A vindication of the religious opinions of the higher classes in this country: in letters to W. Wilberforce upon his Practical view of the prevailing religious system of the same. By one of the arraigned [signing himself Objector]. |
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Whenever any sect of any religion is large enough to comprise a national Church , the actual general practice of that body of people , must , in the nature of things , be very defective , when con- trasted with the strict literal ...
Whenever any sect of any religion is large enough to comprise a national Church , the actual general practice of that body of people , must , in the nature of things , be very defective , when con- trasted with the strict literal ...
Side 3
Whe- ther in the Koran or the Gospel , these things are forbidden alike to all sects of their followers . you ... alike to the tenets of every sect but one that ever called themselves Christians , and to charge them upon our tenets .
Whe- ther in the Koran or the Gospel , these things are forbidden alike to all sects of their followers . you ... alike to the tenets of every sect but one that ever called themselves Christians , and to charge them upon our tenets .
Side 9
These , you must well know , are not our system , although it suits you to represent them as such ; they cannot be our system , or the system of any sect of Christians whatsoever , nor ever were . They are those things wherein we fail ...
These , you must well know , are not our system , although it suits you to represent them as such ; they cannot be our system , or the system of any sect of Christians whatsoever , nor ever were . They are those things wherein we fail ...
Side 10
... the same time to preach to us perfection , and to advocate the supre- macy of a particular sect , for whom you assume a far nearer approach to this desirable perfection , than what has been attained by any other body of Christians .
... the same time to preach to us perfection , and to advocate the supre- macy of a particular sect , for whom you assume a far nearer approach to this desirable perfection , than what has been attained by any other body of Christians .
Side 11
... with another equal body of men , under similar circum- stances , but which body is not proved to exist , and I fear , does exist but in your imagination . Indi- viduals of your sect may certainly be found , who INTRODUCTORY LETTER .
... with another equal body of men , under similar circum- stances , but which body is not proved to exist , and I fear , does exist but in your imagination . Indi- viduals of your sect may certainly be found , who INTRODUCTORY LETTER .
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| Titel | A vindication of the religious opinions of the higher classes in this country: in letters to W. Wilberforce upon his Practical view of the prevailing religious system of the same. By one of the arraigned [signing himself Objector]. |
| Forfatter | Objector (pseud.) |
| udgivet | 1831 |
| Oprindeligt fra | Oxford University |
| Digitaliseret | 3. apr 2006 |
| Eksporter henvisning | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |