Letter to the Right REV. Father in God, Richard, Lord Bishop of Oxford on the Tendency to Romanism Imputed to Doctrines Held of Old, as Now, in the En (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1839. Excerpt: ... quire whether she committed the additional most miserable sin of rebellion against Caesar; though from what we see around us at this day there is great reason to fear that from the beginning of her power she has been tainted with it."--Ibid. p. 436. 76. " He will but observe that, if Popery be a perversion or corruption of the truth, as we believe, it must, by the mere force of the terms, be like that truth which it counterfeits; and, therefore, the fact of a resemblance, as far as it is borne out, is no proof of any essential approximation in his opinions to Popery as such. Rather, it would be a serious argument against their primitive character, if to superficial observers they bore no likeness to it. Ultra-Protestantism could never have been silently corrupted into Popery."--Ibid. vol. iii. Advertisement. 77. "A great part of the Christian world, as is well known, believes that after this life the souls of Christians ordinarily go into a prison called Purgatory, where they are kept in fire or other torment, till, their sins being burned away, they are at length fitted for that glorious kingdom into which nothing defiled can enter. Now, if there were any good reason for this belief, we should certainly have a very sad and depressing prospect before us.... But, in fact, Christ has mercifully interposed expressly to assure us that our friends are better provided for than this doctrine would make it appear. He assures us that they ' rest from their labours, and their works do follow them.' "--Ibid. p. 408. 78. " It is ' Jesus Christ, before our eyes evidently set forth, crucified among us.' Not before our bodily eyes; so far, every thing remains at the end of that heavenly communion as it did at the beginning. What was bread remains bread, and what was win...