This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1823 Excerpt: ... of this kind, f Notes p. 103. poncnt be exempt, the tone of his pages is admirably calculated to dissemble this exemption. But hitherto his charges, even if I am right in conceiving them to be unjust, are easily to be borne; and my " sensibility" would be as " morbid" as he represents it, if they made me sore. Nay, ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1823 Excerpt: ... of this kind, f Notes p. 103. poncnt be exempt, the tone of his pages is admirably calculated to dissemble this exemption. But hitherto his charges, even if I am right in conceiving them to be unjust, are easily to be borne; and my " sensibility" would be as " morbid" as he represents it, if they made me sore. Nay, when he accuses me of being a traitor to my religion, and of lifting up my heel against the friends-that trusted, --it is true I do not ' wince: " bat this is not because he is not affronting; but because I am not " galled." I do not take those to be the best friends of the Established Church, who humour the uncharitable bigotries of some of its turbulent and erring children; and who in their zeal to become good Protestants, forget to be good Christians. On the one hand, I have never compromised my faith; while on the other, I never have conceived that there was any thing anti-protestant in charity, liberality, or toleration; or that I evinced my orthodoxy, by abusing all my Christian brethren who go to Mass. But why do I talk of toleration? Why do I not rather adopt the correct suggestion of Bishop Jebb, --that " we ought, on the principles not of toleration, but of Christian liberty, to allow ' our brethren of the Church of Rome the pri' yijege qf manfully asserting, and of fearlessly " defending, that faith which they are persuaded Notes, page 103. " is the faith of the true Catholic and Apostolic " Church;" and that " while we honestly agree " to differ, we should, with all charity, endea" vour to maintain unity of spirit, in the bond " of peace." This is but " allowing to the vo" taries of the Romish Church, the same privi" lege of private judgm...
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