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, which # ip rights of conscience would r 1 ^ ¥ & « ftd&d artidiiori < Wed , artd under 'the trifltience ofVrbic 4 vth «* y Would rise v jft&ta-the stat ^ of degradation in which t h ^ f had teeta long held by a race t > f ^ tN ri ocfca , whose favourite maiteira md roebnh that / Ae people wet ^ e made -far ~ Uhtm > to the ** nj fty men * d £ - the rights
? and liberties of intelligent moral agents , ^ fend to a distinct view of the T ^ quire-A mer ^ tsfand duties of revealed rel igion . \ '¦>* . It happened also , that abbut the same tiofte some of those conspicuous events - took place which have been * under the blessing of God , the occasion of giving , in Jater years , a more extended spread Xo Unitarian principles . I refer particularly to the bold and fearless
writings of Dr . Priestley j—to the establishment of the Unitarian Tract Society in London } ---to the publication of various books and pamphlets upon Unitarian principles ;—to the application which was made to parliament by a numerous and enlightened association of clergy men for an enlargement of the grounds of admission into the
Established Church , —and to the departure , in consequence of a disappointment , of several highly respectar ble , learned , and popular men , from the pale of the church , and an open avowal , on their parts , of the principles of their dissent from a church whose foundation does not , as they conceived , rest upon the prophets , the apostles , and their great Master .
A considerable alarm was raised in consequence of these circumstances amongst all the orders of society in this kingdom . * It originated with the clergy , the motives of whose anxiety we scarcely need describe . The necessary connection of church and state with each other was then loudly vociferated throughout our island , and it
wartfiost industriously rumoured that a conspiracy was formed against t } ie church and state , and that tjie mpst &cfciye in this , rebellion were the Unjtarian pi ^ seoters , - A , pretext , for this a ^ ertipn ^ wtaft readily obtained irom tan admirable sermon , which had >< beeti
» * ¦ n i i ¦ ... . 1 i . ¦ i . i , ? t ) r \ Priestley's * " Letter to Mr . ' ^ j- " tfhd ' various controversies he baa with , merjnijt&te of the establishment , and , p « rda ! us most q £ all his admirable " 'IJettprs \ jfa y * c Inhabitants of BiT ' j iguingh ^ ni , " iii ^ r-ejjly fq ^ lVJm Mad ^ Ji , eontribtfteU *^ not a ^ ty $ * to aiarqi a * ud td ' niove the'parliiiius 'Ot \\ ie fetablish-• „ - ., -i . r ' r ^ fJ x yrST ¦ ¦ tnrl " i < ir ' ' <^ T > \ ' . * .. » .- .. i '•*' . $ » 4 ' ^ ' Mill
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published just Jbe % e by D ^^ r i ^^ , ^ ri The Mptittantie ffi ' FretJ /» $ && accompanied with sdooae Reftectionson the-present State of Free Inquiry in &ki $ Gtoimtry * ^ y His object > in t * iafe $ fcr - f
isionyiand ih- hiitf ^ refledtt 6 n 3 ,. was ; jo shew ttye itnp&riow&ity , tiri ^ the jfitb . baMe cotisegtieoe ^ s ' of ,: A fair anfl 9415-d ; M irrYp ^ tigatioti tef ^ ' ^ Cj ^ irutCNpr do I $ e £ . h . DiViJafty . o ^ ieXpaJn , ^ t tHev pj # . sent . tini ^ read wiiat . he , warpt ^ mear
thirty y ^ ars ago , without ac knowledg - ing , that he appears to hwe betsn dmost endowed with a spirit of prophecy , and without feeling a hig h ' gratification in the prospect which is heW out in his just and irresistible r ^ a ^ oning , of the continued progress of religious scriptural truth , and the
Accelerated advance it will make , till it has overcome all the opposition of ignorance and of iritereat . . * You will recollect that the riots at Birrningha , m were the vim mediate effect of this fermentation : J persons of distinguished character took the lead m the m * who hoped to pat down the h 6-
cused party by noise , persecution afrid cruelty . The cause of # eligious truth was assuredly j > aralysed By these * mea * sures . For , ah bough the same cruelties were not extended beyond the tow /* of Birmingham , yet the terror of thena spread throughout England ; and many who were immediately connected witii the church or the state seem to have
* ' thought it writ down iq ^ their-duty V to ma . rk ) f > ut 5 to stigmatize ^ and to sf * lence all who avowed the religions principles which Dr . J ?* riestley had pubr licl y maintained . It is not surprising , that a town « f as
so ^ reat public importatice tUj ^ , , w > which 1 have now trie happiiaes ^ openly and without fear , to prca ^ b tjle doctrines of tfre ' go ^ pel to a , nurnen rous aud highly respectably . ' society ^ should have feU this political ajjd relU
gtpus shock 5 aor tlia £ at . neiglibounng tOiwn ^ still moxe of a public character , and more under the influence cf $ gor vernuiewt ^ should * h # ve sustairted ^ -tne entire loss of an institution whicft thie
i ^ Tio ran ^ e a r ^ i tbe blgbtry of tfthf tyv j&jWaftA a profanation 'tit Criristiapity jqrnd ^ in erV&tiy ^ ^ e g 0 , vejrp ^ nt of tUe coiif ^ y ji / .. ;" , " .:: '; ; , „ - ., -.
7 : : " —r ^ y .. « - > i Preaclied at the end of th ^ yew \ W $ + 44 ^ rlgt 9 tt <^ ijrtece . iflQjp * >< 'J K / r . nT > ^ B Mr ^ J ^; «*^ VP ?^^
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tg 6 PMic , Ckdr&cter . of the JMe Ilev . Joshua Touipiin , H ^ D .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1816, page 196, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2451/page/8/
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