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"the hours of ten in the morning and two "in the afternoon, to preach eight Divinity "Lecture Sermons, the year following, at

St. Mary's in Oxford, between the com"mencement of the last month in Lent "Term, and the end of the third week in "A&t Term.

"Alfo I direct and appoint, that the eight "Divinity Lecture Sermons fhall be preach"ed upon either of the following fubjects

to confirm and establish the Chriftian "Faith, and to confute all heretics and fchif"matics-upon the divine authority of the

Holy Scriptures upon the authority of "the writings of the primitive Fathers, as "to the faith and practice of the primitive "Church upon the Divinity of our Lord "and Saviour Jefus Chrift upon the Divi"nity of the Holy Ghoft-upon the Articles "of the Christian Faith, as comprehended "in the Apostles' and Nicene Creeds.

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"Also I direct, that thirty copies of the "eight Divinity Lecture Sermons fhall be "always printed, within two months after "they are preached, and one copy fhall be "given to the Chancellor of the University, "and one copy to the Head of every Col

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lege, and one copy to the Mayor of the City of Oxford, and one copy to be put "into the Bodleian Library; and the ex66 pence of printing them fhall be paid out

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" of the revenue of the Lands or Estates given for establishing the Divinity Lecture. "Sermons; and the Preacher fhall not be paid, nor be entitled to the revenue, before they are printed.

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“Also I direct and appoint, that no per"fon fhall be qualified to preach the Di66 vinity Lecture Sermons, unless he hath "taken the Degree of Master of Arts at "leaft, in one of the two Univerfities of "Oxford or Cambridge; and that the fame "perfon fhall never preach the Divinity "Lecture Sermons twice,"

The clear income of Mr. Bampton's eftate amounts to about 120l. per ann.

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