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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Side 39
Our explanation would be thus : of ourselves , that is without the help of Christianity , ( I speak generally , not of par- ... In your conclusion of this section , if we are still to understand you as speaking of peculiar opinions ...
Our explanation would be thus : of ourselves , that is without the help of Christianity , ( I speak generally , not of par- ... In your conclusion of this section , if we are still to understand you as speaking of peculiar opinions ...
Side 41
... to the commands of God , and appear to understand , that , if we use the term " refined and liberal principles of our nature , " we do so merely to be more intelligible in speaking of those who , being heathens , knew not God .
... to the commands of God , and appear to understand , that , if we use the term " refined and liberal principles of our nature , " we do so merely to be more intelligible in speaking of those who , being heathens , knew not God .
Side 43
All the concluding part of this chapter , which you profess to give as the best practical answer to objectors , such as you choose to imagine us to be , far from being an answer , appears to me to be an entire concession , or , to speak ...
All the concluding part of this chapter , which you profess to give as the best practical answer to objectors , such as you choose to imagine us to be , far from being an answer , appears to me to be an entire concession , or , to speak ...
Side 58
... appears to be just that which has always been a tether to religious improvement . Are we for ever to have Christianity mystified merely to spare the sort of ancestral vanity That we , in speaking upon this or any other 58 LETTER IV .
... appears to be just that which has always been a tether to religious improvement . Are we for ever to have Christianity mystified merely to spare the sort of ancestral vanity That we , in speaking upon this or any other 58 LETTER IV .
Side 59
That we , in speaking upon this or any other subject connected with religion , should use different that is loth to allow that its predecessors have ever been in error , or even expressed themselves obscurely ?
That we , in speaking upon this or any other subject connected with religion , should use different that is loth to allow that its predecessors have ever been in error , or even expressed themselves obscurely ?
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