose rights are reluctantly admitted , and whose claims are oppressive ami vexatious to the cultivators of the soil .
In the political , as in the natural , body , riisease flies t 6 the lea ^ t sotmtl ip&n < & the frame . The fever of ptiblic discontent , arising from the distress occasioned by a profligate expenditure
in unjust and tumeces ^ ary wars , which has attacked all the other corrupt excrescences in our institutions , could not faU of visiting ovar orergtown tetigiotis establishments . Many & < && $ & $ - < t * l circumstancew have contfrbtited to
inflame the mtefd of tbe iiatToti , and to engender extreme im patience rtndeV ecclosia ^ ticai abuges . Reform begins to be demalkded in the Church as Well as m the State . And tbe eX ample of ^ 11 other countries , even those most devoted to tbe potitteal churthistn of Rome , oombmes with the rietfessliSeB
6 f EngltiiMi to enforce a general con ( - viction that retrenchtnent atid ^ cbnomy in the revenue of the priesthood tb essential to national prosperity . Timid Churchmen may ftel alafin at tl * e strong language on thfo iml ^ efct which id already ftittiiliar to the press and in Parliament , and those of the in
clergy who are nidst iiit ^ restfed the pr ^ servution < rf ifainM as they are ^ tnay cherish this alarm for s ^ ifi ^ h jnirpo ^; but Public Dtetregs is ^ a p < y ^ rful rea ^ Boner , aaA ^ t he mnrti ^ it tMt the p € f 6 ^ jte feel that dhy p dlRteal tri » b ^ \ 4 ^ nie way of their fcappihefife ^ tttf <* # iBtence i * from , that in » tAnt by irtete autfetance , and ics days are numbered . Let any one look around and see the numerous
Eeview. C€ ^ Tifl Pleased To Praise, Yet Ntot Afraid To Bl&Mes^P&Ve R . ¦ *¦ ≪. V: . .
EEVIEW . c € ^ tifl pleased to praise , yet ntot afraid to bl&meS ^ P&VE r . ¦ *¦ < . V : . .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1822, page 622, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2517/page/38/
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