2012, ISBN: 1231456086

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[EAN: 9781231456088], Neubuch, [PU: Rarebooksclub.com, United States], Brand New Book ***** Print on Demand *****.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. 1808 Excerpt: . spirit of propagation: it reserved nothing to the discretionary power of the magistrate; but fixed every thing by express statute; and left the law of the land to prevent or punish abuse. So that, take it on the whole, it is to be regarded as a privilege of the first order, and an inestimable blessing. But was it so great a matter, it may be said, for an English legislature to act according to an avowed principle of the religion which they professed: for religious liberty, which is one of the unalienable rights of human nature, springs out of the very essence of Christianity; and to persecute for conscience sake has ever been regarded as one of the discriminating marks of the antichristian beastf. But plain as the subject now appears, let it not be forgotten that it required a long series of ages to make it so to the dominant party in church or state. The primitive Christians, who lived under pagan tyranny, and felt with bitterness the iron entering into their soul, may well be supposed to have imbibed from the sacred Scriptures, as they actually did, the pure doctrine of liberty of conscience. They lay under no temptation from either ease or interest to open Hie breast to error: and accordingly, whenever they speak on this subject, their words are words of peace and trnth. But no sooner was the sword of power wrested out of the hands of their adversaries, than those who professed Christianity began to use if in a most unjustifiable way, and too plainly showed that the doctrine of religious liberty was one which they but very imperfectly understood. The spirit of intolerance gradually increased till the established form of religion became impatient of contradiction, and would not bear a rival, nor even allow a harmless dissident to live in pea.<

ISBN: 1231456086

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ISBN: 1231456086

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