The Exercises were offered for ecclesiastical
censure at Rome. The text submitted was
not, however, the one which is here reproduced,
but two Latin translations, one in more pol-
ished Latin -- since called the Vulgate Version
-- and one a literal rendering. The opinions
expressed on these versions, as also the formal
approval of Paul III, are given here, as apply-
ing quite entirely to the text from which the
translations were made.

We have read everything compiled in the
volume: it has greatly pleased us and seemed
remarkably conducive to the salvation of
souls.

We grant leave to print the work; it is
worthy of all praise and very profitable to
the Christian profession.

PHILIP, Vicar.

Such holy Exercises cannot but afford the
greatest profit to any one who studies them.

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