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CONGRESS SHALL MAKE NO LAW RESPECTING THE
FREE EXERCISE THEREOF.—ART. I. .
Misveltany
t
ESTABLISHMENT OF tauoronon rromnirrin THE
MEND. CoN. UNITED STA’ ‘ATE 3.
CEHRAR
“ I WO. 305.
VOL. IX. NO, 26.):. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1829.
beth Cy pas ts a . But, what is the reason, Doctor, you Again ; according to yon, Clem. Alex. ascribes
POPISH PACAN ’ appelntar eet menian aot ies a Si J - tram.” te first use of fights or lamps.in tem-
; . ’ you rom. 1. ti :
THE FICTION oF nte Setal sed vi with : The saints are not to Le,called |i. e 16. tes to the Aaypt yptiane : Distinguo, a
sont “Vigilan- the dead but the living 2? - Would 7
PROTESTANT HEATHEN. cont. igilan mn snot “el ate Woul hot Letter .+ really does so, I deny ; “ “am in
“a page ‘de nly,
ee in! GENTLEMAN OF TH!
none CO PESSION, AND ‘
Faithfully-transtated from the purer.
pee Sara eee eee
: Martirit gestans virgo Martina coronam,
Ejecto hing, Martis numine, Templa tenet.
Mars s hence. oxpoll'd 3, Martina, martyr'd
Chai the Worship, which to him was paid.
“DR, CONYERS MIDDLETON'S Translation. Pago 169.
. ‘HUS CORRECTED
Mare eal expell’d ; ‘Martina Firging crown'd
Ty names now the Temp! Hey D has own'd.
+ Cuntertanvs :
Anse a, foal according fo his Sollee lest he be wise
his own conceit. orbs xvie 5.
, * st onttnued from page 138.}
cuarTER VI.
Worship of Imoges, &c.
“Myrno.—1 hate this. syllogistical way of reason:
ry I will maintain it. I know it
ce of my o 1
wn ear: .
.—There, Doctor, there: is the: picture
my dear wife ; I would not part with it for the gui
neas that could cover it ; though it is not, Ly ‘one
tenth, so handsome. —
: tTHO:—I ow r, T-cannot be: so > sensible. ’
Eist.—I do not sretend to determine how sen
le you cain be of love ; but y hatred must be
very. keen when you call the images and pictures of
‘a ols.
: Myr 0.—Sir, Ion had. designed ‘dole, pon the
authority of St. Jerom, to be: images of the dead :
where our Catholie | is’ simple enough: to ae
that { concluded in ny de finition, all im
pictures whatsvever of the dead: } and’ calls i itd here-
fore.& brat, of my: own, which 1 ‘alsely father upon
St. Jer
Daves Wel he might : : for Tam convinced St.
Jerom was not so simple as to calli images of the
. dead, a definition. of idule.
Myr
“ Yet every’ man nmnust see, that Te ould
HO."
_mean no other
ull the images of the Popish church ; and
fall such images of. the dead, 1 shall affirm again
Sith St. "Jeroin, ; that they are true and proper i idols.”
Deist.—But unless you play
cunningly. though you may inc your reputa-
tion ¢ of a foul- player, you will inovitably be beasted
ery shufile. « What do you intend by this-bold as-
sertiva,- (such are all images of the Popish chore
A fact or aninference? Is it ty be one of your p
a conclusion ?
S
ple, tan ora religious eek is institut
He : our eathalio will
nathing else: secondly, becaus
saying -** St. Jerom has determined the word ‘el te
e very case in question, ‘telling wu:
that by: idols are to be understood tele
images of the dead,” you meant to put
se ie is s plain f, by
Letter .
Page 156. :
fy igio
-| ‘Epist. 571. that hs himeelf having told a certain
rds mo!
your cards el oni
Myr Sir, * present design’ :to
enter into a formal discussion of the nature of idola-
try...
Dex —However strange this may appear, you
are certainly much in the right, on its for this would
bring on a formal explication of the words, Super-
stitions Worship,éc. and-unravel the whole mystery
of iniquity—besides, itis best, you know, to fish in
troubled water...
try. according to every sense of
* fu ully demonstrated, is now
Cis the very say
prinepes on which it was" formerly practised in 2
n-Rom
>
“Det That i is, upon scripture and th, ciisiaw
Cteed—stoutly said, anil nd ini what si
nifies mincing the
Epis 587. the ‘learned Grotins’ in a letter to the
otestant John Gerard Vossius, tells
him, they who. ‘did not believe the Pope e Anti-
christ, nevertheless judged it necessary "tf i ‘euch
interpretations for’ the public | goo od of Protestant re
The e Vossius ‘answers,
minister: of Dorcht, wrfion he calls
Thick: scull, that he should notimpos eople,
tter.2 The aay of your ored
terpretation of his saying ©
srtinvented lamps, I
gain, images ofthe-dead, say you, vena upon t
authority of St. Jerom, isthe definition of idols;
to justily which you me another Distinguo : : Not
alli images, but some ima
Mytno.—. —~And do you Peal these their school, dis-
tinctions 2
¢ pardon, Doctor: this: is anothe er
aiaticton I ie not think of, Their school-distine-
e the chymist’s limbeck, separate the pure
clement tow mud and dross ; wher eas it is a wil’s
e | province wo coufonnd » But, ralt, is there,
no real ce hetween idols and. those | images
or etre we a in the popish churches
‘+ our author defines iol to be
THO.—Sir,
"uch | images only as are set. up hon-
as such ; or in which some e divinity or ‘power is
believed to reside by their worshippers ; who accor-
ingly offer prayer s and sacrifice to them, and put
their trust in the
EIS e tells you Tikowise that his definition
is ‘ accordin the ecclesiastical uso
Pref, page of the word, doe by the holy Fath-
ers and all a
Myr Ho.—Yes, an nd
idals orth Gentiles,
E1st.——H adds, “ and such were those i images
of the dead, of which St. Jer eaks.
o.-— And such, I shall venture to say, arc
« ‘such. says he, were the
MytTH
the papists part. whom, | the idols ‘of papist
trun down tog much, that the peo-|' Derst.—Right! re thought it would not be long
detest their church. | This, adds before you attacked -their creed.
as sot i me ut|'' Myrito.—** What else can we say of those m ira-
erda’
Antichrist? Must wi
off saying so, and make
the people leave our communion more and more, as
if too many did not leave it alre:
—The. purpose of my letter
YTHO.— * is to illus-
trate this: urgument by t the more sensib
aS
culous images, as ‘the called, in evety’ great
town in Italy, but that come divinity or power is is uni-
reraall believed to reside
—The papists vt ‘ally yous ityou have
foe-wil to spealt truth, you may say, w ou kno
of fact ; and in-spite of the cavila and evasive dis-
tinctions of their schools, to shew. their worship of
images or of saints, call. it which they . will, to be
properly and actually idolatrous.””.
—Without soi rom as _ leting us s know
what “idolatry is ;
you put me in mind of school dininetinn, I wonder,
Doctor, it never oune into your head before, to
n sites, Did. you neve
by some of our con-|
‘and paganism syn-
place them amo! © pagan
hear them tigmatized as popery
mous ems) experi-
ed a distinction to w add-then a balsamic,
and. so think Ve worthy your worship, as: they. say,
sume: pagans
some such ike re real
Myriio.—Where have I Made use of distine-
tions ?
Detst.—I will only instance in three.—Your
ter in its Frontispicce, carries an exact. conformity
between popery and paganicm, or the religion,
to verify which, and sereen yourself from an Shjec-
tion, Distinguo, say.y' that is,.a conformity be-
tween that system ‘of ceremonies and doctrines pe-
culiar to, the Romish church, and paganism. | grant;
an exact conformity hetween the © popish 3 religion and
paganism, I deny, So wi th aliar, if
ee témember, require an other distinction, to gave
uw from attacking the Greek protestants.
tote ao oft
Myr
ow }and do ie all their books testily. wat
retofore -worshilpped an onion. for
n? t
BO!
let- |
all and believe, that they are sslhing but
pieces ofpsintng or carving; @ meer re; presentation
of inystery or holy persona
power r residing i in them thanin a stone or a block. of
vood,
—‘* Are not all their people persuaded,
ose images
sve sometimes moved them ne place
another ; have wept, talked, ‘and erought many
racles ? And s not this necessarily imply an
extranrdinary power residing in thei
e1ST.—From this inference or. yours a'papist
will be apt to conclude, you. either believe there is
no God ; or you 8 omnipotence confined
ee
ie.
perhaps pass in
putation upon rin :
Mytu Pray, why 80, Sir 2
Derst— ctor a Know - that
Do dont
aprone and handke! rohit, nay even a shadow, are
said to have wrought miracles :
Myguo.—Popish miracles, without doubt ? Diode
Deset.—That i is the ‘case! It is likely-you have
t had time: to turn over the Acts of
Apostles. find: there ; that .
wo xix. the
from St. Paul’s body were brought un
o the sick, handkerchiefs, or aproné,
and fhe aes departed from them, &c: The
raculou have been per-
at Dr.
ie demonstrations: 5 nar allow
gs cures are said to
d ‘Now
St. Peter’s shadow.
: atrick upon your readers, by making wing him the first two years to| ° : ormed by
dea, sxxvii. them » believe, That. every picture or-ira- | Study Logic, a catholic will defy him to form any one argu Chap. v. . the question willbe, whether the be-
ees or in any o! redec .
telligimes nge in a‘christian ‘c must be an ra is ney. iting slg Vik c ties the least | 1? 16. / Hiovers, zie had experienced such won-
imagines dol. : Without ‘this ‘stratage m, you ar ‘omonstration of int in question, ders, thought any divinity or power re-
mortuorum, On the aie it will evidently show ‘our aet to the tuna| sided in those handkerchiefs or aprons; or in St.
knew, that the Fathers oe the christian
: Emperors condemning i:nages in-the
Pagan churches would be nothing tothe purpose.
odo odle-noodle Barrister ; and an evidont insult upon|
Peter’s shadow ? You say they did. No,
reaso
not s
Doctor ; if those miracles were wrought: by God
urprizing how you can think, of hazarding. your re-