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    ^ pealing certain acts which certainly ought not to be suffered to remain on the statute t > ook , and which no one would np ^ ,, thinly ought . ta be put in force : but which might be made the

    meaas of vexations to individuals . Amoxigst tjie aipts repealed \ yexetfye Conventicle j Act and , the Five Mile Act ; some paTrts . of the former were retained in another shape * but the latter no one would now think of carrying into execution . It was well known * that lately , a construction had been put uppn the

    Toleration Act , different from that which it had ( pr ; aetically received for . , upwardLs of a century , and to remedy , the ; inconveniences thus occasioned to individuals , was one also . of . the objects of the pre-r sent Bill . In order to combine the toleration which it was proposeck to give in the most ample form with the

    requisite sec , urities * . it was proposed in the firsr place , that to assemblies for the purposes of . religious wocshija there shoulxi . bf r given notoriety 7 . in tjbte second place , publicity * and , un ther third place , that frqm , tjie-. , preachersr . and

    teachers in . thofie assemblies there should berecjuirectsome test or security in , ^ he oaths to be fia ^ ken by them . IVJeetings for religious , worsniru where th , e numb e r of persons assjqip ^ led , * -jexclifsive , of the family of the occupied of ^ tfie Jhouse orprqimses * . whei $ s ^ ch meeting . took ^ ce ' , // di ^ L ript . ^ aount % o mpre , tfya n tyen ^ y , ^ ere exempt from £ ny restric-. $ 9 U « r ^<* c Were . the number , anjpiintetf l

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    plea upon which it rested , courting the investigation of the Scriptures upoa which it founded its doctrines- ' Earl Stanhope , objected to the Bill , that

    it was founded in its preamble and its clauses upon expediency and expediency alone , and did not recognize the right of religious worship , which he contended to be the uualienahle right of man * .

    His lordship went through most of tjne clauses , making several objections to particular parts ,, of them , respecting which it was his intention to move in the Committee . Lard Holland agreed with hi ^ noble friend as to d \ e < ^ ig ht of religious w ^ or ^ ship , but , rievectheless , was a ftrra friend

    to the present Bil ) , He jrememb er ^ being told some years ago ,. by the late Mr , Selwyn , that a good law . required a great deal of soaring in the . House of Commons ; so * it appeared that a great principle xecujired a : gr ^ at deal of soaking ; , but . the nable lord . whg

    rnoved t ^ he present Bill ^ eern e 4 tg have become a wet intolerant , and , viewing this vBill as so much gained to the cause of toleration , he ( Lord Holland ) did not despair of seeing at length acknowledged the great principle for which he contended . Lord Viscount Sidmouth coukI , not give an unqualified approbation of this Bijl . t | e apprwe 4 entirely of tfie , jty ^ peal of th ^ Five ^ iile A * ?* ^ fL ?*" gfetted t } ie extension or * the number ai lowed at meetings npt . jregi ^^ ered ^ fiora five , the nuuiber in the * Conyientioje ^ 4 ^ i to twenty . He thougnt that giving " ^ exemptiop from . civil duties andmilhba

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1812, page 589, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1752/page/57/