Dissent Vindicated

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Excerpt from Dissent Vindicated: With a Particular Reference to the Question of National Religious Establishments "The wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy." Much of this wisdom is required by the Church of God in the present posture of its affairs. Human mind has received an impulse, and amid its active workings, searching inquiry has extended itself to sacred themes, and especially to questions of ecclesiastical polity. Evidence has been demanded in support of positions that were wont to be sustained by authority. Discussion has issued in convictions, not always consonant with usage, and often startling to prejudice. Conviction has been freely avowed, and a hostile reaction has followed. Mind has been brought into collision with mind, and, in too many instances, strife and exasperation have ensued. On the one part, liberty is jealous of infringement, and on the other, there is a timid apprehension lest ancient landmarks should be removed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.