Excerpt from Observations on the Roman Catholic Question First, to the Nature of a Church-Establishment. Secondly, to the true Character of Toleration. Thirdly, to different Acts of Parliament, and the Coronation-oath. Fourthly, to the Character of the Roman Catholic Religion itself, and how far it may have undergone any alteration. Fifthly, to the grounds alleged in favour of farther Concessions to the Roman Catholics. Sixthly, to any probable good effect to be expected, on the whole, from such Concessions. First, as to the nature of a church-establishment, and the means of its preservation. A church-establishment is intended for the benefit of the state, by preserving, and providing for the public exercise of, what is considered as the most sound religion. 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.