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Itold me there were mfcny thing's in the Ro-^ n Church , which it were very much to lik ffished we had kept ; as confession , which was , doubt , commanded by God ; tliat praying for the dead was one of the ancient thing ' s in Christianity ; tliat for their parts they did it daily , thoug-li they
would not owu it j and afterwards , pressintone of them very much upon the other points , he told me , that if lie had been tred a Catholic he would not chang-e his religion ; hut , that being * of another « hurch wherein he was sure were all things necessary to salvation , be thought it very ill to give that scandal , as to leave that ekrch wherein he bad received his
baptom . t ! All these discourses did but add more to the desire I had to be a Catholic , and gave w the most terrible ag-onies in the world within myself . For all this , fearing to be rash in a matter of that weight , I did all
I could to satisfy myself 5 made it my Jaily prayer to God to settle me in the right , and so went on Christmas-day to receive in" the King ' s Chapel 5 after which I was more troubled than ever , and could lerer be in quiet , till I had told my desire lo a Catholic , who brought a priest to me , ind that was the first I ever did converse
with , upon my word . The more I spoke to him , the more I was confirmed in my taign ; and , as it is impossible for me to tonbt of the words of our blessed Saviour , who says , fhe holy sacrament is his body Ma blood , so I cannot believe , tliat he * b is the Author of all Trntli , and who ^ promised to be with his church to the
« d of the world , would permit them to prc that holy mystery to the laity , but lnonekind , if it were not lawful so to do . lam hot able . « r , if I were , would I ww into disputes with any body ; I only ^ short , say this for the changing of my ** ioiL which I take God to witness I
» oald never have done , if I had thought j pewible to save my soul otherwise . I [ Ak I need not say it is not any interest in ^ world leads me to . it : it will he , plain ttough to every body , that I must lose ? Hhc friends and credit I have here by lt ' and have very well weighed which I
Wl JW heat part with , my share in this * w * ortlte frext : I thank God I found ^ difficulty fo the choice . « yonly pitiyeris , that the poor Catho-£ * oi this nation , may mot suffer for my ^ S of their rel igion : That Qod would . !? e me patience to bear them , and j *»* ftd me any afflictions in this world , m enjoy a btessed eternity hereafter .
fce ln * * sent awa Y from the court ( 07 > JS ° ^ e hands of Biantfford . " H Mlandford . >
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There was published in 1707 , a collection of "Speeches , "&c . attached to the works of Sir Charles Sedley . Among these I find ( p . 92 ) " A Letter from the E . of Clarendon to his daughter
Ann , Duchess of York , on her turning Roman Catholic . " The Earl acquaints her of an account which he had received from Paris , that the English Ambassador there had declared , " that the Duchess had
become a Roman Catholic , " having left , as her father goes on tq complain , " the church the best instituted and most free from errors of any Christian church in the world . " To detain his daughter in that church , or to reclaim her from her wanderings , he uses the following liberal reasonings , which the true sons of an established
ehurcli are little disposed to adopt , except in cases of evident necessity , though they have been long familiar to the inconsistent Hoadleyan Clergy * " The common argument , that there is no salvation out of the church , and that the Church of Rome is the
only true church is both irrational and untrue . There are Many churches in which salvation may be attained , as well as in any one of them , and were many even in the apostles' times ,
otherwise they could not have directed their epistles to so many churches , in which there were many different opinions received , and very different doctrines taught . There is indeed but one faith , in which we can be
saved , the steadfast belief of the birth , passion , and resurrection of our Saviour ; and every Christian that receives and embraces the faith is in a state of salvation . If the apostles preached true doctrine , the reception and retention of many errors do not destroy the essence of Christ . " On
the Roman Catholic ' s plea of Universality and Extent lie observes , they who would imitate the greatest part of tine world must turn heathen ; for it is generally believed that above half of the world is possessed by them , and the Mahometans possess more than half the rertiainder , and there is
little question that of the rest which is inhabited by Christians one part oT four is not of the communion of the Church of Rome ; and God knows , in that very communion there is 9 t great discord in opinion and in matters of aa great moment as is between any other Christians . "
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Book-Worm . No . XXL 395
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1815, page 295, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1760/page/31/
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