Temples, in their Forehead, in their Ears, in their Eyes and Eye-Brows, in their Cheeks, in their Jaw-bones, in their Nostrils, in their Teeth, in their Lips, in their Throats, in their Shoulders, in their Wrists, in their Arms, in their Hands, in their Fingers, in their Breast, in their Heart, and in the Interior Part of their Stomach, in their Reins, in their Thighs, in their Genitals, in their Hips, in their Knees, in their Legs, in their Feet, in their Toes, in their Nails. May he or they be cursed from the Crown of their Head to the Sole of their Feet, may there be no Soundness in him or them. May the Son of the Living God, with all the Glory of His Majesty, Curse him or them, and may Heaven, with all the Powers that move therein, Rise against him or them, to Damn him or them, unless they shall Repent, to make Satisfaction. Amen. Amen. So be it." How much these revolting imprecations are opposed to the Divine precepts which enjoin blessings to be invoked upon the heads of our adversaries. Rome says Anathema! Christ taught Swear not at all.

"We must procure another Commission; and, in the mean time, let us shuffle the cards."-Lord Fitzwalters addressing Dr. Cole on the occasion of the latter having lost his Warrant "to lash the heretics in Ireland." September, 1558.

"Du Bourg, these eyes of mine shall see thee burnt."-His Most Catholic Majesty, Henry II, of France, 1559.

Pope Pius IV. ordered all the Protestants throughout the Italian States to be severely punished. 1560. Roman Catholic Commentary on the sequel. "I cannot forbear disclosing my sentiments with respect to the persecution now carrying on. I think it cruel and unnecessary, more resembling the slaughter of sheep, than the execution of human beings. I shudder whilst reflecting over these scenes."

"That he (a young Englishman) be stripped to the waist, and led by the executioner through the streets of Rome. The prisoner's breeches are to be painted with the representation of flames, and he is to wear upon his head an image of the Devil. After having been thus carried about in procession, let his right hand be cut off, and his body burnt.”Sentence pronounced by Pope Pius IV., 1560.

"Search out and punish the Waldenses.”—Commission issued by Pope Clement VII, to Inquisitor Francis Boralli. Two hundred thousand Waldenses were massacred in a few months by order of Rome.-13th Century. Jones 11 c. 119 p.

"Precipitate that youth (Marson) from the tower, so we may see

whether his God will preserve him from being dashed to pieces."Penza, a Romish Inquisitor at La Garde.

"All heretics who oppose our decisions are to be anathematized and exterminated."-Decree of the Council of Trent. Lowman on Revelations,

c. xiii.

A Popish writer says "Some (the heretics of Calabria) had their throats cut, others were sawn through the middle, all having been cruelly but deservedly put to death."

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Carry on this Sacred War (?) against the Albigenses, until they are exterminated. Punish them with a strong hand."-Pope Innocent the Third's Missive to Philip Augustus, King of France.

"The Monks Inquisitors are authorized to enquire for and deliver over the Reformed to the Secular Power."-Pope Innocent III.

"A plenary remission of sins was granted by Pope Innocent III, for the extirpation of the Albigensian heretics."-Sismondi's Hist. of the Crusade against the Albigenses. L'Histoire D' Vaudois. par Bossu.

Pope Gregory IX, "To give Christendom an example," caused a great number of Albigensians to be burnt fronting the gates of Santa Maria Majora.--Annal. Ecc. Raynaldi. R. de Sanc. Germano Chr. Vit. Greg. a Card. Arogonia. Sismondi. quoted.

Pope Alexander III, through the medium of the Council of Lateran, "Condemned the Albigensian heresy" and punished its promoters accordingly. Anathemas, bulls, and disputations followed in rapid succession, until the pyre usurped the place that Reason was destined to hold. The Council of Inquisitors held at Toulouse, under the direction of the Pope's Legate, Cardinal Romanus, so skilfully and promptly directed the movement of the lesser Tribunals, as in a very short time to leave them little work, there being no more heretics to condemn.— Hist. Albi. Pet. Val. Cern. G. de Podio Laurentii, cap. xxix. Hist. Oen. de Languedoc. Quoted by Sismondi.

"Pontifex Colignii necem probat." Inscription to a Painting which adorns the Vatican at Rome. Deviating from a literal translation, the pith of this sentence may be rendered-The Pope approves murder. The event to which the above quotation refers, was also redolent of priests; who, crucifix in hand, urged the assassins to perform their dagger-work. The King of France finished the scene by remarking over Coligni's corse, "A dead enemy smells well." What bestial puerility! We may here observe, that the high estate of Kings has been tarnished by

revolting acts of bigotry. History tells us that Philip II. "enjoyed the sight of victims perishing at the stake," and Charles II. had a "splendid" Auto da Fè celebrated in order to cure his hypochondriacism. Upon one occasion, the former Monarch prostrated himself at the foot of a cross, and swore to exterminate heretics. Marat's assassination by Charlotte Corday, whilst she was under an assumed power of inspiration, is positively sublime compared with the misdeeds of such Regal Tyrants as are allied to Herod, Severus, Domitian, Nero, Decius, and Maximilian, id genus omne. "Kill all the Huguenots."-The Duke of Guise, 1572. This "spirited" chief of the Papist faction first enquired "Is the business done?" and then kicked the lifeless remains of a noble Protestant victim, exclaiming "Lie there, beast; you will breathe venom no more." This is in perfect keeping with the tenor of a letter addressed to the Queen-Mother, which former having been intercepted, was found to contain the usual "benign" suggestion, namely, "Exterminate all the Protestants." Did God's Vicegerent sanction such violence? Yes. "Having heard it repeatedly asserted that Pope Gregory XIII. never had a medal struck in honor of the Massacre of St. Bartholomew, I determined when in Rome to ascertain the fact, In January, 1829, I went to the Papal Mint and asked for several medals, and among others, Ugonotorum Strages." The Custodè was uncertain whether they had one or not, but went to enquire-he soon returned with two, but told me they were bad impressions; subsequently he found they still had the original die, and would strike off a better medal for me if I wished it. I begged he would do so-purchased the two he produced, for fear of accidents, and returning some weeks after, I received four more, struck according to my request; one of which I now send to the New College Museum. The others have been sent to India, America and Germany." -Letter which Accompanied the Presentation of a Papal Medal to the Museum of New College, Edinburgh. Donor (supposed) the Rev. A. Sillery. Annexed is a description of this Romish souvenir. It bears the effigy of the Pope, and upon the obverse side a representation of the carnage. Motto, Ugonotorum Strages,—The Slaughter of the Huguenots. "So late as August, 1843, Rome celebrated this atrocious Massacre by issuing from the Pope's Mint the medals struck in its commemoration.”Speech of Sir E. C. Smith, quo. Pike. In like manner the Romanists at Goa have a Pictorial Standard to remind them of Saint Dominic. Beneath the figure of that bloody Inquisitor, is a representation of a dog

with a torch in its mouth, setting fire to the globe. This conceit of art has been attributed to a mother's dream-that she gave birth to a whelp, the ferocity of which threw the whole world into disorder. True her son, Dominic, eventually lit up all Europe with the stake.

During the terrible persecutions of the Vatoline Protestants, His Holiness the Pope sent an epistle to the "Faithful, approving their conduct and recommending them not to leave a living heretic in the whole district." The above "conduct" exhibited itself in broiling, ripping open, and racking the hapless victims."

"Heretics are to be destroyed, root and branch, if possible to be done; but should it appear that the Catholics are so few as that they cannot, conveniently with their own safety, attempt such a thing, then it is best to remain quiet, lest upon opposition the Catholics might get worsted."-Cardinal Bellarmine. Protestant, v. 1, p. 214.

"Domine, adjuva nos."-The Inquisitor-General's formal address to Philip II, of Spain, invoking his support on behalf of the Holy Office. "The Church retains her jurisdiction over all apostates, even as a General has a right to decree severe punishment against a deserter."Den's Complete Body of Theology; also, The Trent Catechism.

"That he who kills Luther would be without sin."-The public avowal of the Priests of Meissen. Melancthon. L. Epp. 1, 383.

"If my own children were guilty of heresy, I would yield them up as a sacrifice to God."-Francis I.

"In Luther's errors there is enough to burn a hundred thousand heretics. And what have we to fear? The multitude?

It is contemptible. Lay the axe to the root of this poisonous tree."-The Nuncio's Speech before the Diet of Worms, as quoted by Cardinal Pallavacini.

"When it appeared that this son of Belial (Aonio Paleari, Author of The Benefit of Christ's Death) was obstinate and refractory, and could by no means be recovered from the darkness of error to the light of truth, he was deservedly delivered to the fire, that, after suffering its momentary pains here, he might be found in everlasting flames hereafter."-1570. Laderchius, the Continuator of the Annals of Cardinal Baronius. See how the "pure reservoir" sends forth its "benign" streams, e.g. (1) falsely accuses the victim, (2) murders him, (3) craves that the unhappy wretch might endure the torments of hell!

"If you take the place, massacre all within it, or block the inhabi

tants up till they devour each other."-Order sent by the King of France to the Lord of Chartres, during the Siege of Sancerre, 1573.

Even Popish historians admit the persecution of the "heretical" Vaudois of Piedmont to have been "a war of extermination." Milton pathetically describes the sufferings of that unhappy race.

"Their moans

The vales redoubled to the hills, and they

To heaven."

Pope Paul III. solicited the Parliament of Turin "To punish the Waldenses as the most pernicious of all heretics." Context. "If the Waldenses refuse to embrace the Roman Catholic Faith, certain death will be their portion.-Decree of the aforesaid Parliament. His Holiness subsequently sent Inquisitors throughout Piedmont with orders "To burn all the heretics who would not attend Mass."

"Whoever denies that the baptized should not be forced to obey our precepts, let him be accursed."-Decree of the Council of Trent.

"Heretical fathers of families are condemned to the flames, and the wives, children, servants, and estates of the condemned parties, confiscated to the use of the Treasury. Also, that the usual den or receptacle of such persons be laid level with the ground, the wood round about cut down, to the very trees of their gardens, so that the possessions of those who dwell at Merindole should not be let for the future to any of the same family, or even of the name of the former owners. The execution of this Decree is further committed to the ordinary Judges of Aix, Tournes, St. Maximim, and Apt."-Resolution passed by the Parliament Assembled at Aix, November 8, 1540.

"He (a poor tailor) is an obstinate heretic; let him be taken hence and burnt."-The Bishop of Mascon.

"I absolve you from all sins, crimes, and excesses, how enormous soever they may be, in the name of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost"-John Tetzel, the Indulgence-Monger.

“A lay-brother (Bayfield) for reading The Obedience of a Christian, had a gag thrust into his mouth and was cruelly whipped by the priests." -16th Century. Foxe iv. p. 681.

"I'll engage to bring all the Protestants into my net.”—Charles IX, 1572.

"1. Shut up all Protestant Churches. 2. Banish all Protestant Nobles. 3. Burn all Protestant Clergymen. 4. Hang all Protestant