ther the appointment of this Catholic
hierarchy trenches on the prerogative of
the crown, which, of course, Dr. Wise-
man denies, on the grounds, 1st., that
Protestants declare that the Pope hath
no jurisdiction in this realm, wherefore,
(mark the logic of this,) the Pope's ec-
clesiastical acts with regard to England
are nullities, and are reputed to have
no existence. To act otherwise, is to
recognise an efficient act of power on
his part"!!! That is to say, if a mad-
man lays claim to our property, in a
court of law, to take any notice
his claim is to acknowledge his rig
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Churches, and we have no fear for the result. Popery may struggle awhile with desperate energy, but it is the

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Loses ground rapidly and whilst professing to

an her antagonist, is afraid to colerate a single Protestant congregation within the walls of Rome or to allow & Bible to be sold under a cost of some £3 or £4.

No! let us thank God and take courage, praying only that He would give us a sound judgment in all things and keep us faithful to the end. Come weal, come woe we will, by his grace, live and die beneath the wings of a Church, which from our cradle to our grave greets us with that pure Gospel which she learns from the Scriptures of Truth.

sound members of the Protestant faith.

It is probable that if (as we fear) our Government are passive in the matter, the policy of the Romanists will be one of quietness and conciliation, yielding outwardly, but endeavouring secretly to make good the ground thus gained and thus allay suspicion till they can steal another move. For assuredly Popish ascendency is the only consistent limit to Popish ambition. Rome accepts toleration only where she is too weak to enforce her claims.

Nor can it be too often repeated, that Popery is not merely a religion, but a political engine. Whatever distinction Jesuitical Cardinals may attempt to draw between the Queen's temporal authority and the Pope's spiritual supremacy, in practice the former is a mere fiction, for the priest has only to declare that a certain matter will in any way (however remote) affect the interests of the Church, and it passes at once into the spiritual province.

We anticipate, by God's blessing, a vast advantage to Protestantism from the collision we have now attempted to describe. The idolatries and errors both of doctrine and practice, irrevocably interwoven in the Romish system, will again be exposed throughout the country; and let but the people be instructed in the points at issue between the Churches, and we have no fear for the result. Popery may struggle awhile with desperate energy, but it is the

death struggle, its end is rapidly approaching.

Meanwhile our duty is clear. We have been culpably remiss-now we are warned. The battle must be fought in the pulpit, the senate, the hustings; yes, the SCHOOLROOM. Let us investigate for ourselves the Protestantism of our beloved Church, that we may give a reason for adhering to her, in evil report and good report, in her adversity and in her triumph. It is our firm conviction that she never yet held in her communion such a host of faithful children as are now thanking God for her ministrations, and ready to shed their blood in her behalf. The rapid increase of the Romish Church in England, and the sums expended by her are absolutely paltry compared with the growth and resources of the Church of England. Rome loses ground rapidly in Ireland; and whilst professing to contemn her antagonist, is afraid to tolerate a single Protestant congregation within the walls of Rome or to allow a Bible to be sold under a cost of some £3 or £4.

No! let us thank God and take courage, praying only that He would give us a sound judgment in all things and keep us faithful to the end. Come weal, come woe we will, by his grace, live and die beneath the wings of a Church, which from our cradle to our grave greets us with that pure Gospel which she learns from the Scriptures of Truth.