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or little , doth consist in this , can the majus aut ininus , or the mere sum or quantity of money , lands , houses , tithes , Sec . £ cc . so given , change the nature of it ? 5 . After such Establishments have been legally formed and quietly settled ,
has any private person a right to aker or divert them from their original appointment ? Nay more , if in process of time it should be discovered * that these donations were either excessively great , or « ven given to superstitious or idolatrous uses , has any private individual a right to seize on these fund ^ and convert them
to other purposes ? Has he such a right independently of the will and approbation of the legislature ? And who , but the legislature , ought to be intrusted -with such a power ? 6- When Establishments have been formed , as above , for the support and
maintenance of the ministers of any religious system whatever , ought not the tenants on such -estates to be compelled by law to pay their rents for these as well as for other holdings ? Or can the laws which oblige such tenants to pay their rents legaliy , be justly branded
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ORIGINAL LETTER OF MR . ROBINSON S ON BEAN TUCKEIVS QUERIES . ADDRESSED TO .
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Bev . Sir , Give me leave to say I never thought these Queries deserved an answer from me ; and nothing but an extreme desire to o Uge you induced me to design to answer them . T am not able , however , to bring myself to a penormance , and 1 hope , foi the following reasons , you will agree with me .
1 st . I think the cause has been so well -v and so thoroughly pleaded by a succession of wriiers from th « Reformation till now , that any one who seriously desires information may easily obtain it . adly . I think it a reflection on our
prudence to waste time and arguments on men , who are actually pre-engaged and retained to silver over , not to search out , a cauy . c What a weakness to think to convii cc a man by our arguments who is t& have a thousand a-year for hot believing them .
3 dly . The members of the Established . Church do not deserve answers to all their troublesome enquiries—have they , with all their pretended coolness and candour , altered one pin in their taber »
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with the odious , unpopular name of pt nal laivs , more than any other law compelling the tenant to pay his rent to his landlord . 7 . If any man should voluntaril y hire himself and expressly engage to perform certain duties or functions , as a minister required in , or by any of these establish .
ments , and if afterwards he should refuse or neglect to perform his part infthis covenant , ought he not to be compelled either to do the ivork ^ or renounce the pay ? And can such a compulsion as this be considered , with any appearance of reason , truth , or justice , as an act of cruelty , tyranny , or persecution ?
8 . Is it possible for any man to object to this mode of proceeding without opening a door for some other mode , which under the mask of greater freedom and of liberty uncontfouled , will nevertheless usher in almost every species of intole *
ranee and persecution ? And can any plan whatever be traced out on any other principles without a manifest usurpation on the rights of the private judgment of other men , and their liberty of conscience ?
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nacle for our ease ? Are they inclined to do so now ? Dare they act against their secular interest ? Is not their very Bible subservient to their sordid views ? Why should we argue with such men ? Let them alone—they are blind leaders of the blind .
4 thly . The writer of these Queries cannot seriously wish for an answer , for he must know he talks of endowments in his premises , and shrewdly thrusts establishments into his conclusion . This may keep the cart on wheels , and this answers the end .
Finally—What possible right has an anonymous querist to an answer ; woulcj he enter the lists with a mask ? Or what would he think of my prudence , if I should submit to reply to every voice that squeaks from behind a curtain . —
Perhaps , ( for I dp not know my man , ) perhaps he will not condescend to read what I write—perhaps he may print it in a newspaper , er a Magazine , or i know not how . No , no , I have been served some scurvy tricks , and no anonymous writer shall have manuscripts
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SOS Original Letter of Mr . Robinson ' s .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1809, page 308, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1737/page/6/
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