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    &esolved , That it is the natural right , of all men to worship God a | preeably to the dictates of their own consciences . That all human laws which serve to restrict them in the exercise of this right , are unjust in their princi ple * and in their tendency and operation highly injurious to the best interests of religion .

    That this Body regard with deep concern the existence , on the Statute Books of their country , of several laws of tfris de ^ cri ptipn , which , in whatever measure recommended at the several periods of their enactment h y the ple a of poetical necessity , are at present , from tfce change that Has tajken place i « the

    circQjn ^ tan , ccs of th , e times , and > he mqre liberal spirit which prevails among ail classes qf the community , jjo less jij ^ arranted % such plea , than , tfyey arc repiignfinttp t ^ e principlesof Christianity * X ^ iat , tyjtfc the view of assert ipg their claim pa-t& )? un , rest ; ricte < i fjree 4 orn of divine worship , ^ ^ tb . an equal participatiojv with their fellow " subjects of the . privileges of * the constitution frprn wnich $ ey are ej $ clud £ cl on account of

    their religious profession , a Region be presented from this bp ^ t a , ljpjh nouses ° f $ aj l * * p P ^ y pray in ^ for „ a . repeal pf all tpe IJenaJf Sjt £ tutes now m force , yvjipse operation ., fcxtcft £ p itp , tjwsj province of K ef igion * ^ ; ; John JRy ^ Ns , Chairmaa . .

    3 V thfl Rj ^ ht Honour able , the Lordst Spintwiil and Temporal , - in Parliament iWSCtfablcd : . The h limble / Petition , of . the under * signed ^ being : ; Fnotestafit / D iissfiiitin ^ Mir Hitters ofc the-Three P « nooainatioast ^ sidiog in and abuout' tbe Citio * atiLoa

    4 on arid -Wegtmiaster , ; >! : . iShfWBthy »•> ..: ' i . J' :.. ^ That y © ur Peritioiier ^ conceiving tfee xaghtJQf vvoishipping God according tq the dictate of their own cpnsciencesj ta be deri \ mdiix « m the Author of their being , jukI eabfirmedb ^ the Founder-of tbeir Chitiirian feitli , ' and ' thie « jforc not fcabe subkettatbe

    cott ^ rdul offhuman authority , caBnotr but regard with deep concern those statutes which restrain andiirpit the exercise of tftuifet right , and impose cdmiitioas and pe ^^ ti ^ es that sccmrio tharix a * ^ ueyiii « t id itftiv principle , asithey are injuricras to tW ^ Vita * inr 45 rc 3 t 8 of trac Rciigi « ni . > ^ Pjtorydor Pctiti 4 in ^ fr cons « i ? r those ^ ti tu ^ cs -sa Murigina&iy ^ dosiynod- to ^ oa ^ d against evils which no longer c ^ ist ^ and

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    as expressive of sentiments with regard to the nature and extent of religious liberty which no longer prevail- ^ at a period when the subjects of the British empire , however they may differ with regard to the principles of their religion .

    and their mode of professing it , concur in a cordial attachment to the famijy oni thethrone , and when enlightened views of religious liberty , and a corresponding ; liberality of spirit have been diffused arnpn ^ . religious professors of all denominations .

    That your Petitioners , expressing tjie { r lively . gratitude for thp cpncessip , ng . made t . o their religious rights in ^ h . e course . of tj ? e pr ^ s ^ nt ^ jgn , earnestly but r $ m $ q % r ful ^ pray -thtat every rcm ^ inujg tcnal ep cl its

    Statute , whiqh j ^ c ^ s pperatipn t& tixe province of r ^ i gj ^ in , may be re . pe 3 . l-r ed , ^ nd that whilst fhey cqn 4 uct t ^ cmy selves as Ipjf ^ l , obedient , and peaceable subjects to the state , they , Uncommon with all ^ h ^ ir feHo \ y * citUens , may i&

    put in possession of cprnplete religious freedom , and allowed | q worship tfc ^ jr Maker , and maintain their Chris ^ jari prpfesj » ipnyjac ^ pr 4 ing tP their pwn vieyvs , and their in ^ mbeat d » t ; y , vvit ^ out b ^ ipg subjected , ujqudef the ^ nciipo of law , tp any penalties or djisa ^ iliti § s in cpnsepj * ep ; ce . pf t ^ pir dii ^ erit fr orn t ^ i e ^ s ca )^ church

    hs ^ c ^ l . , Th ^ t you r Pe ti iionprs , canftding art the Wisdom » r ^ 4 justice pf this Right Hon ^ ur ^ le Hpus ^ ^> ray that thsir caiise may ) be faken into co # swteratipri # and the r ^ Uaf gr ^ n ^ ed toi them far : vrhizfo tl ?< 5 jr suppUc ^ tS f

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    A Li » t of the Committee ef ' IfyL putifyt appointed to p rMffiiJfof nominatipnS ) ( fy Protestant ± > E ) i 9 s € nterSf fop the y tar 161 J 2 . V ^ ilHaaiji ^ mJitri , mq 4 * £ |> i dktitp maA , F ^ rk-StoSftj- W < ftt- Jbhn Giirn ^ iu ? Esq . i >*? p . Cti ^ jft ^ y S ^ igea ^ Vs feSJ Josei / fr Orittferidff ^ Hsqi Treaj ^ rfcK

    Camberyirell , James CpUins , E ? fl . ' JP » pi Tre ^ iti dT ^; , SMta : t Square , Messrs . Joseph SibneaMiJoseph Tbwley Samii ^ l FaVeH , HeiSffmkmdMik i John * rb * M BLatt ; m < m Bttnne \ l Oeoi ^ e tr ^ rn ^

    rtipijid ; Thomas BHi ! : t * 1 itiikfi PreWe , Jasep « Pl . i i «*/ Wiflufei H ^ > ThoiniS WiWn / H ^^ pi ahief ^ tbiiaL ^ ^ bcfn'&iejj iWai ^ Mn ^ T& 6 i ^^ 'Maitla ^ d , WiliW Alei ^; joieirfi ^ itBori , > 6 iiii Adding i ^ Joseph Beuwell , William Esdaile , WiU liam Say ill .

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    Intelligence . —Protestant Dissenting Mifiisters * Petition . 2 f $

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1812, page 273, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1747/page/65/