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<note>"It is so full of absurdity,<lb/>it is so open to ridicule,<lb/>it is so unintelligible,<lb/>or when intelligible is<lb/>frequently pernicious, that<lb/> to suffer the people to talk <lb/>about must be by with <lb/>danger."<lb/>As if <lb/>could never <add>will not</add><lb/>stand a free discussion<lb/>and that the very<lb/>freedom which<lb/>give it birth would<lb/>prove mortal to it<lb/>in its entirety.<lb/></note> | |||
<p>What is curious is that this very act [the<lb/>genuine offspring of the Church of England] contains<lb/>an express provisions for <del>prohibiting</del> the prevention<lb/>of this very practise <add>business</add> : <del>F</del> the practise <add>business</add> of meeting to<lb/>discourse upon religious subjects. <lb/>I wonder how a man <add>who would do what the church would have him</add> is to behave himself on this<lb/>day. First he is driven out of the paths of labours: then <add>next</add> out of every circle of amusement:<lb/>lastly out of the very bosom of religion: except<lb/>in the life of corrupting <add>pestilential</add> idleness, an Englishman<lb/>knows not where to lay his head.<lb/></p> | |||
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<note>He would &he <hi rend="underline">would not</hi>. : this is<lb/>the character of the<lb/>Church of England:<lb/>which to the <add>weakness &</add> absurdity<lb/>of other churches addsa degree of inconsistancy<lb/>peculiar to <lb/>himself<lb/></note> | |||
The words of the preamble are as follows.<lb/> "Whereas certain houses . . . have of late frequently<lb/> | |||
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<note>Whenever it does not <lb/>turn a man's brain <lb/>it will appear ridiculous <lb/>to him.<lb/></note><pb/> | |||
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Indirect Legislation
Divesting
"It is so full of absurdity,
it is so open to ridicule,
it is so unintelligible,
or when intelligible is
frequently pernicious, that
to suffer the people to talk
about must be by with
danger."
As if
could never will not
stand a free discussion
and that the very
freedom which
give it birth would
prove mortal to it
in its entirety.
What is curious is that this very act [the
genuine offspring of the Church of England] contains
an express provisions for prohibiting the prevention
of this very practise business : F the practise business of meeting to
discourse upon religious subjects.
I wonder how a man who would do what the church would have him is to behave himself on this
day. First he is driven out of the paths of labours: then next out of every circle of amusement:
lastly out of the very bosom of religion: except
in the life of corrupting pestilential idleness, an Englishman
knows not where to lay his head.
He would &he would not. : this is
the character of the
Church of England:
which to the weakness & absurdity
of other churches addsa degree of inconsistancy
peculiar to
himself
The words of the preamble are as follows.
"Whereas certain houses . . . have of late frequently
Whenever it does not
turn a man's brain
it will appear ridiculous
to him.
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