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sation , as a smart interrupted dialogue . This was Bonaparte ' s manner of conversing , and a good ueai that of M . Suard also ; they were neither of them disert . These rapid hits were rather below the dignity of the Emperor ; Imt when he did not perceive this he seemed So take a pleasure in thus measuring his strength on equal terms . His opening shewed that he had just been speaking of Tacitus . " ' it not true , Mr . Secretary , that Tacitus , though a great man , is neither the model of history or historians ? Because he is profound himself he ascribes profound designs to every thing which is said or done . But there
is nothing so rare as designs . " " Every where else , Sire , but nothing so common at Rome . During the six first centuries of the Republic , all was plan arid execution . And beneath the empire the masters of the world abandoned themselves to their
passions , it is true , but not to chance . Nothing so strange as Tiberius , but nothing so full of reflection . " " Tacitus ought to have caught the spirit of the empire , of which he was the historian , and instead of that he
carries into it the spirit of the Republic . I , too , wished the Republic , but it is impossible , and "" Tacitus , Sire , is of all writers of antiquity , the one who has the best comprehended the union of the greatest power of tjie prince and the greatest liberty of the people , and he calls that a rare felicity . " *
" No matter , he is the historian of a party , and the Roman people was not of the same party as Tacitus . They loved those emperors whom Tacitus makes so fearful . Men do not love monsters . The monstrosities "of the empire proceeded from factions . ** There was no longer a Roman people in Rome , Sire ; it was a populace from all parts of the universe
which applauded , with all its might , the most detestable emperor turned Jnto a bad actor , provided they > yere paid for their shouts with bread and the games . " " And his style , do you . think it without fault ? After having read it , you * Rara temporum felicitas , ubi sentire quid velis et quid sentias diccre liceat .
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On the Constitution of a Christian Church . CHRISTIAN CHURCH is a A union of persons , acknowledging Jesus Christ to be their head ; and agreeing to be bound by his laws , and his laws only , in every thing which relates to their union .
The persons who belong to this union , become members of their own voluntary act , and the consent of the other members . The union cannot impose penalties on any members , nor levy any subscription of any kind whatsoever against his consent . The bond of union is
love , founded on the common relationship to their head , with whom , and with all other bodies of the same kind , they form a spiritual connexion . As a Christian Church has not any power over a member against his consent , so one Christian Churoh . has not
power , jurisdiction , or authority over another . Each church is independent of the other , and can be bound to it only by the same tie as binds individual members to each other ; namely , that of mutual love , founded on their common relationship to the same head .
The number of members constituting a Christian Church is not limited It may be greater or smaller according to circumstances ; and wherever two or three are gathered together in Christ ' s name , there he is in the midst of them ; and , consequently , where Christ is , no other man or set of men can have any controul or authority . This evidently is spoken with reference to those matters only relative to Christian union : for in all civil concerns
the members of the society are under the laws of the country , which , according to Christ ' s precepts and agreeably to his example , they are in common with all other subjects bound to obey . For they must render to Caesar what belongs unto Caesar ; and to God what belongs unto God .
The age at which a person may become a member of a Christian Church i 3 not laid down in scripture : but , as no one can be a member but at his own request , and this request is founded on his belief of Christianity , and perfect intention to follow the
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are obliged to seek out the meaning . For myself I like a clear writer . I think you and I should agree , M . Suard /*
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On the Constitution of a Christian Church . 395
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1821, page 395, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2502/page/15/
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