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wandering ubi passim Palantes error recto
Phil., then, we all understand, is not going to traverse the vast field of Protestant opinions as they are distributed through our many sects; that would be endless; and he illustrates the mazy character of the wilderness over which these sects are wandering, โ€”'ubi passim Palantes error recto de tramite pellit,' by the four cases ofโ€”1, the Calvinist; 2, the Newmanite; 3, the Romanist;[Footnote: What, amongst Protestant sects?
— from Theological Essays and Other Papers โ€” Volume 1 by Thomas De Quincey


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