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Art . I . Religious Liberty the tffispring of Christianity ; a sermon preached at Worship Street ^ Tuesday , June 4 , 1811 , before the An * nual Assembly of the General Baptists . By John Evans , A , M . 8 vo . Sherwood and Co .
Is ; 6 d . The late attempt of Lord Sid - mouth naturally led the Dissenters to review their principles / In this Sermon , Mr , Evans properly availed himself of the state of mind
of his hearers to bring forward the subject of religious liberty . From the parable of the Tares among the Wheat , the preacher observes , 1 st , That we are to expect in the present world a mixture of good and evil , 2 ndly , That this mixture must continue for a
time , Srdly , That an uncharitable , intolerant spirit which would avenge the cause of righteousness is to be condemned , and , 4 thly , That there ivi 11 be a day of retri - bution .
The Sermon is dedicated to Win . Smith , Esq , M- P . Chairman of the Deputies for protecting the Civil Rights of the Protestant Dissenters *
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Art . II . Remarks on the Rem solutions passed at a General Meet * * ng > of Protestant Dissenters and other Friends to Religious £ •• herty in London ^ May 14 , 1811 . In a Letter to Samuel Mills , Esq .
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Chairman of the Meeting . By a Country Dissenter , 8 vo , Is , Jones ^ Newgate Street . The Country Dissenter is angry with his brethren in London , as . sociated in defence of Religious
Liberty at the London Tavern , principally because they voted thanks to Mr . Perceval for not giving Lord Sid mouth ins support . We should participate in his w .
dignation if the vote of thanks to tie Covemment were a pledge of approbation of the general mesu aures of the administration ; wkich it was not . The best feature of
the successful opposition of the Dissenters was its entire discern , nection with politics . Mr . Perceval received a deputation from the London Tavern with great courtesy ; he interposed to protect the Dissenters ; and on these
grounds we think the Dissenters owe him thanks . True , he did no more than bis duty : —neither did Lord Holland
or Earl Stanhope ; but it would we conceive be a novel principle in morals that a good deed ought not to be praised because not to do it would be ground of
censure . . ; ,... The Country Dissenter suspects the London Tavern Dissenters of narrow views ; we think without reason . They are no farther a party than as they are Dissenters , They complain of ottU
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l < Still pleased to praise , jet not afraid to blatae *" Pope ;
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1811, page 502, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2419/page/54/
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