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    consolations ,, the consolations of religion , which European avarice and tyranny liad left them . The law is denominated " An ordinance for preventing the fro * fanaticn of religious rites and false worshipping cf God , under the pretence of preaching and teaching by illiterate , ignorant and ill disposed persons , and

    of the mischiefs consequent thereon . " Pious legislators ! worthy for your godly zeal , of the character of prophets \ who could expect or desire that you and your negroes sjiould have any thing , even religion in common ! let them hold truth , and truth becomes odious ; let them possess virtue , and virtue is profaned !

    Their worship must indeed be false , if your ' s be true ; for they assuredly will not worship the Cod of " traders in the persons of men . " They worship a Being who takes pity on the poor and jtfeedy , a Beirik to whom vengeance

    beiorfgeth ; of such a £ eing , it is politic in tyratfts great and small , to prohibit the mention and the thought , within their dominions , and let them sleep on and take their rest , till they and their injured vassals shall meet together at his tribunal .

    The law in question prohibits persons , not duly authorized , from carrying tra worship among the negroes , under the following penalties ; to a white man a fine . of ioo / . or imprisoned in the

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    The General Union of Believers at the coming of Christ : a Sermon preached at Hackney , Aug aj , 1807 . on the Death of the Rev . Daniel Fisher , D . D . By S . Palmer , 8 vo . is *

    A Body of Theology , principally practical ; in a Series of . Lectures . By R . JFcdlowes , M , « A . 2 .. vols . $ vo . x $ s . A Manual of Piety , adapted to the wants and calculated for the Improvement of all Sects of Lhristians .

    Exjtract ^ d from the Holy Living and Dying of Jere . Taylor ; with a Life of the Author , &c . By R . Fellowes , A . M . 7 * . t ¦ • ¦ -. * Hebrew Elements , or a Practical Introduction to the reading of the Hjcbrew Scripture * , 8 vo . 5 s .

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    common gaol for three , months , or both * to a free negro , a fine of iooi . and irru prisonment in the workhouse for three months , or Both ; to a slave , imprisonment and hard labour in the "workhouse for six months , or whipping , or both , as shall be in those cases respectively aj * judged * The same penalties to persons

    permitting negro worship in their houses , yards , or any places belonging to them . And it is further ordained , that no persons who are licensed and qualified shall use public * tvorshipy earlier than the hour of $ ix in the mornings or later than sun * jet in the evening" under the same penalties as the white man lay under , in the fonaer

    instance . This glorious statute was passed in common council , in Jamaica , June rj :, 180 7 , about the time that ''No Popery "

    was resounding in all the streets of l ^ on dbn . The Jamaicans a e consistent , A half-way negative-persecution is ridiculous . Mr . Percevat . may take a useful ICsspn from , the slave torturers , before he again attempts to stir up bieotrv and ill blood .

    The effect of tlie law , has been the suppression of all public worship-agn ' phg the negroes of the baptist persuasion , 2 nd tiie restriction of it among the niethodists ; though these latter are still permitted to meet in a licensed chapel .

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    Reflections on the Sin fulness 0 / Cruelty to Animals , on some c » f the most prevalent examples of it , and on some of the most powerftsi motives by whi Ji at is encouraged : in a Sermon , preached at All Saints Church , Southampton , on Sunday , Aug . x 6 , 1807 . By Richard JVtant , M . A . 8 vo rs .

    Sketches of Human Manners , delineated in Stories , intended to illustrate the Character , Religion and singular Customs of the Inhabitants of different parts of the World , By Priscilla Wakefield , as . 6 d . Half-bound . Sermons , by Samuel Charters , T ) . D » Minister of Wdton , North Britaiiv S * o . 7 * .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1807, page 562, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2385/page/54/