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After stating that those who * do not a ^ ree w ith us in faith ought , only to fce excominunicatecl , and then be ** left constitute snnt excommunicationes , quibus £ fidelium consortio abdicarentur atque expeilerentur ii , qui fidem Christi falso o biendentes , vitac nequitia , effrajnique
peccatidi licentia nihil aliud sunt quam scandala ecclesiae 5 ideoque indig-ni qui Christi jiomine g-lorientur . Primuin ne cum Dei contuoielia inter Christianos nominentur , ac si sancta ejus ecclesia foret maleficorotn 6 t publica improborum hominum conjuratio . Deinde ne frequenti consuetudine
alios corrumpant perversae vitae exemplo . Postremo ut eos ipsos pndore confusos sn 2 e turpitudinis pcenitere incipiat , ac ex ca pcenilentia resipiscere tandem discant . Tales quidem judicare passumus pro tempore ab ecclesia alienos , quantum cernere
datur , ae seeundum earn quam disjmus noticing reg * ulam . Verum ne sic quidem desperandi a nobis sunt , quasi extra manum Dei abjecti , ac omiiino nephas quslmpiatoexpung * ere ex e ) ectorum numero , ant desperate quasi jam perditum , nisi quos certa constet verbo Dei jam damnatos , ut
si qnis data opera ac destinata roaiitia vcritatem op pug * net , ut opprimat Brangelium et no men Dei extinguat , et Spirtui Sancto resist at , De iis enim jam ore Dei pronunciatuni est , cum dixit , non remitti peccatutn in Spiritum Sanctum , neque in
hoc seculo neque in future Quod raro adeo a nobis sentiri potest ( si unquam tamen pofest ) ut sanioris sit consilii expectare diem re ^ elationis , nee temere ju-( iicio Dei praeire : plus licentias ne nobis in judicando arrogemus , nisi volumus Dei virtutem linvitare , ac misericordiae ejus
legem dicere , cui quoties visum est , pessimi in optimos mutantur ^ alieni inseruiitur , extranei cooptantur in ecclesia , ut sic hominum opiuionem eludat , et temeritat «< rn retundat , ne sibi judicandi jus supra quara decct usurpare audeant . Dan da potius
opera , nt mutuo ^ candore alter de altero qiiam poterit optime fieri sentiamus ; alii ahormn facta et dicta vicissiin in optimam partem accipiamus , non , ut suspicaces soletityobliqn ^ ac sinistre torqueamus . Quod 81 q ; ui ita perversi sunt ut de se bene senthe non permittant , eos tamen in mattum Dei committamus , bonitatique ejus
etwmnendeiiius , meliora de his sperantes , pacem et charitatem alamus , nee stolide mum pentes in secretiora Dei judicia . erwum tenebrw nos involvamus . Et nt ^» icoTerbo ab sol vain , non personam ipsam , W in manu atque arbitrio Dei est in ™» Uem abdicetnus , sed tan twin qualia ™ cujusque opera sestimemui ex lege ei q [ uae boni et mali tegul * e $ t . In fcunc
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in the hands of God , and commended to his goodness / ' he adds , «* not are those persons alone to be thus treated ; but Turita also , aiid Saracens , and other enemies of true religion ; so far are those methods from being to be
approved , by which men have hitherto attempted to bring them over to their faith , while they have denied them water and fire , and the common elements ; have withheld from them all the offices of humanity , and persecuted them with the sword . "
The language he employs , in his Treatise on the Punishment of Heretics , is , however , very different A summary of the sentiments maintained in that work , which sets out with explicitly denying the right of private judgment in religion ,, is comprised in the following passage : — We
know that there are three degrees of errors : some we allow ought to be pardoned ; for others , moderate chastisement should suffice , so that only open impiety ought to be punished with death . Paul repeatedly exhorts believers to bear with one another , although there may be some
disagreement among them ; that is , if any trifling superstition or weakness have taken hold of the mind of simple persons , they are to endeavour to correct sensum accipiendae sunt excomtnuiiicationes , non quibus dejieiantur ex spe salutis , qui coram liomiuibus abdicaatur
ex ecclesiae grege , std ut in viam redeant , quemadmodum Paul us scribit se tradidisse hotninem Sathanae in i uteri turn earnis ,, ut spiritus salvus ficiet in diem Domini , hoc est , ( ut eg-o quidem interpretor , ) corijeeisse in damnationem temporariain , ut in aeternuin saivus £ eret . Itaque tametsi familiarius versari aut interioreixi consuetudinem
babere cum excommumcatis per ecclesiasticaai discipHnam non liceat ,, debemus tamen contendere quibu $ possumus naodis sive exhortatione ac doctrina , sive cleipentia ac inansoetudine , sive nostris ad Deum precibus , ut ad meliorem fro ^ em conversi in societatem ae unitatem ecclesiae
seae re « ipiant . Neque ii modd sic tractandi sunt ) sed Turcce qnoque ac Saracent catteriquc veras religionis hoste ^ tantum abest ut probandte sunt rationes ouibms eos
ad Jidern nostram adigere hactenus moliti sunt } dum aqua et igne communikusquc elementis Hits interdicunt cum otnnia Hits humariitatia officia denegant cum / erro : et armis jpersequuntur . ' * . '
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The Nonconformist . No . XV . f $ i
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1819, page 737, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1779/page/21/
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