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V- i cu THE o.vLY i»!FF::r.'sNct: oi- si-j!.iir:LTi.N(; xn t:;3 iiKiG:.;;va rovr.r.r.it vol'. T.'.'AT or cr,oi WITH A riAv ii ^A vr 'f^ r J A ■n.*.' •- •r-l? T^^.V-Tl i? rrf/'J,- H.iSC ■ la !tr:C^c it'fi r/) r-'rt r::fi"-!- !>/ <]fUrb:j If, die r.yud of the T<\.l Oatu u:2';h: 'ti; !.'C'.f/i,-iM-,'i h" had iu.:er d.ir.i'V'hii\ • dl.. thut • C'};\-ne::rr ,;t.' In ■■e.-y ;);•(..;.•; .1 i.i.'f I. a ' ; ami r;-.',.',i /i-? Ji I ,, ^; Cl:Til Jl't'iilJ of U i;,-a (■■.■ - ' ' — S POi; vli -;. /. >, 'f ICJ I'.lr '^ /-•■-■ -J ' ,1 N- !•• ,'. l^^'' ^ OATH For th) Mi-mhc's cf ilc House of licprcscnkdicci., ihdr Ministers, Officers, Attendants, and all others iv/ioin it r.uty concern, \Vr,, tho Subscribers uiulcrailtten, Lie^;'o Sjbjcets to our Sovcrci^'n I.oid George tiie Sccoiit!, by tiic Gracft of God of Grnit LiiifJn, France, am! Ireland, ICi.ig, defoiidor of tlio Fail!; and so tbi tl., l)r» TcsiKy nnd dociare before God and tlio world om- Loyally mu! Integrity to our said Soverei^jn Lord the King, in coiifornuty lo tbo Oaths administered to us, and the Declaration siibscribod— vi/,. I do sincerely Promise and Swear that f will be faithful nnd boar iruQ Allegiance to His JMnjesty King George the Second. So hs!;j mo God. (a) I do swear that I do from my Heart, Abhor, Detest and Al>J!irc aa Impious nnd Heretical that Damnable Doctrine and Position that Princes CNcommunicated or deposed by tha Pope or any aiitiiority of llie See o( Rome may be deposed or mnrdered by their subjects or any other whatsoever. And I do declare iliat no r'orci;?n Piirco, Per- son, Prrlaie, State, or Potontnte, hat!) or oujjht to havo any .Tl!^i^-dic- lion, Power, SujiRriority, Pre-cminenco or Authority ECCLESIASTI- CAL or SPIIiirUAL within this realm. So hclj) iiio Cod. (h) 1 do truly and sincerely acknowledge, Profecs, Testify and Derluro in my conscience befoie God and the World, Tiiat our Sove.oi],ai Lord King George tlie Second is Lawful and Rightful King of This Realm and all other His Majesty's Dominions and Ciiintrioy dicrcuuio belonging. And I do solemnly and sincerely Declare that I do !) liovo in my conscience that tfio Person ;>retended to la Prince of VVtdci? during the life of tljo late King Jame^, and since his decease protend- ing to bo and taking upon himself the style and title of King of llng- land by the name of James the Sth or the style and title of King of Great Rritain hath not any right or title whatsoever to tlic Crown of this realm or any other the dominions thereunto Inlonj^ing, and i do Renounce, Refuse and AI»jure any allegiance or obedienre to him. And I do swear that I will bear faitiiful and true r.llcgiunno to Ilij Majesty King GeorlMC(?iity of h'.s convidlon of t!ie trut'i ol'wlint lit; n,<:ici!s, anil liis liilclity in ;.'i- I'oruiiiif,' tlio onv'^jr^'iucnt lio in;iI;os. llonco, wlir^.^oever swe-iis f/iNrlv or viol:iti!3 tlio cii;;!:^(;mont lin lias cnfiruicfl l>y iiti 0,\t(i, not oni;. ofl'cnds ntniii?t triiili and jiislico Imt nijainst ielii;ioii. Jli; irf oi-n.-rr or THK K.Noa.MniTs (jkimk of i'khjup.v. No power in Jtny I'opc or Council, or in ntiy inilivichir.l or Imiiy ot' incii invested witli nutlioriry in t!io CaMiolic CImm-cIi cnn mfki> it lav/- liil for a Catholic to confirm niiy n.Neliood by an O.itli ; or dis^j'onfs .villi nny Oatli, hy wliirli a Catholic has confirmed his duty of nllr- glance to his Sovereign, or nny oblijjaiion of duty or jiistico to a thiid person. lie who takes an Oath is hotuid to ohserve it, in the obviovf mr.anin>r of the loortls, or in the knoicn vitnninowled;,'ed ami obeyed and by him exercised, and it may be oii^'ly conceived how tlio common encMiiy of mankind with demoniac c\i;l!a- tion laughs to scorn the bein}.' who' make;? snrh an impious invocatio'i of ilie "Almighty searcher of hearts to witness the sincerity of lils ronviction of the truth of what he asserts,'' when the falsehood of lir/ Sissi^rtion is as njanifes: as is the sun r,t noon day. "It is admitted by all par-' that at the cominenceMient of tl.'- Ileformation there was a (Jhi rv.i in Em^land which had exij^ti'd licic ever since the first conversion of its inhabitants to Christianity, (of which the Pope was the spiritual head). Was that Chinch a livinp branch of tho true Apostolic Church of Christ, or not? They reply williont hesitation that she was; and, be it observed, they arc coiti- pelled so to reply, for without such admission what would beconv. it tlieir alled^'ed claim to .Vpostohcal succession ? Witliout it, how (;ni!>I tl.e An^jlican Hishops of i!io i»iosHntday shew that by ordination i! ey derive their IMi?.on reject that Chuici!. the chain is broken — you may go back to your female head, I',liz;,'>ot'!, or to her fatlior, Henry: but'theie you stop— a chasm of fifteen l;i:!i- dred years opci'.s between you and the Apojitles."' Hence then if t)ie Anglican P»i?liops are the sucee.ssors of the Apostles, the Pope once had Ecclcsias'.icul ov Spiritual luitliority wiiliifi tho Realm, and as such authority is what no man can give so ui ;/::.(.' can lake (uraj, therefore the authority he once had he lias uhvr.yj i.wA cacti llio rvill li.ur.bccnuro flo who is truth ii.-!r-j ai.Mun;:st IVotoM.int-., us will Uo elicwn; liowcver, tIio:;o who 'vWific tiity aiCMi. ini-iht if ihny would, swuir if, acroidin^ to their nj:r,ir.F, but uio...; \-,|,o swear it ns a kact, swcur tipoij an ucjuwution lor v\i,i.|i they c nu chrw uo Data, to n ihinjj which iy contrary to whnt v.. IS u.c I'.'.rni (!(■ the whole cnnifTiiN would during the firs, ■r/lai W'/?./"f,/;-v .0 of Ciiribtiai.iiy, and «u,m, and is, the r.m-ii of a >»M .uijMi!»y fiiu.iiiMir.ti.s of all irMums (hiriiii: the subsequent, and r.:, ti;o iii,.«c!i; tit;,.'; and which iis ooiiciurcd in hy mniiy k-arned •lit', f.-- ('. uis'aiicc — \y']i:'ti wn i... i; h-.rk upon patit a-cs," says Iluitcn, tlio Piotestaut I ifctr.i;;::. ..| v-rupput JII. "and behold how the Papacy hai.- ouilivv . ■li.l olhrr '.sKtu ioii.-c, Im.'w it hjjs winicsse ! the li^o and w.uie of so ii.a-.iy ,.tatc3 ; it.scir a.iiid iha . n.l ,•?« fluctuation.-? of liu.uirin things, jnoseiv.D" anti afiertin- ti.o ..irtuMiu urchaiigeablo Ppiiit.—ruii wo woi,,.. r that many 1.).,'. .o it ns 'ho iiotK \.'hich rears ita^lf unshaken HDUii the Itf-atui,^ mi; -s oftiir.r-? " Tho Catholi.'t rM.n, if no concede its Dr.-t nxioni, •.\hich luithcr tho Luthornna, r.nril.c IMhru.td, nor even the followers of Pociniis du.'iicd, <*• us co!!,>s!Liit cud as cotii>ccuiiic as the houlis of Euclid. Tho <^ntiro Komi-l! roligion i.^ founded on tho fact of u KUpernuturnI reve- ititicn, desij;t;ed for tho whole human race; which, as it eiubraocs all fe'onoratioiii!, luture, as well as present, cau never he interrupted; othurwiso tlie ssiihlinie work, nccoinpliGhcd by the Cod- man. nud seakd by his l)!i)od, would be exposed, which is to:,traiy to the hypo- thodis, 10 ^iHl'i-, and event«ially to |)eri^!l, by the weakness autl errorj ol man. Tl .;,so consequences of tho first principles are i^^' '■ cfTeci IS, tlint juanv mpn will belicvo tliat none oi tlcin havo the triitli on tfie:ri--ii!f; r.iul ol' coiiiPfj tlirifllio il,i.;- U false jilio-.jtlicr, ami invented solely for flio hi'iH:(]'. ol'ilioso \>1)0 .lispiito about it." "VvJietlier tlio C.ttlulic l)o the true rcli-ion or not.wo hnvo not now 10 eDfjiiiie, but; uliilo its lon„' coiitimiance, nnd in so m my nations too, \\r,s n .strong i)resi)iii;itivc proof uf its gonj moral o'rnci-i upon the pcoplj, the ('.is.iMreL'fiicnt anionu' ihn Protestants wos. Jiu'l is a presiirnjnive proof not lo.«ii stronjr of it.>.>/(///i if thero he lot ty p^r.-on? who, nnd who.:i;rt:.in belief ; and if thnty nine of those perionssay at l;;st that tliii h-lir-fis erroneciis, we may nattn;.I!y cnouj;h snppoio, or ut least, we may thmk It possihle, that the truiii, so lor-g hiijdeii, is at lust come to li^Jir. iJut "the llinty-iiirio l)o,;:in— aye, nnd instantly bc;:i;i, to ctitLiUiin instead of the one old helief thirlij-uinc new bd'.cfit, each one dii'lrin" froi7iall the other thirty- ei-ht, must wo not, in cununon justice, decida that tiie old belief nuist lmv« been lliHrue one. What, shall wo hear these thirty-nine inon protf.st a-ainst the ancient faith each protesting asmnsl alt the other IkUiy-ei^ht, and yet bcliov« that their joint pretest, was just .' 1 hirty ci-jht of them must now ho In enor, this j/yctness of the former decision, ami that too relatmg to the same ic. deal uiatter? Thus the arijiiment wonid stand, on the suppoisiiiuii that thirtv-nine imrts out of forty of all Christendom had protested; but theic'wtre not, und there arc net even to this r again.st Popert.— [The following let- ter 10 the Lord Chancellor on " the Derjaration'' made and subscribed by hor Majesty, previously to the (Itilivery of the royal speech otj opening of parliament, excited soit.e sensation among the jioiitical circles of the metropnfis n: ih« litno. Rumour points to Doctor Lin/jRtd 03 its author, and certijidy rluMe is nnich iu the prejr- nant nnd clo^ely-reasoiifd rharacter of tiie production to favom the opinion.— Lfifjica.s/fr Cczof .'«.]— My Lo",|_At tiie opening: of par- linment, our gracious Queen, as she wa.-j hound to do bv law, made and subscribed "Tiie declaration a;rainst :..>pery.*' in presence of tfio liords and Cfmimons of the United Kingdom. It was a novel and im- J)rc£siyo spectacle, witnssscd probably by many with feelings of joy and triumph, but calculated to sii";,'ht(;cn r— Neither was it only cruel imd indecorous with reFpen to i'kj Queen, it was ungracious ah-iO to a most numerous por- tioti of hci- pifople. Of all the insults which may be oflercd to a man in h\'3 c!.M!aci';i- of a Christian, the most offensive, by far, ia to brand him v,:!i! j'k! infaiiious name of an idciator. Yel this odious iinputa- lioii ■rtaj Our yo;n:g and aiaiahlc sovereign compelled io cast on the w!io!e hudy ul' ilom.UiCaiiiuiics in England, Scotland, Ireland, andJier trp.nbinniinii dominiciis, a body comprising at the lowest computation nine in:l!i-':io of licr bubj-^ett!, equally ahliorrent of idolatry, equally tii.cci'j ill i!;e woi>!,ip of the only true God, with the most zealous and saintlike of thcs') ulio uro attached to any other form of divine r;frvi(;.;. :-,<)i- was this all. Tlie declaration comj)rehends in itd swcej)!;;;; c-ii^-nre the wiioh; Roman catholic wcrhl; and, therefore, by it tlifi ' M; 'cn was made pronounce her beloved friend, the royal consort of lior uncle of Ik'igium, an idolater ; her sister Queens of Spain and I'orttigal. i.hdaters; her ally, the King of the French, an idolater. Of the jjarties to the quadruple alliance, all but herself are, in the meaning of the declaration, idolaters. Can she hope for the* hiessin;,' of tlie Almighiy on sucli un alliance ! IJut the fault was uot in her ; sIio acted by iho advice of her counselIorp,nnd uuiler the i:onti(.uI of an act of parliament. The fault lies in the system— a system which originated in passion or policy during a period of reli- gious excitcuient, but which has long been giving way belore the gradual dovelojienjent of more tolerant principles. The declaration was at first iii)|)oscd oil all, as a necessary qualification for a seat in parliament, or for ailmission to ofllce ; now it is in^.|>osed on Protest- anls only. Tlion it operated to the entire exclusion of the Roman Catliolic:; ; i.ov/, v.iih th« aid of a diflerent test, ItDinan Cntli'.Iios have free access to the senate and the magi?tracy, to the t-ourts of law and the oiik-i.'s oi Mat;;.^ For v>!iat objects, then, it may surely be askud, is tlie obliirt'.iiuii of taluiig and sulwcribinj this oi'moxious form siill retained ? At; a i-'eeiirity for the t^rote^ta-.t worship ? But it oHIm-s none ; none on the pait oi' the Sovereign ; lor there caiiKot be a man to obtuse ad to bidieve that tlie Queen was either less a Protestant befoie, ni- become more a Protestant after siic had subscribed iho declaraiion— noho on tlie part of persons admiiied to-ofnce or au- iliocity; (or oHii'o oi.d authority r.re as completely t.'irown open to Ritiiiiii Call 101 i' !s if tlie di'clarat'o 1 were a nuMe miiiitv wnat (!!)(! t!iL-ii is it eiili retained? (Jertaiidv not tliai it niiscluefby giintMaiiiig heart- InirniiiUf may proiiuco or aiii I misiinderHtatiiiinr's, ami divisions aiiMiig a jiccii'le, whose greutett sirengili ni'isl lie iii tl't if ^^•^' union. Yet «iii;Ii i-; its nliviiniP teiideiipy, tliougli llie evil ni.r, , In i-a nioroii.-i iih^ranres, 1)3 Piiti'fjUci! iiy lli*; i'iifIi!L;tici3 of riviliz.iti )ii, iui.' Oi' personal cirirffctfi'. D::-.s;;:;s;o;i nm.«t prevail as lun;;- as oiiC o!n-. - oi' Biilij'U'ts siiall l)c «ii!iiori.--cil to nirn^rafe to tliemr^slvos tl^p [irojiu li'i.l exeltis^ivo claim of iMui'y of worsliij), n!itilio!i.i !';;i: idolatrous: who nevL-rtiielo^s rnnst hesitate, if they reil'Ci tlii". •.';.) patne inqtiiry has heeii made, and tlie oppnsito conelu. to suv, inu^t fall inHniteiy short in point and iffvctof wimt the Ki^hl Kev. iJr. l>.yie wrote upon the same suhjeel in 1825, and which isasa|>;>lic»lil'j to the j ri^sent tim™, as it was to ilu' time past, he takes the lil)erly of usinjj tlu> work of t'.u learned prelate, and of quoting it as follows: — " There is no I'rotesl.int holiling or adiniaistcring any ofTice, or entrrii! ? r'.rr IsarncJ proTeFsion in t!:cse counlries, who must not in ordnr to prove iiis l.);:-,l'v^ declare in the presence ol'God ills belief t!iat ' till' I'Ojw h.^s not nor o'l-lit io have, any juriiiliclion, power, supi.'riority, pie-cnjinosice or aat'aority, ecolfi^liiti- cal or spintuil, within this realm.' Were such a c!ccl:ir,ition a mere !t>rM of wordfl, it woiild only bo ridiculous ; but when the awful anno of (Jod is ii/vrr-. pos-ed it boconios terrifying, and is certainly a burtlion too heavy for a c >!!^cl(.n- tioua m:cfi'rc discover no rca?nn \.hy a man can swear t!):it llio p>po has iioi. jm if d:itiou wiilim tills realm. Jt is not a qir.sTKis ok niGHT, clt A .V \rrc.i! or kact. 1 ilnni; a true Pnitcaanf mi^ht, it there v.c:e a ius-l cau »;ill (Jt'l' •■•■ ■'^* .' .. I . J •1..,:.. .1^... ..__ ■ :' ( ) lUSC, to witnois In-i: );i; docs not l)cli< ve thai the I'ope ouaht to liave juris- ion in this country ; liiit to declare solfimnly before God, 'his hclicr that tlm i! has not fur;h i'uisdiriion---fi juiisdiction constantly exercised by him - iMjiiircs a dr2ree of intiifl'crence about oaths and declarations, which unhappilv !N but loo coneral. but wliich certainly sliould not be cnconra^'ed by thore in ::iit!icrity : ttiil loss .Miould such sus-poclcd intercourse with heaven bb rendered iieicKsarv to enable a man to enter into oirice, or step inside the portals of the coiislilutieii. ' Alan, on entering into snciclv, is master of his own mind and conduct; when he attaches himself to a community he does not become its slave, but only a n)irnhcr of it. contracting with it, as it were, and giving to it or engaging to givo to It, a certain portion of his goods and services, for the protection and advan- i ii/rs w!,ich it ran ailbid liim in return. 'J'liere arc two contracting parties, ths ■ t, - ■ ■ - ii.diviJui;! and the society; both are independent, free, and possess'ed of somo- tiiii.r; valuable, for wliich. on contracting, eicli requires a consideration. If this he tiiP cw-c, as is allowed by all who arc acquainted with the great principles of 1 ;w. v.liy Fliould a member offncicty be requireil to give more than is just for tluit to v.hicli ho l)ceomes onlitlcd ?— wliy sliould he be required to cive to the • •llu-r jarty what " not enriclicth him who receives, but makes him wlio gives it pfuir i,ui(.cd ?"— Why should he be required to surrender tliose intern il thoughts i'nci v'.'htions vyhicii arc peculiarly his own, by \\hicli he holds co.iVerse witli tlio lUuv, ii:Hl which liP.ve no conricction with those ends and purposes for whicli !-oci;;ty is cfiiytilutotl .' is it not enoijL'h that he cnirages to labour for his coan- try ; t'.t ni>f.' to licr a portion ol the fruits of his industry ; to employ for her his wi- i.jrii aiu! his talent?; and to shod, if neccssarv, iiis blooa in her doience T Sionul she require more, sic is unjust, selfish, morcenarv; she socko not to net till- part of a just dea"sr, but of a Jew, who will not lend his noncy imlcss at ii.niry, and advances his char^'e in proportion to the distress of the applicant I'hcio is not, therefore, a ri^^ht in Government to exact of the subject more than a suninent pledge of his allegiance If our Government has been justilicd in roqiiinng of its suLyccts to exhibit cort.in maiks cf this or that religion, or to disclaim particular doctrines or opinions, the riidit of doing so has not, or cannot havo arisen, Irom the nature of the social coinp'act, but from certain sccidcntal • T iftiiporary occurrences. Let these accidents ce.ase. and the right of the Govornmcnl to enforce such marks or disclaimers ceases with them. Mcnce it IS that I cannot snlficicntly express my surprise at hearing men say that our con- stitulion is essentially I'rotcsiant: no civil constitution can bo essentially cither (.alholic or Protestant, for we might all beooma Pagans or Turks and the consti- intion remain untouched. Constitution means the fundamental laws of any state j the fundnmnit!.! laws of ouri are chitHy UL-ayoo and some old charters, to -vhioh, in liiiu!, other laws were iidded. These have subsisted in Catholic and Protest- ant tuples; sonio of tlicm were in use bcfoie wc were cither Catholics or Pro- tfstaiHs : hnt to say Hint ci;rlaii> law.-; undo in the seventeenth ccnturyare funda- iiienta!. so that they can undergo no change, is really unworthy of a wise and Ic.unod man. "To p?.y that Iho State does not puni;;!. by exclusion is absurd, not only be c.vclus:on is i'lf-.my, hut also because it is a positive and fuhstantial loss 1 IS so, because airairF; they arc only the inistces .ifthe'coin caujo , , ,. , , — tothe ptrsoiis excluded, a;,d a positive and direct injustice in the party excluding ; it the Governuicnl has jio proparty in the administration of public '. ' " " cnmiiiiinitv, bound in the strictest jus- tice to at.scFS the public burthens, and distribute the public honours and advan- tii!:os impartially. J(, Iherifore. tlioy inipoie burthens on a certain clas-s. and withhold frrm ihcni all distinction and emohimnit, without a suliicieut cause, tliey aij evidently guilty of doing such party a wrong. •''iiC Rci'cemo!- lias laid down in a few words the principles which regulate our qnritin: obedi.->!:ce. * .»'y !ci.,-dnm.' lie says, 'is not of iliis world.' And •horti.is I came into the world, to givo h-.tnaonv of the truUi ' And a-ain. ' Give therefore to Cirsar the ihinrs tliat arc C^usar's, and to God the th.n.'S-that aic (..','d s. Jt. .i in the kiiii-'dym of Chria, which is the Church, that wc ackuow- 11 JoJ;;;c the Pore, to rul n.-i Jiis vi^nr or dc; atticlicil to ].nn m n!ii!,]rcn to a C. >!iiv-, niiii wc profosi! to 1,/ 't.'icr, and siibiii issivo to liiin ,\|,on ), i>.:!.Mi!! mmI :Stat<; is iloiivoil fr •visr, IN Tin: p Should 1 pia in Cli •"'in f'.O'.l, nil I i.,fi||v iikI luirli ; |)in ,i-j thn I O.-'K No .A f THOU IRlOjX'llJ iiU of tll(; ( nv nnArs(>j:vKu to v llllll.l.S- XIV, or iii" ti.o 'I'lrfM. M y. uKCf, ouldhopresu.rniointcrmcddcwif ,cr,?lf..r '•""*'-';'^ nrn, „ mcc xvliich uo owe f„ ],in o, r • v ■ r c^ u ' "'"■ f' '■'• °'' ^^■'''' •'"■ a!i.> works, would bo : ' Yo ki'n u o,n is n "t n.' r" '=-" "m" ■ ""'>• ''" ^^"-^"'^ l"H lurch to vou.' as the -rent Osiurvorn'. 1 > ''"''''• '" ■•'" '""^'^''-l tli« obcdiunco. our ive.=:nnatortunos- t'li-. . ,L i '';.>"''^~""''' '"'''''>' "'i'l Clod rnlUr than men.' '""""'■^' *"'- '^ ^'"^ '^i^v ol (.Inut, and v.-. i.ust oh, , a man of upright conscience t'nnov.niV "-''S"''^s spleen, is more .. .,.r„i to between members of the ' .me co'" ni'^ '° '"^'^'"^ P°"^'''' =^"'1 '"'"on t i!^^ iU •tia;i^£:?^S^S];'i^r.'^:SJ'^!;^;;:i£ lies;' but I an bold tntiv lUn! „^ . "ic vnulicatioii of the Ir sh ( •I'lo out pain, -that ho believes tVc ^i'no n, v ''■ -^^^^^^ "•'^' " wino at or arter tlio timo of c nscc atS ' ^Bui^ Wm'"^';' '"'' ""'"-• ''^"d end ^an an appeal to heaven on such a Sect be iusSr? w. '"''' '^ "^'- ''"- not only suppose, but know Hnd I-n^iX i "^ J""'"P'' ' " herors, x.u shoi.id taintv/that'Jvha we sw^'^ So;rblo'^\'rutir°''''"°^ '' ^°'='^^' ''"i'"'- «- ^ouU"^^S^1l,!?^!„S^=:^>;,i'^:^ ^^'^^ -■•!. » boHove Gencal Thon.to,, for ,1, but to a po,.„„ irc.mU od Slatt';:-?,' ■"'' T^'" *'' '- ■ ■» « p:i:irs,s:^eS^^l's^-to;^;!;yr;'s?;i:rurf''' ''-•-'■ Th •upon if;- J 20 !.'. Mip;, T,-; a wi'iici^ r.-rrc -rcMtiicr.] i.i n?a'li'rs orr;i;t. To il;".:i 5' ini" 1 Q-Au: '.0 iw' til/ ;j .. J .-I .,t vv;.;..i, i,, i „| ,.o „„,.■.. «•,■/•/.//,* .^■,;..r.V',v. iit.m i'. . l.u cu. lone; rw ;ht nt' On' .hhl;T.« v.v/ to hitn. ultl, propriay, a* the Lite 1, >rd .\orlHiry otKv t,!.l •. a prjuaa wiiru'.*, -uMlly. sir, v,,. t.iiv l)o a vo.y r.- M'rcial.Io m.iM, Ir.i. • u luve d-,,,., y.niwir i.a cr.vli: f,',.;:,v. vo uov,-:>. .ir'^'" •>;!(! V,-. u!,l itivv .;>■ ,.„ dii^y to Kiy lo il,.«.],iry in I,is cIki.-J to i|...|u, "On. tlc>:v..|i i\:,^ ynn.^.'^ .,,„ m,|y ,e,iil!, d lo 1,1, /..7/-;/; il„u is not milicieiU, ir.. n„v.,im;i!>i.:^u;, y.-.r y.-niol .:;,c!nr^c tl,e t,>u,a.My of t:.i.i witn.^s alio- g't'icr tro:ii y.iir ti !.•.<:« . t:i.:hi>iiv,-s li ivH a .:■::■;.•, il'v I ■. rvc -cilo to t!„.-m^e;v...s t!. • pn-.^tv-v u»' vcif. ;»s f:,r CI Hiid.ir;* v.'hiui il,tn ISIIOI,' ,, , , ..." , .. ; ' ' ■■;■ -■ ■^"•" • 1.1. ■-! v'liit is for^iiMoniv oMl •,e,it, iourih bv wrorcca//-^,. tilth by prrue orfutUnj, s.xtli by pnrtufd»<;, seventh by tonccalim. ei^hl'j bv mlencK, nudx by tl(f,ina of the ill done. rf' o • j It might be unt;rc.piuus to ral'^e icrupies in the mindi ofconscuMuious tn»m. I>ers. It there were nj alternative for them, but to take t!ie •' oalh;, " or I'oso their se:. Is ; but that is not ihe ea>.. ; there are Prot.j^tar.t rmmheri in the Ilous.'of Comn-.o.is who u-erf aduiiited upon ta!;iii.; the 'oath ' prescilt'e 1 to b.- taken by CMholIc^ ; a„d there are Protest.nt IJ.uri.ters practi'ins at iho Li.-.iM. a;K! In-hbar, v.ho er.fL-red upon thj/ pror...s,io;i. h.vin.r t.kt'n ::•- ean.eouth; b.^in- no longer Mat!:,..', out as b!;ch sheep, nor pr^ciibed t'.'' hOHors, r ;r iL-s cnolumeats ofo.lic.-, ler haviii;,' d.Mi- -,o. V- ;;.v th-t t'->iv IS no ! lea ot necMsity. anil the mos: ehnrit.-ibie iM-use, tlr.l e'n hr ri.'.i'.'f ,- ther.i, who will in_ lb.se times pei.i-t in lakinpr il,a • |n,,;,- o.uh,' i, to v»v o' l.iein, wh.U was s-iul ot the per>.;o;:!i;).; Jev/s, " they kr.ow not what il>ev cio '•' Oh! buttluy_hav.tl,..-_evi,)en=e of their own sen,e. ! wh- p.-esumption in raan—pojr tnisr!,..,le circiimscubod man, who does not even know the coniu-- ination o| his ow., person— who oi.iih. to be as humble as the dust beneath hji feet, tor lie is, a' n.-etin- as the passin- cloud-t:, set a limit to the power o'' Ibe p 'ly. Let hitn but take a .trait stick and put one end of ii in water a.,d to his sense of s!-ht twill appear crooked, and yet he knows that it is strait • It then the c%;ideuce of his senses is deceptive in this little matter what pre- sumption again, !t is, • when the Lord, the day before he sufTered. took bread into his holy and vvnei'.ble l-.anrl* .- nd with his eves lilted tip towards heaver. «.re t..an!