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    sured w light and satirical ; the btlier , a . mild hamily addressed to a friend of religion . - A ; y # Waj § £ jsipdeafc ftfcd an inhabitant © fi ^ ft ^ likewise published some owsiderati ^ na m favour of the

    clergy $ mtem that , ; j ^ e < press ! was not employed ilxiv Jthdr defence ; At a later period , when the inost scurrilous attacks were jmiiliipKed , the pastors , reduced to silence by their magistrates and incapable of making their voice heard amid the clamours of their

    adversaries , received from their flock highly gratifying testimonies of approbation , whiefi added 16 the consciousness of having perforined their duty , mingled some sweetness ; with -, th ^ ir affliction , and administered some consolation amidst their sufferings under this crusade of superstition and

    fanaticism . -.. .:.: ;• : Oa the 12 th of September , 1818 , they received , the following letter from the Government : " The Council of State , deliberating on the fresh attacks directed against the cletfgy ^ have resolved to declare tot ' them their

    opinion— -that the interests of religion , the ! peace of the church and : the dignity of its ministers require that the pastors should still refrain from the controversies which have arisen on

    theological xloctrinesv The Council of State ^ acknowledge the ; important services rendered to religion and ^ morality by . the clergy j and ifeek ailliwriy interest in the afflictions enditte&Mby that venerable body , and entirely iftppjove the wisdom and piety evinced by them under feucli difficult circam ^ - stances . Whilst the Oouaeifc of State ^

    are offering this testimony of fuii confidence , inspired by ^ thfe ^ mannei * in which the pastors perform their functions , they urgentl y rene ^ the tfeque&t ^; that the clergy will abstain from re- pelling the charges ^ against thefta , to

    otherwise than by- c ^ ntmuing afford an example bfr 4 kbse > ^ lttues by which they have Wt&fe * ik > been so honourably distmgiiieftiedl ' - ' ... " Signed , De Roches , Secretary of State /'

    Tl ^ e clergy at the same period received various addresses with many hundreds of signatures , in which their people manifested strong s displeasure against the machinations of the sectaries .

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    " GefMerneiik ido J & ' - < i } ~ - \ s ' , ; j : - . ' - / I | ie ^ indigjiatidiinmxmted by Ifa ^ recently v renewed ; efforts to < deprive our pastors of the confidence of th&t flock has been universal , although

    productive of various impressions . By some > thfese maQoeuvres are regarded as too contemptible to odeserve lifaB attention of worthy ; ¦ > naeat * { Oili ^ rs consider it imperative the to

    on clergy repel in an energetic manner the attacks which have during some time been made upon them , ta the great detriment or Protestantism and of

    all religion . Lastly , others , without forming any opinion on the i conduct to be observed by the pastors tinder these circumstances , feel anxious to testify , in an address to that effect ^ the confidence , gratitude and attachment cherished in the bosoms of all

    their people ^ and redoubled by the existing circumstances . lUiis address , in seventeen sheets , containing several hundred signatures , we have the honour of transmitting , with the information that other addresses will be presented to you . " The signatures follow .

    No , II . € i ' Gentlemen and miich-honoicred Pastors . € I ^ hdin ^ - our days of communion and of fasting a second time disturbed by the efforts of fanaticism and the libels of calumny , we have felt it our

    duty to express to you the sentimentsuniversally excited by these fresh attempt ? upon our religion and qut , country- Whilst you , animated by the spirit of our Loird and Saviour Jesus Christ ; are providing ^ iV ^ so much affection and zeal for the spiritual wants of votii ? ildcb , - ^ liaii-tti ^

    object ^ ^ f your care reimiii silfent ktid unmoved when the ispiiit 6 f ^ vil is called-up to tafet its verfbett ott * y&H # ministrjt , ^ arid to' - rob you of th ^ ^ cdh ^ fideiice you m ^ rifc > No , ; if - yekti woatidfcd bosofti 3 " ne 6 d ddus ^ latknii W

    is ii * i th& pfcirU ^ &f * the faithful thsltf you ought to find it , find that € ons 4 Watioik , ihaftks be to Qod ! we are abte tO Offferw - ' >¦ ¦'¦' - •"< - : : ' ' . * : r-i .. / LiJ- < J- * . € W $ i $ tk whatever * i * ti liypodridy '; tjtti wavea her w ^ b , &&ty ^ * haA ^ l $ M&rt& she had exposed it to sight , the ^ hti « h had discovered , and 5 httddefed todfe ^

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 2, 1824, page 9, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2520/page/9/