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ORIGINAL LEISTERS.
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stons . This iniquitous sentence being carried into execution determined Dr . Priestley to leave the country . Hitherto * trusting in his innocence , * hfe
Had thought himself safe , sittce the violence of the populace Had in a great iheasure subsided , but now he said , c I see innocence is no lodger a security in England . I rai ^ fht , like Mr . Winterbotham , be condemned and
punished for words which I had never ottered , for it cannot be at all difficult for my enemies to procure in support of any charge , however false against me , evidence equal to that on which he was convicted . ' This determined
hi&i to go to America in the year 17 ^ . From this tirtie to the yenr 1811 , nothing public or remarkable happened to the Dissenters . In that year Lord Stdmouth made a motion that certificate * should not be granted to any person tvho was not the regularly
abpomted minister of some particular eongrtfg-atioii , and who did not bring a testimonial from three respectable housroholderiB that he was qualified for Ms office . To oppose tftfe invasion of the Toleration Acty tfte greatest e » er ^ tioDs were made both by the Dtssenterfc acfri Method ists ^ against whom the
motion w « s particularly directed , Xnd in tfte > course of a very few day& , e ^ ht hundred petitions , signed by a Vast number of respectable name ** were presented agdrost if , and it ^ Va » immediately negatived . £ n the following year iftoitof thie ^ persecittfnglaws , frorti which htoe Dissenters hStfifiitfieTto been
exempted only on condition of taking the oaths in the Toleration Act , Were repealed '; and in 181 # , the persecuting laws agc&ftt Unitarians Were repealed
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Letter Of ta < h / NiiMd&le s to her Sister , givfap an itetioimt Of the mw # t * r ih r thick die ojfemd £ &M * N ( thiMt * l& e # Mp * ftitfh t % e TtftieK ( ComtottidnteA ' by ChVl ^ f . T . C . ffbHaftd , of PH ^ tottV it
Btfe ^ SiWer ^ ^ Wyf ^ V iLord ^ e ^ ca ^^ s tfoWsuOh ttfi iTJLoia' ^ torV , ttm i h ^ ve itimtm fe * toTtfed 1 ^ But ^ yo ^ SeHfre mkf t& Wft ^ ym ' * &wmmmti& ac ^^ tm * of 5 ; I wif ! e ^^ tfVdur tb rWlil ft t <^ my tttaft ^ W ** G t ^ Hs e ^ tt ^ t a # I iR ^ sil ^
cab , ft » I t ^ wfe you too rn ^ fty ^ Mig » - tldfts to ^ eft&e yfttt any thirty thtatt life ft in mv ^ ow ^ rtbdbw I thllUt I oi * e my ^ If tfoe jBS ^ oe tb set rftit Wifli tile motives ^ Hfch mft&-^ ttc ed ttie tto titidkftttk ^ # o hafittltkMtii m n ^ mtm ^ w hich I de « p * ttiwi of
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without atiy Qf >^ ositfoft . Owirt ^ lid'W - ever to a mistake in drawiirg Wp tflr 6 bill , its effects oiify e ^ ten < t to tni ^ istetid , arid theifee ItfWs are dtiiJ l ^^ afl y in force in Ireland . It is to be hoped
that Mr . Smith , who brdagflt in tftfcr motion , wtll not long suffer it to remain thus imperfect . * It is to ft * hoped too , that all the remaining- restrictions upon the toleration of any clafcs of Dissenters Will speedily be removed .
I have now presented your re # der& with a brief Sketch of thfe Histttry e-f the Dissenters * , with at vie ^ to e * - cite their attention tb this ititerestiog subject . I hope also , that it mlay aliiftiate thetn to be ttiore Steady and cdnsisterit in their prifitiples attd conduct ,
to emulate the examples of good naefc df former titties , not to sttttet atly tfemr 3-tatibn to lead thehi tbitiake shijywrfeck 6 f faith and df a good consciettce > by * using ^ ny hyjpociisy iii tfifeir rel ^ ibm worsHi ^ i or by habitually frieqaehtin ^ that Wdrshi f i ; Which their edtifceieffcest C ^ tntibt approve . IF all 1 , Who ar ^ VM ~
tariafcs ib principle , Woiitd be * o rn ptact ? cfe a ^ o , bur congregations WotiW bfe thtith fuller , ahd oiir irmifeterial MbourW vfotaM haVfe ari encotil-age-^ rietit whfcft at presefnt tfiey too often ' want . Tftat this tod every bthef efT 6 rt for tBsrt pvttp&be , ttotay ihcVea ^ e religious sfrtceHty ahif z'feal airWh ^ tits , fe le fervent wi * and pY&yer of T . 0 . WOILIANIK « k ¦
, — » _ - _—¦ ¦ * " ft wifl Wfe ^ eti % r # & f *< htte to ^ . 4 ^^ , that tfte JfrA * ' ( MfttMkift AVe irt ) # ptrt oA the ditiiie l ^ Uf fd ^ tttagr a * tfete ^ Engl&k .
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^ 60 Zotf ^ Nithsdntet Refattort # f NitfiXttelfo £ mtp ± .
Original Leisters.
ORIGINAL LEISTERS .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1817, page 460, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2467/page/12/
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