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ful ant } e 3 £$ r animals that attend them ( soils <* f ISp ^ w \^ ir ^ £ mtw fox , or « ven the wolf , to their breed)—can it be wondered at , if the pdbt crea tures thus fleeced , and hunted , $ i ^ p arked at > and sn ^ pj ^ d at , aod frQil ? time to time worried , sl ^ ujd now ai | d then bleat ,
dream ^ f pv&ezfmg t £ e ? &t £ d > tbp shears , » M # WYiuvulioys , passiWy # s ^ vai ^ age ^^^^^^ M | je % f ^ & wolf witho ^ . ^ ^ ) j ^] & ^ i 5 l jvithin ' t | e fold ? It can&ot - b 0 ^ elpea ; Itis . in the jnature of t&Uigs thai suffering should l ^ get compla | nt ; Ifeiif | 5 &r those wHo h&ve eattaed the pain to complain of the outcry and seek to punish it- ^ -for those who hare goaded , to seourge and to gag , is the mean ^ oi ail inj ustice . It , is , moreover ,
the most pitiful fylly -fp |» th $ Clergy to thittk oi j ^ taini ^ their power , privileges ' ^ liormau ^ we ^ alUi * without allowing $$$ ye ^ ^ Vc ^ pJauxts jagaj&sit afcus ^ in ^ e , ^ st ^ i |^ hL ^ i |^ a ^ d ae £ hguejru ; y } n its . icte ^ JSe ^ V W ^ t } n * thte priosecti tion theyfi ^ t ve dis played th ^ t ^ blly in its supreiiie iiegreei r ^ rfti- 42- —45 ' . td
Mr . ^ ft om ^ ii ^ l * ^ to several striking passages % am i ^ Klton ,, Hartley and Bi ^ h , op J ^ urqet to shevv the licence $ & £ Eaa i ^^ aus ' ill ^^ ffaken in animadverting upon tfie cha ^ a $ ter and coudqej ; . ^ f the ciergK ? WA v ^ J ^ ^ in such slxoiig x ^ oIqujts tte t ^ € ^ yiour towa
of t ^ h ^ t reverend body rd the late persecuted Qv ^ een , that tfl ^ j ^ - ditors in the eouit were a ^^ iu tkimyi into convulsive ^ ccl ^ ra atip ns . He concluded thus :
" Gjentlemen , you hare to-flay a gi * eat ta ^ k committed to your hands- This is &at the age , the spirit o ^ f ^ hp tiiiie $ fa uqt such , as to make it ^ fe eithe r for the naeij
jco u ^ try , or lor the ^ Q . yer ^ V or for the Church itself , tgjv ^ U jit s ^ xy § teries in secrecy ; to plant in the porefc , of the temple a pros ^ c ^ tor brandishing his flaming sword , fhe p rocess of the law . to prevent the prying eyes of raankind from
wandering ove ^ tli ^ Structure . These are times when ai ^ n W // incjuire , and the day most fatal rriothe , Established Church , the blackest tha * i ( eve 4 * idac ^ v ncd upon its niinipters , wni 7 > e th ^ t ; wi ^^ h coiSiiigns thi ^ efcuda ^ t ^ r ; , fa $ mffif ^ &rks ? to , the horrar 8 jof a « apl , which Us ialae friends , thi ^ 4 e ^ uda ^ t ^^ r : i fh ^^ fi ^ rks ^ , the horrors jof a ^^ 1 , l >^ % ks f ^ l ^ e frien ds
"^ , the chosen obj 6 clsoi ! ^ uca Javi ^ h . favour , have far more acjftl | J | g | M ^^ I agree with uay leagued frfem 7 m % ^ fti 6 Church of England has , nothl ^ to Aead Fro m external violepwl jfrp&i ' jEp ^ vr ' % * i ) ck , and" lifting its head t ^ WrdS a mother warid , it aspire *? | o aii ^ i jieJW ^^^^^" eiKccvand .. dtut ?« any tfa $ k * h * & *** ¥ ** % ftq ^ -m ithimt . Jfejt ., ^^ It ^ iawla 3 re » of rtfe e ' ^ j W ^ ^^ % noe 4 'M witbi » - ^ Ttttf te-
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neath Us naassive , walls ; and let , all Its w 6 fl-wishers , M Whof , wb ^ r fe ^ irfeilgio ^ or ^ d KticaJliirte ^ stij ; feiii * ife faW ^ ing l itafeiUt ^ ' , bfe # &e lio ^ tHey jgfc&Wi courageinent , ^ y ffirfag shelte r , ^ td tfee vermin m * ed in th ^ t corruption , whb ' * stink arid sting * ' against the hadd ffeat
Would brush the rottettiiess away . My learned fnebid lias ^ sympjithrsed with the priesthopd , and innocently enoti | li lamented that they possess not the po \ yer of defending themselves through the ? pnblic preSs . ' Let him tie cpnsojed ; they
are hot so very defenceless ; they are jiilt so entirely destitute of the aid of ttiet Dress as through ! him they have represented themselves to be . They have largely used that press ( i w 4 sh \ could say * as not abusing it' ) , and against
some persons very near me ; I mean especially against the defendant , whom th ^ y have gcurrilpusly and foully libelled through that gi ^ eat vehicle of public instruction , over which , for the first tirne , am 6 ng the other novelties of the day , I now hear they have no controul . Not that they wound deeply or injure much ; but that is no fault of theirs ; Without
hurting , they give trouble ' and disepmfort . The ' tfsecc brought into life by corruption , and nestled in filth—1 iiiean the dirt-fly—thdugh its flight be lowly ^ nd its sting puny , can swarm and buz , and irritate tl ? e skin , ati ' d offeml the nostril , and altogether give nearfy as much apnpyahce as xh ^ wasp , whose no'bler natpr ^ it aspires to enicuate . These
revefetvd slanderers—these pious b 4 clj T biters —devoid of force to wleM the sword , siHitch the dagger ; and , destitute of wit to poiut or to liarb it , arid rAaite it rankle in the wound , steep it in vemmi to make it fester in the scratch * The much venerated personages wtio ® e / harmless and uapr . otecfed $ tate is wotor dtg ) lpi * ed , have been the wholesale tlealers in
calumny , as well as largest cousuptmrs of the base article , —the especial promoters of that vite traifte of late the disgrace of the country—^ bdti * furnishiixg a cQhstaut demand for the slanders by Which the press is polluted , and prostituting themselves to'pandenfbr the appetites of others - ¦ and now they come to demand protection from retaliation , and shelter from just
exposure ; and ^ , to screen themselves , would have yon prohibit all scrutiny of thte abuses by which they t $ « il 3 t > nv&S the inal-practices by which they ^ g |^ j ^ vtbeir callipg . After abusing a ^) d % y ^^ # igh disiriantfing ibr ^ heir © " wnr "'jdes ^^ le pur V " - mantnng ior ^ i *^ * ^ iS ^ HrT ^ ur
^ posers the gre ^ t ^»^^| mJW ^ ^ Y would have yoi ^^ ' ^ nliifimf ' ^^ , ^ t ^^ y tiavc Wt of ft , fa * % mlxfe thei ^^ asctoe . TWyfcave'tf& Wci ^ W ^ a ^ V ^* t 5 ? xpect kbat ali fenfettW Jin-y WM ^ 6 mph ^ vdtk iikHtxi ititfh ^ wicked cl ^ ign . They
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1822, page 699, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2518/page/43/
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