A Critical Commentary On Archbishop Seckers Letter to the Right Honourable Hora
A Critical Commentary On Archbishop Seckers Letter to the Right Honourable Hora
Francis Blackburne
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V) But what kind of men muH: thefe Bifhops be who want fo much watching^ and that by perfons fo differently intereilcd in their appointment? \i his Grace knew that this would be the cafe, he mu it {u) Page 12. {tv) Page 13. (a) Ibid. [ 47 ] mufl have known likewife, that it could only pro- ceed from 3, jealouJy, entertained by the Colonics of all ranks and denominations, of the natural tendetuy of this Epifcopal appointment to encroach- ment and oppreffion. And with thele fentiments, how could ...his Grace imagine fuch appointment would [\ir u^ no dangerous uneafenejfes? But indeed when we confider the different circum fiances to which this variety of watching muft be directed, one cannot help fuppofing that dangerous uneofi- nejfes muft be the natural confequenceof this abun- dant vigilance. The Governors would v/atch according to their diredions from home, which would probably be, that the Blfhops (the confidants of the crown) ihould not fuifer from any diminution of the re- gard that is due to them ; the other itdis would watch, on the contrary, that this regard Ihould not arife above what they imagine is due to them, which they would fix at a much lower ftandard than the Governors would think reafonable ; the Laity would watch, that they might not be ha- raffed with Ecclefiaftical cenfures ; and the Clergy would watch to infbrce them, and to fupport the regard due to Epifcopal Power ; and in that they would certainly find their account, as the Bifhops muft have the power of rewarding, or at leaft of recommending the meritorious, as well as cenfur- ing delinquents.
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