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Pe ^ rs by whom the proposed mea-5 vvas negatived , and particularly to the Duke of Norfolk , the Marquis of Lansdowne , Earls
Stanhope , Moira , Grey , Lauderdale , and Rosslyn , and to Lord Erskine , for their exertions in defence of the Religious Liberties of our country . X . That the thanks of this meeting he given to the Rev . R . Alliott , and the Ministers by whom these resolutions were prepared .
XI . That these resolutions be published in the papers of this town , and in such London papers as the gentlemen by whom they were prepared shall judge proper . John Bates , Chairman . XII . That the thanks of this
meeting be given to John , Bates , Esq . Mayor , chairman of this meeting , for his liberal conduct i ) Ji the occasion .
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Hull , Mat / , 23 , 1811 . At a Meeting of the Dissenters tf different Denominations , and others , held at the Chapel in Fish Street , this Day ,
It was unanimously resolved : That the right to worship God , in that manner , which we believe to be most acceptable to him , is aright founded in nature , which we cannot resign withqut a complete dereliction of what we owe to ourselves , and of which none can deprive us without a direct Eolation of the everlasting principles of justice . That the enactment of penal laws , on the score of religion , is utterl y at variance with the humane and liberal spirit of Chris-Va nity , and disgraceful to any countr y ; and that the dissenters * ft deference to public prejudice , Waiting patiently for a time when ,
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they might hope to succeed in th © total abolition of them in England , have beheld with surprise , grief and dismay , an attempt to naiiow , instead of to widen , the provisions of the Toleration Act , and to ^ subject them to great inconvenience
and mortification , in a Bill nowpassing through Parliament at the suggestion of Lord Sidmouth . That the dissenters , whose numbers amount to upwards of two millions , have been as distinguished for loyalty to their sovereign , and attachment to the constitution
as an 3 ' men in the CTnited Empire ; and cannot but view this design of putting them under new restraints , as an unmerited slur upon their characters ^ which they
venture to assert ^ are such as to entitle them to the greatest con * fidence , and every mark of ifu dulgence .
That the right , virtually granted by this Bill to the civil magistrate , of deciding on the qualifications ot those who wish to preach the gos- « pel , is a mere assuitvption , and the
declaration of it at this crisis , exceedingly impolitic ;—religion being a concern altogether betwixt man and his , Maker : and the
times requiring every heart and hand ; , to be united in the closest bonds of mutual affection , so as to form an insuperable barrier against the common foe .
That the Bill now under consideration , " for explaining and rendering effectual , '' the Toleration Act , assigns no adequate cause for such an interference with the
liberty of conscience ; and that from gratitude to our ancestors , from a regard to ourselves and from duty to our children ^ we cannot see this liberty infringed , without entering our most solenw *
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Toleration Act . 34 J
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1811, page 343, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2417/page/23/
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