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co 4 c of church lajv into tjie westf ( afi 4 thfy were ^ i ^ g « , his coadjutors , who made them laws of their separate states-These general notions n ^ ay suffice for African orthodox y , ia&te ^ d of an
utipleasant detail of miserable particulars , which some modern Christians would behold with indignation , and all with a degree of disgust In brief , " coatinMCS Robi&son , *« August" *© did in the ? church what Juba had formerly done in the state : both cabled in the
Romans to assist them to enslave their country 5 and the Romans , in both cases * made slaves c > f them all . The first was a tragedy acted in the name of pagan deities ; the last was performed in the name of a Triune God .
ft te theoaly difference ? . "—fHgfavytof Baptism . Mea so sincerely attached to civil and ; religious liberty as Mr . R . was , and who so thoroughly understood its principles , must naturally theo , feel
abhorrence of such systems as those of Augustine , and may be expected to speak indigaaxitly againat the authors of them . y $ ha 4 not formed his i ( leas of the bishop of Hippo out of Uis own brain ,, hut from facts , fully
authenticated , from writers of the best authority , and , indeed , even from the abuacUttfc testimony of Augustine hinv-^ elf : for his epistles are written in $ character which canaot be mistaken * He continued violent for orthodoxy to
the last , and wrote his book De Tri ~ > i 2 Va ^ , as he tells us himself when an qld Plan * W > as his 31 editv £ wn& and ijtefraflatiom exhibit him , he became % sincere peiiit ^ ut fo * some grosser irmriqmlitic ^ so much the better for
hio *^ but thiat was no atonement to . $ ? $ qpu « try or to tb ^ world for hm lavish , cruel code qf cbor ^ h law $ , Bigois , who embody their grovellmg ideas , of Uie S upreme Being , a # d t h ^ ir own mt 8 $ ipp $ , into a syst ^ cn ^ seldao ^
properly irerJeot of ii ) tolerari € e . Ihp qld chancellor of Fr ^ n ^ e , in tine yery ^ ^ ct of getting his , seal to the Revocation ^ tfw Edfat of Nwtn * wient out 0 ^? t Xm l ^ orld cliantiug r "? kprcj * i ^ o w , lette ^ t
tjkfflL tfcy * pmm % depart ia p ^ w ^ " 4 ^ i ^ ^ gV ^ ted ^ thep , thatEWbi | W 4 > n \ iWB $ mt o | ^ ugurtifie wd the Africau < jtopcb » i % aom ^ iine ^ co ^^ e ^ and hm ^ WftW ^ t ah ^ riv ; but letvHtJ 4 t-: tbe < tt » ipe t ^ pi ^ fa ^ KC ^ qll ^ tBd , b ^ ih ^ A to gmp&& * wilfei % wmb ^ qifcbi Afrkim t mm tn
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ners , &ftimo > fwrom ^ q t- ^! Chifelfe auity , African bishops and Afekaa iwtolerauce ; that he wa » eng ^ gifig a sh ^ rp persecutor . "Wh o * dm boirroiw Robirvsou ' s wards ) can kelp being offended at the si ^ hfe ? An 4 who can be grieved at seeing the Vandals come forward , and subvert aJHhe labours of
A Mgustine- « life ?¦ " A ^ d allow m ^ to add , IJiat Mr . R , pasted > b candour in supposing that Mrf R ., had lib life been spared , would probably have re * traeted his opinion of Augustine * His love of liberty- wa& too weft settkd ; his aborreqee of oppression could not
have changed : and we accordingly fiijd in his posthumous work , ( his Ecclesiastical Researches , p . 102 *) the same * or rather much sharper , censure given to Augustine . W » ichog up the acrouat on AugustineV dea th * he vents his indignation against hira in the fullest ibrce .
Front lUU hitter and bloody fo * natic of Africa , " says Robinson , ^ proM » ceeded 232 painphkts , an tunumerable multitude of epistles ^ expositions of the GospeLs , and Psalters , besides sermona , or homilies ^ a * id by thi » HBan s writings dkl l . atkter , Oecofcimpadius ,
and other Reformei-s , expound Scrips tqre , and frame an eccle ^ ia ^ ical coo * stitution to lead Europe into purity of faith a < ad manners ; as if Panic kith apc ( AfVicaa manoers ^ execrable ak Kpiwe , when Romewas Pagan , were fit for ages enlightened by philosophy
and religion . Instead of trnpKaving by all the gr ^ t men . that l ^ tve Hv&d id the l ^ st thousa nd ve ^ rs ^ shou ld the world continue to be the disciples of Austin and his spirttualttenseo # Scrip *
ture ? B& under # ; tood the tea com * iwandm ^ fl ta in n spiritual ; souse ; anil ' Thou shtUt not kill ; tt ^ uMl ^ tfaou sjjalt not kill an orthodox believer The cornm *< uid ( lid uot protect the Hfe of a liej-etic , Tim mat ) and kis
U 3 » xin > s blasted the ^ har » cter Chn » - tiai > ityt and excited in the ; min d * of nmuy off the moat l ^ rraed atid liberal mC miM ^ kiocl , [ jufiteu »> icio 4 iti of the religion of Jeau ^; for the Chrisfcrwniy t ^ at A i ^ in tau ght wa& the otume and
scourge of the empireu I # J <* mis- am * pl ^ y ^ i h \ m ± as he » rBri » ed 9 to » teiet > Qa ^ at fe gtf * ce , and penal swictk > ti » , tor M ^ tibetoewitg / witbmit , and am& * g * to * & evid ^ Mcei tte * sha Bt ^ mtr ^ a ^ llKMai the Qk * di 0 i * Miariqplcv Austw , ajtwf ^ vl ^^
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1818, page 388, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2477/page/44/
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