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E SUN LONDON, SATURDAY MORN ING, DECEMBER 27 1845.

and the affair altogether was what is termed " slow ;"
and it will require some considerable alteration and
pruning before it can be decently presented before any
audience.

SURREY.
Christmas has come again, and with it the repeti-
tion of the customs and festivals which take place
at this merry season of the year. The Surrey, as
long as we can remember, has been noted for the ex-
cellence of its Christmas fare and its Christmas
gambols, and the expectations of those who usually
spend their boxing evenings within its enchanting
circle of fun and humour have not been disappointed
in the entertainments put forth by the spirited lessee,
Mrs. Davidge, the relict of the rum old commodore,
for their amusement and gratification on the boxing
night of 1845. The lady of the Surrey at Christmas
always puts on every thing span new, she hates to
appear iu any of her old garments at a season like
the present of jollity, good dressing, and good living,
and 'accordingly last night she decked herself out with
a new drama by Edward Sterling, the stage manager,
and a grand comic pantomime taken from
Peter Parley's Nursery Tales." The entertainments of
last evening commenced with the new drama
called The Mendicant's Son, or the Jew of Southwark.
Amid the noise, uproar and confusion of a boxing
night, it would be impossible, had we time and in-
clination, to give the outline of the plot of the piece.
It will be sufficient to say that its scenes depict!in true
colours the fatal effects of profligacy, and throw some
light on the extent to which this vice was carried on
in Southwark and all parts of the metropolis in 1740.
The piece, which was eminently successful, introduced
to a Surrey audience, for the first time Mr. Broughton
and Mr. Butler ; for the first time these two seasons
Mr. J. T. Johnson of the Victoria Theatre ; and for
the first time these five years, 'Mr. Maynard of the
Adelphi. The different characters in the piece were
well sustained throughout, and the drama concluded
amid loud plaudits from a house crammed almost to
suffocation. The new scenery by Meadows, and the
excellent acting of our old favourites, Hughes
and Mrs. H. Vining, tended in no small degree
to aid the success of the piece. The entertainments
of the night were concluded by the e.;l
important (at this time of the year) panto-
mime, which is called Harlequin and the Old
Witch of Teddington, or the Glorious Days of good
Queen Bess. It is written and produced by Mr.
T. H. Webb, and reflects great credit upon him for
the excellence of its tricks, the fund of humour dis•
played in the execution of them, and the capital skits
contained on several of the passing events of the day.
The dancing of Mr. Cormack, as Harlequin, and Miss
Smythies, as Columbine, was excellent, and the fun
and agility of Herring as Clown, Anderson as
Pantaloon, and Stilt, as Sprite, kept the house in a
roar of laughter. The scenery of the piece is of the
most splendid description, and must be seen to be
properly appreciated. We never remember to have
seen the house so crowded as it was last night ; there
was not—to use a vulgar phrase—room for a mouse,
and yet with but one or two exceptions in,the:pit, each
seemed to be good humoured with the other, and
bent upon having a merry Christmas, with the pros-
spect of a happy new year.

COURT C tRCULAR

WINDSOR, Crtursrmas-Day.—The Queen and Prince
Albert promenaded in the pleasure-gr)unds before
church this morning.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince
Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice were
taken their usual early airings to-day.
The Queen, Prince Albert, the Duchess of Kent, the
Ladies and Gentleman of the Court, and the Domestic
Houehold attended Divine service this morning in the
private chapel of the Castle. After the morning ser-
vice the Holy Communion was administered.
Lady Fanny Howard was in attendance on the
Duchess of Kent.

The royal dinner circle at the Castle, this evening
will included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent,
Lady Fanny Howard, Baroness de Speth, Lady Isabella
Wemyss, Mr. George Edward and the Hon. Mrs. An-
son, and Sir George and Lady Couper.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duke of Cambridge and
Prince George attended Divine service yesterday morn-
ing in Grosvenor Chapel, South Audley-street
Divine Service was performed yesterday (Christmas-
day) in the Chapel Royal St. James's. The sermon
was preached by the Sub-Dean. Lords Hawarden and
Norreys were among the nobility present.

WINDSOR, FRIDAY.—The Queen, attended by the
Countess of Desert, promenaded this morning in the
grounds adjoining the Castle and Home Park.
Prince Albert went to shoot at Swinley, where his
Royal Highness met the Duke of Cambridge this morn-
ing. Mr. Anson, Major-General Sir Edward Bowater
and Colonel Bowles were in attendance on the Prince.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince
Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, were
taken their usual early rides and for walking exercise
this forenoon.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge arrived
at the Castle to-day, on a visit to the Queen. The Earl
of Aberdeen and Sir Robort Gordon also arrived on a
visit to her Majesty.
The Right Honourable Sir William Fremantle had
the honour of joining the royal dinner party at the Castle
yesterday evening.
This evening her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent,
Lady Fanny Howard, and the Baroness de Speth will
join the royal circle at dinner.
The band of the, Grenadier Guards will attend during
dinner. Her Majesty's private band will afterwards
attend in the Castle.

his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge left
Cambridge House yesterday morning on a visit to her
Majesty at Windsor Castle.
The remains of Lord Wharncliffe, late Lord President
of the Council, were removed from his residence in
Curzon street at an early hour yesterday morning, for
interment at the family seat in Yorkshire.

THE CREW OF THE CAROLINE.

On Tuesday last the return to the writs of habeas
corpus, obtained by Sir George Stephen, was made by
Hassan Ben Usoph, the captain of the vessel, as fol-
lows :

" In obedience to the within writ, to me directed, I
hereby humbly certify and return to the within-named
Judge, that the within-named Lybo, Sympth, Camoonah,
and Farrow, never were taken by me, except as herein-
after mentioned ; and that at the time of the coming of
the within writ to me, the within-named Lybo, Symptb,
Camoonah, and Farrow were not, nor were any of them,
nor are any of them now, nor have they or any of them
ever been, detained in my custody ; but that they and
each of them are now within my power, and under my
command as captain of the ship Caroline, belonging to
his Highness the Imsum of Muscat, bound on a voyage
from the coast of Zanzibar, on the eastern coast of
Africa, to the port of London, and back to Zanzibar
aforesaid, as part of the crew of the said ship, engaged
for the said voyage ; and that they and each of them
came within my power, and under my command as part
of the crew of the said ship, engaged for the said voy-
age; and that they and each of them came within my
power and under my command, as part of the crew of
the said ship Caroline, engaged for the said voyage at
the port of Zanzibar aforesaid, on or about the month
of March last ; and that the said ship Caroline is now
in the port of London, on the prosecution of the said
voyage ; and that I have their bodies ready as within
I am commanded.

The answer of the within-named Hassan Ben
Usoph."
To this return the Learned Judge (Mr. Justice
Coleridge) has appended the following certificate :
The within-named parties, supposed to be detained
as slaves, appeared before me, and having been exa-
mined, stated themselves to be free men engaged for
the voyage as mariners at wages, and have no detention
to complain of. I therefore discharge them as such.

" J. T. COLERIDGE."

It is the intention of Mr. Clarkson to make applica-
tion to the Learned Judge for the costs of the prose-
cution.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

HUNTING APPOINTMENTS.

Her Majesty's stag hds., Mon., Bromhill-hut ; Fri.,
Salt-hill.

lleythrop hds., Mon., Great Tew ; Wed., Barrington
Park; Fri., Addlestrop-gate ; Sat., Wilcot-10i.
Somerset Subscription hds., Tues., Wick Park ; Sat.,
Woodland- brake—l 02-.
Albrighton hds., Mon., Chillington; Thurs., Sleigh-
ford ; Sat., Davenport-104.
Whitehaven harrs., Mon., Sandwich ; Thurs., Dis-
tington-10.
Mr. Trelawny's lids., Tues., Buller's Arms, Dean ;
Fri., Tolche Moor-gate-10i.
Horndon's hds., Mon. Amey Cross; Thurs., Lan-
due Bridge-91.
Devon hds., Mon., Luseombe-11.

Herefordshire hds., Fri., Wormelow Turnpike.
Ludlow hds., Tues., llope Court; Fri., Norton's Camp.
East Kent hds., Tues., St. Alban's Down; Fri., El-
ham Park-10i.
Thanet hrrs., Mon., Hale ; Wed., Mauston Wood
—loi.
Earl Fitzwilliam's hds., Mon., Bedford Purlieus; Wed.,
Stanwick Pasture; Thurs., Biggen
Mr. Hellier's hds., Mon., Kemwick Gate ; Tues.,
Greetham ; Thurs., Girsby ; Sat., Enderby Cross
Roads-10i.
Monmouthshire hds., Mon., Blackbrook ; Thurs.,
Manson's Cross-4 0.

THE TUDOR MEDALET.--Mr. Roach Smith, in a
letter to the editor of the Builder, gives the following
account of a Tudor medalet found on the site of the new
Royal Exchange. It was met with during some partial
excavation, before the general works commenced. So
little consequence did I attach to it, that it re-
mained for months upon my table before I was induced
to examine and clean it, when I deciphered an inscrip-
tion and the Tudor arms. It was previously a lump of
worthless lead, but I regenerated its defaced impress,
and thus made it an object of interest, but surely
not an object to be envied the possession of. I
exhibited it to the Numismatic Society, and to
the Society of Antiquaries ; I freely permitted
a wood-cut of it to be made for one of the pic-
torial weekly newspapers; and I adapted the inscription
to the obverse of a medal of Prince Albert, designed by
me, and engraved by Mr. Stothard to commemorate the
Prince's advent to lay the first stone of the New Roy of
Exchange, the Joint Gresham Committee having
omitted to order a medal to be engraved to record this
interesting event.
Thursday morning the Duke and Duchess of St.
Albans, according to usual custom at this season of the
year, caused to be distributed amongst the poor inha-
bitants residing at Highgate 1 cwt. of coals, 1 cwt. of
potatoes, and 161bs. of bread to each family, also a new
pair of blankets and new flannel petticoats to the
wives and children of all the labourers employed on their
estate. _

LIVES OF THE
QUEENS OF ENGLAND.—At this
season a more acceptable literary present, especially for the
young, could hardly be chosen than Miss Strickland's in-
structive volumes, " The Lives of the Queens of England."
A contemporary justly observes, "In this elegant work we
have everything connected with the biographies of the
Sovereigns, and every species of anecdote relating to their
Courts; and in this part of the subject, a very important one,
Miss Strickland evinces great learning, research, judgment,
and taste. In this branch of the work it assumes a high
character, and, without losing its qualities of amusement,
it becomes of historical and even moral importance, by con-
worivklAisßoin. elloofwthrreTh,isghicesstwmeisTriot
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of permanent
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veying to us striking and correct portraits of the manners,
habits, connexions, religion, and morals, as well as of the
asp feelingsßlvorelulEa
:a„noidfs
)pnlaeesatosi
fumrteahsbols
those
frheoiagndbrilny
romantic narratives in which
the finer feelings of cur nature are displayed under circum-
stances that cannot fail of creating the deepest interest in
as dourisl the gas
the reader. There is a love story of great power and beauty,
in which devotion and self-denial attain an elevation only to
be met with in those rare natures which adorn the humblest
as well as the highest stations.. In this story the same
nobility is found existin
in the Court. The Pring
cess Morellhiin agndy in
Countcotta Lacye are
truly noble characters, but they are not more distinguished
for their intelligence and virtue than the Citizen of Prague,
and his incomparable grand-daughter. It is impossible to
imaine a tale of deeper interest, and we cannot doubt that
" Thge Citizen of Prague" will be equally popular with either
of those strikingly picturesque narratives which have pre-
ceded it.
POTATOES.—Some of our Conservative contempora-
ries still assert that the supply of this vegetable is
im-
proving, and that the causes for alarm are quite needless.
We can speak for our own market with confidence. The
potatoes that come there are sold at 10d, and a shilling
the stone—double the usual price at this season of the
year ; but few of them would be worth having at any
price if the failure had not been so general. In the north
of Corawall, where the sandy districts prevail, many of
the potatoes are as good as in former years ; the sand
was found to absorb or carry off the moisture so well,
that only those vegetables suffered that were too near
an
anecdoteal
the surface. In the neighbourhood of Jump, five miles
rri.
g manner the
sailor
nKing.
from Plymouth, a hogshead of cider has been offered for
a bag of potatoes,
and refused.—Plymouth Jrn
ANECDOTE OF WILLIAM THE FOURTH.—In a re-
centcig introduced,ahr
amemoireter of h
tehmeopnileiafsyttei
exemplifying
and kind-hearted
nan
the
M'
ee s
It is recorded as follows in the inscription on a splendid
silver salver, presented to Mr. Irving a few months pre-
vious to his Majesty's death :—(Royal Arms).—_,, King
William the Fourth has given this piece of plate to Jt
Irving, Esq.. the representative of his Majesty's late
highly esteemed friend, J. Rae, Esq., in commemoration
of a review dinner, given by his Majesty on the 2d of
June, 1805, at Bedfont ; and in discharge of the suns of
251. which the King on that occcasion borrowed of Mr.
Rae, his guest—a debt which had not recurred to his-
Majesty's recollectionuntil recently.-28th March, 1837.

CHARGE OF THE BISHOP OF

ORCTSTER.
• The following is the charge of the Lord Bishop of
Worcester to the candidates for ordination, Dec. 21 :
"My dear young Friends,—You have now gone
through all the forms required by the law previous to
your admission tomorrow into the sacred orders of
deacons and priests. Yott have acquitted yourselves
in your examination to the satisfaction of my chap-
lain, and you have this day declared yourselves mem-
bers of the Church of England by subscribing to the
Thirty-nine Articles, which have been framed as tests
of your really holding those doctrines which she pro-
fesses as her distinctive characteristics, and which she
believes may be proved by the sure warrant of Scrip-
ture. Allow me to express a hope that in performing
this duty you have not merely complied with a form
directed by the Legislature as necessary previous to
your ordination, but that you have well considered
the different doctrines involved in these Thirty-nine
Articles, and by the subscription of your names
thereto given your bond fide assent to them. When,
however, I require this of 'you, I do not require that
you, young as you are, and with your minds fur-
nished necessarily with a comparatively small portion
of theological learning, should have made up your
minds upon the many dark points of divinity involved
in some of these articles— _ _

`Fixedfate, free will, foreknowledge absolute.'
Subjects of such intricacy and difficulty, that even
celestial substances are represented by the poet, when
they attempted to discuss them, as having
`Found no end in wandering mazes lost.'
To require perfect unanimity upon such points is to
suppose, in the words of Paley, that the Legislature
expected the consent of ten thousand men, and that
in perpetual succession, not to one controverted pro-
position, but to many hundred.' In considering, then,
the obligation imposed upon you when you sub-
scribed the Thirty-nine Articles, we take the most
liberal view of this question which has been taken
by that eminent philosopher to whom I have just re-
ferred. He states, in his work on ' Mural Philosophy,'
that the two points to be considered by those who
wish conscientiously to subscribe the Thirty-nine
Articles, are
Quis imposuit et quo animo.'
The first of these points is merely a matter of history.
There can be no doubt that the Legislature of the
13th of Elizabeth, who passed the Act by which
subscription to these Articles was made incum-
bent upon all future deacons and priests in the Church
of England, is the authority under which this obliga
tion is imposed upon you ; but the remaining ques-
tion, the quo aniato,' with which such subscription
was required by them, is not so easily resolved, and
which may very beneficially occupy our attention on
the present occasion. Now, the first point which I
will endeavour to establish upon this important sub-
ject is that the animus ' of that Legislature
was specially directed to the exclusion of all
who professed the principal doctrines of the
Roman Catholic faith. that such must have been
the case would prima facie appear from the character
of the compilers of these Articles, for who were these
but Cranmer and Ridley—illustrious martyrs, who
shed their blood in defence of our Protestant Re-
formed Church ; and can it be believed that with
such views of religion they would have compiled arti
des so loose and indefinite as to admit the subscrip-
tion of those who held Roman Catholic doctrines ?
But we have further in this matter the authority of
Bishop Burnet, who, speaking of the design with
which the Thirty. nine Articles were compiled, dis-
tinctly states that it was a view to the exclusion of
Roman Catholics. The 'Reformers,' he states, in his
introduction to his work on the Thirty-nine Articles,
had smarted long under the tyranny of Popery, and
so they had reason to secure themselves from it and
from all those that were leavened with it. Those here

in England had seen how many had complied with all
the alterations both in 'king Henry and King Ed-
ward's reign, who not only declared themselves to
have been all the while Papists, but became bloody
persecutors in Queen Mary's days. Therefore it was
necessary to keep all such out of the body that they
might not secretly undermine and betray it.' In
order, however, to set this subject in the clearest point
of view, we will go through some of the leading and
most distinctive doctri4es of the Roman Catholic
Church, and afterwards see how directly these are
repudiated by the Thirty-nine Articles which you
have all this day subscribed. Now, perhaps, there
is no one point upon which the Church of Rome
differs more from the Church of England than in the
respect which the former pays to what is called epos.
tolical tradition. It is the doctrine of that Church,
that besides the written word of God, there is a ne-.

cessity for an unwritten word ; that is, the divine and
apostolical traditions. Nos asserimus,' says the
learned Cardinal Bellarmine, admitted by the Roman
Catholics to be one of the highest authorities in their
Church—' Nos asserimua in Scripturis non contineri
expresse totam doctrinam necessariam, sive de fide,
sive dc moribus et proindb prwter verbum Dei scriptum
requiri etiam verbum Dei non scriptum—id est,divinas
et apostolicas traditiones: Nay, not only do they
put tradition upon a par with Scripture, but they
even give it precedence, conceiving doctrines
handed down by tradition to be derived from our
Saviour himself, while those contained in the Scrip-
tures have no better authority than that of the Evan-
gelists and Apostles. So the decree of the Council
of Trent upon this subject declares the doctrines of
the Roman Catholic Church to he contained in libris
scriptis, et sine scripto• traditionibus, gum ab ipsius
Christi ore ab ApostoliCacceptse, aut ab ipsis Apos-
tolls, spiritu sancto dicrante, quesi per menus traditae,
ad nos usque pervenerunt.' Such, then, is the re-
ceived doctrine of the Church of Rome, and let us
now see what says the Church of England on this
subject. You have this day declared your assent to
the sixth article, which contains these words—' Holy
Scripture containeth all things necessary to salvation.
So that whatsoever is not read therein nor may be
proved thereby is not required of any man that it
should be believed, as an article of faith, or to
be thought requisite or necessary to salvation.'
Is it in the power of language to contra.
dict this distinguishing doctrine of the Roman
Catholic Church more- expressly or more emphati-
cally? Next to the theory of tradition, perhaps the
doctrine of transubstantiation affords the most striking
characteristic of the Roman Catholic Church. To
any Protestant who attentively considers the figu-
rative style, still so common in oriental nations, in
which the discourses of our Lord were generally
delivered, it appears scarcely credible that the ex-
pressions, This is my body which was given for you,
and this is my bloo I which was shed for you,' should
have been ever taken literally, and be supposed to
mean that the bread and wine could be converted into
the actual body and blood of our Saviour. It is not,
however, my intentionjo go farther into this subject
at present than to state, what is well-known to you
all, that such is the doctrine of the Roman. Catholic
Church ; but what says our Church in its twenty-
eighth article ? ' Transubstantiation (or the change of
the substance of bread and wine) in the supper of the
Lord canuot be proved by Holy Writ, but is repug-
nant to the plain words of Scripture, overthroweth
the nature of a sacrament, and bath given occasion
to many superstitions. The body of Christ is given,
taken, and eaten in the supper only after a heavenly
and spiritual manner. Who, then, who has sub-
scribed this article, can hold the Romish doctrine of
transubstantiation?::. So again, there are few doc-
trines which more 'distinctively mark the Roman
Catholic Church that' that of Purgatory. In the
twenty-fourth session of the Council of Trent,
it was solemnly decreed, that The Catholic Church,
instructed by the Holy Spirit, through the sacred
writings and the ancient tradition of the fathers,
has taught in holy councils, and lastly in this
oecumenical council, that there is a purgatory,
and the souls detained there are assisted by the
prayers of the faithful, but more especially by the
sacrifice of the mass. In quoting these words it is
not my intention to go at any length into the refuta-
tion of them, or to point out the errors and abuses to
which they necessarily led, but simply to prove, what
indeed is quite notorious, that such is the doctrine of the
Roman Catholic Church; but what again says the 22d
article, which you have this day subscribed ? " The
Romish doctrine of Purgatory is a fond thing, vainly,
invented and grounded upon no warranty of Scrip-
ture, but rather repugnant to the Word of God. So
again, it is well known that the Church of Rome ad-
mits seven sacraments as of divine or apostolical au-
thority, whereas our 25th article distinctly states that
there are only two sacraments ordained of Christ
our Lord in the Gospel, that is to say, Baptism
and the Lord's Supper. It would be easy to
pursue this subject further through the Romish
doctrines of indulgenees, the invocation of saints, the
adoration of relics aitd images, distinctly denied in
the 22d article ; the use of the Latin language in
the performance of divine service, condemned in the
24th article ; the practice of the Romish Church to
deny the use of the cup in the administration of the
Lord's Supper, blamed in the 30th article ; and the
celibacy of the clergy, asserted to be not required by
Scripture, in the 32d article ; but enough has surely
been said to satisfy you that one of the principal
objects of those who imposed this test of subscrip-
tion upon all future deacons and priests in the
Church of England, was to prevent those who pro-
fess( d such Romish doctrines from being admitted as
ministers of the Church. If, then, we are to adopt
Paley's rule, and resolie anydoubts hich we may enter-
tain with regard to subscription, by considering the
animus' of those who imposed this test upon the
Church, it is quite clear that that animus' wvs
specially to exclude all those who professed Romish
doctrine, and that those, therefore, who do hold such
doctrines are guilty of a matifides, near akin to
perjury, when from motives of interest they sub-
scribe articles thus utterly repugnant to their re-
ligious belief. It may, indeed, be doubted whether
the Protestant divines who compiled our articles
had not in view as large a comprehensiou as pos-
sible of those who; had renounced the errors of

Popery—whether the twelfth article was not con-
structed with a view to conciliate those who dwelt
upon the necessity of works, while the seventeenth was
intended to include those of a Calvinistic persuasion ;
but, however comprehensive they may have been in-
tended to be as they regarded Protestants, it is quite
clear that they are most distinctly exclusive in respect
to those of the Roman Catholic communion. This is
indeed so obvious from the most cursory consideration
of our articles, that I should have hardly thought
it necessary to have pointed your attention to it on
the present oecasions if it had not been notorious
that individuals, who, like you, had signed their
names as assenting to the Thirty-nine Articles,
had not thought it inconsistent with the obliga-
tions which they thereby took upon themselves to
continue ministering in our churches, though they
professed to hold all Romish doctrine. They indeed are
now gone out from us, but it is to be feared that
many yet remain who have subscribed the articles,
and yet entertain opinions directly opposed to their
plain and literal sense. To investigate what causes
have led to this calamitous result, would carry us
into too extensive a field of inquiry ; but I cannot
consider it as foreign to the present occasion, when I
am about to introduce such a number of young and
ardent minds into our holy profession, if I offer to
them some considerations, which, under the blessing of
God, may prevent those who think they stand like
them from falling. In the first place, accustom your
minds to dwell more upon the spiritual essence of reli-
gion than upon its external forms. Were I called upon
to state the most important general distinction be-
tween the religion of Rome and that of Protestants, I
should say that the former occupied itself almost ex-
clusively with forms and ceremonies, while the latter
dwelt on the necessity of the conversion of the heart
to God. lam far from wishing to deprecate the im-
portance of those forms and ceremonies which are
directed to be adopted by our Church in the admi-
nistration of Divine service; they have been wisely
instituted as the handmaids of true religion ; but
I would caution you against that exclusive at-
tention to forms which is the characteristic of the
Roman Catholic Church, and which has a ten-
dency, if we are not on our guard, to convert
the scriptural worship, directed by the Gospel, into
A minute regard for ritual observances. In the se-
cond place, be cautious in the adoption of terms which
have become the symbols of a party. Thus the term
Catholic, as applied to our Church, cannot be ob-
jected to. The boast of our Reformation was, that we.
had, by that blessed event, corrected all the manifold
abuses of the Church of Rome, and brought our
Church back to what we believe to have been nearly
the universal practice of the Primitive Church. In
!his sense we pray in the Liturgy for the good estate
of the Catholic Church, in which passage, to avoid am-
hieeuity, it were to be wished, perhaps, that the term
universal had been preferred ; but when it is recol-
lected that this is, I believe, the only passage
in the Liturgy- in which this term is used (for
the Creeds can hardly be considered as parts of
-he Liturgy), is there not an affectation in ap-
plying it upon every occasion to our Protestant
deformed Church ; and does it not betoken a dis-
position to overlook as much as possible the distinc-
tions which have been proved to exist between the
two Churches. In like manner we have been taught
to disclaim the term Protestant,' derived as it is
from the first Reformers, who protested against the
errors of the Church of Rome, as if we had no longer
cause to protest against such errors. The use or dis-
use of particular words in treating upon religious
subjects may, indeed, be justly considered as trifles;
but, alas ! it has been thund by experience, that
nugm seria ducunt in mala.' We may call our-
selves Catholics and disclaim being Protestants till it ap-
pears as if both Churches formed but one vineyard, and
that consequently it is a matter of little import in which
part of it our ministerial labours are employed. It
has been my object in the present charge to point
out to you that this is not the case, and that, how-
ever charitably we may view, and ought to view, the
errors of our Rome n Catholic brethren, however
disposed to consider them as a branch of the univer-
sal church of Christ, and even to extend their means
of usefulness among their own people, we should be
cautious how we modify the distinctions between us
till they become almost evanescent quantities, and
thus dispose our own minds, as well as those of our
people, to the seduction of that Son of Perdition who is
ever on the watch for unstable souls. By your subscrip-
tion to the Thirty-nine Articles of your Church this
day, you have declared not only that you are faithful
members of that Church, but we have seen that you
have likewise affixed your names to a solemn dis-
claimer of the errors of the Roman Catholic Church.
That Church, as well as ours, requires its ministers
to subscribe certain articles ; and to bring the sub-
ject which we have been discussing clearer into
view, I will, in conclusion, copy the twelve articles,
which, according to the Bull of Pope Pius IV., are
still required to be subscribed by every bene-
ficed clergyman belonging to the Church of Rome.
[Here the Right Reverend Prelate recited the
Articles.] Such is the solemn subscription of articles
required of all clergymen who are beneficed in the
Church of Rome, and I need not point out to you how
they are opposed to those which you have this day
subscribed. Therefore, brethren, stand fast and hold
the traditions (or rather, as it should have been tran-
slated according to .111‘Knight), the doctrines which
ye have been taught. Now, our Lord Jesus Christ
himself, and God, even our Father, which bath loved
us, and given us everlasting consolation and a good
hope through grace, comfort your hearts and esta-
blish you in every good word and work."