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THE CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN LOCKE AND LIMBORCH, TRANSLATED, WITH HISTORICAL NOTES.
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The Correspondence between Locke and Umlorchy 1685—1704 % ( Continued from p . 482 . ) No , 28 . Philip h Limborch to John Locke . Amsterdam * April 9 , 6 f 1695 . My worthy Friend ,
AM glad that my last letter ar-I rived safely . It is thought wonderful that the autograph of the sentences of the Romish Inquisition at Thoulouse , * should have fallen into
my hands ; as N . N . was informed by a certain priest , commissioned by the Bishop of Holland f to learn from him who was in possession of that book . N . N . imprudently answered that I had received it from Furley ; t but
that it was in possession of another person * with whose name he was unacquainted , and said that you had formerly seen the book at Montpelier . § I told N . N . that it was a different book which you saw in France . He added , that the priest desired him
to inquire of me the name of its present possessor . I answered that I was ignorant of his name ; for though I once heard it from his brother , I had quite forgotten it : and even if I knew the name it could not be prudently divulged to the priest . For I apprehended that this information was so
eagerly sought , because , if the owner could be discovered , the copy might be purchased of him , even at a great price , to be sent to Rome , and thus a false accusation might be safely preferred against me . He said that it appeared
to him in the same light . I added my regret that he had disclosed the name of Furley ; but as what was divuJged could not be recalled , he should give no further information , but only answer in few words , that I did not know
* i ( Liber Sententlarutn Tnquisition ' is Tholosanae . See liraborch ' s Preface , 1 ^ 92 , and the Catalogue of Authors , Chandler , pp . viti . — -xii-+ A titular bishop whp presided over the Roman Catholics in that country . 1 See p . 88 , § See p . 1 %
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the owner ' s name . This he undertook , but did not perform correctly ; for the name afterwards transpired from his brother , and no doubt he informed the priest . For , when asked by me , he said that he did not know whether he had or had not informed him , for he had no certain recollection on the
subject . This is certain , that the name became known to that priest , because afterwards another came to Furley , to whom I had written this account , and named the owner of the
book , as Furley wrote to you . I hope you have before this time purchased the book , and that Furley is in pos ~ session of it . Thus all their attempts will be in vain .
I commend the prudence of Furley , who drew from the priest a testimony to the authenticity of the book , and the candour of the priest , who so freely admitted it . Yet had they been so fortunate as t 6 hav ^ e obtained
that copy , and sent it to Rome , I see not with what justice they could have represented the volume which I published as supposititious * For it so describes that barbarous age , and relates such remarkable histories of that
time , as to leave no occasion for modern fictions . Yet it were better that it should not be in the hands of those who are interested to conceal these mysteries of iniquity , and prevent their exposure to the open day .
You will find , annexed to this letter , two further additions to the History of the Inquisition , which , if you think them worth the trouble , you can join to the rest .
A Lutheran Professor of Kiel ( Kiloniensisj has published a work , entitled " Anti-Liniborchian Exercitations , " against my Christian Theology . * Thus I am chastised at Rome and in
Germany . The book is dull enough , as I hear , for I have not yet seen it , though I have read an abstract of it in the Acts qfLeipsic . f But I am not disposed to take up the pen against such an antagonist . Such men , so * See p . 478 , col . 1 , Note . f See p . fc £ 6 , col 1 , Note .
The Correspondence Between Locke And Limborch, Translated, With Historical Notes.
THE CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN LOCKE AND LIMBORCH , TRANSLATED , WITH HISTORICAL NOTES .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1818, page 607, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2481/page/7/
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