Who does not see that the same authority which can establish Christian…

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Who does not see that the same authority which can establish Christianity, in exclusion of all other Religions, may establish with the same ease any particular sect of Christians, in exclusion of all other Sects? ✨ Memorial and Remonstrance Against Religious Assessments (1785)
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