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    to he chimerical ; every attempt to procure it , he suggests , must " be attended with a submission of the understanding , and with a slavery of the conscience , which the spirit of the times would not endure . " ( Pp . 14 , 15 . ) We are glad

    to find one eminent prelate who does not teach that "the prostration of the understanding" is the first step in the pursuit of Christian truth ; who ventures , indeed , to proclaim the contrary opinion , though in so doing he may expose himself to the charge of heresy from his brother of London .

    With a true Protestant feeling , Dr . Laurence disclaims the notion that salvation is confined to any pale : " — I should lament to hear the doctrine of exclusive salvation fall from your lips . A high and ardent spirit indeed , disclaiming every feeling , and deriding all toleration of opinion , not

    countenanced by his own infallible church , may treat with contempt and proscribe as ' . fulsome nonsense'the persuasion , that one Christian will not be condemned to eternal punishment for believing a little more or a little less than another ; but charity is justified of her children . Judged we must all hereafter be by our good and gracious Redeemer ; but let not theological prejudice induce us to entertain the vain conceit , that our faith in

    the doctrines , and adherence to the communion , of this or that particular church upon earth will prove the criterion of our acquittal or condemnation at the last day ; induce us to abandon the more rational as well as scriptural opinion , that our final doom will be determined , not by our participation in certain creeds and communions , but by the sincerity of our faith , and by the holiness of our lives . "—Pp . 17—20 .

    In agreement with this admirable passage , the Archbishop laments that some Protestants , alluding to the " Evangelical" party in the Church , have " narrowed the terms of acceptance with God more than reason approves or scripture warrants . " He portrays to the life the extravagance of this busy sect , whose wor&fe feature is their uncharitableness

    ( pp . 20—23 ); and concludes with this exhortation , worthy to be inscribed on every Christian pulpit , — " Under whatsoever religious denomination , therefore , we may be classed , where Providence has been pleased to assign our lot , there let us live together as brethren , and be kindly affectioned one to another ; satisfied , that we all arc worshipers of the same God , be-

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    lievers in the same Redeemer , and heirs of the same Salvation . " —Pp . 23 , 24 .

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    Art . VII . —A View of Rome at the present Period . 8 vo . pp . 56 . Edinburgh , Oliphant : London , Nisbet .

    1826 . This pamphlet does not answer to the title . It is a farrago of " No-Popery" exclamations , indictments and prophetic calculations , brought together to prejudice the cause of Catholic Emancipation . Can such a publication find readers in the Northern metropolis ?

    The compiler might probably have made a readable publication , for he would appear to have visited Rome , but he should confine himself to facts and not attempt theories . Almost the only passages of any interest in his pages are the two following , which fight against the purpose for which they were penned . - " Pius VII ., a * an act of conrtesy to

    the English , permitted them to open a chapel in Rome ; and Leo . XII ., for political reasons , reluctantly permits its continuance . Before the door is placed a sentinel , which may be intended as a mark of respect ; but there is a sentinel also placed to guard the Jews , whose residence is confined within gates , in an

    obscure part of the city . The present Pope is as much averse to toleration , asr were ever any of his predecessors in the holy see . It is his aim to revive the superstition of centuries , and to reduce the people under stricter subjection ta their priests . He has granted privileges to the Jesuits , and restricted the Jews : he is an enemy to Christian education :

    he forbids the admission of any religious Protestant books into his dominions , with the exception of Cobbett ' s late work on the Reformation , which was immediately reprinted , and advertised against the walls : and he fulminates against the Bible Society ; for he hoards the Scrip * - tures like the miser his treasure , which he will neither use nor disperse . "—Pp * 4 , 5 .

    " — it may excite surprise that the present Pope should have ventured last winter to make such an observation as follows , which rests on the word of the gentleman to whom it was made : * The best reply which can be given to so prejudiced a speech as that of the Duke of York in the House of Peers , is the con - * stant fidelity of the Catholics to the British throne ; and I hope that they will persevere in shewing their loyalty ;* h —P . 54 . T

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1827, page 221, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1794/page/61/