THE STORY OF PAPAL ROME. BY E. S. A. EDITED BY THE REV. JOHN H. BROOME, VICAR OF HOUGHTON, NORFOLK. PART I. The Story of Papal Rome in her Earliest Day; or, Rome's Antiquity in error. PART II.-The Story of Papal Rome in the Middle Ages; or Rome enslaves soul, mind, and body. PART III.-The Story of Papal Rome in Modern Times; or, The PART IV.-The Character of Popery in the 19th Century Considered. LONDON: WERTHEIM, MACINTOSH, AND HUNT, 24, PATERNOSTER-ROW, AND 23, HOLLES-STREET, CAVENDISHI-SQUARE. INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. WHAT is Popery? There was a time when the common people of England could answer this question better than they can now. We have so long rested among our Protestant privileges that it is to be feared we have settled upon our lees, under the proud persuasion that Englishmen are too enlightened in our day to be deluded by Popery. But we have been startled from our fancied superiority by late events, and have discovered to our surprise that the body of our people have very little idea of what Popery really is, or why they call themselves Protest ants. Amidst the discouragement which this discovery must occasion, there is one pleasing feature in the case. We find the feelings of the people are on the side of Protestantism; and where an intelligent people give their affections, they will soon be ready to learn all that is needful. The difficulty is to teach. Popery is so slippery a thing-so ready to say and unsay, as it suits its purpose-so speaking like a lamb to |