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duct of certain Jesuits, when publishing an 

 edition of Newton's Principia, they were 

 compelled in the interests of the Church 

 of Rome to prefix to their edition the 

 following cautious avowal 



" Newton, in his third book, adopts the 

 hypothesis of the earth's motion. And we 

 are unable to explain his propositions with- 

 out admitting the same hypothesis. Hence 

 we are compelled to assume a character 

 different from our own, for we profess 

 obedience to the decrees promulgated by 

 the Pope against the motion of the 

 earth"!!!* 



Remarkable instance of blind obedience 

 to the great "false prophet" of the age, 

 as the Book of Revelation terms the head 

 of the Roman Church, under the name of 

 Babylon the Great, the Mother of harlots, 

 for which certain professing members of 

 the Church of England, like Dr. F. Gr. Lee 

 of Lambeth, were once so eagerly panting, 



* Preface to Newton's Principia, edited by the 

 Jesuits Le Suer and Jacquier, 1823. 



