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W AN EYE-OPENEHI ->> g 2tt£ g^ ^- My sociable friend S IS k, I ofitlmea have heard you remark, That Methodists of every hue, Awd English Church, are *onc, not two; But if my.r'^ason's not quite gone, I cannot see how two make one t You don't believe, by your confession, « Apostolical succession' Is scriptural, a ' right divine,' * But to an * inward c all ' incline * Filiates of the Establishment Their wrath against Dissenters vent ; Your minister, Powell, believes High Churchmen look on you as 'thieves And robbers who climb o'er the wall,' f , Who never were ordained at all, • Powell on Bucoession. p. 73. 1 1^' P- ^'• ! MaiA a.,i»i « i j:Ai lA -'.44. it.; ' . ' a-:iil" AN K r K - 4) f K y B R % in<»ntff are*Qulf and void UtM'g €)f grace devoid, > ♦ Whose sacro Youi^ ir.ini Who,, fof luck of ordination, • Jncar fxeoniraunicatioT}.' t Th& English Church— Metliodisfc cries— *l8 true Popery in disguise !* | *Semi-rapists, and bigots' too ' Sophists,' a persecuting cfew | 'Disturbers of (:iod's liolf j)eace I* | Satanic wolves dressed in sheep's fleecfrt Still S 1, dear, by you I'm told ^ These disputants are but *one fold!.' You are not serious, m indeed ; Your books you do not surely read, Or you'd discover the fictions, Contentions and contradictions Of your churches, thus divided, hver wrangling, undecided. As ordination you deny, And on an 'inward call' rdy, Did Moses get an Mnward cull'? Or Aaron,? or the [.rophets all? Mathew ? Peter ? Philip ? John ? Tell me, S 1, tell rae one Ever received an ' inward call ! ' Did the sevenly-two, o? Paul ? g ,1^ your preachers were not ' sent,* I But of their own accord they went I do not acknowledge their creed, They cannot shew their title deed. • Powell on Fuc.p 19. f A p. 10, t/^P'?' " ^*' P' ^^^- § "'^- A.H r.■^%^0 9I^SliT^>. i) wl Jb. p. 314. § Hf h. Strangers and aliens they arc, Ibouoli they should be as angels fair. gjl*.!, throw by your pegging a . Declare you have an ' inward call/ Ourse the Pope, belie his faith, And you will enter heaven straight, Either ' fuU-chieel or sideways,' As the fair authoress, Stov^c, says. Go in the woods, where none will mock, * And gather unto Christ a flock ;'* ^hen give your church your own sweet name, Declare Christ has founded the same, pronounce excomrunicalion Oa cv'ry denomination Which controverts your opinions ; gend them to Pluto's dominions, Where Furies damned fouIs thrashes With infernal scorpion lashes ! Powell's book, you tell me, sir, Is truly * an eye-opener ! ' Yes, it has opened my eyes To catch your preacher writing lies ! If you'll have no indignation, I will prove my affirmation. Powell snys, 'Catholicity Denies Apostolicity.' t Oh, shame on your preachers, fiiend S- l8 it not our churches Fourth Mark or truth? One. Holy Catholic, The Fourth Mark is ^pos^^^ •k, > ) c AK K"5B-0^K^■KR «af. Milner's lexers, twenty-eight, Frove this article of our faith. Powell says the wisest sages Grant the 'purest Christian ages'* Were the ' three first centuries.' Then Our Popes must have been holy men. Clctns, Clement, Anecletus^ Everistus, Anicetus, Telesphorus, Soter, Piu?i Hyginus, Elutherioup, First Alexander and Xystus, Victor, Fabiao, and Calixtus, In succession all appears Within the fust three hundred ycarp. Antichrists they could not be In * purest Christianity.' By filthy language Powell hopes To blacken all our saintly Popes. Our Pontiffs were (he does presume) • Elected by the whores of Rome I ' t Oh, God, thy son was crucified, Thy holy servants thus believ\ Forgive the filthy catiffs who Such vile abominations spew. To speak truth Powell is not able, Must have recourse to a fable Of a female being elected Pope. He grants it is rejected t Goodnaturedly, by Protestants. !| Nevertheles"', this Powell wants '^^^^^.u Sue, p. 90. " t If^. p. 22'^- t /<•■ P- 2-2f>. II rb. p. 220. A N K V K - U r K N K li . lb. i>. 2-29. II Th. p. *22f». To prove Joan a Pope and whort-, Although the ' author was obscure.'* Platinia candidiy confost, And Jeffery the tale did tost. (See his Roman Ilistory) f And Blondell has proved it a lie. 13avle abandoned, refuted it As a fable, fiction and mytli. This female Pope reigned, Powell says, < One year one month and four days.' % Jeffery, 'two years and a half.' See how he differs from your calf. Authentic authors then alive. 'J'he year eight hundred fifty-five, Prove Leo IV. (her) predecessor, Benedict III. (her) successor. The sixteen-month she-Pope has reigned In the three days which intervened, Which time most certainly leaves none For your fabulous she-Pope Joan. Each page of Pov/ell's getting worse. He says we • condemn, reject, curpe,' |1 Our belov'd Protestant neighbours. God forgive his wicked labours. No man will obtain sulvation AVho uses misrepresentation. I've read your book, and dow return it, S— 1, take my advice, and burn it ! But if my counsel you despise, Read it, it will 'open your eyes.* >o\vell, p. 230. t Hist. Rome, p. 166. J Powell, p. 230. Il /A. p. 308. :rt~- a~M '^ ,,«-tyii^Jt i| ,J IMI »^|j jlll |l j as.sf*^lS»^!,¥!S^^'SSt5«?Jf*'W(iK5; ^ iffig i agJuitg i jiitimigMiM