AND OBSERVATIONS ON THE DANGER OF SYSTEMS OF EDUCATION INDEPENDENT OF RELIGION. Omnes qui se Societati addixerunt, in virtutum solidarum ac perfectarum, et spiritualium rerum studium incumbant. Institutum Soc. Jesu , ed. Pragæ, 1757, vol. ii, p. 72. The causes which occasioned the ruin of this mighty body, as well as the circumstances and effects with which it has been attended in the different countries of Europe, are objects extremely worthy of the attention of every intelligent observer of hu

P   R   I   N   T   E   D F   O   R J   A   M   E   S R   I   D   G   W   A   Y   , P   I   C   C   A   D   I   L   L   Y. 1815. C. WOOD, Printer, Poppin's Court, Fleet Street. TO T   H   E R   I   G   H   T H   O   N   O   U   R   A   B   L   E HIS MAJESTY'S AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINARY TO THE COURT OF PORTUGAL, &c. &c. SIR; Your absence from this country, and the observation of the historian, which I have adopted as a motto, will plead my excuse for dedicating this volume to you, w

Having formerly occupied my thoughts on the subject of promoting the knowledge and practice of religion among the Negroes in the West Indies, I was naturally led to inquire into the means, which had been successfully adopted in the catholic islands. I traced them to the enthusiastic labours of the clergy in general, particularly the Jesuits. The conduct of the fathers of that society in South America, not only excited in me admiration, but the highest esteem, veneration, and affection, for that

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If there were a question whether there should be a change in the religion of the state, or whether the sceptre of Great Britain were better placed in the hand of a protestant or a catholic prince, my voice, slender as it is, should eagerly profess my attachment to the monarchy, and to the church of England. But no such question exists, or is likely to exist, in the contemplation of British subjects, of any persuasion or denomination whatever. It is with this conviction on my mind, that I have re

Remarks on the Objects of the Author of "A brief Account of the Jesuits," and on his mode of conducting his Argument. The professed objects of the author of a pamphlet, entitled "A brief Account of the Jesuits," as stated in a preface, are "to examine the propriety of extending papal patronage and protestant protection to the Jesuits, and, as stated in page 2 of the pamphlet, to show, that the revival of the order is so pregnant with danger as to call for the interference of parliament." The pla

Inquiry into the Character of the Authorities against the Jesuits, and of those in favour of them; with a notice of some of the Crimes imputed to them. Having seen how little credit is due to the spirit of the pamphlet before us, let us inquire what credit is due to the authorities produced against the Jesuits, and take a view of those in favour of them; and afterwards briefly notice some of the crimes imputed to them. In stating the results of my inquiry respecting the authorities, it may save

Of the Order of the Jesuits, with the prominent features of the Institute. How many men are there, who never knew more of Jesuits than their name, that have, from the hideous caricatures, which have been drawn of them, imbibed such prejudices, and admitted such horrible impressions against the society, as to render it a wonder, and with some a scandal, that any person should dare to make the slightest attempt towards their vindication. On the perusal of this volume, I trust, that the wonder and

Character of Pombal. Summary Observations, and a brief notice of the tendency and danger of Education independent of Religion. The success of the old conspiracy against the Jesuits will not be wondered at, when we reflect upon the character of the age in which it was formed, and on the means that were used to mature it. Ignorance was the lot of the generality of men: despotism pervaded courts, and tools were never wanting to shape events to the will of the powerful. Of the parliaments, the unive

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Jesuitæ, qui se maxime nobis opponunt, aut necandi, aut si hoc commodè fieri non potest, ejiciendi, aut certe mendaciis et calumniis opp imendi sunt. —Calv. Axiom.—Vide Becan. tom. i, opusc. xvii, aphor. 15 [95] . In God's name, Laicus, who are you, and what is your aim? The order of Jesuits, you tell us, has been totally abolished . Every person of moderate information knows, that to accomplish that abolition, which was not total, all the artifices of calumny were exhausted. Neither Calvin, nor

SIR; In my last, I engaged myself to say a word on your Monita Secreta . This rancid libel, indeed, refutes itself. No man of common sense will allow even the possibility of a large body of men being governed, or of attaining credit and power by such absurd maxims, under the inspection of so many powerful princes, wise ministers, and learned prelates. Certainly these lords of church and state could not be so blind, during one hundred and fifty years, as to tolerate, to cherish a gang of thieves,

SIR; At the close of your first Letter, you promise to refer, in your next, to the evidences for the statements, which you have made. I was curious to see upon what historical evidence such a mass of forgeries could rest. In labouring through your second Letter, I discovered much intrinsic evidence, that you are a still improving adept in the art of bold and unsupported assertion, but not a shadow of proof, that your rants were ever believed by any man before yourself. The only authority cited i

Ecce iterum Crispinus, et est mihi sæpe vocandus In partes. Juv. Sat. 4. What! Laicus once more! And is he not then prostrate on the ground, gagged and muzzled beyond the possibility of barking? His ignorance, his falsehoods, his sophistry, have been sufficiently branded; yet, spider-like, Destroy his slander and his fibs—in vain, The creature's at its dirty work again. Pope. Undoubtedly he never deserved, and never would have received even a first answer, if it had not been apparent, that his v

Servetur ad imum Qualis ab incepto processerit, et sibi constet. Horace. SIR; I might spare myself the trouble of answering your fifth, concluding Letter, because I believe it will be read by few, and credited by none. You seem afraid of being called an alarmist. Good Sir, be easy. No man of common information, or of common sense, will catch the alarm of danger from your pretended conclusions. Your impotent cries of danger to church and state are like the cries of a madman, who should scream out

Sanctissimi in Christo Patris et Domini nostri Domini Clementis Divina Providentia Papæ XIII, Constitutio qua institutum Societatis Jesu denuo approbatur. Clemens Episcopus Servus Servorum Dei, ad perpetuam rei memoriam. Apostolicum pascendi Dominici Gregis munus beatissimo apostolo Petro, ejusque successori Romano pontifici delatum à Christo Domino, nulla locorum, nulla temporum conditio, nullus humanarum rerum respectus, nulla denique ratio circumscribere, aut suspendere potest, quominus idem

The Judgment of the Bishops of France, concerning the Doctrine, the Government, the Conduct, and Usefulness of the French Jesuits. Most Gracious Sovereign, The noble sentiments of faith and religion, which have ever distinguished our kings, have induced your majesty, after the example of your august predecessors, to suspend the decision of an affair so closely connected with the doctrine and discipline of the church, till you had taken the advice of the bishops of your realm. As the time your ma

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[1] See Substance of a Speech of Sir John Coxe Hippisley, Bart. published by Murray, 1815. [2] Robertson's Charles V, vol. iii, p. 225.—To supply the malicious omission of the pamphlet writer, I will here insert the historian's report of the Jesuits in South America. "But it is in the new world that the Jesuits have exhibited the most wonderful display of their abilities, and have contributed most effectually to the benefit of the human species. The conquerors of that unfortunate quarter of the