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    provide not for his own , and especially for those of his own house , he hath denied the faith , and is worse than an infidel . ' "—P . 28 . Of course this scriptural plea for the bishops and their families is designed to palliate , if not to justify , the instances to which Mr . Beverley * s admission principally alludes . What shall we say of the prostitution of Scripture in defence of a Bishop ' s mode of " providing for his own" ?

    " I do not say this of the real Durham , for , luckily for me , the present Bishop has no children ; neither . do I say it of York ; but I do mean it for some Bishop that either is or was on the Bench , and I know it as a positive fact , that so gross and scandalous was the conduct of one of the sons of this prelate , that even he revolted at the idea of going into the Church , and long resisted the importunities , and at last the commands , of his Right Reverend

    Father , on this infamous plan of aggrandizement . Threats , however , were at last employed , and the profligate was compelled to yield , though he did yield at last with a deep sense of shame and disgust . Circumstances have made me intimately acquainted with this transaction , but when it took place , or where , whether in the north or in the south , whether last year or twelve years ago , I pray your Grace never to ask me . I know it , and can vouch for it , and let that be sufficient . "—Letter , p . 12 .

    Mr . Wild does not , * however , " mean to become the advocate of any one , or any matter in the Church justly deserving animadversion , or requiring amendment or abolition . " ( P . 6 . ) He would even " be sorry to be unfriendly to a reform in the Church . " cc But they should be hallowed hands to which I would intrust a matter like this , because eternal interests hang upon it . " ( P . 39 . ) Whether reform in the Church will come from

    the bishops , is seriously doubted by not a few of its advocates . The temporal interests will , we conjecture , in any case , create far more discussion among the lords spiritual than the eternal ones . We are glad to find it acknowledged on both sides of the present controversy , that reform in some shape or other must come in Church as well as in State . If the bishops do not set about it soon , possibly Parliament ( when itself reformed ) may save them the trouble .

    But we must not omit to notice Mr . Oliver's pamphlet . He has " a slight personal knowledge of" Mr . Beverley , and " entertains a due respect for his distinguished literary attainments ; " while he endeavours " to dissipate the train of misconceptions which , like so many glimmering

    meteors , have beguiled him into the fathomless depths of error . " Mr . Oliver defends the Church on very high , but we think perilous ground . Divine institution , and apostolical succession , and perpetual spiritual gifts , are with him its claims for respect . He " will endeavour to establish the truth of the following propositions : "

    " ( I . ) That the Founder of Christianity established a church , to which he attached an authorized priesthood , possessing full powers of delegation .

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    j -On- the Corrupt State of the Church of England . 633

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1831, page 633, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2601/page/57/