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body of men with whom lie was associated in the defence of the rights of conscience ; of whom , indeed , they had no persoiml knowledge , biit for whom they ^ must ever entertain the esteem and gr , a $ itu * ie that is due to the champions of intellectual freedom . Amongst thesey he ( Mtv A $ > must be permitted tb select © he name , which wa » disthmuUshJed by
being tfce mark at which ; b % orry hod specially aimed it * arrows He referred to Mr . Porter , whom * cruel party ^ spirit bad tried to wound- through Ma feelings and anxieties as < the provider for a fa * jjrily : batthe Hrtej ^ ity of this # 00 d snap ' s «? onsciettee wjw iuvirin ^ raWe ; fee had shewn ; himself ready to sacrifice every thing for truth- and liberty , and was at this moment more fifth awrf more ardent
than ever in his resistance to intolerance and oppression . His character entitled him to their admiration ; and on this occasion it was impossible to overlook thai he had a representative amongst them , id a gentleman near him , his £ on , the pastor of one of the liberal
Dissenting congregations in the rfcetropolis * who had already given proof ot his devotion to the cause maintained by Ms honoured father , and for -whose future growing usefulness and reputation he ( Mr . A . ) begged to express , and he was sttre the iconipan ? would be eager to join in the expression , hid most fervent wfetoev
tfjfpptouse . ) We are riot uninterested spectators ( co-nthlaed Mt . A «) of what i » passing in irfelatid ; What belongs to one man ' s coriBci ^ nce concerns ever ^ man's conscience . The attempt' to revive intole * ranee amongst thfe Protestiint Dissenters of the sister island is Oillv an experiment . Let it succeed , and we are no longer safe . The enemies of Religions liberty there Know full well the import of the * rhyming rndxitn , rife \\\ the mouth ? ^ f our fathera about two ceutwtea back ,
He that would Engiand win , Must with Ireland first begin . The bigots have begun their practices in Iceland , bin our eyes ar « open to their artifices ; we are upon our guard , and the present meeting is a cheering pledge that Etogland will not be \ V 6 ii .
Mr-. Ashland alleged another reason why the hiaj 6 r part of tfre company took soine i'Acereat in the proceedings of the $ yn 6 d of Ulster : they fOo were deriotnmated ( wfth what propriety he would vot saV ) ^ esbyteiia ii s , atrd as frleiidsof Religious Liberty must be arndous to irenounCe tht 6 iwcolefataee that had beeti 0 T i&Hfat 1 & aT 5 Sbct ^ ted with tl ^ e na ** e .
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He lamented to admit that Presbyteriahi had been persecutors , avowed persecutors , and persecutors upon principle He would read a short , extract from s sermon preached before- and published by order of the Long Parliament : the preacher was high m favour MrfthbotJ ] pai'ttament and people , was one of the Assembly of Divines : to wiwon ' tfee world fee usdebted for the C ^ nfesKion of Faitli
and Cat ^ chisua , the still idolized &tauti aftds © f orthodoxyy waa eiieof'the formidable body of inquisitors called Try * ers , arkiwas moreover Assistant ta tht Comi ^ wssiorrers . ' for eject lag ; heretical and scandaldas > mhiisters and * schoolmasters in London , His name whs QbadM Sedgwivk , The title of the sermon was " A » Arke against a Delngey" aed to > - wards the conclusion of it , the preachex thus ? delivers himself :
" Lastly , for God ^ s house , I humbly conceive , that the arke toam e it may he made , as times now are with us , of the following act of yours—yonr abhorring of the mentioning , yea , of the very theugfets of tolerating , aki opinions in the church . This were sueh a monstrous prodigy ! Such an intolerabte" way of confusion I Such a mocking Ofrthe people of God ! Such a mockirig of God himself , to whom we have all solemnly
engaged our utmost for uniting in doctriffe , and uniformity hi discipline ; such a speedy grave for the kingdom and chtirclv to * afc mischief iteeif could not easily dig the like * Such a spirit to re * - vive Arianiam , Pelagian ism , the 'firrkisb Alcoran , the Popish hostj &c . And yet I have see * printed hooks for this purpose , For my part , Right honourable I I should rather wish to be ia . my grave than to behold such an intolerable
tolerration /'—He then refers with evident satisfaction to the fate of " t ^ i at wonstroiis heretic , Servetas , " towards whose moat foul nmrder the in tolerant § oi ^ ucceeding ages have always cast a longing , lingering look , meaning that his honourable auditors , then wielding the power of the uation , should act up to this uotable example of zeal " for God ' s house . " He ( Mr . A . ) did not know whether the
majority of the Synod of Ulster wsre well read in Obadiah Sedgwick ; they were certainly the heirs of some portion of his spirit . They were accustomed to reproach the ^ minority wltb b ^ ing follow ^ crs of the new light ; he ( Mr . A . ) had given the company a specimen of the ancient decrknesB , and let the . Synod have all the . honour belonging to them that " love darkness rat ! her than ii ^ kt . " •( MiepA laughter and appl < mse . )
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444 }< ntelUi g . en € e >—dinner to the Rev . H-. Montxgomerfy *
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1829, page 144, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2569/page/72/
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