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for thy beauty I for it Was perfect through the comliness
which the Lord thy God hath put upon thee. But thou didst
trust in thine own beauty, and playedst the harlot because of
thy renown, and pouredat out thy fornications upon every
one that passed by. And of thy garments thou didst take,
and decked thy high places with divers colours, and playedst
the harlot thereupon. Thou hest also taken the fair jewels
of thy Lord's gold, and of thy Lord's silver, which he had
given thee, and madst to thyself images of men, and didst
commit whoredom with them ; and tookest thy braided
garment and covered them ; and thou bast set the
Lord's oil and his incense before them." Profaning the
sacred things of God; this is addressed to the church
of Rome.. She is not guilty of the comparatively harm-
less idolatry of the heathen, but she is guilty of making
the instruments and vessels of the Lord's house subservient
to her idolatry of making the very cross on which the
Saviour hung an object of idolatry;—(hear)--that wood which
the holy Scriptures call " the accursed tree," this modern Je,
zebel calls " the holy cross • " and bows and prays toit. (Hear.)
Judge now between the Lord and his people of the whoredom
of .this Christian Jezebel. The decision and sum of all this

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whoredom of the church is thus set forth :—",Judgenow
between the Lord and his people, ye that have wives ! give
sentence ye husbands ! whether of the two in question hatli
most dishonoured our Lord and Saviour I which of the two
is most likely to fret him, and kindle the_coals of his fury

and jealousy. They who never were in roVenant with him,
nor yet are called by his name ; or whether his; spouse, his
darling and beloved one, to whom he was betrothed and mar-
ried. Judge according to the manner of wedlock, and the
notorious precedent of Israel. He that is a father (we say)
is best able to understand the love of &father, and therefore
God's love to his children. For the like reason,. he that is
an husband is sensible of the jealousy of an husband, and so
of the case of Christ with his unfaithful and treacherous

spouse, the CHRISTIAN JEZEBEL."—Now, here is the
first branch of the parallel. You recollect that, in the scrip-
tures, we found Jezebel to be of heathen origin, bringing her
idolatry into the church of God through her marriage with
Ahab; and here we find Popery of heathen origin, bringing
the idolatries of the heathen, of demons, the deified souls of
men, the interposers between God and men, the carriers of

prayers from hence' and of blessings from thence. We find
Popery, I say, introducing into the Christian church precisely
the parallel of what Jezebel introduced into 'the Jewish

church. (Cheers.) And here, therefore, is one clause jus-
tifying the denomination we give to Popery when we call it
" that woman Jezebel." (Continued cheers.) I am quite
ready 'to confess, that if the parallel terminated with one
clause of the character, it would ill justify us in applying the
title. If we find four features in tne character, and can ap-
ply but one, I should shrink from adopting the expression ;
but if we find that the whole four will apply, then; beyond
all question, the character of Jezebel, the name of Jezebel,
and the end of Jezebel, belong to the Papal system. (Great
applause.) The second characteristic, my lord, which we
found in the scriptures, -was the persecution of the Lord's
eetvantg, even-unto death. • -How should •1 attempt to-prose
that this is the characteristic of the Papacy? (Hear, hear.)
The advocates of the Papacy will deny anything, and in the
present time their policy is denial. (Hear, hear.)• They
affect to say that old stapilards, 'to' whick,theix-Triests titre
swoi-n, are obsolgte; If We go to the general counsels, they
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say they are old :if we go-to the language of any of their
modern writers, they say that is only an individual opinion.
The counsel which general is too old ; the writer that is
-young enough is too particular; so that neither the modern
writer nor the ancient •counsel fastens a charge upon this
Proteus. (Hear, hear.) Nevertheless,. if 'the Church of
England be fairly chargeable for all those articles •to 'which

all her clergy are pledged on their ordination, it it equally
true that the Church of Rome is fairly chargeable with those
standards to which all her clergy are pledged upon oath.
(Hear, hear.) This, then, is the basis of, the charge. All
her clergy are pledged to the creed of Pope Pius IV. (Hoar.)
That creed tiet them down to all the canons and general
councils, especially those of the Council of Trent; so that
they are fairly chargeable with all the canons of those yet un-
rescinded general councils. I protest I do not see how it is
possible to have a more straight forward, or a more honest
ground of appeal than this. (Hear.) I am not ashamed to
propound it before a society of Englishmen, 1 should not be
ashamed or afraid to let it be tried by a jury of my fellow-
countrymen, and ask them if this is not a fair ground of
charge. (Hear.) If these men swear to these documents then

I say their church is liable to this charge ; but I should say ;
that I do not think the individual laymen who belong to the
system, are all personally liable to the. charge, and especially
in this country, for I believe that everywhere the popish
hierarchy are the oppressors of the people, and that the
laity are the oppressed. (Hear, hear.) I believe that popish ,
hierarchy are the deceivers, especially in Protestant &bun- ,
tries, and that the popish laity wattle devolved (cheerS) ;
and I can readily i Roman. Catholic, in such a meet-
ing as this, when he such sentiments as duke, I am
about to describe from Astir own deem:netts saying " that is
a grosi calumny-4 am a Roman CatholiOnd I never heard
such things in my life." (Hear.) I would,eay to Audi a man.
" Do you think your priest is such a l'Ool as to say these
things in England ; he known his. time, and whilst England
has power to restrain Romanism, he will take care how much
he professes." (Hear, hear.) I would farther say to such
a man, " Take the trouble to ask your priest whether
he tells you all that he believes himself—(hear)—whether he
would-be willing to read to you in English what he has sworn
to in Latin." (Great cheering.) how, in the first place,
my lord, the catechism of council of Trent contains these
sentiments. " Heretics, and schismatics do not belong to
the church, any- more than vagabonds, or renegades belong
to an army from which they have deserted. Yet it is not to
be denied, but that they are in the power of the church, as
persons to be called by it to judgment, punished, and
doomed by anathema to damnation." (Hear, bear.) Now,
my lord there is a translation of this catechism, which was
published in Dublin, in the year 1816 ' • and the way in
which the translators have dealth with the original, will
supply, a characteristic illustration of what I have just been
saying. The words of the original are " non negandum
.tamen guilt in ecclesim potestate sint, ut qui ab cd in
judicium vocentur punia..Zur et anathemate damnentur."
(page 78, edition 1587.) They have artfully omitted one
important word in the translation. They have translated
this " as those who may be judged by her, and condemned
with an anathema." Not an attempt td translate puniantur !
(Cheers.) That was for themselves to swear to, but it is not
convenient for them to tell it just at present. (Loud cheers.)
So this honest representation ?—Are such men tobe trusted?
(Hear.) I will now read a passage from the Lateran Council.
If any believer, receiver, defender, or favourer of heretics,
being excommunicated, does not satisfy the church within a
year, he from henceforth shall be infamous, and shall not be
admitted to give testimony, or to public ollices." "If he
does not satisfy the church !" There is no description .of
what will satisfy the church. (Hear, hear.) That matter is
left open. It is in the power of the priest in each case to
determine what will " satisfy the chuw.h.." " The elturchtt
-4s-utsinpaiertivety easy to be satisfied tiWtngland, but it ie not
so easy a matter in Ireland. (Hear; hear.) It is not an
easy matter in Spain or Italy. (Hear, hear.) The council
then goes on He shall have no power of making any
will, or succeeding to any inheritance. No man shall, be
-obliged to answer him in any cause, but he shall be com-
pelled to answer others. If he be a judge, his sentence shall
be void and null, nor shall any cause come before him."
My lord, the judges of Great Britain—they are Protestants
(hear)—according to this council, to which let it be remem-
bered the Popish priests are sworn, their sentence is null !
(Hear, hear.) Can we, then, wonder at the insubordination
that exists among the people in Ireland. (Hear, hear.) The
Popish population are to be taught—if their priests dared to
teach them what they themselves are sworn to—that the.
sentence of every Protestant judge. upon the bench is null
and void, because those judges are heretics that have not
" satisfied the church." (Loud cries- of " Hear, hear.")
The council then goes on :-.—" If he be an advocate, he shall
not be admitted to plead. If a clerk, or notary, the instru-
ments drawriby him shall be of no moment." (Hear.) This,
is said to be all the spiritual supremacy Of fhe Pope ; but the
spiritual supremacy of the Pope, applying itself to secular
things, absolutely makes a man.. an outlaw who will not
" satisfy the church." (Hear, hear, and loud applause.)
Once more. The council of Constance commands that "all
archbishops, bishops, and other persons chosen for this work,
shall admonish and require all emperors, kings, dukes,
princes, &c., professors of the Catholic faith, also all other
such professors, exercising temporal jurisdiction; and exhort
them, by the apostolical authority, to expel from their king-
doms, provinces, cities, &c., all heretics above mentioned,
as morbid sheep infecting the flock of the Lord, and not to
permit them to preach in their districts, to. possess dwel-
lings, to reside, to enter into any contracts, to carry on any
business or dealing, nor to eujoy the comforts of the offices
of humanity with the faithful." (Hear, bean) Here is a
direct sentence of excommunication. (Hear, hear.) You
remember I am stating this to shew that the persecution of
the Lord's servants which tharacteckseil %Web" al also charae-
terise Popery. The next passage' shall Adduce for this
purpose is from the 4th Lateran council. The whole of it
is too long to be read here, but I will read a portion which
conveys what I want to set before the meeting :—" We ex-
communicate and anathematise every heresy erecting itself
against this orthodox faith which we have above laid down,
condemning all heretics by whatever names they are known.
Excommunicamus et anathematizamus omnem luvresim ex-
tollentem se adversus bane sanctum, orthodoxam catholicam
fidem, quarn superior exposuimus, condemnatus universes
&Prelims quibuscumgue omnibus conseantur." (Concil.
Labb. et Cos., vol. ii., col.) You see, my lord, these

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principles are still •in their councils ; these councils are
referred to- by name in the Council of Trent ; the Coun-
cil of Trent is endorsed by the- creed of Pius ; and the
creed of Pius is sworn to by every beneficed Popish
'priest in the kingdom. (Loud cheers.) But you will ask,
" But, if this be so, and if they have sworn to do this,
why do they not do it ?" (Hear, hear.) I hold now in my
hand a copy of the celebrated Rhemish, Testament, and. I
will read you one of the notes, which will sufficiently-account
for the present state of things. (Ileac, hear.) It is a, note
upon our Lord's parable of the wheat and the tares, in the
lath chapter of Matthew. The verse is—" test ye pluck up
isiso the wheat with thein,;"rhe note says;—" The good
must tolerate the evil, when it is so strong that it cannot be
redressed without danger and disturbance of the Miole
church, and commit the matter to God's judgment in the
latter day. Otherwise, when ill men (be they Heretikes or
'other malefactors) may be punished or suppressed without
disturbance and hazard of the good, they may and ought by
publike authority, either spiritual or temporal, to he chastized
or executed.'?—Why do they not execute the decree of
Lateran and Constance? Why, because it so ksppens that
the evil is so strong in these countries that it cannot be re-
dressed without danger of disturbance to the whole .of the
church. Long may it continue so in England. (Cheers.) But
if it should ever be otherwise--if, through the negligence of
Englishmen—if, through their extreme generosity, and un-
willingness• to believe there is that duplicity in others which
-they feel 'themselves incapable of entertaining—if, through
the supineness of Englishmen, arising from this and similar
causes, they refuse to be awakened, and Papists obtain power
in the council, in parliament, and about the court, until the
evil must be removed, then, then we shall have it here.
(Cries of " Hear, hear.") It so happened in Israel that
'the good became so weak through the union of Ahab with
- Jezebel, that Jezebel would have contrived to cut off all the
tares only for good Obadiah, who saved a hundred of them
by fifties in a cave. It so happens that ." that, woman Jeze-
bel" has not the power in England; it so happcins that
neither " that woman Jezebel", no any thing connected
with her, can be upon the throne of England—nor married
to the Sovereign. (Cheers.) It so happens, that in-
stead of being like- our gracious Queen, she is still like a
traitor, nibbling about the court, speaking lies in hypo-
' crisy, and getting in by every back door she can contrive—
(cheers) ; in the treasury Mr. Wyse and Mr.' O'Ferrall, in
the privy council Mr. Sheil„ in the parliament blustering
away Daniel O'Connell---(Continued cheeri) ; and striving
•by every effort to attain that turning point of ascendancy
when it will be convenient to remove the tares ;—then woe
betide us ! (Hear, hear.) But, my lord, now is the time
for us to stand, whilst " the evil are so strong." (Cheers.)
They call us the evil ; and we must strengthen this heretical
evil, that we may not be cut-off. In order that the patience
recommended in this note may be uractird, the good must
tolerate the evil when it is so strong that it cannot be sup-
pressed without danger. (Hear, hear.) Now I say, for peace
sake, let us keep " the evil" so strong that it cannot be sup-
pressed without danger, because, if the PrOtestant good be-
come so Weak that they would attempt to suppress it in this way,
I am sure there would still remain enough alit to have a terri-
ble fight. (Hear.) For the sake of peace, then, let us, the
Lord's name, keep so strong that they must have patience.
(Loud applause.) My lord, that is the "object of this meet-
ing. Yes, our object is pe4e, althpulh they say we are
agitators, hut it is not a false, a treacherous peace ; for in
that respect we say with Jehu, " What peace so long as that
woman Jezebel deceives, and do long as her whoridenus and
witchcrisfts arc so many ?" •The ntxt feature we find in
Jezebel's character was, that site fed the idolatrtius prophets.
She kept a table for the prophets of Baal: 'Need I draw
forth the application of this chsrSeteristic here ? Popery