Select Vestries (1719) [ Practices ]
… of which, at this present, is, by some Men, esteem'd as a cardinal Vertue , even commendable in a Bishop . When the publick Vestries , which were formerly call'd by the Minister of the Parish, and always notify'd in the Church , were … of Punch, and content themselves to Dine, or Sup upon Beef-Stakes, or Surloins. In this Private Manner, tho' in some Publick-House, our Parish Governours, who are oftner Occasional Conformists , if not downright Dissenters , than true … Proceedings, I shall open the Secret a little further, by descending to Particulars, which I know to be Fact. … "... the publick Vestries , which were formerly call'd by the Minister of the Parish, and always notify'd in the Church , were …
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