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Tradition , of Councils , of the Pope , the Celibacy of the Clergy , Language of the Litufgy , Invocation of Saints , Respect for Images , Prayers for the Dead .
On most of these it appears to me that there is no essential difference between Catholics and Protestants ; the existing diversity of opinion arises , in most cases , from certain forms of
words which admit of satisfactory explanation , or from the ignorance or misconceptions which ancient prejudice and Hl-will produce and strengthen , but which could be removed ; they are pride and points of honour , which keep us divided on many subjects , not a lore of Christian humility , charity and tf uth .
It should be the duty , as it is obviously the interest of the ruling powers , to provide for the happiness of the people , by enlightening their minds and by curbing their passions ; not by reproachful speeches and coercive laws , but by means suited to
their real wants ; and if , through the wisdom of Parliament and the efforts of Government , the Churches of these countries could be united , & new era of happiness would commence in our history . The laws in this country
could be equalized , the most perfect confidence would prevail between the Government and the subjects ; their natural protectors would be restored to a generous and warm-hearted people ; the aristocracy would become what it itever has been in Ireland—a
link between the prince and the peasant ; industry would be protected ; Capital would flow into the country y all the resources of the soil , climate , genius and talent of the nation would
be called into life and activity ; the union of the countries woi ^ Id be consolidated , and Great Britain would not only be Queen of the ocean , but Mistress of the world .
Hoping that you will again call the attention of Parliament to the consideration of this important subject , I have the honour to be , Sir , Your obedient humble Servant , J . DOYLE . Carlow May 13 , 1824 .
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Dr / Priestley * $ Opinion of Future Sufferings . 3 Sf *
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S * Bi •/*«*? 22 , 1824 . HAVE looked with anxiety fo » I some discussion hv the Monthly Repository on the opinion attributed taDr . Priestley by PMladelphv * ( yid&
pp . 15 and 283 of the present Vdfcy It appears to me , the expressions quoted from Dr . P / s Letters to at Philosophical Unbeliever , and wHicb your correspondent calls ^ obscafe ^ have been misunderstood by him , and
that when fairly interpreted , it will not be ( as he thinks it is ) difficult " to reconcile the opinions expressed in that passage with the pl ^ in and positive declarations of Scripture . * for . P . isays , " I made it appear to the satisfaction of in he
Dr . Hartley , t short correspondence I had with him , that his theory furnishes pretty fair presumptions , that the pains of this life may suffice for the whole of our future existence , we having now resources enow for a perpetual increase
m happiness without any assistance from future pain . " Philadelphia , if I understand him rightly , considers Dr . P . as expressing in these words an opinion deduced from the theory of association , that ftiture suffering will not ( or may not ) be necessary for the reformation of those who nave
passed through life in vicious courses . The passage is confessedly capable of this interpretation . There is nothing in the text or context which defines how far the writer extended his ideas
of the possibility in question : but unless I am greatly mistaken , it may , with at least equal propriety , be taken in a very different sense , a sense accordant at once with the whole tenor
of Dr . Priesttey ^ s writings , and * ' with the plain and positive declarations of Seripttire . ^ , T ^ tte interpretation of Philadelphia derives n < i support from any part of Dr . P . V Works that has come under
my notice * He appears to the very close of his life to have regarded the future state as a stale of rewards and punishment * . Perhaps I may be per ^ mitted to Occupy & small portion of your pages ia substantiating this position . In the Institutes of Natural
and Revealed Religion , ' ( which were published iii \? 7 ® > maiiy years lifter tfc ^ death of Dr . Hkrtteyi ) Part HI , € ! & HI . S ect , i Vire have the authors view * f "* 'the Biibstance of Wh ^ t \ ye were
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1824, page 389, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2526/page/5/
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