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RTBSOfcVfcOi x . That it h the righfoT evciy man to worship Gad agreeably to the dictates of bis conscience , and-by-all peaeeable means to publish and defend his religious opinions , without being subject to spy pains , penalties , or privations whatever .
3 > That the principles of Religious liberty , by which this right is recognized » -were asserted at the Revolution ; and have long been the glory of Eoglishmen . 3 . That revertbelcss , in opposition to these principles , persons denying the doctrine of the Trinity were first
excluded from the benefits of the Toleration Act , by a clause in that Act itself ; and afterwards by the statute of the cth and ioth of William the Third , it wa «> enacted , That if any person or persons , having T > een educated in , or at any time having made profession of the Cluistiafi religion within this realm * « hall , by
writing , printing , teaching , or advised speaking , deny any one of the Persons 10 the Holy Trinity to be God , or shall assert or maintain there are-more Gods than o&e , or shall deny the Christian religion to be tme , or die Holy Scrip * tures of the Old and New Testament to be of Divine authority $ and shall ,
upon mdictmeiat or information in any of-hisMajtsty . VCourts of Westminster © r < at the assizes * be thsroof lawfully convicted by the oath of tiro-or more credible witnesses , such person or p € r ~ sonafor theftr&t offence shall be adjudg ed incapable and ^ disabled in law to all
io ^ nts ^ and purposegcwhat ? oever , to have or enjoy-any office or offitcs , employment or employments , ecclesiastical , civil , or military , or tfny part in them , or arty piretit of' advantage appertaining to them , or any . of them . And if any pereo&W persons so convicted as * aforesaid , rshaU at the time of his © r their
conviction , enjoy or possess any . office * place , or employment , such office , place , or -cpnpJoYinent , shall be vok 3 j and is hereby declared void . And if such , person or persons shall be a second time lawfully convicted as aforesaid , of all or . aqy of the aforesaid crime or crimes , that then he , or they shall from thenceforth be disabled to sue , prosecute , plead } or u&Qs any action ? or information in ? ny court oL law or equity , or ta be guardian
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of any child , or executor or adrninistra * . tor of any person , or capable of any legacy or deed of gift , or to bear any office civil or military , or benefice ecclesiastical , for ever within this realm and shall also suffer imprisonment fbr the space of threte years , without bail or mainprisci from the time of such conviction . ' *
4 . That We sincerely rejoice in the repeal of these acts as far as they thus afreet ourselves , and of others still more severe , as affecting oiir Unitarian Brethren in Scotland ; feeling that both they and we no longer owe our safety 1 to a precarious connivance , but may publicly worship our Maker , and defend our opinions , under the full protection of the laws *
5 . That our satisfaction in this legal recognition of our just rights is further end-eased , "wlrea vre reflect on the sufferings of persons who in past ages professed sentiments skrrilar to those which we feel it our duty to avow . 6 . That we are anxious , in the first place * to express our gratitude to the Ahhighty IMaposer of Events for this signal instance of h « s protection and
favour . 7 . That otir thanks ar « likewise due to all thosfe Members of Parliament who \* ere instrumental in obtaining this Act of the legislature in our hehalf j pfctticulatfy to-that able aifdenlightened
sentatqr , WitiiiAM Smith , Esq . for hiszealoirfs and perseverifag ; efforts not only on thtd oeeai&iori ) btkt during a long political life devoted to the cause of civil and reli ^ us ^ feriy . 8 , T ^ ak , a ^ disciples of the same Master , wt etoriestly wf ^ h to hail the time when ofcr Catholic brethren shall
becxethfted ^ brn religieus restriction and dikaMHties ? and when all those penal lawsj # ftl ^ z : tati&J to' shackle the mmd ^ an ^ ctislive the conscience , shall , be exp ^ ifigedirdijft the statute book . 9 . ThWtftiSNrAesofutibhs be sent Set imertJorr t&- - wr Monthly Repository , and advertised , til tfi : e Times , the Courier and SalialiTity Journal . ¦ te mtik ' t Cf > &Kto \ Charrman ,
10 . T hattbe thanjesof tbismectrng hi given to Thomas Ctooke , JE » q . for his aW ^ tumdutt in ' the Chair . JOH ^ T Fu LtAfaATt , Siecretary .
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7 ^ 4 « Tr inity Bill .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1813, page 748, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2434/page/56/
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