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    t ^^ jil ^ gct , $ lefetej »> wUicb his Ma « jillMw ^ m ^^^^^^ mmm ^^ s ^^ Assemb ly ^^ ei 4 a ^ i ^^ Mrm 60 ^ mm ^ CM ^^ t ^^ mtl'M ^ m Jfi nhere were ? a i tCJft ^ iie ^ ^ fi ^ otot » ii that n ? a& root : Presbyter ^^ ^ Thfe he omWkm 0 MoM coupling \ yith the foot , that some ; <* fi tlm dignitaries of the Episcopal , e&mw&w&ti in this country b ^ , beeiiif ) lea « e < i ' *^ speak aacl write of

    C ^ fe «^ I ^^ n > And whea ^ in addition to t&ese things , * lie lookett ; tt ) the list of the Privy Cauaeil which had passed the late order ^ ^ and saw- Ifliat the Arcbl ^ hop Of Canterbury was at the head ) of it ,: issuing inunctions to the ministers of our Ghurch ^ respecting- forma or hsads af pmyer ^ bee could not butj inffer that tbuere was very great inatteiw tion somewhere ctr mother to our ecele ^

    siastjcal rights , and that , if we acted / wisely , we wouldn endeavour to cure , that evil , aad to preserve our independence . —In the «^ c ^«{ place the Orders in Couoicil v ^ ere evil , as they affected : the aXtachnoteatB of the people . The in

    people . ^ rf , Scotland Mtere general attached to the Established Church ; and certainly their attachment to it wa ? of no less CQiasequeDtice to the country thaaa it was to themselves . But their ! attachment was not blind and

    inconsiderate ; it was not formed by what they saw of the labours of &av ministers ; it was not secured by any adventitious circumstance ; it was founded upon a firm conviction that

    the principles of Presbytery wejpe those of the Bible , and the only ones that were effectual in securing tke pwnty of religion , and the edification of : th ?> people . This was the ground of their affection to our Churehi . But could

    it be . expected that this affection ' . would -contigsne . whea they saw us tamely allowing the most essential of these principles to be violated ^ WU 1 . not th&y 6 e ready to ask , " Why should we remain connected with youy when ydi ^ surrender , witliout ^ t struggle , what we hold < to he essential to . the

    ^ vBl&m on . ivhose account alone in that We < belohg to you i" Aaad \ will wot the Dissenters be furnishted ivith a 4 ine handle ; of which they will jofijturall }/ tok ® aavaatp ^ , . for ex ( atfas ^| d ^ gu § t

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    AU this will ib ^ saidy and it « antkofeie said without effect . The Ohxirch li ^ a s uflfeyed tnuch bf Dissents ? KtTts Jttteo ^ bers bad been driven away in ^ ^ aumfeers by tlie plan of adm iiiistrati ^ H whkh had heen piirswedi ^ He did hot speak of' ( the u&erijts qf that plaa ^

    present . He pnly &poke of the fact * and that eoiiW be as J&ttle doubted al it could faih t « be lanoexited by every friend to the Chuarch of Scotland . The I > issenters were a irniuaerous body , possessed of respeetabiHty and influence , and as he coulcbnoli but regard a < nam

    sive acquiescenee in the Order in Gouhy eil as-directly calculated to add to theiF strength , and in that way to be kostiie ^ in an incalculable degree , to the inte ^ ^ eats of our ecclesiast ical eoBs titntibn ; he pressed the adoption of his motion en the Hauae , as a measure of great expediency , if not of absolute

    necessity .-r-He would remark , in the third place , that the ; ; Grde > F 3 in Coimeil wer evil as they affected the authority of the Crown , aad the respect which was paid to it . At no time ^ and in no ciror

    cumstances * was it a r ^ ht a ^ afe thing tfiat the oydera of the Kinp | n Council should be difiobpyed y > and least of all was it a safeor wght thing that this should take place in the pvel sent etate of the public mir ^ d : And yet many ministers are ^ educe ^ i to the necessity of disobeying tfe' order re 4 speeting prayer fop the Royal Pamily ; they could' not' Aconscientioa ^ lyi M oi ^ )

    any prescribed form * d # w&m 8 & % meft would adhere to the principles ' of Utok Chureh > ivU ^ i iiu ^ i 7 wei ^^ Mii »^/ ^ theirs ordination vows y > tp ^ 0 fat&ty * vi her integrity 9 i anc ^ would use their osM language , aiid * tjiei ^ rown discretion in their public devfittioBS . iWh ^ a ^ he b * j ^ ^ 9

    pie saw i t ^ is y ^ hat effect w it w&f to prodttoeiupon > thu * B ? . ^ Wkp * t ^ will suppose t ^ airithei fp iioia |^^ ^ na grfcafe > ^ e ^^ j ^ l : ^^^ % m ^ tre ^ the ^ ^^ M ^^^^^

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1820, page 570, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2493/page/6/