The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Boston [Mass.]) 1770-1772, 1772-05-07

l our believe the miniitry al preient do NJ
with to be troubled with any fuch buiinei
Perhaps an affair of an eccitliaitlcal nature
which hath a'ely happened here, may tax
up the attention of the Bilhops and Clergy
as well as of the MinIary, too mich to ad
NIT of bringing on foon any other affair c
that kind | mean a petition-to Parlia
ment, for freeing the Clergy from fubfcrip
ton to the SO articles of the Church of En-
gland - he gentlemen in adminiffrati
on in general oppofed it. The mof violen
opponent was one of the members for Ok
ford, Sir, Roger Newdigate--who begar
his ipeech in this manner, The mof extraor
binary thing in the world, 400 Clergymen
about the 2ooth part of the Clergy of En-
gland, petitioning this Houfe to dearoy ths
church. Thefe are your tender confidence
gentlemen | don't like tender condolences
| do not like tender conlciences,I hat; tender
eon(cinees. What did the tender Confcen-
ces do in thejla age' Did they not over
turn church and fate thefe men mean the
Lame they want to root up foundations, &C.
- Ln1avoCT Va vIIS i,v...-- - :.
SavilIe diaingui(hed himleIf by a ipeech,
that for ferioulneis, eloquence, maniR fenles
and genuine fentimenrs of liberty exceeded,
| think any thing that ! have ever head. Ii
truck theHoufe exceedingly there wal a pro-
found iilence, land kind of awe upoDill pre-
fent, the whole time he was ipeaklng. Idlftln-
guifh, faid he, between the church of ODD and
Chril, and the Church of Englan !; and
whenever the Church of England irerferes |
with the Church of Chriff, give ii Prefe- |
renee to the latter, The fctlpturesIe The |
only rule of the Church of ChriR.-lb~ing
to the Sviptayes is THE 6vf rHls Of PfsF4u-
fijm---As for the articles, which be Pc
tItioneIs protect againf, fpeak wthlbnif-
fion to man but fpeak it in the Prehce Of
God, (one of them in my Judgment Re un-
founded, Tome of them contrary to rsYF and
Srript2rs, fome of them fubyeIiive ole &C.
niouS and defign of the goipel.-A feech
you, become an earneh and humblhppli-
cant toyou, by the benevolent lPiPf the
gofpel, by all that is ferrous: | bef4 you
by the bowels of Chriit, that thisA Dir be
stbeated,SSSt as a matter sf psfg, as a G
pAter, Of liberty, not as matter ohfori- .
qutneesbdt as matter Of rEhgi0 And q
sfsstaSafds he faid !, iome gerhiemee ap- "
PREVENTIVE than the )friptRrss are JHkt fed in a
the roam of tbe articles, it will be ii leans L
Of admitting into the Church grdum- .
Der of Seeftaries. Sir Had it noth for OF
oeetares, this cauie had been tried ibme. &c
Thank God it is tried here. -
H" Some gentlemen fear that if W a. %
ids artiesi, and place the Joipfre5 Fhefr "
)Fe0d, by throwing down all difin$ We ?
fhalI admit PapJG into the church TO- q q
gether with them their religion & But o.
they forget, that Papifs are excludy the =. 70
cath of supremacy, and by the dth.ion y, y
agalnf uanfubhantiatlon, againit nvo- y
ca'icn Of the Virgin Mary and 9th ints, y
and againG the facrihce of the Ma And "
if any other tef be needful, let n be $
made to acknowledge Liberty and iSnce, )" :.
and lhe right Of private Judgment them - :.
allure perJSeati,n 1ha. is true R O. - -
les T ANT Telt. But cam one I"
Ceriouay Think, that encouraging 5nqui- $
~, and the iudy of the lcripfwes lilae :, -
in the Ronifh religion When fee 70
rivuiet flowing to the top of rock, y
and requiring frong engine to fol back *
again then ll.aIi think that 04ufs TO 3
the rrj,fwES 0ny will lead to Ram =
/" Sbme gentlemen talk of r05barri- - y
sr; ab@ the Cbweb efGod, and rOtst7- - -
ing f1s Honour. Language l aHo- ~
nIihhg, hat almoa approaches afphe- Is !.
my What man a poor, vile, @mpta- %
olefsPtile, sak of rojfng bayyierSEf the =
Cbrcb Of Cad He might as walk of
PROTECTING OMNlPOTEN and
rating birriers about his THRok BAR Y
HERS ABOUT THE CHURCH GOD, j
Sri Flat Clutch, which. if THE anv of