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answer to the ipquiry I sent you before my departure . Farewell , and still re * gard npe as Yours , most affectionatel y * J . LOCKE .
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I rejoice that the Account of the Inquisition is now nearly finished ; and hope it will soon be published . It will be a most important and acceptable work * I send the Act of Toleration to Mr . Le Clerc . From
his explanation of , it , * you will understand how far this liberty extends . Farewell , and regard me as Yours , most affectionately ,
J . LOCKE . During the interval of two years * which now occurs in Mr . Locke ' s correspondence , he claimed the restitution of his student ' s place at Christ Church . ^ But the principles of the University were not materially
improved by the Revolution , and his claim was resisted . He had , however , an offer of being admitted a supernumerary student , which he declined , f Mr . Locke is said to have once warned King William , that " if the two Universities were not
reformed , and other principles taught there than had been of late inculcated , Jthey would either destroy him or somo of his successors . " His own University meditated a further injury , by an attempt to disparage his " Essay on Human Under-11
standing , which first appeared in 1690 . It was presently attacked from various quarters ; " and it was proposed at a meeting of the heads of houses , to Censure and discourage the reading Of it : but after various debates , it was concluded , that each head of a house should endeavour to
prevent its being read in his college , without coming to any public censure * " - This attempt to undermine the reputation of the Essay was unsuccessful . It passed thrpugh several
editions , &iid was known throughout Europe by French and Latin versions . % It is scarcely necessary to add , that it has long been honourably distinguished in both Universities . In thesamfe year ( 1690 ) Mr . Locke published his " Second Letter concerning ; Toleration , " ia answer to
have been Mr . Popple . See * Dr . TonhniiTs Historical ' View of Protestant Dissenters 1814 , p . 451 . * He had the advantage of Liinhoreh , being ; able to read English . See Not £ ' 4 p . 86 . ' .. "¦ ¦ :. V . ' . . ¦ ¦ V ¦ :. t Brit . fiiog . VlL 11 / t Ibid , f . 1 % § Ibia . p . IX
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The Correspondence between Locke and Limborch , translated . 297
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No . 16 . John Locke to Philip h Limborch . London , June 6 , 1689-MY MOST LEARNED FRIEND , YOU have , no doubt , heard before this time , that toleration is at length established here by law : * not ,
perhaps , to the extent which you , and such as you , sincere , candid and unambitious Christians would desire , but it is something to have proceeded thus far . By such a beginning , I trust that those foundations of peace and liberty are laidy on which the Church ^ of Christ was at fi rst
established . None , except the Romanists , t are absolutely forbidden the exercise of their worship or stfcbjected to penalties , if they are but willing to take the oath of allegiance , 1 ahd to renounce Transubstantiation , and some other dogmas of the Church of Rome . But
as to the oath , a dispensation is allowed to the Quakers , nor would that confession of faith which you will see in the Act , haVe b £ enimposed upon Jhem , ( and it ia an ill example , ) but for the officious interference of sbnie of their own body , whose ijWprudehi ^ many others of eminence among them grievously lament .
I thank you for the copies you sent me of the tracts on Toleration and the peace of the Church . Tho $ e bound I have received safe , the unbound have not yet come to hand . I learn that some Englishman is just now engaged in translating the little book on Toleration * 1 wish the sentiments it contains of peace and sincerity , to find a favourable reception every where . %
'" "" ' . ' ' . II ¦ 1 11 —^—MM— ^^» — ii ¦ ' ' ' —I 11 ¦ ¦ " ' " ' ' ' r i \ ¦ 4 # See the -4 ct at Itirffe in Vol . IV . p . 352 . ; : I " * ' - . , . . . ¦ ' ¦ - . t Mr . Locke is here incorrect , for all impugners of the Trinity were j p xpres »] y excepted . This exception remained till 1 S 13 , when it was done away by » Bill broa ^ Tbt in byW , Smitti . See Vol . VIII . P vC ;;;;;; \ l ; v-. ; - ' , , \; :.-. t Tfe $ pamyraph refers , I ap prehend , to M f . i . ockf&oyva fetterjVfh Uh H is mh-^ ert ^ iti , « v Ket ! i « r lie ll « 4 jrel Bcknowled g ^ d to limborch . Tli « trauslator appears | o
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1818, page 297, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2476/page/9/
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