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the infallibility of the decrees of the clergy , as united in council , is ad milted , tbe exercise of private judgment is necessarily de&troyecL And this applies as really to the prince , as to the peasant , who belongs to that couwnunity .
As a parallel to the devotional act of Louis , I will mention an instance of Catholic piety , that fell under my own notice about nine years ago . Standing at the door of my own house , in London ,
rather early in the morning , I saw thi ; ee market women in very eager conversation- They crossed themselves , looked upward , made frequent genuflections , and seemed to condole with each other . When
they parted I perceived , by their irregular gait , that they were ra * ther intoxicated . They went different ways , and one of them , who passed me , stopped , and looking me in the face , said , in the Irish
accent , And indeed , Sir , and it is so ; and the times are very bad , and they never will mend till the holy xirgin Mary mother of God , has all her due honours restored to her . " I retired in
silence within my door , when turning round I saw the woman staggering away , crossing herself , and muttering her orisons to God and his holy mother *
Permit me , Sir , to relate another anecdote , which took place in my own family ; and which is naturally suggested to me by the &upe *> tition ot the Most Christian King and of the Irish market woman .
• An emigrant puest , of respectablc character , taught the French language i \ o several young ptTbons whom be attended at their parents ' bot * se > . Two of my children were rams years under J * i * iuiuun ^ one
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them , a daughter , then about fifteen , was a very apt scholar With her , after her exercise -w as finished , he would often sit ami chat an hour . Religion wasja
frequent topic with them . As Men . sieur was a fervid Catholic , and my daughter was a thorough-paced Unitarian , I was often amused with their conversation , even when I took no part in it . The gentleman often had occasion to mention
Mary the mother of Jesus , but never called her by that scriptural title ; on the contrary , he always called her the halt / virgin Mary , mother of my Gad . One morning as I sat writing in a distant part of the room * I heard the following conversation between ( hem :
You say , Mr . C that the virgin Mary is the raotfeer erf your God . * Yses , Mademoiselte , she be so . " ¦ * ' By your God I suppose that you mean Jesus Christ , wfao , you say , is God Almighty . " ' * Yes , Mademoiselle , Jesus Christ be God
Almighty / ' u Pray , Sir , who is the Virgin Mary ' s mother ? " * < St . Ann , Mademoiselle , St . Ann be the Virgin Mary ' s mother . * ' " TJhen Sir , 1 suppose that St . Ann is God Almighty ' s grandmother . "
The poor priest blushed , paused , and was evidently confused j he recovered himself , and replied , < 4 As man , Mademoiselle , as man SU Ann be the grandmother of
Jesus Christ . " " If so Sir , then 1 suppose that St . Mary is -the mother oftly of the man Christ Jesus , and not the mother ot God . Otherwise St . Ann must be God
Almighty ' s grand no other . " Another ipause of visible confession'followed . At last the genrileman exclaimed , " © Mademoiselle , my goofi mother , the holy
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400 4 € Mother of God .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1814, page 400, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2442/page/16/
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