Popery condemned by scripture and the fathers - End Time Deception

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POPERY CONDEMNED BY
progress of Lutheranism, and save the souls of
all good Papists in that country. He then dismissed
them, at the same time telling them, that
such pious frauds were mere diabolical inventions,
and that he would no longer trust his salvation
to men who used such means to support
their religion. He accordingly began to turn
his attention to the scriptures ; and, notwithstanding
their obscurity, he understood as much
of their meaning as showed him the absurdity of
Popish principles,
and induced him to make an
open profession of the Reformed religion.
The reader may perhaps be curious to know
what the Pope had put into this wonderful box*
But the loss of it
has for ever deprived us of this
important piece of information. For his satisfaction,
however, I can give him an abstract of
the catalogue of images and relics which formerly
belonged to the cathedral of Glasgow. At
the Reformation,
there were treasured up there,
an image of our Savieur in gold, the twelve a-
postles in silver,
and two silver crosses, enriched
with precious stones, and small portions of the
wood of the true cross. There were, likewise,
five silver caskets, containing the following articles
of adoration. 1, Some hair of the blessed
Virgin ; 2, A piece of the hairy garment worn
by St. Kentigern, a part of the scourge wdth
which he flogged himself, and a part of- the
scourge used by St. I'homas a Becket , 3. A
piece