Long Resistance and Ultimate Conversion

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1868. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER V. DIVISION, THE CONSEQUENCE OF PROTESTANT DOCTRINE. I Find, on referring to notes made when I first began to look into the subject of my inquiry, that authorities, including good Protestant divines, made a deep impression on me, and that the natural inferences which such quotations as the following suggested, led me, even at that early period, to foresee that an impartial examination might bring me to the conclusion that the Established Church is wanting (to use the strong ex-pression of Mr. Wix) in ' the very essence of Christianity: '--'Parmi tant de religions, qui se proscrivent et s'excluent, mutuellement--une seule est bonne, ' are the words of the French philosopher, Rousseau! 'The Protestant Church permits every individual, et sentire qua; velit, et quae sentiat loqui. '--Watson. 'The Bible, and that only, interpreted by our best reason, is the religion of Protestants.'--Bishop Hurd's 'Study of Prophecy.' 'The religious principle which emanates from God must be uniform and unchangeable.'--Dr. Grays 'Bampton Lectures.' 'Inattention about the discovery of the truth, is as real a moral depravity as is the neglect of religious practice.'--Dr. Butler's 'Analogy.' 'Christ founded only One Church, and there can be but One communion in it.' Again, 'As the Church is but One, and the promises of God are made only to that Church, so man's covenanted title to those promises must depend on his being a member of it, since it becomes a matter of importance with every one to be satisfied that he is really a member of it; for, should he not be such, the sincerity of his profession will not supply the deficiency of those privileges and blessings.'--Dr. Daubenys ' Guide to the Church.' 'The principle of the Reformation was not so much the right of separation...