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Show 458 ACTS RELATING Part III. Sec't. VIII. TO THE Commas. 459 provided againfl' the dangers with which this provihon. that fec't is alwa *s threatening the peace of bill as it came from the Houfe of Lords, the community. It is not the dogmas of enjoined the Canadians to take the oath the church of Rome which fhould alarm pr-efcribed in the fiatute of Elizabeth. The the legiflator. lay lords perhaps did not know, that no \Vhat is it to him whe- It has been faid, that the ther men believe in the abl‘urd doflrine true catholic of tranfubfiantiation, or the no lefs ablhrd " to renounce all doctrine of confubflantiation, which we all " power, and authority in matters eccle- of us learn in our catechihn E But there " fialiical." The fpiritual lords one would are other matters of a quite other importance whether or no fubjee'ls acknowledge think could not but know it; and yet it would teem rather uncharitable to fuppofe, that they thought f0 ill of the Canadians, a dependence on a foreign power, inc n‘ as to fu‘fpee't them capable of giving their iifient with the obedience to their natural " unfeigned adent and content," to an ar- fovereign; whether or no the priells enter ticle which they difbelieved ; be that as it into vows, or may, the oath was changed in the lower tance. It is a matter of a quite other iinporu form focietics incornpah could voluntarily {wear foreign jurildiétion, As it now fiands, it is a general ible with the welfare of the ftate. Againfi: thefe inconvenieneies, which affect the {0-H Ironic. ciety in its civil capacity, the act has pro« vided either none or inadequate cheeks. lar reference to matters ccelelialtical 5 and It is indeed enacted, that the Canadi-n ans {hall be {object to the king's {unremacy as ellablifhed by the Brit of Eliza- beth, and an oath is preferibed to enfor ‘e oath of allegiance, without any particu- {0 far it is right I". But the fact is, that oat/15 *3 I fayfafar, becaufe I think the lalt elaufc iniudieious, " renouncing all pardons and dif- " pcnfations from any power or perfon whomfo- " cvcr 7 thi- |
