ence of view between members of the Roman Church at various times and places, which is under consideration, but as mere illustrations of what is presumed to be an historical fact.
The following extract is from Dr. Doyle's Evidence before the Committee of the House of Commons on the subject of the Roman Catholic doctrines:
"The Committee find, in a treatise called 'A Vindication of the Roman Catholics,' the following curse; 'Cursed is every goddess worshipper, that believes the Virgin Mary to be any more than a creature, that honours her, worships her, or puts his trust in her more than in God; that honours her above her Son, or believes that she can in any way command Him.' Is that acknowledged? Ans. That is acknowledged; and every Roman Catholic in the world would say with Gother, accursed be such person."
Such is the received Romanism of the English Papists at this day; and accordingly Dr. Challoner has translated the famous words in the office of the blessed Virgin:
"Monstra te esse Matrem
Sumat per te preces,"
by
"Exert the Mother's care,
And us thy children own,
To Him convey our prayer, &c.
On the other hand consider the following passage in the controversy between Jewell and Harding. Jewell accused the Roman Church with teaching that the blessed Virgin could command her Son. Harding replies as follows,
"If now any spiritual man, such as St. Bernard was, deeply considering the great honour and dignity of Christ's mother, do in excess of mind, spiritually sport with her, bidding her to remember that she is a Mother, and that thereby she has a certain right to command her Son, and require, in a most sweet manner, that she use her right; is this either impiously or impudently spoken? Is not he, rather, most impious and impudent that findeth fault therewith?"
Again, we find in Peter Damiani, a celebrated divine of the eleventh century, the following words:
"She approaches to that golden tribunal of divine Msyesty, not asking, but commanding, not a handmaid but a Mistress."
Albertus Magnus in like manner,
"Mary prays as a daughter, requests as a sister, commands as a mother."
