the gospel, to admit the Catholics into situations of power, in which if they are honest, they ought to exert their abilities to overturn the protestant faith; and, if they are dishonest, and mere hypocrites, they are neither fit companions for the upright worshipper, nor proper persons to fill official posts in the state, of the highest importance.

No one can read the scriptures, without perceiving that a great deal of circumspection is recommended, even to those, who seem to stand most firmly on the rock of truth:-through want of attention, their feet may slip, and they may fall ;—and through their neglect, that rock which car. neither be destroyed by wind, nor waves, nor time itself, may be overgrown with noxious plants and weeds.-The seven churches of Asia fell, and have not yet recovered, from the slavery and the misery which followed that fall. The denunciation, "I will come "unto thee quickly, and remove thy candle"stick out of his place," ought to awake, and keep christians exceedingly vigilant in their spiritual concerns. They ought to preserve themselves from the fatal effects of apostacy, and from the insidious artifices of apostates The apostolical directions to them, are very plain." You must have no blasphemers amongst you of the synagogue of Satan-You "must not suffer amongst you, those who "would throw stumbling blocks in your

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concerning idols-The iniquities of the false prophetess Jezebel must have no place amongst you—Indifference and inactivity in "the vineyard of God, are exceedingly offensive "to him, and therefore must be banished from you;-for, by these means, the things of religion are scarcely kept alive-All false teachers and liars, must be driven from your society, "with becoming spirit and resolution, lest they "should rob you of your crown-Lukewarm

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ness, containing neither heat, nor cold, must "have no existence in the church of God, lest "he should arise in his anger, and destroy such "half worshippers;-that all the churches on "earth may know, that omnipotence searcheth "the hearts and reins-that he overlooks not "the conduct of a single individual-but, will "give unto all men according to their works."—

(3)---CONDEMNING LANGUAGE.-

To prove that this expression is justifiable, as well as to establish the fact that God has sentenced the apostacy of Rome to perdition ; and also to shew people who have not considered the nature of it, and what the almighty has spoken of it, some of the most striking passages of the sacred writings shall now be quoted, which describe its character, and the calamities awaiting it first premising, that it ought not to excite any wonder in us, that the deity who interferes in the affairs of this world, much

more than many are disposed to allow, should have made some communications concerning it, to a few of his faithful servants.-It was an evil of great maguitude that he was pointing out to them:-it was to continue many years— it was to afflict one of the finest quarters of the earth by its tyranny and oppression-it was to retard the progress of truth, and prevent the establishment of the pure doctrine of the gospel, and consequently, it would be a very great obstacle to the happiness of men.

One of the greatest prophets under the law, thus relates a divine communication made to him in the visions of the night, concerning this apostacy. "I, Daniel, was grieved in my spirit “in the midst of my body, and the visions of my head troubled me.—I came near unto one "of them that stood by, and asked him the

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great beasts which are four, are four kings, "which shall arise out of the earth;-but the "Saints of the most high shall take the king

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dom, and possess the kingdom for ever, even "for ever and ever-Then I would know the "truth of the fourth beast, which was diverse from all the others, exceeding dreadful, whose teeth were of iron, and his nails of "brass, which devoured brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with his feet ;-and of the ten horns that were in his head, and of "the other which came up, and before whom

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"three fell, even of that horn that had eyes, "and a mouth, that spake very great things, whose look was more stout than his fellows."I beheld, and the same horn, made war with "the Saints, and prevailed against them;— "until the ancient of days came, and judgement was given to the saints of the most "high; and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom.-Thus he said, the "fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and "sball tread it down, and break it in pieces."And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise:-and another shall arise after them, and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings"And he shall speak great words against the "most high, and shall wear out the saints of "the most high, and think to change times and "laws and they shall be given into his hand, "until a time, and times, and the dividing of "time. But the judgement shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, to con"sume and destroy it unto the end."

St. John describes the Papacy under similar symbols, and in language resembling that of Daniel." And I stood upon the sand of the

sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea "having seven heads and ten horns, and upon "his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the "name of blasphemy.-And there was given

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unto him a month speaking great things and blasphemies;—and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.-And "he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.-And 'it was given unto him to make war with the "Saints, and to overcome them; and power "was given him over all kindred, and tongues, "and cations." The apostle then wishes to fix the attention of his readers in a particular manner, upon the end of this destructive monster, and says, "if any man have an ear let him "hear: he that leadeth into captivity, "shall go into captivity :-he that killeth "with the sword, must be killed with the "sword."

With a little variation of the symbols, he enters more at large into the general iniquity of the papacy, under the character of the woman, thus described by the wise king of Israel"He lips drop as an honey comb, and her 66 mouth is smoother than oil-but her end is "bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two edged "sword, her feet go down to death, her steps “take hold on hell.-By her means, a man is brought to a piece of bread.-For, can a man "take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not "be burned?-Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?"

"And there came, one of the seven angels, which had the seven vials, and carried me