Star.
London, England, 1829-02-19 00:00:00

FROM Tilt PROTICSTANT wmertaa—No. I.

Papery teaches that the Church of Rome is the only true Church ;
that, as the true Church, she has the power of working miracles and
uttering prophecies; and that out of her pale is no salvation.
Popery teaches that an Papists, b.ing in the true Church; are
blessed, and must be saved; a►d that all Protestants, being here-
tics and out of the Church, are accursed, and must be damned.

Popery teaches that the Church of Home possesses an lariat:mat
less stock of merits, which she can sell, at varied prices, fur Malta.
geom.., and for the pardon of sins. past, present, and to come.
Popery teethes that the Pope, as successor of &. Peter, as the
vicar of Clouse, and as another Gon on earth, can lock and unlock
the portals of Heaven ~C.lll shut and open the gates of hell.
Popery teaches tbat the Pope can eicumniunicato and depose
heretical Kings, can absolve their subjects (runt oaths of allegiance,
can authorise absolved subjects to murder deposed Kings, and can
give away their kingdoms to whom he will.
Popery teaches that mi mot must judge for himself in religion,
but. on peril of damnation must receive his creed from the Church
of Rome, and implicitly believe as the Church believes.
Popery teaches that the Holy Scriptures are not suirmient for
salvation without the tradition of the Church, and that these tradi-
tions are of equal validity with the in•pired Scriptures.
Popery teaches that no man can understand the Holy Scriptures
without the instructioa of a Popish Priest, and that every Popish
Priest must interpret the Scriptures according to the meaning of
the Church of Rom..

Popery teaches that the indiscriminate reading of the Holy Scrip.
cures is forbidden, and that such reading Is highly dangerous.
Popery teaches that all sins, even of desire and imagination, must
be coufessed to a Popish Priest, and that every Popish Priest has
power to pardon sins.
Popery teaches that it is not necessary to understand our prayers,
and that prayer must be made in an unknown torque.
Popery teaches that there are seven sacraments, and that all
sacraments confer grace.
Popery teaches that we must worship lb. Images of Craw, of
the Virgin Mary, and of the blessed Saints; that we must adore
the holy angels, venerate relics, and bow before mosses.
Popery teaches that saints ad angels intercede and mediate for
us With Gun, that we must pray to saints and angels, and that we
must pray for the dead.
Popery teaches that a wafer, when consecrated by a Popish
Priest, is not merely changed intokthe actual body and blood of
Crass; but into the eternal Goo himself; and must be, when
lifted up as the eternal Goo, worshipped and misted.
Popery teaches that Priests must not marry; that laymen must
I cwt partake of the cup in the Lord's Supper; and that wither
Priest nor layman must, or certain days, mete of certain meats.
Popery teaches that purgatory is a place where souls of bad
enough for hell, not good enough for heaven, may, by fire, be purged
from their sins; and that out of this purgatorial fire sods may, by
masses and prayers, duly performed, and tidy pilfer. be delivered.
Popery teaches that faith needs not be kept with heretics; and
that evil may be committed for the good of the Church.
Finally, Popery teaches that the Church of Rome is infallible.--
that she cannot err—and therefore cannot change; her boast and
her glory is, that she is "always the same.*
Such are the doctrines of Popery. They are contrary to Scrip-
sure, to reason, and to scow. How, then, can any man who km
the use of his senses, 'of his understanang, and of his Bible, believe ,
them? Or how can any right-minded Protestant patronise Popery,
or give political power to men whose principles are so demoralis-
ing and so intolerant—so persecuting and so blasphemous?

Yesterday a poor fellow in the dress of a sailor, and
whose 104. ks and apparel be.poite the most abject want*
fat down oa the steps of the Argyll Rooms, and shady
afterwards expired from absolute want.

GLASGOW, FRBRuAny 17.
•
Eiday, a man of the name of William Ander:on,
employed at a cotton mill in Duke-street, was caugbt
by part of the machinery, and so dreadfully mangled,
that he died a few minuses after.
Yesterday, in the Police-office, fo,ir persons. beiiig
part of a gang, apparently cotton spiral is. were accused
of timing in the illowgate on Sawed is last. The
watchmen were, in consequence °, .110: outs Ageism and.
violent behaviour, repeatedly kit cacti •'osr n, and ar,out
half a dozen lanterns, dining the Affr 4y, wee brnken.
It appeared that when they succeeded in apprelienJing
one of the rioters, the others a tempted a !Mlle—
and one of them, the more aflctuaily to serer his
end, roared that the Polce were murdering him, and'
urged the crowd in consequence to.' Bur ke' the watch-
men. This they probably winod have effected, had it
not been for the assistance of other warchm-n, who'
came pouring in from all qu ate' s, and succeeded in.
apprehending fur of them. The most sac,. u• w
fined in th:ee guineas and the price of the lanterns, dud.
the other three in one guinea each.