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The question is, whether it is not true that bishops are necessary to the notion of a Church, and whether it is not false that Popes are necessary." "No, no," cried Sheffield, "the question is this, whether obedience to our bishops is not necessary to make Wesleyans one body with us, and obedience to their Pope necessary to make us one body with the Romanists.
"Of course, Richard; you can't but see that Protestants are more trusted, more respected, more thought about than Romanists, can you?" "'Deed then I don't know, ma'am." "But look at Mrs. Jones." "Oh, I looks at her often enough; and she's well enough too for a woman. But we all know her weakness." "What's that, Richard?" asked Mrs.
Jortin, in reference to him and other French Churchmen of his stamp, observed that no European country had produced Romanists of so high a type. But Fénelon is thoroughly representative of a pure and refined mysticism. He is, indeed, singularly free from the various errors which closely beset its more exaggerated forms.
The Romanists imagined they had lost too much, the Protestants that they had gained too little; and the treaty which neither party could venture to violate, was interpreted by each in its own favour.
I caught this glance, despite its veiled character; the momentary gleam shot a meaning which struck me. These Romanists are strange beings.
"The Protestants," they said, "are determined to be not worse treated in their native country than the handful of Romanists. By the help of his Protestant nobles had Matthias reduced the Emperor to submission; where 80 Papists were to be found, 300 Protestant barons might be counted. The example of Rodolph should be a warning to Matthias.
Hence we arrive at the curious fact that at the present day some of the most ardent Romanists and violent Nationalists, who are striving to have the Irish language enforced all over the country, and pose as the representatives of ancient Irish septs, are really the descendants of Cromwell's soldiers.
The duty of priests is to reconcile religion with reason, if they can, and admit their inability to do so, if they cannot. Romanists will have nothing to do with reason whenever it appears at issue with their faith. All sects, as sects, play fast and loose with reason.
Gray and Young are the favourite writers among us, as far as I have yet heard them talked over upon the continent; the first has secured them by his residence at Florence, and his Latin verses I believe; the second, by his piety and brilliant thoughts. Even Romanists are disposed to think dear Dr. Young very near to Christianity an idea which must either make one laugh or cry, while
This was the temper of the times in the beginning of her reign; and thus it continued too long; for those very people that had enjoyed the desires of their hearts in a Reformation from the Church of Rome, became at last so like the grave, as never to be satisfied, but were still thirsting for more and more; neglecting to pay that obedience, and perform those vows, which they made in their days of adversities and fear: so that in short time there appeared three several interests, each of them fearless and restless in the prosecution of their designs: they may for distinction be called, the active Romanists, the restless Non-conformists, of which there were many sorts, and the passive peaceable Protestants.
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