Two Addresses: One, to the Gentlemen of Whitby, Who Signed the Requisition, Calling a Meeting to Address the Queen, on the Late (So Called) Aggression of the Pope: and the Other, to the Protestant ClergyRigby, N. (Nicholas)
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Two Addresses: One, to the Gentlemen of Whitby, Who Signed the Requisition, Calling a Meeting to Address the Queen, on the Late (So Called) Aggression of the Pope: and the Other, to the Protestant Clergy
Rigby, N. (Nicholas)
Catholic Church -- England -- History -- 19th century; England -- Church history
Or, that I may not speak in a foreign tongue, "What forbids us to tell
the truth, with a smile?"
Of course you will perhaps expect a little innocent stir, among the
Reverends in my address, and _perhaps_, you may not be mistaken. If you
remember, an _illuminated_ Cambridge Divine, some years ago, came to
Lythe, to make an "extraordinary and presumptuous movement" on the
consciences of us Romanists, (as he politely styled us), and learnedly
informed us, that we Romanists, were a set of spiritual chickens just
hatching, and that he came to break our spiritual shells, that he might
save the young birds, from being thrown into the scorching flames of
Purgatory in the next world, but while the courteous Clerk, was
performing this charitable office, to the benighted Romanists, _he_,
_himself_, unfortunately, even in this world, fell into the flames of
purgatory, which on this side the grave are made to burn, for those who
bear false witness, against their neighbour; and it is generally
believed, that he has never as yet been able to raise, from public
opinion, as much money as will free him, from those torturing purgatorial
flames. Oh, but you will naturally say, this is an old song, what has it
to do with the present subject? Why, it has a great deal to do with it.
Certain Reverends have been lately telling you, that the Pope of Rome,
has just made a most "extraordinary and presumptuous movement," on the
Protestants of England. Now you will perhaps find, from my Address, when
published, that even _these_ very Reverends themselves have been making,
for a long time, a most "extraordinary and presumptuous movement" on the
pockets and on the intellects of Englishmen; and have thus, like the
_illuminated_ Cambridge divine, unfortunately fallen into the very pit,
which they have been so very charitably, and officiously digging for the
_poor_ Pope.
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