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• t r aiM ^^^^^^ ^^^^^ the ^^ il ^ pBiillif the tirfndpes of Protesttoti ^ J ^ d tts ^^ t ? that it destayed , iti ^ toiquetee ; all the virtues ofthePretoiitl ^ tuct ^ r . It has never occurt ^ a to the ^ AbbC pB ^ hanf > e , and yet » # ^ tMl l # | toe » hf * YL m * thentii 5 testiim > il ^ tMt the most de-< 4 ded friends und FofWatders of revo ^
hitioW ai ^ e eVeil stidi as ^^— -in a wo ^ d , the abstttd Advocates of kingly aiid prie ^ l y de 3 $ otfem . The deduction which he mi&es seetns « lnguliariy remote fWto Ma p ^ eittis ^ gr , fertd instead of r ^ diindittg ' iiii ^ that the origin of the
Revolution , the up-springing of an uiiive ^ al natiGfr to Hbei-fy , was welcomed by the best « tnd tfie wisest of every dass of Ckristian ^ , ( and surety Proteatatits , j& Protestants , had nothing to do with its crimes , ) we would have hia * took back to the « M , the golden the
reigb , ^ Lottis XFvlh , i 9 ie ^ r ^ if , the favourite P ¥ inee of the Bourbon dynasty . Was titene ever a more striing extiHipte of open , abandoned , aniver ^ fl prtmghcf * Y « r he was Catholic enougti in nJU conscience : he revoked the Ecfi ^ t of Naiites , add in * stead of banishing wcmld , no doubt , have liejoiced to Be tiWe to femn the Pmtestiaiife .
Happily , Protestantism has nothing to fear from that tendency to improvement which is led on in the train of yeajrs . f AVhateter lessens the pbww
produce proofs from the Sacred Vohime The latter anticipated a glorious triumph , but he could not open the book . The hearers cried put . kt A iiiracte , ia n ^ ira cler and ^; ifepgj % , iaM of the triek that % ik wfeq p ^ ed hlin , was completely coitfourided , and ^ ave him ^ elf ^ p fbr coBNincea . Th feJ ** /^ to ^ dfctefee . Pallttriciiii « aid , ^ tl ^ P ^ t ^ ta ^ td o ^ Hild tidt shew one « iau illustrious for piety , and few for leaming fHSut ~^ gon ^ by tor ^» cA accu » ati 6 ff «; --, ' v % t Somfe ^) f thcwge ^ rftOTS who do most honour to tl » e Gftthdafes arfei horfeat endugh to owb ^ i tB « its advocates have ( often < ^ graced Sfeitod ^ a » d their <^ U 9 e by tte ^ mimM || a » twdght ^ Mi thfe t ^^ H ^ lw ^ J olin fcottiu Vwes fmf lfmMh % 4 edm ^ imi ^ mailed ana « mbthered all other arts , but dMnity
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f !^ tf" 1 1 " at ' ¦ ' ' ¦¦ ' ¦' ..- — ^ t ' ¦» * * ' t ^ ^ jKl ^ KpT l . ^ i ^ fl' ^ l ^^ riftM ^ AC ^ H ^ uSm ^^^^ V ^ m ^^^^^ r * ^ X ^^ m ]^^^ ^ F ^ V ^ V ^^^ I ^^ M ^ tf ^^ tf ^^ k'tt ^^^^ Mi ^^ MK ^^ I ^ Md ^ M' ^ "* - ^^^^ u * ^^^ b . ^ L ^ l ^ are for ^ rds and ^ fer atr ^^^ p ^ ^^ s ^ f » d «^ s ^ il ^ fi « e | i ^ 4 i ^ lil ^^|^ i surest auxiliaries . It heatres no sigh of regret over depart ^ a datkness ^ it sheds lid" tear of disappointment u |» on opening day . Liberty and light are its companions : j they are never far
asunder : troth and reascni sing its triumphs over intolerance and barba rism . * It is well for Ud that Mne live in a day When a weak argux » ent cannot always be enforce witli a strong hand , or we might be reasonably alarmed at s 6 me of the propositions which lure
urged against us all . De ia Mennais insists that the principle of Protestant ism is that of Deism , of Atheism , all alike presumptuous pride and daring tk ^ m&A ; iand If there should be any mistake in this or any other severe
judgtaent , and aft innocent man should get persecuted and punished , n ' mvporte ; for , as the Abb 6 says , ^ I / au torite peut tout , soit pour le Men , soit p&ur te rnai : " of course Rooaan Catholic authority I The Abb ^ goes farther . He asserts tliat h new sort of persecution is now
directed against the Catholics . Witt it be credited that he insists the Catho lics are persecuted , becatise they are not allowed to persecute ? They conscientiously believe they ouglitt to put down heresy , and yet they are compelled to see its triunaphaB * progress . Lest this monstrous distortion of
argument should appear misrepresenta tion , tftke his own words : ** Lea g < w vernements favorisent P indifference , " ( he always uses this expression when te means to say tolerati ^ i , ) ** de tout fear pbtlvotrj , et , chose inouie , s ' efforcent d en trainer le GhristiaBisme dans
ce systfeme ; nouveau genre de pepipcu-« % * , doftt » oud &ommes lq ^ a ir ite cban&itMtte les effets /^ too . which they have profaned « with tJieir fctttah thdr v ^ r SrP ^ nishness : " and in Juliu ^^ # 3 OTWWe , * he Catholic Bouoiiian Clcmn ^^ have gone almost as fi ^ r as ^ Ifeforraers in recognizing the ^ ixt ) r » pf ^ the Potiish
Church * , ¦ ' •? tf lustead of . remarking oil these absurdities , it will be Wi ^ e , perhaps , to
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1820, page 329, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2489/page/5/
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