------------------------------------------------------------------------ Transcriber’s Note: This version of the text cannot represent certain typographical effects. Italics are delimited with the ‘_’ character as _italic_. The occasional superscripted characters are preceded by a carat ‘^’, and enclosed in brackets should there be more than one (e.g. 2^{nd}). Footnotes and their anchors have been resequenced for uniqueness within the text, and have been moved to follow the paragraphs in which they are referenced. Minor errors, attributable to the printer, have been corrected. Please see the transcriber’s note at the end of this text for details regarding the handling of any textual issues encountered during its preparation. [Illustration: _Freeman sculp._ SAMUEL CHANDLER. D.D. F.R.S. S.A. _Published by John Craggs, Hull. Jan 1^{st}. 1813._ ] 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. PRINTED BY JOHN PERKINS, BOWLALLEY-LANE, HULL. [Illustration] The EDITOR’S PREFACE.