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<p>– a religion which has been the hand-maid of every thing that is<lb/> | |||
profligate, – corrupt & despotic – the religion of priest-craft & of<lb/> | |||
Kingcraft – the religion of ecclesiastical & civil tyranny. Is this<lb/> | |||
christianity? Again & again I answer No! This is the religion<lb/> | |||
which is indeed of <hi rend="underline">this</hi> world: by which men may ascend to <del><gap/></del> <add>posts</add> of<lb/> | |||
power – to high places – even to set upon thrones – to wear crowns &<lb/> | |||
to brandish sceptres – but not such is the religion of Jesus – <hi rend="underline">His</hi> Kingdom<lb/> | |||
is <hi rend="underline">not</hi> of this world. <del>It</del> Try you proud & ambitious prelate by the<lb/> | |||
<unclear>act</unclear> of him he calls his master – Try him, – try him – if you dare.<lb/> | |||
Weigh him in the balance – & put in his <add><unclear>reverence's</unclear></add> robes of purple – his mitre<lb/> | |||
& his crosier: or <del>enough</del> <add>stop</add> him <add>for a moment</add> when he waits upon the steps – of royalty<lb/> | |||
when he walks within the palaces of Kings. Is he not – answer<lb/> | |||
fearlessly – is he not the representative of a religion "whose yoke is<lb/> | |||
easy & whose burthen light?"</p> | |||
<p>But it was not this consideration that brought about the<lb/> | |||
change at Geneva – the Calvin, was, in truth, a pretty model of impatient<lb/> | |||
despotism. Geneva has been standing for half a century in the midst of<lb/> | |||
perils. The thunderings <add>& the lightenings</add> of infidelity have been rolling above & around<lb/> | |||
<del>it</del> her – <del>it</del> How could they be withstood, in such an edifice as Calvinism?<lb/> | |||
but the question was asked – Is <hi rend="underline">this</hi> religion so pervious to attack – is<lb/> | |||
<hi rend="underline">this</hi> religion the religion of Jesus – of the gospel – <del>of</del> Is <hi rend="underline">this</hi> Christianity<lb/> | |||
What a consolation – what a comfort to be able to answer No!<lb/> | |||
The enlightened ministers at Geneva answered No!</p> | |||
<p>In 1810 the party which arrogates to itself the<lb/> | |||
right of deciding what & how a man <del>may</del> <add>must</add> believe began to be<lb/> | |||
alarmed at the state of free inquiry <add>at Geneva</add> & the tendency <hi rend="underline">from </hi> orthodoxy</p> | |||
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– a religion which has been the hand-maid of every thing that is
profligate, – corrupt & despotic – the religion of priest-craft & of
Kingcraft – the religion of ecclesiastical & civil tyranny. Is this
christianity? Again & again I answer No! This is the religion
which is indeed of this world: by which men may ascend to posts of
power – to high places – even to set upon thrones – to wear crowns &
to brandish sceptres – but not such is the religion of Jesus – His Kingdom
is not of this world. It Try you proud & ambitious prelate by the
act of him he calls his master – Try him, – try him – if you dare.
Weigh him in the balance – & put in his reverence's robes of purple – his mitre
& his crosier: or enough stop him for a moment when he waits upon the steps – of royalty
when he walks within the palaces of Kings. Is he not – answer
fearlessly – is he not the representative of a religion "whose yoke is
easy & whose burthen light?"
But it was not this consideration that brought about the
change at Geneva – the Calvin, was, in truth, a pretty model of impatient
despotism. Geneva has been standing for half a century in the midst of
perils. The thunderings & the lightenings of infidelity have been rolling above & around
it her – it How could they be withstood, in such an edifice as Calvinism?
but the question was asked – Is this religion so pervious to attack – is
this religion the religion of Jesus – of the gospel – of Is this Christianity
What a consolation – what a comfort to be able to answer No!
The enlightened ministers at Geneva answered No!
In 1810 the party which arrogates to itself the
right of deciding what & how a man may must believe began to be
alarmed at the state of free inquiry at Geneva & the tendency from orthodoxy
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