HISTORIES, DIARIES, LETTERS, AND OTHER DOCUMENTS, WITH PLATES. BY THE REV. JOSEPH MENDHAM, M. A. Cætera item omnia à sacris Canonibus, et œcumenicis Conciliis, ac præcipue à sacro- Bulla Pii IV. super forma juramenti professionis fidei. Bullar. Mag. In sacro- LONDON: JAMES DUNCAN, 37, PATERNOSTER-ROW. MDCCCXXXIV. 2172.29 HARVARD 1875, March 22 'He,' Pallavicino, frequently quotes the Acts of the Council; the Vatican, it seems, is 'furnished with plenty of them; the Acts of Paleottus, of Mensottus, of the bishop of Salamanca, &c. O how thankful would many men be to his holiness, would he bless the world with the sight of these! yea, what would they not willingly give to purchase them! If then they are such as will abide the test, why are they still kept under lock and key? Is it not to be suspected, that the wares are adulterate, when the merchant will not be per'suaded to bring them into the light? Is the Court of Rome so self-denying, as not to pub'lish those things, which make for their advantage? May we not then conclude, that either they are such as will not endure the trial; or in case they will, that besides what makes for them, they contain those matters also, which make more against them?' The Necessity of Reformation, with respect to the Errors and Corruptions of the TO GREGORY XVI. SOVEREIGN AND PONTIFF OF ROME, TO WHOM IT is competent TO ATTEMPT THE ONLY MEANS, WHICH, If adopted, WOULD BE EFFECTUAL, OF EXONERATING HIS CHURCH FROM THE CONTINUED CHARGE OF SUPERSTITION AND IDOLATRY, OF PERFIDY, CRUELTY, AND ASSUMED DOMINION OVER SECULAR SOVEREIGNS, BY CALLING A COUNCIL, FOR THE EXPRESS PURPOSE OF CONDEMNING AND ABOLISHING EVERY ENORMITY WHICH CLASSES ITSELF UNDER THOSE OFFENSIVE HEADS; THE PRESENT MEMOIRS OF A COUNCIL, TO WHICH, WITH OTHERS, THEY ARE PRINCIPALLY INDEBTED FOR THEIR ORIGIN OR ESTABLISHMENT, ARE NOT IRREVERENTLY ADDRESSED BY ONE OF THE BEST WISHERS TO HIS TEMPORAL AND ETERNAL WELFARE, THE AUTHOR. |