"Show me if thou canst for thy guts, or name any popish city, that hath made such provision for the fatherless and widow, as the city of London."

I call Bristow a traitorous papist, and shameless beast.”

"I say the papists, like impudent dogs, yelp and bark against us, that the Fathers are all on one side, because they have sucked out of their writings a few dregs of a great quantity of good liquor contained in the vessels, having the Fathers in the most and greatest matters against them."

"A proud hypocrite priest, of stinking, greasy, antichristian, and execrable orders, I cannot find where I have termed him, except I should read over the whole book: but if I have used such speeches, I think they are no worse than his wicked behaviour, and popish sacrificing priesthood deserve to have. Blasphemous heretic, he giveth me often occasion to call him."

"Moreover, Allen hath called that learned Father M. Pilkington, a mock-Bishop, I said, if he be a mock-Bishop which beside his excellent learning, is also a painful and diligent preacher of the Gospel, what are those unlearned asses, and reckless ruffians of your sect, which have nothing of a Bishop, but a rotchet and a mitre. Likewise I say, that Allen raileth like a ruffian at our ministers in the ruff of their new communion."

"Where he saith, that bread and wine of the sacrament have no promise, I tell him he lyeth like an arrogant hyprocrite, for bread and wine have as good promise in the one sacrament, as water in the other."

"Also where we affirm, that men's works must not presume to win heaven, nay to purge sins, nor to meddle with Christ's work of redemption, and the office of only faith; which assertions Allen calleth corruptions of Christian conditions, I say, it is a blasphemous barking of an horrible hell-hound."

"Also where Stapleton had cited a falsifyed canon of

the Nicene Council, confuted by the Greek copies, and the right translation of the Latin, by Ruffinus, by Peter Crabs confession: I conclude, but such draff and dregs of falsifications, additions, detractions, mutations, &c. are good enough for popish swine.'

"I call not only Martial, but all papists, shameless dogs, and blasphemous idolaters."

"I say he raileth upon Calvin like a ruffian, and slandereth him like a devil, because he saith a ship would not carry the pieces of the cross that are showed in so many places, which yet is confirmed by the testimony of Erasmus."

"Also where Martial goeth about to prove that the sacraments are no helps of our faith, I said, did you ever hear such a filthy hog grunt so beastly, of the holy sacrament, that they should be no helps of our faith?

I could go on, my Lord, with these selections a great deal further, but these are sufficient to give us an idea of the beneficial tendency of the Bible. I have read many books of one sort and another, but never in all my literary travels, did I meet with any thing to equal the language and spirit, here displayed by Wm. Fulke, Doctor of Divinity, Clergyman of the Church of England, and man of God. Let no man after this talk to me about vulgarity. And the bitter, rancorous, and deadly spirit of the man, exceeds every thing within human conception. But how can we wonder at it? The Bible, says he, justifies the punishment of heretics BY DEATH. Out of curiosity I looked into Watt's Bibliotheca Britannica, and found the following notice of this monster:

"A celebrated Divine of England, and Master of Pembroke Hall, Cambridge, was born in London; died 1589." I then looked into the Encyclopædia Britannica, and found him noticed as follows:

"A learned and eminent Divine of the Church of England in the 16th century."

So that a man who holds the doctrine, that because a fellow-creature differs from him in opinion, he ought to be put to death, is a celebrated and eminent Divine! All history, with very little exception, so far as it describes the characters of Kings, Priests, and Lords, is delusion and falsehood. The words applied to their characters, are no more applicable than rationality is applicable to your lordship's proceedings in the last session of Parliament. I have for some time held an opinion, and I now declare it, that of all the monsters that have lived, priests have been the greatest; for that man indeed must be a monster, that would hack his fellow-creature into pieces, merely because he differed from him in opinion; which difference he had no power to prevent, for belief is invol untary. And how many millions of human beings have been hacked to pieces, and butchered at the command of priests! The world has been made a slaughter-house by their horrible proceedings. Some of the best men that have lived, have fallen a sacrifice to their malice and fury; and even now were it not for the light of science, and the development of intellect among the people, which has taken place in spite of their determined opposition, their atrocities would be continued with the same unrelenting ferocity. I eonceive it the duty of every good man, to exert himself to put down the abominable character of priest, not by any violence or injury done to the person, but merely reducing them to their character as human beings, by stripping them of their powers, and exploding their pretensions. I wish for nothing but the happiness of the human race, and I am satisfied that that happiness would be promoted, by ridding the world of this pestiferous abomination.

Mosheim tells us that the principle of torturing each other for religious differences, arose in the Christian Church in the beginning of the fourth century; which was very natural, for previous to that time Christians had been the subjects of torture themselves, at the instigation of other priests, and consequently had not the power to

put the principle in practice, or doubtless they would have done it. For as soon as they did acquire power, which was at the conversion of Constantine, they enforced the principle with greater rigour and severity, and to a greater extent, than even those they called Heathens, for the latter had humanity enough to refrain from butchering themselves, although divided into numberless sects, whilst the Christians not only tortured and butchered the Heathens, but they tortured and butchered one another, which is a brutality not to be equalled in the annals of barbarism. I shall lay the passage alluded to before your lordship, for besides decribing the origin of the principle just mentioned, it describes the origin of another principle in the Christian Church, not less important for us to know. That principle was, the virtue of telling lies! The passage is as follows:

"The interests of virtue and true religion suffered yet more grievously by two monstrous errors that were almost universally adopted in this century, [the fourth], and became a source of innumerable calamities and mischiefs in the succeeding ages. The first of these maxims was, That it was an act of virtue to deceive and lie, when by that means the interests of the Church might be promoted," and the second equally horrible, though in another point of view, was, 'That errors in religion, when maintained and adhered to after proper admonition, were punishable with civil penalties and corporeal tortures.' The former of these erroneous maxims was now of a long standing; it had been adopted for some ages past, and had produced an incredible number of ridiculous fables, fictitious prdigies, and pious frauds, to the unspeakable detriment of that glorious cause in which they were employed. And it must be frankly confessed, that the greatest men, and most eminent Saints of this century, were more or less tainted with the infection of this corrupt principle, as will appear evidently to such as look with an attentive eye into

So that a man who holds the do fellow-creature differs from him in be put to death, is a celebrated and history, with very little exception the characters of Kings, Priests, and falsehood. The words app are no more applicable than r your lordship's proceedings in the ment. I have for some time he declare it, that of all the monst have been the greatest; for tl.. monster, that would hack his ' merely because he differed fr difference he had no power to untary. And how many n. been hacked to pieces, and 1 priests! The world has be their horrible proceedings. have lived, have fallen a fury; and even now wer and the development of in has taken place in spite their atrocities would relenting ferocity. I good man, to exert hi character of priest, no to the person, but mer acter as human beings. and exploding their I the happiness of the 1 that happiness woul of this pestiferous ab Mosheim tells u other for religious Church in the beg was very natural, for been the subjects of 1 of other priests, and