Excerpt from Remarks on Some Paragraphs in the Fourth Volume of Dr. Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England: Relating to the Dissenters Admittin G, what is far from being true, that, for polic tical reafons, it were extremely unadvifeable to make any al teration in the fervice of the church and admitting, alfo, what is as far from the truth, that there is no manifeit impiety or {hocking abfurdity in the prefent forms of the church of Eng land why may I not fpeak in derogation of the book of common prayer, or even in contempt of it, if I really think it a defoc'tivo, and contomptibie performance Where is the great crime if, infulted as the Dilienters have always been, with the malice, and nonfenfe of high churchmen, they fhould, now and then, fpeak, or even write in-their own vindication: ifit were only to convince thofe who have been deluded by the lies and the fophifiry of their ad verfaries, that Diflenters are men like themfelves, With hands, heads, and underfiandings like other men and that they have no tails, or cloven feet; a notion which fome well-meaning peo ple have been almoit made to believe And how is it poflible to vindicate our condu t as Diffenters, that is, our not ufing the common-prayer book, without {peaking in derogation of it. If the motive be not laudable, it is furely innocent and pardonable, which is quite fufficient for our vindication. 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.