The Extraordinary Black Book: An Exposition of Abuses in Church and State, Courts of Law, Representation, Municipal and Corporate Bodies, with a Précis of the House of Commons, Past, Present, and to Come |
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... , they can have little intercourse with the parsons . Cumberland has 104 parishes , Durham 75 , Northumber- * Morning Chronicle , October 21 , 1831 . land 88 , Westmoreland 32 , Lancaster 70 , West CHURCH OF ENGLAND . 7.
... , they can have little intercourse with the parsons . Cumberland has 104 parishes , Durham 75 , Northumber- * Morning Chronicle , October 21 , 1831 . land 88 , Westmoreland 32 , Lancaster 70 , West CHURCH OF ENGLAND . 7.
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... Durham is of Dutch extraction , and some years since underwent a severe prosecution for non - residence on a bene- fice in the City , of which he was then incumbent . Burgess is a protégé of lord Sidmouth , who is now living in ...
... Durham is of Dutch extraction , and some years since underwent a severe prosecution for non - residence on a bene- fice in the City , of which he was then incumbent . Burgess is a protégé of lord Sidmouth , who is now living in ...
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... Durham , Winchester , and Canter- bury , have died loaded with the spoils of the church . The wealth they amassed was due to the poor , to God , and the unfortunate of their own order . In the epistle which is read at their consecration ...
... Durham , Winchester , and Canter- bury , have died loaded with the spoils of the church . The wealth they amassed was due to the poor , to God , and the unfortunate of their own order . In the epistle which is read at their consecration ...
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... Durham or Winchester . Under the primacy of the late Archbishop SUTTON , energetic measures of reform were not likely to be countenanced ; the career of this mild but rapacious prelate was not an inapt exemplar of the favourite priestly ...
... Durham or Winchester . Under the primacy of the late Archbishop SUTTON , energetic measures of reform were not likely to be countenanced ; the career of this mild but rapacious prelate was not an inapt exemplar of the favourite priestly ...
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... Durham county , Mr. Phillpotts admits to yield an income of £ 2500 ; the valuation in Liber Regis is £ 67 : 6 : 8 . Ilfra- combe , in Devonshire , is returned at £ 50 : 4 : 4 : the tithes are leased to a layman , and worth £ 1000 a year ...
... Durham county , Mr. Phillpotts admits to yield an income of £ 2500 ; the valuation in Liber Regis is £ 67 : 6 : 8 . Ilfra- combe , in Devonshire , is returned at £ 50 : 4 : 4 : the tithes are leased to a layman , and worth £ 1000 a year ...
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Page 78 - RECEIVE the Holy Ghost for the office and work of a Priest in the Church of God, now committed unto thee by the imposition of our hands. Whose sins thou dost forgive, they are forgiven; and whose sins thou dost retain, they are retained.
Page 76 - Thou shalt not make to thyself any graven image, nor the likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or in the earth beneath, or in the water under the earth. Thou shalt not bow down to them, nor worship them...
Page 367 - The subjects of every state ought to contribute towards the support of the government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to their respective abilities ; that is, in proportion to the revenue which they respectively enjoy under the protection of the state.
Page 2 - The various modes of worship, which prevailed in the Roman world, were all considered by the people, as equally true; by the philosopher, as equally false; and by the magistrate, as equally useful.
Page 368 - Every tax ought to be so contrived as both to take out and to keep out of the pockets of the people as Little as possible, over and above what it brings into the public treasury of the state.
Page 368 - Thirdly, by the forfeitures and other penalties which those unfortunate individuals incur who attempt unsuccessfully to evade the tax, it may frequently ruin them, and thereby put an end to the benefit which the community might have received from the employment of their capitals.
Page 3 - Atheist under the sacerdotal robes. Reasoners of such a temper were scarcely inclined to wrangle about their respective modes of faith, or of worship. It was indifferent to them what shape the folly of the multitude might choose to .assume; and they approached, with the same inward contempt, and the same external reverence, the altars of the Libyan, the Olympian, or the Capitoline Jupiter.
Page 76 - ... renounce the devil and all his works, and constantly believe God's holy word, and obediently keep his commandments. I demand therefore, DOST thou, in the name of this child, renounce the devil and all his works, the vain pomp and glory of the world, with all covetous desires of the same, and the carnal desires of the flesh, so that thou wilt not follow nor be led by them ? Answ.
Page 430 - That no dividend shall at any time be made by the said Governor and Company, save only out of the interest, profit, or produce arising by or out of the said capital stock, or fund, or by such dealing as is allowed by Act of Parliament.
Page 78 - OUR Lord Jesus Christ, who hath left power to his Church to absolve all sinners who truly repent and believe in him, of his great mercy forgive thee thine offences : And by his authority committed to me, I absolve thee from all thy sins, in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.