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John Locke
A letter concerning toleration

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1 1| are much rather marks of men striving for power and empire 2 1| but to the regulating of men’s lives, according to the 3 1| destroy, and kill other men upon pretence of religion, 4 1| they pretend, and love to men’s souls that they deprive 5 1| this be done merely to make men Christians and procure their 6 1| are acknowledged by all men to be diametrically opposite 7 1| enlargement of it amongst men, ought to apply himself 8 1| If anyone maintain that men ought to be compelled by 9 1| that it seems monstrous for men to be so blind as not to 10 1| concernment for the interest of men’s souls, and, on the other 11 1| to me to be a society of men constituted only for the 12 1| any more than to other men. It is not committed unto 13 1| such efficacy as to make men change the inward judgement 14 1| common to him with other men. In teaching, instructing, 15 1| that can work a change in men’s opinions; which light 16 1| care of the salvation of men’s souls cannot belong to 17 1| capable to convince and change men’s minds, yet would not that 18 1| hope is there that more men would be led into it if 19 1| suits the notion of a Deity, men would owe their eternal 20 1| government relates only to men’s civil interests, is confined 21 1| be a voluntary society of men, joining themselves together 22 1| merchants for commerce, or of men of leisure for mutual conversation 23 1| place, I consent that these men have a ruler in their church, 24 1| himself has chosen.~But since men are so solicitous about 25 1| Church of Christ than for men to impose their own inventions 26 1| bought with his but other men’s money.~Secondly, no private 27 1| the Supreme judge of all men, to whom also alone belongs 28 1| the meanwhile, let those men consider how heinously they 29 1| instruments wherewith to convince men’s minds of error, and inform 30 1| established or preserved amongst men so long as this opinion 31 1| enough that ecclesiastical men abstain from violence and 32 1| and goodwill towards all men, as well towards the erroneous 33 1| industriously to exhort all men, whether private persons 34 1| too severely upon those men whose dignity I desire not 35 1| nothing but that (whatever men think of them) they may 36 1| able to the confounding of men’s errors! But let them spare 37 1| very difficult to persuade men of sense that he who with 38 1| God Himself will not save men against their wills. Let 39 1| that plead for compelling men into this or the other way. 40 1| great variety of ways that men follow, it is still doubted 41 1| possession of any sort of men. Princes, indeed, are born 42 1| born superior unto other men in power, but in nature 43 1| infallible judgement, that all men are bound to follow in the 44 1| concern for the salvation of men’s souls, men cannot be forced 45 1| salvation of men’s souls, men cannot be forced to be saved 46 1| Having thus at length freed men from all dominion over one 47 1| what they are to do. All men know and acknowledge that 48 1| unto the public assemblies? Men, therefore, constituted 49 1| the hands of poor sinful men. Nor, when an incensed Deity 50 1| are sins by the consent of men, which yet no man ever said 51 1| not prejudicial to other men’s rights, nor do they break 52 1| only the injury done unto men’s neighbours and to the 53 1| and ceremonial law, which men ordinarily make use of. 54 1| He, indeed, hath taught men how, by faith and good works, 55 1| make use of it in forcing men to forsake their former 56 1| by laws which are not in men’s power to perform. And 57 1| But.” will some say; “let men at least profess that they 58 1| religion, indeed, that obliges men to dissemble and tell lies, 59 1| magistrate thinks to save men thus, he seems to understand 60 1| thereby alter anything in men’s civil rights. If a heathen 61 1| from the power of great men, to whom she is but rarely 62 1| entrance into the minds of men. Errors, indeed, prevail 63 1| lies the safety both of men’s souls and of the commonwealth. 64 1| affectionate endeavours to reduce men from errors, which are indeed 65 1| souls, which are immortal, men have also their temporal 66 1| upon the fruits of other men’s labours than take pains 67 1| necessity of preserving men in the possession of what 68 1| they farther want, obliges men to enter into society with 69 1| violence. But, forasmuch as men thus entering into societies, 70 1| which is the sole reason of men’s entering into society, 71 1| what liberty remains to men in reference to their eternal 72 1| ceremonies of another Church), men are not in these cases obliged 73 1| self. Thus the safeguard of men’s lives and of the things 74 1| sorts of contests amongst men, the one managed by law, 75 1| the commonwealth, is when men arrogate to themselves, 76 1| expressly and openly, that men are not obliged to keep 77 1| the duty of tolerating all men in matters of mere religion. 78 1| assemblies are composed of men that differ from one another 79 1| the commonwealth; or as if men would not be so much the 80 1| communion does exceedingly unite men’s minds and affections to 81 1| longer dangerous. For if men enter into seditious conspiracies, 82 1| raises ferments and makes men struggle to cast off an 83 1| distinction made between men and men upon account of 84 1| distinction made between men and men upon account of their different 85 1| it to be less lawful for men to meet in churches than 86 1| embraces indifferently all men that are honest, peaceable, 87 1| it is very difficult for men patiently to suffer themselves 88 1| delivered up for a prey to other men’s violence and rapine; especially 89 1| expected but that these men, growing weary of the evils 90 1| art and strength to excite men to arms and sound the trumpet 91 1| not see that these good men are, indeed, more ministers 92 1| dominion of princes and men in authority, they endeavour 93 1| about the binding of other men’s consciences by human laws, 94 1| that all ecclesiastical men, who boast themselves to 95 2| by this it appears that men of different religions cannot 96 2| inquire, therefore, what men are of the same religion. 97 2| ecclesiastical communion between men of the same religion for 98 2| extravagant arrogance of those men who think that they themselves


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