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• be wc ^ re k illed on the spot ,.. and fourr * uQf ^ tyfEn ; t nifeen ^ woonneu . - ^ jjwajcls ' <| ti 0 f } i ^ £ ^ gjx *• ^^ inbl yfw ' ^' Wprbjed ' ' "bjf a ^ p Srtjr pC drtigoohs , ^ b 61 &&q . updn'tlKfinX and * seized , s « ta 6 ral ' of » batfc se * es , who , * e-™ m in ? pnsoh . * - * The 17 th instant , an 2 0 & £ cer $ tnd five genflemen' were taken < * uj ^ for what reason -vre cannot yet certainly know . Some say it is For holding ^ assemblies , and others for pertorm-* Ing 'baptisms and marriages ' . * ' * P . orh of a Letterfrovn Jdn ¦ - ' - ¦ a Pro-^ Vestant rritnister at- ^ Aug . 8 , 1754 . , «¦"« V * I am well acquainted witli i the aflfeiirs of our churches , and trie seyeral unjust and cruel methods which
are daily vwed . td destrd ^ them . Never before '« aye they ^ b £ en so artfully at-| aeke 5 : thpy are tieset oh every side ^ and ravaged J from every qteirter . Afvd il ^ jvUt fbe impossibl © to bear up under thW heavy calamity , unless sustained aiid upjiem by God himself , x ^ et us , therefore , incessantly offer up our pray-Srs toliim for assistance , and , perhaps , we
^< ppiiqr than expect , a happy Pro-^ yjiderie ^ m ^ y change the present awful ^ appe ^ ira . nce of tiling to scenes more l ^ appy , and delightful . The provinces of this part of ine kingdom , where the Protestant ^ religion ha ^ most flourished , ife ctovirded with troops , as I imagine
to Jextirjpate all ihe Protestants , if possible , for thw are to quarter here for sortie time . And what strengthens my ^ p ihibn is , that they have expended large sums of money to furnisn beds 'Iqgd other necessaries sufficient for &QjbQQ troops , Expenses which are entirely needless , if they were stationed hete only for the convenience of
pas-Jf ure . ' On the fourth instant they made X ^ eneiW sally . They plundered not tmlj ^ the houses in the country , but even those in the city did not escape their , fury . A minister , who has takbh ' upoh him that office no more thin ^ ^ d ^ ye ^ rs , * had the house surwhere he
t ^ fided Was , and , attempt-*§ && !* $ && Wa 8 S ^ h X : " $ ??« &' *»* rn . mN * 'M . a 11 the , iamily Wjt ^ , rje , wa ^ llttJ * itww j ^ rri ^ dfpn-^^|^^ taaHHwliWr where , in all i ^ oW ^ tyW i ^ n ^ as noopt of ^| % pr 04 ^« 6 SOfi ^ hiavavd € KQ £ befiDr&him . * - « ^» c * " " rie Ipy ndxoe Jil ^ . ldt FaKe ) uxudb&d ' ' ^ ShfiiijIljKLp ^^ f **^^ ^^[ l lCSl Tfitc ^ GSTCCIII , Q I tfioSC WQO B ^\ y . _ h | m
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had it not oeen . fpr the kind protertinn of a CathQlicjGrifind , For-I . had nn sooner ife ^ mf ^ fe ^ tfriri it' ^ was rottna ^ d Ky a > u ^ er 6 us ^^ cH&i whicii maUe tW &LOgi' exXfcf SfeTrcli ftr me . Since this ^ tal ^ Hmd ^ inFdav Is and
turned into ru ^ ht ; ni ^ ^ emjle seeing it is impos e sfl > te for mfe $ 5 eltSe their diligent search , advise Tfie t ^ retfte for some time into Swft&grlaH $ , fii ^ e to wait till more quiet * sin < f iS ffatt&&iz days ; and , as our chitfefi is opbres ^ d with taxes and impositions , and stri ^ gling with difficulties it cannot be
expected they should Tie ' any lohger able to support tbeir i ^ nister . - ^ We have great reason to fe ^ . r our enemies will exert all t ^ eir bbw ^ r to cHsturt ) and molest them , { trie ministers anil Others that baptize , &c . in the desert ^ since the Biahojp of Alaia has sent a letter for that purpose to all the curates
of his diocese . ' ... .,. ' i . < c An Account of Mrl P — — e drawn itp by himself . ' —*—f * : On the parish curate ' s ( the
same as rector . here ) taking my child by force , and . baptizing it according to the rites of the Church of Rome dafting my absence , on , my return home I expressed my resentment , ^ ad reproval the curate , who hereupon complained
of me to the deputy , and a warrant was granted aeainst * me . , i . ¦ 11 was [ accused , and , though innocent ,- cpn * demned to death , as accessary tQ ^ the murder of a womam found dead , in the prisbn . I appealed to the parliament of Thoulouse > and * thereby was
acquitted and u discharged from impnsdliment j' but after eoime time wks again ordered to he arrested i -httti a fneoA gave me ^ private intelligeaceJ I irfimediately embraced thefaVourablfe ^ portunily , left rriy family > the very saffte day , and fled for ; refuge T Jto this tfl $ P £ isle , where , by the kind Providefto ^ w A God , I am safely arrived / ' i / "' ' \ ' ) . .,,., . . - .. . ' ¦ * *** " Jfytmct qf a fyavr ^ em Mr- $ 0 ** dillon , mznisfer in London , Sdtrtt&p to the jSociety for , the Relief of Ife
in prisbn by his discourse ^ Jdk < y . « f « 8 * » greatly affecting by his death , all , V& * without ( istiftction , MK& wete ^^^^ of ' tors * . * Every Hbo < $ 1 v ^ aa , e « tr ^ iiiiBry £ jEl byhi ^ ^ i ^ y , hia mceknc » s , his & * ' P * " rZ to the , divw « W »^ f H » i m ? W ™^* j to noM ^ ' i ^^ jM * IWih ^ r * J' '"; " v 7 "
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1816, page 268, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2452/page/16/
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