Excerpt from A Theoretic Explanation of the Science of Sanctity, According to Reason, Scripture, Common Sense, and the Analogy of Things: Containing an Idea of God, of His Creations, and Kingdoms, of the Holy Scriptures, of the Christian Trinity, and of the Gospel System There are fome noble fouls imprifoned from their in fancy, within the pale of a particular clan, or narrow tribe, and they Inuit never dare to think beyond thofe limits. 'i/vhat fhameful bars are laid in the way, to obftruét the progrcfs of knowledge, and the growth of the intelleétual world! Generous fentiments are ftifled, and forbid to be born, left the parent of'thern, who perhaps belongs to one fair, {hould be fufpetfted of too much intimacy with anoth er and a thonfand brave, and free thoughts, are crufhed to death in the very bud, left they {hould look like the oil fpring of a foreign tribe, when they appear in open light. 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.