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ccrns within itself, and it had been the prallice of
ancient times, and was still the praCtice of
other Countries ; he held it to -be a policy, wise
in 'itaelf, as well as moderate in its principles,
That the discipline of the Church should be With the
Church, and to go to Civil Tribunals for the deter-
mination or ,preservation of such discipline, was a
,thing to be avoided if possible ; nor was he an ad-
vocate for niaking the Church that species of demo-
cratic body which a repeated reference to Courts of
Law to enforce rights without reference to -rank,
had a terdencv to create ; nor was he to- be accused
ofbeing a friend to arbitrary power in the Church,
for although discretion, as far as it went, might be
said to be arbitrary, still it could not have any re--
semblance to the arbitrary power of the State; for
in the Churchi if the power was improperly exer-
cised at any time, there was another which was pa-
ratnount to it, namely, the Legislature ; whereas
toe -absolute and arbitrary- power of a State had no
control, and that* was the reaon- why, absolute
and arliitrary power in a State was so odious.
He was therefore a friend to the measure, because
it tended to keep the discipline of the Church within
the Church, and lodged discretion where it was
right to lodge discretion. As to the point of in.
forcing the Residence of Clergy, the question
was, how far it was wise-to do things by halves It
was admitted, that. the Statute of Henry VIII. if
inforced 'in full rigour,- could only inforce the Re.
sidence of the Clergy ; and, therefore, he would say -
the provisions of that Statute were worth but little:
it reminded him of the power of the Groom, who
could lead the Horse to the water, but could not
make him drink when he came there. So, here, by the
Statute of Henry VIII. we could compel the Clergy
to come to their parishes, but could not compel them
to perform the fundions of their Order. So that,
by this Statute, we had the disgrace of a restriaion
without any certainty of beneilt. This restriction
was by this Bill proposed to be submitted to the
higher orders in the. Church irsF•lf, and therefore, as
fa;- as it went, he approved of it, but wishing, at
the sametiine, it went much further. This was
the 'general ratline which appeared to him to be
descriptive of this Bill, and these were the reasons
be had for approving of the Bill as far it went, and
he had indeed assigned reasons why lie could have
wished it hati„gone further, though he had no in-
clination to move any thing in that respell.
The House then called for the question. Strangers
withdrew, preparatory to a division, but were soon
reashuitted, as the House did not divide.
The SPEAKER left the Chair, and the Bill went
into a Committee of the whole House, and a great

number of Clauses were agreed to after a great deal

oldiscUssion, and about ha4f past eleven, tiTere being
many provisions of the Bill remaining to be dis-
cussed, the Chairrkin was direfted to report pro_
egress, arid ask leave to sir again, which was done
accordingly, and the House adjourned to Wednes_
. day next, on the Motion of the CHANCELLOR of
the E;;CFIEQT/ZR,

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