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danger , but Ecclesia dsstroeta * Jn respect to moral delinquencies the bishop possesses no adequate power over his clergy , Men are , even in this age , sometimes seen who have openly avoyyed their disbelief in Christianity , who , by the laws of the lapd , have been convicted of grogs offences , offenbes , it may be , which legally deprive them of the common rights and immunities
of their fellow-subjects , yet , because they have received ordination , are designated as clergymen of the Church of England , and at liberty to exercise the fu n ctions of clergymen wherever they can find an opportunity for intrude ing their unhallowed ministrations , ] $ en not ill-informed on the subject of the public institutions pf thejr country , if they hear of any flagrant case of clerical delinquency , are apt to exclajp , Why does not the hisqop preyent such conduct , or why dpes he ppjt pwpish it ? The fact is , that in a uxulti ^ plicity of cases he has no power . In the case of benefited cleigym ^ n , and of clergymen generall y , ( stipendiary curates are , expended , ) the power of the bishops , which can , only be everted through the medium of their courts , is so
encumbered with antiquated anjd tedious forms , sp checked and thwarted by the courts of common Jaw , that it is almost worse than nugatpry . Instances are recorded in which , through tbese difficulties , delinquent have evaded punishment—spapd ^ lous delays have been occasioned—the culprit 4 ying before the termination of the proceedings—the bishop saddled , nevertheless , with costs tQ the amount pf some hundreds of pounds ; and in other cqses , expenses have been incurred by bishops from one . to several hundreds of pounds in taking the measures necessary to enforce discipline , Such instances are without number ; " and , " says a clergyman wh (> writes on
Church Reform , " the public papers have very recently brpught before us ,, again and again , a case of considerable aggravation , They te tl v $ ? th ^ . t a qlergypjan , in the diocese of Lincoln , staled ? charged with various act $ pf ^ bameful and open profligacy ; that ; again and again proceedings have been , instituted against him which have been rendered abortive by the interfenen . ce of the courts of common law ; that petitions on this subject have b § en re ^ peatedly presented to tfae highest tribunal in the jkingdom an , d that several peer § have spofcen upon it ^ and ipdigwantjy asked , why SMch things tppji place , w % the bi s hop did not $ o \) is duty , They go on % q report that the ja ^ e B ^ hop of frncolr ! replje ^ , th ^ % he i ^ spent severa l bunij red ppiunds in inje ^ fective endeavours to pun ish the deji ^ c ^ qency complainecji f , an , d JL ^ ^ pye / sen ^ bishop pf the ijiope ^ se openly , in his place in Parlianaent , % yowe& anfj ( tp act tp
lanjenterf his inabi ^ ty apy useful purpose . " If anfa is tte efriqlency of the Epjspopal ordejp , thejr iseyvice ? are purely remunerated at &&mp- * thipg ra 9 re than their real value . The fact i $ , tljat the C ^ urc | i i ? jlL-gpvejrnefj , pec ^ use it i « goyerne ^ J not \> y in 4 ivi < Jual ^ |? ut l ^ y ## state . ^ j | pn , aparte , said * # & % the English w ^ re a najipn of ^ tiQP-kee pej » ; tut if the &ajte had the inanagem ^ nt of ci ^ ur s ^ c-Df in ij ^ hai ^ ds , they vpwW , we 4 re ^ u ^ ^ ooi > b ^ cte ^ k 9 61 k 44 mth 4 , eliaq ^ ncjje ^ similar tp ^ hp ^ e j % t ^ e Cfrurclv ^> u \ a * i % ifl , pur ^ hpp ^ flw ^ b ; at tjjie ^ arca ^ n ^ pf : rfapplew w ^ ar ^ ^ j ; syrpriise ^ for qm * op » s ^ ppj ^ t | ie &mm 9 $ . % w aof ^ gain ^ t hi i ?} An 4 | q , bg " §( r ] piept , tjie C ^ 'cfe mwt PC peparate ^ mto independent poyt ^ n ^ ;; ^ ach t ^ ej ^ y $ \ he , velj ^ an 3 ge 4 , a ^ nnj , i ^ co ^ seq ^ epce , the wl > ol ( B in gbpd prOej :, Tjie affection pf the st $ te , is , io : respect of the Church and some other institution ^ like " the kiftdaesp pf pverTJipdq | gen ( : par ^ iu § destructive pf the real interests of the , objects of their care . Many are tb $ Churchmen who cai ; in np way brook the late measure of JB&tifie fopQ tp pvyr Roman CaJJiQUc brethren . We Jtiave rea ^ pp to thinlf that
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1829, page 658, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2576/page/58/
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