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ie See of Haltimore tm sMarpland, 
3 AND OF CONSECRATING THE 
Right Rev. Dr. Jounx Carroxy firft srsuop thereof 
Ox the Feaft of the Affumption, 1790. 
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DELIVERED ON THAT OCCASION, 

AND ‘THE AUTHORITY FOR CONSECRATING THE 
BISHOP, AND ERECTING AND ADMINISTERING 
THE SAID SEB, 

TO WHICH ARE ADDED 

EXTRACTS from the different situs of R1GHT and 

- consTirution of the UNITED STATES,—That 
Liberty of Confcience is the Birth-right of every Man, 
and an Exclufion of any religious Teft for ever. 


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"A, SHORT ACCOUNT 


OF THE 
ESTABLISHMENT 
Or THE 


NEW SEE OF BALTIMORE. 


DT EIT TE LILO OL A 


ae HE Roman Catholic religion was intra. 
duced into Maryland, together with the firft fet. 
lers inthe reign of Charles I. who granted that 
province to the Lord Baltimore a catholic 
nobleman, as a refuge for perfons of his reli- 
gion from the feverity of the penal laws, which 
that unfortunate monarch wanted either the 
power or the fortitude to reftrain. A num- 
ber of catholic gentlemen and others emi- 
grated from England and Ireland with the 
hope of enjoying that yepofe in the new fet. 
tlement, which was denied them in their na- 
tive country. The unrelenting {pirit of per. 

. B fecution 


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lecution purfued them over the Atlantic. It 
deprived them of the juft fruits of their Ia- 
bours, it debarred them from every poft of 
truft and profit in the colony which they had 
fettled, it compelled them to maintain Prote- 
fiant minifters, and finally it enforced a- 
gainit them many of the Britifh penal laws, 
from the cruelty of which they had fled. R.F-. 
Andrew White an Englifh Jefuit of eminent 
piety and zeal accompanied the firft colonifts 
in 1632, and from that date till the late revo- 
lution the American catholics in Maryland 
and Virginia were conftantly ferved by Je- 
{uit miffioners fucceflively fent from England. 
About the year 1720 the R. F. Grayton and 
others introduced catholicity into Penfylva- 
nia, and it has fince received a remarkable 
increafe in that province. Since the peace 
of 1783 and the fettlement of the American 
conftitution, penal laws are no longer known, 
and Catholics enjoy an equal participation of 
the rights of human nature with their neigh. 
bours of every other religious denomination. 
‘The very term of toleration is exploded, be- 
caufe it imports a power in one predominant 
{e€t to indulge that religious liberty to others, 
which all claim as an inherent right. Ca- 
tholic clergymen of various orders and na- 

. tions 


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tions. have reforted to America, and they 
every where findan ample vineyard to cultivate. 
Inthis ftate of religious freedom the clergymen 
judged it expedient to give ftability and dig- 
nity to the catholic religion by the eftablifh- 
ment of a regular hierarchy, and they there- 
fore petitioned from the Pope the creation 
of an epifcopat See and the appointment of a 
diocefan Bifhop. The Pope applauding 
their zeal gracioufly admitted their requeft, 
and allowed them to ele& their firft Bifhop. 
The Rev. Dr. John Carroll who had been 
for fome years the fuperior of the miffion was 
the objeé of their choice, and this Gentleman 
was accordingly appointed firft Bifhop of 
Baltimore. Upon the receipt of his Bulls 
from Rome he immediately repaired to Eng- 
Jand where his perfon and merit were well 
known, and prefented himfelf for confecra- 
tion to the Right Rev. Dr. Charles Walmefley 
Bifhop of Rama, fenior Vicar Apoftolical of 
the catholic religion in this kingdom. By 
invitation of Thomas Weld Efq. the confe. 
cration of the new Bilhop was performed dur- 
ing a folemn high Mafs in the elegant chapel 
at Lulworth Caftle, on Sunday the. igth day 

of 


Fa] 

of Augult 1790, being the feaftof the Aflump- 
tion of the Bleffed Virgin Mary, and the mu. 
nificence of that gentleman omitted no cire 
cumftance which could poffibly add dignity 
to fo venerable a ceremony. The two Pre- 
lates were attended by their refpeétive affiftant 
priefts and acolytes according to the rubric 
of the Roman Pontifical; the richnefs of their 
veftments, the mufic of the choir, the multi- 
tude of wax lights and the ornaments of the 
altar concurred -to increafe the {plendor of 
the folemnity, which made a lafting impreflion 
upon every beholder. When the whole com. 
pany was feated, the following fhort addrefs 
was delivered-to the congregation by one of 
the affiftant Priefts. 


A SHORT 


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AWS HiO RUT Ag R: E1885; 
DELIVERED AUGUST rg, 1790. 
ty RHE 
CHAPEL OF LULWORTH CASTLE, 
AT THE CONSECRATION 
OF THE KiGHT vetoes 
Dr FJOHN CARROLL, 


APPOINTED FIRST BISHOP OF THE NEW 
ERECTED SEE OF BALTIMORE IN NORTH 


AMERICA, 


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O UR bleffed Lord and Redeemer hav. 
ing defeated the powers of hell by the triumph 
af the crofs, formed to himfelf a kingdom on 
earth which was to confift of the chofen of 
every nation, becaufe all nations were now 
become his own by right of conqueft. The 
Sun of juftice which rofe from the Eaft, has 
in its progrefs enlightened every region of the 
globe, and the kingdom of Chrift, the church, 
under the government of his Vicar and of 

pailors 


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Bee 

paitors deputed by him, has fucceffively em- 
braced the whole world. Ages fucceed ages, 
empires fubvert empires, but the empire of 
Jefus Chrift perfeveres ever one and the fame, 
ever perfecuted and ever conquering, becaufe 
all human revolutions are entirely fubfervient 
to it, and the formation of the kingdom of 
Chrift is the ultimate obje&t of the whole 
difpenfation of providence in the government 
of this world. Never perhaps was this truth 
more fenfibly evinced, than in the late violent 
convulfions, by which the hand of the Al- 
mighty has difmembered the great Britifh em- 
pire, and has called forth into exiftence a new 
empire in the Weftern world, the deftinies of 
which, we truft, are founded in his tendereft 
mercies. For althoughthis great event may 
appear tous to have been the work, the fport 
of human paffions, yet the earlieft and moft 
precious fruit of it has been the extenfion of 
the kingdom of Chrift, the propagation of 
catholic religion, which heretofore fettered 
by reftraining laws, is now enlarged from 
bondage and is left at liberty to exert the full 
energy of divine truth. Already is catholicity 
extended te the utmoft boundaries of the im- 
menfe continent of America, thoufands are 
there earneftly demanding catholic inftru€ors, 

and 


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and all penetrated with reverence for the apo- 
ftolical See of St. Peter have concurred to 
demand, from his fucceffor a catholic prelate, 
whofe knowledge and whofe zeal may eftablith 
the faith of Peter upon the ruins of thofe er- 
rors, which the firft inhabitants carried forth 
with them from this country. But if Britain 
infe€ted them with error, we have the confola- 
tion to know that their catholicity is alfo de- 
rived immediately from us; and as we in for- 
mer ages received the faith of Rome from the 
great St. Gregory and our apoftle St. Auttin, 
fo now at the interval of twelve hundred years, 
our venerable prelate the heir of the virtues 
and labours of our apoftle, will, this day, by 
commiffion from the fucceffor of St. Gregory, 
confecrate the firft Father and Bifhop of the 
new church, deftined, as we confide, to inhe- 
rit thofe benedi€tions which the firft called 
have ungratéfully reje€ted. Glorious is this 
day, my brethren, for the church of God 
which fees new nations crouding into her bo- 
fom; glorious for the prelate ele&, who goes 
forth to conquer thefe nations for Jefus Chritt, 
not by the efforts of human power, but in the 
might of thofe weapons which have ever tri- 
umphed in this divine warfare; he is not 
armed with the ftrength of this world, but he 

| , is 


at 
is powerful in piety, powerful in zeal, powerful 
in evangelical poverty and firm reliance on 
the proteétion of that God who fends him. 
Glorious is this event, for his numerous fpiri- 
tual children, to whom his virtues have long 
endeared him, comforting it is to us who have 
been long conneéted with him by the virtu- 
ous ties of education profeffion and friendhhip ; 
but in a fpecial manner, my brethren, honou- 
rable and comforting is this awful folemnity 
to his and our common benefaélor, the foun. 
der of this holy fan€tuary, which fhall be re- 
veredthrough fuceeeding ages, even by chur- 
ches yet un-named, as the privileged, the hap- 
py {pot, from whence their epifcopacy and 
hierarchy took their immediate rife; and this 
precious diftinGtion will be juftly attributed to 
the proteftion and favour of the glorious mo- 
ther of God, whofe houfe it is*, and through 
whofe patronage all chriftian churches are 
founded. On this her greateft folemnity, my 
brethren, it is your duty to implore the parti-+ 
cular afliftance of the great Queen of heaven; 
and while you are edified by the folemn nies 
with which the Catholic Church confecrates 
her prelates, you will earneftly follicit the 


* Jt is dedicated to the B, ¥, Mary. 
‘defcent 


Es gaat 


defcent of the Holy Ghoft on the Bifhop 
ele&, that like another Auftin he may wor- 
thily fulfil the extent of the apoftlefhip to 
which he is called, and when you implore for 
him the fevenfold grace of the Holy Spirit, 
you will not fail to demand it through the 
interceffion of her whom you daily falute, 
** Mother of divine grace.’’ 

In full confidence of her prote&ion and 
bleffing upon our miniftry, we proceed to the 
folemnity of the Confecration. 


G THE 


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oa ne cI RE I me 
T HE. A UT EO: ROLY. 
OF HIS HOLINESS | 
Pe OP ee PROS Ui Ss aes 


FOR CONSTITUTING THE 


Mew See of Baltimore in Marpland, 


TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL. 


FOR THE BREMEMBRANCB OF POSTERITY, 


\ \ HEN from the eminence of our apo. 
ftolical ftation, we bend our attention to the 
different regions of the earth, in order to ful- 
fil to the utmoft extent of our power the duty 
which our Lord has impofed upon our unwor- 
thinefs of ruling and feeding his flock; our 
care and folicitude are particularly engaged, 
that the Faithful of Chrift’ who difperfed 
through various provinces are united with us 
by Catholic communion, may be governed by 
their proper paftors and diligently inftruéted 
by them in the difcipline of evangelical life 
and doftrine. For it is our principle, that they 
who relying on the divine affiftance have re~ 
guiated their lives and manners, agreeably to 

the 


[Rare] 
the precepts of Chriftian wifdom, ought fo to 
command their own pailions as to promote by 
the purfuit of juftice their own and their 
neighbour’s {piritual advantage; and that they, 
who have received from their Bifhops, and by 
checking the intemperance of felf-wifdom, 
have fteadily adhered tothe heavenly doftrine 
delivered by Chrift to the Catholic Church, 
fhould not be carried away by every wind of 
doftrine, but grounded on the authority of 
divine revelation fhould reje& the new and 
varying do€trines of men, which endanger the 
tranquility of government, and reft in the un- 
changeable faith of the Catholic Church. For 
in the prefent degeneracy of corrupt manners 
into which human nature ever refifting the 
fweet yoke of Chrift is hurried, and in the 
pride cf talents and knowledge which difdains 
to fubmit the’ opinions and dreams of men to 
the evangelical truth delivered by Jefus Chrift, 
fupport muft be given by that heavenly autho- 
rity which is entrufted to the Catholic Church 
as toa fteady pillar and folid foundation which 
fhall never fail, that from her voice and in- 
{tructions mankind may learn the objets of 
their faith and the rules of their condu&, not 
only forthe obtaining of eternal falvation, but 
alfo for the regulation of this life and the 


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maintaining of concord in the fociety of this 
earthly city. Now this charge of teaching 
and ruling firft given to the apoftles and ef- 
pecially to St. Peter the prince of the apoftles, 
on whom alone the church is built, and to 
whom our Lord and Redeemer-entrufted the 
feeding of his lambs and of his fheep, has been 
derived in due order of fucceflion to Bifhops, 
and efpecially to the Roman Pontiffs, fuccef- 
fors of St. Peter and heirs of his power and 
dignity, that thereby it might be made. evi- 
dent that the gates of hell can never prevail 
againft the church, and that the divine founder 
of it will ever affift it to the confummatiou of 
ages, fo that neither in the depravity of mo, 
rals nor in the fluétuation of novel opinions 
the epifcopal fucceffion fhall ever fail or the 
bark of Peter be funk, Wherefore it having 
reached our ears that in the flourifhing com- 
monwealth of the Thirteen American States 
many faithful Chriftians united in communion 
with the chair of Peter, in which the centre 
of catholic unity is fixed, and governed in 
their {piritual concerns by their own priefts 
having care of fouls, earneftly defire that a 
Bifhop may be appointed over them to exer- 
cife the funétions of epifcopal order, to feed 
them more largely with the food of falutary 

dodrine, 


[ 1369 

do&rine, and to guard more carefully that 
portion of the catholic flock; We willingly 
embraced this opportunity which the grace 
of Almighty God has afforded us to provide 
thofe diftant regions with the comfort and mi- 
nuftry of a Catholic Bifhop. And that this 
be effe€ted more fuccefsfully and according 
to the rules of the facred canons, We com. 
miffioned our Venerable brethren the Cardi- 
nals of the holy Roman church, dire€tors of 
the Congregation de propaganda fide, to ma- 
nage this bufinefs with the greateft care, and 
to make a report to us. It was therefore ap~ 
pointed by their decree, approved by us, and 
publifhed the twelfth day of July of the laft 
year, that the priefts who lawfully exereife the 
facred miniltry and have care of fouls in the 
united States of America, fhould be empower- 
ed to advife together and to determine, firft, 
in what town the epifcopal See ought to be 
erected, and next who of the aforefaid priefts 
appeared the moft worthy and proper to be 
promoted to this important charge, whom We, 
for this firft time only, and by fpecial grace 
permitted the faid prieftsto elett and to prefent 
to this apoftolical See. In obedience to this 
decree the aforefaid priefts exercifing the cure 
of fouls in. the United States of America, 

unanimoully 


[ 14 7 

unanimoully agreed, that a Bifhop with ordi- 
nary jurifdi€tion ought to be eftablifhed in the 
town of Baltimore, becaufe this town fituate in 
Maryland which province the greater part of 
the priefts and of the faithful inhabit, ap- 
peared the moft conveniently placed for inter- 
courfe with the other States, and becaufe 
from this province Catholic religion and faith 
had been propagated into the others. And 
at the time appointed for the ele&tion, they 
being aflembled together, the facrifice of holy 
Mafs being celebrated, and the grace and 
affiftance of the Holy Ghoft being implored, 
the votes of all prefent were taken, and of 
twenty fix priefts who were affembled twenty 
four gave their votes for our beloved fon 
John Carroll, whom they judged the moft pro- 
per to fupport the burden of epifcopacy, and 
fent an authentic inftrument of the whole 
tranfaction to the aforefaid .Congregation of 
Cardinals. Now all things being maturely 
weighed and confidered in this Congregation, 
it was eafily agreed that the interefts and in- 
creafe of Catholic religion would be greatly 
promoted, if an epifcopal See were erefted at 
Baltimore, and the faid John Carroll were ap- 
pointed the Bifhop of it. We therefore, to 
whom this opinion has been reported by our 

beloved 


[15 J 
beloved fon Cardinal Antonelli Prefe& of the 
faid Congregation, having nothing more at 
heart than to enfure fuccefsto whatever tends 
to the propagation of true religion and to the 
honour and increafe of the Catholic Church; 
by the plenitude of our apoftolical power, and 
by the tenour of thefe prefent, do eftablith 
and ere& the aforefaid town of Baltimore into 
an epifcopal See for ever, for one Bifhop to be 
chofen by us in all future vacancies; and We 
therefore, by the apoftolical authority afore 
faid, do allow, grant and permit to the Bifhop 
of the faid city, and to his fucceffors in all fu- 
ture timés, to exercife epifcopal power and ju~- 
rifdi€tion, and to hold and enjoy all. and every 
right and privilege of order and jurifdition, 
and of every other epifcopal funétion, and 
which Bifhops conftituted in ‘other places are 
empowered to hold and enjoy in their refpec- 
tive churches, cities and diocefes, by right, 
cuftom or by other means, by general privi- 
leges, graces, indults and apoftolical difpenfa- 
tions, together with all pre-eminencies, ho- 
nours, immunities, graces and favours, which 
other Cathedral Churches, by right or cuf- 
tom, or in any other fort, have, hold and en- ; 
joy. We moreover decree and declare the 
faid epifcopa]l See thus ere€ted, to be fubje& 


or 


fae 

or fuffragan to no Metropolitan right or jus 
rifdiGion, but to be for ever fubjett imme- 
diately to us,and to our fucceffors the Roman 
pontiffs, and to this apoftolical See. And ull 
another opportunity fhall be prefented to us 
of eftablifhing other Catholic Bifhops in the 
United States of America, and till other dif 
pofitions fhall be made by this apoftolical See, 
We declare, by our apoftolical authority, all 
the Faithful of Chrift living in Cathelic com. 
munion, as well ecclefiaftics as feculars, and 
all the clergy and people dwelling in the afore. 
faid United States of America, though hither. 
to they may have been fubje€to other Bifhops 
of other diocefes, to be henceforward fubje& 
tothe Bifhop of Baltimore in all future times; 
and to this Bifhop and to his fucceflors we 
impart power to curb and check, without ap- 
peal, all perfons who may contradi@ or op- 
pofe their orders, to vifit perfonally or by de- 
puties al! Catholic Churches, to remove abu- 
fes, to corre&t the manners of the faithful, 
and to perform all things which other Bifhops 
in their refpe€tive diocefes are accuftomed to 
do and perform, faving in all things our own 
authority and that of this apoftolical See. 
And, whereas by {pecial grant, and for this 

firft 


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firft time only, we have allowed the priefis 
exercifing ‘the cure of fouls in the United 
States of America, to ele& a perfon to be ap- 
pointed Bifhop by us, and almoft all their 
votes have been given to our beloved fon 
John Carroll Prieft; We being otherwife 
certified of his faith, prudence, piety and zeal, 
forafmuch as by our mandate he hath during 
the late years dire&ed the {piritual govern- 
‘ment of fouls, do therefore, by the plenitude 
of our authority, declare, create, appoint and 
conf{titute the faid John Carrol Bifhop and 
Paftor of the faid church of Baltimore, grant- 
ing to him the faculty of receiving the rite of 
confecration from any Catholic Bifhop hoild- 
ing communion with the apoftolical See, affif- 
ted by two Ecclefiaftics vefted with fome dig. 
mity, in cafe -that two Bifhops cannot be had, 
firft having taken the ufual oath according to 
the Roman Pontifical. And we commiffion 
the faid Bifhop elett to ereét a church in the 
faid city of Baltimore, in form of a Cathedral 
Church, inafmuch as the times and circum- 
ftances may allow, to inititute a body of clergy 
deputed to divine worfhip and to the fervice 
of the faid church, and moreover to eftablifh 
an epifcopal feminary either in the fame city 

D or 


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or eifewhere as he fhall judge moft expedient, 
to adminifter ecclefiaftica! incomes, and to 
execute all other things which he fhall think 
inthe Lord to be expedient for the increafe 
of Catholic faith and the augmentation-of the 
worfhip and fplendour of the new-ereéed 
church. We moreover enjoin the faid Bifhop 
to obey the injunétions of our Venerable 
brethren the Cardinals Direftors of the fa- 
cred Congregation de propaganda fide, to” 
tranfmit to them at proper times a relation of ° 
his vifitation of his church, and to inform 
them o£ all things which he fhall judge to be 
wleful to the fpiritual good and falvation of 
the flock trufted to his charge. We there- 
fore decree that thefe our letters are and ever 
fhall be firm, vahd and efheacious, and fhall 
obtain their full and entire effe&t, and be 
obferved inviolable by all perfons whom it 
new doth or hereafter may concern; and that 
ail Judges ordinary and delegated, even audi- 
tors of caufes of the facred apoitolical palace, 
and Cardinals of the holy Roman church 
muft thus judge and define, depriving all 
and each of them of all power and autho- 
rity to judge or interpret in any other manner, - 
and declaring all to be null and void, if any 

one, 


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one, by any authority, fhould prefume, either 
knowingly or unknowingly, to attempt any 
thing contrary thereunto. Notwithftanding 
all apoftolical, general or ipecial conftitutions 
and ordinations, publifhed in univerfal, pro- 
vincial and fynodical councils, and all things 
contrary whatfoever. 


Given. at Rome at St. Mary Major, under the 
Fifherman’s Ring (Seal) the 6th day of No- 
vember 1789, and in the 15th Year of our 
Pontificaie. 


; DP LE Cake l Ee 
JESSE 


R. Carp. BRASCHi ONESTI. 


N@UEES 


LOL 


FAC-SIMILE REPRINF. 


ere ae 


The preceding pages, copied in fac-simile, by 
photo-lithographic process, for the HISTORICAL 
CLUB, from a very rare pamphlet secured in 
England by the Rev. Francis L Hawks, D, D., 
LL. D., and now in the possession of the Rev. 
Wim. Stevens. Perry; .D-D.,7shews that, in 
marked contrast with the care taken that, at 
the Consecration of Seabury, and of White 
and Provoost, all should be done in accordance 
with the ancient Canons, the Romish hierarchy 
in this country began with a most irregular con- 
secration, by ove Bishop—a Bishop “2m parts 
bus,’ and this, as will be seen, authorized by a 
Papal Bull. 


Pages 20 to 32 of the pamphlet herewith re- 
printed, are taken up with “ Extracts from the 
different Bills of Right and Constitutions of 
the Thirteen United States of North America ; 
declaring Liberty of Conscience as the Birth- 


Pcie 


right of all men. With copies of their Oaths 
of Allegiance and Trust.” 

It seems sufficient here, without reprinting 
these Extracts in full, to cite their Headings, 
which are, verbatim et literatim, as follows: 


New Hampshire Bill of kights,—Part I, Article 5. 
Dated at Concord, Oct. 31, 1783. 


Massachusets Constitution, Part I. Article 2, Dated 
at Cambridge, March 2. 1780. 


Rhode Island Charter ;—14th Charles IT. 


Connecticut signed the General Convention, esteeming 
any particular Declaration unnecessary. 


New York Constitution, April 20, 1777.—Articles 
38. and 39. 


New Jersey Constitution,—July'2, 1776.—Art. 18. 


Pensyluania Declaration of Rights,—Sept. 28, 1776. 
—Chap. 1. Art. 2.—Chap. 2. Sect, 10.—Sect. 40. 


Delaware Declaration of Rights,—Sept. 20, 1776— 
Sect. 2. and 3.—Constitutton, Art. 22. 


Maryland Declaration of Rights,—Aug. 14. 1776.— 
Art. 33: 35.—Constitution, Art. 55. 


Virginia signed the General Convention. 


North Carolina—Dec. 19. 1776.— Declaration of 
Rights, Art. 19.—Constitution, Art. 34. 40. 48. 


South Carolina signed the Convention. 


Georgia Constitution—Feb. 5. 1777.—Art. 56. 


EXTRACTS from the GENERAL CONSTITU- 
TIONAL DECLARATIONS of the THIRTEEN 
UNITED STATES of AMERICA, assembled in 
CONGRESS, September 17, 1787, and the 12th 
of their INDEPENDENCE. 


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it is curious to notice the evident satisfaction 
these Declarations as to liberty of conscience 
gave to English and American Romanists in 
1790, and then read the Aucycheals of Gregory 
XVI, (August 13, 1832), and of Pius IX, (De- 
ees 8, 1863), denouncing the “insanity” * 
of those who -declare, that, ‘Liberty of con- 
science is the right of every man, and that this 
right ought in every well governed State to be 
proclaimed and asserted by the law,” + and the 
7oth Article of the Syllabus, stigmatizing the 
error of those who deny ‘ That the civil liberty - 
of every mode of worship, and, the full power 
given to all of overtly and publicly manifesting 
their opinions, and their ideas, of all kinds 
whatsoever, conduce more easily to corrupt the 
morals and minds of the people, and to the 
propagation of the pest of ne 


* “Deliramentum,” 


+“ Libertatem conscientiae et cultuum, esse proprium cujus- 
cumgue hominis jus, quod lege proclamari et asseri debet in 
" omni recte constitutd societate.” 


t “Civilem cujusque cultus libertatem, itemque plenam potes- 
iatem ommibus attributam quaslibet opiniones cogitationesque 
palam publiceque manifestandi, conducere ad populorum mores 
animosque facilius corrumpendas, ac indifferentismi pestem 
propagandam.” 


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To Dr. COKE, Mr. ASBURY, and our Brethren 
in NORTH-AMERICA. 


1. PLY a very uncommon train of Providences, many of the Provinces of 
North-America are totally disjoined from their Mother-Country, and 
erected into Independent States. The Englith Government has no Autho- 
rity over them either Civil or Ecclefiaftical, any more than over the States 
of Holland. A civil Authority is exercifed over them, partly by the Con- 
grefs, partly by the Provincial Affemblies. But no one either exercifes or 
claims any Ecclefiaftical Authority at all. In this peculiar Situation fome 
thoufands of the inhabitants of thefe States defire my advice; and in com- 
pliance with their defire, I have drawn up a little Sketch. 


2, Lord Kinc’s Account of the Primitive Church convinced me many years 
ago, That Bifhops and Prefbyters are the fame Order, and confequently 
have the fame right to ordain. For many years I have been importuned 
from time to time, to exe.cife this right, by ordaining part of our travelling 
Preachers. But I have ftill refufed, not only for Peace’ fake: but becaufe 
I was determined, as little as poffible to violate the eftablithed Order of the 
national Church to which I belonged. 


3. But the cafe is widely difterent between England and North-America, 
Here there are Bifhops who have a legal JurifdiGion. In America there 
ate none, neither any Parifh Minifters. So that for fome hundred miles 
together there is none either to baptize or to adminifter the Lord’s Supper. 
Here therefore my fcruples are at an end: and I conceive myfelf at full 
liberty, as I violate no Order and invade no man’s Right, by appointing 
and fending Labourers into the Harvett. ‘ 


Kime) 


4. Ihave aceordingly appointed Dr. Coxe and Mr. Francis Assury, to be 


joint Superintendents over our Brethren in North-America: As alfo RicuarpD 
Wuatcoat and Tromas Vasey, to att as Elders among them, by bap-~ 
tizing and adminiftring the Lord’s Supper. And I have prepared a Liturgy 
little differing from that of the Church of England (I think, the beft 
conftituted national Church in the World) which I advife all the Travel- 
liag-Preachers to ufe, on the Lord’s Day, in all their Congregations, 
reading the Litany only on Wednefdays and Fridays, and praying extempore 
on all other days. I alfo advife the Elders to adminifter the Supper of the 
Lord on. every Lord’s Day. 


. If any one will point out a more rational and {criptural way, of feeding and 
guiding thofe poor theep in the wildernefs, 1 will gladly embrace it. At 
prefent I cannot fee any better method than that I have taken. 


.-It has indeed been propofed, to defire the Exglijh Bithops, to ordain part 
of our Preachers for wAmcrica. But to this Lobje&t, 1. I defired the Bifhop 
of London, to ordain only one; but could not prevail: 2, If they can- 
fented, we know the Slownefs of their proceedings ; but the matter admits 
of nodelay. 3. If they would ordain them wow, they would likewife expect 
to govern them. And how grievoufly would this intangie us? 4. As our 
American Brethren are now totally difentangied both from the State, and 
from the Fxgli/p Hierarchy, we dare not intangle them again, either with 
the one or the other, © They are now at full liberty, imply to follow the 
Scriptures and the Primitive Church. And we judge it bef that they 
fhould ftand faftin that Liberty, wherewith Gop has fo ftrangely made 
them free. 


JOHN WESLEY. 


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