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3 Jany 1813
Church Ch. 6.

2o
§.1. Abstract fitness
Part III. Mischief

1
1. Depravation of
minds by implanting
insincerity. p.1

2
2. Depravation of the
intellect by a
and distorting the judicial
faculty. p.1.

3. Pain from the of
this depravation.

4 3. Depravation of morals
— by stimulating
dissocial affections
ill will instead of
good will. p.1

4
5 4. Perpetuation of
error in all shapes.
p.1

5
6 5. Exclusion of encreased
correctness
of judgement as to
the subject in question
& thence to a high degree
of improvement. p.1

6
7 6. Means in the hands
of tyranny for the
effectuation of any
objects. p.1

7
Such in general terms
the mischief producible
by exaction from established
ministers
of religion, declarations
of immutable belief
in any points of that
subject. p.2

8
The class of persons here
considered as corrupted,
are the teachers
under the church in
question. p.2

9
But the corruption is
not confined to them
alone; it could not
fail to extend with
more or less effect over
other classes. p.2

10
The effects in other
classes, will be seen under
another head. The present
applies particularly
to men in the
situation in question.
p.2

11.
In principle, & in main,
declarations will agree
in whatever form uttered:
in some particulars some
differences will be
brought to view. p.3

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2o
§. Power on Belief.

Or 1
That which by its instruments
reward
and punishment,
power cannot do
with certainty, is to
operate belief, or disbelief.
p.4

or 2.
Applied to a large
assemblage of persons
some points to a great
extent it can accomplish
with a near
approach to certainty,
viz.

or 3.
1. Applied to this or
that individual to
produce declaration
of belief by which
in so far as belief
does not exist, an act
of mendacity is committed.

or 4
2. In the course of
time, by the operation
of the will on the
understanding, to
produce on the same
individual in some
degree the belief desired.
p.5

or 5.
3. By the instrumentality
of the declaration
of belief (true or
false) of A to produce
by the influence of
his understanding
on do of B. to produce
in B a degree of persuasion
more or
less intense as above.

or 5(a)
Intensity of persuasion
expressed by
the figures commonly
denoting degrees of
probability, as on
occasion of rule of
annuities. p.5.

☞ 5 Jany 1813 Order
proposed for contents of this sheet
§.1. Columns 3 & 4
§.2. Column 2
§.1. Column 1.
Then immediately give the
details of the Mischief.

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2o
§ Grounds of persuasion
Persuasion Indigenous. 2 adoptive.

or 1
To this place in relation
to belief — opinion —
faith — belongs a distinction
not generally
attended to, but of practical
importance. p.1.

or 2
Persuasion is —
1. indigenous or
2. adoptive.

or 3.
A persuasion in relation
to any proposition
may have been formed
on the ground
of an examination
made into the matter
by himself on the
ground of a supposed
judgement
formed concerning
it, by some other
person or persons. p.1.

or 4
When formed on the
first ground it may
be termed indigenous
— on the second
adoptive. p.1.

or 5
Here one of the senses
of the word authority
is employed, where
the persuasion is
adoptive it may be
said to have authority
for it's ground.
p.2

or 6. 2
Authority the ground
on which, in the case
of every, — even the
most judicious man
that ever lived, perhaps
in the majority of
occasions during his
life, his judgement
is formed. p.2.

or 7.
To exclude adoptive
persuasion altogether
is neither possible or
desirable. p.2

or 7
Religious Authority is a belief or species
of circumstantial evidence
in contradistinction to

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Date_1	1813-01-03	Marginal Summary Numbering	1-11, or 1 - or 5, or 5a, or or 1 - or 7
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