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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 big with <lb/>danger."<lb/>As | <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 big with <lb/>danger."<lb/>As if conscious <add>here indeed</add> that<lb/>religion could never <add>will not</add><lb/>stand a free discussion<lb/>and that the very<lb/>freedom which<lb/>gave it birth would<lb/>prove mortal to it<lb/>in its maturity.<lb/></note> | ||
<p>What is curious is that this very act [the<lb/>genuine offspring of the Church of England] contains<lb/>an express provision 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. <del>What then <gap/><gap/></del> <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 labour: then <add>next</add> out of every circle of amusement:<lb/>lastly out of the very bosom of religion: except<lb/>in the lap of corrupting <add>pestilential</add> idleness, an Englishman<lb/>knows not where to lay his head.<lb/></p> | <p>What is curious is that this very act [the<lb/>genuine offspring of the Church of England] contains<lb/>an express provision 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. <del>What then <gap/><gap/></del> <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 labour: then <add>next</add> out of every circle of amusement:<lb/>lastly out of the very bosom of religion: except<lb/>in the lap of corrupting <add>pestilential</add> idleness, an Englishman<lb/>knows not where to lay his head.<lb/></p> | ||
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 big with
danger."
As if conscious here indeed that
religion could never will not
stand a free discussion
and that the very
freedom which
gave it birth would
prove mortal to it
in its maturity.
What is curious is that this very act [the
genuine offspring of the Church of England] contains
an express provision for prohibiting the prevention
of this very practise business : F the practise business of meeting to
discourse upon religious subjects. What then
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 labour: then next out of every circle of amusement:
lastly out of the very bosom of religion: except
in the lap of corrupting pestilential idleness, an Englishman
knows not where to lay his head.
She would & she
would not. : this is
the character of the
Church of England:
which to the weakness & absurdity
of other churches adds a degree of inconsistancy
peculiar to
herself
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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