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l € Fate » tirem , but patiently hear tfeeth end » seriously read * them ? M ^ he who thinks himself in the truth ., professes to have learnt it 9 JODljbv implicit faith , but by
atte ^ ttive study of the Scriptures and f&UUpersuasioa of heart , with what e ^ pi Ey , can he refuse to hear or read- himy who demonstrates to h $ ve gained his knowledge by the
-sarnne way ? Is it a fair course to aa $ f £ t truth by arrogating to himself : the ; only freedom of speech , aod stopping the mouths of others equally gifted ? — -There is no learned man but will confess hf . hath much profited by reading C 0 ntroversies , his senses awaked , his judgment sharpened , and the truth which he . holds more firmly established , If then it be profitable * for him to read , why should it ^ riot at least be tolerable and free fQ £ his adversaries to write ?
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Usurpatitinxxiof Mtiigs ^ It must needs se ^ m strange where men accusfotn themsfelvfe * to ponder and contemplate thin * in their first original and imtitflt ^ on , that kings , who * * is ail other officers of the public ^ were at fi rst * chosen and installed only by con . sent and suffrage of the people f&
govern them as free men by l&ws of their own making and to fee . m consideration of that dignity and riches bestowed ^ tipon theity the intrusted servants of theconi *
monwealth , shotHd ^ - notwithstanding , grow up , jto / that dishonest encroach men t 9 as tg > esteem themselves masters 6 oth ' of that great trust which they serte ^ atsiiof the people that betrusted theau ?
counting what thejj ? ought to d o ^^ both in discharge of-their pt ^ ifiei duty , and for the great . rev ^ aid c ^ honour and reveiwia whiph ^ e ^ receive , as done . alitaf ^ meer grac ^ and favour ; as iJtrf » eir « 5 » owerp « eri
Us were by nature , and from m ^ g »* selves , or that God -bad sold «** into their hands . Indeed * iibtb& race of kino ; s were eminently A ^* best of men , as the breed at Tnfc « bury is of horses , it would in jfeaai
son then be their part only W command , our ' s only to idIj ^ But kings by genet ^ tion . no wayi excelling others , and most com *"' monly not being the wisest ot worthiest by far of whom they *
claim to have the governing ; ttela we should yield them subjection to pur own ruin , or Sold of tbkm < the right of our commoa safetjry j and our natural fre-ectom by- me ^
gift from the superflui ty f > i ihfcM royal grace a « d beiieficerico ^ W »* f may be sure wto n&te& tjbe in ^ irt ^ * f ^ God , a ythQ $ e vm * F * ur 4 jmt Vffl * TL > ' - . o' | l , nt U' IWTlfc ' IWfc *** ' ** *'
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TSTo . XL . , Not born a Translator . at- . "J . could have added that eloquent and right Christian discourse , written by Erasmus on this argument ,, not disagreeing in effect from Bucer . But this I
hope will be enough to excuse me wkhuthe meer Englishman , to be no forger of , new and loose opinions . Others may read him in his own phrase on the first to the
Corinthians ^ and ease me who never couW delight in long citatu ons * auich less in whole , traduc-r tiocvs ; : vyiiettjeg . Jt tye natural dis * position jor ^ edu ^ aktion in rrae , . or thai t ^ y : ^ m ^ Acr ^ rc ^ c a speaker
of ^ mBfOt iUa < izmad&rntn £ Q' ! Pn , &nd UQt U * t $ JfUfytM&tot o * t * j > i ; .. . ~ , > x ., i ,., u laifgj . twif \ treyalq 4 % b snil ^ aI * ' . " * m ^) aa sfixJmraRtf * yo * . $ . « inr . it » v . » M mp 4 } . ka& < w&rt £ gxmm **'
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1813, page 656, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2433/page/32/
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