A

VINDICATION

OF

THE END

OF

Religious Controversy,

FROM THE EXCEPTIONS OF THE

RIGHT REV. DR. THOMAS BURGESS,
Bishop of St. David's,

AND THE

REV. RICHARD GRIER, A.M.

Vicar of Templebodane, and Chaplain to Earl Talbot,
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland:

IN A

LETTER TO A CATHOLIC CONVERT.

BY THE

REV. J. M., D.D. F.S.A.

LONDON:

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CONTENTS.

LETTER I.

Introduction. Design of The END OF RELIGIOUS

CONTROVERSY. Design of the present VINDICA-

TION; to shew how completely the Right Rev. Bishop

and the Rev. Vicar, who have undertaken to answer it,

have failed in their attempt

LETTER II.

Origin of the End of Religious Controversy. Dr. Sturges'

Reflections on Popery. The Author's Letters to a Pre-

bendary. The author deterred from pursuing the Con-

troversy by a former Bishop of St. David's. The present

Bishop of St. David's Protestant's Catechism. Brief

Summary of The End of Religious Controversy. Fallacy

of the Rules of private Inspiration and private Interpre-

tation of Scripture. Security of the Catholic Rule:

namely, the whole word of God as explained by the

Catholic Church. Acknowledged Characteristics of the

True Church; these visible only in the Catholic Church.

Necessary falsehood of the Charges against her.

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