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^ , Sir , June 10 , 1820 . * IN looking through your last Number my attention was particularly attracted b y the remarks of Hylas and your Norwich Correspondent fpj ) . 277 —280 , arid 291—294 ] on Mr . B 6 lsham ' s Three Sermons . Entertaihihff
the highest respect for Mr . BelshanVs opinions , and feeling grateful to ftHn for the pleasure and advantage afforded by his invaluable labours in the Christian vineyard , I was anxious to examine for myself a work which , from the
representations of others , appeared to contradict the first principles < tf Dissent . I may be mistaken , for we all view things through the medium of our preconceived opinions ; and I am tine of those who have been taught to think that Christianity needs no other pa
tronagfe from % he 4 ml magistrate than hia good example ; thiflit its ptofe&tiift need no other pr ^ teietfoil than ttmt due to ve ^ jr tnaa as a . tftfem ; ffitt tio fie& ton should be t » xM fbr th ^ ( rtq ^ p < iit W " another * * faith m& $ * h&fy * to , 6 r bh obliged to % ive all ? otter *« 6 at of bfc own than good wmdttU t ; that a ^ y person isin reft sonthditrfi ttbt by Y *\ V
, , entitled not oiily to h 61 d ttiiy ojpSph conscientiously , l > ut to ^ tfblifih it ^ MiSt by speaking or writing without liability to punishment , unless he can be
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indicted ai teaching sdihe specific and definite crime expressly f 6 i 1 > idden by the laws of God and his country , as murder , treason , ^ . And , that it is the duty of the magistrate to protect
everyone in the ful I enjoy meiit of his ^ eR ^ iotis , as well as Iris civil rights arid liberties , t ^ ithbut re ^ aM to sect or patty , by thfe oMy means ^ ri his jjotVer , th § uilpartfetl e ^ elnitJoii df la ^ ikifitctirig pains ^ ild ^ benalti ^ s . WlKi p € ii tn hand I perused the
Serm ' Ohsr , and if fail a * fe liot crowded hi yotur next NtjL&bet , perhaps you Will allow nte ft ) atiatfe hoiV they struck me . Great part consists of encomiums on the Christian religion , and a full assent to so much Mil be taken for granted withdut particularizing . But the conclusion attempted to be drawn from all this appears to me startlW . How its own Hattve excellence can be
ui ^ ed as a plea for magisterial support 1 am at a loss to understand . On the cdiArary , 5 t kjppesafs ib i 6 e ah unan swerable reason why % tfe magistrate should h 6 t mt ^ rfeiie iti ali , of at any
rafe furt&ei- tftan to Use his eialted situation us an oj ^ brttikii ty for becdin - ing Ja conspicubus ekaiiiple of teal Christie doiidtidt , brfft pi-etetitiiig l % 6 ted zeal fiHoim fere'ikiiig but into act 3 6 f vibfeiicb &tt& ihjtistifee on Ticcotint of differences ih reliHous opinion . kt the
Ak a Chrt ^ fittn I tfferilKte conse ^ uehees &f piei 4 < iitfttig the civil power to interfere in ralsiiif iUiids for the construction of * fcHgk > tt& edifices and the education iridsti ^ brt itf Ihinfe ters , { pp . 7—12 , ) fdr It is iih ^ pssible to ftofifet tvfcat nas beeii . ! Btit this point ,
as treated tojr Mr . B ., tesolV ^ s itself rather into a question of political economy , thafa bite 6 f religious ^ Hkcible ^ attd as ^ uch , it a 6 es not a ^ peaf difficult to prove it a me ^ tt % tfv ivffhiii the is
m ! e—Wtat wh ^ r * there a demand there Will bte a ' stipply Without legislative iiiterftrttice ; M I Tiave certainly Wt to ltiihi , that Christianity is the dull , tihint ^ restte g tile foreottto like k tobriiiiig drtftm , or that it forms a d ^ jflcaWe ^ ^ xefeptidn to this general
The difficulty whidh itir . B . admits tlifere Wbm W Wt We' cft ^ e Sf fo ; Wifl ^ hi ^ fi jP * ^ * irfiitt ^ of ffle ^^ i «^ W hiS ^^ ffi ^ . ^ ^ Ae
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466 Boston Unitarian C % apel . ~ ftbfn # r % js dn Afr . BeUhanfs Three Sermons .
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N&vblck t Silt , Jty-17 , 1820 . mi / lLL you give me leave to tfe-Tf commend , through the medlurrt of your Magazine , the case of the Boston Unitariafi Ghapel to the attention of the Fellowship Fund Societies , and of tho&e amdng us Who have it irt
their power to be liberal ? I can testify ; Sir , thati in thG iaubscriptions wHch they have made for the erection of their neat and commodious place of worship , the congregation have done theif part handsomely ; and I trust that in this labour of love thiey WU 1 be rt ^ isted by the contributioli 3 of ' octets Whb lire
able to do them so kind a service . After all that they have done , however , they are still burthened with a consisiderable debt , which the UberaHty of their brethren will , I hobe , in a short tiine , enable them to liquidate . From my o \ vn observation , it is a case which , permit me again to say , 1 feel great confidence in recommending . THOMAS MADGE .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1820, page 456, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2491/page/12/
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