"
[Ut quae in _sola_ spe gratiae coelestis innititur, tua semper protectione
muniatur.--Hiem, 364. "Let us raise our eyes to the Blessed Virgin, who
is our greatest hope, yea, the entire ground of our hope."]
Similar materials are abundant. A whole volume, indeed, might readily be
composed consisting solely of rules and instructions, confessions and
forms of prayer, appertaining to the Virgin and the Saints, published by
authority at the present day, both in our country and on the Continent,
for the use of our Roman Catholic {384} brethren; but to which the word
of God, and the doctrine and practice of the primitive Church, are in
our estimation as much opposed as to the prayers of Bonaventura, or to
the doctrine of either of the Bernardins. It would, however, be
unprofitable to dwell on this subject at any great length. I will,
therefore, only briefly refer to two publications of this sort, to which
my own attention has been accidentally drawn: "The Imitation of the
Blessed Virgin,"[144] and "The Little Testament of the Holy
Virgin."[145]
[Footnote 144: "The Imitation of the Blessed Virgin, composed on
the plan of the Imitation of Christ. London, 1816. Approved by
T.R. Asselini, Doctor of Sorbonne, last Bishop of Boulogne. From
the French."]
[Footnote 145: "The Little Testament of the Holy Virgin,
translated from the French, and revised by a Catholic Priest.
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