them in their mass service; and a branch of the bloody
house of Bourbon, whom divine vengeance has reduced
to the abject state of a wandering exile, is admitted
among us, with all marks of honor, and, with his train,
provided for, as if he were a zealous supporter of
the Protestant cause, seeking an asylum from the rage
of Papal persecution in this reformed land. It
cannot escape the notice of the attentive observer,
how closely the crown of Britain has become allied
to this false religion, in consequence of the conquest
of the island of Corsica, and the accession of the
crown of that island to the crown of Britain.
According to the new constitution of Corsica, the king
of Great Britain, as represented by his viceroy, makes
an essential branch of the parliament, all the acts
whereof must be assented to by him, in order, to give
them the force of law. Now, it is to be remarked,
that in this constitution Popery is expressly declared
to be the only established religion in the island;
it is therefore agreed to be divided into districts,
to be filled up with ministers of the Catholic religion,
endowed with legal maintenance. So the king of
Britain, as wearing the Corsican crown, engages to
unite this constitutional establishment of the Catholic
religion, the king of Great Britain, as the king of
Corsica, gives his firm assent. Moreover, to provide
for the more extensive propagation of Popery in Corsica,
the legislature stipulate to consult with the See
of Rome; here, also, he engages to join the wisdom
of his counsels to those of the Pope, for the express
purpose of giving a wider spread to Popery. If
the prophet Jehu accused Jehoshaphat, though a good
prince, when he was returning from a military expedition
with Ahab, king of Israel, in such cutting language;
2 Chron. xix, 2, Shouldst thou help the ungodly,
and love them that hate the Lord? therefore, is wrath
upon thee from the Lord: in what words shall
we pronounce upon this conduct of Britain, in mixing
with her politics and wars, active measures to raise
again the falling Dagon of Popery from the threshold,
and to help forward the interests of a religion which
the Lord has solemnly declared he will destroy with
the judgments of his hand and the brightness of his
coming. Besides the iniquity of the thing itself,
in giving direct aid to this religion; our guilt derives
great aggravations from a view of the present dispensations
of Providence in visibly sending down terrible judgments
(no matter through what rough hands) upon that anti-christian
power, that has long, sat upon many waters; and the
loud voice of Jehovah is uttering, on the awful crisis
of its downfall, to all the fearers of his name to
escape a share in its judgments, by flying away from
all communion with its evils; Rev. xviii, 4, Come
out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of
her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.
But, blind to his avenging hand, and deaf to this
summons, Great Britain, once without, is now again