We have seen such amazing instances of his lordship's CONTRADICTIONS, as not to be surprised at the boldest of them. Sometimes, when rapt in a fit of rhetoric, he does, by his contradictions, what the man in the play did by his ingratitude, he strives to cover the monstrous bulk of them, by a proportionable size of words*; sometimes again, to shew his utter contempt of the public, he chuses to follow the advice there given; to let them go naked, whereby men would see them the better. But, when he masks his double face, the FALSIFICATION of the theory of the Alliance always affords him the best play. He constantly takes it for granted, or avouches it for a fact, throughout his whole argument against the book, that the author contends for and maintains the independency of the church on the state, under an establishment. This brings CONSTANTINE'S establishment, as he has represented it, and the establishment on the principles of the ALLIANCE, pretty much to the same thing; so that the mischiefs ascribed to one may be safely transferred to the other. And here, Reader, in conclusion, the odd fortune of this book of the ALLIANCE is worth thy notice. It had been written against by many nameless scribblers, before his lordship: and had their force been equal to their fury, its innocence had been no protection to it. Their daggers hacked one anothert, not in the sides of my system, but in the unfeeling fronts of the assassins themselves. Three capital crimes had been imputed to it. One, that it established an imperium in imperio; another, that it made the church a creature of the civil magistrate; and a third, that it made the civil magistrate a creature of the church: while one shameless fellow, as I remember, in a thing he called + Shakespeare. *Timon of Athens. a Com a Comment on the Alliance, charged it with all these three crimes at once: so that his lordship, whose care is for the STATE, and my dissenting adversaries, who are as anxious for the CHURCH, will come in but for shares in the full merit of that illustrious Cominentator. INDEX TO THE ALLIANCE BETWEEN CHURCH AND STATE. ACTIONS, evil, from what consideration punished by civil laws P. 44 Alliance between Church and State, Preface to the edition - p. iii Dedication to the Earl of Chesterfield of the - Advertisement to the edition of 1766 - P. vii the principles on which it is treated - the reciprocal terms and conditions - P. xiv what the Church receives from the State by the pp. 108. 145 - the reality of the convention argued P. 160 - p. 164 ❤ P. 208 a security for the behaviour of individuals due to Alliance between Church and State; the occasion of writing - P. 373 summary of the allegations against it Alliances and establishments, examination of Lord Boling- - P. 374 Anabaptists, German, why they ought to be excluded the - p. 255 p. 223 - - P. 59 govern- Arcopagus, court of, its jurisdiction explained ments P. 255 Athens, shewn to have a test-law to secure an established p. 276 B. Bacchus, the oath taken by the priestesses of, from De- Banishment, opposed to protection, and considered as a a banished man be a subject of the state Bishops, in what quality they enjoy seats in Parlia- ment. - pp. 111. 127 p. 115 Not a distinct estate - their peerage not affected by the privileges they Bolingbroke, Lord, his concession in favour of the church P. 168 Bolingbroke, Lord; examination of his notions, &c. p. 325 the independency of the church - P. 339 - P. 350 examination of his account of the establishment of Christianity under Constantine p. 362 - p. 363 Bristol, Earl of, his speech in favour of a test-law, temp. Caliphs, Saracen, contrasted with the Roman Pontiffs, p. 84 - - p. 229 Carte, remarks on the principles manifested in his History of England Charles I. his idea of church government - p. 229 P. 96 P. vi Chesterfield, Philip Earl of, Dedication of the Alliance world Christian liberty, the nature of, explained - Christianity, its superior advantages over Paganism, p. 169 over Judaism p. 170 p. 171 the religion best calculated for a beneficial p. 209 |