History of the Church of Scotland From the Introduction of Christianity to the
History of the Church of Scotland From the Introduction of Christianity to the
W M William Maxwell Hetherington
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41 42. being taken on the ground of that misun- derstanding. When the mere politician uses the word, he too generally means nothing more than that he regards all religious creeds and forms with equal in- difference ; and that, in his opinion, it is a matter of convenience or expediency, whether a certain amount of encourage- ment should be shown to all alike, or to none at all. The mode of viewing the matter every man of principle must un- hesitatingly condemn ; and it may safely be presumed, t...hat few of any Christian denomination would support religious toleration on the plea that religious truth could not be known, and, since it might possibly be in the possession of some party, it was best to tolerate all. Even if statesmen and mere politicians should take that ground, it is not likely that sincere Christians will. Yet almost all will admit, that error cannot be suppressed, nor truth taught, by means of civil pains and penalties, which, therefore, ought never to be employed in matters of reli- gion ; but surely it might be easily per- ceived, that abstaining from conferring power on those who hold certain opinions is a very different thing from inflicting pains, penalties, persecution, and death.
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