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    infor ^ d zealots , evince both in

    ipyself and . others of far more consequence , a want of cordial attachment to the Established Church and to its ministers . — tlpon this point therefore I wish , my lords , to be particularly explicit , and in my situation it is highly incumbent on me to be so . If by attachment to the Established Church and to its ministers , be meant a firm , deep-rooted conviction , " that the Church of England , both in faith and in worship , in doctrine and in discipline , is the most pure and truly apostolical

    church in the Christian world ; and that its ministers are ( with TOFy few exceptions ) as intelligent and irreproachable a body of men as any in the kingdom ; jthere is no man living who is more cordially ^ attached than I am to the Established Church and to its ministers . But if , not satisfied With this declaration , I should be called upon by any one to declare , further ^ without qualification or reserve , that those who dissent from me are grossly ignorant or wilfully perverse , thaft tht » y are not fit . to be trusted either in civil

    Or military situations of high responsibility , nor ev ^ n to be believed Qiv their oaths : if I should be called upon to declare that nearly two thirds of civilized Europe have adopted a creed which is little better than a tissue of ata

    sttrdityand idolatry : if 1 should be called upon to declare that a Fenelotrand a Pascal , ( men a *> rea markable for their powers of rea * . soning $$ for their genuine piety , ) professed their * belief in religious tenets which have no foundatioii whajteve ^ in reason or scripture : if in short I should be called upon to ? deqj&rey that many persons now living , as sincere and pious

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    " . - * ¦ - Christians , a $ loyal and g 6 od subj ^ ctv as the best of those who htar me , have also subscribed to tenets-of such a description ; and not only so , but have anxiously endeavoured to impress these tenets upon the minds of theft - nearest and dearest relatives , as tbte best guides of life , and the sutest consolation in the hour bf death V if , I say , I should be called bpbn to make declarations of this kind , as the only way of proving fcby attachment to the Estabtrsh % 4 Church and to its ministers , t veirj / f frankly own , that I disclaim sa exclusive , so uncharitable ah attachment , —I never possessed it ^ - ^ ^ I do not feel it , —noi * , tb speak plainly , do I grdiitly elivy thoSc ; who do . s ? °

    I beg your lordships' ' pardorij , for havirig talked' ^ rn ^ ufeh ^ f rti y- ^ sel f , and for having pt ^ s ti hied td £ l lay before you the leading aftfclciir of a cr ^ ed , which 1 ^ tti njo # fii u ® ^ too old to change * rtbr ^ in trtrtli were I given to change , do I kkioW where to go for a better * for ohB ^

    I mean f better caltElated ttt promote individual happiness , '' iin a ^ i ^ the sami time , that "public liHidtf of heart and h&nd ^ * if ncft * -t $ opinion , which is s ^> loudl y Called for , and at the present very sfeHdiik crisis so much Wiantefd ;—thkt rfeieflf affectionate ttrtiofri , I iiflefttU ^ hith

    is " the ' ve ^ y bond of ^ atSe , 6 f perfectness , ** and ah uliks ^ i ^ bltf bttlwaVk * of security , prdspetl ^ y permatiericy tb , I veril ^ bfelievfe , the purest eccl ^ sia ^ tiddf establish , nrtent , and the best fdfi ^ oif diVif governtatnU in th ^ li iW ^ ertfe ; ' ^?

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    On Capital Punishment * : % " 70 &

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    On Cmpital Fkmi * m <^ . [ Conceded friMpMjfjW -I ' . When a ' - » per « Ott * ffc > ttf $ di ^ ed and convicted of a Crime ^ I thi nk ttri following plan might with propri .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1811, page 709, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2423/page/5/