The Sun.
London, England, 1828-06-10 00:00:00

ties? Was nit the' doctrine of Purgefory another Gospel?
Was not the Invocation of Saints another Gospel? Was
not the veneration of Images another Gospel? Yes,
these were all other Gospels than those of the Scripture ;
there was not one of them to be found in the Gospel
of the blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. The
be* of Deuteronomy confirmed this pesssjge of St. Paul;
and in the hook of Revelation were there remarkable
words:—" I testify to every man that hears the words of
the prophecy of this book-=That if any man add unto these
things, God shall add unto hint the plagues that are writ-
ten in this Bettis ; but if any man shall take away from. the
words written in this Book of this prophecy, God shall
take away his part out of the Book of life and out of the
Holy City,,aiol from-the things which are written in this
BOok." These were the words of St. John in the Revela-
tions, and he would ask whether the Catholic Church did
not add to this Book their many false doctrines and works
of supererogation, and whether in many respects they did
not take aevay from it ? He would ask whether they did
not violai. the commandment, " Thou shalt not make Unto
thyself any graven image—(laughter)—nor. the likeness of
any thing in Heaven abovee--(coughing)—nor in the earth
beneath ? I—(Langhine.) The Learned and Right Rev.
Pm elate persevered in reading part of the second Command-,
meet, notwithstanding the impatience of the House, and con-
tinued laughter below the bar. lie would now wish
.to
trouble their -Lordships with a few words mespecting the Ro-
man Catholic doctrine of purgatory,e--eLoud letighter.)—
Purgatory was the great source of re_ venue of the Churcleof.
Rome. The Priests received Very large sums" for saying
prayers-and performing Masses, and for their other pious
endeavours to extract the souls of poor sinners out of pur-
gatory, or the- souls even of those who die in God's favour.
This doctrine tiok from the blessed Saviour his functions,
in order to promote the interests of the Priests. He firmly
believed that there was not a word in the Scripture to au-
thorise such a doctrine. The prophet Isaiah' was con-
clusiveon this subject. He said, "If the wicked will turn
away and keep to my statutes, and do what is lawful And
rielmt, he shall live, he shall not die." He would ask their
Lordships how did-the doctrine of purgatory agree with
this ? lie would remind Noble Lords that •the prophet
Isaiah prophesied under their precious and moat blessed
Saviour—(Coughing.)—The prophet said of their SaViour
the Lord Jesus Christ, " Surely be has borne, our griefs
and carried our sorrows, yet we did esteem hint stricken
end smitten of 'God, and afflicted. But he was wounded'
for our transgressions—he was bruised for our iniquitiesL-'
the chastisement of our peace was upon hint—and with his
stripes we are healed." If they were healed by the stripes
of Christ, what was the use of the prayers of the Priest to
get the soul out of purgatory ? The prophet Jeremiah
preached the same doctrine upon time subject as the prOnfiet
Isaiah.—(Here the Learned and Right Rev. Prelate quoted
from the prophet Jeremiah, but the coughing in the ticiuSe,
and the laughter about the bar prevented our heariog a
syllable.) What did St. John write in the ReVelatiOns?
He would tell the House. St. John said, " Blessed ate
the dead that die in the Lord, front henceforth, yea, said'
the Spirit, that they may rest from their lubsurs, anti
their works do follow them." They were told in this
passage, -by St.. John, that the dead rested from their
labours. e Now if Purgatory were adMitted, according to
the doctrine Of the Roman Catholic Church, the dead who
died- in the Lord must pats .through this fire of pur-
gatory, before they could reach the Lord. He need scarcely
expose the irrationality of such—ideas; bet the Scripture
said, .0 Verily, verily, I say unto you, he that believes
shall sot come unto condemnation." On this doctrine
of purgatory he cuuki go on for hours (a loud burst of
laughter.)—He woulei now trouble their Lordships with a
few words upon another important part of the Roman Ca.
tholic . worship. He alluded to the performattce of public
worship in an unknown language. 'He wished to call their
Lordships' attention to thisesubject, for it was material in
itself, and had an important connection with other subjeets.
If one uniform language might be used unknown to the
people who attended to benefit by the service,. what was
the use of the miraculous gift of tongues? But what said
the Apostle St. Paul, as if foreseeing the error into
which the Catholic Church would aiierwards fall? He
-spoke -of addressing people in their own languages, and
made this a circumstance of aggravation that they
did not hear him—(coughing).—lie would trouble—
(Caught:Jo—he must trouble their Lordehips—(Laugh-
ing)—on the subject to which he had before alluded—
the invocation of Saints and the veneration of images.
:This was an important part of the Catholic Church, and
as important a means of corrupting the people. In the
24eh Article of the Creed of Pope Pius IV., it was thus
written—" I also believe- that the Saints reigning together
with Christ are- to he honoured and invocated, and that
they offer prayers- to God for Us, and that their relics are to
• be held in veneration." Now, in tke 21st Article of the
same creed would be found the following words:--" I
most firmly assert, that-the Images of Christ, of the Mo-
ther of God, who was always a virgin, and also of the
other saints, ought to be had and retained, and that due
honour and veneration ought to be given them." What
said the Bible to this doctrine ? . It forbid the worshipping
and praying to any other titan the blessed Lord and Saviour
Jesus. Christ, and it asserted the Lord :Jesus Christ to he
the only Mediator between (3od and man. The Catholic
doctrine was, therefore, the most grass idolatry. The
Scripture said.—" Thoti'llialt- worship the Lord thy God,
and him only shalt thou serve." Again, "Thou shalt not
make any graven image."—(At this attempt to repeat the
second Commandment, the House interrupted the speaker
by laughing and coughing.) With respect to the worship
of saints,. the saints themselves would not wish that any
one should fall down and worship them: When the people
would fall down and worship St.- Peter, the Apostle di-
rected them to get up, aid would-not receive their worship.
When the people would offer ' sacrifice to Rumbas,
he rent his clothes, and runeing 'to the people, ex-
claimed, " Why -do •ye these- things ?" lie (the Arch-
bishop) had repeatedly witnessed the poor of Ireland, wor-
shipping with the zeal of the feverish worshippers of Bar-
nabee. He might be tell that this was not the Roman
Catholic religion. I3e it so. He would coatend, how-
ever, that it was the practice of Catholics, and if time Pas-
tors of the Church would not discountenance or suppress
such practices, they were justly imposed to time imputations
cast upon them. Ife Was hot against the cause of Ewan-
e-ipation—he would emancipate his fellow-creatures in the
true sense of the wend of God. He would emancipate
them from their present degradsd boodage, front their igno-
- e
peep end superstition.
The game of WINCHIIStEA had always observed that
those who came lbrward in support of the Catholic 'Claims
'uniformly contended that the-Roteman Catholic faith was
not now what it was in the 17th century. Now, if it
bad changed, 'he wished to know at what period that al-
teration haul taken place. He challenged the whole Roman
Cutholip Hierarchy to strew that such a change had at any
period occurred. In corroboration of this, he could ad-
duce many-proofs, but would not gp father than by re-
ferring to two passages to a letter write -n some years ago
by Doctor Troy, -the Titular Archbishop of Dublin. He
gespeessly said, that the decisions of General Councils
were of ipfaleilde .authority, and also binding on the con-
sciences of the Catholiee." The 4th S'em don of the Coun-
cil of Lateran was, • according to Doctor Troy, one of
these that " expressly prescribed - the detbronemeet of he-
retic sovereigns, and declared particularly, that all engage-
ments enteees, into with heretics, even although sanctioned
by oaths, were not biediog." As to the argument adduced
by the Noble Maremnse from the privilegee Lett elics fn•
inycd in ravioli Protesant Countries, that plight have
Weigjee if ;t apps octal on impartial investigation that there
Was army. 'one li44'? i?fotOani State in Europe which had
enjoyed during the lest fifty ye 44 tp i.,7v free institu-
tions which we had enjoyed here for three tulles, that et-l'i.q.
It has so happened, however, that none such existed, for
the free Protestant 'States of Germany had nothing like a
Vonstit4i.;:n nntil 1815. Time Netherlands had also been
referred to ( triVt thkce, the Roman Catholics had not
r • atf,o,
been admitted to politicarPOwer eneill. 27, so that there
was no possibility of ascertaining What ndglit be time res'e'nt
. ;poet, especially when he could with confidence ask whether
it was miei ‘es;l!:eown that coneiderable ill will at present
existed between the Iseieee. ratholiims and the Protest-
ants there? 'He would not allude to linssa or the
United .tat(s,- because there •aii,ld be tie comparison
ti;tweou ' a Repnhlic Which bad no Estkibliqied Cliure34
mad :a.'lllol.archi wliii;h ihad one forming an an integral
part of lei ('oustieWe't4 Lee eo pile pen give his i•ops;.e ,
to measures which wymiid endanger the existericiiif the'r4l.l3f '
tegtant Establishment, and let then.' not deceive themselves
by suppesing that hinvimeer much they ntig!it give they
could every satisfy the encroaching spirit of the Church of
teonee. The connection, as a powerful writer expressed it,
betnieen tlirgendelm.p.e/re)l, aptl.the Roman Catholic As-
Ylt ... ... . ..
sociaiiini; and lieUreen'ie kiaaldrs of,hoo, i.# oh,. ape
ketCli
idea. One of thOk leaden", 'O'Cdinielt, at ;i ineeting fre.ld
pushy the 155th of last Month, said, " The Catholics have
already' ttem,).ed en al their enemies except the Church,"
betle (Lord NV.) trnated tkif Lori!ships would 'never
consent to the passing of meas{ires That wthild destroy thatgbnra,whiCh under the ConstitUtion has produced gp
much benet•' - ' •
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. 'Vie Mergemess of E.A1.4513.1.1.11.Y was not prepared to say
that he slendel resist the claiine of the Roipap Catholic's if
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certain points were cOricedeNeliein, which were nee4reseeY
for the protection of ' the Protestant ChU-ch. He. "shotI111)
1 for on , maintain the absolute necessity that the Roman
Catholic Bishops should he appointed by the Sovereige.-
-'f he Noble Marquess had shewn, that in every Protestant
. country of Europe such a power had been granted to the