Excerpt from Considerations on the Present State of the Controversy Between the Protestants and Papists of Great Britain and Ireland: Particularly on the Question How Far the Latter Are Entitled to a Toleration Upon Protestant Principles The book of which an account is given, in the firlt number of the flppendix, was put into my hands by one to Whom it was privately conveyed, with what intent, I need not fay; and it may be prefumed, that the View there, given of that book, may be of ufe to convince thofe who are but mode rately verted in other particulars of our con troverfy with the Papifts, that a religion which requires the fupport of fuch mean and pitiful forgeries, and enjoms fuch fhameful acts of idolatry, can recommend itfelf to none but thofe who are either grofsly igno rant of the contents of the Chrifiian Scrip tures, or hold them in the utmol't con tempt. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.