Queen Elizabeth and the penal laws, with an introd. on William Cobbett's History of the Protestant reformation, passing in review the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI, and Mary

Charles Hastings Collette

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CO DLLETTE ELIZABETHQUEEN AND THE PENAL LAWS, WITH AN INTRODUCTION ON " SWILLIAM COBBETT HISTOEY OF THE PROTESTANT REFORMATION." PASSING IN REVIEW THE REIGNS OF HENRY VIII. t EDWARD AND MARY.VI., BY HASTINGS COLLETTE.CHAELES " Let me sir,speak, For Heaven now bids me and the words I utter ; will find truth.".... themThey VIII. Act v. Scene xiv. , tHenry LONDON : PROTESTANT 9ALLIANCE, STRAND, 1890 PREFACE. " Truth is of so and virtuous a Nature that it refuseth to be in leaguepure with falsehood in the much more disdaineth to beworld,any Edwin sassisted it." Sir Sandy Europae Speculum.by thatIT was Lord Bacon who said Prefaces and ofpassages excusations are wastes of time. thisAdopting practicalgreat I ask fellow to a andadvice, my countrymen give patient unpreju of the narrative of the most eventfuldiced perusal following period of our The circumstances connected with thathistory. history thebeen the enemies of Reformahaving shamefully perverted by I would fain that labour will not have been in vaintion, hope my in fallacies and fictions which have been forth theexposing put by of the constitution of thisProtestantopponents country. N.B. Cobbett s book divided into eachbeing paragraphs bearing a distinct the are suchnumber, passages quoted distinguished by numbers within of the first edition dated his [ ], 1824, preserving italics and capitals. AND THE PENAL LAWS,QUEEN ELIZABETH CHAPTER I. S THECOBBETT HISTORY OF PROTESTANT REFORMATION.

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• Cobbett
• Great Britain
• Réformation
• England
• Dissenters
• Legal status

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• Publié par: les_archives_du_savoir
• Nombre de lectures: 6
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 11 Mo

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CO
DLLETTEELIZABETHQUEEN
AND
THE PENAL LAWS,
WITH AN INTRODUCTION ON
"
SWILLIAM COBBETT HISTOEY OF THE
PROTESTANT REFORMATION."
PASSING IN REVIEW THE REIGNS OF HENRY VIII.
t
EDWARD AND MARY.VI.,
BY
HASTINGS COLLETTE.CHAELES
" Let me sir,speak,
For Heaven now bids me and the words I utter
;
will find truth.".... themThey
VIII. Act v. Scene xiv.
, tHenry
LONDON :
PROTESTANT 9ALLIANCE, STRAND,
1890PREFACE.
"
Truth is of so and virtuous a Nature that it refuseth to be in leaguepure
with falsehood in the much more disdaineth to beworld,any
Edwin sassisted it." Sir Sandy Europae Speculum.by
thatIT was Lord Bacon who said Prefaces and ofpassages
excusations are wastes of time. thisAdopting practicalgreat
I ask fellow to a andadvice, my countrymen give patient unpreju
of the narrative of the most eventfuldiced perusal following period
of our The circumstances connected with thathistory. history
thebeen the enemies of Reformahaving shamefully perverted by
I would fain that labour will not have been in vaintion, hope my
in fallacies and fictions which have been forth theexposing put by
of the constitution of thisProtestantopponents country.
N.B. Cobbett s book divided into eachbeing paragraphs bearing
a distinct the are suchnumber, passages quoted distinguished by
numbers within of the first edition dated his
[ ], 1824, preserving
italics and capitals.AND THE PENAL LAWS,QUEEN ELIZABETH
CHAPTER I.
S THECOBBETT HISTORY OF PROTESTANT REFORMATION.
" But that slander, sir, grows again
and held forFresher than e er it was; certain."
Act Scene i.VIIL, .,Henry
IT be that I should have the bookmay objected adopted passing
inthe title of "The of the Protestant Reformationby History
and WILLIAM as the basis of theIreland," COBBETT,England by
I feel the force of the but therefollowing compilation. objection,
"
"
is a sufficient The so-called Cobbett,justification. History by
even at the not Priestsis, present day, only confidently quoted by
"
of the Roman Church as the of a Protestanttestimony Historian,"
but have thework in an form,they republished unprecedented cheap
and circulate it andbroadcast,industriously recommending quoting
it on available occasion and ithasbeen deemed of
;every worthy being
translated into several But for thisforeign languages. public
and recommendation, and, therefore,recognition, adoption by
I admit that such a ofRomanists, wouldfully travesty history
be beneath serious consideration. the incidentsBut, further,quite
alluded to Cobbett have me an ofby given opportunity stating
the real facts as in as well from the ofrecorded, histories, pen
Romanists as Protestants.
Cobbett s book is for on the factproposed acceptance alleged
"
"
that its authorwas a Protestant and a member of the Church of
and his motives at cannot beEngland 5 that, therefore, least,
and his statements to bequestioned, ought againstaccepted
members of his own Communion. The isproposition plausible,
i"but the fact of his atthe time hewrote hisalleged being, History/
either a member of the Church of or even a Protestant,England,
is for when he his book hevery questionable, published openly
avowed himself an admirer of the "Thomas Paine andinfidel,
j"
his entire work is a fulsome of the Roman herpraise Church,
and doctrines while he does not hesitateinstitutions, principles, ;
to the the andReformers,vilify leading Reformation, everything
connected with our reformed Established Church.
let me incontestable evidence thatFirst, whenprove by Cobbett,
he wrote his was neither a member of our Reformedhistory,
"
nor a Protestant."Church,
A church is known its creed or of faith. To theby symbol year
the creeds Christian church were the1546 only professed by any
three creeds the titles of the andNicene, ,passing by Apostles
"
as stand at the in our BookAthanasian, ofthey present day
Common and the Canon of as in the
j"Prayer Scripture given
Sixth Article of the Church of theEngland (excluding Apocrypha),
was the ofCode of the Universal Church.only recognized Scripture
The books the title of the were firstpassing by Apocrypha
admitted into the Roman as in theCode, divinely inspired, year
at the third Session of the Council of Trent. The Council1^46,
of is sometimes but it is doubtfulFlorence, 1439, quoted j very
whether that Council such as the wholeany decree,passed subject
was at the Council of Trent. in his ofre-argued Courayer, history
"
the Trent :* NotCouncil, the but thesays heretics, catholics,only
and what was worse Cardinals called in thethemselves, question
canonical of some theof Books of the Old and Newauthority
Testament received the Council ofby Carthage."
The law of the Universal Church was the Codeproclaimed by
of which we find at the in theJustinian, incorporated present day
"book of Canon Law of the Roman : WeChurch order that all
who follow this rule who believe in the of theis,(that Deity
and in theirFather, Son, andHoly Spirit, co-equal majesty
triune to andGodhead, according Apostolic teaching Gospel
shall the name of Catholic Christians.doctrine) adopt "f
*
Lib. ii. 5-58.
Hanc secundumt legem (i.e, qui Apostolicam disciplinam Evangeli-