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to cherish the hope that the revival of the true principles of the English Church-its principles of order, reverence, and truthis a friendly approximation to its own corruptions, because some few minds, of neither age nor weight, have rashly and wrongly spoken of union, in language which the Church of England would little tolerate, and one or two others, never nurtured in her principles, have, avowedly in the spirit of dissent, forsaken her communion. What the Church generally would think of such a meditated union, unless preceded by a thorough retractation of Romish errors, cannot be expressed better than in the words of Jackson: 1

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England, for that blind and slavish obedience which in respect of other nations she did perform unto the see of Rome, was by Italians and other foreigners not unaptly termed the "Pope's ass." Howbeit the brutish ignorance of our forefathers in the mysteries of their salvation did make that measure of obedience to the Romish Church partly excusable in them, which in us (to whom the gospel hath long time shined) would be altogether damnable. But it would be ignorance more than brutish, ignorance so far from excusing other sins, that itself would be a sin inexcusable, if we should hope or presume that the Romish yoke would not be made ten times heavier unto us than it was upon our forefathers, if God in his just judgment should strengthen the enemies of our peace to lay it again upon this island's neck. For the Church of Rome, since our forefathers' departure from her, hath multiplied her doctrines of devils, and mingled her cup with such abominations as would make the taste of it to such as have been accustomed to the sincere milk of the gospel altogether deadly; and yet hope there is none that we should not be urged to drink more deep of it than our forefathers were, if this cruel stepmother should once recover her pretended title of dominion over us. No choice would be left, but either torture of conscience or torment of body: we must make account to sit down with loss either of present possessions, or of our hopes of inheritance in the world to come.'

And if, looking to the acts of our governors, whether in the State or in the Church-whether as encouraging Popery directly, by supporting its priests, or indirectly, by encouraging dissent-we are inclined, in the pride and presumption of our hearts, to say, Had we been, or were we in the place of authority or command, the necessity of this miserable choice had ere this time been removed, or should quietly be prevented,' the same great man will answer in words with which we will conclude; speaking, as we have wished to speak throughout-not as of ourselves, but rather to show how others have spoken before, whose voice may come to us from the grave with all the authority of departed

1 Book xii. c. v. s. 13.

goodness,

goodness, and tell us of peace and order, of humility and mutual love.

'If I should here take upon me so far to apologise for higher powers, as not to attribute a great part of the misery which hath lately befallen this land, and yet hangs over it, unto their errors or oversight, I should undergo the censure (without apology or appeal) of a parasite or timeserver. As I will not therefore speak anything against higher powers, so neither will I at this time speak for them. Only give me leave to tell you, that God in his providence doth never suffer higher powers to be at any gross default, of negligence, oversight, or wilfulness, but for the like gross defaults in those that are subject and should be obedient to them. If the eyes of state be at any time weak or dim, it is a certain sign that the whole body is either feeble or much distempered. The best advice that I can give unto you is, that every one of us, so oft as we shall, though but in heart or secret thought, repine or murmur at the negligence, oversight, or wilfulness of higher powers, would presently and peremptorily inflict this penance upon himself, to multiply his sorrow for his own sins past; to multiply his prayers and alms' deeds, with all other practices of piety, that so we may at all these our public meetings lift up pure hearts and hands unto the Father of Spirits, and God of all power and wisdom, that he would so enlighten the eyes and head of our State that they may find out the special sins which have procured his wrath against this land, and so inspire their hearts with resolution and constant courage that they may crush this serpent's brood wheresoever it nestles.''

POSTSCRIPT.-As the quotations have necessarily been made without reference to the order of the writers, it may not be uninteresting to subjoin the following tolerably accurate table of their dates and titles:

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INDEX

TO THE

SIXTY-NINTH VOLUME OF THE QUARTERLY REVIEW.

A.

ADAMS, JOHN, Letters of, addressed to his
wife, 245-motive for publishing them,
247-his parents, 248-pride of ances-
try, 249-education and study of the
law, 250-alleged infidel opinions, 251
-marriage, 251-removal to Boston,
255 attainment of eminence in his
profession, 256-differences with the
(British) Government, 257-state of
his province when it began its resist-
ance, 259-services in Congress, 260-
jealousy of Washington, 261-paucity
of letters during his mission
Europe, 262-elected Vice-President,
with Washington as President, 264-
their first confidential intercourse, 265
-elected President, 266-inaugura-
tion, 267-conduct in office, 268-re-
markable coincidences connected with
his death, 269-his opinion of the Eng-
lish constitution, 270.

to

America, in personal feeling, the most aris-
tocratic country in the world, 249-her
community of interest with this country,
271-differences between us; the Cana-
dian Boundary, 272-the right of
search question, 273-alleged indiscre-
tions of Mr. Stevenson, 274-effect of
admitting the American principle, 276.
America, Central, 52. See Stephens.
Andrewes, Lancelot, some time Bishop of
Winchester; new edition of his ser-
mons, 471.

Arundines Cami, 440. See Drury.
Architecture, Evelyn's opinion of Gothic,
111-Sir C. Wren's, 112-the pointed
arch, 113-successive transitions of
style, 115-object of architecture as an
art, 120-it is essentially social, 121-
effects of architecture, 123-key to the
different styles, 124-Chinese, ib.-
Moorish, 125-Egyptian, 126-Gre-

VOL. LXIX. NO. CXXXVIII.

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Canadian Boundary Question, 271. See
America.

Charles VII. of France, 291. See Joan
of Arc.

Châteaubriand, M., remarks on the lo-
cality of the Crucifixion, 171.
Chemistry, Organic, 329. See Liebig.
Chivalry, incident and illustration of, in
the fifteenth century, 310.
Christianity, its effect upon architecture,
132-upon man, 133.

Church of England, the, 471-its functions
and conditions, 472-evil to be feared
and avoided in religious controversy,
ib.-proofs of a Divine favour to the
English Church, 473-considerations
which entitle the judgment of her early
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theologians to the highest respect, 474-
Bishop Jewell, 476-Popery known in
all its bearings to the divines of the se-
venteenth century, 478-their language
with reference to it, 479-defence which
they can make for their language, 484
-their deep affection and devotion to
the Church of England, 485-picture
of the Church after the Reformation,
486 steadiness of the adherence of the
old divines to the Church throughout
all its afflictions, 492-trials to which
it has been subjected, 495-present
strength, 496-manner in which the
battle of the Church should be fought,
497-the spiritual independence of the
Church, 499-obedience to the State,
501-appointment of bishops by the
Crown, 502-the clergy not to be
exempted from the secular jurisdic-
tion, 504-blessing of the interposition
of the civil power in the work of the
Reformation, 505-evil of a departure
from the principle of loyalty to the civil
power, ib.-essence of the Reformation,
506-impossibility of the union of the
Church of England with that of Rome
in the present state of the latter, 511-
essence of the papacy, 513-language
of English divines on the Reformation,
516 on the Reformers, 517-Henry
VIII.'s part in the Reformation, 520—
answers to the popish arguments as to
the manner in which it was effected,
522-the liturgy, 524-Luther and
Calvin, 525-parts taken by them in
the English Reformation, 527-reasons
why it is safe and good, and why an-
other is not needed, 529-conduct of
the divines with respect to Puritanism
and Popery, 531-Protestants, as dis-
tinguished from Puritans, 532-lan-
guage of the divines respecting other
reformed bodies, 536- fundamental
law of the English Church, 538-
caution as to private interpretations of
the works of the Fathers, 542-manner
in which their footsteps should be fol-
lowed, 545-advantage of the steady
obedience of the English clergy to their
bishops, 546-dates and titles of the
divines of the seventeenth century, 549.
Copyright Question, the, 186-settlement

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of the question in 1774, and effect of
that settlement upon other countries,
ib. - alteration of the law in 1814,
187-the copyright law in the United
States and Holland, ib.-in Prussia,
Saxony, Austria, and Russia, 188-in
France, 189-manner in which the sub-
ject has been hitherto taken up by the

prominent speakers, 192-patronage
rarely bestowed in this country upon emi-
nence in literature and science, 193-
deficiency of writers of first-rate works
at the present day, 196-arguments of
the opponents of Mr. Sergeant Talfourd's
first measure, 198-examination of the
proposition, the author's right must be
measured by the general advantage,'
200-sum and substance of the objec-
tions against the measure, 201-leading
argument of the author of the Observa-
tions on the Law of Copyright,' 202-
assumed analogy between the mecha-
nical inventor and the author exa-
mined, 204-Mr. Macaulay's opposi-
tion, 208-critique of the 'Examiner'
newspaper upon his speech, 209-effect
of monopoly upon the production of
good and cheap books, 216-' custom of
the trade' when the works of a great
English author formerly became scarce
in the market, 217-causes of an altera-
tion in the system, 218-part taken by
the leading publishers in consequence
of the introduction of Mr. Sergeant
Talfourd's measure, 219 M. Bos-
sange's plan in France, 220-Whig
opinions as to a necessity of an alter-
ation in the existing law in this coun-
try, 221-consequences that will result
from non-legislation, 222- connexion
between the interests of good authors
and the publishing trade, 223-pirated
English books imported into this coun-
try, ib.-into the colonies, 224.

D.

Dampier, Bishop, specimen of his Latin
verse, 464.
Davidson, Margaret Miller, Biography
and Poetical Remains of, by Washing-
ton Irving, 91-similarity of the inci-
dents in the life of Margaret and of her
sister Lucretia, 92-effect of her sister's
death upon Margaret, 94-her first
verses, 96-amusements, 99 — effects
of a visit to New York, 101-visit
to Canada, 102-stanzas upon taking
up her abode at Ruremont, 105-
afflictions of her family, 106-death,
107-her poetry compared with her
advance in years, 109-moral lesson
derivable from the history of the two
sisters, 110.

Divines, English, of the Seventeenth Cen-
tury, 472 (see Church)-their date and
titles, 549.

Domremy, birth-place of Joan of Arc,
282-its exemption from taxes on that
account, 313.

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