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Cause it is latitudinarian and indifferent. Wil l "e'e d
ture to assert that our principles teach persecutiond,
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that in all ages and countries our practices loci° la?
not the very opposite the admitted fact all over the woe
We see Protestant countries free, and in Popish °II
Romanism and tyranny working hand in hand. ever
Or, they meet our charges by throwing the onus no
upon the temporal rulers, as in the faithless martyrolee,
of John Huss, and the persecutions of the Mediae s TIA_I,
reply is, the canon of the intallible Council of Const rot
the decisions of which are irrevocable and binding uP
the church in all ages.
The Council of Constance enjoins, that "all ArchbishnoßFJ
Bishops, and other persons chosen for this work shall achnosolsrill
and require all emperors, kings dukes, princes, Itc.,lofe%ing
of the Catholic faith, also all other Ellell professors exercl,,,o_
temporal jurisdiction, and exhort them by the Apostolic Sulu
rity to expel from their kingdoms, provinces, cities, Ste.'Bo4:l
heretics, as morbid sheep infecting the flock of the Lord, 00
not to permit them to preach in their districts, to Pe' en
coalFyleaitil,niutlisazinsniettsyos,
owrreiside, to enter into any contracts, to cargos
In conclusiLhe,athl
wKoeredps,• 't The
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church of Rome deserves little at your hands, hut Is
e'v'elrre "Vengeance is
you
itnhee, I
examplewi l repay,
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Lord deserves much, and as you love him hearken t°
beware
enegfwa,
faithful."
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retaliatory
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reviled, reviled not again, but gave blessings for costs;
and prayers for persecutions. Thenaturaleffectof thisevo`st
ing's subject isto excite hostility to Romanism. Ber'see ere
it extend not to Romanists. The former is the effect Tee.st
to produce ; as to the latter, I do beseech you watch Iltee
it, strive against it, prdy against it. The only weaponon e
and
church is the sword of the spirit, the Word of G,' oho
the only aven zerof thechurch is the head of the chubrie;blegat
is the God of vengeance. N one, even of the
of his people, has suffered without his knowledg: f
permission. Their tears are all in his bottle. The,,,ci,"ee°o
the souls under the altar long delayed handnve, the
foreotten, and awful will be the reckoning feohleire d
confusion when the brazen harlot that has so long usurped
the place of the lamb's lawful bride shall aPPes;:aeess
Him whose omniscient eye will detect in her eau" That
the blood of the unnumbered martyrs she has slain. en)
hiro
day he has reserved for himself. Beware how you 115.,
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the prerogatives of your great Redeemer. Instruct thenwa;
pray for them, forgive them,—but at your peril d°
retaliate upon them. got t°
Secondly. Beware of riving any encouragem-egver
this unhallowed system—lieht and darkness eau "web
coalesce—Christ and Anti-Christ can never serve The
al! her movements has recently originated
comfort and confidence together in the same army!" ises
Church of Rome, with that wiliness which cleave.- top
" The Religious Equality Movement. " Knowing that in
political matters she entertains muchin common with °lot
dissenters, she has been desirous to make it sPUestne as
she has sunk the religious element in the political of
it would seem that some of the nonconforro\-bsee
Britain have fallen into the snare, I would take theL'eress
of presenting one or two facts which cannot fail to tnerth
them with the danger of forming any alliance:lee' are
system so deceitful and unscrupulous. The Wren see
already aware that one of the secretaries, who is u`s,"3
of
of the principal movers in the project, is gr. L''''tbet
the Tablet—(hisses)—of whom it is enough to ssit,sre•
he has publicly and deliberately endorsed the, ",.." lie
less persecutions of the Madiai, and t°,9' such
has since in his paper published ths,', whose
endorsement has met with the approval of 8' the
approval he cares to possess, namely. the Priests -pi, is
Church of Rome in Ireland, of which class his s
the principal organ. I would also set before the Pjob,
fact, which, perhaps, they are not so well acquain,frue co°.
that Mr. Duffy, the editor of the Nation, who. Of the
siderable time might be regarded as the Chief n%ntel
Young Ireland party, as opposed to the late. .'"gtioll
O'Connell and the priests, immediately after his liker„ties,
from prison, in the third number of the revived .1;ov
offered a most abject apology to the priesthood, sc gad
hedged his former sins and faults in opposing thenl' with
what sbe ja
ober,
lost
repeated a conversation with the convict Me
which he thoroughly sympathised, that no Inulee and
could ever succeed for ;he regeneration of Irelau:'deot
that none should ever again be undertaken, which "ID Ma
first been baptized in the old holy well. (Laughter./e ts
to
yet these are the two persons who are the chiefagS
" The Religious Equality Movement." 5, our
Thirdly. Cultivate Protestant unity. (Hear.). A'segold,
serable divisions, it would seem as if nothingo or
remove them but the glorious presence and king° Dale
our Lord himself. Essentials and circurnstantialst tell
become so commingled, that the very elect callrereb'
owtliiiiecrh;aresuesspseeteittiinalgs and which whichcircum stantialst sac,
men and Dissenters afraid of each other ; jealous fc,
other; and ready beaugeb
downa fire from heaven upon each other, ol
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e og
eh will not follow the other. Eplirairn
Judah, and Judah vexing Ephraim, the Phi,o3'
all the while looking on, and, without loss t°;pesii
selves, permitting Israel's disastrous folly to aec°7geet9
atirieeiwr,egalto,ernioituigs veiacetioiroyt.beTr h; uteheitßiesastthawt
iPtiriotseesvtaann.nagesfdarS
and ten horns standing quietly by, and only waLtipro
the convenient moment to slip in and devour ie,",tioe
Surely there is nothing inconsistent in each regi°,ceet,
ing its officers, and uniform, and discipline, untie one
the hour of common danger, all toeether forrutiagr,
grand square, and, side by side and shoulder to sh°,"o3ou
presenting an impenetrable phalanx against the cciLsider
acknowledge,fessions
transformed,tha `
atnhde
withD Dissenting evnatriino go
various
foe of their Queen and country. Only let us c" ed t°.
what the persecutors of the Madiai felt constant
in substance."
(Hear,
,hear.) and
If the love of God and the command of Christ, h boa
beauty, and comfort, and efficiency of the Churrneiele.sh,'
no weight with us, remembering the nature, the Pr:, Whi'
and the practices of our common adversary, let Pert tc:
it is time, see it to be our interest to unite 8,11",,e,
gether. There is one Lord, one faith, one °'
baptism, one God and Father of us all—the au
"
our beloved is one titles, I ePsr,°atreestiacr entice 1

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Fourthly, let us be active against Popery• tbecov.'
Meroz ; curse ye bitterly the inhabitants therem, of the
they came not to the help of the Lord, to the heir) of tber
Lord against the mighty. ' Such was the laugueg,fferetiv
Most High with respect to the lukewarm snd in`',l 011°
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amongst his people of old. Many condemn °lt tlto4
preach against Popery. I am not ashamed to so/ h 604
aIG whit.l mi
omd os,,ieni doomedalelrn (idt)hnfoot thoseilllstfoow lslibol destruction.'eerhdsoatvoice ~.15001;
hoever feeble, it shall never be sile.nt against that 9.¢ains
C t e veriest blasPheliiatil.
treason against man in e"."l)itt'e.be
and relation, both for time and for etern'tl „ area 0
know, is the most I can do, but I remember ",,,r tiP°,
I lalaSyYne:t:Aninftiet:re'nll:l.'4ll'
condemnation pronounced by our blessed Ml'sl.,;es Pe,i;
one of old, without respect to the actual $
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for ned, " She bath done what she could." l'e' If 'et
the language of prophecy, and the convictions eicle%
church, but the forebodings of the world and the. 00141
pas itig.oin,faes,siosdf.t the
kifntoismwo
,etlsh,ecgaipnvoewoi,endrcyoonsfatryees,
redeeming
proofspeak
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pects that every Christian will do his duty. bort° •
The rev. gentleman resumed his seat amidst a- .
the.,
of Kentish firing, and vehement applause. AtO ,gei,
A vote of thanks having been accorde"e%presCr
CHAIRNIA X, he, in a few closing observation:44e, Alsi,
the thanks of the meeting to the Rev. Mr. ~, 001",,' 0
had delivered an address upon the subject of abilitythe
end
which could not have been surpassed for Its fa ell.)
the amount of information it contained, by a leuc,e-rriog"
any one in the town or country. (Vehement cPw- /i
httdaro so
Aenod characterisedw
while
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