Selected quad for the lemma: religion_n
Text snippets containing the quad
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A62757
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To the King's Most Excellent Majesty, the humble address of the atheists, or, the Sect of the Epicureans
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James II, King of England, 1633-1701.
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1688
(1688)
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Wing T1503; ESTC R4843
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to_o the_o king_n be_v most_o excellent_a majesty_n the_o humble_a address_n of_o the_o atheist_n or_o the_o sect_n of_o the_o epicurean_o great_a sir_n since_o man_n of_o all_o faction_n and_o misperswasion_n of_o religion_n have_v present_v their_o thanks_o for_o your_o majesty_n gracious_a declaration_n of_o liberty_n of_o conscience_n we_o think_v ourselves_o oblige_v as_o gentleman_n to_o bring_v up_o the_o rear_n and_o become_v addresser_n too_o we_o be_v sure_o there_o be_v no_o party_n of_o man_n more_o improve_v and_o advance_v by_o your_o indulgence_n both_o as_o to_o principle_n and_o proselyte_n of_o england_n and_o our_o cabal_n be_v as_o full_a as_o your_o royal_a chapel_n for_o your_o unlimited_a toleration_n have_v free_v the_o nation_n from_o the_o troublesome_a bygottry_n of_o religion_n and_o have_v teach_v man_n to_o conclude_v that_o there_o be_v nothing_o sacred_a or_o divine_a but_o trade_n and_o empire_n and_o nothing_o of_o such_o eternal_a moment_n as_o secular_a interest_n your_o majesty_n universal_a indulgence_n have_v introduce_v such_o unanswerable_a objection_n and_o happy_a inference_n towards_o towards_o all_o religion_n that_o many_o have_v give_v over_o the_o troublesome_a enquiry_n after_o truth_n and_o set_v down_o that_o easy_a inference_n that_o all_o religion_n be_v a_o cheat._n in_o particular_a we_o can_v never_o sufficient_o congratulate_v and_o admire_v that_o generous_a passage_n in_o your_o majesty_n gracious_a declaration_n wherein_o you_o have_v free_v your_o people_n from_o the_o solemn_a superstition_n of_o oath_n and_o especial_o from_o those_o slavish_a ceremonious_a one_o of_o supremacy_n and_o allegiance_n and_o be_v please_v to_o declare_v that_o you_o expect_v no_o more_o from_o your_o people_n than_o what_o they_o be_v oblige_v to_o by_o the_o ancient_a law_n of_o nature_n and_o so_o have_v brave_o give_v they_o leave_v to_o preserve_v and_o defend_v themselves_o according_a to_o the_o first_o chapter_n of_o nature_n magna_n charta_n your_o majesty_n be_v please_v to_o wish_v that_o all_o your_o subject_n be_v of_o your_o own_o religion_n and_o perhaps_o every_o division_n wish_v you_o be_v of_o they_o but_o for_o our_o part_n we_o free_o declare_v that_o if_o ever_o we_o shall_v be_v oblige_v to_o profess_v any_o religion_n we_o will_v prefer_v the_o church_n of_o rome_n which_o do_v not_o much_o trouble_n the_o world_n with_o the_o affair_n of_o invisible_a being_n and_o be_v very_o civil_a and_o indulgent_a to_o the_o fail_n of_o humane_a nature_n that_o church_n can_v ease_v we_o from_o the_o grave_a fatigue_n of_o religion_n and_o for_o our_o money_n allow_v we_o proxy_n both_o for_o piety_n and_o penance_n we_o can_v easy_o swallow_v and_o digest_v a_o wafer_n deity_n and_o will_v never_o cavil_v at_o the_o mass_n in_o a_o unknown_a tongue_n when_o the_o sacrifice_n itself_o be_v so_o unintelligible_a we_o shall_v never_o scruple_n the_o adoration_n of_o a_o image_n when_o the_o chief_a religion_n be_v but_o imagination_n and_o we_o be_v willing_a to_o allow_v the_o pop_z a_o absolute_a power_n to_o dispense_v with_o all_o penal_a law_n in_o this_o world_n and_o in_o another_o but_o before_o we_o return_v to_o rome_n the_o great_a origin_n of_o atheism_n we_o wish_v the_o pope_n and_o all_o his_o vassal_n prince_n will_v free_v the_o world_n from_o the_o fear_n of_o hell_n and_o devil_n the_o inquisition_n and_o dragoon_n and_o that_o he_o will_v take_v of_o the_o chimney-money_n of_o purgatory_n and_o custom_n and_o excise_n of_o pardon_n and_o indulgence_n which_o be_v so_o much_o inconsistent_a with_o the_o flourish_a trade_n and_o grandeur_n of_o the_o nation_n as_o for_o the_o engagement_n of_o life_n and_o fortune_n the_o common_a compliment_n of_o addresser_n we_o confess_v we_o have_v a_o more_o peculiar_a tenderness_n for_o those_o most_o sacred_a concernment_n but_o yet_o we_o will_v hazard_v they_o in_o desence_n of_o your_o majesty_n with_o as_o much_o constancy_n and_o resolution_n as_o your_o majesty_n will_v defend_v your_o indulgence_n that_o be_v so_o far_o as_o the_o adventure_n will_v serve_v our_o design_n and_o interest_n from_o the_o devil-tavern_n the_o five_o of_o november_n 1688._o present_v by_o justice_n baldock_n and_o be_v gracious_o receive_v