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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 | 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 & <unclear>pastors</unclear> in hourly <unclear>peril</unclear> of extirpation;<lb/> who to refute this greatest of <unclear>evils</unclear>, awake<lb/> from a slumber which no plan of public benefit can<lb/> ever interrupt; <note>These are they<lb/> for whose <unclear>service</unclear> the Nobles of the Realm are to put on the black livery of intolerance</note> these are they to whom the peace & harmony<lb/> of the state are to be a made a sacrifice:<lb/> <del>[these are they, whom the Nobles of the Realm have<lb/> alas, condescended to justify at the expence of <gap/>]</del><lb/> | ||
</del><lb/> | 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<pb/> | ||
these are they, for whom the voice of the people<lb/> <note>in a religious matter</note> never more unanimously | |||
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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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