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entitle the Prbtestants here to remoh ^ strate in ^ vour , of their brethren abroad ; .. atod it must assuredly have some infiuerice on the French cabinet to find t ^ iat both prince and people equally feel for the insult that has bfeen offered to religion by men , who have obtained the power to commit it entirel y ^ by the assistance that has been afforded tfiem by Protestants .
Whatever may be the result With respect to our unhappy brethren abroad , this general movement at home cannot fail of having a good effect . It proves , that the doctrine of toleration is well understood amonsr
us } or at least that the idea of persecution on account of religion is held by-this nation in abhorrence- The sentiment must be cherished : for if we are not greatly mistaken , bigotry will not be put dpwn without many efforts to regain its influence . What
has been done in France and Spain and is now doing at Rome is sufficient to put us on our guard . The age is by no means so enlightened as is generally imagined ; and there are persons , who stand in need of toleration themselves and yet would
hesitate in granting it to others . Thus a dissenting minister not long ago wondered , that a dissenting minister , his neighbour , should be permitted to promulgate his doctrines . The former was a disciple of Calvin , the
latter taught the truths , for which Servetus was condemned to the stake . Yet it would be wrong to assert from this instance , that all Calvinists would be persecutors ; as there are , without doubt , numbers among them , who hold in abhorrence the conduct of the
murderer , from whom they are not , however , ashamed to derive their name . A delegation is in Rome with the famous Remonstrance of the Catholics in Ireland , ? which has been presented to his pretended holiness . An
account of its . success ; has been published in the papers , but the ambassador ' maiy be a little more sanguine in his expectations than the result will justify ^ It is wonderful , that in th&e daystmil should be eo blinded
as to agitate a . qUeation at 4 Rome relative to thei ^ reWgion in Ireland ; and thai' these nier * sbfculd in so doing think - tMcy aye acting as Christians * What has his pfretended holiness to do wfth the subjet * ttf of wbther coun-
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try ? How strange it is that Irishmen do not see the degradation of submitting any question in which they ara concerned , to the determination of a set of Italians . A Cardinal ft seems has told the Bishops , that " an appeal from a whole nation must be attended to , so that" ( says the ambassador ) " 1 expect a favourable answer , though I fear I must wait a considerable time for it . " Thus the whole nation of Catholics in Ireland
must wait the leisure of an Italian quorum , to determine a plain question . How much better would it not be for them , if they must have a Pope , to elect a Pope of their own : for
assuredly the Irish prelates are just as capable of conferring infallibility on one of their own body , as the Italian Cardinals on their pretended holy father .
The treaties with France and the allied powers have been made public , and with them several documents relative to the negociatibn . One particular must be noticed with respect to the treaties , which are signed by the sovereigns of the only Greek Church and the chief
Protestant and Romish Churches in Europe . They are all made in the name of what they all hold up as an object of religious worship . In the reign of Bonaparte this form was omitted . These public instruments may now be considered as recognizing the uni * on of the Greek , Romish and
Protestant Established Churches in one faith , as far as relates to the object of worship ; though we must observe that they are not completely agreed upon this subject . For in the
compound Deity , one of the supposed persons is declared by one party to proceed only from the Father , whilst the rest maintain that he proceeds from both the Father and the Son .
It may be , however , that this heading to a treaty was considered merely as a matter of form . Yet forms are of consequence \ and ; we are grieved * that an unscriptural term should
receive the sanction of such high authorities . Let us hope , however , that in every nation , in which these treaties may be published , there are many ,, who from the revival of this mode of
heading them , will be led to consider theimpdrt of the terms ; by whom they were introduced ; and on what authority they restj and when they
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State of Public Affairs * 777
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1815, page 777, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1767/page/49/
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