This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1807 Excerpt: ...other words, do you set up a claim in her behalf of her immutability and infallibility, against which claim she herself so strongly protests, in her articles? On the other hand, so far is the Church from " coveting no augmentation" (p. 3S.), and so far were " our ancestors from barely "stipulating that she should be ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1807 Excerpt: ...other words, do you set up a claim in her behalf of her immutability and infallibility, against which claim she herself so strongly protests, in her articles? On the other hand, so far is the Church from " coveting no augmentation" (p. 3S.), and so far were " our ancestors from barely "stipulating that she should be maintained as she "then was" that it forms part of that very i 1 tuse in the Oath, to which you have paid so mjjch au.-ntion, that the Sovereign "shall preserve to;he I "bishops "bishops and clergy, and to tlicir Churches, all such rights' and privileges as by law do OR "SHALL appertain to them." So far then it is demonstrated against you, that the condition of the Church is not absolutely "stationary," but that the law may at least interfere to increase her privileges. If any more arguments were necessary to evince the absurdity of your system, they are the corollaries which you yourself dra v from it.1 You tell us then that the Parliament of 1689, to which you ascribe such a paramount jurisdiction over all succeeding Parliaments, "left the Sovereign in full "possession of all the discretion as well as power "of assenting to laws in other cases, but in what "related to religion they thought it prudent and "justifiable to guard him against the counsels of "his lawful and constitutional advisers" (p. 24.); which in your language means the two Houses of Parliament--that " they determined to confide the "interests of religion and the Church-to the con"science of the King, independent of the lawful "advisers of the Crown (p. 2/7.); "that they had grown to think that the conscience of one virtuous and good man" (as if they...
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Good. 1801. Unknown Binding. Dedicated to the Right Honourable W. Wyndham, M.P. &c. with a supplement in answer to Considerations on the said oath, by John Reeves, Esq. Stab-stitched pamphlet. Foxing and early owner signature to title page, page edges frayed. A very nice copy, uncommon with the Supplement. Milner was an important player in the debates leading to Catholic emancipation in 1829. Unfortunately, his conservative views and insistence on a strict separation of the Roman church and the English crown impeded the cause for several years. Regarded as the leading champion of Catholic orthodoxy by his co-religionists, Milner went on to become the Bishop of Castabala and vicar-apostolic of the western district of England. Keywords: 19th Century Ireland, Britain, Law, Catholic Church, Emancipation. 90pp.....We ship daily from our warehouse.