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detract from his character , is intolerance . There are some excellent remarks on this subject in " Systematic Education , " vol . ii . p , 373 , begining witji " Justice forbids all injury to the reputation of others /' As my discussion with Mr . Flower has been much more of a personal nature than I could wish ( but which it seems impossible to avoid in such cases ) , I am glad it does not relate to any difference iri our own religious or
political sentiments ; our dispute is , in what manner we are to treat those ^ ho differ from us ; but I can truly say , I feel not the least enmity against him and am pleased that there is one part of his letter respecting " all civil
establishments of religion" in which I most cordially unite and am glad that it is recorded in the Monthly Repository as tbe sentiment of a Unitarian minister , and I think he has given
full proof by the style of his letters , that it would be very dangerous to place power in the hands even of those who profess the greatest regard for religious liberty in its most unrestricted sense .
I have been surprised and concerned to see how much the worthy minister of Essex-Street Chapel has conceded oti the subject of state religions , in his Letters to the Bishop of London , for 'which , as he was brought up a Dissenter , 1 can only account , by supposing it to arise from his long
acquaintance With and reverence for toe opinions of his venerable predecessor , Mr . Undsey , who seems never to have lost his attachment to hierarchical establishments , lam , Sir , your and Mr . Flower ' s
sincere well-wisher , and your constant 'eader , , » -. CAMDIDUS .
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Church of England , ' and these oftener , * the modern Church of England . That for both these expressions you are amenable to a court of justice , I infer from this extract : « Seditious words , in derogation of the established religion , are indictable , as tending to a breach of the peace ; as where a
person said , * Your religion is but a new religion ; preaching is but prating ; and prayer once a day is more edifying . ' 1 Haw . 7 . Besides , the Church by law established in this
country * is so inseparably interwoven with the British constitution , that whatever is calumny upon the former must be calumny upon the latter . ' . If , however , you shall assure me , ia the course of a few days , that within a reasonable time you will
publish a vindication of this defamatory language , I will defer to prosecute you , not only till sufficient time has been granted for that purpose , but also till an opportunity lias been allowed the public to peruse tny reply to it . By a vindication is here meant complete proof of the position—That the
structure of the Church of England , and the materials of which it is composed are new and modern . Should it appear to be the general opinion , when the reasonings of both shall have been maturely considered , that your vindication is complete , I will then make a recantation and cease to be a
member of the Established Church . Jf , by the generality of your readers , it shall be thought defective , you will be summoned to answer for your offensive demeanour in Westmiiister-Hall .
' It may justly be presumed , that , before you ventured to issue forth your detractions , arguments to establish the position above mentioned had been prepared with sedulity and judiciously arranged- I therefore shall add , that by a * reasonable time you must understand a few months only . 'T . KIPLING . '
. " We have thus complied with tlie desire that the above letter should be published . But we trust the dean , for whom we have the highest respect , will re-consider the subject Our Church is a Church of mildness
of long-suffering , of forbearance for conscience' sake- We are quite sure the desm will be able , in his reply , to refute the position " that the structure of the Church of Enftlaurlarid theirra-
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Dean Kipling ' s Letter to Mr . Lingard . 353
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ft Kipling ' s Letter to-Mr . Lingard . [ We preserve the following letter as * curiosity . Our readers will ,, we « &ve no doubt * feiel the same
sentiraents for the writer with ourselves , and ^ agree in opinion , that this is j h ^ liborit blunder # hich the learned fc Wifcii cvei- made . En . ] ^ JjPP of a Letter gent lately ** by the ***** of Peterborough to the Rev . *«* n Lingard , 4 Papist . , ^ JVerend Si * t , I ^ you * ' Strict u res on Profe s so r ^ Marsh ' s Comparative View , oclr ^ eae words once , ' the new 0
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1815, page 353, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1761/page/25/
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