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deliverance from our sins but our Saviour Jewlll_nfise
who being our Sovereign Bishop, doth, with thesitst
upon 00
vsi ,
of his body and blood, offered once for ever
of the cross, most effectually cleanse the spirituel le,P„' fgt.
asinodnwoafsthheawssamyetldieostiinese oufnatoll
hthinlos.e„that with tree
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" I do not say but that, if any do
troubledcurate or in
pa
sconscience,
Bonze
ee find tho— ea
show the trouble and doubt of their conscience t°, cilse
that they may receive at their hand the corafortseLerbert!
Oythmera
of God's word. But it is against the true Christian
of big
that any man should be bound to the numberiagiod.
sins, as it bath been used heretofore in the times °f
nese and ignorance." Church
Surely, it is impossible that the mind of the we
klete A
could be more plainly expressed on the point.
rely its.
find the practice of auricular confession exPress-
emphatically condemned. of the Spot
Whether the absolution in the Visitation
refer to church censures, or to sins against God,,,,u,Jeellartaelf,
to be absolutely determined. Very possibly the o' bab
did net mean to restrict it to either one or the other,
designedly left it in general terms, and capable, therefore
of being differently understood, according to the ""
staitces of each individual case. die°
The following quotation on this point, from thejuisue
ygordeipyaiireatorntehdeior, let:ties?,
Hooker—the able champion of the Church et r•A
will repay an attentive perusal : 1,60101 i
" The sentence, therefore, of min
yisteericiaal
rel7:4 1211,,---4( 'S
bath two effects. Touching sin, it only d
from the guiltiness thereof, and restored into
isyste
fraievso,uwr liebreuot,f,ettcoeurgnhinsginri,gwhet
winerseacntreaddeanuduwdoivirtrikeilsotbo°
power of the Church did before effectuallY '8 areo`
retain us from access unto them, so upon oar allti, tlie
loogetsoefer
repentance it truly resloreth our liberty,
cnh,avienrsgwohneeraeswtirtahy.we were tied, remitteth 0110 be
is past, and accepteth us no less returned ill We
..leto
" For inasmuch as the power which our SavitirLof,e;
His Church is of two kinds—the one to be e:ter',:n to ":,
voluntary penitents only, the other over such es 7,-,r-t":,
brought to amendment by ecclesiastical censt,'"ihe sl
words wherein he bath given this authority ra,,;orkell
understood as the subject or matter formerwhereupoulad"
will permit. Tt doth not permit that in the Ttobin-
-0(0 irn. el
only
0,
toi
ons
loose,
iioreenumo use of ocoef
roof
retain,oswien rneorvses
according
covcuooll
rdudnts.tniaggrnyti
oyot
abna iro7tht.l,loecht
eir: ili
be gathered from outward signs, because really PI;
the removal or continuance of sin in the 5,02`,4°00'
offender is no priestly act, but a work which tar-
soi.
their ability." 'llle til of
It is needless to pursue this matter further. ka NO A
fest conclusion from the premises is this—that t,",,wtote°i
absolution in the Visitation of the Sick is al, ,1 as ,1",,
effective, as it regards ecclesiastical censures; anh.ototml,
regards sins, it is an authoritative declaration ki," a tri"
minister of Christ of the removal of all from 1.-
ogee
penitent.
Auricular confession is the most abominable tare3 ',-6
many abominations ; but, were it otherwise-7,,tivieh
useful and salutary as it is poisonous and de,,utrhs-Gbar,c"
the souls of men—no clergyman of the Borst"; to ,e,4".
could, with any claims to honesty, practise viaatgery"Ci.
tirely opposed to the spirit of the Church, alt"ecs tbi;
titute of rubrical sanction, and directly at /B_,r-„P ri'9.ntd
the
.explicit statements contained in those forwt;ihling'-
which lie has subscribed as containing " a svh°- °
godly doctrine."—l am, Sir, yours faithfully,
EAYD Olt'
Liverpool, 27th Nov 18.52 F..

St. John':

COMMONSENSE.

ditrlO
4:1311E AT THE COLLEGIATE INS11)-"

4te er
The Rev. W. W. Ewbank's lecture on the a4-n•pg
ject was delivered on Friday night. In de',,,-igltts;.(7a.
meaning of the term commonsense, he said it 70-iieictl-ce 141
nify either that sense, judgment, oeinion, Or
which was common to the members of the soeietle e"
1012,;
we might happen to find ourselves, or that le"a prore
ception of right and wrong, and true and false, sea in kt,
and improper, which God himself had iinPlar,Lethelltrlie
that heaven-born faculty of distinguishing weR,-;eoisie, elti
dity
.of instinct between the real and the ue'Leleesl,,,o etf
preetous gold and the glittering tinsel the
' ense•
worth and the varnish of hypocrisy : that 9 elneeee
would have been common to all but for the ieleereffhe•cl'kk
which sin had introduced. The difference betWjeel.r;if
two definitions was simply this, that the naenteer;et 4t
commonsense as it really was in the world, the...heftier-of ,kin
would be if those impediments were retnovaeaoy;:teel,i;jtil
was commonsense in its imperfection and
in its perfection and its purity. ,eiael„ef
The lecturer referred, in illustration of scm- el :0111/4„
commonsense, to the fate of Galileo, the beli,' '„,-ooteleiN
and the elixir vitae, and the punishment of ola "gtettwtoN
the crime of witchcraft. Bishop Jewel, wile,. creeLrsiilli:e:ll4
eminent preacher and the most learned contre;ebeieipo,t
his time, who wrote the famous " ApologY fej,,e`eraitiglo,
of England,"
. was an earnest believer in o".."elie woo
prayed continually for Queen Elizabeth, that "ebe.,tie
be preserved from those powerful old werer cetabrilet
dealings with the devil." The University 0' led '-oes:11
was a very learned university ; yet it was net 5- the° ioiN
since the hanging and burning of a father, fle erealctelltt
daughter, on a charge of withcraft, Was seea si'.l
thankfully commemorated by its members belle fe'
4
lecture delivered in one of its chambers. 'R-the NI
witchcraft continued for many a long year to
~btotesloeil,
monsense of England. Roman Catholics an stilPeolfB
alike held that ugly old women were in leeeenttePrOlNl
devil, and had familiar spirits. This was saf6ceicieti, g
thatvi commonsense in any nation, or in any " te, eleme
or small, was not necessarily identical with tgruinfeefjic
Mr. Ewbank next alluded to the crime 01,- ief"itrik
pointing out the different light in which it w•-•-enigiseist
different countries. The commonsense of oe'd orll,/
volted from it; the commonsense of China sarei;:c1:00'11
approved of it. Commonsense marked, as w`te-tli, ~:;101'0,
sign-post, the progress of mankind towards trZet
ward march of the great human race towards t",.01f 01: LI
goal, far off though it yet might be by the ialte'bettle,ill
counted centuries ; the ancient struggle inttleebt t.'11.3q,
of the heart of man between the spirit en 10°'
spirit of wrong ; a chequered conflict on Which to or; ,
and in the Gospel of Jesus Christ enabled theeals°oo
with all its • fallings and risings, again
ante of a final, though far distant, victorY t°1,00°1:00
the true over the had and the false. For of 0,10,1
was not truth; but it was the truthful Purge thre",'
with theiregooo,ol
humanity, indicating, by gentler or seleeree-itise
that the wise treatment of the heavenly Pr-1 _is 't
not be unsuccessful at the last. 013°Ptptiet
But was it clear, was it certain, that, contras ,eoour
mark the onward progress of humanitY tl-tofsetsietfoki
The true.answer to this was an honest sePeeei'i oat °el
in order to supply that answer, he would PP- -
the advances which truth bad already tes,uee.beaireree%blik'
most hideous of all vices that ever degrane,",,em-tetn,"ol?
vice of cruelty, what a change had taken fuellioseedill if 6'l
to it How inconceivably shocking wereee pined
pages of history which seemed to describe reasnie
fiends rather than of men, the cold-blonder wealieell'f•f,k
thousands, of unresisting old terse' en "
men, „pit ti
new-bore children, and the tortures, nar',„ooereelree4
self ! Cruelties which the commonsensee`- 1
once ore io if
men would now reject with loathing, were c, ta golee#,
in England in open sunlight, and excitedeor to goo'A.,l
passion than the torture of the baited bov" eglishoof 010
of the matador in a Spanish bull fi-ebt• en-t 9 °ale I/ It
men did not now beat their wives tv-icl serf-eeeet'd
a hundred and fifty years ago ; nor was tben'eot 6;0070-
whipping of women now a favourite ameseelat bail db/'i
sure. English Wilts did not now reee
political adversary was suffered to die wit-c,;:t:irefoli;
bowels burnt before his face; nor did En&ie. "CI eta' i
late them by similar ferocities on their passe 00.1'0 ;
bitterness of those sad days was for sled; t!)eilictrOticts.i
Political and religious sects still nrelallY;lloo,4' °l4
party was not extinct; punishment was,J; bea eroe'•
the malefactor ; but tile Moloch of crue'tiegen9eSar:e
of his terrible power, and English conterti, oarfet,"
more and more in accordance eenr
_ "Be ye, therefore, merciful, es
ven is merciful

coming
precept,.

dark ,rided of its twin-sister rtieltseitt "flee
scarcely possible to think of de
soliTlrttic.d.'
places in which that great e°6' tbo tlo',lo
of the world'• lit be to° ivc
influence. It nog,. .„,111',04
thei horrors slaver/lot coy
the golden rule 01 "i'd De evilloeio)
gat
et
syt snhgosulladv
edroy, oi
tu :9; est:: :1: le
' s:
but,law ifatiltd
v;aesrtecielaist;etlof
pool,,vitutPoiloitc:;sloot-voi'
n tones of thankfulness that freedon3
togain—
age, been winning its battles, ''n"

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would pass before