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    ( LmM ^ P ^^^ aptt ^ besides this , ^^ a ^ teitfW ^ &i ^ sifeaie * * At ia ih&oj iifiioii ^ -tLc ? tedn » ed ; gentteuij&i , fterwms a pi ^ ufri ^ ttttfiis mail * Tib SoJi ^ tTdK-CrKKJEiiAJ . here rose ^ he the

    and deefied tjba ^ f cafled reverend gentleman a presumptuous man ; he only fcakj he assumed to himself a presumptuous character . ; ( - * # faugh . } He doubted not hut that his language was fresh in the memory of the House .

    Mr . Thomson said , he was just proceeding to shew that it was fresh in his memory . \ A laugh . ) Bat as to that charge of presumption , which it seemed , by som& very nice logical . " distinction which he , for his part , cfid not understand , was attached to his character and not to himself , { much

    laughter , ) he thought , if there was any presumption in the case , it lay : with the learned gentleman , who was so extremely bold as to give a direct and unqualified negative to all his assertions immediately after hearing them . ( Sol . Gen ., " i said no such thing . " ) Very well : he had now done with the

    honourable gentleman ' s speech ; and would conclude by saying , that it was nothing but his warm and inviolable attachment to the Church that urged him to make his stand against this encroachment : that , according to the direction of ' the learned Lord , he could lay his hand on his heart and say , he

    sincerely thought that this Order of Council was a manifest encroachment on its independence ; and that he trusted that the breath of official authority , breathe from what quarter it might , would never be allowed to

    wither one leaf of th ^ t plant of renown which our forefather ^ watered with their blood , and of which we had been permuted , by a kind Pmvidefcce , to eat the pleasant fruits . ( &oud applause . ) r

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    insinuations .:. ' ' ^ ^^^ tj ^^^^^ s ^ i ^^ 0 l ^ embrace either opinion ^ \\ athi £ ) ut ^^ ar sing himself jiisi&y to , sOTere rfefle ^^ Cl ^ tis either upon his bekd orfhm hssmhWi

    ease can dnly be settled by free arid candid discussion . It is , hjowever ^ too ^ late in , life for me to pursue the in « juiry into detail ; I shall , theref £ ? e ^ f ^ j permission to offer a few expla ^ at ! 6 ) c observations , and so take ieave ^ f tM suMect ., : ' / "

    The question concerningrfcfee ^ terposition of tlte civil power foirthe : protection and advancement oi Christiaiatity , is a question either of theory or of fact . As a question of abstract theory , I have delivered it as my opdnioa in fhe Three Discourses lately published , and

    in concurrence , as I presume , with the great body of Christians of all denominations and of every age , that eyea admitting that the Christian religion could stand without any external support , and could make its way in defiance of all armositioEu vet if its . procress

    could be in any degree accelerated by a judicious interposition of the civil power , so great is its excellence and so beneficial its effects in every form of civil society , that it woul < l be the indispensable duty of the , civil power to

    afford every reasonable aid and encouragement to its advancement in $ he world . 1 have statedt to wliat « ttiiv ^ in fftjr judgriaent , the iklterrjo ^ itipn of me jcfviil magistrate m ^ y gp Wd ^ hete it < itMt to stop . Here is a . \ vide fi ^ a fpr , ijifferei ^ ce of opinion , aind perhaps exp ^ -

    riejoce . x > nly w ^ mm tfee ? qu ^ stwn . M » ny , particulMly amopg Pnxt ^ s ^ p Dissenters , are of 6 pink ) in ^ hm . the patronage of tbe civil power ough * tfc extend no further than to the graWJ Of a small > ittatice fof the . sUppm ^ Wfa Chriitiaa ministry , wd fyf&jm mf ^^ ¦ ¦^ M ^ MtK mHKt ^^ am t ^^^ mmmmM even those who w ? uffmtndn *» S

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    „ . Essex ^ ffause , i ^ rrv September-21 , ' 1826 . I » . NOW not any t ¥ tti ^ which Would ' t *? ve "je mope pieastii-e than to enter ««»_» bain , and temtleWiWdifefiitesioii mJI « x ^ eslS oA condeliriito the expea * nct and exitcpjflifc'iUKterpdsit&i fe ^ IS #

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1820, page 575, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2493/page/11/