REV. ARTHUR C. HEADLAM, D.D.

CANON OF CHRIST CHURCH, AND REGIUS PROFESSOR OF DIVINITY IN THE

UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD

FORMERLY FELLOW OF ALL SOULS' COLLEGE, OXFORD
AND PRINCIPAL OF KING'S COLLEGE, LONDON

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EXTRACT

FROM THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT

OF THE LATE

REV. JOHN BAMPTON,

CANON OF SALISBURY.

I give and bequeath my Lands and Estates to the 'Chancellor, Masters, and Scholars of the University of "Oxford for ever, to have and to hold all and singular the "said Lands or Estates upon trust, and to the intents "and purposes hereinafter mentioned; that is to say, I "will and appoint that the Vice-Chancellor of the University "of Oxford for the time being shall take and receive all the rents, issues, and profits thereof, and (after all taxes, reparations, and necessary deductions made) that he pay "all the remainder to the endowment of eight Divinity "Lecture Sermons, to be established for ever in the said 'University, and to be performed in the manner following: "I direct and appoint, that, upon the first Tuesday in “Easter Term, a Lecturer may be yearly chosen by the Heads of Colleges only, and by no others, in the room adjoining to the Printing-House, between 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 commencement of the last month in Lent Term, and the end of the third week in “Act Term.

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"Also I direct and appoint, that the eight Divinity "Lecture Sermons shall be preached upon either of the "following Subjects-to confirm and establish the Christian "Faith, and to confute all heretics and schismatics-upon "the divine authority of the holy Scriptures-upon the

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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 Jesus Christ-upon the divinity of the Holy Ghost-upon the Articles of the "Christian Faith, as comprehended in the Apostles' and 'Nicene Creed.

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"Also I direct, that thirty copies of the eight Divinity 'Lecture Sermons shall be always printed, within two "months after they are preached; and one copy shall be given to the Chancellor of the University, and one copy "to the head of every College, and one copy to the mayor of the city of Oxford, and one copy to be put into the Bodleian Library; and the expense of printing them shall "be paid out of the revenue of the Land or Estates given "for establishing the Divinity Lecture Sermons; and the Preacher shall not be paid, nor be entitled to the revenue, "before they are printed.

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"Also I direct and appoint, that no person shall be qualified to preach the Divinity Lecture Sermons, unless "he hath taken the degree of Master of Arts at least, in one "of the two Universities of Oxford or Cambridge; and that "the same person shall never preach the Divinity Lecture "Sermons twice."