by the Writer of the following pages, though the political and religious systems of the Romish church have been truly and forcibly represented, they have not been traced to their origin; neither have some mistakes, as to the primitive church of Britain and Ireland, and a presumed compatibility of the Romish religion with the Constitution of England, been cleared up. These deficiencies he has endeavoured to supply; and he trusts it will appear, that his motives, for venturing to submit his sentiments to the Public, arise from a sincere wish to confirm what he believes to be the truth, and to oppose what he believes to be erroneous and dangerous; and it has been his endeavour to express his ideas in the language which it becomes a Christian to use. In the Appendix, a few pages will be found in answer to some of the principal arguments of Bossuet in favour of the church of Rome, which, as they are generally resorted to and relied on by the members of that church, seemed to require thus much. CONTENTS. Mr. Flood's Sentiments as to Concessions to the Roman The Considerations of Use in giving an enlarged View of the Purport of the Roman-Catholic Petition Connexion of the Romish Religion with Policy Of Monastic Institutions, and the Danger from them .... 59 Opinions of the Latin Fathers Arnobius and Lactantius ..... .... Forbidding the general Perusal of the Sacred Books, ditto, 76 The Doctrines of the Modern Church of Rome not the same with those of the Ancient Saxon Church Nor with those of the Ancient Britons ... .... Nor with those of the Ancient Irish Why the Welsh received the Reformation so readily How far we are indebted to the Romish Religion, as to Laws, 113 Horror of Popery in Englishmen accounted for Doctrines of the Church of England truly impressive ...... 131 |