"The Book of the Roman Catholic Church," AGAINST THE REV. GEORGE TOWNSEND'S "Accusations of History against the BOOK OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH," IN THE PUbliCATIONS OF DOCTOR PHILLPOTTS, THE REV. JOHN TODD, M. A. F. S. A. THE REV. STEPHEN ISAACSON, B. A. THE REV. JOSEPH BLANCO WHITE, M.A. B.D.; BY DOCTOR SOUTHEY, IN HIS "VINDICIÆ ECCLESIÆ ANGLICANE," AND IN SOME ANONYMOUS PUBLICATIONS. BY CHARLES BUTLER, Esq. WITH COPIES OF DOCTOR PHILLPOTTS'S FOURTH LETTER TO MR. BUTLER, Containing a CHARGE against Dr. LINGARD; A LETTER OF DOCTOR LINGARD TO MR. BUTLER, A further Crimination of Dr. Lingard by Dr. Phillpotts; AND Dr. Lingard's Vindication of himself against this Crimination; and several Miscellaneous Documents. SECOND EDITION, ENLARGED. CLONDON: JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE-STREET. M.DCCC.XXVI. I DO NOT HOLD, THAT THE ROMAN CATHOLIC RE "LIGION IS ONE WHICH ENJOINS DISLOYALTY: "I DO NOT HOLD THE MAXIM, THAT FROM THEIR "SCRUPLES ABOUT THE OATH OF SUPREMACY THEY ARE "A DISLOYAL PEOPLE: " "I DO NOT HOLD, THAT THEY MAINTAIN ANY SUCH "BELIEF, AS THAT THE POPE MAY DEPOSE PROTESTANT PRINCES, OR ABSOLVE CATHOLIC SUBJECTS FROM ALLE"GIANCE TO THEM; OR THAT NO FAITH IS TO BE KEPT "WITH HERETICS, OR PERSONS OF A DIFFERENT RELI"GIOUS PERSUASION FROM THEMSELVES." Extract from the Speech of the Rt. Rev. Dr. Horsley, Luke Hansard & Sons, TABLE OF CONTENTS. LETTER to CHARLES BLUNDELL, Esq. on the Answers to "the Book of the Roman Catholic Church," page i-cvi PRELIMINARY LETTER page 1 I. Mr. Townsend's assertion, that a decree of the Council of Constance, which an article of the creed of Pope Pius IV. compels every conscientious Romanist to adopt, sanctions the doctrine "that "faith is not to be kept with heretics" Denied 2 3 II. His insinuation, that "the Author, in the Book of "the Roman Catholic Church, deserves a harsh "name for intimating, knowing it to be otherwise, "that Romanism is founded on Scripture" - 5 IV. His assertion that Arminianism, Calvinism, Quakerism and Socinianism, may be found in the writings of the Romanist Divines Denied 9 10 V. His assertion, that all the new orders of the Romanists appeal to Popery, and protest agninst the Scrip ture Denied 11 ib. 1. Mr. Townsend's vindication and adoption of Doctor Southey's expression, that "the Roman Catholic 2. His intimation that " if the adherents to Rome are as "numerous as they are represented to be in the "Book of the Roman Catholic Church,' the vigilance 1.-Identity of the Doctrine preached to them, and of the LETTER VI. ST. DUNSTAN. Mr. Townsend's charge against the Author of " the Book of "the Roman Catholic Church," of "Historical Dis"honesty," for omitting to mention St. Dunstan's speech at the Synod of Calne Disproved LETTERS VII. & VIII. I. INVESTITURES AND IMMUNITIES II.-ST. THOMAS A BECKET 22 ib. 25 26 Mr. Townsend's assertion, that "in defending St. Thomas, "the author of 'the Book of the Roman Catholic 6. 66 Church,' has quoted the half only of a passage, cited by him from Mr. Turner's History, to prove a point, "which was refuted by the remainder" 28 Transcription of the whole passage: it completely III.-Statement by the Author of "the Book of the Roman Catholic Church," of the rise, extension, and fall of the Temporal Power of the Pope LETTER IX. KING JOHN. 29 1. Mr. Townsend's declaration, that "he is almost "tempted to believe all the accusations of Protestants against the fairness and candour of the Church of "Rome; and could also accuse the Author of the "Book of the Roman Catholic Church,' of insidious "Jesuitism, for his representation of the conduct of King John, in the cession of the kingdom to the Both accusations shown to be perfectly groundless, ib. |