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The Works of John Locke (5); In Nine Volumes
The Works of John Locke In Nine Volumes - 5 Author:John Locke Volume: 5 General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1824 Original Publisher: Printed for C. and J. Rivington Subjects: Philosophy, English Knowledge, Theory of Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books... more » edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: A SECOND LETTER cONCERNING TOLERATION. A SECOND LETTER TONCBBNINO TOLERATION. To the Author of the Argument of the Letter, concerning Toleration, briefly contidered and an swered. Sir, You will pardon me if I take the same liberty with you, that you have done with the author of the Letter concerning Toleration ; to consider your arguments, and endeavour to shew you the mistakes of them; for since you have so plainly yielded up the question to him, and do own that " the severities he would dissuade " Christians from, are utterly unapt and improper to Ll bring men to embrace that truth which must save them :" I am not without some hopes to prevail with you to do that yourself, which you say is the only justifiable aim of men differing about religion, even in the use of the severest methods, T/$. carefully and impartially to weigh the whole matter, and thereby to remove that prejudice which makes you yet favour some remains of persecution: promising myself that so ingenious a person will either be convinced by the truth which appears so very clear and evident to me : or else confess, that, were either you or I in authority, we should very unreasonably and very unjustly use any force upon the other, which differed from him, upon any pretence of want of examination. And if force be not to be used in your case or mine, because unreasonable, or unjust; you will, I hope, think fit that it should be forborn in all others where it will be equally unjust and unreasonable ; as I doubt not b...« less