If I considered this bill as an attack upon the Church, brought in for the purpose of impoverishing and weakening the clergy, I should be one of the foremost in an early and vigorous opposition to it.
Burke asserts his opposition to a bill he perceives as a threat to the Church, emphasizing his commitment to its integrity.
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