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Review Of New Publications .
Considerations addressed to the Clergy , on thc Propriety of their oearing Arms , and aff caring in a Military Capacity . By a Country incumbent . Ziio . 6 d . Fletcher , Oxford . AT ? . time when the fiends of civil commotion and the horrors of foreign war threaten to invade our country , and dispossess us of the valuable enjoyment of liberty , wealth , and independence , the lovers of their country have manfully stept forward , and in the hour of danger courageously bid defiance
to those republican anarchists , whose presumption gave them reason to cherish a hope of involving Great Britain'in the common ruin which they have brought upon Europe , and which they have attempted to spread in Africa and America .
Some among the clergy of the Church of England have not thought it inconsistent with the injunctions laid upon them , nor repugnant to that system of which they are professors , to take up ai n ; s , in common with their fellow-subjects , for the purpose of repelling the inroads of an . inveterate foe . And in case of actual invasion , when the reet of our enemies ' are landed on our shores , it will then undoubtedly become the- duty of " every man who wishes well to his country , and is a lover of religion , to guard both at the
risk of ' his life . Exemptions from the exercise of vigorous resistance must then cease ; because the peace of every individual will be threatened . But whether or not previous to that eventful moment taking place , which God Almighty avert 1 it be necessary , and consistent with their professional character , for the clergy to be trained to the use of arms , is a question that must , we think , be determined in the negative . And whether the clergy may not be employed . in a way more suitable to their sacred character , should they be called upon in the crisis of danger , and in the hour of impending desolation , we do not hesitate to determine . . The instructions sent from the
Archbishop and Bishops to their respective clergy , on this head , have decided that point . The Considerations before us are judicious and seasonable ; the writer very properly , and with great good sense , enquires into the ' fitness ofthe clergy serving in a military capacity ; and from the express command of God respecting ihe Jewish priesthood ; from the general character tind manners of tlie clergy in the best ages cf the Christian church ; and from the exemptions
granted by the legislature of this kingdom to the ministers of reli gion in general ; ' deems it inconsistent with their religious duties . Instead of marching in the ranks , and opposing the bayonet to the breast of the foe , he enforces the injunction laid upon the clergy by the heads- of the church : ' They are to act , ' says he , ' with vigour ; , but still they are to act officially . The proper duties of the Christian minister arc not to be intermitted : they , are to be seriously discharged , even amidst the bustle and
anxiety of military preparations : they are then peculiarly requisite to preserve in the ntnds of men that reverence of the Divine Majesty , that sense of the spirit and duties of Christianity , which will not fail to controul and counteract even the miseries of war .
He I ' ecomintnds to their care the very important , and more peaceable duties laid down in lire printed instructions already alluded to ; ami enforces this very serious admonition : ' If at any time it becomes the clergy of the Christian church to attend to the obligations of their profession , and in every respect to act accordingly , ibis is the moment . They ought to know , that if in : > iiy respect they deviate fiom the rules of decorum , many who seem p lease ; on that account , are , on other occasions , forward to avow their contempt oi" the-whole order—their disapprobation of its privileges—and their hatred of Christianity itself . ' -
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Review Of New Publications .
Considerations addressed to the Clergy , on thc Propriety of their oearing Arms , and aff caring in a Military Capacity . By a Country incumbent . Ziio . 6 d . Fletcher , Oxford . AT ? . time when the fiends of civil commotion and the horrors of foreign war threaten to invade our country , and dispossess us of the valuable enjoyment of liberty , wealth , and independence , the lovers of their country have manfully stept forward , and in the hour of danger courageously bid defiance
to those republican anarchists , whose presumption gave them reason to cherish a hope of involving Great Britain'in the common ruin which they have brought upon Europe , and which they have attempted to spread in Africa and America .
Some among the clergy of the Church of England have not thought it inconsistent with the injunctions laid upon them , nor repugnant to that system of which they are professors , to take up ai n ; s , in common with their fellow-subjects , for the purpose of repelling the inroads of an . inveterate foe . And in case of actual invasion , when the reet of our enemies ' are landed on our shores , it will then undoubtedly become the- duty of " every man who wishes well to his country , and is a lover of religion , to guard both at the
risk of ' his life . Exemptions from the exercise of vigorous resistance must then cease ; because the peace of every individual will be threatened . But whether or not previous to that eventful moment taking place , which God Almighty avert 1 it be necessary , and consistent with their professional character , for the clergy to be trained to the use of arms , is a question that must , we think , be determined in the negative . And whether the clergy may not be employed . in a way more suitable to their sacred character , should they be called upon in the crisis of danger , and in the hour of impending desolation , we do not hesitate to determine . . The instructions sent from the
Archbishop and Bishops to their respective clergy , on this head , have decided that point . The Considerations before us are judicious and seasonable ; the writer very properly , and with great good sense , enquires into the ' fitness ofthe clergy serving in a military capacity ; and from the express command of God respecting ihe Jewish priesthood ; from the general character tind manners of tlie clergy in the best ages cf the Christian church ; and from the exemptions
granted by the legislature of this kingdom to the ministers of reli gion in general ; ' deems it inconsistent with their religious duties . Instead of marching in the ranks , and opposing the bayonet to the breast of the foe , he enforces the injunction laid upon the clergy by the heads- of the church : ' They are to act , ' says he , ' with vigour ; , but still they are to act officially . The proper duties of the Christian minister arc not to be intermitted : they , are to be seriously discharged , even amidst the bustle and
anxiety of military preparations : they are then peculiarly requisite to preserve in the ntnds of men that reverence of the Divine Majesty , that sense of the spirit and duties of Christianity , which will not fail to controul and counteract even the miseries of war .
He I ' ecomintnds to their care the very important , and more peaceable duties laid down in lire printed instructions already alluded to ; ami enforces this very serious admonition : ' If at any time it becomes the clergy of the Christian church to attend to the obligations of their profession , and in every respect to act accordingly , ibis is the moment . They ought to know , that if in : > iiy respect they deviate fiom the rules of decorum , many who seem p lease ; on that account , are , on other occasions , forward to avow their contempt oi" the-whole order—their disapprobation of its privileges—and their hatred of Christianity itself . ' -