quickly after its formation, emissaries were sent forth to China, Japan, Abyssinia, South America, the Indies, &c. making Protestant Europe its chief field of operation; and THE MEANS by which this Society carries out its designs, are the sowing seeds of discord in every institution and grade of society, weakening in order to destroy, disguising its agents under every VARIETY of character, and instructing

them to insinuate themselves into the confidence of kings and princes, bishops and nobles, the influential and wealthy of the land, so as to confuse their minds and infatuate them to bring about changes, which tend to their own ruin; and effecting all this so stealthily and so treacherously, as not to excite the least consciousness of the influence under which their unhappy victims are acting.†

ENGLISH REFORMATION (Elizabeth, 1558-1603).-On the accession of Queen Elizabeth, the greatest leniency and persuasion were, for six months, exercised towards the clergy, who then filled the English benefices, to induce them to abandon the Romish Ritual, but not a single instance of Voluntary

The Jesuits have appeared as Pagans among Pagans-as Atheists among Atheists-as Jews among Jews, and as Reformers among Reformers. They have changed their exterior habit, as noblemen, as ruffians, as ministers, as soldiers; and they have sometimes passed as merchants, as farmers, as stewards, as publicans, and as tradesmen of every craft. (See Dalton's Jesuits, their Principles and Acts, pp. 76, 84, 85; a work from which several statements in this tract are made.)

†The "Secreta Monita," declare "that no small advantage will be derived from SECRETLY and SKILFULLY fomenting the animosities that arise among the great, in order to reduce their strength," and in conformity with these instructions, the Jesuits "secretly" apply the torch of faction to national dissensions, and then "skilfully" retire from the field of conflict, as far as may be, -leaving the odium of the explosion to be cast on others, far less guilty than themselves. Such was their policy in the great rebellion of England in 1649, as well as in the revolution of France in 1792; and their craft and treachery remain unchanged.

Conformity occurred. (See "Burnet's History of the Reformation,” vol. iii. part 1. book 6, p. 336.) After this Commissioners were sent over England to enforce obedience to the law, by re-establishing the "Protestant Service Book; and the result reported to the Queen was, that out of 9,400 beneficed clergymen in England, only about 100 dignitaries and eighty parish priests left their benefices: ALL

THE REST CONFORMED TO THE QUEEN'S INJUNCTIONS, AND READ THE PROTESTANT SERVICE. (Ibid. vol. ii. part 1. book 3, page 720.)-This strange event was, no doubt, the agency of the Jesuits. The Papal clergy conformed in one united body, and kept their benefices for the express purpose of multiplying divisions among Protestants. (See Churchman's Monthly Review," for May, June, and July, 1844, "The Jesuits.") Thus was the Reformed Church of England distracted by various conflicts among upwards of 9,000 pledged partisans of Rome, WITHIN the pale of her sacred offices,* aided by swarms of dispensed Jesuits from WITHOUT, under the garb of PURITAN MINISTERS, exciting Churchmen against Dissenters, and Dissenters against Churchmen. The historian Strype records the detection of one of these Puritan Jesuits (Heath) after preaching in Rochester cathedral, in 1568. On searching his lodgings, a Pope's Bull and a Jesuit's license to preach "for the dividing of Protestants, and particularly the English Protestants," was found in his boot. This man had been travelling as a poor minister, and "preaching up and down the country "for six years. (See "Strype's Annals of the Řeformation," vol. i. c. 52, pp. 521, 522.) And not only were the deep-laid stratagems of the Jesuits, for the recovery of England to Rome, developed in their insidious workings within the

Church, but there are ample documents to testify their subtle efforts also within the STATE, co-extensive with England itself, and that too through all the windings of social order down to the very hearths of domestic life: in a word the continual stream of Jesuits, Seminarists, assassins, and plotters of every name and character, for the murder and dethroning of Queen Elizabeth, and the utter desolation of the whole realm, deluged England during her reign of upwards of forty years, and it was only the arm of the Most High which brought to nought the wicked projects of her

enemies.

GREAT REBELLION (Charles the First, beheaded in 1649.)-The designs of the Papists for the subversion of Protestantism in England were continued through the reigns of James the First and his unhappy son Charles, the successors of Queen Elizabeth. Insurrections and plots against the life of the Sovereign were no longer available for the service of Rome, and the Gunpowder Treason, in 1605, seems to have been the last attempt made in England to illustrate the regicidal principles of the Jesuits. The times were changed, and the Jesuits were quick to perceive it, and to adopt their devices accordingly. COURT INTRIGUE now occupied the Jesuits, and Archbishop Laud, Bishop Montague, and others, forming an ambitious and dangerous faction in the Church, constituted an essential part of the conspiracy. In 1634, a secular priest named Gregorio Panzani, was despatched from the court of Rome to this country, to bring about a reconciliation between the Churches of England and Rome. He resided here three or four years, and had several encouraging interviews with the King and Queen, as well as with some of the bishops and chief ministers of State; and about this time, there were from 250 to 360 Jesuits scattered over England,* "concealed under a lay garb, and combining the

* Besides these Jesuits there were 180 other regulars, and five or six hundred secular priests in England. (See "Barrington's Memoirs of Panzani,” pp. 140,207.)

courteous manners of gentlemen, with a refined experience of mankind."* The result of these intrigues was the decay of Protestantism in England, and the conversion of multitudes (particularly women of rank) to the Romish faith; indeed, it cannot be denied that the innovations of the school of Laud were so many approaches, in the exterior worship of the English Church, to the Roman models; pictures were set up and repaired; the communion-table took the name of an "altar," it was sometimes made of stone, and obeisances were made to it; the crucifix was frequently placed upon it; churches were consecrated with strange and mystical pageantry; a presence in the sacrament, beyond that which is spiritual to faith, yet not the Popish transubstantiation, was generally held; the power of priests to forgive sins, beyond that which is declarative, yet not that which mass priests arrogate; and justification by works as a condition of the Gospel as well as faith, but not in the gross way of Popish merit, were likewise asserted; the invocation of saints was admitted by some prelates, and prayers for the dead, which lead naturally to purgatory, were vindicated by many. Thus it was that through the secret influence of the Jesuits, this fearful state of things in England worked on its way, from bad to worse, till that awful crisis speedily arrived, wherein primate and Church, monarch and monarchy, perished together.

MODERN TIMES.-To such an awful extent were strifes and seditions fomented by the Jesuits, even in Papal kingdoms, that in 1773 they were formally suppressed by Pope Clement XIV. at the earnest entreaty of the "kings of France, Spain, Portugal, and Sicily, to prevent the Christians (as the Bull of Suppression expresses it) from rising one against another, and

* Wherever Jesuits are introduced social confidence is shaken, and mutual suspicions must arise; for who can tell whether his next-door neighbour may not be one of them?

How painfully applicable to Tractarian errors of modern times was the state of things in England 200 years ago,

from massacreing each other in the very bosom of their common mother THE HOLY CHURCH." (See "Dalton's Jesuits," page 79.) For this act, the Pope was himself poisoned the very next year; and the Jesuits, notwithstanding their suppression, were still determined to carry on the work of "beguiling the nations with their sorceries.' Their motto ever was, "AGITATE AGITATE-DIVIDE, and OVERTURN!! and the history of France, for the last sixty years, as well as the present condition of Spain and Portugal, and other Papal states on the continent of Europe, not forgeting that of Ireland itself—all proclaim a loud voice of warning to those who have either "ears to hear or eyes to see!" It might have been hoped that Protestant England, having once banished the Jesuits from her shores, for perfidy and treason, would have been loath to have again fostered them within her borders; but, alas! it was not so: for in 1795 twelve Jesuits (under the disguise of gentlemen from Liege, who had escaped the fury of the French Revolution) established themselves in the heart of this country, at Stonyhurst, in Lancashire, where they remain to this day, sending forth, year after year, from their college there (now capable of holding 400 or 500 students) men of intellect and talent, well-suited to work out the crooked policy of their "Secret Instructions," and to fill the most important posts in every grade of society throughout the British dominions both in the army and in the navy-in the Church and in the State; and, (in addition to these disguised Jesuits, scattered through the land,) it is a fact which cannot be too widely circulated, that according to the "Roman Catholic Directory" for 1845, there are now in Great Britain 582 Roman Catholic chapels, besides 100 stations where service is performed; and in England there are not less than thirty convents, three monasteries, nine Roman Catholic bishops, and 666 missionary priests!! Such is the position of the Church of Rome in England at this time, and it ought not to be forgotten also, that the Jesuits are now carrying on their intrigues under her full influence; inasmuch as in 1814, Pope Pius

VII. restored this order, as a matter of political expediency. It is true indeed, there is every reason to suspect, that the Jesuits and the general body of the Papists distrust and hate each other, but their connexion lies here:-The Pope employs the Jesuits because, without their polished hypocrisy, he cannot overturn Protestantism; and the Jesuits employ Popery as a stepping-stone to their own sovereignty; but the ultimate object of the Jesuits, it is believed, is to plant the standard of ATHEISM on the ruins of that corrupted form of Christianity. At this very hour, the Jesuits are most alarmingly at work in the United States of America and Canada, in the South Sea Islands, New Zealand, India, and China, as well as in Austria, Silesia, Belgium, Switzerland, Spain, and Portugal. Ireland also is overrun with Jesuits, and France is astonished at their rising power; indeed, two authors of distinction (Michelet and Quinet) not long since sounded the alarm of danger to which France is at the present hour exposed from the literature which has been introduced by these men ; and, in describing the character of the education and learning cultivated by the Jesuits in France, in 1843, one of these authors (Michelet) most accurately describes the character of the education and writings of Tractarians in England, at the present moment, namely, mechanical-material-lifeless-soulless ! ! " in a word, TRACTARIANISM IS BUT JESUITISM IN DISGUISE!!!

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CONCLUSION.-That, as hundreds of Jesuits were employed in England in by gone days to bring about the work of desolation, and that as hundreds of Jesuits are still engaged in Ireland and other countries, for the purpose of exciting the infatuated populace to acts of violence, rebellion, and murder; so also, are there hundreds of Jesuits at work in England at the present moment, all restless, all eager, in poisoning the sources of information to the public mind sapping the foundation of national Protestantism-in filling our newspapers and periodicals with Anti-Protestant arguments and Pro-Popish falsehoods-preparing, every day, new mines, and hatching, every day, fresh

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plots against the great bulwarks of our national Zion. MAY our beloved country awake to her dangers, and may she be saved from the ruthless fangs of "Wolves in sheep's clothing.

BEWARE OF THE JESUITS!!!

CITY OF LONDON PROTESTANT ASSOCIATION.

FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES.

THAT the holy Scripture is the revealed will of God to man, and contains the sole and sufficient rule of faith.

That it is the right and duty of every one, to make himself acquainted with the holy Scriptures, and judge for himself, with such literary aid as may be necessary for him, and such help as God may have given him, and in dependance on Divine teaching, what is the doctrine there delivered to us.

That the influence of true religion over a people, forms the best security for their individual rights and liberties, and is the surest basis of national prosperity.

That the British Constitution acknowledges in its principles and laws the sovereignty of Almighty God, and the supreme authority of his holy word; and that as a safeguard to the Protestant liberties of Great Britain, the succession to the throne is wisely limited to Protestants.

That the integrity of the Protestant faith, and the civil and religious privileges we have so long enjoyed, are endangered by the assaults of Popery and Tractarianism.

That the Church of Rome is zealously exerting itself to destroy the Protestant character of the Constitution, and to render the declaration of Protestantism, made by the Sovereign on ascending the throne of these realms, fruitless.

That, to counteract these efforts of the Church of Rome and the Tractarian party, all who venerate the Word of God and value the British Institutions, to whatever portion of the Church of our Divine Saviour they may belong, should be called on to co-operate, in pointing out to the peo

ple the peculiar dangers of the present time, and in taking measures to acquaint them with the real character and operations of Popery, and to inspire them with a just sense of the blessings and benefits of our Protestant faith, succession, and Constitution.

That one great principle of the British Constitution, is, the support of the Established Church by the Legislature and the nation, as the national instrument for giving religious instruction to the people at large, and thus fulfilling the duty which a Christian state owes to God; combined with the free and full toleration of all systems of religion whose tenets do not operate against the peace of society: and therefore that all the members of the Association must consider themselves as pledged to the support of this principle.

RULES.

1. That the objects of this Association shall be, to endeavour with the Divine blessing, to rouse the dormant spirit of Protestantism among all classes of this city, and to impress upon them the necessity of using every lawful exertion to resist the encroachments of the Church of Rome, and in a Christian spirit to endeavour to convince its members of the dan

gerous errors and soul-destroying principles of Popery.

2. That all persons professing faith in the Holy Trinity, and who venerate the sacred Scriptures as their only rule of faith, assenting to the fundamental principles, may be members of this Association.

3. That the Association be under the control of a President, Vice-Presidents, Secretary, and a Committee of eighteen persons, to be chosen annually from the members.

4. That the Committee, of whom three shall form a quorum, shall have power to regulate all matters relating to their own Meetings, and those of the Association; to fill up vacancies in their body, and generally to conduct and manage its affairs and funds.

5. That all members shall subscribe four shillings a-year, or upwards, for the objects of the Association.

6. That the Association meet monthly, for the purpose of admitting new members, and stirring up and encou

raging one another to persevere in this laudable work; and that the speakers at such Meetings be chosen by the Committee.

7. That no reference whatever be made by any speaker to the difference of opinion, as regards discipline, existing among the Protestant Reformed Churches.

8. That the Committee shall have power to suspend, and if after careful investigation at the next Meeting it be found necessary, to expel any Member, who may be found guilty of any act tending to injure the interests of the Association.

9. That all proceedings be opened with prayer.

Communications may be addressed to Mr. Owtram, the Secretary, at 22, Cloak-lane, Queen-street, Cheapside.

THE CONFESSIONAL.-THE
MORTMAIN LAWS.

IN a preceding number of our periodical, we made remarks on three Bills then before Parliament. One of those Bills, we are happy to say, has been since thrown out. We refer to the Bill introduced by Lord John Manners, "to alter and amend the Laws relating to the Disposition of Property for pious and charitable Purposes."

The House of Commons divided the 4th of March, on the second reading of the Bill, when there was found to be a majority of 60 to 24; the numbers being, for the second reading 24 Against it

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This is so far gratifying-but Lord John Manners has declared his intention to persist in bringing the question forward again and again.

We do not blame the Honourable Member for acting up to what he believes right; but let us also do the same, let us be as pertinacious and strenuous in opposing, as he, or others

See "Protestant Magazine," for March, 1846. The article referred to has since been published separately, as a pamphlet, and may be had of the Association.

may be in the introduction of measures fraught with such serious evils to our civil and religious Institutions.

The tone and nature of the debate was more satisfactory than most of the discussions which have lately_taken place on questions in which Popery has been concerned. There has been too often a sort of morbid sickly sentimentality, a mawkish sensibility, as though it were impossible for any one to be right but Rome, her emissaries and advocates; and that to oppose her, or plans for her aggrandizement, were folly of the worst and most glaring description.

Much might be adduced in corroboration of the statements made in our former article. The following cannot be read without deep sympathy for the unhappy victim, now no more, and strong abhorrence of the system under the auspicious influence of which such atrocities could be perpetuated.

We give the statement as taken from the "Times," of Friday, March 13, and leave our readers to make their own comment, and application:→→

"PRIESTS, WOMEN, AND FAMILIES. A trial took place at the last assizes of the Herault which created great sensation. The following are the circumstances of the case, as stated in the indictment. Emilie Vidal, the daughter of a man of large property at St. Pons, was married to Corbiere, a physician, and in due time had a child, of which she became so fond as to neglect all her other duties. To divert her mind into the right channel, she was placed particularly under the direction of M. Dousset, the curé of the village of Felines d'Hautpool, near St. Pons, in which the Corbieres lived, with the hope of his exciting in her the religious sentiments in which she was deficient. Soon afterwards the child died, and the priest took the opportunity for turning the affections, or rather the passions, of the mother towards himself, and ultimately succeeded in seducing her. Availing himself of the influence he had thus acquired over her, he got her to sign notes of hand in his favour, and at last to make a will, leaving him a large part of her fortune, over which she had the control, under the pretence of saying perpetual masses for