... merely to an attempt, on the part of the Romanists, at the commencement of the session, to obtain a toleration for their worship, and the relaxation of some of the penal laws.Various attempts have ... The aspect of the times, the rapid advances of Romanism, the appointment of certain Roman Catholics to high andimportant offices in the State, and the countenance given to Popery in high places, ... Mary were committed to the flames asheretics, not as traitors or offenders against the laws of the land. When, therefore, Romanist writers attempt to draw a parallel between the martyrs of the...