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1821 Feb. 13 Jug. Util. 8
1821 Feb. 13

Jug. Util.

8

Introduction or Ch.

8

(3)

meanest of his subjects as that miserable sinfulness in which he possesses an undistinguished share, with them, according to the /[...?]/ acknowledgment made by him as often as /every time/ that withl that sacred formulary for his prompter he makes his obeisance /does homage/ to that Monarch in whom alone he beholds a /his/ superior in heaven any more than on earth.

Not to speak of Charles the 2d whose /contempt of religion [...?] itself/ Atheism was confined to the convivial tables, think of Frederic the Great of Prussia, whose statements on that subject were in his life time and under his own orders made manifest by his printed and published works. But whatsoever this Frederic was in a the Prussian Monarchy every other King is according to the doctrine in question is in his own Monarchy, if the one is so is the other. If the bigot is so is the Atheist this [...?] sole sufficient and necessary guide in the path of religious truth.

Behold then on one hand Frederic the Great of Prussia: from the contempt which with such /a little reason/ [...?] [...?] of reason he professed for all religion—suppose him what might at any time have happened by this or that precocity or ill humour, led in to hatred: /excited by the people/ suppose him to have taken a course /[...?]/ similar in its object with that which under such provocations as they had received from the use made of religion, /taken/ by the /Republican/ Revolutionists of France. Where would then have been the security for peace, tranquillity, [...?] order, good order in this life, with eternal salvation instead of direct damnation added by way of Appendix, to be enjoyed in the life to come?

16.

Charles 2d Atheism was confined to the Tables—Fredericks were by him spread by the press. Behold there the sole sufficient and necessary guide to religious truth.

17.

By resistance or provocation, suppose his contempt for religion turned into hatred as in the case of the French Revolutionists. Where then the security for peace now, and against damnation in the life and world to come?
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