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Article ORIGINAL LETTER OF BISHOP BURNET. ← Page 2 of 2 Article ON RELIGION, MORALITY, AND GOVERNMENT. Page 1 of 3 →
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Original Letter Of Bishop Burnet.
raising our souls as much as we can towards those exercises in which he is now eternally engaged . ' I hope I need not desire you to look carefully for all the remnants of so great a soul ; that if he has writ any thing that may make him , while dsad , yet to speak to the world ; these may not be losst , unlesse he any way signified his pleasure to the contrary . It is long since I resolved if ever I outlived him to writ his lifeand tho' there
, are many parts of his life unknown to me , yet , I am sure there is no man alive that knows his publike concerns in Scotland so particularl y as I doe ; but this is a thing , in which I can make no steps till I know your mind in it , and what assistance I can receive from you .
' I was ashamed of the extraordinary high present you sent me , which was farre beyond what the putting me in mourning can amount to : but I shall distribute that which is over , in the best manner I can . Pie had two very particular friends ; one was here with him ; and it was on his account , in a great measure , that he came up at this time : his name is Fell : * the other lived tome years with him in Scotlandhis name is Aird who will desire very earnestly to have
, , some small thing that belonged to him , either his common-prayer book , or Greek testament , or his bible . Mr . Fell wisht also he mig ht have his staffe ; and I know the other so well that without a commission from him , I make this desire in his name . You see the freedom I take to writ to you , tho' I have not the honour of being known to you . But the vast esteem I had for your blessed Brother
makes me hope you will have the goodness to forgive this boldness I take , and that you will ever look on me as one that is with great sincerity , Madam , Your most humble servant , 2 d July , 16 S 4 . G . BuBNET . The Most Honored Mistris Lightmakir at Bradhurst . '
On Religion, Morality, And Government.
ON RELIGION , MORALITY , AND GOVERNMENT .
LETTER I . TO THE Er . ITOn OF THF . SCIENTIFIC MAGAZINE .
I Have the tenderest regard for the honour of our country , as a Protestant nation ; and for the rights of my countrymen , as a free people ; but I cannot apprehend wherein I shall offend against the act of toleration , or true liberty of conscience , by offering a dissertation , now and then , upon a religious or moral subject , since no body is forced to read it ; and nothing but curiosity can oblige people to meddle with what they do not like .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Original Letter Of Bishop Burnet.
raising our souls as much as we can towards those exercises in which he is now eternally engaged . ' I hope I need not desire you to look carefully for all the remnants of so great a soul ; that if he has writ any thing that may make him , while dsad , yet to speak to the world ; these may not be losst , unlesse he any way signified his pleasure to the contrary . It is long since I resolved if ever I outlived him to writ his lifeand tho' there
, are many parts of his life unknown to me , yet , I am sure there is no man alive that knows his publike concerns in Scotland so particularl y as I doe ; but this is a thing , in which I can make no steps till I know your mind in it , and what assistance I can receive from you .
' I was ashamed of the extraordinary high present you sent me , which was farre beyond what the putting me in mourning can amount to : but I shall distribute that which is over , in the best manner I can . Pie had two very particular friends ; one was here with him ; and it was on his account , in a great measure , that he came up at this time : his name is Fell : * the other lived tome years with him in Scotlandhis name is Aird who will desire very earnestly to have
, , some small thing that belonged to him , either his common-prayer book , or Greek testament , or his bible . Mr . Fell wisht also he mig ht have his staffe ; and I know the other so well that without a commission from him , I make this desire in his name . You see the freedom I take to writ to you , tho' I have not the honour of being known to you . But the vast esteem I had for your blessed Brother
makes me hope you will have the goodness to forgive this boldness I take , and that you will ever look on me as one that is with great sincerity , Madam , Your most humble servant , 2 d July , 16 S 4 . G . BuBNET . The Most Honored Mistris Lightmakir at Bradhurst . '
On Religion, Morality, And Government.
ON RELIGION , MORALITY , AND GOVERNMENT .
LETTER I . TO THE Er . ITOn OF THF . SCIENTIFIC MAGAZINE .
I Have the tenderest regard for the honour of our country , as a Protestant nation ; and for the rights of my countrymen , as a free people ; but I cannot apprehend wherein I shall offend against the act of toleration , or true liberty of conscience , by offering a dissertation , now and then , upon a religious or moral subject , since no body is forced to read it ; and nothing but curiosity can oblige people to meddle with what they do not like .