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5 Jany 1813 +
Church
2d & 3d
Ch.
3 Pt.III
2d Feby 1813 not copied yet
☞ 17th Feby. The commencement of this to be adapted to the 3d Edition
§. 1. Print abstract
12 or 1
under these heads
of mischief explanation
requisite
Under these several heads of mischief more or less
of explanation will probably be thought requisite.
13 or 2
1. Insincerity &
correspondent depravation
of morals.
1. Mischief the first - Borderline of insincerity Insincerity in all its shapes and
correspondent depravation of the moral frame of the sort of
professed teacher of morality purified by religion.
or 3'
Among the modes
of declaring persuasion,
the most deliberate
& permanent is the subscription
as exemplified exacted from
Church of England to
the 39 articles.
So far no Among the several modes
of declaring persuasion on the subject of practice of religious
doctrine, the most deliberate and permanent is that which
is exemplified as the subscription exacted to the body of
Church of England doctrine contained in the thirty nine Articles.
or 4
In proof the the
universality of the
insincerity Dr Paley's
the confessions of an apologist
(- Dr Paley) is
unexceptionable.
In proof of the generality not to say universality
of the insincerity with which this declaration is treated
a more unexceptionable or impressive evidence can
hardly be found or wished for than the confession of
an apologist for this imposition, D viz. Dr PaleyII. 219
or 5
Extract is". that
the legislature expected
consent of 10,000 men
in perpetual succession
to hundreds of controverted
propositions. -
It is difficult
to conceive how this
could be expected by
any who observed a."
They who contend that nothing less than can
"justify subscription to the thirty nine articles than the
actual belief of each & every separate proposition contained
in them, must suppose "(says he)" that the legislature expected
the consent of ten thousand men and that in perpetual
succession, not to one controverted proposition,
but to many hundreds. It is difficult to conceive
how this could be expected by any, who observed the
incurable diversity of human opinion upon all subjects
short of demonstration.
If the authors of
the law did no
What did they
expect intend?
If the authors of the law did not intend this,
what did they intend?
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