The light of truth dispels the clouds of superstition, as by a new revelation.

The Pope and his monks are found to bear, very often, but faint resemblance to Jesus and his apostles.

Moreover, the instinct of self-interest sharpens the eye of the public.

Many greedy priests, of lower rank, had turned shop-keepers in the Netherlands, and were growing rich by selling their wares, exempt from taxation, at a lower rate than lay hucksters could afford.

The benefit of clergy, thus taking the bread from the mouths of many, excites jealousy; the more so, as, besides their miscellaneous business, the reverend traders have a most lucrative branch of commerce from which other merchants are excluded.