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28 Oct. 1812
Church 1 Principle Topics Ch V Qualification
1o
II. Doctrines
Ch. 9. Occasions
1
§.2.I. Doctrines. II. Mode of adoption
1
Subscription in
relation to any propositions
is meant to
be a Declaration of
the subscribers belief
in them
p.
2
Under Church of
England subscription
to a string of intricate
ambiguous, & obscure
& in the belief of some,
absurd propositions
is required on entering
on certain professions
to which
much emolument is
attached. p.
3
By a law in effect
a penal one. non-subscription
is an offence
punished by pecuniary
loss greater than ordinary
fines — The
non subscribers being
cut off from a provision
for life & the
expence of his education
becoming waste.
p.
§.3. III Persons adopting. or Occasions
Ch. Poison to the subject many
1
Classes of persons
subject to this law
1. Candidates for
priesthood — penalty
of non conformity
forfeiture of the
means of livelihood
in expectation of which
they have been bred.
2. All persons — meaning
at the University
But at Cambridge
subscription is not
required till the
time of taking a degree
3 Advocates in
Ecclesiastical & Admiralty
Courts — L.L.D.
being necessary in
order to practice there
4 All persons keeping
Schools — ?
2
Form prescribed to
the Candidate for
Deacons orders.
Three articles provided
— Follows here the
3d of them.
3
Proposition at the
end of which the
candidate writes
his name
I N: N willingly
& ex animo subscribe
&c. p.3
4
Remark by Canon
"For avoiding all
ambiguity the person
shall subscribe
with christian &
Surname —
The latin ex animo
& the unmeaning
subscribe for avoidance
of ambiguity? — what
of itself does a mans
name mean?
A serpent with a
toad in its belly —
The third of these articles
contain the 39 Of the 39
one (by reference) the Athanasian Creed p.3.
§.3. III. Persons adopting. IV. Occasions
Ch. Poison to the Subject Many
5
Candidates for admission
to University
annex their subscription
to the 39
without the intervention
of the 3 others
The articles themselves
are the formulary,
read to or
laid before the freshman.
No creed appears — the
toad might disgust
youthful stomachs
p.4
6
Of the acknowledgement
adopted
in this case, does
a model exist in
print?
In the University
archives remains the
paper & signature.
p.4
7
The tenor being never
known after is probably
not known even
at the time. Being
represented as unavoidable
the less
is known of the
engagement the better.
p.4
8
Articles of peace!
Yes if the fox knawing
the bowels of
the Spartan was a
minister of comfort
peace, or the arsenic
of the suicide a cordial.
p.5.
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