Biography and Miscellany

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: ' lion would produce the before named lamentations, hence, there can be no impropriety in transferring the name of Babylon to Her. Moreover, it may be observed, 1, the King is styled the defender of the (popish) faith, and this will be evident, if we consider, that he holds this title by a grant made to...
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: ' lion would produce the before named lamentations, hence, there can be no impropriety in transferring the name of Babylon to Her. Moreover, it may be observed, 1, the King is styled the defender of the (popish) faith, and this will be evident, if we consider, that he holds this title by a grant made to Henry VIII. by the Pope -himself; and also by his own conduct for several years past. For contrary to his corronation oath (which was to keep down popery by his armies and fleet) he has made popery the established religion of Canada by his royal assent, and authority. Also the last life-guard which the pope had previous to his banishment by the council of five hundred, when Buonaparte was on his Italian expedition, where Englishmen, and for which they received medals from the Pope. Again, in Spain and Portugal which continued the relics of old popery, and the only places which kept in force the inquisition law, while the king of one is a captive, and the other fled from his kingdom to Brazil, the King of Great Britain, who is Head of Church and State, steps over by his army into Spain after the Pope's death, to prevent the final ruin of that popery, which he had sworn to suppress by his armies and fleet. When we consider all this, must we not suppose, that the transfer is merited; or that the king and his subjects, having thus undertaken the defence of popery, he has thereby drawn over the name and character of Babylon to London. Once more, observe the luxury and self-claimed safety of Old England under her wooden walls, who style herself empress of the seas; and reigns as a queen. To illustrate and confirm this, compare their boasting with Rev. xviii. 7, fec. The Jesuits did claim George IV. for a Catholic?the Royal Family have a Family Confessor, and most of the chil...