The Express.
London, England, 1850-12-12 00:00:00

THE CLERGY OF THE DEANERY OF

WYCOMBE.

TO Till RIORT IRV. till LORD 0181I0P OP OXFORD.
My Lord, —Highly reverencing your lordship's
position es a bishop of the church of England and as our much
respected diocesan, we, the undersigned clergy of the Wy-
combe deanery and neighbourhood, solicit your lordship's
advice uto the course we should pursue in order to declare,
in the strongest and most public manner, our indignant
surprise at the presumption of the Bishop of Rome, as ex-
hibited in the steps which he has lately taken tower& the
re-establishment of the papal dominion in this our land so
highly blessed with a branch of the true church, established
upon the doctrines of the apostles end prophets, Jesus Coriat
himself being the chief corner stone.
Utterly abhorring the errors of the church of Rome, its
suppression of the holy finriptures as a rule of faith; its
assumption of supremacy ; its claim of infallibility and
power to dispense pardons ; its doctrine of uansubstairia-
tion, purgatory, and prayers for the dead ; the denial of the
sacramental cup to the laity ; its invocation of saints ; and
the placing of She Virgin Mary almost, if not altogether. in-
stead of the only one mediator between God ano man, toge-
ther with its many heresies', sgaiost which the Church of
England has been, and still is, an uncompromising witness.
We take this opportunity of conveying to your lordship, as
our much respected diocesan, an assurance of our determined
opposition to all Romanising tendencies, and co our deep and
unshaken attachment to the doctrines and formularies of
our church, which we pray God that we may ever find
graos diligently and faithfully to teach, and, if necessary, to
suffer for.—% ith show* respect, we are Four lordship's
faithful servants, and, incur venous degrees, fellow-labourers
in Christ Jesus.

Signed by—John R. Pigott, vicar of Hughandon, rural
dean; E Rekerrith, 'recumbent of Penn-stroet, rural dean ;
H. Padden, vicar of High Wycombe; E. Sconell, vicar of
Tined's; Isaac King, rector of Bradenhatn; R Catterowle,
vicar of Little Maslow ; James Kaolin, vicar of P: on ; F.
Howlett, cura:e of Penn; It. Belli', curate of High Wy-
combe ; Edward Arnold, incumbent of Loudwater ; W. F.
Burgess, anctunbent of Lacey Green ; John Foy. incumbent
of Hielemere ; R. T. Cockle, incumbent of Seer Green;
F. B Ashley, vicar of Woburn ; Tao*. Recite, incumbent
of Preetwood ; F. Buwell, curate of Great Marlow ; .1,
Poulter, curate of High Wycombe ; 8. B. Arnott, Wi.t&Ot
curate of Great Marlow ; C. S. Wilkins, curate of 8 sun-
derton ; Charles Lloyd, rector of Great Hampden ; F. A.
Faber, rector of Stunderton ; C. A. Hope, curate of Great
Hampden ; J. Symons. rector of Rsdna.re.
Cuddeedon Palace, Dec. 5, 1860.—My reverend brethren,
—I have forwarded to Sir George Grey your address to her
mongrel:Sous Majesty. I would advise you Wilber to follow
it up, If future events show that such a step is needful, by
petiiims to both houses of parliament, praying f. r protection
agitate the intrusion of a foreign territorial hierarchy. Your
address to me requires more than a b.re acknowledgment.
I thank you cordially for your expression of respect towards
myself. I thank you still more for your well expressed
resolution of resisting all Romer:tieing attempts, whether
from without or within the church.
Undoubtedly the Church of England has, in common
with the primitive church, a distinct teaching oa all the
points you name, as well at on others to which you allude
(sub as the doctrine of justification and the sacramental
character and duty of contusion to • priest), in which we
differ mat widely from the corrupt and degenerate church of
Rinse ; and it is our clear duty to maintain ag lion all Roman-
ian, without compromise, her distinctive teaching, even as
it is our duty to maintain against latitudinarians and puri-
tans the reality or her commission as a church, and the va-
lidity and euthority of her order as Christ's appointment,
end of her sacraments as channels of his grace. lam
cheered, indeed, amongst maay discouragement', by re-
ceiving such an address as yours, signed by every incumbent
and curate in your deanery ; and heartily praying God,
even our Father, to blue and prosper you for the sake of oar
Lord Jesse Chine, I am, my reverend brethren, you
faithful friend and brother, (Signed) 8. OXON.
To the !ter. J. 11. Pigott.

THE ARCHBISHOP OF YORK has replied as follows
to the address of the clergy of the archdeaconry of
the East Riding:
Rev. and dear Brethren,—lt suits very natural that an
atkirese from the clergy of the B" t
Riding assembled at
&vertu should express greet sediggeitipa at the attempt
of the Bishop of Bouts to sauciest to tbis count Ty.. a power
which is the sole prerogrice of oar Sovereign; von justly
regard title act as a direct "incision re the rights of the
crown, and an Infraction of the spirit, if not of the letter, of
the law." It is, moreover, a novel and deity; violation of
all ecclesiastical order, and of all canooksil &Hipline. As
such it has received your honest rittake, and it deurves the
reprobatiou of the universal church, no lees thin of Avery
sincere member of that pure and reformed Mancha, it to
which we belong. .
I osenot, however, pretend to feel any serious alarm at
this insulting and presumptuous (prim* of a foreign Pm*
late, when almost the whole commacity of the lead .bap
deslared, as you have done, • reetilute dumminexiaa to up-
hold splint him sad against ell impugners, with the help .
sad blessing of God, the true and lawful "summensay of
SIN WOWS, the independence of our &ugh, and the rights
of eareaslenee."
As your diocesan I Sad satistaatrou and comfort in the
belief of year firm attachment to the doctrines, and M your
faithAd ministration of the ordinances, of tt• cheek,
funded se those doctrine* and ordinances are on the pure
Weed of God, sad warranted by Ihe records of primitive
Christian antiquity.
TM quotation in your address true • reply made by' nut
to the dewy of the chief town of the But Riding, Howe
that you sr* already acquainted with my opinion as to the
IMAM WWI of the efiltroodoo of .she Bola** pontiff., That
opiates remiss eashaken.
While thankfully seknowledahlithe raise of your preen
la my bib id, I woad, in return, earnestly pray for you the;
by the favour of Almighty God, you may stand fast in the
troth, Mein; for the faith of the gospel,—that faith Gees
delivered to the saints ; so that, peradventure, by we as-
=ad often swains divisions, we have knisells
the peseta dilleulty sad trial, we m aye,
be enabled, as brethren is Christ, thrones gr •• "
tits faith in Ratty of spirit, sad la the bond of pears." , V?,
Betio, a, to b.. raw. awl dear butowrot
Your Mead and
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