2 Sept 1811

Jug Util

Cause of the preaching of this doctrine. The penitent becomes a patient, the priest the physician.

By this system the salvation of the individual being more anxiously consulted than the tranquillity of the people or the power of its rulers, it did not find favour in their sight. It afforded them some trouble, and /had/ was never by that government or any other been, in the character of a genuine offspring of Christianity, received into the establishment, and /or/ put into the catalogue of merits. Its [...?] /reception in the character of a/ to be received and taken as the genuine offspring of that religion was not however the less unquestionable /correct/ /[...?]/ /[...?]/ at least if the doctrine /by/ which gives merit /positive merit/ to repentance to be really a part of it. The fault lies not in the application made of the principle but in the principle itself. It is a principle of which no good application, no application but an evil one can be made.

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Individual salvation being thus, more anxiously provided for than peoples tranquillity or rulers power, the expedient was odious. It was not however the less Christian, if he doctrine of repentance be Christian. The fault lay not in the application, but in the principle—no good application could be made of it.

(Cause of the preaching this and other [...?] doctrines, Penitent a patient, preacher the physician.)