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The 'ecclefiaftieal geography o f England may he feen in' the- following
table : ,■
H Province o f Canterbury. '
1. Biftopridk 6fikm'HtmycoiiuiniiigJEflb'xj Middkfex, and part of
Hertford.
2. Wincheftdv—Surry, Hampshire, Iflcs o f W ight, Jerfey, Guernf
e y ^ 'a n d -w f f i& r i ie y . ‘ ’ ' ‘ ' ‘ ' 1 ^
, 'LitchfieldLand Coventry.—Stafford, Derby, and part ©f Warwick
.find Shropshire.
4. Lincoln.—Lincoln,'Ldceffer, Huntingdon, Bedford; Buckingham,
and p ir t o f Hertford. v ■
5. Ely,—’Ga'mbridgfhire.
6 . Salifbury.—Witdratad fJdrkfhire.' ‘
7. Exeter .^Goimwal and Devonf ^ f
Bath and Wells.—Soteerferfhire.
.' 9. Qiichcftcr.—Suflex. • -
10. N o rw ich—Norfolk, Suffolk, and afmall part o f Cambridge.- -
11. TVorcefteJf.—Worcefter, and 'part o f Warwick. <
j 2. Hereford.—Hereford, land part o f Shrofpfliire,
13. Rochefter.—T a r t o f Kent.
14. Oxfordl4~f)xfordfture.
i j , Peterborough — Northampton and Rutlarfd.
16. Gloucefter.—Gloucefterfhire.
17. Briftoh__T h e City o f Brfftol, part o f Gloucefterfhire,'-and County ,
o f Dorfet.
18. Landaff*—Glamorgan, Monmouth, Brecknock, -and Radnor,
r ig . St. David’s.—r-Fembroke, Cardigan, and.Caewnatthen. -
20. St, Afaph.—T h e greateft part o f Flint, Denbigh, and Montgomery,
and fonie part o f Shropfhirc.
21. Bangor.—T h e counties o f Anglefey, Caernarvon, Merioneth, and
, part o f Denbigh and Montgomery;
: Province o f York.
22. Durham.—Durham and Northumberland.
23. Carliile.—Great part o f Cumberland and Weftmoreland.
24, Chefter.
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jBjrjs Cheftey,rTrGhefhirei,La!ncafhhe, Richnasndfhire .-(which is part ch
o f Yo^k^fjwtth partjofflCumbetfland'japd Weftmoreland.
tjssSjv* I f l e ^ J e fM a n v 1 -
; TBehv&lnations.iiifthe kihigl>”h t^ - ';a r e - omitted,.'becaufe evea‘- the
comparative valuation dhuiddead- tdvM|a4 ‘wholIy’ erronetiSs; Several
efertgesi' hatre takettfef l^eidxi" filthfkio'^ilpftherh'iftid|*-
OhriftiShity'v as firil eficbliffttd in thfe'touHtry, hut- thefe
rather- helpng.;t<| the1 provi^ds, hfe the jtJ
» .Thefe w^p difter-m tenets o lfd lm l^ fr& ^ th e &^Hlifhed.churchmayv.
in •gqnerah,/befoyipd Difte)i,te|^ though the tervn ihp, £|lyj-agplied
tpjthei Prbfby^eria®^ ^d&Rendenta,. * 0 $ ^ ^ h ™ ^ ® ^ a l c3affes o f
dijffievents, (are the-
S w e ^ n b o r ^ a p s , ‘ a i ^ a h e ^ ^ | a r ^ a n i ; , ^ M s j ,'<f f i '
nity,, airdhelieving .(^od^ % n'o^S p ^tm lq g fed with the
two -, fofo,, -;whp;l|%e ypiafidera^Iy ’ rekxed%t |^ 'firidfnefs^df' theif disfe'L-
pline. / Tj’hefn.dopetidients affert, ?thaf each has- a
regulate ifcfelf, jvhjjjn’fh g ''F rp fty tpm n s unite chufehes.;;un4en vario(yss
dMfi6ht^v‘.pro^in<^al aftd! J JH%^fepicai?dri’f td p ^ G y '^ the *
JFr!efoyt-erians.?|^K^t-rxHpd\withigr^flbl)h a?^ht'i;asfe upon tlip Englifh?
nation^, during the teiyil- war ,m the laft <^n>fej^y, (and [^a^S^de^ed- the-
inorl ^iQHS,li,hecaufe 'h y admitted ,tt® ^toler^fion^ dj^Ge' thy E.ngfcflri
fo u n d that,,they ^had- only pxyhangsej., > qnfe..j,y6ke for,,an other,,i Ok rather-
eafe»for|flavery,^^eri-.pref^terB'amount.ehtbiOne bifhdp,'apd fcper-
addedTfehe -petulapce-and morpfenefeko f i a d i ^ l a y , l Mfiten,,
^ o f freedom,,,fyj0%fhegan th^Wvhol^^d^»
^nd*to flyj.for-iefuga to the'iil&pfefedent%’-wIioipJ.EiehOTolttfctf or a d -,
,dte|s granted raiwer f a^^f er^i ^. t f t t i f r hS^Gro^MweF lent an irotb
h ^ d andy after'anpibijatiiog t-hei-gt^foyteEian {So*We1fsin '-En^aitd^ .in-a
great m e a fu re ^ b y e rte d th a t © f Scotland. T’he intolerant fpirit'ofthe
prefbyteriansj-e^ginatsd, with their, appftle Calvin, whofe Gruelty. to.'
Setyetus w,as halance^byfnrprifingtalpnteM\ clerical polity,} i t rendered-
their„ powey fingujariy ,adverfe to letters , apd tafte, and mo, man ,p f V
_fcmnCp^lao Ka^flajgied. th e literary hiftory Of th is eountry,, wopkl; wide
-for the rev e al, of foch doixnnaiiqnf . B ut .at prefent -Caivin Would; not
recqgnize his dlfcipLesy^s they have'abandoned thbir poIemicaL thiftfe'T^I-. '31 . if ; andi '
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