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c rr £ et arid polished . One thiwg I will ttotfcfelo you * v ^ hkch j ust occurs to tBfe , namely , that therfe was at Montpelifcr , about twelve years ago , * another volume , different from that you mention ; for there were two volumes on the same subject .
Theological zeal , it seems , is always atid every where the satire , and acts in the same manner . I wish , therefore , to know , what is at last to become of the author of the paradoxes concerning angels ? f It will be wonderful if he escape , although things looked that way vvlieu yon wrote j for , however favourable to him the sloth of
the preachers at Amsterdam may be , he Will scarcely cowie off with an acquittal . These champions of orthodoxy are iiot accustomed thus to excuse the erroneous . - What the Presbyterians in Scotland are doing , you may learn better from others than from hie . Zeal , in that
cold region , appears to grow Warm , as if by way of antithesis to the cli m&te . They exercise their discipline fervently enough , but let them take care they do so prudently , and with sudicient moderation , f But wneii
theologians persuade themselves that they are promoting the cause of God and his church , what will they not think to justify , under the supposed sanction of divine authority ? I met M . Le Cene § at London
* See p . 12 . f fiekkei was displaced by the CoriSifctdty , twit his salary tvas continued by tlid magistrates of Amsterdam , till his death , in l&m > at the age of 64 . Sfce \ Fcrt . XII . p . 450 .
$ The following passage frotn the Biog \ Briti , Article Carstdr&sf may , perhaps $ refer to this subject : " The Presbyterian ministers , instead of conducting' themselves with that temper and moderation , which sound policy dictated , and the King earnestly enjoined , disgusted hiin so much .
by narrowing the , terms of a ££ tiniptl 6 fr far the episcopal clergy , and by i ' eje ^ ti ii £ the pltik df &c <** intrtotf&tib A which w £ s offe r ^ in tkeir Hartey artd rtpfMbVed of by liis Majesty , that Wife aooitfifeftirmer td the General AerseiiiblV , according * to * his
ins = lr | i < itK > n ^ suddenly di&olp&i thai eourt ^ in tne year 1692 ; and William t | te Tkird wag not easily prevailed with to countenance it& meeting for , the Ziiture . ' * 6 iogr . § -Gfti&itei : te Cbnfe , A PrSte ^ sitaiit miiii-
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only once , and that was at the celebrated [ Robert ] tioyle ' s , so that I ) md bo oppldrtunity of conversation on his own affairs or our Amsterdam friends . Sinee that time I hare scarcel y been
in London , are my health requires the country air , for my luftgs cannot bea ** the smoke of the city . "The Prelate to whom you recommended Mr . Le Cene is , I believe , sincerely desirous of the chareh \ s peace .
I am anxious about the health of our friend Veen . He has a narrow chest , and I fear for his lungs . I am fearful too , lest , from a habit of continual occupation for so many years ,
he should grow dull in a country retirement . I wish him a long , vigorous and happy old age . I owe him much * as I shall always gratefully acknowledge .
You have done right in confining yourself to the persecution of religion by Papists . And if you choose ftpm amoog Christians , a sect distinguished from the rest by its cruelties , you arfe to be commended , although
persecution is every where the jsame ^ aftd properly pontifical * Fo r whatever church arrogates to itself orthodoxy , in words , it claims , in fact , infallibiKt y *
Lady Codworth [ Masham ] continues highly to esteem you . Pray present my kindest remembrance to your wife and family , Veen , Gueneion and all theirs * Farewell , most valued friend , and still regard me as yours , Most affectionately , J . LOCKE .
I t ^ ish for ihftlr ^ ation cdhcerninjg iiiirkcl e > affe ^ the apostolic age . I a # rt ddt eWoitgfi Ver ^ d in ecclesiastical hi&t ^ ry f 6 \ Li \ Wr What opinion to fdiPM ster of Paris , who had retired from France on the Revocation of the Edict of Nautz , first fo fldtfefdtiin , and afterutiids to £ on ^
don , " "where lie died iii lfti& Hgetii 5 W ; fliere was ^ ^ published iu iiZb , at Am&terdam , his frouvelle Critique $ e toutek tea Persians Pf&nfdisep cle /<* tfidlp , ' which had first / appeared in 16 ^ 6 . TfiH ^ s tVansiaifed vvitnoiit acfeiinwlecifcjfnen ^ fey llugn libss , arid applied to the * O « i . ifi [ itidn Ab ^ Iisli Version . A trail slat ion of , flie jfirbh * , fey Lc dene , wm |> ublihhed Mr fcf « sop , dt Aihsterdani , iri 1 ? 7 ^ 1 . SeV rfSiiv ^
Diet , Mist . Art . Le Cene . and Letfr < t < m M franSfe ^ o ^ s of tfie * BfBle , #$ & fed . p . 3 & * . ¦ ;; ¦;•• ¦; ¦ : , ¦ ;;;¦ . . ' ; . ;;¦ / ' : ' ,
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The Correspondence between Locke and Limboreh , translated * 355
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1818, page 355, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2477/page/11/
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