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afffect&i Europe , without the assistance of tlie kingdoms on the Continent , they of course are now the principal sufferers * Rottie , or even Italy , is but a small part of the Holy Roman been
Ktnpire , as it ha ^ called , which , is now at the feet of France , with all its dependencies ,, Bengelius might , had he been living , have passed a censure upon Mr . Bicjaeno , as he did xrpon others before , for supposing the German empire to be that of Rome ; but , like ourselves , had he lived to see that
empire and popery perishing together ^ heipight possibly have changed his sentitnent ^ f Though it rrjay have escaped the notice of some people , that ttiariy advocates for the ancient regimen , and even abuses in church and state , have been anticipating and deplorhi 5 the fate
of the Emperor of Germany , as probably ** the last of the Caesars /^ there is still higher authority for this application . Tho great Givilian , Grotius ^ deems the German empire the continegation of that of Jlame , and persons intimately acquainted with the ^ Germanic history and constitution know , * ' that the
German Emperors , ever since the time of Otho I . have imagined themselves successors to the rights of the ancient Csesars * The German Chancery considers the other kingdoms of Europe # s provinces ^ ismembere d from the empire * It is for this reason that , in their Protocol , they give the title of Majesty to no
king whatever . The Elector of Cologne styles himself Chancellor of Italy ; the Elector of Treves , Chancellor of Gaul ^ The German Emperor * chosen at Frankfort , is still declared King of the Romans , though he has not the least jurisdiction in Rome ; and he exacts 0 . tribute of all the provinces in Italy , when he has foirces sufficient to oblige them to pay it */'
If , iivthe overthrow of the Gernianic empire , the Erpperor of the French has succeeded ^ beyond any of his predecessors f may it not be owing as much to his tolerating principles of rdigioa ^ as to the success of his arms ? His brothers , also , seem to have discovered the art of uniting people of different
habits and sentiments , who seem to forget their party distinctions , and rival each other in promoting concord . Among other instances , the answers of the King of Holland to the Protestant and Catholic deputations who lately addressed him , may serve as a striking contrast With the language of kings and courts to persons dissenting from the established modes of
religion , under the old forijis or government antecedent to the French . Revolution , To the Protestants of the Hague he observed , that in the confidence and attachment which he witnessed on the * A kind of -war-tax , called the Roman JVfonths , iisci also to be levied by the £ mperor upon the Electors of the Germa $ empire *
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Mcctesiasiical Reforms in German ^ 41
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1806, page 479, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1728/page/31/
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