The Modern Emigrant, or Lover of Liberty
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Excerpt from The Modern Emigrant, or Lover of Liberty: Being a Discourse, Delivered in the City of New-York My Christian Friends, - When I was invited to address you in the character of a Minister of Jesus Christ, I thought it would not be amiss to submit to your notice my reasons for leaving the land of my nativity, my beloved relations, and my pastoral charge. If I do this, I must not only advert to the state of religion in England, but, to the laws and politics of that country. I know that many professors, and some of the best of Christians, are opposed to the idea of ministers introducing politics in their discourses. I am one of those who think that Ministers should not give themselves to politics, so as to unfit them for the discharge o their more important duties. But that they should watch the proceedings of the government under which they live, make themselves acquainted with the politics of their own country, and recommend to the people of their charge good and wholesome laws, must be evident to every impartial mind. If a Minister should see the people of his charge laden with an unjust taxation, imposed upon by a heavy tithe system, and laboring under disabilities because of their religious and Christian creed, without speaking, writing, or exercising his influence for their emancipation, in my opinion he would be cruel to an extreme, enthusiastic beyond measure, or destitute of the common feelings of humanity. To say that the professors of religion should not concern themselves about the laws of their country, and the politics which surround them, is to say that the Dissenters of England should endure their religious disabilities, their cruel tithe system, their oppressive government, without speaking about them, or writing on the subject, or even petitioning their Legislature for their liberty and support. Were I called upon for a further justification for glancing at temporal governments in my discourses, I would do it by observing, that the prophets in their predictions, and the apostles in preaching, often noticed the governments under which they lived, and the politics which surrounded them. 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.
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