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our legislature . I do not mean to say , as is sometimes said in the ordinary affairs of life , but that half a loaf is better than no bread ; I do not mean to quarrel with the Indemnity Acts we have ; but let us be vigilant , let us avail ourselves of every opportunity to get more , to obtain a
recognition of jmnciple and an establishment of right . { Loud applause ^ Religious liberty is that which is right in itself . It is said , 1 know , annually , that the Test Act is suspended ; but what is that specious of liberty to a man who conscientiously thinks that by the force of decrees which are above all
Parliaments , or the power of all kings , or more binding than any laws that can be enacted by human government , that he is bound , that he is conscientiously bound by these decrees to worship his Creator in a particular manner , and who thinks that he can convey and communicate to his fellow-creatures the best way , and
point out the most excellent road to eternal salvation ? What species of liberty do they give him ? He stands , to allude to the old fable , with fine dishes and the richest viands set before him , but the sword which hangs suspended over his head makes this gift of religious
liberty nauseate upon his palate . ( Hear 9 / tear . ) Therefore I maintain the religious liberty for -which we contend is that which you have heard so ably alluded to this day , and which , in the resolution recommending the repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts , you properly assert .
In the course of the addresses that have been made to you , Locke has been mentioned . I will conclude my observations by a reference to what he states on the subject of toleration . " is not , " ( he says , ) " for declaration of indulgence ,
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The following is the substance of a note from Mr . JVellbeloved relating to his edition of the Bible , in reply to a Subscriber ( p . 404 ) : " That he has not been unmindful of the promise given at the end of the Advertisement prefixed to the Book of Genesis , that ' the remaining books of the Pentateuch shall be published with all the expedition which is consistent with the nature of the Work aud the other occupations of the Editor ; ' that so long as life and health are granted to ' him , he is resolved to proceed with his design ; that the Second Part is going thrtiugh the press , and will , he trusts , shortly appear /'
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it is not for schemes of comparison , such as have , been practised , or are practised amongst us , that we contend ; for the one would only palliate , the other would increase the evil ; it is absolute liberty , just and true liberty , impartial and equal liberty , which can alone remove the evils under which we stand . " 1 hope ,
therefore , according to my best , though little ability , and though a Churchman , I am contending for that liberty which Locke also as a Churchman contended for , and for which a Tillotson and a Hoadley , a Watson , a Bathurst , men who have had
mitres on their heads , have not hesitated to contend . Yet I must acknowledge , that I find more of this principle of religious liberty in the breasts of Protestant Dissenters , than in any established church or sect whatever . ( Applause . )
I fear your attention has been already exhausted ; I have to apologize to you for saying so muoji upon the present occasion . I can assure you that I have not been able to communicate my feelings
of gratitude to those individuals who have expressed themselves so kindly with respect to myself ; and I shall always consider the circumstance of attending this meeting to-day as one of the most gratifying in my life .
His Lordship thus concluded , and the Meeting was dissolved , as he retired amidst long , loud and enthusiastic applause .
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Communications have been received from Mrs . Cappe and Mrs . Mary Hughes ; from Dr . J . Evans , and Messrs . Henry Turner ; T . Howe ; G . F . Bromhead ; David Davis ; and Charles Porteus : also from L . L . J . ; Hylas ; Juvenis ; Philographus ; J . M . ; A Dissenter ; G . M . D . ; Ebion ; R . F . ; Q . ; Philalethes ; and Brevis . Owing to the Editor ' s having been obliged to arrange the present Number some weeks ago , the Obituary and various other Articles communicated for immediate insertion are necessarily omitted . In the next Number will be inserted the Petition of the Deputies to Parliament , for the Repeal of the Corporation and Test Acts .
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In consequence of a late severe indisposition Mr . Butcher has been obliged to give up his office , as minister of the Unitarian Dissenters at Sidmouth , in Devonshire ^ He is succeeded by Mr . Yeates , late of Tiverton .
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500 Correspondence .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1820, page 500, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2491/page/56/
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