[This work, published anonymously, is entitled, "An Argument proving
that, according to the Covenant of Eternal Life revealed in the
Scriptures, Man may be translated from hence into that Eternal Life
without passing through Death, although the Humane Nature of Christ
Himself could not be thus translated till He had passed through Death,"
A.D. 1700. No name of bookseller or printer. It may be seen at the
British Museum or Bodleian. This work raised a considerable clamour,
and Dr. Sacheverell mentioned it among other blasphemous writings which
induced him to think the Church was in danger.]
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_Ancient Custom at Coleshill._--I have somewhere seen it stated, that there
is an ancient custom at Coleshill, in Warwickshire, that if the young men
of the town can catch a hare, and bring it to the parson of the parish
before ten o'clock on Easter Monday, he is bound to give them a calf's head
and a hundred eggs for their breakfast, and a groat in money. Can you
inform me whether this be the fact? And if so, what is the origin of the
custom?