The Works ...: With the Author's Life and Character, Notes [etc.] In Eight Volumes, Volume 2A. Donaldson, 1761 - English literature |
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... church of England . The bishops in their letters or fpeeches to their own clergy proceed no further than exhortation ; but this writer conjures the whole clergy of the church to recommend his comment upon the laws of the land , in their ...
... church of England . The bishops in their letters or fpeeches to their own clergy proceed no further than exhortation ; but this writer conjures the whole clergy of the church to recommend his comment upon the laws of the land , in their ...
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... church's danger at Sacheverel's trial ; that the clergy , as they are men of fenfe and honour , ought to preach this truth to their fe- veral congregations ; and let them know , that the true defign of the prefent men in power in that ...
... church's danger at Sacheverel's trial ; that the clergy , as they are men of fenfe and honour , ought to preach this truth to their fe- veral congregations ; and let them know , that the true defign of the prefent men in power in that ...
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... church , was to bring in Popery , France , and the pretender , and to inflave all Europe , contrary to the laws of our country , the power of the legislature , the faith of nations , and the honour of God . I cannot fee why the clergy ...
... church , was to bring in Popery , France , and the pretender , and to inflave all Europe , contrary to the laws of our country , the power of the legislature , the faith of nations , and the honour of God . I cannot fee why the clergy ...
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... church and crown , and whose spirit of faction hath lately got the better of their intereft . For let him fearch all the rest of the kingdom , he will find the fur rounded clergy , and the furrounding gentry wholly ftrangers to the ...
... church and crown , and whose spirit of faction hath lately got the better of their intereft . For let him fearch all the rest of the kingdom , he will find the fur rounded clergy , and the furrounding gentry wholly ftrangers to the ...
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... church de- clares her wishes for the restoring of that discipline the for- merly had , and which , for fome years past , hath been more wanted than ever . But of this no more , left it might infinuate jealoufies between the clergy and ...
... church de- clares her wishes for the restoring of that discipline the for- merly had , and which , for fome years past , hath been more wanted than ever . But of this no more , left it might infinuate jealoufies between the clergy and ...
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Page 403 - We are plagued here with an October Club ; that is, a set of above a hundred Parliamentmen of the country, who drink October beer at home, and meet every evening at a tavern near the Parliament, to consult affairs, and drive things on to extremes against the Whigs, to call the old ministry to account, and get off five or six heads.
Page 42 - For, although in their corrupt notions of divine worship, they are apt to multiply their gods; yet their earthly devotion is seldom paid to above one idol at a time of their own creation, whose oar they pull with less murmuring and much more skill, than when they share the lading, or even hold the helm.
Page 399 - ADVICE HUMBLY OFFERED TO -THE MEMBERS OF THE OCTOBER CLUB. In a Letter from a Person of Honour*.