"By ignorance, and error, and prejudice, the mind of man is fetter'd and entangled, so that it hath not the free use of it self: but when we are rightly informed, especially in those things which are useful and necessary for us to know, we recover our liberty, and feel our selves enlarged from the restraints we were in before."
Sermon XIV. True Liberty, the Result of Christianity [from Several Discourses of the Truth and the Excellency of the Christian Religion]
At least 12 entries in ECCO and ESTC (1703, 1704, 1717, 1722, 1735, 1739, 1742, 1748, 1752, 1757, 1772).<br>
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See John Tillotson, <u>Several Discourses of the Truth and the Excellency of the Christian Religion</u>, ed. Ralph Barker, vol xiii (London: Printed for Ri. Chiswell, 1703). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T84202">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&contentSet=ECCOArticles&type=multipage&tabID=T001&prodId=ECCO&docId=CW119072636&source=gale&userGroupName=viva_uva&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;<br>
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Text from <u>The Works of Dr. John Tillotson, Late Archbishop of Canterbury</u>, Sermon CXCIII, vol. X (London: Richard Priestley, 1820). &lt;<a href="http://www.ccel.org/ccel/tillotson/works10.txt">Link to www.ccel.org</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=AfY8AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA614">See also 1712 edition in Google Books</a>&gt;