[83] The reader is referred to [Vol. II.] Plate 70, where the picture is given in its perfected state.
[84] Archbishop Tillotson remarks in one of his sermons, that Hocus Pocus is derived from Hoc est Corpus.
[85] "This new dispensation (Methodism) is a composition of enthusiasm, superstition, and imposture. When the blood and spirits run high, inflaming the brain and imagination, it is most properly enthusiasm, which is religion run mad. When low and dejected, causing groundless terrors, or the placing the great duty of man in little observances, it is superstition, which is religion scared out of its senses. When any fraudulent dealings are made use of, and any wrong projects carried on under the mask of piety, it is imposture, and may be termed religion turned hypocrite."—Lavington's Enthusiasm of Methodists and Papists Compared, vol. i. p. 79.
[86] Mahomet being once asked, What is this Alla, whom thou declarest unto the people? with much more exalted and sublime ideas, replied, "It is he who derives being from himself; from whom all others derive their being; and to whom there is no likeness in the whole extent of space."
[87] Bishop Lavington, after quoting many of the legends of St. Catherine and St. Teresa, and the journals of modern Methodists, which in a very similar style describe their divine love, concludes as follows:—
"'Tis true indeed, as the legendaries own, that St. Catherine was slandered as a fond and light woman, and St. Teresa kept such bad company, that most persons concluded celestial visions were not compatible with her kind of life; but all this may be reconciled; for these excesses of the spiritual and carnal affections are nearer allied than is generally thought, arising from the same irregular emotions of the blood and animal spirits; and the patient is hurried on either way, according to the nature of the object; and I am much mistaken, and so is history too, if some of the warmest and most enthusiastic pretenders to the love of God have not entertained the same violence of passion (not quite so spiritual) for their neighbours."—Lavington's Enthusiasm of Papists and Methodists Compared, vol. i. p. 57.
[88] Let it not be supposed that because the female mendicant and her handcuffed neighbour are half naked, they are in any degree ashamed. "Among the Papists there are religious orders who profess to prefer food, bed, and raiment of the vilest sort for their greater spiritual proficiency; and St. Philip Nerius was such a lover of poverty, that he frequently besought Almighty God to bring him to such a state as to stand in need of a penny, and find nobody that would give him one."—Lavington's Enthusiasm, etc.
[89] What renders this still more curious is, that the word signifies "oxen."
[90] When this circumstance was once mentioned to Dr. Rundle, as a striking instance of Abraham's obedience, the Doctor in reply said, that however it might be generally understood,—if he had been a Justice of Peace in Abraham's parish, he would have committed him till he found sufficient bail for his good behaviour. Some good-natured friend repeated this speech to Queen Caroline, and it retarded Rundle's promotion for many years.
[91] Of the plate in its first state there are only two impressions, both of them in the possession of the Editor, who has published a correct copy of the same size, which may be had from him or from Messrs. Boydell.