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| and then strides on 10 the next point. No
2 Il an alluslon TO the progress Of tho Ola
opponents, al shall sndcayor TO show that ia
their reply TO ny Arguments they have evedet
the main queltion'' fhgt Their (nierprstatior
ssSte N ong99sliion p M 5,is@a,s5 q
uncertain OF rather faiasopibi0bi'i ard that
Yin quoting the works Of the anelsnt 1,Atheti
pfsd ~ k IFi EI:s 'ssS ssSs :
illustfious men. /" Nos, q 10 . inclusly'
: :Es P 81 SR. md a 's s.s,
70 Dr., Newman. Mo- 10 ~ 9 notice O.
| Mr.. willlAmson'a Tract, entitled '.PsephosI
| Nos. II 70 10 inclusive are rather smnl
miSh dosmss aad Ssi1mpiiohs 10 regard 70 n,
origin, trans rnission, khh Interpretation 9th,
SsS aSs. x. sS, "
fso s1t sspipssts !iass a.hs W. eeaSiIsIioSst
sPceimsn Of RomIsh 9soSerosis expended Dor
| TIE pasises IN Matt, xYi, 10 which n certainly
epiertAihlpr, Nos. 70 sed ~ arc devoted % An.
rived from his dsnisi Or Jesus, shd siso ma,
derived from the soripturAl atatemsnI Ind
Christ u The sole (ousdaiioa OF the Church.
NO; hdsleetable dl!h OF discourse rslatinE
works ont, and oonieTs q On the chuto 4 M X <
Of the "Iswels' ofwhlok as they are proudly
yiiS . S:islsly 'sins GSt before a..
constitute avery iaborsd and pfotrsotsd AZ.
tempt 70 enforte a conviction 81 the Romi,h
ssnse q the passage u Matthew, and of he
81 70 - Inclusive contain an attempted reply 70
my discourse on Peter never At Rome.b No.
Sis the indulgence or a harmless Ro mlsh 60 /.
SuS p AZ SSsvi No Sp q a sRs
an ansetinG Ss'buis 70 Napoleon, who, " 10
claimed, after ali h,. ? -adsrinE 10 forbidden
Il he CSureS, and died, iSuratiSeiy SpssS *
Ing, In bis nnothsr's arms, No. 81 prtIofibea q
PeIsonsl wafnins, BY the late o. iuoh an one
"a Luther, while Mo- %, aud the last, winds
Up With 4 grad flourish OF trumpetG over the
Ereatnets and psfpetuity Of Rom Apism, and the
pfIneipai mu,le rises not nom the fps OF The
one historian and the othefA pSat, Here,
thea, are eight crowded. columns, which, to
use his own elegant phr Aaeoiogy, are "nothlpg
sSi srstaitoS. sssS%psIoa rom X Ssrisnss;
hole. thsa . skimmerg "a al s7preGsion Of
seont e sfssa ~ S sh"I % q ss'a T:d
10 the barrel and saw through the bnng IL ie.
Pllfy and TO make intelllgibio the prlncipil
.,.5. mis- NAN ARauNEST,. III. .-, r..
The Doctor pre.ent.to Us what no calls his
q It'll he seems TO think tits unk0swefabIe.
He complains that everybody hiss studipusly
eyAded II, and he wants lomebody to notice II.
hmain argument" Is so perfectly himsy, 90 70.
premely shallow, so futile 10 theory, and %
unreal n fAetl thA, hitherto we have not
4, Hut just 10 crafty ~. author We viii pSy
srsi Of al vSst !. III Wy wRsa stfipps ae o.
order that Christ may have . TisIbis Ghursh
on earth there must be one sole Visible eoeie.
.lastleN Eoyetament hloqghout the world,
Popes OF Rome, ID sueoesslon, have been the
soils, exclusive head from the begin ming, aud
will 80 continue to the end. ThAtthe Church
81 Rome hs. been. u now, and ever will be In
owiedssd 6y the great m jority of chytis,.
sndonI that there 10 an analogy between the
ths civil Eovernuent OF the Uuitsd states,
and just as tho President IL the sole exclusive
eKssatiye herd Of this republic, 80 the Pope
Of the whole Christian Uhursh on earthi And
further, that Hs this society, with the Pope
o. Rome lite head, eklated before the New
TslsIsis \ s iSs RrSSsssa pa TOlSHs
transmit and Interpret u, and all attempts OF
inaiv lduals 70 read the Bihln. or TO aseertAin
~ Rsfnilg ioE thsm.SlyssI are pTesnpptneus
povsrelgnty OF the Romlsh, Churebl And 70
elueidate Eod establish these most gracious
pfopositioua this Doctor has laid himself out
70 The extent Of about ono third Of hiG sntirs
nov, The answer 10 this piece OF Popl,h
ianfAionads ls very plata, and needs only
unity Of the Church taught in the Scriptures
IL spiritual unity. NTbe Kingdom Of 0Od Il
not meat and drlnk,n and eometh not with
iieyst, q kingdon Of dTIshieousness and peace
And 10y Ia the Holy Qholtn Then, AZ 20 the
outward state OF the Church, Il Is no more e.
aontiAl TO the existence Of ecclesiastical RoV-
eminent that there oull be 40 exclusive form
% 'siyi government. The sStsrsnsi form Il
largely conventional, and must be conditioned
almost wholly unOn the NOGRRnktW nf eiF0n
stances a. they arise under the Divine Proyi-
dsnoe. Thus, civil goysrnmsnt, which In itp
se'is. Ssn on e1Ilp r., aPRoIsds
10 SEPARATE forms and ofganiEhtio and by
the Ioree OF analogy, as we'll as by the nature
S 81 ne thiSS the zane Is tIue Of the ohEisti.n
they are called, than there have always Been
Aimee the fouIthcentufy Of the Christian era,
when paganiIm wa, overturned throughout
the Roman Empire, Then. As q matter OF fact,
no such orEAniEatlon as the Romish theory re-.
SSanIIssIiio 2hiKTof i"tffAdipi9h Ri5thnulIidieU
u. On the other hand, we knov shat from the
beginning just the opposite stats Of thinya has
srnncnt 10 but one among great number Of
differing forms. IL 10 true that, oountlnK A.
they do all children born 10 the R0mish faith,
But their relative strength in the Christina
world, after all the proposition OF the last ~
tseo hundred years 10 never apythins like
From tks Nationsi kIaSnas, PSiIsdeiphls
edition, 1884, which Is probably as reliable aS
any pfoximate authority san be, we learn that
Us iGi H .o. SaS 81 n ths sG RS
man Catholics are 1sb, Oti ,O0oi and We learn
also the fact that dufIng the $50 years since
the epoch o. the RsfSrmatlon, sud Ia ne
Its grOatest innuanee, tho ProtsstAuts have
increased to q, 900, 900, or more than half the
entire Romish communion throughout the
has never been a moment when the whole
Of Chtibtendom submitted to and was gov.
etnsa BY one sole exclusive earthly head We
rect that the church OF Christ can only exist
under one exclusive, visible polity, there has
never been any such Church Of lChtist among
without Any visible Churuh in the world for
the last 1900 years ~. ~. Az o..
lThes, A. TO the Romlsh Church sxiutlng be.
the author of the New Te,tAment--And having
the sole right to transmit and intsrpTet it'll
the Komish claim on this point-be correct u
ToStA nsnt were written bytns Popes Of Rome
or IN subordinatea under thelr dlfeotioni be
cause ifthey were written By men who were
Dos ~ isp Popss, they ssSiS sSt have Sssu
prodnoed by the Romish 0hutch. What then
q the faotf Out Of tAs Shele ~ books moi
o. s ssS wSs % he Pops
81 Rome. ID fact, when HE hooks OF the New
Tesla ment were written there was no Pope o.
or the Pope of Rome,'it wha not I'LL the
eommeneemsnt OF tho seventh century thai
any auoh character, with any such ofioe 81
title, cane TO exist The books Of the New
fsstamsnt derived their authority from ths
direct Inspiration OF God were all composed
II the hrst century, and immedihtely pub
lishsd In the churches, and recognises Through
| out Dhrlatendom a. the word OF God. They
never derived their binding, sovereign char
| Apter from any sanction Of bishops, or decln
| Ion OF councils, but from their own internal
| evidence Of divine derivation aud authority
| Their trAnlmission was eommitted to ell the
churches Of Ohristendom alike. They were
4 adapted to the wants Of all mankind, TheJ
| appeal to the Individual understanding o.
1 human beings everywhere, and imply every
where tha exercise Of private judgment and
/ the responsibility Of personal Obligation
uhdsF this view of this matter. II u some
thing more than tlaleutou1t II 'is verify I'm
i pious 10 claim Aud 70 insist that tho human
soul shall DO excluded from the study OF lhJ
| sacred orAcieu themtelves, ard that u shall
bow down 10 an interpreter As imperfoot ant
Al, fallihls a. ltnalf and shah be subjected 4
that dlreful observation Of Gods word whicl
the Romish Church has 40 long snd 40 Zee
| fully promoted BY attempting TO deprive IN
1 oommun people OF the Bible, and by "teaehinl
| for dootrins the oommandmehtB OF menu A
ALI sYentA we know there are millions upol
millions In the world to-day, and tho multi
iudaa are eonstantly Augmenting, who VII