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. 1812 edition. Excerpt: ... christians, but hostile to Christianity, would be admissible into all offices of power, trust and emolument, within Great Britain? It may be said that I here press my argument to an extreme, and that I allude to a case which is so barely possible, that it should be excluded from the question: my answer is, ...
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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. 1812 edition. Excerpt: ... christians, but hostile to Christianity, would be admissible into all offices of power, trust and emolument, within Great Britain? It may be said that I here press my argument to an extreme, and that I allude to a case which is so barely possible, that it should be excluded from the question: my answer is, that my opinion is different; that it is difficult to decide what are, or are not, possible or impossible cases when you are combating the dangerous spirit of innovation; It is only a few days since that I met with an argument on " Toleration," in which the question at issue between two very eminent and extremely liberal philosophers, was, " whether professed Atheists were not entitled to toleration?"--It was most liberally decided in the affirmative, and the question was dropped. But it certainly would not surprize me nor should I think it an extreme case, if the same " spirit of innovation" should further decide that " professed Atheists" had " a right of admission c to all offices of state in common with the re" formed protestant, or any persons of any reli" gious persuasion." I am not inclined to press this question further; for I have too good an opinion both of the moral and religious dispositions of my countrymen, to believe, that such opinions ever can mako any serious impression on their minds.--There iJ, however, one point more which I will mention, because the observation applies to a very large proportion of the political and legal doctrines, which are confidently proclaimed as truths, by the modern revolutionary school. 1 i'.; The proposition affirms, "that the Constitution of Great Britain makes a political distinction between persons on account of their " religious opinions: " . This is not true in the case of the Catholics: ...
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