THE ANTI-ROMISH BOOK.
During the reign of that Popish King, James II., the law in Scotland was, that no clergyman might preach, and that no bookseller might sell, any book that reflected on the Romish Church.
One of the Royal messengers entered a bookseller's shop in Edinburgh.
"Had he any books in stock written against the Roman Catholic Church?"
"Yes, he had a Book that reflected very severely indeed against that Church. Might he sell it?"
"Let me see it," said the messenger.
The old bookseller went to his shelves and took down a volume—a Book which does certainly speak very emphatically against Romanism—the Bible!