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I must confess I <lb/>do not even <gap/><lb/>how consistency<lb/><del>a</del> if I served Baal<lb/>a little I would<lb/>serve him much<foreign></foreign> | |||
<p>But it seems there is a necessity for all<lb/>this: for I know not how it is but among the<lb/>members of the Church of England who profess<lb/>themselves friends to <del>revolution</del> religioun, there seems<lb/>to be a sort of general persuasion that <del>religion</del> | |||
<add>revolution</add><lb/>at this time would never stand the test of a free<lb/>discussion, and the very freedom which at first<lb/>was necessary to its birth <add>growth</add> and afterwards to its<lb/>reformation would not prove infallibly <add><gap/></add> mortal<lb/>to it in its maturity. "It <add>The scripture</add> is so full of absurdity:<lb/>"it is so open to ridicule: <del>it is</del> its doctrines are in general so un-<lb/>"-intelligible, or when intelligible so pernicious<lb/>"that to suffer the people <add>in general</add> to come to an expla-<lb/>"-nation about it would be big with danger. <add>When</add> It is<lb/>"<add>freely examined, it is the property</add>the nature of it either to turn men's brains or to [be<lb/>"laughed at:] expose itself to their contempt: according<lb/>"to the <del>ha</del> extent of their knowledge, the clearness <add>strength</add><lb/>"of their judgments, and the firmness of their minds <add>courage</add> .<lb/>"Give it air, <add>then</add> and in a very little time <add>short time</add> there<lb/>"will be but two classes of men in the nation,<lb/>"fanatics and unbelivers."<lb/>Such seems to have been the real reasons of the<lb/>favourers of this act: or <add>such</add> at least they must have<lb/>been <add>be</add> to [operate in justification <add>defence</add> of it.] be applicable<lb/>to the purpose. To reasons like these I <del>shall</del> do<lb/>not hold it necessary to attempt an answer. I shall<lb/>have them in <del>full</del> <add>the undisturbed</add> possession of every degree of<lb/>force that may belong to them.<lb/></p><pb/> | |||
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Indirect Legislation
Divesting
I must confess I
do not even
how consistency
a if I served Baal
a little I would
serve him much
But it seems there is a necessity for all
this: for I know not how it is but among the
members of the Church of England who profess
themselves friends to revolution religioun, there seems
to be a sort of general persuasion that religion
revolution
at this time would never stand the test of a free
discussion, and the very freedom which at first
was necessary to its birth growth and afterwards to its
reformation would not prove infallibly mortal
to it in its maturity. "It The scripture is so full of absurdity:
"it is so open to ridicule: it is its doctrines are in general so un-
"-intelligible, or when intelligible so pernicious
"that to suffer the people in general to come to an expla-
"-nation about it would be big with danger. When It is
"freely examined, it is the propertythe nature of it either to turn men's brains or to [be
"laughed at:] expose itself to their contempt: according
"to the ha extent of their knowledge, the clearness strength
"of their judgments, and the firmness of their minds courage .
"Give it air, then and in a very little time short time there
"will be but two classes of men in the nation,
"fanatics and unbelivers."
Such seems to have been the real reasons of the
favourers of this act: or such at least they must have
been be to [operate in justification defence of it.] be applicable
to the purpose. To reasons like these I shall do
not hold it necessary to attempt an answer. I shall
have them in full the undisturbed possession of every degree of
force that may belong to them.
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