Familiar Letters, Addressed to the Inhabitants of Birmingham, in Refutation of Several Charges Advanced Against the Dissenters and Unitarians |
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Page 36
... case , inftantly become as liberal as thofe of the laft ; and as to the inferior clergy , they would wheel about as quickly as foldiers on a parade when the word of command is given in the presence of the king in St. James's park ...
... case , inftantly become as liberal as thofe of the laft ; and as to the inferior clergy , they would wheel about as quickly as foldiers on a parade when the word of command is given in the presence of the king in St. James's park ...
Page 44
... fomething extraordinary that Mr. Madan's ingenuity fhould not be able to find fome medium in this case , either by proportioning the punishment to the crime , or cute . or by repealing a law , which , 44 Familiar Letters addreffed to the.
... fomething extraordinary that Mr. Madan's ingenuity fhould not be able to find fome medium in this case , either by proportioning the punishment to the crime , or cute . or by repealing a law , which , 44 Familiar Letters addreffed to the.
Page 63
... case in fact . In this very town there are Churchmen , Diffenters of various denominations , Presbyterians , Independants , Anabaptists , general and parti- cular ; there are Catholics , Quakers , and Methodists , & c . You are told ...
... case in fact . In this very town there are Churchmen , Diffenters of various denominations , Presbyterians , Independants , Anabaptists , general and parti- cular ; there are Catholics , Quakers , and Methodists , & c . You are told ...
Page 69
... case of their misbehaviour , but without any other controul over their conduct . You have no power either to chufe , or to dismiss them , and their incomes are fixed by the law ; so that whe- ther you approve of their fervices , or not ...
... case of their misbehaviour , but without any other controul over their conduct . You have no power either to chufe , or to dismiss them , and their incomes are fixed by the law ; so that whe- ther you approve of their fervices , or not ...
Page 72
... case of almost all establishments ; but it is evidently a diminution of your liberty , and an augmenta- tion of their power . It is , befides , an infult upon you , as it implies that , if you were not thus compelled to have such a ...
... case of almost all establishments ; but it is evidently a diminution of your liberty , and an augmenta- tion of their power . It is , befides , an infult upon you , as it implies that , if you were not thus compelled to have such a ...
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