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<head>DISSENTERS. Penal Laws. Bishops.</head> | <head>DISSENTERS. Penal Laws. Bishops.</head> | ||
A set of men who proclaim themselves deprived of their <lb/>dearest privilege, if no longer indulged with the keeping of<lb/> <note>exempted from</note> their fellow Christians & | |||
these are they, for whom the voice of the people<lb/> <note>in a religious matter</note> never more unanimously testified by their chosen<lb/> representatives, <del>has been</del> <add>is to be</add> set at naught: and that<lb/> in an age which plumes itself upon philosophy,<lb/> upon Toleration, upon a <del>due</del> <add>thorough</add><lb/> knowledge of & a thorough<lb/>regard for the interests of religious liberty.<lb/> Vain boasts! were these not< | <p>A set of men who proclaim themselves deprived of their | ||
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dearest privilege, if no longer indulged with the keeping of | |||
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<note>exempted from</note> their fellow Christians & pastors in hourly peril of extirpation; | |||
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who to refute this greatest of evils, awake | |||
<lb/> from a slumber which no plan of public benefit can | |||
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ever interrupt; <note>These are they for whose service the Nobles of the Realm are to put on the black livery of intolerance</note> these are they to whom the peace & harmony | |||
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of the state are to be a made a sacrifice: | |||
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<del>[these are they, whom the Nobles of the Realm have | |||
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alas, condescended to justify at the expence of ...]</del> | |||
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these are they, for whom the voice of the people | |||
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<note>in a religious matter</note> never more unanimously testified by their chosen | |||
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representatives, <del>has been</del> <add>is to be</add> set at naught: and that | |||
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in an age which plumes itself upon philosophy, | |||
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upon Toleration, upon a <del>due</del> <add>thorough</add> | |||
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knowledge of & a thorough | |||
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regard for the interests of religious liberty. | |||
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Vain boasts! were these not</p> | |||
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DISSENTERS. Penal Laws. Bishops.
A set of men who proclaim themselves deprived of their
dearest privilege, if no longer indulged with the keeping of
exempted from their fellow Christians & pastors in hourly peril of extirpation;
who to refute this greatest of evils, awake
from a slumber which no plan of public benefit can
ever interrupt; These are they for whose service the Nobles of the Realm are to put on the black livery of intolerance these are they to whom the peace & harmony
of the state are to be a made a sacrifice:
[these are they, whom the Nobles of the Realm have
alas, condescended to justify at the expence of ...]
these are they, for whom the voice of the people
in a religious matter never more unanimously testified by their chosen
representatives, has been is to be set at naught: and that
in an age which plumes itself upon philosophy,
upon Toleration, upon a due thorough
knowledge of & a thorough
regard for the interests of religious liberty.
Vain boasts! were these not
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