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μεν ουδεις επεαν δε γερων γενηται καρτα, ΟΙ προσήκοντες οι παντες συνελθοντες θύουσι μιν, και άλλα πρόβατα αμα αυτω· εψησαντες δε τα κρεα, κατευωχέονται. Ταυτα μεν τα ολβιώτατα σφι VevoμOTα-The Massagetæ following the example of their ancestors and the customs of their nation, killed their venerable and aged parents, and, in what they esteemed a sacred religious rite, feasted upon them ;-the Roman Catholics, after they have caused the God of nature, their heavenly father, to be changed into bread and wine, by muttering a few words, with pious rapture, eat him.-O! monstrous, horrible doctrine!-doctrine, only worthy to emanate from the diabolical head of the great apostacy ;from him, who 'sits in the temple as God, open'ing his mouth in impious falsehoods and 'shocking blasphemies, and exalting himself 'far above the great Jehovah, the lofty one 'that inhabiteth eternity, the Lord omnipotent, 'the only God.'—

THE GOSPEL.

It was one of the last injunctions of Christ to his disciples, that they should " go and teach "all nations to observe the things which he had "commanded them :"-consequently, they were bound to endeavour to open the minds of their bearers, exactly as their Lord had opened theirs,

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by his clear and plain interpretation of the law of Moses, the writings of the prophets, and the Psalms, that they might understand the scriptures and the word of life-The apostle St. Paul obeying this direction, makes use of the following energetic language upon the subject of teaching to edification.-"If the trumpet gives an uncertain sound, who shall prepare "himself to the battle?-So likewise you, except ye utter by the tongue words easy to be "understood, how shall it be known what is spoken?-for, ye shall speak into the air: "therefore, if I know not the meaning of the voice, I shall be unto him that speaketh a "barbarian ;—and he that speaketh shall be a "barbarian unto me:-I speak with tongues "more than you all;-yet in the Church I had "rather speak five words with meaning, that "by my voice I might teach others also, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue.

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THE PAPACY.

Rome preaches to her congregations, what she calls the doctrine of the scriptures, in an unknown tongue;-for, whatever the laity, es. pecially the poorer sort, might have known of the Latin language fourteen or fifteen hundred years ago, it may safely be asserted, that for the last nine or ten centuries, they have known little or nothing of it;-and, Rome, unless she is

grossly misrepresented, exerts all the means in her power, at the present time, to prevent her people from enjoying the free use of the sacred writings in their vernacular tongue-by these double means she formerly shut the temple of God, and prevented those from entering it, who anxiously desired to do so :-by the same means, she still shews her hostility to the truth,—and would still keep her members in ignorance, aud prevent them from worshipping God: but, his omnipotent hand has reached her, on account of her " abominations;"-and like the once majestic oak, scathed by the lightening from heaven, she stands a shattered mouument of God's fiery indignation and wrath," ready to fall, at the next blow, "headlong into the abyss of fire and briinstone" prepared at her feet.—Who, then, shall dare to stand up against God when he is angry? who shall dare to lift up an armn in support of that, upon which God is "pouring out his indignation”,—and against which, "he is blowing in the fire of his wrath."

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THE GOSPEL.

Christ taught, in his beautiful sermon on the mount, "that the poor in spirit are blessed ;”— for, "theirs is the kingdom of heaven."-On another occasion, in one of his finest, and most striking parables, he taught the doctrine, that, after this life was ended, men would be placed

in realms of happiness or misery, according to the nature of their behaviour in this world ;giving us plainly to understand, that it would be impossible for any to pass from one of those states to the other." The beggar died, and "was carried by angels into Abraham's bosom, “the rich man also died, and in hell he lift up "his eyes;"—to whom Abraham says, "between "us and you there is a great gulph fixed; so "that they, which would pass from hence to

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you cannot, neither can they pass to us, that "would come from thence:"-and, that he might leave no doubt upon the minds of christians, concerning this important article, he established the existence of only two abodes, for the reception of men beyond the grave, in strong and alarming terms:-"the hour is co"ming, in the which all that are in their graves "shall hear his voice, and shall come forth, they that have done good unto the resurrec"tion of life; and they that have done evil un"to the resurrection of damnation."

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THE PAPACY.

Rome teaches the "doctrine of a purgatory, or middle state; and that the souls of imper"fect christians therein detained, are helped by "the prayers of the faithful."-Faithful as Abraham, the friend of God, is represented to to have been, by the sacred historian, he

declares, in the parable, which describes him, as having Lazarus in his bosom, that it was entirely out of his power, to be of the smallest service to the rich man, in his place of punishment. He could not even afford him, so inch as a single drop of water, to cool the tip of his tongue. How different is the power of the Catholic priests! They first, in opposition to every thing, ever taught by Christ or his apostles, and every thing mentioned in the bible concerning the state of departed souls, embody the visionary fancies of their superstitious imaginations into a purgatory, then fill it with "the "souls of imperfect christians," and afterwards help them out of this temporary prison house, by means of their prayers and supplications ;not indeed, charitably and gratuitously offered, but, for gold. The pride, and arrogance of Rome, are here remarkably conspicuous-Abraham whilst on earth, commiserating the destruction of the inhabitants of two populous cities, ventured to intercede with God for their preservation, but without success.-Christ in his benevolent regard, even for the wretches who were torturing him, offered up his prayers to his heavenly father, that " he would forgive them"-Nailed to the cross between two malefactors, in the moment of excruciating pain, he prayed, and said, "Father forgive them, for

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they know not what they do."--Such an extraordinary appeal, under such awful circumstances, was never before made to heaven!

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