"Q. Why all mankind?

"A. Because they are the images of God, and redeemed with the blood of Christ.

"Q. Why especially Catholics ?

"A. Because they are members of the mystical body of Christ, the Church."

From the " Prayers for the Use of Catholics serving in the Fleets and Armies of Great Britain," - recently compiled by some of the Roman Catholic Prelates. London, 1810. p. 28.

"That thou vouchsafe to bless and save our most gracious sovereign George, with all the royal family, to support him by thy power, to direct him by thy wisdom, and to conduct him at length to thy eternal kingdom.-We beseech thee to hear us.

"That thou vouchsafe to protect and support our commanders and officers, to inspire them with wisdom and courage, to crown their exertions with victory and success, and after this life to bless them with the everlasting happiness of heaven.We beseech thee to hear us.

"That thou vouchsafe to give us grace to fear thee, to honour our king, and readily submit to all whom it is our duty and thy will that we should obey, because it is thy will: for we know that he that resisteth the power resisteth thy ordinance, O God; and they that resist, purchase to themselves damnation. Rom. xiii. 1, 2.-We beseech thee to hear us.

"That thou vouchsafe to strengthen us to do our duty in the day of battle, and if we die in the cause of our king and country, to accept our death in obedience to thy holy will, in penance for our

sins,

sims, and in union with the death of our Redeemer on the cross.-We beseech thee to hear us.”

P. 82.—“ An Admonition to Catholics serving in his Majesty's Fleets and Armies."

"If to the faithful performance of your duties to your king and country, you add a constant attention to the worship of God and to the salvation of your immortal souls, your happiness will be complete. Render, therefore, to Cæsar the things that are Cesar's and to God, the things that are God's. Matt. xxii. 21. Your families and your country are justly dear to you; but how much more dear than even these ought your own souls to be? What doth it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? Matt. xvi. 26.

"With regard to what concerns the conduct and behaviour of one man amongst you towards another: take care that no difference of religion disturb that union and peace which ought to reign in the hearts of those, who have one common duty and interest in serving and in defending their king and country."

From Bp. Turberville's "Abridgement of the Christian Doctrine." Re-edited London, 1798. P. 254. "Fourthly, We believe that in order to enter into life we must keep the commandments of God, and that whosoever dies in the guilt of a wilful breach of any one of these divine precepts, will be eternally lost. That no power upon earth can give

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any man leave to break any commandment of God, or commit any sin whatsoever, or to do evil that good may come of it. That neither the Pope, nor any man living, can dispense with the law of God, or make it lawful for any one to lye, to forswear himself, or do any other thing that is forbidden in the divine law.

"Fifthly, We believe that neither Priest, Bishop, nor Pope, nor any power in heaven or earth, can forgive any man his sins, without a hearty repent, ance, and a serious purpose of amendment. That, the indulgences granted in our church are neither a leave to commit sin, nor yet a pardon for sins to come, but only a release of the temporal punishment due to our sins; and that no indulgences can avail any man towards this release till, by a hearty repentance, he has renounced the guilt of his sins.

"Sixthly, Our faith teaches us to detest all massacres, treasons, and murders whatsoever, whether committed by Protestants against Catho lics, or by Catholics against Protestants. We look upon these as the very greatest of crimes that can be committed betwixt man and man; and such as cannot be justified by any pretext of religion. And so far are Catholics from thinking it no sin to murder heretics, which is so falsely and unjustly imputed to them, that in all kingdoms and states, which profess the Catholic religion, any such murderer of heretics, must certainly look for nothing else but death from the laws of the country, and damnation, if he dies impenitent, by the faith and doctrine of his Church.

P. 256.

P. 256. Eighthly, In fine, we believe that no man can be justified, either by the works of the law of nature, or of the law of Moses, without faith in Jesus Christ. That we cannot, by any prece dent works, merit the grace of justification. That all the merit of our good works is the gift of God: and that every merit and satisfaction of ours en tirely depends on the merits and passion of Christ. See Council of Trent, Sess. 6.

"These are our real principles, taught by our Church in her Councils, and learnt by her children in their very Catechisms. These true Catholic principles, we are ready not only to sign with our hands, but if called to it, and assisted by divine grace, to seal also with our blood. We renounce, detest, and anathematize all contrary doctrines imputed to us by the father of lies, or any of his agents; who are, and always have been busy to misrepresent and slander the Church of God."

Extracts from the "Apology and Reply to the Answer of the Apology of the English Catholics." London, 1668.

Preface, p. 21.-" "Tis an article of my faith that neither Heresy nor Turcism (because ill must not be done that good may come of it) can be opposed: by rebellion."

Apology, p. 33.—"Now, for the 5th of November, with hands lifted up to heaven, we abominate and detest, and from the bottom of our hearts say, May they fall into irrevocable perdition, who propagate that faith by the blood of kings, which is to be planted in truth and meekness only."

Apology, p. 37.-"We have no study but the glory of our sovereign, and the just liberty of the subjects; nor is it a mean argument of our duty, when every Catholic lord gave his voice for the restoration of Bishops *, by which we could pretend no other advantage but that 26 votes, subsisting wholly by the crown, were added to the defence of kingship, and consequently a check to all anarchy and confusion."

Reply, p. 73.—" That our general council decrees this-[that the Pope has power to depose kings, and to discharge subjects of their allegiance] he (the Answerer of the Apology) proves by the Lateran Council under Innocent III. † which expressly ordains (he says) that in case any prince be a favourer of Heretics, after admonition given, the Pope shall discharge his subjects from their allegiance, and shall give away the kingdom to some: Catholic, that he may root out those Heretics.'

"I grant that the sense of the words is in the Council, and that, in determinations of Faith, Councils are infallible. But, as for other matters, we say not that Councils are infallible in every point, even in matters of fact. Besides Council's ordinations

The Catholics were not excluded from Parliament till the Revolution.

+ The author of the Apology does not seem to be aware of the interpolation of the exceptionable canon of Innocent III. It was not discovered as such when the Apology was written, though, since that period, many proofs have been adduced to this effect. But the author's reasoning on the canon, supposing it to be genuine, is a sufficient answer to those who apprehend mischief from it.