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same number of bricks when he no longer furnished the straw which was requisite for their format ion , but he never prevented the people from searching where the necessary materials were to he found ; he might , it seems , not only have abstained from
giving them straw , but might have absolutely put it out of their power to obtain it , and yet have justly required the same degree of successful exertion , since iC a loss of power to obey , by no means infers an exemption from obligation . "
It would certainly be extremely unfair to consider any class of Christians as answerable for the opinions of one of its members - As , however , the Congregational Magazine , a work of extensive circulation and high orthodox character , considers the
Author ' s religious principles as * ' invulnerable , " and recommends the work to its readers as ** truly evangelical , " we-must , I fear , consider Mr . Tyerman ' s opinions , as those of the denomination to which he belongs , and if so , what painful impressions crowd on the mind 1 It is well known that
great exertions Tiave been made of late to couvert the Heathen ; we have been told that their barbarities , the mere recital of which makes us shudder , proceed entirely from an erroneous faith : and \ t is triumphantly asked , How can we expect that the worshipers of Juggernaut should be
kind and compassionate to their fellow-creatures ? If , however , they are to be taught in Mr . Tyerman ' s theological school , it is to be feared they will profit but little by the exchange . If they are to be told that God will eternally punish his creatures for the omission of duties he has denied them
the ability to perform , they may still be cruel , vengeful and unjust , and still plead the example of the Deity whom they worship , in defence of their conduct . VECTIS .
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The Nonconformist . No . XII . On the Corporation and Test Acts . t 1 KHE Corporation and Test Acts Jl deeply affecting the civil interests of Nonconformists , I propose to make them t-be subject of the present paper .
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The Corporation Act was passed in l 66 l , immediately after the Restoration ; it enacts that no person shall 611 any employments relating to the government of Corporations , who
shall not , within a year before his appointment ,, have taken the Sacra , merit of the Lord ' s Supper , according to the rites of the Church of England ; in default of which his appointment is declared to be void .
The Test Act was passed in 1672 , in a period of great ferment and distraction . It is entitled , ** At * Act for preventing Dangers which may happen from Popish Recusants /* Among other things , it is enacted , That every person that shall be
admitted into any office , civil or military , or shall receive any pay by reason of any patent or grant , or shall have command or place of trust , or shall be admitted into any service in the Royal household , shall receive the Sacrament of the Lord ' s Supper ,
according to the usage of the Church of England , within three months after bis admittance , in some public Church , upon some Lord ' s-day , immediately after divine service and sermon ; any person taking office or employment without this qualification , and being
thereon lawfully convicted , is disabled from suing or using any action in law , from being guardian of any child , or executor , or capable of any legacy or deed of gift , and forfeits the sum of £ 5 OO , to be recovered by him or them that shall sue for the same .
Subsequent statutes have modified and softened these rigorous acts . By the 5 Geo . I . the election of a person to a corporate office , who has not received the Sacrament according to the usage of the Church of England , within twelve months preceding such election , does not make the office
absolutely void , but voidable only in case he is prosecuted within six months afterwards ; but if he continues in office peaceably for six months his election is as valid as if he
had been qualified at first ; .- and by the 16 Geo . II . there is an enlargement of time as to the Test Act , ' it is thereby required that persons should take the Sacrament within six months
of their admittance to any office , or receiving , any employment , and if titey be beyond &ea at the time- of their
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1819, page 426, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1774/page/26/
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