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ridiculous penalties remain still on our statute book wtotchan % et the members of the established ag > weii > as those of the other tects ; bat the ^ ood sense of the times has got ri& *> f . ebe folly by which tfaey ^ were enacted ; And it may perhaps becas weH chat they should be retained ! ifit ^ were only to shew to wliat Excesses * the pr . de and the intolerance 6 T rirlestfcraft wilLrun * j M ¦¦ ~ - ' i
The Conventicle and die Fite Mile ' Acts -are repealed > but the votaries of dissipation and riot have the advantage © vtfrthe ^ sons of religion . No more than twenty persons are to meet under this
ac £° &ir the sake of prayer or' religious exercses , in any house , without a license Tbe Lady Bettys and Lady Marys of thg age would have created no small tumult in the legislature , ' if an attempt bad been made to restrain felieir
assemblies for xiards * or dancing or m usie to the same numberJ We" cannot see the propriety of pa is dktinetSon . Wherever there is a public meeting & may seem to be liable to the cognizance 6 f the p ublic , though even he ** e we do not see why religion should be put under peculiar
restraints ; arid in sutrh meetings , as decorum is-most likely to be preserved , it « is sufficient to guard them only from the intrusion of e ^ il-rrfinded persons , who dove to disturb the peace bfsotiety ; Let . us be thankful , hMvever ^ for What is J granted ami trust to tiMe for future
improvement . The established sect is so much on the decline , tftat it rnay stand in need itself , in no longtime , for that toleration which it ^ has so long denied to others . * ¦ ' - * "¦ ¦ ¦* . * ¦ ' - ' A' . -1 ;; •• " ' : - The body of Methodise in the Weil leyan connection haft , at a tneetraR of
tfob ? general Committee , tfcttrikett L 6 rd Stat ^ hope for His " unwearied exertibns in behalf of religious liberty 5 " « 6 Whi ^ n his Ior 4 ship returned an admirable aiL » Wfr- j ^ la t | iis > it to observed , iftat * lhe already tottering toWer of intolerance CQuldi njat any K&ger stand in obpo ^ tion
to the poorer of argument , aided by Jhe force if riolcule . That rotten ana « ncf it for dhly n 6 cfessary to attack it properly ajad Vfith mm 4 e ^ m . dijKMHed b ¥ the ^ l ^ ht oTyfibtSplici t 9 cause it l ^ m ^ m € ^^ fetjipdW wpw -SE- ^ iS « ^ " Cf ^^ ?^ ^ " «^ -f c » wii ^ rl&tf 1 ett ^ dated Jx&y 31 , r 8 i ^ hS' ^ JSSSSr ^ S ^^ mailto worshi |>\ k ^ Gm agreeably to the
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dictates of hjs oyrp consj : i $ 0 c $ : he ha ^ f a right : to bt # r 5 m 4 ? p : tfeacKlfepsi < S # Ur tia # ^ h ^ ns ^? ch n ^^^^^ g ^ i ^ sW dicW interference frdrri ttik cliir a § £ trate ; provided he does ffitM ^ ag . t * rV ;*§ fe ^ W bf tie co ^ muWtv TKs islrtci grotihrf ^ to stkrid iippn ^ n | we ecHhgratdlate our countr £ , ttiat so ' UtSL
a « ody as that < if the TO * W » SSou dists lids cdrne iFor ^ ar ^ / n tP&t | nance of this ^ reat an ^ essential r /^ b Sri . every Ghns'tian society * , ifneife is , ThQ ^ ever an ttmeSeskdry prea * m |) Ve to £$$ resolution , of which we musttalte notice ^ —w j — — - — - — - — — " — ¦—^ - ^ Bt I ^^ ^^^ ^ J » ^^ ^^ ^^ ^ H » JA
naniefy , " Ml Well fegalated spc | et ? es and dehoniinationisi ' of jjnxfeiiins will exercise their own rules for tJ ^ e aij ri ^ issiorx of public or pnvate ^ teachers ViWric thetpselves . ' * Societi&f , professir ^ kp be Christians , faave ^ it 29 to belamentei own rules
exetci ^ M' ^ heir in , ' thelid rn ^ - siori of teich ^ s , anil every hat ion almpsi exhibits the fatal Cqrisequerices 1 of i | ie injtrdic ious ^ kercis ' e df tnts ri ^ rif :, ' 1 m the impuderit assumptiori ofpwv er oii cifie side and the bas ^ e acqiiies&nce pf ffim ^ ln the other to rules n wfoiinde ' d | n ) th ^ $ crlp tures ; But on tiie yanyand ' i ^ ie tridit ipBta oftneh . A ^ ciefvfiaf % elndeoSaeiiV
of otheVs , yet m ' UaUfVUi yW &t from that"li » erty ^ Witfi wUcli &Mift ' K ^ 'fi ^ b us free . Iri burcferf ma ^ Ve feeavy , its proceedings i 2 t ? 6 ieria ^ } iM ^ £ Ia | do # n a set of tdtiss , ft njtfjf te sd iigfdiljr , attached tb them as hot to perrftif &V inquiry , rito the reasoxiablerieVs dr truth oAHeihP Ttee mem % rs " mW ^ coiSfe fela % fe ¥ fo the te ^ tm d fprffi ^ ^ fo Wiiich tfiejr bend the scr . rJtjSrr ^^ 1 ns % ? of examining the scriptures thernselves uhd bVIngin ^ every ogntorl ¥ o' ?^ e i | | t % divine tr ' urb : tlie mfi « rence ; 6 e ^ aett : ^ QbffitiiA and V WAllfp $ odprv is ^^ tftkt tie ferrier c ^ oT f | M »^ rule in opposition to the scriptures ana
is ev ~ er ieJuff STg ^ f a ^ ln ¥ w ?] fM ? SE ne ^ s to t he doupt ^ of anv ijMUi > er . ';« ^ ill nbt tinii aMV frM ^ rfeifiAifiL H will not sajr , such wa $ the faitp'i ^ p receivefl from otir fathers ; but . on tne ^ i ^^ Vi& t f error , tney were once heathens , tttea Uatobta ; RJfterWara ^ ChirA ^^ ildikiSl
to thp fftHaao ^ O ^ plo ^ thGy | e ^^ ua ioiiv 5 ncedbvctbeekj&ttle , < teSre : iWL
bewaifi ^ f jpjfeclng jmpircit confidenfd '^ n truth , afAd ^ bove alt , lee m W r oqfe 9 ' iijr
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1812, page 529, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1751/page/53/
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