6. His assertion that, "no expression of indignation, no The Author calls the doctrine, "odious and per- 7.-Mr. Townsend mentions, that the Author's affirmation, that "the result of his researches at the State Paper "Office, had been favourable to the Catholic 66 cause,—had excited in many the most painful Several instances stated, in which the result was Mr. Townsend's concealment of several facts con- 2.-Admits the Catholics were loyal, but observes, that the But the Pope had directed them, under pain of excommunication, to forsake the standard of Elizabeth, yet one and all adhered to it ib. 1. Mr. Townsend defends the breach of faith of Charles II. Great inaccuracy in his defence:-The Monarch ib. Lord Bolingbroke, a traitor to his God, to his King, and to his Country, was punished for his treason by a less severe punishment, than the law, thus eulogised by Mr. Townsend, 3.-Mr. Townsend repeats and aggravates the terms,- b CHARLES II.-JAMES II.-continued. himself on this tenet, is left by the Author, to the taste, the feeling, and reflection, of every 4. JAMES II.—Mr. Townsend's assertion, that the Author declares that the measures of that monarch might be denominated a project for general religious tolera- Shown to be a misrepresentation TRANSCRIPTION OF THE FOURTH LETTER AD- DRESSED BY DOCTOR PHILLPOTTS TO MR. BUT- LETTER TO CHARLES BLUNDELL, ESQ.: Containing the Titles of the Works written in reply to "the Book of the Roman Catholic Church;"-and Remarks on some Passages in " them. DEAR SIR, IF a multitude of Answers to a work be a proof of its merit, "the Book of the Roman Catholic Church" has pretensions to be thought meritorious. Within a short time after it issued from the press, several answers to it appeared, and parts of it were commented upon in several other publications. I long hesitated on the plan which I ought to adopt in answering them. To answer each regularly and minutely, would make it necessary for me to write as many books as there were answers. This my occupations and time of life, rendered quite impossible. I therefore determined to write a full reply to such one of my answerers as had made most objections to my work, and urged them most strongly; to reply to such other of the objections as should seem to me to call for particular notice; and to leave the rest for future discussion. The first part of the plan, I have executed in my letters to Mr. Townsend: The second, in the letter which I have now the honour to address to you. I shall mention in it the titles of all the works to which Doctor Southey's "BOOK OF THE "CHURCH" has given rise, and occasionally advert to some passages in them. In the last number of the Quarterly Review, it is called "a splendid controversy :-peace and praise to us all!" You will see, after my last letter to Mr. Townsend, a transcription of Dr. Phillpotts's letter to me, on a passage in a work published 17 years ago by Dr. Lingard; and a letter in reply to it, which Dr. Lingard has done me the honour to address to me. I am sure you will read it with great satisfaction. I. THE BOOK OF THE CHURCH. BY ROBERT SOUTHEY, Esq. LL.D. POET LAUREATE, HONORARY MEMBER OF THE ROYAL SPANISH ACADEMY, OF THE ROYAL SPANISH ACADEMY OF HISTORY, OF THE ROYAL INSTITUTE OF THE NETHERLANDS, OF THE CYMMRODORION, OF THE MASSACHUSETS HISTORICAL SOCIETY, OF THE AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY, OF THE ROYAL IRISH ACADEMY, OF THE BRISTOL PHILOSOPHICAL AND LITERARY SOCIETY, &c. 8vo. 2 VOLUMES, SECOND EDITION, 1824. MURRAY. |