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488 with a Bishop there is no Church." He adds, also, "to this Communion, it appears to me, that all Protestant Episcopalians residing in Scotland, are bound, by their profession as Episcopalians, to belong: for otherwise, neither they, nor the Clergy, who officiate in their Chapels, will find it easy to say of what Church they are really members. While they reside in Scotland, they neither are, nor can be, strictly speaking, members of the Church of England. The Bishops of the Church of England have no authority in Scotland, and never lay claim to such authority." The Bishop naturally and justly adds, "Those who profess Episcopalian principles in this country, Clergy as well as laity, must be content, while they reside here, to consider and conduct themselves as members of the Scottish Episcopal Church, or they can scarcely lay claim to the title of Episcopalians." Let the Clergy, who act in defiance of the Scottish Bishops, proceed, if they please, to preach in their Chapels: but let them be honest and not adopt the miserable subterfuge or evasion, that they are still Episcopalians, since every officiating minister in an Episcopal Church must of necessity be subject to some one Bishop. There was, it seems, a pretence, that such Clergymen were subject to the