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    tion , betfaitee bis hedrt ' xxkts lifted vp > The advantages of our free constitution of government , and especially the personal security thfciicrehioted , are wi&ll described ,

    as might be expected from such a pen . Yet when the preacher boasted" that < c the meanest of our ftilowrsubjects cannot hiave ttie teast injury done him without being afete- to And redress / ' he must

    haVe forgotten the proverbially e ^ pen ^ ive character of our Ugal forms , " The law is open to ail /' said a late acute politician , " so is the Ilondfotr Tavern / ' y ^ t what poor irianrcati venture there to satisfy his hunger ?

    u But our religious hhttty is ihe crown of all ournalion&i advantages . There are other nations who enjey Qivil liberty as well as we , though * perhaps , not so com . ptetelyv "

    I am not aware towhat other ntttions the preacher referred . If to Holland he was scarcely accurate ; Ih 1759 toteratidftTwak enjoyed in tfiat country ^ where it had been practiced for a century before it w £ s known in Bntain ,

    except as an object of abhorrence . It was indeed more liberally ehft ^ ed in Holland by Roman Cathbiics thati / ifi England , not to irientidin their depression in Ireland to seicur ^ a Protestant

    asfcendstifcyi Jf d 6 & * not appe ^ fro m ! the Kograp&ies of t > r . Price whether so early / as 1759 he had impugned tfe ; Trinity } anfd thSusI expbsed KWiSself to th 6 s < e now repeated pairis and penalties , wKich Bishop Burgess alone proposes to re-enaell T ^ ie pjheeltiier Md Ho ^ rfev ^ r , either ggne | ifeMg a niag ^ trkte to gaui « e pfotectioii of ! -the Toleralidn

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    Act f by subscribing , under hi $ authority , g"S f of the 39 Articles , including the Athanasian Creed > or he now appeared in the pulpit merely by connwance ^ and was liable , at the will of an informer ,

    to be brought before the magistrate , on a criminal process . Yet on this day of national exultation : we have the following Utopian description of religious liberty as then professed and secured in Britain .-

    CT principles of liberty have been thoroughly explained and ard ntivr % e » nerali ^ understood and embraced among us . We well know that Christ is the only law-giver of Christians , that there can be no such thing as human authority in religious matters , and that the

    office of the magistrate is not to interpose in any religious differences , but to keep the peace , to secure the civil rights of men , and to protect and encourage all good subjects of all sects and persuasions . In this nation every one may judge for himself ^ and act agreeably to

    his judgment , without molestation or fear . A free and public discussion is allowed of all points , even such as in other nations it would be imprisonment or death to discover any doubts about . All sects enjoy the benefit of toleration , and may worship God in whatever way

    they think most acceptable to him ; and nothing exposes any person to civil penalties or censures , but overt acts in- * consistent with the peace and security of society- * ' Pp . 8 , 9 .

    Returning to the proper subject of the day , the war and its successes , the preacher thus addres * ses his congregation : Ci During the course of this year , this hap * , py and memorable year , you all know what occasions of joy we have met with and what additions

    have been made to our glory * * ' He adds , ({>• 22 ) we have hitherto been wdnderfully prospered , arid we have" shewn our enemies what they naay expect if they go on to contend with u * . This year will

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1814, page 615, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2445/page/27/