THE following is an Extract from a Letter Addressed by Rt. Rev. Dr. MILNER, to R. Coyne, dated March 14, 1826. "I do hereby declare that I have not autho"rized any other Bookseller THAN YOUR"SELF, to print in Ireland any Edition of any one of works. And I moreover declare, my "that I do not hold myself accountable for any "work, printed under my name in Ireland BY "ANY OTHER PERSON THAN YOU, "whom I appointed and authorized many years "since. CONTENTS. PART I. ADDRESS to the Right Rev. Lord Bishop of St. Davids LETTER I.-INTRODUCTION. ... Mr. Brown's Apology to Dr. M.-Account of the ... LETTER I.-To James Brown, Esq. .... Dr. M.'s Conditions for entering on the Correspondence-Freedom of Speech-Sincerity and Candour-A Conclusive Method Page 1 31 36 42 ... 51 LETTER III.-From James Brown, Esq. Agreement to the Conditions on the part of the Society 54 LETTER IV. To James Brown, Esq. Dispositions for Success in Religious Inquiries-Renunciation of Prejudices, Passions, and vicious Inclinations-Fervent Prayer LETTER V.-To the same. Rule or Method of finding out the True Religion- 55 58 LETTER VI.-To the same. First fallacious Rule; Private Inspiration-This has led numberless Christians into errors, impiety, and vice, in ancient and in modern times-Account of Modern Fanatics, Anabaptists, Quakers, Moravians, Swedenborgians, Methodists, &c. ... LETTER VII.-To James Brown, Esq. ... Objections of certain Members of the Society answered Second fallacious Rule; the Scripture according to LETTER IX.-To the same. The subject continued-Protestants have no evidence of the Inspiration of Scripture: nor of its authenticity nor of the fidelity of their copies: nor of its sense-Causes of the obscurity of Scripture: instances of this-The Protestant Rule affords no ground for Faith-Doubts in which those who follow it liveand also die ... ... LETTER X.-To the same. Page 61 76 81 101 The true Rule, namely, The Whole Word of God, unwritten as well as written, subject to the interpretation of the Church-In this and in every other country, the written law is grounded upon the ́un written law-Christ taught the Apostles by word of> mouth, and sent them to preach it by word of mouth-This method was followed by them and their disciples and successors-Testimonies of this from the Fathers of the five first centuries LETTER XI.-To the same. The subject continued-Protestants forced to have recourse to the Catholic Rule in different instances — Their vain attempts to adopt it in other instancesQuibbling evasions of the Articles, Canons, Oaths, and Laws respecting Uniformity adopted by different Protestants-Acknowledged necessity of deceiving the People-Bishop Hoadley the patron of this hypocrisy-The Catholic Rule confessed by Bishop Marsh to be the Original Rule-Proofs that it has never been abrogated-Advantages of this Rule to the Church at large, and to its individual members LETTER XII.-To James Brown, Esq. Objections answered-Texts of Scripture explained— Other objections-Illusory declamation of Bishop Porteus-The advice of Tobias, when he sent his Son into a strange country, recommended to the Society of New Cottage PART II. LETTER XIII.-To James Brown, Esq. Congratulation with the Society of New Cottage on their acknowledgment of the right Rule of Faith-Proof that the Catholic Church alone is possessed of this Rule-Characters or Marks of the True Church LETTER XIV.-To the same. Unity, the first Mark of the true Church-This proved from Reason-from Scripture-and from the Holy Page 116 131 155 7 |