Reply to Dr. Lingard's Vindication [Of Certain Passages in His History of England]; In a Letter to Francis Jeffray (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1827. Excerpt: ... insinuation is adroit, but the impression it conveys is not just. Infidels are not the only persons who must hold the principles of Caveyrac in detestation. Every friend of religious liberty must be hostile to the doctrines he professes. The specimens I am about to give of his opinions will, I trust, enlist even Dr. Lingard among his opponents. One of the sections of Caveyrac's book has for its title, " l'intolrance civile et rigoureuse, est-elle con"traire a la raison, a. l'humanite, a la politique, et "a la religion V and to this question a decided answer is given in the negative. The author affects to have a horror of persecution; but he justifies the declaration of 1724, f by which the King of France announces to his subjects, "Qu'il ne veut qu'une religion dans "ses etats, tout acte contraire a. la religion Catholiqo "est puni de la peine des galeres perpetuelles pour les "hommes, et de la prison perpetuelle pour les femmes, "avec la confiscation des biens." An article in the same declaration, which punishes with death Calvinist ministers and preachers detected in France, he pronounces to be bad policy, but strict justice;% and the regulation which compels Calvinist parents to send their children for education to Catholic schools, he defends, on the ground, that the king being the father of his people, it is his duty to attend to their happiness in Caveyrac, p. 358. t P-449. + lb. p. 452. lb. p. 456. i the world to come, as well as to their temporal welfare. "Cette intolerance," he exclaims, "trouve son prin"cipe dans la charite, sa justice dans le bon ordre, son "exemple dans la conduite des empereurs Chretiens." I am far from imputing any participation in these sentiments to Dr. Lingard. He has entered his solemn protest against them; and though ...