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An Examination of the Scheme of Church-Power, Laid Down in the Codex Juris Ecclesiastici Anglicani, &c
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Upon thefe Principles and Clatms, among others, was. The Roinaa Hierarchy built. And if I am not mif'taken, the fame Prin ciples and Claims, admitted in their utmofi; Latitude, and in all their Confequences, will at all Times be fuflicicnt; under a craf ty Management, to ef'tabli-ih, not an Empire within an Empire, (a Moni'ter in Govern men't which never did or can exifi, ) bug Saeerdotal Empire, which will infalli it draw all Power to itieli, and render the C1 vil Magif'trate its Minii'ter and Dependent. For this Reafon I doinot think it unbecom' ing any Man to hear his Tefiimony againi't thofe Principles andclaims, whenever they make their Appearance in the World; ci pecially when Authors of high Difimction make themfelves anfwerable for them.
Upon thefe Principles and Clatms, among others, was. The Roinaa Hierarchy built. And if I am not mif'taken, the fame Prin ciples and Claims, admitted in their utmofi; Latitude, and in all their Confequences, will at all Times be fuflicicnt; under a craf ty Management, to ef'tabli-ih, not an Empire within an Empire, (a Moni'ter in Govern men't which never did or can exifi, ) bug Saeerdotal Empire, which will infalli it draw all Power to itieli, and render the C1 vil Magif'trate its Minii'ter and Dependent. For this Reafon I doinot think it unbecom' ing any Man to hear his Tefiimony againi't thofe Principles andclaims, whenever they make their Appearance in the World; ci pecially when Authors of high Difimction make themfelves anfwerable for them.
182 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1735
About the author
Michael Foster
5 booksSir Michael Foster (1689–1763) was an English judge.
Foster was the son of Michael Foster, an attorney, and was born at Marlborough, Wiltshire, on 16 December 1689. After attending the free school of his native town, he matriculated at Exeter College, Oxford, 7 May 1705. He does not appear to have taken any degree. He was admitted a student of the Middle Temple on 23 May 1707, and was called to the bar in May 1713. Meeting with little success in London, he retired to Marlborough, whence he afterwards removed to Bristol, where as a local counsel he gained a great reputation. In August 1735 he was chosen recorder of Bristol, and in Easter term 1736 became a Serjeant-at-law. He held the post of recorder for many years, and upon his resignation in 1764 was succeeded by Daines Barrington. During Foster's tenure of office several important cases came before him. In the case of Captain Samuel Goodere who was tried for the murder of his brother, Sir John Dineley Goodere, 2nd Baronet, in 1741, the right of the city of Bristol to try capital offences committed within its jurisdiction was fully established.
Foster was the son of Michael Foster, an attorney, and was born at Marlborough, Wiltshire, on 16 December 1689. After attending the free school of his native town, he matriculated at Exeter College, Oxford, 7 May 1705. He does not appear to have taken any degree. He was admitted a student of the Middle Temple on 23 May 1707, and was called to the bar in May 1713. Meeting with little success in London, he retired to Marlborough, whence he afterwards removed to Bristol, where as a local counsel he gained a great reputation. In August 1735 he was chosen recorder of Bristol, and in Easter term 1736 became a Serjeant-at-law. He held the post of recorder for many years, and upon his resignation in 1764 was succeeded by Daines Barrington. During Foster's tenure of office several important cases came before him. In the case of Captain Samuel Goodere who was tried for the murder of his brother, Sir John Dineley Goodere, 2nd Baronet, in 1741, the right of the city of Bristol to try capital offences committed within its jurisdiction was fully established.
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