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    Jl He Marquis <Of Laxsdownk Rose To Move...

    TMs could aever be allowed . " _WtytsboUld ft be _^ _pppeeri * _h _^ the _f _^ ith < jf tfa _^ _Ghurehmaa was trot a & strong _asr _ttafe IMteiwi ' _s ? If wither _pftrty _j _^^ _d gi _# e _the _otfeer the benefit of his or her rfel % tpm _akrikts _/ they _# i * _gkt i _* ot to come

    _together . It was clear that the relief could only fee _extended _vyfeero _^ _w were objects of it . Another _material poittt was , to _e < ee that the _parties were i _>^ o _& fide Dissenters—not merely professing themselves to be so for that purpose . This he knew would be a matter of great difficulty , but he did not _despair of finding * a means erf overcoming it in a _( CJmninittee . A 3 to tie places to lie

    registered for marriages , it was impossible that every room or garret licensed for religious worship could be allowed to be used for this purpose ; it was not necessary for _this parties themselves that it shoald he so . On Ifke whole .

    it was undoubtedly desirable that the Bill should _l _* _ave been brought in _eioiier : he was aware , however , of the reason why it was not , which was a fair one : but the subject was one that had _excited great attention , and even m _& w _, at tills period of the session . he had mther _that it shoidd _^ eceiv _^ the fuli

    _consideration of the House , trough it might be clear _fcfcat no measure could _absolutely be decided upon this _session . The Archbishop of Canterbury observed , that there were two modes proposed to them for the relief of the parties complaining . The first , the suggestion of Lord Liverpool _ae t (> an alteration in the & _$ r _* ioeof the

    Church ; the second _^ that they should _^ o with the present Bill . _coufd not accede to Lord Liverpool ' s suggestion , ft was the ftr & t _kistaoce _, he believed , of a recooimendation being made to th _£ _Chtorch to alter Its : Liturgy in matters of doctrine _> -to ttieet the _scruples of Dissenters . In matters of discipline , attempts _^ had been made at comprehension , but never , fie be _^

    lieved , was any alteration contemplated _^^ in doctrinal _matters to accommodate those who sorujyled at conformity * _*• I give _vwty Ho no man , _iny Lords , m my respect for religicms scruples and feelings . The _EngKsh Gkurcii 13 triily a _tolerant _Ohnrch , for this _^ especially ; as weH as for _Mother reasons , that she _lays ao claim to infollft > ilityk Every maa is on the _mofllent 6 as _questiofts of reli _^ iou

    Do judge for himself , _^ and , so judging , he may do well , if diligent in _aearch & _g , mid if the mean _® which he adopts be suitable , _feut how many , my Lords , db we not know _> _found their Mth on private and _uuleatflted _inteirpretatSdn W _particiihw texts I Ato I _inafrieadly to toleration ? No ! it fe tb _6 _proper _resrflt of the _folBbJlit y of human _judgment . _Bttt Mkti mode and extent of that tote > a-

    tion is a subject for the _Legislature tQ decide upon , not for the € _mirch- miU Parliameat wili , I have n _& doubt , take cape to keep it within such limits * as that sound moral _priat'iptes _ftbfill not be _^ _ndangeiTefl , _^ aor _ifce _interests _>^ f the Church subverted . I look at the noble Lord _' s suggestion with infinite alarm , as tUt _^ Jiwit attempt to alter ite ? _Ldhirgy _io merit daa _& rinM obteetS »» 8 " ; and with _iba _§ ji _tihte !

    _* egaird to the _JMlt _before m + I jgoaalder _the _^ _ojpcqpd _^ of it tcibjectSonafote _, _tmemm _^ _^^ so _^ f _^ t _^ _ppiht _^ _wbich" I am _komS _^ p io _concede , _lHl _9 ! Q _|^^ r _«^ L of 4 _mrtrine . _Rhc _^ _s _^ If _^^*» _f _^ i iiiy _^ _wfa 4 he >« td > ject of _scruples _«|' ' _&* .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 12, 1823, page 15, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/smrp_12061823/page/15/