grace, or at least to put the church in the room of His word as the only standard of faith,—and the conclusion, of course; is, that men should implicitly submit their understandings to whatever the church may promulgate to them. The substance of the Romish doctrine upon this general subject is, that Christ has established on earth the church as a distinct society, which is not only to continue always indefectible or without ceasing to exist, but to stand out visibly and palpably—distinguished from