The Sun.
London, England, 1841-03-08 00:00:00

The following statements, drawn up by the Rev.
William Thorn, a dissenting clergyman at Winchester,
!nil be read with fearful interest by the sincere profes-
sors of the Protestant religion. While the new Popery is
jniaking rapid strides towards Rome, and the leading
aoftuerrnahvg
lsofinttie Church and of a large party in the State,
denounced the Puseyite E, leas turned round
and taken them under its protection, we think this al
fitting time to keep the subject before the pulhc, and
show that in all human probabil ty the Church of Eng-
land and the Church of Rome will speedily be united :
Episcopalians frequently speak of the Romish Church
as if they considered the Church et Englaced perfectly
free from the corruption of Popery. We have often
been surprised at their want of inormation or honesty.
Our present object is to show that Close hierarchies are
very much alike.
th By tie 'tarnish Church, we shall not here understand
°seCatholic societies which are supported by volun-
tary contributions, as in Ireland ; but Popery, main-
tained by a coercive taxation, as in several Continental
cations and by
the Church of England, that denomi-
aation which is established by law in this country.
frWe cheerfully admit that there are several points of
di
erenee between these Churches, to the advantage of
the English hierarchy—whi'e it must be conceded that
there ere inconsistencies in tie latter communion,
Which are not discovered in the Church of Rome.
Ch
It -
mac be observed, that if there be one party in the
urch of England more consistent that the rest, or
Which more correctly and honestly expounds the real
vi,ews and character of the State religion, it is evidently
4 ii
11.1 he Oxford Puseyite "'arty," in their " Tracts for the
es.”
61sta should be universally known, that in the year
t and
tw sic a Committee, composed of ten Bishops'
eEnntYfiluthier pious and learned. dignitaries of the Church
art; ;.'e ano, made 600 corrections in the prayer-book,
„.c'eB, and canons of the Establishment ; but which
bigoted parties in the British Parliament.
The Archbishop of Canterbury, speaking of certain
to
Catholic children in national schools being compelled
lattend the Church of England worship, stated some
ehne since that in this he saw no difficulty—" because
1 ever there had been any expressions in the Liturgy
bPP°sed to the Catholic faith, they had been expunged
times good sense of those who reviewed it in after
~
e
. subsequent to the Reformation.
at 0f all Protestant Churches," says Bishop Butler,
„'ne national Church of England most nearly teseinbloe
see .
itad Church of Rome. It has retained much of the dogma
sufsdluaell discipline f Roman Catholics.
.Down to the
eaeer,
, ,it has retained the whole of their hierarchy ;
Dallr,,dls"ite therm has its deans, rural deans, chapters,
ieCends, archdeacone, rectors, and vicars ; a liturgy
en in great measure from the Roman Cathc he
the three
and composed, like that of psalms, canticles,
three Creeds,
lit mice epistles, gospels, prayers, and
tis.P°lues• Beth 'Churches have the sacrament of bap-
buntr., and the eucharist, the abscdution of the sick, the
reset service, the sign of the cross in baptism, the
d;ervation of confirmation, and order to bishops, the
'''"ereeee
fAsts os episcopal and sacerdotal dress, feasts, and
In
See
bet drawing up the following parallel?, our object is
to irritate the ministers or members of the Esta-
sinnent--whose condition we sine ercly pity—but to
aert)°.te those errors of their system which require
eitllndinet, and which most pious aod intelligent
Tu:'ehinen dell ire in common with ourselves.
hodl subsequent remarks will show, that the Puritans
bttter grounds for their exertions to purify the
arldut,h then most Episcopalians are willing to admit—
Pe "'at, if we would be rid of the corruptions of
ChPerY, there must be a second Reformation of the
hutch of England, greater than the first.
tsett: nen intelligent or candid person will question the
rek ek our representations, it will not be requisite to
ob,er t° Proofs for their cortfirmatioc. A few prefatory
rvtinos, however, may not be unsuitable :
jsia, That the Prayer Book contains little beside the
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.00k translated into English.
or ts. that the Pope offered to confirm it, if the Church
e./I%nd could join that of Rome.
tiered i•t Episcopal Clergs men of eminence
.have de-
4. shat
a union of the two Churches practicable.
sive, -Chat the efficacy of Episcopal Ordination is de-
titirely through the Popish prelates.
priestsbat at the accession of Elie ibeth 9,211 Catholic
, out of 9,400, joined the Church of England. d ;
G, That the Papists and Protestants long worshippe
Pogtteb" is the English Church, till prevented by the
11
tll7. That at the Reformation, Parliament transferred !
te: entire powers exercised by the Pope in this
4trY to Henry VIII. and his Royal successors.
nosh PARALLELS.
and e
..urc Churches were constructed by human wisdom,
01established by national laws, which laws became
het, hrnie of conduct, and the object of ultimate appeal
00, Priests people. The New Testament is
tht" ere or Jaw of and "
Episcopalians or r Catholics, as
Such. - th
Both
"sve
rites visible and human heads, who decree all
t and ceremonies, and exercise absolute authority
to
tohrtroversies of faith ; demanding implicit obedience
at noetl.r commands, whether agreeable to Jesus Christ •
04/33,ttalstthrifeer.....e the prolific source of party and Parliamen-
thereby destroying the peace and harmony
eitis.e nation—scandalizing the gospel of Christ—and
,•
iltng the enemies of religion to triuph.
liatc)th are supported by coercive taxation—Tithes,.
lest ta, Dues, and Parliamentary Grants. Nothing is •
cad °'
the zeal, charity, or piety of the people. They
Both nothing from the most unworthy clergyman.
and systems impi
ose ministers on their congregations,
teet ',7 frequently the most unsuitable and n?o pe
Christ _
nePriving the people of their reasonable and
to!an Privileges,
the ett4 trdfte in the souls of men. Benefices, involving
attetiee °f souls, are bought and sold in the market by
Pre n' equally with chariots, horses, or any other
Perry
teth
tie. have settled forms of prayer, unalterable litur-
ttil rticles of faith, of human composition, to which
Parties Pies,, must subscribe. Nothing is left to the skill,
ell that or devotion of the
clergy. An ability to read is
g
1. essential.
tower. have long grades of officers, with tltlt's and
Isiah nuenown to the New Testament—Archbishops,
atelo7l:t Chancellors Prebendaries, Canons, Deans,
toteers, almost without end.
lien divide their territories into larger or smaller see-
rishes"-as bishoprics, archdeaconries, deaneries and pa-
les nd limit the labours of the clergy to particu-
PON:ttrii_ets, however confined their space, or few their
trkt‘
-"e 'l3l Cmake high pretences to supernatural powers.
Perso-s"°Pi pretend to confer the Holy Ghost on the
sulye.L3 they ordain ; and all the clergy pretend to ab
135;1: u from sill their sins upon a dying bed.
4rerno c°nsider baptism a real regeneration : by their
ebildreaY the subjects are made members of Christ, the
They God, and heirs of the kingdom of heaven.
OyQ employ sponsors, and tr?c the sign of the
80th
the b.'s eerform the ceremony of confirmation ; in whichl
Iolal icP tells the young people (whatever be their
e„c"araeter) that they were regenerated by the
layolr:it-f'eto.ia.t their baptism- , and assures them of the
110111 awe 'III
"IPPer a''Y Pervert the sacrament of the Lord's
and °its—Priests administer it at an altar to kneeling,
tran heir' ungodly, communicants—one Church calls it
rners‘'statiti ttion ; and the other, in the Homilies, a
Both 'ilione incorporation."
4tlathen. displayed a cruel and persecuting spir.iit—
litteter,-;,'atiz;ng cr excommunicating (to the loss of che-
anfor rraPe'tY, and liberty) those who do not avowedly
Pat thh-i• (See first twelve Canons.) They have alike
totahu'ands of Diasenters to death.
are peculiarly sectarian, treating Noncon-
-44d otl,f~rniyt-
with contempt, confining their central, infant,
PArties'er sehool•?, c 'lieges, and charities, to their own
assiduity,), and inculcating sectarianism with the utmost
Both.
tieitsa, systems tend to make Ministers haughty, aya-
tweet,' and petulant—frequently produce strife be-
lt.. Paster and
people—introduce idle end ungodly
Beth r, Protect their vices.
sfiet4l uhurehee, with unelterable creeds and minutely
telerato rubric.", with vows and solemn asseverations,
Produce "ere' wild notion and heresy in existence, and
tore, b°dY of hypocrites.
ttvar,, n'e upheld by the secular arm, fear, ignorance,
line,tet and corru tion b denouncing the lass of bu-
'lrlart,'ploefiPutationPandeveyn of salvation, on seceders ;
Botts gates are seldom marked men.
el,,the treat all
their conformit, parishioners alike,
late ladedri!9°'l, bad, or indifferent.' 'file same words
syY "sed to all—the same ceremonies performed
-4(1 the There is " no difference between the unclean
Both clean.
ne Worst b
tir e a great dell of pomp and ceremony in
rWp......stmn,i;o kneeling,
g, sitting, • • • • turn-
, t,,kowine,
"Lir 4rda the altar dresses, B.:c.—all calculated to
in gnortint persons'a ground of hope and confidence
11,,e nwn " bodily exercise=."
serietit" attach extravagant and unchristian notions of
title, Y to their places or worship, their clerical habits,
inclei,)biand ministerial performances. ;. their character is
4140 •rt "ered ; their churches holy ; their doings
Both cations.
f Prefer exclusive claims to ministerial efficiency,
tut "n the Piet •
a t,0,11
the
talent, and zeal of their,preac. hers ;
Ptliteei ue superstitious and unsupported notions of
tot, eal succession and prelatical ordination.
in Placen read portions of the Apocrypha as a part, and
lan 6f3 the Word of God. The Church of Eng-
-I.l4,Anits the public reading of 211 chapters of the
t.ibstitt.tes 101 chapters of the Apocryphau.s
holy dayßertrin the religious obseivanceuofsunzemuefrothia
`,l,loiss profl,:a: Y 3 e tr, in commemoration
ie Lengieishteitir
,d tyrannical beings that ever existed.
ed,,.
s, hierarchy has appointed (independent out',
rill eret
both Churches,
ce
either
days, and thirty-one days
tiler by uncCoo, or words, or by