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v 1 if0NTHLY RETROSPECT OF PljiLiG AFFAIR^ ¦Th&Chri$ti(iri4 Survey of the JPoHti ^ aj" ffpM
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T » £ politick eymte *> f th « pr ^ seat ; 4 ay are fraught -with wonder m 4 3 stonishtrieiit . -The great ~ 4 esigas of Fw >* vidcnce atpe carrying forward , and to vain does the atrip of flesh attempt' -to resist tbe £ & . But how would pus fctfhsr-s have been astonished at events , w&Jch have created with us fio surprise , arid fey * he majority ^ people havie not be # a
noticed . Ju one day , since our test , a newspaper announced the fallowing events $ feat had * alsea place the preeedipg day . Wigfe mass was performed in tfce chapel <© £ the Portuguese ambassador , tfce pope ' s nuncio sitting in a chair
of state by the great altar , and a secretary ^ f sj ^ t e , wkh several of the npbility ^ ^ sistfeg at this grand cer ^^ oppy 4 . hundred years ago , uay thirty years ago , $ l $ presence of a pope ' s nuncio in Englao 4 - w-oiUd have-eyepted iiorversal
alarm , and a secretary of state in t ( u > se d ays wQuld not havehad the soy rage to ^ he jp company with him , much les ^ to fopre te ^ n iii the same cjiapel with him , whilst mass \ ya ? saying . This is a ptea « ng proof , $ hat mucS of the religious intolefaoGie , wiiich has « o 'disgraced the fcrqtestant world , and parucvtl ^ iy the
people of the united ki © gdom « , is worn aw ^ y . v Happ y should w 4 > e , if it Mcere entirely | -eMowd ; and that , upon the true Christian princi p le , * tbat ^ e religion of ^ phrist was estahlished in our hearts * ai ) d that we disdained to-ill treat our brethren , or to deprive them of ftny civil rights qn account of their reii-&om persu ^ aion .
In the same paper that . announced ) the solemn mass in the Portuguese chapel before the pojpe ' k nuncio and a secretary of state * we * ead another docuinept relative to popery * , of greater importance , and whkh ought to excite
great rejoicing in > the pro tenant world . An order has been issued by the French general for the car $ nals to quit Rome , and the puetended holy fkther was' tertibly alarmed on thi ^ occasion . : He foresatv hini&elf ^ efe 4 estitute of all irounsei apd » 4 vlce > atid bis infallibility
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It seenis wa § not sufficient for tfc « % v&& a ^ jce 0 / the cpn >»> pnity ,, » ti | J hendins t > jeneai : b h > spirit pat yoke . He iss ^ rf hj $ mandate to fjis-cardiaals , « ot to quit Kpme but by fpjee , and even tjie ' n oot to infivtj . ifartH ^ r from Eoxne than they
w < &e cpmpeUed to do . The force we h&pe , has been exerted ; aod we shall fcei n , ome of those , compunctions , which £ t ! $ e con > pa ^ xo | i ei ^ d ^ avoura to e % cite . That donij ^ ipn ,. r&s $ d fyy -tyrasny aiad fra ^ d , must be subdued * . - and , i £ it in
sjjpy ^ end jthe holy father feeing separated from all his counsellors , and jr endejred ui ^ rjy in capable of executiflff aether act of hb pretended spirku 5 authority , w ^ j shall adore > that Providence which has perniitted , us to sec the end of ^ h ^ vilest tyranny that w # s ever iipposed uopn mankind .
Who cqu \ 4 have imagined , thirty years ? gQ * t ] W ttih . geat of fraud should J »* in such a condition ? That , the smoc ^ m ^ r o ^ f t ^ q ^ wkkqd - men , who trampled upon th « necks of kings aod people .
sjbouid iB so short a time ixe reduced to 5 jk : } i an abject state of dependaace ? Gp < l grant that hi * tyranny may not a ^ aj n jpevijre ! that his pretences at infajlibUity . rnay feeconie the laughing stock q { ail mankind I that -hias residence
inay be purged entirely of the unclean beas , ts that inhabit it 1 and-that the inhabitants of the wqrlfl , freed frona hfs del ] i . <* sions , Q ^ ay lp , p > : tq Christ aqd to the wor 4 » of scripture , aod not to any pretei ! id ^ 4 vicar of qur lord a . ? d masteri
Ye , t , in w ^ hing the downfal of papal tyrannyapd papal superstition , w « wouli hp far fys > ty iniuring our catholic brc * thren ip their mode of woi- ^ ip , whicfe is p . crfipatly independent of tie pope -or hj& JDfxisorablc conclave : we read wid
pleasure the protest of several peers o * the icatholic question , in the same papor , and this third singularity is a proof tg » u ^ , that papal superstition § odn jjrttwfc fail . Protcfftantahave boeh' very feuilty in tfctetr mode » of attacking it . They have U 6 ed # orcle instead or argument , Tfeey h& * e Mt ^ ight of tflie spirii of %#
V 1 If0nthly Retrospect Of Pljilig Affair^ ¦Th&Chri$Ti(Iri4 Survey Of The Jpohti ^ Aj" Ffpm
v 1 if 0 NTHLY RETROSPECT OF PljiLiG AFFAIR ^ ¦ Th&Chri $ ti ( iri 4 Survey of the JPoHti ^ aj" ffpM
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1808, page 339, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2393/page/47/
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