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arid in wfrat mariner , this aceGnimodat ^ . ti&riixid be pitoVicfed ?" No good that I cart see , And none h&& Mr . Belsn ' am proved , <* ari possibly arise from placing this powei * in the 1
tesinds of anygovernment , who , it appears , a ^ e itot only to dfecide upon " the nunitter of religious edifices /' btft ar £ to he the only judges of " their adaptation to the ? proposed objects . " 'fkfcs the Catholic and the Quaker , the
Episcopalian and the Baptist , however tfifeir tastes may differ , and however tfte service of one may require and the other disclaim decoration , must have their respective places of worship constructed upon the same model ; and for the whole , be it remembered , " the
public purse * ' is to provide : that is , th 6 people are to raise money to buikt places of worship , but instead of spending it according to their own taste , aiid judging for their own necessHiesy they are to commit this money iato the ha&ds * of m £ ri to spend for
tftSra , wm dpn&fc judge either of the dfi £ 6 f the 6 theK And this is held ftWh as &&& of the advantages B of state ^ tftronage ! 3 . Mr . . occupies four fiSg&s m proving wfoafc I ani nbt dis-$ o $ 6 d to eontraeBct , that it is necessary fbf a > m » ah to learn Christianity
Mftfrtf he begins to teach it . But Why must the civil power interfere to effect $ b $ §? t > iSetent talents a * re necessary ft * < BSfcrfcrit' chittch ^ . The ability to tettch ha& & eeYtadri proportion adapted t 6 : jte& > ticul&r places , and that which is
ctafu&I to all the purposed of instruction i « t a siftall and obscure congregation , m ^ y'b ^ very unequal to the edification 6 f a large and betted instructed assembly . Of their respective wants let each conjugation judge for themselves . Le £ those who wish for a learned
minfetiy provide ( as they are bound ) the ifte&ris of thfei ^ education , and let those # Ko dti& content with a plain and frdnteiy ^ 5 ip 6 sition of Scripture facts ahift liope ^ tttid f > rt > mises , choose whonti itief will to te ^ dh therti . The gospel giros H& descriptive right to any man ttl ! ij ^ felMin its tni th and importance b ^ baua ^ he cte read it in mor ^ lan-Ohttti
^ u ^ lg ^ s otii * ., ffoweV ^ r much we tHhy 7 aiid wfe ought to respect learning tftff && ( # & #€ ; & , mil aitteiitidri w mbrd fcftteft u ^ f With th ^ thtth thto Witli aii < S | ftftbtf ivW tiF ' fflbng it . TB& I 2 th * tfg € ! trntm * a gtm < &mmy , mfsif * x ffif&kpm 6 ticemes ,
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against Diasehting CJhtffdte ^ tod thd ^ ministersr : " Where t ^^^ tt&fer df religion i » wholly dfe £ gfidefc& upon v <^ lunta ^ ry coritribufi ^ tt , tM § = cSrfciim ^ ga ^ e teiid ^ to getter&tie a nwi&n , obsequious , passive spirit , and t 66 oft ^ ii lead ^ J ^ unfaithfulness in dlnty ^ &c S ? c . Arid a& the remedy for all tifii ^ , Mr . Belsh ^^ f
proposes < that the t ^ ach ^ r < if religion be ^ u ^ ported out of tHe public purse /* If what is here asSierteKT be true , tB ^ majority of Dissenting congregations ate tyrants , ahd the mrajority of thfci * ministers deipicablte slaves and hypocrites . But where i ^ tfete pr 6 df of thife ? 1
feomeinstances maty ' exist of a desire , both on the part of mihiste ^ r and hearers , to exercise lordship , but that those of our ministers ( and they are by far the greater number ) who are wholly dependent on the voluntary eo a ^ tributions of their hearers are thereby fettered in the discharge of their duty , we have only Mr . BeMmray 3 assertion
to prWe , and he ihtitet Excuse riiy ite * quirin ^ g better eyidefe ^ e before I adtoitf it to b ^ true . But his remedy for thifc ix tteerin , obsequious , passive s $ Mf" i ^ the most curioUis ££ rt of tile budhieS * . Make y 6 ur minister , Says he , dep ^ ndaffltt ' upon Government , in order , yes , in order to render him' honest ; let him eat Ms bread at the will of the civil
pow 6 r , tTi order to render nim in < fo » pendfent . What eff ^> t this scheme May hav £ , it is impossible to s ^ \ ti& reasoning fr ^ na exp € rien < £ e , Vir ^ shoiiH sa ! y , that honesty and ind ^ endenfee toti the last , the very last resmts of a cdnnexi ^ A between Churclif aftcl State . Ytti
after thfe recommendation Mr . Belsham bethinks himself tba / t a Ghristiari minister so appointed atnd $ 6 ] &id , mi ^ lit becotne " ind 6 teM tfhd Aqfi gent . " In truth it is J > # &Sible , and instances are to Be fbuiid ( I wflH ^ D
say how many ) in \ vlii 6 h pwedt ^ & < % chosen by thte people , brtt derMitf their mddntendnce froto ikte civil $ & # & Wnpse office is , with z 6 ift sifHttnte , To w&tch the fotitttaSa atad pre ^ rt *^ it ctesfr , Carelessly nod and sleep u ^ Ott * W
brink , While others poisonr what the flock must drink . ' Mow ; then , are our ministers fl £ be a ^ p ^^ J ? By t hdr te 4 fite ^? OM m * " Tte rfflmM * M 0 nrftf ^ 8 * fe * Ufa € MA § Sfr ^ b 0 ^ fb | IM ^ fimMLiBWme ee ^ mn ikM ^ M
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27 » On Mr . BeUhaM * Tf ^ &e Sefmbrfo .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1820, page 276, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2488/page/22/
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