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ſtances of my 

the Roman Cath; 
long time paſt my inter 
your conſideration ſome p: 
cerning them. But as an order was 
given laſt year by the H ouſe of Lords to 
make an exact enqt 5 into the number 
of Pogitts n ollen 
thought it adv 
of that enumeration. 

The Returns of this Seger 
have reaſon to believe Was as made wit 
great agcuracy) were feige Wen 

* the dre 5 Hou . ; 


N! 


5 exceedingly 8 what ſome well mean- 
ing but ill informed people conceived it 
to be *, and even much leſs than might 
0 have Hank. expected from the great in- 
creaſe of population throughout the king- 
dom in generals, but eſpecially in the 
1 . e of, cheſler . It 3 Ky 


--#onabl Stn * Ana when to this we 
5 . add, 


I i» » The 8 of f Papiſs in e England wid. Wales 
E 7 e e to the Houſe of Lords in. 1767 was 657,916. 
I 15 178069. 376. The difference i is only i 460. It 
F 4 ee pamphlets and 1 news- papers that con- 
verts to N were . . and thou- 


2 l. Bit This SER of en "ab the Revolu 
e Sein. within the laſt fifty 2 2285 has | 
deen proved by Mr. Howlett in his Examination 
1 PTE of. lately publiſhed!” He 1 

146, that in the Dioceſe of O 
e, there has been guet the year 1717 an ine L 
2 . 9 24 Let 25 ſouls. 7 ITY 
WEE ; METS what Mr. Homterth has rendergd pro 


+1 


add, whit: is 2 well Known fact, ben: 
+ ſeveral Roman Catholic gentlemen of the 
very firſt diſtinction, aud of the largeſt 
fortunes, have of late years conſormed 
. to the Eſtabliſhed Church, and muſt. un- 4 
x doubtedly] have grun after them 1 1 
of their relations, frientis and dependetits, 
we! Tp very” reaſonably corielute, «tint 4 
the Church of Rome is, upon hole, 
rather loſing chan Ar ground: 3 
amongſt . Hal 
- But; altho*: for- diele and many other 
reaſons, which might be aſſigned, it 4s A 
evident. that the Proteſtant religian; in 1 
this kingdom can have nothing de- 


e to apprebend from fo. feeble e 1 
4 yet as ĩt always has been and ſtill is: 3 


more numerous, and of courſe: an! od j Ny i 
| of more importance in the Dioceſe 06 
Chei * W in kann other$; and a As een 4 


* 
* * ap? 


as x x FF FR mf. .H 
I 33 1 75 ers Chika Fa 2 7 I 
1 Wales /xmounts-co itte, eg * hs: ren. 

"- who are- under 79,0094, do N | ar £4 


Fdredch part of che whole. 15 
8 "According to the ir "lit =) 
che number of Papiſts in the > Divecle of TEL 
born 51 LIC. | e ; £1016 HA SEW - i 
9 51 0 N A 70 1 


7 


F oo —4 n to MEE ict 3 

4 jealous eye, and guarded againſt with 
greateſt caution; I therefore think it 
at Sx to * 2 a few pages to vou 


f 1 0. rom various parts of my F D | Big 


| "Weveers grant to b be wid, that we 
Seen 0: gain coriverts tot,” 8 ee 


mw rand af 


This l cer“ 
F tally make the ile of Proſelyt tiſm 

Far in + "i than in us. Vet flit a 
| little more earneſineſs i in the cauſe of trutl 
than e N neu would highly 
| 1 5 A become 


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e « 2 5 | 2 error of his v 
whenever we can do ĩt by fair argun , 
endeavours to protec: "thoſe who are un- 
der our care from the ſeductions of Pos 
pery. I do not. indeed find, after (th & 
firicteſt examination into RF the fact, that 
the number of converts mad e of late years 
to the © Church of Hang. a 15 5 * 2 
loweſt u. under — and fearce.; an) > 


them are proſelytes on pr 
the ground of fair and o 


— 


| The means generally made uſe, of. tle} 
; duce them Are : (as I am informed from 
ters) theſe. that follow: e 15 l 


TTY 


T4 bat hoſt” po 
16T: e baffle. Sometimes 4 ſmall ſum 
notiey is the bait; ſometimes | the 

Fombs which fall Adin” a" rich man's 
wle; fometitmes che Promiſes of an eſta- 


2 fittle” farm, or 2 profitable 


=> E. * Every lure, in "ſhort," is tried in 
tits turn, — NE wi one is found out: 
| d "the frailty ol Human nature is too 


t le Fit 0 temptations. $a this 
1 d, fo artfully accommodated to the 
EE of the ſubjett to be practiſed 
St. To minds uncultivated by educa- 
tion and unſuppofted by principle, they 
0 often prove irreſiſtible; and it can 

n — oF if a poor labourer” is 
now and then pr 


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do 4 Aa 


wt mal al” ei 


ailed on to maj 


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3 a re or t anbnitnonly made to the Romi i 
- -Commr nion 285 the ao pooh of Ta- | 


a4 +4 Lode ed & 


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olt cafes 8 are not e 4 
tended with bad conſequences; fuch ſti- 
pulations being ufually made before hand 
as ſecure each party and their children 
in the undiſturbed + enjoyment of their 
reſpective religions. But in the lower 
ranks of people ſuch" pre cnutions being 
ſeldom uſed; they too often «make ſhips 
wreck of their faith!” It muſt he owned | 
indeed, that the Church of England 14 

ſometimes 4 gainer by theſe inter marri- 1 : 
ages Is well as the Chiret of Romi 

| aw he balance is, I fear, upon Pome 
in four of the latter!” Fr anch a 
of the two parties happens to de the Pa 

8 pt, that party being generally "more 
earneſt and expert in the buſineſs of Prop” - 
ſelytiſm, than the other, is too fret 16ntly 

1 fueceſsful; and the purſſaſi e Arts hf 

wiker dr une vnetsces and ſometiites Mo- 

lences 6 the huſband, When 1 

with zeal ind perſeverante, ſeldotm fail 
to carry their point at laſt. 1 27 

3. Archird contrivanet And fdr He N 

[moſt i(chicvotrs"6He S an is cats 


that there are many ohne jr that 
nmunion; who diſdain ſuch. practices 
as theſe who have the liberality to inſiſt 
on all their Proteſtant ſervants conſtantly 
the pariſi church; Who re: 

ir Priefts from the leaſt attempt 

t the principles of their domeſ- 
and diſtribute their favouts and 


l Fee tag de- 
aiſe. But there are others 
to believe) of that 


is, I beli Ve, Kill greater i in ts 


1 T5 WF 


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a poor lad is given.up into the: hands o 
bi the long term of f | 


—. it mud b. 
Sead begcne great obj 
way of doing this 1 conceive, will he to 


Wo; —— 
And the moſt oeſſectnal 


ons againſt the: feductions, and. to en 
hort em in ow > moſt ' carieſd mani, | 


a fave: r you — 
enges terms, the extreme folly: a8: } 
well. 2 wickedneſs f barteri 


't at n On their virtuous: induſtry 4 6 be 
ed to them:“ and that they may al- 
ways find out the r means of eee 


egurity, d altogether —— on a th 
re take: = them by their parents, re- 
ew s, guardians or friends. Theſe, ' | 
therefore, you will not fail to diſſuade in 3 
the moſt earneſt manner from the prac- 
8 uy of ſuffering their children or Wards 
o enter either as. Servants or. Appren : I 
| — Roman Catholic families, here 
although. they mays. and ſometimes du; = 
through the moderation and good ſenſe 1 
of the maſter, continue unſolicited ang 
Iyntainted; yet the danger of their being $ 
ſeduced is certainly very great. To K - 2 
yoſe them to ſo much temptation is ann 
; act of great cruelty and injuſtice 3 
it is the more unpardonable,: becauſe it 
cannot; be defended on, the. plea either f 
Er intereſt. There iunmed 1 
greater choice 5 oF. ars iees and of 


1 


r 


F view vel commonly be — better | 
3 CR, | | 125 con- 


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NESS 


la the loſs may be infinite, is a queſtion 
7 which ougkt to be well eonfidered, and | 
e home on the conſciences of [thoſe 7 
: who are concerned ok anſwer ict. * . E 

WER bs eee Miniſter 
4 to o interfere, > cc Were chere is «a 


pe in dime of man anger and 


Ini W ne tee Wy: Ry with abe ty 
_ thoſe poo t children dat ie eee eee 
- vificers;3. who will ſome times 
times defignedly bind them to 
a few pounds. I have even hear 
Nees, 6 which is ſurely 0 


ae ie Pac of the people, __ ge- = 
nerally take their riſe from worldly ant 
intereſted motives, it is a matter of due 
as well as an act of common humanitys | 
to make t them ſenſible how little comfort 
can be expected from an union founded 
on ſuch ſordid views, and how mifera- 
bly they conſult their preſent peace, as 2 
well as their future felicity, by connec 
tions at ande fo RING and fo. ans] ” 
833 is « Bill one en more th L 
121 conſideration, and that is, the 
Schools kept by Roman Catholics, where 
Proteſtant as well-as Popiſh children. are 
ſometimes taught. Theſe ſchools, I muſt 
confeſs, have always appeared to me to 
be attended with ſome degree of danger. 
Their own children, let them, if thex 
pleaſe, ry eee, n 3 
their own inſtructors. To reſtrain them 


1 eduld hren vibe I Gar that cf 


1 


forcing their youth te Romiſh ſeminar fes 


abroad, where they would probably im- 


bibe much grôffe r ſuperſtitions, and poli- 
: tical ſentlimctrts much more Hoſtile to tlie 
Engliſh conflitation, than they could pol 


* fibly learn in this country. It Would 
bh. therefore be very unwiſe, as well as very 


cruel, to ſuppr reſs all places of education 
for Roman Catholics. But it does not 
| ſeem to me neceſſary on any grounds ei ei. 
ther of wiſdon 
* them 2 the education of Proteſtant 
children. It gives then 


after wards to efface. Ich! bos 
13 doing them but common ju tice; 
| icknowledge that ne complaints-of this 
* a U 7, have eomèe to me 1 * 


or humanity; to intruſt 


I n too many oppor- | 
3 tinitiesof Funes their eee infer 


de uy | = Nj es > om fm A TY) 


+ fot, ou 


- . EE 1 N 
le a0 aoqpaiptediwith a ſinfle-one 
be een brought bout in any ge. 
heb 13% 2 16}: 113 5 
| "This — thay ane ite ie f 
indifference, or more liberality of ſenti- 
ment, in ſome of theſe. people than bne 
ſhould naturally expect; yet ſtill as Id 
not. chuſe to truſt a matter of ſo me 1 
| importance as the firſt religious notions” . 
of. a child to the direction of F perſons who 
1 more. celehn A 2 
treat you to make — : 


2 


you can think of, to convince your pa- 
riſhioners of the extrem impropriety aum 4 
danger of ſending. their children ta P- 
piſh Schools. The remedy for this evi 

is plainly in our own hands. If no Pro? 
toflants wills 1 Ng their children to attend 


cannot: ea ar cal tink of: Cath J 
for it in any part of Saglandy 3 but leaſh | 
of all in this ioc = 4 


kigbel to the loweſl, than 3 

| trict of the kingdom that I kgs: 

with.. There can be no other poſſible 

| induce ment for placing them in Roman 

Gatholic Scho ls, than that of having 

them taught ata cheaper . or perhaps 
without any ball wich is an 


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ail. eee and familiarly 
rery part of the Church Catechiſm; 
Which beſides furniſhing them with the 
firſt principles of Chriſtianity, will afford, 


you frequent opportunities of pointing 
and expoſing the principal corropti- 
* the: Chureh. of Rome; This you 
5nd you — unte 
* 1 nen, on/he 


thoſe parts of Holy Seriptare. Par are 
moſt plain and level to their capaciti s; 
INT Lhopez belittle danger e of thelt ; 


« which Lam beppy de 5 


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65. mich ar du b. Sd e ſixth 
£4: 4 EF 1 ; volume | 


As mee bie Sermons Cnttain therbaſt 

and moſtm: ſterly Confutation of the RO- 
miſh Faith that i is to be found in our lan- | 
1 in To ſmall LY nene and 48 it 


Miſcellas neil 8 T1 


Ae ere z dhe * Ae 
tion in Which the 7 were o ; 


55 em a into heform of 2 Bede Trad & bn: 


w 0 Mond be e e ebe 
bp pplying ee wagy mh Meſſrs. Jobn 1 
age and Sens, in St. Pauli bur h-. 
yard, London . een till ſmaller 
Tra of this fort are ſold at a very eaſy 
rate by the ſame Society, which it maybe 
convenient” ſométimes to diſtributk a- 
mong you” pariſhioners, eſpecially -of 
e younger fort, Several of theſe are 


1 | 28 
"Mia _ Bog 


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=, n MY 0 


 -xradts/behonging tolihe Sogictys; withip ſanjelmeaſare } 
are want of what I rf) tgp, myghndifyſed + | 


P * 4 * . 
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rant a wa ns Ges e Po- | 
peryzʒ pip one of theſe artiſices is ſaid 
to be the circulation, of ſmall books 
Cl :; capacities.of the vulgar, 3 

Tudent, . in this inſtance, to 


a 
one octavo: volume, by the Rey. Mr. 
Smith. He was formerly a Prieſt i in the 

hurchf of Rome; became a convert to 


ch of England from principle; 9 
hole klergymen - who are not already mem- « 
1 the; - Society aboye: mentioned for promoting 


Cbriſtian Knewleage,, i an whoſe circumſtances will al- 


cellent one publiſhed a few . 1 


48 * 


5 low it, I would earneſt Iy1 Tecommend their becoming W 


+ without delay. The Expence 1 is trifling 4/ the uſe 
may be great. The diſtribution of the little religious | 


mongft us l Per, onal conference with our 24 5 
roper peter concetuing the mod an 


Hallings, Secretary to the Society, i in e eie, 
5 N ra, Lr 5 8 8 37 £5 15 e 1 65 | 


4 
Was # a 


4 


terms of 1 | 
admiffon may be had by. Writing: to / the Rev. Mr. 1 


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Worn — greats Se 
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mor Gail ling 4 —— eel 
All theſe precautions are, as you will 
5 «perceive, perfectly conſiſtent with chat 
5 tlene s of manners and humanity- 
| ent, which the 3criptu 


lather AO Sp te 0 ” 
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«+ wit 

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2 . * God fo rbid 
that the glorious. cauſe of Proteſtantiſm 
| could ever fand in need of 8 


rue e of Mr. Smith's bob is;"7'he Errors o 
1% / kf 6h Charch of Romt drlected, in ten Dialogues, Kc. ei 15 


| fold by. 9 St. Paul's nne 1 
| "Ho BEE 2 . 


Us 23 41 5 
p den means of defending" e N has 4 
' nd Lig ottry. | Thearms of- a Proteſtant 5 


nd "the: 22 de Ae a t 3 
other LIN in religion but che We 
Sine. + The true ſe cret, in 


"AND Mewes IN cononemion. "This 5 
is the * which” Divine Wi EN 


MN Will nos and out à better. 4 wer, * ih 

-V A F er Je its, „ys the div 1 7%. 
n thank: my. brethren, you Will, Lam con- 
2 ident, moſt n f ae You Will ; x 1 


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perſons. > 1p: arts 40 as 5 theſe you wil E i 
n, natnly reruns then: « n men man hich We 


0 


realeſs-a5 devest“, This precept | 


ab ly San man converts from 

them to your own Communion. For 
Fo cannot be a more effectual way ta 
the hearts, and. ſu ue the preju- 


SEP». * > 


i 2 ob en and in- 


: Ven, on his 
5 ene the Sutra 


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