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What can be expected from him, who stands
under a solemn engagement show to turn
his back upon truth should he meet her
in the way.
Who has vowed that when his judgement || || should his judgement
pronounce one thing, his lips shall declare + +utter
another++ ++ The contrary The reverse
Who has engaged to himself for the sake
of [+] peace never to attempt to meliorate his judgement [+] inward
on matters subjects of the most importance by enlighten
the method wherebyby which alone his judgement
can be meliorated on any. enlighten'd
Who has embraced+++ non-reflexion as a preservative
against error. +++
And to the world for the sake of
favour,## & should light break in upon him ## external prosperity
unawares, to deny it, & cover it with a
cloak of darkness.
Dark and unsocial reserve
is their only resource
[refuge]
Fundamentals
What are those pretended Fundamentals, [consistently
with the disbelief of] whichdisbelieving a man
may practise every virtue that makes the
felicity of society, [and and believing with the belief of them]
every vice mischief that can work its contribute to desolation.
The person man who is resolved to find every thing & right
that is established merely because it is established
(and this is what I have known avowed) is not fit to
live in this country - the privileges benefits of the British It may be any thing one of the Mufty's Janissaries, or a familiar of the Inquisition
constitution are thrown away upon him - he should A man of this happy temper is never out of his way: he may travel any where.
go to France - he will still find there what is right
for there he will find what is established.
It is indeed indeed in pure waste that these contented obsequious a pure waste of for public zeal
gentlemen ever give themselves the trouble to oppose
a reformation: let them sit still awhile, andtill the reformation
will be established in the room of the above complained, Political Quietism.
and that will have the same pretensions to them.
Mar the prospects of a whole life.
Who have sold themselves to dissimulation
& turned their back upon sincerity.++ ++ N.B. the only method to preserve or regain sincerity is that of those who openly avow their disbelief of what they have compelled to subscribe to
If we judge sometimes amiss (says an ingenious modern
philosopher ++ through the fault of our will when we + Squinters. & Search I.276.
had materials before as for doing better is best its who acknowledge & lament the force they have acted under, & who wish it to be removed from others
"by the power we have over our ideas to overlook or
as it were squint upon some and hold others
in a steddier view." According to this idea, one
may turn those who surrender submitt themselves to the violence leave reminder either life under &started
thus imposed upon them, squinters by engagement,
sworn - squinters - when the working exercise of the function of the professionin
is the single simple inducement (supposing this ever to be
the case) squinters by profession -squinters by trade when the
emoluments attached to the exercise of these functions
dear bought emoluments for which a man casts
himself into the alternative necessity of leading the remainder
of his life with a 2 troubled mind conscience or with distorted
optics.s
What truth in the whole moral circle dares he
look in the face, without fear and trembling, least
it lead him to one of those many ones onto which he
has sworn to turn his back for ever.
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It must be a strong mind that can thus support itself upon
the ballance between remorse on one hand & [want of
principle] on the other
Sign an abjuration+ of their right of thinking + a renuntiation
The truth upon all these points should be embraced is either of little
importance or of much: if of little, why thus
put invention to the future to ensure its being ensure it? in
If of much, why forbid proscribe the only means
of discovering it.
favour then as this has now.
It does no harm ++ to him who if men will continue to think
think and speak as he would thought and ++ to him who will
spoke without it. - It does harm to every
one else.
If then, and then only is of no mischief, when
it is of no effect.
It is as if a monopolizing mealman or fishmonger
were to shake giving a significant shake of his head
in answer both to enquire complaint shake of his head of a poor in an thatof his
hadhaving nothing to eat, were to shake his head & cry ay
ay, we see what all this is for, it is only to come in for
a share of the loaves and fishes.
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