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New John Brown Book
John Brown of Haddington sends forth a resounding thunderclap with this polemical refutation of the doctrine of Toleration as practiced in civil government and in the church. Do you, dear Christian, feel disgusted with all the abominable religious doctrines allowed and promoted in your land? You ought to! John Brown thoroughly refutes nearly every objection that may be raised in favor of officially tolerating false religions.
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William Ames' classic treatment of the subject of Conscience is available for FREE in both PDF and HTML formats on the Gospel Covenant Publications website. www.gcpublications.com
A Refutation of Religious Pluralism: A Summary
John Brown of Haddington (1780)
Mr. John Brown’s manifesto shatters the glass walls that have been erected (not only by political leaders, but also by religious leaders) around the “sacred” doctrine of religious pluralism (or religious toleration) within the political realm. Mr. Brown argues that for a nation to tolerate gross heresy and blasphemy (and even false religions in their entirety) is not to take a neutral position with regard to religion, but is rather to protect and promote false religion (contrary to God and His Moral Law, which perpetually bind all people in the world to its obedience—including political leaders). For God is not morally neutral and does not grant a so-called “religious liberty” in the civil realm to violate His Moral Law (as summarized in the Ten Commandments). For that which is truly a moral wrong can never be a civil right. In the two Letters found in t his volume are summarized Biblical, historical, and logical arguments against the toleration of gross heresy and blasphemy in the constitutions and practices of nations (and especially those nations that are engaged by way of lawful National Covenants to God). In addition, Mr. Brown has cited numerous objections against the magistrate’s God-ordained duty to legally and morally prevent religious toleration and pluralism within a nation, and has provided answers to the objections that manifest a consistent Scriptural reasoning revealing the fantasy of “religious liberty” and “religious pluralism” in the civil realm. If Mr. Brown had written his book in the United States (rather than in Scotland), an appropriate title might have been, The Religious Pluralism Granted In The First Amendment Is Not Granted In The First Commandment. Dear reader, be ready to have your political worldview shaken and turned right-side-up!
The original title of Mr. Brown’s book is The Absurdity and Perfidy of All Authoritative Toleration of Gross Heresy, Blasphemy, Idolatry, Popery, in Britain, In Two Letters to a Friend.
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