LETTERS

ON

PREJUDICE.

VOL. I.

LONDON:

Printed by A. & R. Spottiswoode,

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Though we wish heartily that all controversies were ended, as we do that all sin
were abolished, yet we have little hope of the one or the other, till the world
be ended, And in the meanwhile think it best to content ourselves with, and to
persuade others unto, an unity of charity and mutual toleration; seeing God
hath authorized no man, to force all men to unity of opinion. Chillingworth.
Let us not therefore, judge one another any more. Romans, chap. 14. v. 13.

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1822.

110. i. 104.

THE first thought of writing the following letters, was suggested by various casual conversations on the subjects to which they refer. The object in the publication of them, has been to serve the general cause of religion, with as little offence as possible to any of its friends, whatever peculiar opinions they may hold, or to whatever party in the Church, they may be attached.

The plan has necessarily partaken of the desultory character of those conversations in which it originated; but it has been the author's endeavour to give the work as much unity, as the variety of the subjects would allow. The Letters have extended, both in length and number, beyond the original intention; though much has yet been left unsaid, from an apprehension of