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a law ( we know not by what fate ) upon Protestants and friends to the government , which was intended against Papists , to exclude them from places of trust , as men avowedly dangerous to our religion and government ; and thus
the taking the sacrament , which was enjoined only as a means to discover Papists , is now made a distinguishing duty amongst Protestant Dissenters , to weaken the whole , by casting off a part of them .
" 5 thly . Because mysteries of religion and divine worship are of divine original , and of a nature so wholly distant from the secular affairs of public society , that they cannot be applied to those ends ; and therefore the Church , by the law of the gospel , as well as common prudence , ought to take care not to offend either tender consciences within
itself , or give * offence to those without , by mixing their sacred mysteries with secular interests . " 6 thly . Because we cannot see how it can consist with the law of God , common equity , or the right of any free-born subject , that any one should be punished without a crime : if it be a crime not to take the sacrament according to the
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J . G . Eichhorn . 1827 . June 29 , the University of Gottingen lost one of its oldest and most celebrated Professors , Joh Ann Gottfried Eichiiorn , Knight of the Guelphic Order , &c . He was in his 75 th year , and had been a Professor for thirty-nine years .
His important labours not only with regard to the Holy Scriptures , but in every department of historical and literary inquiry , require no eulogium from us , but we shall probably take an early opportunity of giving some account of his various works .
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Mrs . Alice Ainswortii . Dec . 1 , at Preston , aged 52 , Alice , daughter of the late Mr . Huttoti , of Parbold , in Lancashire , and relict of the late David A ins worth , Esq ., of Preston , in the same county . In this lady was
united -great sincerity , with the most amiable and affectionate dispositions . Her generous heart made her averse to every thing selfish and mean , and invariably prompted her to study the happiness of those about lick * . While health permitted , she was a regular attendant
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usage of the Church of England , every one ought to be punished for it , which nobody affirnLS : if it be no crime , those ? who are capable , and judged fit for employments by the king , ought not to be punished with a law of exclusion , for not doinu : that which is no crime to
forbear : if it be urged still , as an effectual test to discover and keep out Papists , the taking the sacrament in those Protestant congregations , where they arc members and known , will be at least as effectual to that purpose . " Oxford , P . Wharton , R . Montague , J . Lovelace , MORDAUNT , W . PAGET . "
lii the defence of their religious rights the present has certainly been a sleepy and idle generation . Of those who were our champions in 1789 , few , very few , remain . "It is high time for us to awake out of sleep . " Let it not be imagined that we have an easy task to perform . The struggle will probably be long and hard , but the result is certain ; the reign of intolerance must have an end . " Babylon shall be thrown down , and shall be found no more at all . ' * A NONCONFORMIST .
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on public worship , towards the support of which , as well as of other things connected with the cause of Unitarian Christianity , she was , like her late husband , a liberal contributor . During the space of two years previous to her decease , she bore the pains and the confinement arising from a distressing and gradually wasting illness with Christian patience
and resignation . Her cheerfulness remained with her to the last ; and as long as she retained the faculty of speech , she continued to counsel , bless , and console her sorrowing children . She has descended to the grave regretted and mourned by all who enjoyed her friendship . R . C .
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Thomas Coneys , Es < j . Dec . 28 , at his residence at Bricton , iu the county of Surrey , Thomas Coneys , Esq ., Barrister at Law . He was born at Clifden , in the county of Galway , in Ireland , of an ancient and respectable family , who were originally from the county of Salop . His father was Thomas Coneys , Esq ., of Streamstown ,
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Obituary . —J . G . Eiohhorn . —Mrs . Amsworth ' . — T . Coney a , Esq . 135
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1828, page 135, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2557/page/63/
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