History of the Rise, Vol. 2 of 2

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Excerpt from History of the Rise, Vol. 2 of 2: And Influence of the Spirit of Rationalism The considerations I have adduced in the first part of this chapter will be su¿icient to show how injurious have been the effects of the doctrine of exclusive salvation. We have still, however, one consequence to examine, before which all others fade into insignificance. I mean, of course, te ligious persecution. This, which is perhaps the most fearful of all the evils that men have in¿icted upon their fellows, is the'direct practical result of the principles we have hitherto considered in their speculative aspect. If men believe with an intense and realising faith that their own view of a dis pated question is true beyond all possibility of mistake, if they further believe that those who adept other views will be deemed by the Almighty to an eternity of misery which, with the same moral disposition but with a di¿'erent belief, they would have escaped, these men will, sooner or later. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.