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_ l $ th Jan . 18 Q 8 . tlev « an 3 respected Sir , At . length I hkv& finished lily arduous ta $ lc in making you acquainted " with some jjftere&rng
paniculars in the history of Servetas . . You now , 1 confi . de , be fully persuaded , that Servetus m ; did not deserve . such ati horrible punish merit , although his
opinions were erroneous , many respects more an object of our pity . thati of our scorn or indignatioh — -that Calvin ' s hands / were not pure from the blood of that able and unfortunate physician , —and that Sennebier did grossly misrepresent thi 6 tragical event .
How blessed are we American ^ who enjoy a full liberty of con-&ciet ) c ; e > as qur unalienable birth - right ! . Blessed country ! where no man . who does not disturb the
public peace , can be molested for his religious opinions . Can we be evej * grateful enough to our heavenly Father lor q . blessing of sttch" rin immeasurable value .
We may search the word of God , and proclaim its Uutb , without
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fear , and if we err through our own fault , the sit * shall lie * t our doors , and oar ^ d gwent for the , neglected bppbrtutiiffes must JbMB , se « ei ^ e . indeed . Thrice blessed country ! i which tha Unitarian writers . are more knowiJ , and Unit ^ aa s more numerous
than Wets tein asserted of the United Pfdvihces J yet this natiic | s no name of opprobriousfcess , Hq signal of oppression by men of different opinions : neither is the hatred here so violent as then in
that now unhappy land ; so that Wetstein , who was averse to their tenets , declared , there was no surer way to oppress a man , and render him conspicuously odious , than to spread abroad that he is a
Socinian , suspected of Socinianjsrn , or inclining to these opu nions , as then all directly concur with an eager zeal to crush him , as a poisoned beast and horribly monster without examining if it is true or false- ^ -so that tKe
simple accusation is sufficient , and Socinianism in our ( Wetstein ' s ) d ^ ty ^ lik e high-treason , is fey
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THE MONTHLY REPOSITOEY ¦ ; . . . - / -: ¦ : r : ¦ ; - ; ' ¦ . OF - ' . ¦ . . : ' ' ¦¦ - , ^ Theology mid General Liter attire .
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SKETCH OF THE LIPE Off SERVETUS , IN XEXiTEKS TO fHE RBT . ^ JED ) ED | AH MQRSP , D , P 4 ^—rLETTER VIII . ' *
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1810, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2410/page/1/
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