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thus plain and positive would produce in their
minds an impression rather more efficacious,
that what has been seen produced, as alone, by the
punishment supposed to be attached to a disregard
for the purely human and recently invented
ceremony.

But, for the use of so useful
an instrument of profitable maleficence, no
punishment is too great to be encountered. "The
punishment" (they say,) what matters if"?
"Turning aside from it, we extinguish it."

The thus imagine supernatural
punishment - has it really any
efficiency in the character of an auxiliary for
human punishment, and a security against
maleficence in it's several shapes? If yes,
why thus narrow the benefit producible by it?
Why not make out at once a compleat list
of maleficent acts of all sorts, fit to be in due
form of law, converted into offences? This
done, collectively or upon occasion severally,
the promissory declaration may be attached
to them, and the book kissed.

This done, and not before,
consistency will take the place of it's opposite,
and the practice of swearing, against conviction,
cease.

6. So much for needlessness,
inefficiency, repugnancy to natural religion,
repugnancy to revealed religion, as well
as abundancy in mischievousness - Now

17.

Identifier: | JB/081/187/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 81.
Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	081	Main Headings	petition for justice
Folio number	187	Info in main headings field
Image	001	Titles
Category	copy/fair copy sheet	Number of Pages	3
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	c17 / c18 / c31
Penner		Watermarks
Marginals		Paper Producer
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	25974
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