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cannot cure the evils they have caused-they can neither, as you know and feel, give peace to your conscience, nor can they give pardon and salvation to your soul. Fly, aged man! fly, I beseech you, by faith, to the Son of God-He receiveth sinners-He is able to save to the uttermost all that come unto God by him '-' Him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.' That is his word-it is 'worthy of all acceptation.'

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"Painful necessity obliges me to detail in this the perjuries and crimes of one that is dead-your suffragan bishop-the partner of your guilt, Dr. Doyle. I have heard, and I hope and believe that he looked not to your idol wafer and the other lying refuges of Popery, but to the Lord Jesus Christ for his salvation in his latter days. And though it is my painful duty to record his iniquities as a Papal bishop here, I trust they are blotted out of God's remembrance by the blood of the Lamb of God that taketh away the sins of the world.' I have seen a small book called 'Dew Drops,' containing precious promises of the Gospel of Christ, which he carried latterly in his waistcoat pocket, and it bears his name in his own hand; it is in the possession of a mutual friend of his and mine. I tell it to you for your encouragement. Get that little book, or get the Bible from which it is taken, and look to the Saviour whom that Bible reveals-remember the truth with the Lord is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption. You look to that wretched representative of the sin and pride of Satan, the Pope. Will he comfort you?-will he deliver you from the charges of your own conscience ?-will that Man of Sin make you or any poor sinner a righteous man ?-will he blot these oaths of yours and all your secret deceptions from God's book of everlasting judgment?-a miserable criminal himself, can he give salvation to you? No. Not so the Lord Jesus Christ-He laid down his precious life upon the cross for sinners-for the chief of sinners. Look unto him and be saved.'-O! turn to him while yet you may. I write not to throw a stone at you. I am a poor, vile, miserable sinner like yourself. I believe, through grace, that Christ is an allsufficient Saviour for my soul-He is able to save you- All manner of sins and blasphemies shall be forgiven unto men.' Not like the lying blasphemy of your Major Pœnitentiarius, whose daring pretence of pardoning sin is greater than all the blasphemies and crimes he can pretend to pardon-blinding you in ignorance, encouraging and hardening you in iniquity, setting the 'Man of Sin' up in the place of God, in that heart which is the rightful temple and throne of its Creator. Pardon given by Christ-bought with his blood, comes with its mighty melting power to the sinner's heart: and, while it washes its guilt, it seizes its affections, and sanctifies and consecrates it to its God. May the Lord wash you in that fountain, and make this book an instrument of conviction, of repentance, and of salvation to your soul!

And you, my poor, dear, blinded countrymen-quick, and sensible, and clever as you are-what say you to this book, and what say you to these men ? Behold these guides of your immortal souls-are these, indeed the successors of Peter and of Paul? Read their writings, and compare their works. Are these laws like those of Peter

and Paul?

Did you ever read such things as these in the Bible?— They burn the Bible-they take it from you and your children, that they may instill into your ears those laws and principles. And now, what say you to them? Are they the laws of God or of the devil? Of the devil himself, beyond all doubt. Your bishops and priests know this too. If they were the laws of God, your bishops would not have been ashamed of them-they would not have denied them-they would have confessed them; but you see they denied them-denied them with oaths, and now they set them up in secret to direct their priests to guide your consciences!

"My poor unhappy countrymen! what good can happen to uswhat blessing can we hope for what peace can we enjoy, when such laws as these are set up to guide and govern you, my Roman Catholic friends? What wonder the Whitefeet and Ribbonmen swear to wade in heretic blood, when this is the law of their Church and the lesson of their confessional?

"Ribbonmen of Ireland, if this shall fall into the hands of any poor Ribbonman, I beseech you, pause and consider. You are engaged in a secret conspiracy which you know to be wrong-you fear to be detected by those who govern your country, yet they are but men; and you carry this on without fear in the sight of God, and you do so to maintain your religion, and on principles of religion too. Yea, and taught or encouraged secretly by the ministers of your Church, or more probably by able instruments and tools employed by them; for though they will expose your life to the sword or the gallows, they will take special care of themselves and of their own. Yet I would just submit it in candour and kindness to your common sense, can this religion be the religion of Christ ?-can a religion that is to be promoted and maintained by secret lawless conspiracies, nursed in treason, protected in its deeds of darkness by perjury, cemented by blood; I ask you, my friends, can this be the religion of Christ Jesus? -or can you, who would tremble to be arrested and brought before the tribunal of your fellow-men for such crimes, can your hearts endure, or can your hands be strong when you shall be summoned to answer for them at the bar of God? Your priests pretend to you that they will answer for you at the tribunal of your Creator-look at them how they all hide themselves from proof and detection of these criminal principles which they inculcate on you, and which either directly or indirectly move you to these confederacies; and do you think they will dare to meet the God of heaven with a system from which they shrink as a system of iniquity before men?-will they save your souls from perdition when they expose you to perish on the gallows or in Botany Bay? Is this Christianity, my friends? What wonder we are miserable! I leave it to your common sense, can we ever look on you but with terror and distrust, when we know that these are the lessons taught you by your Church, while you are so blind and ignorant as to think that Church infallible? What would you think of us, if any man could write a book like this, and prove that the Protestant bishops and clergy inculcated such lessons on their flocks? What would you think of us, and how would you feel? Mark these men now, how

they will not dare to justify themselves before you. Dr. Murray and all your bishops will shrink-Mr. O'Connell will shrink-they will not venture to argue or disprove these laws before you. O, my friends, my countrymen, be men. Open your Bibles-claim, assert your rights as men and rational beings. Do you think when these men dare not vindicate their superstitions and iniquities before you and us, that they will be able to justify them before God? You see not one among them can be found that will dare to expound the Bible for you, or give you your Church's exposition. They know it is an imposture to pretend that the Church has any exposition, so they dare not attempt to give it. You see not one of them will dare to stand before any body of men among you to have laid open in your presence the secret, infernal examinations that, under the mask of religion, they inflict on your wives and daughters. It has been often tried to force them to do so, in vain.

"O, my dear countrymen, let not any of you be so blind as to think that men, who will be honest to you, and who will faithfully tell you truth, are your enemies and hate you. God is my witness, my Roman Catholic countrymen, that it is far from my heart to hate you. I hate and abhor this cursed system of falsehood and wickedness that deceives and blinds you. But the more I see it, and the more I abhor it, the more I feel for you, my dear, warm-hearted, cordial, affectionate countrymen, that you should be such dupes and slaves of an Antichristian tyrant, and that the very ardour of your hearts should be turned away from loving God and loving your fellowsinners, and made an instrument of turning you ardently to sin and ignorance, and spiritual slavery and crime. You ardently try to maintain whatever your priests tell you is for the good of your Church. Why? Because you are so blind and ignorant of God and his Word to think that those priests and that Church can pardon your sins. It is no priests nor churches that can pardon sin—it is only the blood of Christ that pardons sin-that is a fountain for us. If we all were Christians indeed-all looking to Christ-all trusting Christ-all rejoicing in Christ-all loving Christ-how we should all love one another! O, what a happy people-what a happy country. Lord bless you, save you, deliver you, my poor dear countrymen, from this system of awful ignorance, falsehood, and iniquity, and raise up men, faithful, honest, resolute, determined, strong in Christian faithfulness, Christian zeal, and Christian love, who will never rest till the cloud of Papal guilt and wickedness is dispelled from your hearts and from Ireland, and till you are brought into the light and liberty of the glorious Gospel of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. This is all my enmity to you this is the worst I wish you, and it is the earnest prayer of your faithful and affectionate friend and countryman."-The Laws of the Papacy set up by the Romish Bishops to subvert the authority of their Lawful Sovereign in 1832. Second Edition, p. 35-39, with a Letter Dedicatory to Her Majesty. Seeley and Burnside.

Guildford, December, 1845.

ELECTORS AND THEIR DUTIES.

[As long ago as the 14th of August the following letter was written. It does not appear to have been so successful as it ought, in eliciting in England, feelings congenial to the views of the writer of it.]

"BANCHORY HOUSE, by ABERDEEN, 14th August, 1845. "SIR,-On two different occasions lately, several gentlemen, landed proprietors and others, met in Edinburgh to consult together as to what could be done in the present crisis to defend the interests of Protestantism.

"The gentlemen present represented almost every political party in the State, and they agreed unanimously that the time was now come when as Protestants, firmly persuaded that Protestantism is the truth and the only foundation of civil liberty and social happiness, they were bound to give up all minor differences of opinion, whether political or ecclesiastical, and employ the rights and privileges with which God has intrusted them as citizens, in defence of those principles which are their hope of happiness for time and for eternity.

"The two great parties in the State seem now to be combined together to foster and cherish Popery, that monstrous system of error which has ever proved itself as hostile to the civil as to the religious interests and liberties of men, and which is now, after a season of seeming torpor, arising in renewed vigour not only in our own land, but in every corner of the earth.

"On former occasions of anxious struggle in our country, men could generally look to one or other of the existing parties in the State as maintaining their opinions, and ready and willing to lead them on to their successful establishment-but in the present crisis Protestants can look to neither of the great parties-both have repudiated those Reformation principles which we trusted were so firmly interwoven into the frame-work of our Constitution, that no State party could ever think of attempting to dissever them from it.

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Surely at this moment, it is the duty of all Protestants to lay aside those opinions which are felt and known not to be vital, and yet are a ground of disunion, and while each retains his own conscientious opinions, unite with fellow-Protestants in defence of those vital principles on which they are agreed. Were such a course pursued by Protestants generally, might we not hope that the Spirit of all Truth would, ere long, make clear to all, those points on which at present they take different views, so that in future they may be able in all things to walk together in unity.

"It cannot be that in Protestant England, and still more Protestant Scotland, the cause of truth shall want defenders; there must be enough of sound religious Protestantism in our land, if only brought into action, to constrain our political leaders to pause in the course they are pursuing.

"That course is calculated to foster error on the one hand, and to repress and discourage the progress of truth on the other, and it endangers the very foundations of Protestantism, on which, as a sure basis, the throne of our beloved Sovereign is established.

"Devotion to God, loyalty to the Queen, and love to their fellow

countrymen, seem alike to call on all true Protestants to unite together, and exert themselves as the crisis demands-in the hope, that, by the Divine blessing, we may yet be delivered from the guilt and the danger of being, as a nation, the allies and supporters of Popery.

"At the meetings to which I have referred, I was requested to correspond with those in different parts of the country who were understood, from their opposition to the Maynooth Grant, or otherwise, to be decided Protestants, to ascertain from them their views on the subject; particularly as to the duty of supporting none but DECIDEDLY Protestant candidates at the next election of Members of Parliament.

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Believing that such are your opinions and principles, I take the liberty of addressing you; and I shall feel much obliged by your favouring me with your views on the whole matter, and any practical suggestions which may occur to you, and also by your giving me the names and addresses of parties known to you, who hold sentiments similar to your own, in any part of Scotland to whom you think I ought to address myself.

"There is every reason to hope, that by taking trouble, and making previous arrangements, the Protestants of Scotland may be able to return many Members, truly to represent their opinions in the House of Commons.

"The cause is one for which no amount of exertion can be counted too great, by any one who rightly appreciates the value of Protestant truth, when viewed in contrast with Popish error.

"Hoping for an early and favourable reply,

"I have the honour to be, Sir,

"Your very obedient servant,

"ALEX. THOMPSON."

PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS FOR THE PRESENT CRISIS.
(To the Editor of the Protestent Magazine.)

I cannot but think it highly desirable that the Protestant principles, on which the British Constitution was established at the Glorious Revolution of 1688, should be brought more prominently forward at this period. If, as Christians, we acknowledge these principles to be scriptural, and of Divine obligation, are we not equally bound to maintain and defend them whenever they are violated or brought into danger? They were most glaringly violated by those two Antichristian measures, the Endowment of Socinianism, in the Dissenters' Chapel Bill, and the Endowment of Popery in the National Grant to Maynooth. There is too great a disposition in the present day to lose sight of the religious character of our Constitution, in which consists the glory of our land, and the source and secret of all our strength and all our blessings. In order to revive in the minds of the people the recollection of this great constitutional doctrine, I would beg leave to recommend that public lectures should be delivered, exhibiting the superior excellence of the British Constitution, which has withstood the shock of ages, over the frail and perishable systems of modern revolutionists, built on the sandy foundations of Scepticism

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