nus for the share he has been thought to have had in the direction of them. The Confessions of Faith inserted in the notes will be read with interest, as exhibiting the religious creed of a numerous body of Unitarians, of whom little information has thus far been conmunicated to the English public. The editor has now only to consign his work to the disposal and blessing of the God of Truth. Should it at all conduce to promote the knowledge of His attributes and character, and to advance His merciful designs in the dispensation of "Grace and truth wherein he has in these last days spoken unto us by his Son," it will not have been undertaken in vain, and the writer will feel amply compensated for all his labours in the execution of it. London, Feb. 1818. commonly called The RACOVIAN CATECHISM. Mr. Millington reports from the Committee to whom the Book (entituled Catechesis Ecclesiarum quæ in Regno Poloniæ, &c. commonly called The Racovian Catechism) was referred, several passages in the said book which were now read. Resolved upon the question by the Parliament, That the book, Entituled Catechesis Ecclesiarum quæ in Regno Poloniæ, &c. commonly called The Racovian Catechism, doth contain matters that are blasphemous, erroneous, and scandalous. Resolved upon the question by the Parliament, That all the printed copies of the book Entituled Catechesis Ecclesiarum quæ in Regno Poloniæ, &c. commonly called The Racovian Catechism, be burnt. Resolved upon the question by the Parliament, That the Sheriffs of London and Middlesex be authorized and required to seize all the printed copies of the book Entituled Catechesis Ecclesiarum quae in Regno Poloniæ, c. commonly called The Racovian Catechism, wheresoever they shall be found, and cause the same to be burnt at the Old Exchange London, and in the New Palace at Westminster, on Tuesday and Thursday next. Friday, the Second of April, 1652. Resolved by the Parliament, That these Votes be forthwith printed and published. Hen. Scobell, Cleric. Parliamenti. London: Printed by William Field, Printer to the Parliament of England, 1652. 277 CHAP. IV. Of the Breaking of the Holy Bread 263 CHAP. V.—Of the Promise of Eternal Life HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION. In the following pages, it is intended to exhibit a rapid sketch of the History of Unitarianism on the continent of Europe subsequent to the æra of the Reformation; but more particularly of its rise, establishment, and vicissitudes in Poland and its dependencies, with a view to the churches of which the annexed Catechism was originally compiled. It is not possible to ascertain the precise date to which the revival of the doctrine of the divine Uuity ought to be referred. Long before Luther renounced the communion of the Church of Rome, and erected the standard of the Reformation in Germany, many individuals had declared their dissent from particular articles of its creed, and, in defiance of its authority, had formed themselves into societies for separate religious worship upon other principles and with different forms*. Among the tenets which were called in question Such, among others, was the case of the Waldenses, who arose about the middle of the twelfth century, and who hold a very interesting place in Ecclesiastical History. They denied the supremacy of the Pope, remonstrated against indulgences, confession to a priest, prayers for the dead, and purgatory. They had bishops, presbyters and deacons. Some of them admitted the Catholic Church to be a true church, others re a garded |