• ( I IO ) ' nell P~fiimes were incompatible with our Reli~ ' gion. And if he approveq auricular Confeffion ' and ibewed himfelf willing to introduce it . ' into the ufe of the Church, as both our At\thors ' fay he did, it is no more than what ,.h~ Liturgy ·' commends to the care of the Penitent (though ., we find not the word ·Auricular in it) and what 'the Canons have provided for in the point of fe- ' cm·ity for fuch as !hall be willing to Gonfefs ' ' themfelves. But whereas we are told by one of 'our Authors that theKing fhould fay, he would ' ufe force to make it be received, were it not for ' fear of Sedition among the People ; yet it is but 'in ·one of our Authors neither, who hath no. 'other Author for it, ·but a namelefs Doctor. ' And in .the way to fo ha·ppy an Agreement ' (though they all 11and accufecl for it by The Eng– ' lijh Pope, p. 15.) Sparrow may be excufeG for 'Pleading for AuricularCo.nfeffion, andWatts for ' Pennance , Hey/in for Adoration towards the 'Altar, and tvioitntague for fuch aqJ.Ialified Pray– ' ing to Saints as his Eook mainta.ineth againfi: ' the Papi!l:s. . · r ' If you would know how far they had pro~ ' ceeded towards this happy Reconciliation, the (; Pope's Nu'ntlo will affureus thus: That the Uni– ' verfities, Biihops and Divines of this Realm, did ' daily embrace Catholick Opinions, though they ' profdfed not fo much with Pen or Mouth for ' fear of the Puritans. For example, they held ' that the Church of Rome is a true Church , that ' the Pope is Superior to all Bifhops '; that to him ' it pertaineth to call General Councils; that it's ' lawful to Pray for the Souls of the Departed ; ' that Altars ought to be eredeq ·of Stone; In _ , , "fum "" •
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