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indeed , w # aldi <• b $ ; effected ift the world ! The Deity made man a social being , and ha& so constituted him that he is obliged to seek for happiness in social union 3 but does he not look for & in the unity and eQiisiateoey
of moral feeling in his friends and associates , rather than in the uniformity of their religious or political opinions ? What indeed has been the occasion of so much discord and ivnhappiiiess amongmankind as the
unwise and unjust attempts * $ 0 impose restraiats upon freedom of inquiry in religious matters * and to stigmatize and degrade men for differing in opinion I I cannot indulge the uncandid idea that it is Mr . J . ' s object to throw the torch of discord among Dissen ters , but has not his conduct the
tendency to excite prejudice and direct the force of bigotry against some " highly-respectable" men ? Am I mistaken in such inference ? If I ani , I shall be happy to know and to acknowledge my error ; but is there one syllable in his paper that evinces ihe least attention to Christian
chanty Should I a man make " a confession of Christ , " Mr . J * is willing to be Ids associate , and to allow him all ' -the privileges" of a ' society qf ( Jhristiaas . " If he- be 3 Gardiner * fc
Bonner , or a Horsiey , h $ will give him the u right hand of fellowship 5 " hut should he be a Hobbes , Anthony Collins , the friend of Locke , Voltaire , the intrepid advocate of Calas , & Hume , or a Dr . Franklin , * he must
* Happily in former days the writer of this was one of those y <* ung men who attended upon the Lectures of Dr . Priestley , In one of them the subject led him to name the most eminent of the Uq ^ r lievers , among whqm he particularly dw lt uppn Mr . Hob be * and Dr ,
frank-Jin . The former he . described as one of Jin . 4 he former he described a § , one pf t ^ m ost amiable of men , distinguished f ^ r the variety as w ^ lL as , the freedom of 1 > J $ pjiilpsqphical inauiries , a , nd the first pefgjou who liad given any thing like a ratfonai view of the philosophy of the
human mind and the doctrine < rt philo-8 <^ t&al necessity . The latter he stated to be his partfcnla * fcread , but an Uob ^ llte ^ er with" whom tofc \ ti \ d frequently talked on the evidences of Chri ^ tianityr ; md beiug auxious that a person whom
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^ # sste # ^ w ^ Hftiftw ^ gi ^ to ^ tended |^ V to ?! mmm if ^^ ^ tUi * th ^ , W ^ mtj MWpr % fe C fe # t ^ uiftr whi qk j ^ iiifw W 9 xmKnjB ^ es ^ ^ trwu ^ j ^ e mMmW & La ^ i ^ Jphk t Rru ^ k , a ? 4 ^ % - & \ & lwe £ a ^ d feipi ^ WiTmr . £ k ar ^ thev unknown to Mr . . T . ? Tfianks
biB t > Q Heaven 1 vye , ha ^ * $ L ^ f $ kMiog ftoiong W | % {^ C « IW ^ ffi ^ ffiS » . who are imbu . cd vvi ^ th ^ aa ^ ^ oble and phila 5 idba ; opi < 5 spirit I ^ e . W yet Belshaui and Asplaad aad Fo ^ , ' aj * d a few others , who , feir Jesg , of whatever our orthodox or heterodox r * oppQpeats' * inay tUiuk of sgiy ^; i Uie
subject ^ f * ' cowardly fcjfuiefity ,. ' ! Mjl res ^ Ju teKr and p ^ rseveriDg ^ a ^ s ^ rt ' ^ e rights o ^ cott ^ cience ^ fiog piamtavu ' V- flie gen ^ nespirit" c ^ f re B ^ oii ^ Jgber ^ y . How much d ^ ^ £ j p v \^? to these ^ ' ? highly-reapie ^^ e ^ qf * tor their efforts , to expose , . tl jj ^ ' tg ^ eg ^ effects qJT bigotry , and , uital ^^ gy ^ L % r W ^ here ver the humiiu mind lias D&ea to / i
pjerawLtt ^ d exercise ijfc ^ p |^^ ^ Jout restraipt , the r ^ s ^ | 4 § wmMr aerally conducive to human happluess anci improyemejat , Tt { e « mT ^ f ^ ft f ^ racar an 4 absurdity have , ojftpii ipjMJPftentionally co-operated in far ^ her ^ this importaat purpose , for they have oftea b ^ en the cause of investigations to the
whkh have eventually ^ d ^ i ^ overy of tfuth . In this light may we not consider that ; Mr . J . ' s communication may prov # advantageous , inasuAiich as ^ Uj may induce the present generahe so highly valued should become a CJiristiaq , he presented him with
Hartley ^ Observations on Man , " Btit , " sldd tbe good Dr . Fl , ** I believe he ne ^ er found time to read the work , And died an Uubeliever . He , however , did a great deal of good to his fellow-creatjuresw > ati | id was one of the great i ^ tru m ^ ats or ^ ffiui
viaence in e ^ taplisng government for our brethren in America which ^ likel y % p produce so much bappibess to mankind . 1 believe I shall meet him agaiii % m another and a better ^ ^ orld * *' Little 'd \ i Dr . P . think then , thatt he shou ] d have so sdbn to d € debart in peace * " to this sapctuary of freedom I
• See Dr . Priestley ' s and Mr . Belsham ' s Sermons on Free Inquiry ; Mf . Aspland ' s on Religious Liberty ; . and Mr . Fox ' s on the Conduct to be observed towards Deista * &c . .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1826, page 163, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2546/page/35/
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