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tiis discourses . As he did not scruple m those discourses public * ly to avow sentiments not always ill unison with the articles of the church to which he belonged , he
wished all might enjoy the same liberty which he claimed for himself * and was , in the year J 772 , one of the clergy who petitioned " for relief in the matter of subscription to the Liturgy and Thirty-rnine Articles . " *
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Art . II . A Plea for the Catholic Claims ' - A Sermon , preached at the Chapel in Essex Street , March 10 , lg 13 , being the Day appointed for a General Fast . By Thomas Belshaip , 8 vo . pp . 44 . Johnson and Co . 1813 *
Catholic Errjancipatiqn , daily gaining friends by becomipg better understood , though daily opposed by the unenlightened or interested ,, who are already a minority and will soon cease to be a party ,
affordaan example of the progress of truth and liberty io general ; discussion is all they a <* k ; fearless of oppositiqn , provided it be open ; secure of success , if inquiry be biH excited .
JM [ r . Belsham opens his Sermon with an animated and cheering descant on the late rapid and universal growth of religious liberty , followed by reflections on
the satisfaction of being cpnstcious of participating and aiding the general improvement , and on the certainty of a glprioys issue to all % he plans of cc Omnipptent be » nignity /* The fallowing simile is
* A copy of the Petition here rqfe £ * v $ & t # maAr be s « sp \ n the 7 tfc vol . of
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worthy of the subject ,-and more cannot be said of it ; " iThc progress" of improvement , intellectual and moral , individual an . 4 national , is like the flowing tide . A wave advances beyond the re ^ t , and it falls back again ; you v ould suppose
that the sea was retreating ; but tbe next wave pushes further still , and the succeeding one goes beyond that : so that , by a gradual , and , for some time , , imperceptible , but sure and irresistible progress , the mighty element beats down every obstruction , and , in due
time , occupies its destined station * Even before the inadvertent spectator is aware , the soil and slime , and aH unsightly and rugged objects disappear , and the whole space is occupied by the beautiful and majestic main / ' pp . 6 , 7 . What are the ** Catholic Claims ?''
What the Catholics implore is , that they- may not lie under a public proscription * , that they may npt without a crime either proved or a'ledgetf , be degraded from the rank of citizens
of a free country ; that they may be permitted , when their sovereign approves , and when their country invites , but not otherwise , to devote their lives , their fortunes , their talents , and thtiir influence , to the service of their
country , to > h e defence of its constitution , fee rights , ots laws and liberties , and to the advancement of its prosperity , whether in the senate , at the bar , on the bench , or in the field . Is this an unreasonable request ? ' * p . 16 . It is well known that promises have been held out to the
Catholics , and particularly that large promises were made to them on the eve of the Union , which have never beep fulfilled ; in a note ( pp , 17 , 18 ) , Mr . Belsham refer * to this subject , and relates a . ft anecdote which acquits the Kinf of being a pa , rty $ p aoy deception that may have been practised upon the Catholics .
« * Whatever promises were tna . de pj understood to be made by those wbp negotiated the important measure tf the Union , and how mortifying soevor tbe disappointment of the Cathirjics . 5 is a i ^ caaui * e to Aflectth « t tlNrt * iar ^
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Rfvit& . ^ &bfam * * Sermofi 0 K Cathdlie Claims . 4 Q §
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1813, page 409, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2429/page/53/
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