THE HISTORY OF PERSECUTION,

from the

PATRIARCHIAL AGE, TO THE REIGN OF GEORGE II.

By S. CHANDLER, D.D. F.R.S. S.A.

A New Edition.

To which are added,

The Rev. Dr. Buchanan’s Notices of the present State of the Inquisition at Goa.

ALSO, AN

APPENDIX,

containing

HINTS ON THE RECENT PERSECUTIONS IN THE BRITISH EMPIRE.

SOME CIRCUMSTANCES RELATING TO

LORD VISCOUNT SIDMOUTH’S BILL;

A CIRCUMSTANTIAL DETAIL OF THE STEPS TAKEN TO OBTAIN

The New Toleration Act,

WITH THE

ACT ITSELF, AND OTHER IMPORTANT MATTER.

By CHARLES ATMORE.

“Uniformity of religious belief is not to be expected, so variously constituted are the minds of men, and consequently Religious Coercion is not only absurd and impolitic, but for all good purposes impracticable.”

Sutton, Archbishop of Canterbury.

HULL:

PRINTED FOR THE EDITOR, AND J. CRAGGS; AND SOLD BY LONGMAN,

HURST, REES, ORME AND BROWN, PATERNOSTER-ROW;

BLANCHARD, N^o. 14, CITY ROAD, LONDON; AND

WILSON AND SON, YORK.

1813.

IIIPRINTED BY JOHN PERKINS,

BOWLALLEY-LANE, HULL.

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