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Conversation of a Tea | Conversation of a Tea-table: why by the listening<lb/> to the chirping of birds or the murmuring of nature,<lb/> than to the melody of Instruments & of the human<lb/> voice. | ||
We are told by Bishop Barnet,<hi rend='superscript'>X</hi> that when<lb/> the final abolition of the Popish superstition was<lb/> in agitation, Queen Elizabeth was strongly inclined<lb/> to the retaining of Images in Churches &<add>It was the judgment</add> that ingenious<lb/>Princess which the comparison of the<lb/>behaviour of the people in Popish &Protestant<lb/>Church justifies at this day, that the retaining<lb/>embellishments would be a means of<lb/>drawing the pople to frequent with more alacrity<lb/>those places of devotion. The rigid Protestants<lb/>who were her advisers by representing the<lb/>danger of <del><gap/></del><add><unclear>leaving</unclear>—</add> <gap/> to that <unclear>temper</unclear><lb/>of superstition & Idolatry, which so many causes<lb/><gap/> at that time of day and cherishing among<lb/>the people, prevailed on her to depart from that<lb/><unclear>Wear</unclear> | |||
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SABBATH - Pastimes
Conversation of a Tea-table: why by the listening
to the chirping of birds or the murmuring of nature,
than to the melody of Instruments & of the human
voice.
We are told by Bishop Barnet,X that when
the final abolition of the Popish superstition was
in agitation, Queen Elizabeth was strongly inclined
to the retaining of Images in Churches &It was the judgment that ingenious
Princess which the comparison of the
behaviour of the people in Popish &Protestant
Church justifies at this day, that the retaining
embellishments would be a means of
drawing the pople to frequent with more alacrity
those places of devotion. The rigid Protestants
who were her advisers by representing the
danger of leaving— to that temper
of superstition & Idolatry, which so many causes
at that time of day and cherishing among
the people, prevailed on her to depart from that
Wear
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