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Religion..— Miilefiajth- Geography.— Ciizgtt.p'Sl t. — I a ws. — tPapuTatfan'— CoJonieK
, ’ — ^rm^^l^vy^^We^mues.— PoljtkalJriTMrt''ance*and. Relations. r\
^jT H E, church; Eaglaffd| ^^eftahlifKfidl p rom a' nio^ neGulia'r balls,
c1iaradcrH[icr(X a n ^ d em e fa ijS ^ 'As i n ;
tJii1^ jJitic^ivf^i^,,Gx(T tHics, tin: ulufy^ y icomitaflYsTnf inexperience^
\vr e ^ xW fu pQ ,~ -x x d ^ ic l,djelpotiUy. Whatever iW c t
tjTOnflrph, i j o ^ . ^ ^ ' j ^ ^ }kLXi)rc.VLirte3 . as farf a s; human, wifdorn ’can
‘J'c!m f t l o in 't ^ c h u i c i ^ v l i i k .t l i e other catliQ fe’-
-t»in.Si|tre. pyU&ribed, ^ Jbe |) in& extremes, t e n :-democracy^
are,feWi'Uy'a\ oidGcl. '„ It ta mM*re|prnie3' G h t g ^ ' r e -
Xain^edMdjepiit opalTonh in* ‘ifilc n d o jifg ^ r 'JTiQij^f^Bi’fhops
Hp fwW. Sep's they affp
fa the r infp.e^orsr .o |th e . cohdudLiof tine clergy^ and of the, modes
of education, than prelates endowed with feblapsiikl tank and dignity.
In England, on tijbi,contrary, the bilhops are peers of pai>
'liament,- and have the. ftyle and iinpprtanbe ofUobility. Yet the creed
of the Engli.fli church is .rati 1 e r' Gal v i niflic than Lutheran! But the
fpeeial tenets of the Englifti church „arc fufficiemiy explained in the
thirty-nine articles ; and a :lVr;i’cf-idea of its,;gG>vernmcnt. will be more
'pertinent"to the prelent purpofe.
„ The orders;of bifhrips,,.pric(ts, and deacons, compofe the body of the
-clergy*. Upon his diipute w ith ' thILPdhtiff'S|avtjid any claktfs. whati-
;ev„e,pf .% e r io r% ,* n r y .V .I I I feized, the title o f Supreme -Head, of
the National. Church, and ifued feyerai medallions with infcfiptro'iaS ,in
Hebrew, Greek and Latin,' to ’ ebmm.e’mor-ate this new prerogative,
which is, indeed, important, aByit-bledds: ifluy^^Eiaftic with the civil
adminiftration. Next- in dignity and ■■potver are the Archbifhops of'
f fv f riv If y p l ; f § |§ | ' E v , ,V :V ; - Canterbury
Religion.
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England,