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and other Act » of the ssyne description > tmn ^^^ \^ ^ ¥ t bPi ^ ti ^ temk & the realm ; the Aici of Toletariod tteitig nothing n * ore than an exemption , on « efetairi terms and conditions , from some of tire mu ^ t cfuef pains and penalties , that ever existed hi the ' times of the most
rigorous and dastardly persecution 3 when Protestants could persecute Protestants , because some of them chose to dissent a little further from the Papal Established church , from which they had all been dissenters but a little time
before * —From herrce it appears , that though they , who worship under toler-* ti « n are thankful for the privileges they at present enjoy , yet religious liberty is not complete ; an abridgement therefore p £ what has already been- granted , would be both cruel and ' uirsise .- —The
chlargementof the Toleration Act would Be the greatest wisdom of the legislative feody , while an abridgement of it woiitd be the height of injustice and follyi If the governors of the earth were wise enough te discover their own interest ,
they would immediately discern that the prosperity of every nation is inter * Woven With its Hberty , and that vice arid iliitquky are never » oeasiJycofrect : e'd as whea protection of -property and liberty of conscience are inviolably preserved . "
T ^ ese admirable remarks we have copied into our work as more interesting to the reader * considering from what quarter they < tome $ than even the proper argument of ifee pamphlet , which we cannot
4 e more than state briefly . An inhabitant of the parish of Christ {? huv 9 b , Surry , appealed , \ M ^ * ¦ a S ^^ ^ e parish - rat e , localise it-tlid n 6 t include Surry Ghaipel , of vvliieh Mr . JHillis min , fster . T ^ appea l was hea rd at ifce Guiiclfor ^ se ^ ionsi July ¦ && 9 ,
mid dismissed on the ground , thai ^ h ^ p rojp ef ty of Surry Chapel was Itdt ' su ^ ci ^ ntly y etted in . Mr . Hill , l pl . authjOri ^ e the parish ta mak e ^ rate pb » hi # i : ; but as the Court $ , nf > t cej ^ sur ^ the principje on xli fhe , -IWP ^ ' ^ vaa jflwApf * t is " % ed ttjEui ^ f tW rat © mih be
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Wife ; OT \ A ^ f JR ? P ^ coBpcxa ^ j In Ihl ^^ tate of things , ^ r . Hill writ ^ to . shew the injustice and
mischieyoi ^ effe c t ^ of parishes rating places of yvprsliip ^ protecteci by the TToieraiipn Act . The as . sessinc nt is a novelty ^ and might , he contends , as well be laid 0 $ churches and chapels of ea ^ e ) from many of which p ^ pfits aie derived from ttje le ^ tti ^ g , out of
seats , as on Dwsentifig chapels and meeting-house ^ TUese places , he properly sajs , ^ e supported by voluntary contribuiions , every penny uf which , h * s beea before taxed tp , 4 ffce : pQVx £ rale . The as . s < es 5 ment will , he argues , be an intolerable , ruinous burdens on
thoosamls of pcfepr miaisiers whose salarits gt present s » c ^ rcely . save them from starvation : besides , that it will g ^ ve magistg ra t es aa opporinnityi imeab $ & 6 f appeal ^ 6 f subjecting the Dissenters to baish and rigorous exarainatians , and wilL in etfect , eitaWi ^ ^ ^ ot « s-
tant jnquisifibn / : - ^ Such -lift the substance * i Mr . Hill's reasoning , which i * to o \\ t minds conclusive , and # hicb will , we hope with him , bring a . " million of petitioners before JRarliament m a twelvemonth , if thU newschepic
of taxation be persisted m-Th ^ J counjiei for tbe appellant * at Guildfbtd , was Jtfr- Spankie , the absurdity and persecuting W * 4 < wcy til whose speech in that placs Mr ^ Hill so wttily export that we trust ihtft n ^ i ^ er ^ e nor any bther bgrrister wili ^ ^^ be found to let hj mi ^ ifput for W
odious worl ^ ^ f i ^ ter ^ ii ^* y >* The spbje ? t ^ ^^ fXlf % being exhausted ^^ - ^ 0 ppn ^ di the , M ^ f ^^ Nr f "fTt /
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i f B «» i * 3 p rt ^; $ ? $ fM ^? JPf » o * - ^»«^) fel 5 l ««* . ^ ^?«* y .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1811, page 678, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2422/page/36/
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