it, this is the consummation upon which their designs as well as their desires are bent. Their own corrupt Church it is not possible that they should ever re-instate; but give them the ground for which they are now contending, and it is very possible that the well-ordered system under which we have flourished may be most seriously endangered; for it is worthy of especial consideration, that they have for their immediate allies every faction which is banded against the State, every demagogue, every irreligious and every seditious Journalist, every open and every insidious enemy to Monarchy and to Christianity. All these in their several stations write, speak, and act in favour of the Roman-Catholic claims. And this alone ought to make those persons hesitate, who, under the influence of very different motives, have engaged in the same cause. They would do well to consider with whom they are acting; that they cannot be mistaken as to the end at which these parties are aiming; but that they may be mistaken when they suppose that a measure, which is eagerly and systematically promoted by such parties and such men, can be otherwise than injurious to the Constitution, and to those principles upon which the welfare of this nation is founded. CONTENTS. Pictures in the Franciscan Cloisters at Madrid. Works of Dr. Michael Geddes. Thanks of the British Catholic Association to Mr. Butler. 14 Father Jones's Remarks on mutual Charity. OBSERVATIONS ON THE CREED OF POPE PIUS IV. Mr. Butler's Statement of a Romanist's Belief. b Perpetual Succession of Miracles asserted by Mr. Butler. 96 Perpetual Succession of Frauds asserted in reply. Charge of Fraud resented by Mr. Butler. Bede's Testimony concerning the Miracles of his Age.. 113 The Amount of that Testimony shown by a parallel case. 117 Vindication of Bede. . . Introduction of false Miracles. Classification of the Miracles in Bede. Miracles relating to Relics. Remarks upon them. Vision of St. Fursey. ST. FURSEY. His Adventures before he was born. He is bred up under St. Brandon. Raises a Brother and Sister from the dead. |