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29 Dec 1812
Church
II Topics
Ch. 6. VI. Qualif Declarations
2
§.1. Abstract fitness
Part Succedaneum
Add exceptions as to writing.
Past Effective, innocuous, however, nor by any
means unobvious, or newly imagined is the remedy.
Whatsoever opinions these may be, the impugnation of
which it is imagined appears, threatens to be productive of this
inconvenience, collect them together into a body, as for
the purpose of which is commonly understood by the term
subscription subscription to nobody — has been done. Is
the subscription importing a declaration of credence persuasion
substitute an a promise or engagement cont expression
of a promise to abstain from the delivery of all such doctrines
as shall would be repugnant to the doctrines
therein expressed.
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Effectual harmless
obvious & not new is
the remedy — For
declaration of persuasion
substitute
engagement not to
deliver abstain
from delivery
of op repugnant
doctrines —
Extended to the operations of the press written and printed discourse — extended
even to oral discourse attend in any place other than
the appointed hours of devotion common place of worship to which the members of the congregation
right of admission applies have all of them right of access — a restriction
of this sort could be operate as a ban to matured and corrected
judgment, and to freedom of enquiry.
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Extended to the press,
to oral discourse
uttered anywhere
but at church, a
restriction of this
sort would be a ban
to matured judgment
& freedom of
enquiry.
But to obviate compleatly But, to enable put a the engagement compleat exclusion on the inconvenience
enquiry, the engagement has no need of any such
extension no such extension is necessary to it. A
Printed Written discourse reach no eyes but willing ones:
against all annoyance which it is possible for it
to produce every man has in is own hand person a
compleatly preventive remedy, which is the not reading
it.
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To obviate this inconvenience,
such
extension is unnecessary,
it printed
discourse meets only
willing eyes, the
remedy against
all
can produce is not
to read it.
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