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    it * th $ san ^ e v ^ l ^ g . . ( ifewrf ?) PSI . ) From an unfiappy assimilation pf Christianity to Judaisin , a kingdom nut of th $ v ? t ) rld \ q a Theo ^

    cracy guarded by temporal sanctions , there was a epniroon opinion , $ tillj I fear , far from / obsolete , > vhich Edward could scarcel y have failed fp ijnbjlbe , that it became the bounden < juty of t , Christian prince to prohibit the exercise of a religjon which he deemed

    idolatrous . Qn this principle he refused tQ his sister Mary the rites of her worship , ^ ga ihst the opinion of his courtiers , who would have permitted them , cm the sco ^ e of policy . In the British Museum is

    preserved a journal of Edward's reign , written by himself , and as has been observed by the learned Judgp Barring ^ on "On the Ancient Statutes , " possessing peculiar

    authenticity by discovering the gradual improvement of a child's hand-writing . In this journal , published by Burnet in his 2 nd volume , jsilie following entry , under the year 1549 , £ 0 ,

    " March 18 . The tady Mary , my sister , came to roe at We * txainstef , i ^ here ^ after salutations , sji < e wa . s , called , with my council , i $ Uo a ( chanab , er ; where was

    declared . how lpng I had suffered her mass , i n hope qf her reconcilia-r . tipn ., apej hqw ^ aow keing no hope , which I p ^ r ^ iv ? d by r kUe rs , excop |; J saw spm ^ sUoft ^ anvend - ment I cvuW aot tear it . She

    a ^ swere q tljaj h # r 8 OUj wa ^ God's a , ud b , e f faith she would not ^ hajige Us pr dis ^ efii Jil ^ her opini on with contrary < frauags . It ^ aa sa ^ d I £ 9 n # * ajiNe 4 mt h $ r failb , Jbut w ^ lle ^ he ^ , not a $ a king to rule , l > t | t as . a , ^ ubj / sct to o bey % and

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    that her example might Jprefccl too much incQnveuience /'( Rec . p . 31 . ) Thus sensibly , and to the disgrace of Protestants , now argued this

    popish princess for Christian liberty . Fox , in his 2 d volume , has preserved a long and rather tedious correspondence between Mary and the council . It is now of small

    value , except to shew what justice papal depression may expect from Protestant ascendancy , and how much both paities were coneerped ^ could they have possibly seen their true interest , to confine the

    magistrate to his proper duty in spirituals , the choice of a religion for himself . Policy , however , procurejj for Mary , at least for a time , what was denied to justice . Her relation , Charles the Fifth .

    brought into the discussion a threat of his powerful sword , an unanswerable argument , the ratio ultima regum . The councilhaving man y goods

    belonging to the public at Antwerp , thought it not adviseable to provoke the Emperor while such effects were in his ports ; nor were they willing to draw a new war on

    their heads , especially from so victoi ^ ous a prince . They therefore advised the king to leave his sister to her own discretion at present ; but the king could not be induced to give way to i ^ t ; he judged the

    popish mass to be sinful , and would HOjL consent to the continuance of it . Upop this , the council ordered Cranmer , Ridley , and Ponet to discourse about it with the king .

    They told him that it was ahyays a sin in a prince to give licence to fiin ; jbut noi always sp to forbear or retail the punishment fora time in hopes of amendment and that aometuufffi a less evil connived a £

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    8 fcttk ° f English BreUstaxkt Persecuttwfr *** Letter II . £ 19

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1812, page 219, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1747/page/11/