The History and Antiquities of Dissenting Churches and Meeting Houses, in London, Westminster, and Southwark, Vol. 1 of 4

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Excerpt from The History and Antiquities of Dissenting Churches and Meeting Houses, in London, Westminster, and Southwark, Vol. 1 of 4: Including the Lives of Their Ministers, From the Rise of Nonconformity to the Present Time, With an Appendix on the Origin, Progress, and Present State of Christianity in BritainThe attainment of truth is the only legitimate and of history. If destitute of this ingredient, it may delude mankind, but cannot instruct them, it may serve the interests of a party, but strikes at the foundation of religion and virtue. To arrive at truth, we must divest ourselves of sectarian prejudices, weigh well the Opinions of others, and be difiident of our own judgment, True wisdom is always allied to modesty, and whilst it becomes na to be decided in our own Opinions, a recollection of human fallibility will teach us a lesson of candour to others. As there is hardly any thing more destructive to the peace of society, so there is nothing more contemptible than bigotry. History is full of its evil couse quences, and we heartily despise those narrow minds in which it was an inhabitant. In de nouncing this disturber of the christian world, truth makes no distinction of sects. The mind of an Edwards was no less deformed than that of a Wood, and whilst we use their facts, we reject their opinions, and pity their bigotry.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.