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           A
           SERMON
           Preached
           November
           V.
           1673.
           
           AT
           S
           t.
           MARGARETS
           VVestminst
           .
        
         
           By
           EDWARD
           STILLINGFLEET
           ,
           D.
           D.
           Chaplain
           in
           Ordinary
           to
           His
           MAjESTY
           .
        
         
           The
           Second
           Edition
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           ,
           by
           
             Robert
             White
          
           ,
           for
           
             Henry
             Mortlock
          
           ,
           and
           are
           to
           be
           sold
           at
           the
           White
           Hart
           in
           Westminster
           Hall
           ,
           and
           at
           the
           Phoenix
           in
           St.
           Pauls
           Church-yard
           .
           1674.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           
             
               S
               t.
               MATTH
               .
               VII
               .
               15
               ,
               16.
               
            
             
               Beware
               of
               false
               Prophets
               ,
               which
               come
               to
               you
               in
               Sheeps
               clothing
               ,
               but
               inwardly
               they
               are
               ravening
               Wolves
               .
               Ye
               shall
               know
               them
               by
               their
               Fruits
               .
            
          
        
         
           IF
           we
           were
           to
           judge
           of
           the
           nature
           of
           Christianity
           by
           the
           designs
           and
           practices
           of
           some
           ,
           who
           would
           be
           thought
           the
           only
           true
           and
           
             Catholick
             Christians
          
           ,
           we
           should
           have
           no
           great
           reason
           to
           esteem
           it
           our
           honour
           to
           be
           called
           by
           his
           Name
           ,
           who
           first
           brought
           this
           Religion
           into
           the
           world
           .
           For
           if
           the
           
             Christian
             Religion
          
           did
           indeed
           justifie
           all
           the
           fraud
           and
           treachery
           ,
           the
           mischief
           and
           cruelty
           which
           hath
           been
           either
           acted
           or
           designed
           by
           men
           under
           the
           glorious
           pretence
           of
           advancing
           the
           interest
           of
           the
           
             Catholick
             Church
          
           ,
           we
           might
           better
           choose
           not
           to
           be
           Christians
           ,
           than
           to
           be
           such
           men
           :
           Because
           whatever
           Religion
           overthrows
           the
           common
           
           principles
           and
           duties
           of
           humane
           nature
           ,
           such
           as
           those
           of
           
             Civil
             obedience
             ,
             integrity
          
           and
           humanity
           are
           ,
           cannot
           be
           supposed
           a
           Religion
           proper
           or
           intended
           by
           God
           for
           mankind
           ;
           whose
           great
           end
           in
           Religion
           is
           to
           improve
           and
           rectifie
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           debauch
           or
           corrupt
           the
           dispositions
           of
           men
           .
           Men
           need
           no
           Religion
           to
           instruct
           them
           in
           the
           arts
           of
           deceiving
           ,
           the
           contrivances
           of
           malice
           ,
           or
           the
           methods
           of
           revenge
           ;
           such
           fruits
           as
           these
           spring
           up
           too
           easily
           in
           our
           corrupt
           and
           degenerate
           natures
           ,
           which
           need
           no
           great
           force
           or
           improvement
           to
           bring
           them
           forth
           :
           But
           when
           the
           warmth
           of
           the
           Sun
           shall
           be
           joyned
           with
           the
           fruitfulness
           of
           the
           soil
           ,
           when
           men
           are
           encouraged
           to
           pursue
           their
           own
           natural
           inclinations
           by
           the
           most
           powerful
           motives
           of
           Religion
           ,
           what
           bounds
           can
           be
           set
           to
           the
           growth
           and
           increase
           of
           these
           accursed
           fruits
           ?
           Of
           all
           Religions
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           we
           might
           have
           thought
           the
           Christian
           least
           lyable
           to
           be
           abused
           to
           such
           ill
           purposes
           ;
           for
           it
           was
           one
           of
           
           Machiavel's
           quarrels
           against
           Christianity
           ,
           that
           by
           its
           precepts
           of
           meekness
           and
           patience
           ,
           it
           rendred
           men
           unfit
           for
           such
           great
           undertakings
           ,
           which
           could
           not
           be
           accomplished
           without
           something
           of
           cruelty
           and
           inhumanity
           ,
           whereas
           the
           old
           Religions
           by
           the
           multitude
           of
           Sacrifices
           did
           inure
           men
           to
           blood
           and
           destruction
           ,
           and
           so
           made
           them
           fitter
           for
           any
           enterprise
           .
           And
           Machiavel
           was
           certainly
           in
           the
           right
           ,
           if
           Religion
           
           were
           intended
           only
           to
           make
           men
           Butchers
           :
           or
           to
           instruct
           them
           in
           the
           Use
           of
           Swords
           and
           Gun-powder
           .
           Nay
           ,
           the
           Religion
           of
           Mahomet
           is
           in
           this
           respect
           to
           be
           very
           much
           preferred
           before
           the
           Christian
           ,
           for
           that
           makes
           it
           not
           only
           lawful
           to
           destroy
           those
           of
           a
           different
           Religion
           ,
           but
           enrolls
           them
           for
           Martyrs
           that
           dye
           in
           the
           Field
           ,
           and
           makes
           the
           blood
           of
           enemies
           as
           meritorious
           ,
           as
           we
           do
           that
           of
           the
           Cross.
           But
           that
           is
           reserved
           as
           the
           peculiar
           honour
           of
           the
           Christian
           Religion
           ,
           that
           it
           commands
           the
           subduing
           all
           the
           bruitish
           and
           savage
           inclinations
           of
           men
           to
           acts
           of
           revenge
           and
           cruelty
           ;
           that
           it
           restores
           humane
           nature
           to
           it self
           by
           its
           precepts
           of
           meekness
           ,
           mercy
           ,
           peaceableness
           ,
           and
           universal
           charity
           ;
           that
           it
           advances
           it
           to
           a
           divine
           nature
           by
           the
           imitation
           of
           God
           himself
           ,
           in
           shewing
           kindness
           to
           enemies
           ,
           and
           overcoming
           evil
           with
           good
           .
           This
           is
           the
           Religion
           established
           by
           our
           Lord
           and
           Saviour
           in
           this
           excellent
           Sermon
           on
           the
           Mount
           ,
           wherein
           the
           scope
           and
           design
           of
           Christianity
           is
           delivered
           with
           the
           greatest
           plainness
           and
           perspicuity
           ;
           which
           (
           if
           it
           be
           possible
           for
           us
           to
           judge
           of
           his
           meaning
           by
           the
           clearest
           expressions
           )
           was
           far
           enough
           from
           being
           the
           setting
           up
           a
           Monarchy
           in
           the
           Church
           to
           which
           all
           the
           Kings
           of
           the
           Christian
           world
           are
           by
           their
           Baptism
           bound
           to
           vail
           their
           Crowns
           ,
           and
           lay
           their
           Scepters
           at
           its
           feet
           :
           or
           in
           case
           they
           do
           not
           ,
           that
           then
           this
           Spiritual
           
           Monarch
           may
           excommunicate
           ,
           depose
           ,
           and
           deprive
           Princes
           of
           their
           Government
           ,
           and
           dissolve
           all
           the
           obligations
           between
           their
           Subjects
           and
           them
           ;
           and
           make
           it
           lawful
           for
           them
           to
           depose
           them
           :
           We
           find
           not
           the
           least
           footstep
           of
           any
           thing
           tending
           this
           way
           ,
           where
           our
           Saviour
           speaks
           most
           advantageously
           concerning
           the
           honour
           of
           his
           Disciples
           ;
           which
           honour
           he
           represents
           by
           things
           which
           set
           forth
           their
           usefulness
           in
           common
           :
           
             Ye
             are
             the
             Salt
             of
             the
             Earth
             ,
             ye
             are
             the
             light
             of
             the
             World
          
           ;
           
           and
           not
           by
           setting
           up
           one
           above
           all
           the
           rest
           ,
           
             far
             above
             all
             Principalities
             and
             Powers
             ,
          
           to
           whom
           Kings
           and
           Princes
           ,
           and
           all
           People
           are
           bound
           to
           be
           subject
           ,
           if
           they
           regard
           their
           salvation
           .
           If
           any
           such
           thing
           as
           this
           had
           been
           so
           material
           a
           part
           of
           the
           Christian
           Doctrine
           ,
           as
           some
           imagine
           ,
           if
           it
           had
           been
           so
           necessary
           to
           salvation
           ,
           it
           is
           somewhat
           strange
           ,
           that
           when
           our
           Blessed
           Saviour
           gave
           so
           many
           directions
           in
           order
           to
           salvation
           he
           should
           give
           not
           so
           much
           as
           the
           least
           intimation
           concerning
           this
           .
           And
           yet
           he
           saith
           ,
           at
           the
           end
           of
           this
           Sermon
           ,
           
             Every
             one
             that
             heareth
             these
             sayings
             of
             mine
             ,
             and
             doth
             them
             ,
          
           
           
             is
             like
             unto
             a
             wise
             man
             that
             built
             his
             house
             upon
             a
             rock
          
           ;
           not
           
             super
             hanc
             Petram
             ,
             i
             e.
          
           according
           to
           the
           
             Roman
             Gloss
          
           ,
           upon
           the
           Popes
           Authority
           ;
           but
           upon
           such
           a
           firm
           foundation
           as
           will
           never
           fail
           him
           .
           And
           what
           is
           it
           which
           our
           Saviour
           endeavours
           to
           perswade
           men
           to
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           so
           firm
           a
           settlement
           of
           their
           minds
           against
           all
           the
           assaults
           
           of
           persecutions
           ?
           viz.
           to
           humility
           ,
           meekness
           ,
           goodness
           ,
           univeral
           holiness
           ,
           to
           the
           love
           of
           God
           and
           mankind
           ,
           to
           sincerity
           in
           devotion
           ,
           dependence
           on
           Providence
           ,
           prayer
           ,
           and
           doing
           as
           we
           would
           be
           done
           by
           :
           this
           is
           the
           substance
           of
           the
           Christian
           Law
           delivered
           by
           the
           Son
           of
           God
           ;
           than
           which
           nothing
           can
           be
           imagined
           more
           contrary
           to
           the
           Spirit
           of
           Faction
           and
           disobedience
           ,
           of
           cruelty
           and
           revenge
           ,
           and
           that
           covered
           over
           with
           a
           pretence
           of
           zeal
           for
           Religion
           .
           But
           he
           who
           gave
           these
           excellent
           precepts
           ,
           did
           foresee
           ,
           that
           there
           would
           arise
           
             men
             who
             should
             preach
             and
             prophesie
             in
             his
             Name
             ,
             and
             in
             his
             Name
             cast
             out
             Devils
             ,
             and
             do
             wonderful
             works
          
           :
           that
           yet
           for
           all
           their
           fair
           shews
           and
           pretences
           to
           the
           world
           should
           be
           of
           a
           temper
           and
           disposition
           directly
           contrary
           to
           the
           Gospel
           ;
           and
           therefore
           it
           was
           necessary
           for
           all
           Christians
           ,
           as
           they
           valued
           their
           own
           welfare
           ,
           to
           have
           an
           eye
           to
           them
           ,
           lest
           they
           should
           be
           deceived
           by
           them
           :
           which
           is
           the
           meaning
           of
           our
           Saviour
           in
           these
           words
           ;
           
             Beware
             of
             false
             Prophets
             which
             come
             to
             you
             in
             Sheeps
             clothing
             ,
             but
             inwardly
             they
             are
             ravening
             Wolves
             ;
             by
             their
             fruits
             ye
             shall
             know
             them
             .
          
           Wherein
           we
           have
           these
           two
           things
           considerable
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           The
           Caution
           given
           ,
           
             Beware
             of
             false
             Prophets
          
           ,
           together
           with
           the
           ground
           of
           that
           Caution
           ,
           
             For
             they
             come
             to
             you
             in
             Sheeps
             clothing
             ,
             but
             inwardly
             are
             ravening
             Wolves
             .
          
        
         
           2.
           
           The
           Rule
           laid
           down
           whereby
           we
           are
           
           to
           judge
           of
           them
           :
           
             By
             their
             fruits
             ye
             shall
             know
             them
             .
          
        
         
           
             1.
             
             The
             Caution
             given
             ,
             
               Beware
               of
               false
               Prophets
            
             .
             There
             were
             two
             sorts
             of
             deceivers
             our
             Saviour
             gives
             his
             Disciples
             particular
             caution
             against
             ,
             viz.
             
               false
               Christs
               and
               false
               Prophets
            
             ;
             the
             
               false
               Christs
            
             were
             those
             who
             pretended
             that
             they
             were
             the
             persons
             who
             were
             foretold
             by
             the
             Prophets
             that
             should
             come
             for
             the
             redemption
             of
             his
             People
             ;
             
             
               for
               many
               shall
               come
               in
               my
               Name
               ,
               saying
               ,
               I
               am
               Christ
               ,
            
             
             
               and
               shall
               deceive
               many
            
             .
             Not
             as
             though
             they
             pretended
             to
             be
             sent
             by
             Christ
             ,
             but
             that
             they
             would
             assume
             to
             themselves
             the
             Dignity
             and
             Authority
             of
             the
             true
             Messias
             ;
             and
             of
             this
             sort
             ,
             there
             were
             many
             that
             arose
             among
             the
             Jews
             ,
             such
             as
             
               Theudas
               ,
               Jonathas
               ,
               Barchochebas
            
             ,
             and
             many
             others
             .
             But
             besides
             these
             ,
             there
             were
             
               false
               Prophets
            
             ,
             some
             of
             which
             did
             openly
             oppose
             Christianity
             ,
             such
             as
             that
             Bar-Jesus
             mentioned
             in
             the
             Acts
             ;
             
             but
             there
             were
             others
             who
             pretended
             to
             own
             Christianity
             ,
             and
             to
             prophesie
             in
             the
             Name
             of
             Christ
             ,
             
             whom
             S.
             Peter
             calls
             
               false
               Teachers
            
             ;
             and
             whom
             S.
             Paul
             describes
             by
             the
             same
             character
             that
             our
             Saviour
             here
             doth
             :
             
             
               But
               I
               know
               that
               after
               my
               departing
               shall
               grievous
               Wolves
               enter
               in
               among
               you
               ,
               not
               sparing
               the
               flock
            
             :
             
             
               also
               of
               your
               own
               selves
               shall
               men
               arise
               ,
               speaking
               perverse
               things
               ,
               to
               draw
               disciples
               after
               them
            
             :
             whom
             he
             elsewhere
             sets
             forth
             by
             their
             Sheeps
             clothing
             ;
             when
             he
             saith
             ,
             
             that
             
               by
               good
               words
               and
               fair
               speeches
               they
               
               deceive
               the
               hearts
               of
               the
               simple
               ,
            
             whom
             he
             calls
             
               false
               Apostles
            
             ,
             
             
               deceitful
               workers
               transforming
               themselves
               into
               the
               Apostles
               of
               Christ
            
             :
             which
             carryed
             so
             fair
             a
             shew
             and
             appearance
             among
             the
             people
             ,
             that
             S.
             Paul
             was
             very
             full
             of
             jealousie
             and
             apprehension
             concerning
             them
             ,
             lest
             they
             should
             by
             degrees
             draw
             away
             his
             Disciples
             from
             the
             simplicity
             of
             the
             Gospel
             of
             Christ.
             
               For
               I
               am
               jealous
               over
               you
               ,
            
             saith
             he
             ,
             
               with
               godly
               jealousie
               ;
               but
               I
               fear
               lest
               by
               any
               means
               as
               the
               Serpent
               beguiled
            
             Eve
             
               through
               his
               subtilty
            
             ,
             
             
               so
               your
               minds
               should
               be
               corrupted
               from
               the
               simplicity
               that
               is
               in
               Christ.
            
             It
             may
             seem
             strange
             ,
             that
             after
             the
             Apostles
             had
             with
             so
             much
             care
             and
             diligence
             planted
             the
             Gospel
             of
             Christ
             in
             several
             Churches
             ,
             they
             should
             express
             so
             much
             fear
             as
             they
             did
             ,
             (
             and
             especially
             S.
             Paul
             )
             of
             their
             being
             so
             soon
             corrupted
             by
             these
             false
             Teachers
             ;
             as
             he
             doth
             ,
             not
             only
             of
             the
             Corinthians
             ,
             but
             of
             the
             Galatians
             too
             .
             
               I
               marvel
            
             ,
             saith
             he
             ,
             
             
               that
               ye
               are
               so
               soon
               removed
               from
               him
               that
               called
               you
               into
               the
               grace
               of
               Christ.
            
             And
             
               O
               foolish
            
             Galatians
             ,
             
               who
               hath
               bewitched
               you
            
             ,
             
             
               that
               you
               should
               not
               obey
               the
               truth
               ?
            
             and
             of
             the
             
               Ephesians
               ,
               That
               we
               henceforth
               be
               no
               more
               Children
               tossed
               to
               and
               fro
               ,
               and
               carryed
               about
               with
               every
               wind
               of
               doctrine
               ,
            
             
             
               by
               the
               sleight
               of
               men
               ,
               and
               cunning
               craftiness
               ,
               whereby
               they
               lye
               in
               wait
               to
               deceive
            
             :
             and
             of
             the
             Colossians
             ,
             
             
               Beware
               lest
               any
               man
               spoil
               you
               through
               Philosophy
               and
               vain
               deceit
               ,
               after
               the
               tradition
               of
               men
               ,
               after
               the
               rudiments
               of
               the
               world
               ,
               and
               not
               after
               Christ.
            
             
             And
             
               Let
               no
               man
               beguile
               
               you
               of
               your
               reward
               in
               a
               voluntary
               humility
               and
               worshipping
               of
               Angels
            
             :
             
             and
             of
             the
             
               Hebrews
               ,
               Be
               not
               carried
               about
               with
               diverse
               and
               strange
               doctrines
               .
            
             But
             we
             shall
             see
             this
             great
             Caution
             ,
             delivered
             here
             first
             by
             our
             Saviour
             ,
             and
             afterwards
             by
             his
             Apostles
             ,
             was
             no
             more
             than
             necessary
             ,
             if
             we
             consider
             under
             what
             pretences
             they
             came
             ,
             and
             what
             Arts
             and
             Methods
             these
             false
             Teachers
             used
             to
             delude
             and
             seduce
             the
             people
             .
          
           
             
               1.
               
               They
               pretended
               to
               the
               same
               infallible
               Spirit
               which
               the
               Apostles
               had
               .
               And
               this
               may
               be
               the
               reason
               ,
               why
               our
               Saviour
               doth
               not
               here
               call
               them
               
                 false
                 Teachers
              
               ,
               but
               
                 false
                 Prophets
              
               .
               For
               Prophecy
               in
               its
               proper
               notion
               doth
               not
               relate
               to
               future
               events
               ,
               but
               to
               divine
               Inspiration
               .
               So
               S.
               Chrysostom
               saith
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               is
               the
               same
               with
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               ,
               
               
                 a
                 Prophet
              
               ,
               saith
               he
               ,
               
                 is
                 the
                 same
                 with
                 Gods
                 interpreter
              
               :
               so
               the
               word
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               is
               used
               in
               Greek
               Authors
               ,
               
               as
               in
               the
               Author
               of
               the
               Book
               
                 de
                 Mundo
              
               ,
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               is
               rendered
               by
               
                 Apuleius
                 effari
                 caeteris
              
               ;
               and
               Festus
               saith
               ,
               that
               the
               Latines
               called
               those
               Prophets
               ,
               which
               were
               
                 oraculorum
                 interpretes
              
               ;
               and
               so
               the
               Hebrew
               words
               are
               taken
               in
               the
               same
               sense
               without
               any
               relation
               to
               foretelling
               things
               to
               come
               .
               So
               Moses
               is
               said
               
                 to
                 be
                 a
                 God
                 to
              
               Pharaoh
               ,
               
               and
               Aaron
               
                 thy
                 Brother
                 shall
                 be
                 thy
                 Prophet
                 :
                 i.
                 e.
              
               thy
               interpreter
               .
               
                 Abraham
                 is
                 called
                 a
                 Prophet
              
               ,
               
               and
               the
               Patriarchs
               are
               all
               called
               Prophets
               ,
               in
               regard
               that
               Divine
               Revelations
               were
               more
               common
               before
               the
               written
               Law
               :
               
               
               but
               the
               reason
               why
               the
               name
               of
               Prophecy
               came
               to
               be
               restrained
               to
               the
               prediction
               of
               things
               to
               come
               ,
               was
               because
               future
               events
               lying
               most
               out
               of
               the
               reach
               of
               mens
               knowledge
               ,
               the
               fore-telling
               of
               these
               was
               looked
               upon
               as
               the
               greatest
               evidence
               of
               divine
               inspiration
               .
               But
               in
               the
               New
               Testament
               prophesying
               is
               often
               taken
               for
               the
               gift
               of
               interpreting
               the
               hard
               places
               of
               the
               Old
               Testament
               ,
               as
               Themistius
               calls
               one
               that
               interpreted
               the
               hard
               places
               in
               Aristotle
               ,
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               ;
               
               thence
               Prophesying
               is
               reckoned
               among
               the
               spiritual
               gifts
               ;
               
               and
               so
               these
               
                 false
                 Prophets
              
               were
               not
               men
               who
               pretended
               to
               fore-tell
               future
               events
               ,
               but
               to
               the
               assistance
               of
               an
               infallible
               Spirit
               ,
               in
               giving
               the
               sense
               of
               Scripture
               ;
               and
               by
               this
               pretence
               they
               transformed
               themselves
               into
               the
               Apostles
               of
               Christ
               ,
               giving
               out
               that
               they
               enjoyed
               equal
               priviledges
               with
               them
               :
               whereby
               three
               things
               may
               be
               observed
               which
               deserve
               our
               consideration
               .
            
             
               1.
               
               That
               nothing
               is
               more
               easie
               ,
               than
               for
               false
               Teachers
               to
               pretend
               to
               an
               infallible
               Spirit
               ;
               such
               whom
               our
               Saviour
               and
               his
               Apostles
               did
               warn
               men
               especially
               against
               ,
               pretended
               to
               be
               Prophets
               and
               Apostles
               ,
               and
               to
               know
               the
               mind
               of
               Christ
               better
               than
               they
               who
               truly
               had
               the
               assistance
               of
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               .
               Some
               think
               
                 the
                 bare
                 pretence
                 to
                 Infallibility
                 ought
                 in
                 such
                 a
                 divided
                 state
                 of
                 the
                 Christian
                 world
                 to
                 be
                 entertained
                 as
                 the
                 best
                 
                 expedient
                 to
                 end
                 Controversies
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 Church
                 which
                 doth
                 alone
                 challenge
                 it
                 ,
                 ought
                 on
                 that
                 account
                 to
                 be
                 submitted
                 to
              
               ;
               as
               though
               the
               most
               confident
               pretenders
               were
               to
               be
               soonest
               believed
               :
               so
               they
               will
               be
               ,
               do
               what
               we
               can
               ,
               by
               the
               weakest
               sort
               of
               mankind
               ,
               but
               by
               none
               who
               have
               and
               use
               their
               judgements
               .
               If
               bare
               pretences
               were
               sufficient
               ,
               
                 Simon
                 Magus
              
               did
               bid
               the
               fairest
               to
               be
               Head
               of
               the
               Church
               ,
               
               for
               he
               pretended
               to
               be
               
                 Gods
                 Vicar
                 upon
                 earth
              
               ,
               or
               
                 the
                 divine
                 Power
                 sent
                 down
                 from
                 Heaven
                 ,
              
               which
               none
               of
               the
               Apostles
               pretended
               to
               .
               Why
               then
               did
               not
               the
               Christian
               Church
               submit
               to
               Montanus
               his
               Paraclete
               ,
               when
               no
               other
               Christians
               pretended
               to
               such
               an
               immediate
               inspiration
               as
               he
               did
               ?
               And
               certainly
               Prisca
               and
               Maximilla
               were
               better
               Oracles
               ,
               than
               a
               Crucifix
               was
               to
               a
               late
               Pope
               .
               If
               there
               be
               any
               thing
               beyond
               a
               bare
               pretence
               to
               an
               infallible
               Spirit
               ,
               we
               desire
               to
               see
               better
               arguments
               for
               it
               ,
               than
               the
               
                 false
                 Apostles
              
               could
               produce
               for
               theirs
               ;
               if
               there
               be
               nothing
               but
               a
               bare
               pretence
               ,
               we
               must
               leave
               the
               Pope
               and
               Quakers
               to
               dispute
               it
               out
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               That
               the
               pretence
               to
               Divine
               Inspiration
               is
               very
               dangerous
               to
               the
               Christian
               Church
               .
               For
               we
               see
               what
               mischief
               it
               did
               in
               the
               Apostolical
               times
               ,
               when
               there
               was
               a
               true
               infallible
               Spirit
               in
               the
               Apostles
               of
               Christ
               to
               discover
               and
               confute
               it
               ;
               yet
               notwithstanding
               all
               the
               care
               and
               diligence
               of
               the
               Apostles
               many
               were
               seduced
               by
               it
               .
               For
               those
               
               who
               have
               the
               least
               ground
               ,
               do
               commonly
               use
               the
               greatest
               confidence
               ,
               and
               denounce
               Hell
               and
               damnation
               the
               soonest
               to
               those
               who
               despise
               and
               reject
               them
               .
               Which
               being
               expressed
               with
               a
               grim
               countenance
               and
               a
               terrible
               accent
               ,
               startles
               and
               shakes
               more
               persons
               of
               weak
               judgements
               and
               timorous
               dispositions
               ,
               than
               all
               the
               reasons
               and
               arguments
               they
               could
               ever
               produce
               .
               This
               hath
               alwayes
               been
               the
               method
               of
               deceivers
               ,
               to
               pretend
               to
               the
               highest
               ,
               and
               then
               make
               the
               sin
               of
               those
               who
               do
               not
               believe
               them
               as
               great
               ,
               as
               if
               the
               thing
               were
               real
               .
               Thus
               the
               rejecting
               mens
               Fanatick
               pretences
               to
               Revelations
               and
               Extasies
               is
               cryed
               out
               upon
               ,
               as
               blaspheming
               the
               
                 Holy
                 Ghost
              
               ;
               and
               refusing
               to
               believe
               upon
               the
               Roman
               Churches
               pretended
               Infallibility
               ,
               is
               called
               no
               less
               ,
               than
               denying
               Gods
               Veracity
               .
               We
               profess
               to
               believe
               the
               true
               inspiration
               of
               the
               
                 Holy
                 Ghost
              
               ,
               and
               every
               tittle
               of
               what
               God
               hath
               revealed
               :
               but
               we
               will
               not
               swallow
               Pretences
               for
               Evidences
               ,
               nor
               Enthusiasms
               for
               Revelations
               .
               For
               as
               the
               true
               Religion
               was
               at
               first
               founded
               upon
               Divine
               Inspiration
               ;
               so
               we
               know
               that
               the
               greatest
               corruptions
               of
               it
               have
               sprung
               from
               the
               pretence
               to
               it
               .
               Maimonides
               saith
               ,
               that
               
                 the
                 first
                 beginning
                 of
                 Pagan
                 Idolatry
                 ,
                 was
                 owing
                 to
                 the
                 pretence
                 of
                 Inspiration
                 ,
              
               
               
                 and
                 immediate
                 Revelations
                 for
                 the
                 Worship
                 of
                 the
                 Stars
                 .
              
               However
               that
               be
               ,
               we
               are
               certain
               the
               Devil
               made
               use
               of
               Oracles
               and
               Enthusiasms
               ,
               as
               the
               most
               effectual
               
               means
               to
               bring
               men
               to
               the
               practice
               of
               it
               ,
               both
               in
               Aegypt
               ,
               in
               Greece
               and
               many
               other
               places
               ;
               and
               they
               who
               have
               taken
               the
               pains
               to
               collect
               them
               ,
               have
               reckoned
               one
               hundred
               and
               sixty
               several
               Oracles
               that
               were
               in
               request
               in
               the
               times
               of
               Paganism
               .
               After
               Christianity
               began
               to
               be
               setled
               in
               the
               world
               ,
               the
               greatest
               corrupters
               of
               it
               were
               the
               pretenders
               to
               Dinive
               Inspiration
               ,
               as
               the
               false
               Apostles
               ,
               the
               Gnosticks
               ,
               the
               Montanists
               ,
               and
               many
               others
               .
               And
               the
               pretence
               to
               this
               ,
               is
               so
               much
               the
               more
               dangerous
               ,
               because
               it
               bids
               high
               ,
               and
               is
               easily
               taken
               up
               ,
               and
               requires
               no
               learning
               or
               wit
               ,
               but
               only
               confidence
               to
               manage
               it
               ,
               and
               may
               carry
               men
               by
               impulses
               and
               motions
               to
               the
               most
               unwarrantable
               actions
               ,
               and
               where
               it
               meets
               with
               an
               Enthusiastical
               temper
               ,
               is
               very
               hardly
               removed
               .
            
             
               3.
               
               We
               may
               observe
               ,
               that
               a
               truly
               infallible
               Spirit
               is
               not
               sufficient
               to
               put
               an
               end
               to
               Controversies
               .
               For
               when
               was
               that
               ever
               more
               evident
               than
               in
               the
               holy
               Apostles
               after
               the
               miraculous
               descent
               of
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               upon
               them
               ?
               Many
               are
               apt
               to
               say
               now
               ,
               
                 That
                 there
                 will
                 never
                 be
                 an
                 end
                 of
                 these
                 wranglings
                 ,
                 and
                 Schisms
                 ,
                 and
                 disputes
                 in
                 Religion
                 ,
                 till
                 there
                 be
                 an
                 infallible
                 Judge
                 to
                 put
                 an
                 issue
                 to
                 them
              
               ;
               But
               were
               there
               not
               infallible
               Judges
               in
               the
               Apostles
               time
               ,
               that
               gave
               infinitely
               greater
               evidence
               of
               an
               infallible
               Spirit
               ,
               than
               any
               ever
               since
               have
               done
               ?
               But
               were
               Controversies
               put
               to
               an
               
               end
               by
               it
               ?
               No
               certainly
               ,
               when
               the
               Apostles
               complain
               so
               much
               of
               the
               Schisms
               ,
               and
               divisions
               ,
               and
               errors
               ,
               and
               heresies
               ,
               and
               disputes
               ,
               and
               quarrellings
               that
               were
               among
               them
               .
               And
               if
               so
               great
               an
               evidence
               of
               a
               Divine
               Spirit
               manifested
               by
               their
               Miracles
               ,
               had
               no
               greater
               effect
               then
               ,
               what
               can
               we
               imagine
               the
               shadow
               of
               S.
               Peter
               ,
               or
               the
               dream
               of
               infallibility
               can
               do
               in
               the
               Roman
               Church
               ?
               And
               give
               me
               leave
               to
               say
               ,
               it
               is
               the
               Inquisition
               and
               not
               Infallibility
               ,
               which
               keep
               things
               quiet
               among
               them
               .
               But
               God
               deliver
               us
               from
               such
               an
               end
               of
               Controversies
               .
            
          
           
             
               2.
               
               The
               false
               Prophets
               and
               Apostles
               pretended
               to
               greater
               mortification
               and
               self-denyal
               than
               the
               true
               Apostles
               did
               S
               Hierom
               understands
               their
               coming
               in
               
                 Sheeps
                 clothing
              
               ,
               
               of
               this
               pretence
               
                 to
                 greater
                 severity
                 ,
                 and
                 rigour
                 of
                 life
              
               than
               others
               used
               .
               Those
               that
               go
               about
               to
               deceive
               ,
               must
               appear
               to
               have
               something
               extraordinary
               this
               way
               ,
               to
               raise
               an
               admiration
               of
               them
               among
               those
               who
               judge
               of
               Saints
               more
               by
               their
               looks
               ,
               than
               by
               their
               actions
               .
               Whereas
               the
               greatest
               Hypocrites
               have
               been
               alwayes
               the
               greatest
               pretenders
               this
               way
               .
               Our
               blessed
               Saviour
               was
               so
               far
               from
               making
               any
               shew
               of
               this
               rigour
               and
               severity
               ,
               that
               he
               was
               reproached
               by
               the
               Scribes
               and
               Pharisees
               ,
               those
               mortified
               Saints
               ,
               
                 to
                 be
                 a
                 wine-bibber
                 ,
                 a
                 friend
                 to
                 Publicans
                 and
                 Sinners
                 .
              
               Alas
               !
               what
               heavenly
               looks
               ,
               and
               devout
               gestures
               ,
               and
               long
               prayers
               ,
               and
               frequent
               
               fastings
               had
               they
               more
               than
               Christ
               or
               his
               Disciples
               ?
               The
               poor
               Widows
               were
               so
               ravished
               with
               their
               long
               prayers
               ,
               that
               they
               thought
               they
               could
               not
               do
               better
               with
               their
               houses
               or
               estates
               ,
               than
               to
               put
               them
               into
               the
               hands
               of
               such
               mortified
               men
               to
               the
               world
               :
               till
               they
               found
               ,
               notwithstanding
               
                 their
                 Sheeps
                 clothing
              
               ,
               that
               by
               their
               
                 devouring
                 they
                 were
                 ravening
                 Wolves
              
               .
               Those
               that
               seem
               so
               much
               to
               fly
               from
               the
               world
               ,
               do
               but
               as
               Souldiers
               in
               a
               Battel
               sometimes
               do
               ,
               that
               seem
               to
               fly
               from
               their
               enemies
               ,
               but
               only
               with
               a
               design
               to
               make
               them
               follow
               ,
               that
               they
               may
               have
               the
               more
               advantage
               upon
               them
               .
               One
               would
               think
               no
               men
               were
               so
               afraid
               of
               the
               world
               ,
               as
               they
               that
               seem
               to
               run
               so
               fast
               from
               it
               ,
               but
               they
               lay
               their
               Ambuscado's
               to
               entrap
               it
               ;
               and
               if
               once
               it
               gets
               into
               their
               hand
               ,
               no
               men
               know
               better
               how
               to
               be
               revenged
               upon
               it
               .
               What
               pleasant
               incongruities
               are
               these
               ?
               to
               see
               men
               grow
               rich
               by
               Vows
               of
               Poverty
               ,
               retired
               from
               the
               world
               ,
               and
               yet
               the
               most
               unquiet
               and
               busie
               in
               it
               ?
               Mortified
               to
               the
               pleasures
               of
               life
               ,
               and
               yet
               delighting
               most
               in
               following
               the
               Courts
               of
               Princes
               ?
               Such
               kind
               of
               men
               were
               the
               Pharisees
               of
               old
               :
               and
               who
               would
               have
               thought
               ,
               that
               under
               the
               Name
               of
               that
               Jesus
               ,
               who
               so
               much
               detested
               and
               abhorred
               their
               hypocrisie
               ,
               there
               should
               others
               arise
               ,
               who
               have
               outdone
               them
               in
               their
               own
               way
               ?
               As
               though
               Christ
               had
               said
               ,
               
                 Except
                 your
                 righteousness
                 be
                 like
                 the
                 righteousness
                 of
                 the
                 
                 Scribes
                 and
                 Pharisees
                 ,
                 ye
                 shall
                 not
                 enter
                 in
                 the
                 Kingdom
                 of
                 Heaven
                 .
              
               But
               we
               need
               not
               wonder
               that
               in
               these
               latter
               ages
               such
               pretences
               should
               be
               made
               use
               of
               ,
               since
               in
               the
               very
               beginning
               of
               the
               Christian
               Church
               ,
               these
               were
               the
               common
               arts
               of
               deceivers
               .
               They
               found
               fault
               with
               the
               Apotles
               ,
               as
               giving
               too
               much
               liberty
               to
               men
               in
               the
               use
               of
               Marriage
               and
               Meats
               ;
               but
               they
               thought
               the
               state
               of
               the
               one
               was
               not
               agreeable
               to
               their
               sanctity
               ,
               nor
               the
               free
               use
               of
               the
               other
               consistent
               with
               their
               severe
               and
               mortified
               life
               .
               
                 For
                 they
                 did
                 forbid
                 to
                 marry
                 ,
              
               
               
                 and
                 commanded
                 to
                 abstain
                 from
                 meats
                 .
              
               They
               would
               not
               make
               use
               of
               the
               liberty
               which
               God
               had
               allowed
               ,
               but
               they
               were
               ready
               to
               take
               that
               which
               he
               had
               forbidden
               :
               therefore
               the
               Apostle
               gives
               the
               true
               character
               of
               them
               when
               he
               saith
               ,
               
                 they
                 spake
                 lyes
                 in
                 hypocrisie
              
               .
               There
               was
               an
               outward
               shew
               of
               sanctity
               and
               severity
               in
               their
               doctrine
               ;
               but
               no
               men
               are
               observed
               by
               
                 Ecclesiastical
                 Historians
              
               to
               have
               been
               more
               eager
               of
               what
               God
               had
               forbidden
               ,
               than
               they
               who
               were
               so
               scrupulous
               about
               what
               God
               had
               allowed
               .
               We
               do
               not
               say
               ,
               the
               case
               is
               altogether
               the
               same
               ,
               
                 where
                 men
                 are
                 forbidden
                 absolutely
                 ,
                 as
                 though
                 Marriage
                 were
                 unlawful
                 in
                 it self
              
               ;
               which
               was
               the
               case
               of
               the
               antient
               Hereticks
               ;
               and
               
                 where
                 it
                 is
                 forbidden
                 only
                 to
                 a
                 particular
                 Order
                 of
                 men
                 ,
              
               as
               it
               is
               in
               the
               Church
               of
               Rome
               :
               but
               this
               we
               say
               ,
               that
               where
               it
               is
               forbidden
               to
               
                 a
                 particular
                 Order
                 of
                 men
              
               ,
               as
               though
               it
               did
               not
               become
               the
               
               sanctity
               of
               that
               Order
               ;
               this
               is
               reviving
               that
               hypocrisie
               which
               S.
               Paul
               condemns
               :
               especially
               when
               it
               is
               forbidden
               on
               such
               an
               account
               as
               Pope
               Siricius
               did
               it
               ,
               
               
                 because
                 they
                 that
                 are
                 in
                 the
                 flesh
                 cannot
                 please
                 God
              
               ;
               which
               is
               in
               effect
               sending
               all
               married
               persons
               to
               Hell.
               
               This
               was
               one
               part
               of
               the
               pretended
               mortification
               of
               false
               Teachers
               about
               Marriage
               ,
               the
               other
               was
               about
               Meats
               .
               S.
               Paul
               knew
               no
               such
               holiness
               in
               one
               sort
               of
               Meat
               above
               another
               ,
               as
               though
               men
               could
               fast
               their
               bellies
               full
               of
               one
               ,
               but
               the
               least
               taste
               of
               the
               other
               destroyed
               it
               .
               What
               a
               pleasant
               thing
               it
               is
               to
               account
               that
               fasting
               ,
               which
               the
               unmortified
               Epicures
               of
               old
               accounted
               their
               most
               delicious
               feasting
               ,
               viz.
               Fish
               and
               Wine
               !
               This
               is
               not
               doing
               so
               much
               as
               the
               Pharisees
               did
               ,
               
               for
               they
               
                 appeared
                 unto
                 men
                 to
                 fast
              
               :
               but
               in
               the
               Church
               of
               Rome
               they
               cannot
               be
               said
               to
               do
               that
               ,
               unless
               fasting
               and
               eating
               be
               the
               same
               thing
               .
               
                 But
                 may
                 not
                 the
                 Church
                 call
                 not
                 eating
                 prohibited
                 meat
                 fasting
                 ?
              
               No
               doubt
               it
               may
               ;
               as
               well
               as
               call
               that
               no
               bread
               ,
               which
               we
               see
               ,
               and
               taste
               ,
               and
               handle
               to
               be
               bread
               .
               However
               I
               cannot
               understand
               ,
               but
               if
               their
               Church
               had
               so
               pleased
               ,
               the
               eating
               Flesh
               and
               abstaining
               from
               Fish
               might
               have
               been
               called
               fasting
               ;
               and
               so
               they
               might
               have
               made
               one
               entire
               Fast
               of
               a
               whole
               years
               eating
               :
               and
               notwithstanding
               all
               the
               pretence
               of
               fasting
               and
               mortification
               in
               that
               Church
               ,
               I
               cannot
               see
               that
               any
               man
               is
               bound
               by
               the
               Laws
               
               of
               it
               ,
               to
               keep
               one
               
                 true
                 fast
              
               all
               the
               dayes
               of
               his
               life
               .
               But
               if
               all
               the
               mortification
               required
               ,
               lyes
               only
               
                 in
                 a
                 distinction
                 of
                 meats
              
               ,
               the
               false
               Apostles
               went
               beyond
               them
               in
               it
               ;
               for
               they
               utterly
               forbid
               some
               sorts
               ,
               saying
               ,
               
                 touch
                 not
                 ,
                 taste
                 not
                 ,
                 handle
                 not
              
               ;
               and
               not
               meerly
               to
               shew
               their
               obedience
               to
               the
               commands
               of
               the
               Church
               ,
               
               but
               that
               they
               might
               not
               gratifie
               the
               desires
               of
               the
               flesh
               ,
               and
               therefore
               the
               Apostle
               saith
               ,
               
               
                 these
                 things
              
               had
               on
               that
               account
               
                 a
                 shew
                 of
                 wisdom
                 in
                 them
              
               ;
               being
               in
               all
               probability
               taken
               from
               the
               severe
               precepts
               of
               the
               Pythagorean
               Philosophy
               ,
               which
               makes
               him
               bid
               them
               ,
               
               
                 Beware
                 lest
                 they
                 were
                 spoiled
                 through
                 Philosophy
                 and
                 vain
                 deceit
                 ,
                 after
                 the
                 tradition
                 of
                 men
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 principles
                 of
                 the
                 world
                 ,
                 and
                 not
                 after
                 Christ.
              
               For
               if
               this
               sort
               of
               mortification
               were
               a
               thing
               so
               pleasing
               to
               God
               ,
               the
               Heathen
               principles
               were
               more
               agreeable
               to
               his
               nature
               ,
               than
               the
               doctrine
               of
               Christianity
               .
               This
               only
               requires
               the
               subduing
               our
               inward
               lusts
               ,
               and
               in
               order
               to
               that
               ,
               to
               keep
               the
               body
               in
               subjection
               ;
               but
               in
               the
               mysteries
               of
               the
               Heaten
               Religion
               far
               greater
               severities
               were
               to
               be
               undergone
               ,
               in
               order
               to
               their
               participation
               of
               them
               .
               And
               the
               hardships
               were
               so
               great
               in
               some
               of
               their
               initiations
               ,
               especially
               those
               of
               Mithras
               ,
               that
               some
               dyed
               before
               they
               could
               pass
               through
               them
               :
               and
               yet
               for
               any
               to
               be
               admitted
               without
               them
               ,
               was
               present
               death
               to
               them
               .
               They
               were
               
                 to
                 make
                 confession
                 of
                 their
                 sins
                 ,
                 shave
                 their
                 heads
                 ,
                 change
                 their
                 habits
                 ,
                 lye
                 
                 upon
                 the
                 bare
                 ground
                 ,
                 fast
                 for
                 several
                 dayes
                 ,
                 and
                 when
                 they
                 eat
                 ,
                 it
                 was
                 to
                 be
                 only
                 of
                 some
                 certain
                 meats
              
               ;
               these
               and
               many
               other
               severities
               they
               were
               to
               go
               through
               in
               order
               to
               the
               purifying
               their
               souls
               ,
               as
               they
               thought
               ,
               and
               bringing
               them
               to
               the
               state
               they
               were
               in
               before
               they
               came
               into
               the
               body
               .
               Some
               part
               of
               these
               hardships
               the
               Pythagoreans
               took
               into
               their
               Philosophy
               ;
               and
               from
               them
               the
               Colossians
               began
               to
               be
               infected
               with
               them
               :
               but
               S.
               Paul
               calls
               them
               only
               
                 vain
                 deceits
                 ,
                 the
                 commandments
                 and
                 doctrines
                 of
                 men
                 ,
                 things
                 that
                 made
                 a
                 fair
                 shew
                 ,
              
               but
               he
               looks
               upon
               them
               as
               corruptions
               of
               the
               doctrine
               of
               Christ.
               Yet
               afterwards
               the
               Montanists
               and
               Encratitae
               and
               others
               were
               much
               stricter
               and
               more
               frequent
               in
               these
               fasts
               and
               abstinence
               ,
               than
               the
               Catholick
               Christians
               ;
               but
               the
               Church
               thought
               fit
               to
               condemn
               them
               ,
               as
               corrupters
               of
               Christianity
               .
               By
               all
               which
               we
               see
               ,
               how
               apt
               men
               are
               to
               be
               deceived
               by
               false
               Teachers
               ,
               when
               they
               pretend
               to
               so
               much
               Mortification
               above
               what
               Christianity
               requires
               from
               them
               .
            
          
           
             
               3.
               
               They
               pretended
               to
               know
               the
               mind
               of
               Christ
               better
               than
               the
               Apostles
               did
               :
               they
               pretended
               ,
               that
               they
               had
               conversed
               familiarly
               with
               Christ
               upon
               earth
               ,
               and
               understood
               his
               meaning
               better
               than
               the
               Apostles
               did
               .
               And
               therefore
               their
               Disciples
               in
               the
               Church
               of
               Corinth
               ,
               
               were
               neither
               for
               Paul
               ,
               nor
               Apollos
               ,
               nor
               Cephas
               ,
               but
               they
               were
               only
               
                 for
                 Christ
              
               :
               and
               gave
               out
               that
               from
               him
               they
               understood
               ,
               
               that
               what
               he
               had
               said
               concerning
               the
               Resurrection
               ,
               was
               only
               to
               be
               understood
               of
               the
               state
               of
               Regeneration
               :
               which
               doctrine
               it
               seems
               had
               gotten
               great
               footing
               in
               the
               Church
               of
               Corinth
               by
               their
               means
               .
               They
               reported
               ,
               that
               the
               Apostles
               understood
               only
               some
               common
               and
               ordinary
               things
               ,
               but
               the
               deeper
               and
               
                 more
                 hidden
                 mysteries
              
               were
               only
               made
               known
               to
               them
               :
               which
               makes
               S.
               Paul
               in
               his
               Epistles
               to
               those
               Churches
               which
               they
               had
               corrupted
               ,
               speak
               so
               often
               of
               his
               understanding
               
                 the
                 mysteries
                 of
                 God
                 :
                 But
                 we
                 speak
                 the
                 wisdom
                 of
                 God
                 in
                 a
                 mysterie
                 ,
              
               
               
                 even
                 the
                 hidden
                 wisdom
                 which
                 God
                 ordained
                 before
                 the
                 world
                 to
                 our
                 glory
              
               :
               
               
                 having
                 made
                 known
                 unto
                 us
                 the
                 mysterie
                 of
                 his
                 will
                 :
                 whereby
                 ye
                 may
                 understand
                 my
                 knowledge
                 in
                 the
                 mysterie
                 of
                 Christ.
              
               The
               true
               Apostles
               declared
               ,
               
               
                 that
                 they
                 kept
                 back
                 nothing
                 of
                 the
                 counsel
                 of
                 God
                 ,
              
               but
               delivered
               it
               openly
               and
               plainly
               ,
               
                 to
                 make
                 all
                 men
                 see
                 and
                 understand
                 what
                 that
                 mysterie
                 was
              
               :
               the
               false
               Apostles
               pretended
               ,
               
               that
               the
               Doctrine
               and
               Writings
               of
               the
               Apostles
               did
               not
               contain
               all
               the
               
                 great
                 mysteries
              
               of
               the
               Gospel
               ,
               but
               they
               were
               received
               from
               Christs
               own
               mouth
               ,
               and
               conveyed
               to
               others
               by
               a
               secret
               and
               
                 oral
                 tradition
              
               .
               The
               things
               written
               by
               the
               Evangelists
               they
               could
               not
               deny
               to
               be
               true
               ,
               but
               they
               were
               dark
               and
               obscure
               ,
               and
               could
               not
               be
               understood
               but
               by
               the
               help
               of
               their
               
                 Oral
                 Tradition
              
               :
               and
               upon
               this
               principle
               ,
               
                 Cerinthus
                 ,
                 Basilides
                 ,
                 Valentinus
              
               ,
               and
               Marcion
               went
               ,
               as
               appears
               by
               Irenaeus
               .
               
               For
               when
               they
               saw
               ,
               they
               could
               
               never
               make
               good
               their
               Doctrines
               by
               the
               writings
               of
               the
               
                 New
                 Testament
              
               they
               sought
               to
               blast
               the
               reputation
               of
               these
               ,
               and
               set
               up
               the
               Authority
               of
               an
               
                 Oral
                 Tradition
              
               above
               them
               .
               Men
               do
               not
               use
               to
               pick
               quarrels
               with
               their
               Friends
               ;
               and
               therefore
               when
               we
               find
               any
               charging
               the
               Scripture
               with
               obscurity
               and
               imperfection
               ,
               we
               have
               reason
               to
               believe
               ,
               they
               hope
               for
               no
               comfort
               from
               it
               .
            
          
           
             
               4.
               
               They
               made
               use
               of
               the
               most
               subtle
               and
               crafty
               methods
               of
               deceiving
               .
               To
               this
               end
               they
               were
               very
               busie
               and
               active
               ,
               watching
               every
               opportunity
               ;
               therefore
               S.
               Paul
               charges
               them
               with
               
                 sleight
                 and
                 cunning
                 craftiness
                 ,
                 lying
                 in
                 wait
                 to
                 deceive
                 :
                 i.e.
              
               with
               using
               all
               the
               arts
               and
               tricks
               of
               deceivers
               :
               
               as
               (
               1.
               )
               By
               deep
               dissimulation
               and
               disguising
               themselves
               ;
               not
               appearing
               at
               first
               to
               be
               what
               they
               really
               are
               ;
               nor
               letting
               them
               understand
               ,
               what
               their
               true
               doctrine
               and
               design
               is
               .
               If
               any
               of
               those
               they
               hope
               to
               gain
               ,
               object
               any
               thing
               against
               them
               ,
               how
               do
               they
               pity
               their
               ignorance
               ,
               and
               revile
               their
               Teachers
               ,
               that
               did
               so
               foully
               misrepresent
               their
               Doctrines
               to
               them
               !
               Alas
               for
               them
               poor
               men
               ,
               they
               neither
               understand
               us
               nor
               our
               Religion
               !
               
                 They
                 have
                 taken
                 up
                 things
                 upon
                 trust
                 ,
                 &
                 their
                 prejudice
                 will
                 not
                 suffer
                 them
                 to
                 examine
                 things
                 as
                 they
                 are
                 .
                 Have
                 you
                 not
                 been
                 told
                 thus
                 and
                 thus
                 concerning
                 us
                 ,
                 and
                 not
                 one
                 word
                 of
                 it
                 is
                 true
                 ?
                 Never
                 trust
                 such
                 men
                 more
                 ,
                 come
                 be
                 perswaded
                 by
                 us
                 ,
                 and
                 then
                 you
                 shall
                 be
                 truly
                 enlightned
                 .
              
               
               (
               2.
               )
               By
               raising
               prejudices
               against
               their
               Teachers
               ;
               as
               they
               did
               in
               the
               Church
               of
               Corinth
               against
               S.
               Paul
               ,
               representing
               him
               as
               a
               man
               
                 of
                 a
                 mean
                 and
                 contemptible
                 presence
                 ,
                 and
                 rude
                 in
                 speech
                 .
              
               
                 Come
                 ,
                 say
                 they
                 ,
                 
                 and
                 hear
                 our
                 Preachers
                 ,
                 with
                 what
                 admirable
                 eloquence
                 and
                 moving
                 expressions
                 they
                 speak
                 ,
                 how
                 they
                 dart
                 beams
                 of
                 light
                 into
                 mens
                 minds
                 ,
                 and
                 strike
                 through
                 the
                 souls
                 of
                 men
                 !
                 you
                 would
                 never
                 care
                 for
                 this
                 dull
                 and
                 obscure
                 way
                 of
                 S.
                 Paul
                 more
                 .
              
               But
               this
               is
               a
               small
               thing
               to
               disparage
               only
               his
               gifts
               ;
               
                 Observe
                 say
                 they
                 his
                 doctrine
                 ,
                 and
                 see
                 whither
                 it
                 tends
                 ,
                 is
                 not
                 he
                 against
                 those
                 that
                 forbid
                 to
                 marry
                 ,
                 and
                 abstain
                 from
                 meats
                 ?
                 Judge
                 now
                 whither
                 these
                 loose
                 doctrines
                 lead
                 men
                 .
              
               So
               S.
               Paul
               tell
               us
               ,
               that
               they
               had
               represented
               him
               
                 as
                 one
                 that
                 walked
                 after
                 the
                 flesh
              
               ;
               
               and
               had
               prevailed
               so
               far
               upon
               the
               people
               by
               these
               sly
               insinuations
               ,
               as
               though
               all
               he
               aimed
               at
               ,
               was
               only
               for
               his
               own
               advantage
               ,
               viz.
               that
               he
               might
               be
               popular
               ,
               and
               get
               himself
               an
               interest
               among
               that
               rich
               people
               of
               Corinth
               ,
               so
               that
               he
               tells
               them
               ,
               he
               was
               fain
               
                 to
                 live
                 upon
                 other
                 Churches
                 to
                 do
                 them
                 service
              
               :
               
               and
               he
               tells
               us
               afterwards
               
                 the
                 false
                 Apostles
                 gave
                 the
                 occasion
                 of
                 it
              
               :
               
               &
               in
               the
               Churches
               of
               Galatia
               they
               had
               turned
               his
               greatest
               friends
               to
               be
               his
               enemies
               ;
               and
               he
               give
               this
               account
               of
               it
               ,
               
                 they
                 would
                 exclude
                 us
                 ,
                 that
                 you
                 might
                 affect
                 them
                 .
              
               
               (
               3.
               )
               By
               sowing
               Schisms
               &
               divisions
               among
               them
               .
               This
               was
               their
               master-piece
               ,
               to
               beget
               contentions
               where
               they
               could
               not
               prevail
               themselves
               .
               What
               
               joy
               was
               it
               to
               them
               to
               see
               in
               the
               Church
               of
               Corinth
               ,
               such
               parties
               and
               factions
               made
               among
               them
               ?
               
               
                 some
                 for
              
               Paul
               ,
               
                 some
                 for
              
               Apollos
               ,
               
                 some
                 for
              
               Cephas
               ,
               from
               hence
               proceeded
               envying
               ,
               
               
                 and
                 strife
                 ,
                 and
                 divisions
                 among
                 them
              
               ;
               and
               this
               gave
               them
               a
               fair
               opportunity
               of
               breaking
               them
               in
               pieces
               one
               against
               another
               .
               And
               therefore
               the
               Apostle
               saw
               it
               necessary
               to
               use
               the
               utmost
               means
               to
               cure
               these
               divisions
               among
               them
               ;
               and
               elsewhere
               beseeches
               the
               Christians
               
                 to
                 mark
                 them
                 that
                 cause
                 divisions
                 and
                 offences
                 contrary
                 to
                 the
                 doctrine
                 which
                 ye
                 have
                 learned
                 ,
              
               
               
                 and
                 avoid
                 them
                 ;
                 for
                 they
                 that
                 are
                 such
                 ,
                 serve
                 not
                 our
                 Lord
                 Jesus
                 Christ
                 but
                 their
                 own
                 belly
                 ;
                 and
                 by
                 good
                 words
                 and
                 fair
                 speeches
                 deceive
                 the
                 hearts
                 of
                 the
                 simple
                 :
                 i.e.
              
               they
               carry
               on
               their
               own
               designs
               and
               interests
               ,
               by
               these
               means
               ;
               and
               therefore
               study
               all
               the
               wayes
               to
               foment
               and
               increase
               them
               .
               
                 Why
                 should
                 the
                 disciples
                 of
                 Peter
                 yield
                 to
                 those
                 of
                 Paul
                 ,
                 and
                 why
                 should
                 not
                 those
                 of
                 Apollos
                 be
                 regarded
                 as
                 much
                 as
                 either
                 ?
              
               And
               such
               was
               the
               unhappy
               success
               of
               these
               mens
               arts
               in
               this
               divided
               Church
               of
               Corinth
               ,
               that
               notwithstanding
               all
               the
               care
               of
               S.
               Paul
               to
               put
               an
               end
               to
               their
               factions
               ,
               they
               brake
               out
               with
               greater
               fury
               afterwards
               ,
               as
               appears
               by
               the
               Epistle
               of
               Clemens
               to
               them
               :
               
               and
               he
               takes
               notice
               of
               those
               who
               did
               cast
               the
               arrows
               of
               contention
               among
               them
               :
               and
               therefore
               he
               makes
               that
               the
               chief
               argument
               of
               his
               Epistle
               ,
               to
               defeat
               the
               design
               of
               the
               false
               Teachers
               ,
               by
               perswading
               them
               to
               peace
               and
               unity
               among
               themselves
               .
               (
               4.
               )
               By
               the
               
               most
               plausible
               insinuations
               .
               
                 By
                 good
                 words
                 and
                 fair
                 speeches
                 ,
              
               saith
               S.
               
                 Paul
                 ,
                 they
                 deceive
                 the
                 hearts
                 of
                 the
                 simple
              
               :
               they
               might
               find
               by
               their
               softness
               and
               gentleness
               that
               they
               were
               in
               
                 Sheeps
                 clothing
              
               .
               How
               meek
               and
               humble
               ,
               and
               insinuating
               are
               they
               where
               they
               have
               any
               hopes
               of
               a
               prey
               !
               how
               do
               the
               bowels
               of
               these
               
                 ravening
                 Wolves
              
               yearn
               towards
               the
               
                 silly
                 sheep
              
               ,
               that
               look
               only
               on
               their
               outsides
               !
               They
               would
               not
               hurt
               a
               limb
               of
               them
               for
               all
               the
               world
               !
               Nothing
               but
               meer
               zeal
               for
               their
               good
               ,
               could
               make
               them
               run
               such
               hazards
               ,
               and
               venture
               so
               much
               as
               they
               do
               !
               What
               end
               could
               they
               have
               in
               following
               such
               stray
               Sheep
               ,
               but
               to
               reduce
               them
               to
               the
               true
               sheepfold
               ?
               Thus
               ,
               if
               the
               Wolves
               may
               be
               believed
               ,
               there
               is
               no
               danger
               to
               the
               Sheep
               ,
               but
               from
               their
               Shepherds
               :
               let
               them
               but
               forsake
               them
               ,
               and
               then
               see
               what
               admirable
               love
               ,
               and
               peace
               ,
               and
               unity
               they
               would
               live
               together
               in
               :
               but
               the
               Apostle
               well
               adds
               to
               all
               this
               ,
               
                 deceiving
                 the
                 hearts
                 of
                 the
                 simple
                 ,
              
               for
               none
               else
               are
               capable
               of
               being
               thus
               deceived
               ,
               by
               all
               their
               fair
               pretences
               and
               plausible
               insinuations
               .
            
          
           
             
               5.
               
               The
               false
               Teachers
               were
               for
               a
               more
               pompous
               and
               easie
               way
               of
               Religion
               ,
               than
               the
               true
               Apostles
               were
               :
               These
               were
               for
               the
               purity
               and
               simplicity
               of
               the
               Gospel
               of
               Christ
               ,
               the
               other
               were
               for
               joyning
               the
               
                 Iewish
                 Ceremonies
              
               and
               the
               
                 Heathen
                 Customs
              
               :
               together
               with
               it
               ;
               and
               by
               this
               means
               they
               hoped
               with
               much
               more
               ease
               to
               gain
               Proselytes
               to
               them
               ;
               especially
               when
               to
               this
               they
               added
               a
               greater
               
               liberty
               in
               mens
               lives
               ;
               so
               that
               by
               these
               offers
               ,
               they
               hoped
               to
               gain
               the
               vain
               ,
               the
               superstitious
               ,
               and
               the
               profaner
               sort
               wholly
               to
               them
               See
               how
               S
               Paul
               describes
               them
               ,
               
                 having
                 a
                 form
                 of
                 godliness
                 ,
                 but
                 denying
                 the
                 power
                 of
                 it
                 ;
                 for
                 of
                 this
                 sort
                 are
                 they
                 which
                 creep
                 into
                 houses
                 ,
              
               
               
                 and
                 lead
                 captive
                 silly
                 women
                 laden
                 with
                 sins
                 ,
                 led
                 away
                 with
                 divers
                 lusts
                 .
              
               These
               were
               subjects
               rightly
               disposed
               to
               be
               deceived
               by
               them
               :
               their
               folly
               made
               them
               capable
               ,
               and
               their
               lusts
               very
               tractable
               to
               such
               a
               formal
               ,
               pompous
               ,
               easie
               Religion
               :
               It
               was
               by
               this
               indulgence
               of
               men
               in
               their
               sins
               ,
               that
               vile
               Sect
               of
               the
               Gnosticks
               gained
               so
               much
               ground
               in
               the
               beginnings
               of
               Christianity
               .
               S.
               Chrysostom
               thinks
               these
               words
               of
               our
               Saviour
               have
               a
               particular
               respect
               to
               the
               foregoing
               words
               ,
               
                 Strait
                 is
                 the
                 gate
                 and
                 narrow
                 is
                 the
                 way
                 that
                 leadeth
                 unto
                 life
                 ,
              
               
               
                 and
                 few
                 there
                 be
                 that
                 find
                 it
                 .
              
               Now
               these
               words
               coming
               immediately
               after
               seem
               to
               imply
               ,
               that
               these
               
                 false
                 Prophets
              
               were
               for
               making
               the
               gate
               wider
               ,
               and
               the
               way
               to
               Heaven
               larger
               than
               Christ
               hath
               done
               ,
               and
               such
               need
               not
               fear
               they
               shall
               have
               many
               followers
               ,
               and
               especially
               of
               those
               who
               are
               farthest
               from
               the
               Kingdom
               of
               Heaven
               .
               All
               the
               blessedness
               our
               Saviour
               promises
               ,
               is
               to
               the
               humble
               and
               contrite
               ,
               to
               the
               meek
               and
               righteous
               ,
               to
               the
               merciful
               ,
               pure
               and
               peaceable
               :
               but
               if
               others
               make
               easier
               conditions
               of
               blessedness
               ,
               no
               wonder
               if
               their
               doctrine
               be
               entertained
               by
               those
               who
               are
               willing
               to
               be
               happy
               ,
               but
               unwilling
               to
               leave
               their
               sins
               .
               As
               if
               false
               
               Teachers
               should
               turn
               our
               Saviours
               Beatitudes
               into
               such
               as
               these
               :
               
                 Blessed
                 are
                 ye
                 ,
                 if
                 ye
                 confess
                 your
                 sins
                 to
                 a
                 Priest
                 ,
                 and
                 receive
                 the
                 Sacrament
                 of
                 Penance
                 ,
                 for
                 your
                 sins
                 are
                 forgiven
                 .
                 Blessed
                 are
                 ye
                 ,
                 if
                 ye
                 vow
                 poverty
                 ,
                 and
                 leave
                 the
                 world
                 ;
                 for
                 ye
                 shall
                 inherit
                 the
                 earth
                 .
                 Blessed
                 are
                 ye
                 ,
                 if
                 ye
                 go
                 in
                 Pilgrimages
                 ,
                 and
                 visit
                 the
                 seven
                 Churches
                 (
                 especially
                 in
                 a
                 year
                 of
                 Iubilee
                 ,
                 and
                 receive
                 the
                 Popes
                 benediction
                 )
                 for
                 ye
                 shall
                 be
                 called
                 the
                 Children
                 of
                 God.
                 Blessed
                 are
                 ye
                 ,
                 if
                 ye
                 do
                 or
                 suffer
                 evil
                 for
                 the
                 Catholick
                 Churches
                 sake
                 ;
                 for
                 great
                 shall
                 be
                 your
                 reward
                 in
                 Heaven
                 .
                 Blessed
                 are
                 they
                 ,
                 that
                 howsoever
                 they
                 live
                 ,
                 dye
                 in
                 S.
              
               Francis
               
                 his
                 habit
                 ,
                 for
                 theirs
                 is
                 the
                 Kingdom
                 of
                 Heaven
                 .
              
               For
               so
               Gregory
               the
               ninth
               saith
               ,
               that
               S.
               
                 Francis
                 obtained
                 this
                 priviledge
                 of
                 God
                 ,
              
               
               
                 that
                 whosoever
                 had
                 that
                 habit
                 on
                 ,
                 could
                 not
                 dye
                 ill
                 :
              
               and
               S.
               Francis
               adds
               himself
               ,
               
                 That
                 whosoever
                 loved
                 his
                 Order
                 in
                 his
                 heart
                 ,
                 how
                 great
                 a
                 sinner
                 soever
                 he
                 was
                 ,
                 should
                 obtain
                 mercy
                 of
                 God.
              
               And
               are
               not
               these
               much
               easier
               terms
               of
               blessedness
               ,
               than
               those
               our
               Saviour
               layes
               down
               ?
               Besides
               ,
               that
               which
               makes
               the
               way
               to
               Heaven
               more
               narrow
               ,
               is
               that
               our
               Saviour
               declares
               ,
               
                 he
                 came
                 not
                 to
                 destroy
                 the
                 Law
                 ,
                 but
                 to
                 fulfill
                 it
              
               :
               and
               adds
               precepts
               of
               his
               own
               to
               it
               :
               But
               do
               not
               they
               make
               the
               way
               to
               Heaven
               much
               opener
               ,
               that
               teach
               men
               to
               dissolve
               both
               the
               Law
               and
               the
               Precepts
               of
               Christ
               ?
               For
               this
               is
               the
               language
               of
               these
               false
               Teachers
               ,
               if
               we
               bring
               their
               doctrine
               to
               the
               manner
               of
               our
               Saviours
               expressions
               .
               
                 Ye
                 have
                 heard
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 hath
                 been
                 said
                 of
                 old
                 ,
                 
                   Thou
                   shalt
                   worship
                   the
                   Lord
                   thy
                   God
                   ,
                   and
                   him
                   only
                   shalt
                   thou
                   
                   serve
                
                 ;
                 but
                 we
                 say
                 unto
                 you
                 ,
                 that
                 ye
                 are
                 to
                 give
                 worship
                 both
                 to
                 Saints
                 and
                 Angels
                 .
                 Ye
                 have
                 heard
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 hath
                 been
                 said
                 by
                 them
                 of
                 old
                 time
                 ;
                 
                   Thou
                   shalt
                   not
                   make
                   to
                   thy self
                   any
                   graven
                   Image
                   ,
                   nor
                   the
                   likeness
                   of
                   any
                   thing
                   ,
                
                 &c.
                 but
                 we
                 say
                 unto
                 you
                 ,
                 that
                 this
                 Command
                 may
                 be
                 left
                 out
                 among
                 Christians
                 .
                 You
                 have
                 heard
                 that
                 it
                 hath
                 been
                 said
                 of
                 old
                 ,
                 
                   Thou
                   shalt
                   not
                   kill
                
                 :
                 but
                 we
                 say
                 unto
                 you
                 ,
                 that
                 to
                 murder
                 Princes
                 ,
                 blow
                 up
                 Parliaments
                 ,
                 destroy
                 Hereticks
                 is
                 lawful
                 for
                 the
                 good
                 of
                 the
                 Catholick
                 Church
                 .
                 You
                 have
                 heard
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 hath
                 been
                 said
                 of
                 old
                 ,
                 
                   Thou
                   shalt
                   not
                   commit
                   adultery
                
                 :
                 but
                 we
                 say
                 unto
                 you
                 ,
                 that
                 marriage
                 in
                 a
                 Priest
                 is
                 worse
                 than
                 fornication
                 .
              
               Thus
               far
               for
               the
               Law
               ;
               now
               let
               us
               see
               the
               liberty
               they
               take
               as
               to
               the
               precepts
               of
               the
               Gospel
               .
               
                 Ye
                 have
                 heard
                 that
                 it
                 hath
                 been
                 said
                 by
                 Christ
                 ,
                 
                   Drink
                   ye
                   all
                   of
                   this
                
                 :
                 but
                 we
                 say
                 unto
                 you
                 ,
                 that
                 notwithstanding
                 this
                 precept
                 of
                 Christ
                 ,
                 the
                 Laity
                 must
                 not
                 do
                 it
                 .
                 You
                 have
                 heard
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 hath
                 been
                 said
                 by
                 the
                 Apostle
                 ,
                 that
                 men
                 ought
                 to
                 
                   pray
                   with
                   understanding
                
                 :
                 but
                 we
                 say
                 unto
                 you
                 ,
                 that
                 men
                 need
                 not
                 understand
                 what
                 they
                 pray
                 for
                 .
                 Ye
                 have
                 heard
                 that
                 ye
                 have
                 been
                 commanded
                 both
                 by
                 Christ
                 and
                 his
                 Apostles
                 ,
                 to
                 
                   Read
                   the
                   Scriptures
                
                 :
                 but
                 we
                 forbid
                 the
                 people
                 to
                 read
                 the
                 Scriptures
                 ,
                 and
                 say
                 ,
                 that
                 more
                 hurt
                 than
                 good
                 comes
                 by
                 it
                 .
              
               Judge
               now
               ,
               whether
               the
               character
               of
               
                 false
                 Teachers
              
               do
               not
               belong
               to
               them
               ,
               who
               have
               found
               another
               way
               ,
               nay
               ,
               a
               
               contrary
               way
               to
               Heaven
               ,
               to
               that
               which
               our
               Saviour
               directed
               ?
               And
               so
               much
               for
               the
               Caution
               here
               given
               ,
               and
               the
               Reason
               annexed
               to
               it
               ;
               
                 Beware
                 of
                 false
                 Prophets
                 ,
                 for
                 they
                 come
                 to
                 you
                 in
                 Sheeps
                 clothing
                 ,
                 but
                 inwardly
                 they
                 are
                 ravening
                 Wolves
                 .
              
               I
               come
               now
               ,
            
          
        
         
           
             2.
             
             To
             the
             Rule
             laid
             down
             by
             our
             Saviour
             for
             the
             judging
             of
             them
             ;
             
               By
               their
               fruits
               ye
               shall
               know
               them
               .
            
             He
             doth
             not
             send
             men
             to
             an
             infallible
             Judge
             to
             know
             the
             true
             and
             
               false
               Teachers
            
             from
             each
             other
             ,
             but
             layes
             down
             such
             a
             Rule
             as
             he
             supposed
             might
             be
             sufficient
             to
             direct
             men
             in
             their
             judgement
             of
             them
             .
             If
             Christ
             had
             ever
             intended
             to
             have
             left
             such
             a
             
               Vicar
               upon
               Earth
            
             ,
             whose
             judgement
             all
             Christians
             are
             bound
             to
             follow
             ,
             he
             would
             never
             have
             put
             them
             to
             such
             a
             needless
             tryal
             of
             mens
             Doctrines
             by
             their
             Fruits
             :
             the
             short
             and
             plain
             way
             had
             been
             to
             have
             said
             thus
             ,
             
               There
               will
               false
               Teachers
               arise
               ,
               but
               remember
               that
               you
               are
               to
               obey
               and
               follow
               the
               Bishop
               of
            
             Rome
             ;
             
               and
               if
               you
               will
               be
               saved
               ,
               I
               command
               you
               to
               hold
               in
               communion
               with
               him
               .
            
             This
             had
             been
             the
             fullest
             and
             clearest
             direction
             in
             the
             world
             ,
             and
             no
             doubt
             ,
             if
             our
             
               blessed
               Saviour
            
             had
             meant
             any
             such
             thing
             ,
             such
             was
             his
             care
             of
             the
             souls
             of
             men
             ,
             this
             would
             have
             been
             one
             of
             the
             first
             and
             plainest
             precepts
             of
             the
             Gospel
             .
             But
             so
             dark
             and
             obscure
             ,
             so
             remote
             and
             impertinent
             are
             the
             proofs
             brought
             from
             Scripture
             for
             the
             
               Popes
               Supremacy
            
             ,
             that
             I
             dare
             say
             ,
             that
             
               Aristotles
               Politicks
            
             do
             prove
             it
             much
             better
             than
             any
             Text
             in
             the
             Bible
             :
             and
             those
             I
             suppose
             
             have
             been
             of
             my
             opinion
             ,
             who
             slightly
             passing
             over
             the
             passages
             of
             Scripture
             ,
             have
             been
             large
             in
             proving
             ,
             that
             
               Monarchy
               is
               the
               best
               Government
            
             ,
             and
             therefore
             ought
             to
             be
             in
             the
             Church
             .
             Which
             argument
             if
             it
             have
             any
             force
             for
             an
             
               Universal
               Monarchy
            
             in
             the
             Church
             ,
             I
             should
             not
             at
             all
             wonder
             to
             see
             the
             same
             persons
             zealous
             to
             promote
             an
             
               Universal
               Monarchy
            
             in
             the
             World
             too
             .
             For
             if
             the
             argument
             in
             the
             
               Canon
               Law
            
             be
             good
             ,
             That
             the
             Pope
             is
             above
             the
             Emperour
             ,
             because
             God
             created
             two
             great
             Lights
             ,
             
             
               the
               Sun
            
             and
             
               the
               Moon
            
             :
             I
             hope
             the
             same
             reason
             ,
             which
             will
             prove
             it
             necessary
             for
             the
             
               Sun
               to
               rule
               the
               day
            
             ,
             will
             equally
             hold
             ,
             that
             
               the
               Moon
               should
               rule
               the
               night
               .
            
             And
             I
             shall
             easily
             agree
             ,
             that
             when
             it
             will
             be
             thought
             reasonable
             for
             all
             the
             Kings
             and
             Princes
             in
             the
             world
             to
             submit
             themselves
             to
             one
             
               Universal
               Monarch
            
             ,
             it
             may
             be
             then
             expedient
             for
             all
             particular
             Churches
             ,
             to
             give
             up
             their
             rights
             to
             the
             Pope
             .
             In
             the
             mean
             time
             we
             think
             it
             most
             convenient
             to
             follow
             our
             Saviours
             Rules
             ,
             to
             judge
             of
             mens
             pretences
             ,
             how
             great
             and
             haughty
             soever
             ,
             by
             the
             fruits
             they
             produce
             .
             Which
             Rule
             is
             not
             to
             be
             understood
             concerning
             the
             
               particular
               actions
               of
               men
            
             which
             have
             no
             respect
             to
             their
             doctrines
             ;
             for
             as
             S.
             Chrysostom
             observes
             ,
             many
             Hereticks
             have
             been
             men
             of
             excellent
             lives
             ,
             and
             so
             on
             the
             contrary
             ;
             but
             we
             are
             to
             understand
             it
             of
             those
             fruits
             which
             their
             doctrines
             have
             a
             direct
             influence
             upon
             .
             And
             therefore
             this
             Rule
             
             hath
             a
             particular
             respect
             to
             two
             things
             by
             which
             we
             are
             to
             examine
             the
             fairest
             pretences
             :
             viz.
             1.
             
             The
             design
             they
             tend
             to
             .
             2.
             
             The
             means
             made
             use
             of
             for
             the
             accomplishing
             this
             design
             .
             If
             therefore
             the
             design
             be
             quite
             of
             another
             nature
             from
             that
             of
             the
             Gospel
             ;
             if
             the
             means
             be
             such
             as
             are
             directly
             contrary
             to
             it
             ,
             we
             may
             from
             thence
             justly
             inferr
             ,
             that
             how
             plausible
             soever
             the
             pretences
             are
             ,
             how
             fine
             and
             soft
             soever
             
               the
               Sheeps
               clothing
            
             be
             ,
             yet
             inwardly
             
               they
               are
               ravening
               Wolves
            
             .
          
           
             
               1.
               
               I
               begin
               therefore
               ,
               with
               the
               design
               of
               their
               doctrines
               .
               Nothing
               is
               more
               easie
               ,
               than
               for
               men
               to
               understand
               the
               design
               of
               Christianity
               ,
               viz.
               the
               exercise
               of
               all
               Christian
               vertues
               to
               fit
               men
               for
               the
               Kingdom
               of
               Heaven
               :
               for
               our
               Saviour
               declares
               ,
               
                 That
                 his
                 Kingdom
                 is
                 not
                 of
                 this
                 world
              
               ;
               
               that
               he
               came
               not
               to
               meddle
               with
               the
               rights
               of
               Princes
               ,
               or
               to
               dispose
               of
               Crowns
               and
               Dominions
               ;
               all
               that
               he
               aimed
               at
               ,
               was
               to
               possess
               men
               with
               a
               firm
               belief
               of
               another
               world
               ,
               and
               by
               the
               most
               powerful
               motives
               to
               perswade
               men
               to
               repentance
               ,
               and
               a
               sober
               ,
               righteous
               ,
               and
               a
               godly
               life
               .
               And
               if
               they
               did
               these
               things
               ,
               what
               ever
               troubles
               and
               difficulties
               they
               met
               with
               in
               this
               world
               ,
               should
               be
               abundantly
               recompensed
               in
               that
               to
               come
               .
               This
               is
               the
               main
               scope
               and
               design
               of
               the
               Christian
               Religion
               ;
               and
               the
               great
               art
               of
               the
               
                 false
                 Prophets
              
               lay
               in
               this
               ,
               that
               they
               pretended
               still
               to
               own
               Christianity
               ,
               (
               which
               was
               their
               
                 Sheeps
                 clothing
              
               )
               but
               withal
               
               by
               secret
               and
               pernicious
               mixtures
               of
               their
               own
               doctrines
               to
               undermine
               and
               pervert
               the
               whole
               design
               of
               it
               .
               So
               S.
               Paul
               saith
               of
               them
               ,
               not
               that
               they
               did
               oppose
               ,
               but
               that
               they
               did
               
                 pervert
                 the
                 Gospel
                 of
                 Christ.
                 I
                 marvel
                 ,
              
               saith
               he
               ,
               
                 that
                 ye
                 are
                 so
                 soon
                 removed
                 from
                 him
                 that
                 called
                 you
                 into
                 the
                 grace
                 of
                 Christ
                 to
                 another
                 Gospel
              
               :
               
               
                 which
                 yet
                 is
                 not
                 another
                 ,
                 but
                 there
                 be
                 some
                 that
                 trouble
                 you
                 ;
                 and
                 would
                 pervert
                 the
                 Gospel
                 of
                 Christ.
              
               Now
               I
               desire
               ,
               it
               may
               be
               considered
               ,
               whether
               any
               thing
               doth
               more
               effectually
               pervert
               the
               design
               of
               the
               Gospel
               ,
               than
               the
               setting
               up
               a
               Kingdom
               in
               this
               world
               under
               the
               pretence
               of
               it
               ,
               that
               should
               be
               paramount
               to
               all
               Princes
               and
               Potentates
               ,
               and
               to
               which
               they
               owe
               subjection
               and
               obedience
               ?
               And
               yet
               this
               hath
               been
               the
               open
               and
               avowed
               design
               of
               the
               prevailing
               Faction
               in
               the
               Church
               of
               Rome
               for
               the
               last
               six
               hundred
               years
               .
               I
               do
               not
               deny
               but
               there
               were
               some
               tendencies
               to
               it
               before
               ,
               and
               wise
               men
               might
               easily
               guess
               what
               it
               would
               come
               to
               ,
               if
               the
               design
               came
               once
               to
               be
               managed
               by
               a
               man
               of
               Spirit
               and
               courage
               ,
               as
               it
               was
               by
               Gregory
               the
               Seventh
               ,
               who
               in
               a
               Council
               at
               Rome
               published
               his
               famous
               Dictates
               ,
               viz.
               
                 That
                 there
                 is
                 but
                 one
                 Name
                 in
                 the
                 World
                 ,
              
               
               viz.
               
                 that
                 of
                 the
                 Pope
                 :
                 that
                 it
                 was
                 in
                 his
                 power
                 to
                 depose
                 Emperours
                 ,
                 and
                 absolve
                 Subjects
                 from
                 obedience
                 to
                 their
                 Princes
                 .
              
               Now
               the
               grand
               design
               breaking
               out
               ,
               all
               other
               things
               were
               contrived
               and
               carried
               on
               which
               were
               thought
               necessary
               to
               accomplish
               it
               :
               and
               there
               being
               two
               things
               needful
               for
               the
               maintenance
               
               of
               such
               a
               pretended
               Monarchy
               ,
               
                 viz.
                 sufficient
                 numbers
              
               of
               men
               ,
               whose
               interest
               should
               lye
               in
               upholding
               it
               ;
               and
               great
               revenues
               to
               support
               the
               dignity
               of
               it
               :
               These
               two
               were
               taken
               care
               of
               with
               all
               the
               art
               and
               industry
               imaginable
               .
               For
               the
               first
               ,
               it
               was
               necessary
               to
               disengage
               them
               from
               all
               Civil
               interests
               ,
               and
               yet
               to
               preserve
               their
               honour
               and
               reputation
               with
               the
               people
               .
               The
               former
               could
               not
               be
               done
               while
               the
               Clergy
               gave
               hostages
               of
               their
               fidelity
               to
               the
               Civil
               Government
               by
               the
               interest
               of
               their
               Families
               and
               Children
               ,
               therefore
               this
               Pope
               did
               most
               severely
               forbid
               all
               Clergy
               mens
               marrying
               ;
               that
               as
               the
               old
               Roman
               Souldiers
               were
               forbidden
               marriage
               while
               they
               received
               pay
               ,
               lest
               their
               domestick
               interests
               should
               abate
               their
               courage
               ;
               so
               the
               Celibate
               of
               the
               Clergy
               was
               strictly
               enjoyned
               ,
               to
               make
               them
               more
               useful
               and
               hearty
               for
               this
               design
               .
               But
               lest
               the
               number
               of
               these
               should
               not
               be
               thought
               sufficient
               ,
               great
               swarms
               of
               Monks
               and
               Friers
               were
               encouraged
               and
               dispersed
               in
               all
               Countreys
               ,
               and
               to
               make
               them
               more
               faithful
               to
               this
               interest
               (
               because
               Princes
               might
               oblige
               particular
               Bishops
               who
               might
               curb
               and
               restrain
               these
               spiritual
               Ianizaries
               )
               therefore
               they
               were
               exempt
               from
               their
               jurisdiction
               ,
               and
               kept
               in
               immediate
               dependence
               on
               the
               Pope
               .
               To
               give
               yet
               further
               encouragement
               to
               both
               Orders
               ,
               the
               Doctrine
               of
               
                 Ecclesiastical
                 Liberty
              
               was
               set
               on
               foot
               ;
               not
               a
               liberty
               from
               the
               
                 Law
                 of
                 Moses
              
               ,
               or
               the
               
                 power
                 of
                 
                 Sin
              
               ,
               or
               the
               
                 dominion
                 of
                 Satan
              
               ,
               which
               is
               all
               the
               Liberty
               the
               Gospel
               speaks
               of
               ;
               but
               an
               exemption
               from
               the
               power
               of
               the
               Civil
               Magistrate
               ;
               in
               so
               much
               ,
               that
               the
               Popish
               Casuists
               determine
               ,
               that
               
                 Rebellion
                 in
                 a
                 Clergy-man
                 is
                 no
                 Treason
                 ,
                 because
                 he
                 is
                 not
                 subject
                 to
                 the
                 Civil
                 power
                 .
              
               And
               this
               doctrine
               of
               Liberty
               is
               no
               invention
               of
               the
               Iesuits
               ;
               but
               it
               is
               determined
               by
               the
               famous
               Councils
               of
               
                 Constance
                 ,
                 Lateran
              
               ,
               
               and
               
                 Trent
                 ,
                 that
                 Lay
                 persons
                 have
                 no
                 Iurisdiction
                 over
                 Ecclesiastical
                 .
              
               But
               besides
               this
               ,
               the
               Pope
               hath
               other
               tyes
               upon
               them
               ;
               every
               Bishop
               is
               at
               this
               day
               sworn
               
                 to
                 obey
                 the
                 Pope
              
               at
               his
               Consecration
               ;
               all
               the
               Regular
               Clergy
               are
               under
               a
               Vow
               of
               
                 blind
                 obedience
              
               to
               their
               Superiours
               ,
               who
               are
               more
               immediately
               influenced
               by
               the
               Court
               of
               Rome
               .
               Now
               such
               an
               infinite
               number
               of
               persons
               being
               made
               thus
               sure
               to
               the
               
                 Papal
                 Interest
              
               ,
               it
               must
               be
               so
               ordered
               ,
               that
               these
               persons
               may
               preserve
               their
               reputation
               among
               the
               people
               ;
               to
               this
               end
               ,
               they
               are
               told
               ,
               that
               they
               must
               depend
               wholly
               upon
               the
               Priesthood
               for
               matters
               of
               faith
               and
               salvation
               ;
               and
               it
               is
               of
               mighty
               concernment
               to
               them
               to
               have
               the
               good
               will
               of
               the
               Priests
               ,
               for
               that
               upon
               their
               good
               or
               bad
               intention
               depends
               the
               making
               or
               marring
               of
               their
               Sacraments
               .
               But
               that
               no
               designs
               might
               be
               carried
               on
               ,
               which
               they
               should
               not
               understand
               ,
               never
               was
               there
               such
               an
               invention
               to
               that
               purpose
               ,
               as
               
                 Auricular
                 Confession
              
               :
               and
               yet
               that
               the
               people
               may
               have
               greater
               reverence
               to
               their
               Priests
               ,
               they
               are
               told
               ,
               that
               they
               can
               make
               
               their
               God
               at
               any
               time
               by
               pronouncing
               the
               Five
               Words
               of
               Consecration
               .
               And
               what
               cannot
               they
               do
               ,
               (
               as
               one
               of
               them
               bravely
               said
               )
               while
               they
               have
               their
               God
               in
               their
               hands
               ,
               and
               their
               Prince
               on
               his
               knees
               ?
               And
               both
               these
               doctrines
               of
               Confession
               and
               Transubstantiation
               were
               defined
               by
               the
               same
               Pope
               Innocent
               the
               third
               ,
               a
               man
               of
               the
               same
               spirit
               and
               undertakings
               with
               Gregory
               the
               seventh
               .
               And
               lastly
               ,
               that
               no
               supplies
               should
               be
               wanting
               to
               support
               the
               Grandeur
               of
               the
               
                 Papal
                 See
              
               ,
               besides
               the
               pretended
               Donations
               and
               Concessions
               of
               Princes
               ,
               all
               arts
               imaginable
               were
               used
               to
               drain
               money
               out
               of
               all
               Countreys
               in
               subjection
               to
               the
               Pope
               ,
               and
               to
               empty
               
                 it
                 into
              
               the
               Popes
               Treasury
               .
               This
               very
               Kingdom
               of
               ours
               was
               a
               remarkable
               instance
               of
               this
               ,
               during
               its
               Vassallage
               under
               the
               Popes
               Tyranny
               .
               For
               an
               account
               being
               taken
               in
               Henry
               the
               Eighths
               time
               ,
               it
               was
               found
               ,
               that
               in
               the
               compass
               of
               forty
               years
               foregoing
               ,
               
               no
               less
               a
               sum
               than
               160000
               l.
               was
               carried
               to
               Rome
               upon
               the
               sole
               account
               of
               Investiture
               of
               Bishops
               ,
               besides
               the
               vast
               summs
               that
               were
               raised
               by
               
                 Peter-pence
                 ,
                 Dispensations
              
               and
               Indulgences
               ,
               which
               were
               a
               kind
               of
               Contribution
               upon
               the
               sins
               of
               the
               People
               .
               Thus
               we
               see
               ,
               how
               the
               design
               was
               laid
               and
               managed
               for
               an
               
                 Universal
                 Monarchy
              
               in
               the
               Church
               .
               But
               some
               will
               say
               ,
               
                 that
                 the
                 world
                 is
                 grown
                 wiser
                 now
                 .
              
               I
               heartily
               wish
               it
               were
               so
               ;
               for
               nothing
               would
               be
               more
               prejudicial
               to
               the
               
                 Papal
                 Interest
              
               ,
               than
               its
               being
               so
               .
               But
               let
               us
               not
               
               deceive
               our selves
               ,
               the
               pretensions
               are
               as
               high
               and
               as
               great
               at
               Rome
               to
               this
               Monarchy
               as
               ever
               they
               were
               .
               And
               what
               ever
               some
               vainly
               distinguish
               
                 of
                 the
                 Court
                 and
                 Church
                 of
                 Rome
              
               in
               this
               matter
               ,
               it
               is
               certain
               those
               of
               the
               
                 Court
                 of
                 Rome
              
               not
               only
               assert
               ,
               but
               prove
               it
               too
               ,
               that
               this
               doctrine
               hath
               been
               the
               doctrine
               of
               the
               
                 Roman
                 Church
              
               for
               six
               hundred
               years
               ;
               and
               they
               produce
               for
               it
               besides
               a
               great
               number
               of
               Authors
               no
               fewer
               than
               ten
               Councils
               ,
               whereof
               two
               are
               allowed
               by
               them
               to
               be
               
                 general
                 ,
                 viz.
              
               those
               of
               Lyons
               and
               Lateran
               .
               But
               this
               is
               not
               all
               ,
               but
               they
               contend
               for
               it
               not
               as
               a
               probable
               opinion
               ,
               but
               as
               a
               thing
               certain
               and
               of
               faith
               ,
               and
               that
               not
               barely
               at
               Rome
               ,
               but
               even
               in
               France
               .
               For
               in
               the
               memory
               of
               many
               yet
               alive
               ,
               after
               a
               hot
               debate
               in
               a
               general
               Assembly
               of
               the
               three
               Estates
               at
               Paris
               ,
               
               the
               
                 Popes
                 Power
                 of
                 deposing
                 Princes
              
               was
               assented
               to
               by
               all
               the
               Nobility
               and
               Clergy
               of
               that
               Kingdom
               .
               Some
               particular
               persons
               among
               them
               ,
               may
               and
               do
               oppose
               it
               of
               late
               ;
               but
               they
               are
               
                 excommunicated
                 at
                 Rome
              
               for
               doing
               it
               ;
               and
               thereby
               declared
               as
               much
               as
               they
               can
               be
               ,
               not
               to
               be
               
                 members
                 of
                 their
                 Church
              
               ,
               for
               daring
               to
               oppose
               so
               Orthodox
               and
               Catholick
               a
               Doctrine
               as
               the
               Popes
               power
               of
               deposing
               Princes
               .
               
               Nay
               ,
               Cardinal
               Perron
               saith
               in
               his
               eloquent
               Oration
               to
               the
               third
               Estate
               at
               Paris
               ,
               who
               opposed
               this
               Doctrine
               ,
               
                 That
                 unless
                 it
                 were
                 approved
                 ,
                 it
                 followed
                 that
                 the
                 Church
                 of
              
               Rome
               
                 for
                 many
                 Ages
                 hath
                 been
                 the
                 Kingdom
                 of
                 Antichrist
                 ,
                 and
                 Synagogue
                 of
                 Satan
              
               :
               
               and
               King
               Iames
               tells
               us
               ,
               
               
                 That
                 the
                 Pope
                 in
                 his
                 Letter
                 of
                 thanks
                 to
                 the
                 Nobility
                 ,
                 for
                 complying
                 with
                 this
                 blessed
                 Doctrine
                 ,
              
               called
               the
               Commons
               or
               
                 Deputies
                 of
                 the
                 third
                 Estate
              
               ,
               Nebulones
               ex
               faece
               plebis
               ,
               
                 a
                 pack
                 of
                 Knaves
                 of
                 the
                 very
                 dregs
                 of
                 the
                 People
                 .
              
               Very
               obliging
               language
               from
               the
               
                 Head
                 of
                 the
                 Church
              
               !
               When
               all
               that
               the
               Commons
               desired
               ,
               was
               only
               to
               have
               this
               Opinion
               condemned
               ,
               
                 That
                 the
                 Pope
                 hath
                 power
                 to
                 depose
                 Princes
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 killing
                 of
                 Kings
                 is
                 an
                 act
                 Meritorious
                 to
                 the
                 purchase
                 of
                 the
                 Crown
                 of
                 Martyrdom
              
               :
               but
               this
               by
               all
               their
               instances
               and
               arguments
               ,
               they
               could
               never
               obtain
               ;
               but
               the
               Nobility
               and
               Clergy
               over-ruled
               them
               in
               it
               .
               For
               the
               Clergy
               King
               Iames
               saith
               ,
               
                 He
                 did
                 not
                 wonder
                 so
                 much
                 ,
                 because
                 they
                 look
                 on
                 themselves
                 as
                 properly
                 Subjects
                 to
                 the
                 Pope
                 ,
                 and
                 therefore
                 are
                 bound
                 to
                 advance
                 that
                 Monarchy
                 to
                 which
                 they
                 belong
                 .
                 But
                 for
                 the
                 Nobility
                 ,
              
               saith
               he
               ,
               
                 the
                 Kings
                 right
                 arm
                 ,
                 to
                 prostitute
                 ,
                 and
                 set
                 as
                 it
                 were
                 to
                 sale
                 ,
                 the
                 Dignity
                 of
                 their
                 King
                 ,
                 as
                 if
                 the
                 arm
                 should
                 give
                 a
                 thrust
                 unto
                 the
                 head
                 ;
                 I
                 say
                 ,
                 for
                 the
                 Nobility
                 to
                 hold
                 and
                 maintain
                 even
                 in
                 Parliament
                 their
                 King
                 is
                 lyable
                 to
                 deposition
                 by
                 any
                 forreign
                 Power
                 or
                 Potentate
                 ,
                 may
                 it
                 not
                 pass
                 for
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 strangest
                 Miracles
                 ,
                 and
                 rarest
                 Wonders
                 of
                 the
                 World
                 ?
                 For
                 that
                 once
                 granted
                 ,
                 this
                 consequence
                 is
                 good
                 and
                 necessary
                 ;
                 that
                 in
                 case
                 the
                 King
                 once
                 lawfully
                 deposed
                 ,
                 shall
                 stand
                 upon
                 the
                 defensive
                 ,
                 and
                 hold
                 out
                 for
                 his
                 right
                 ,
                 he
                 may
                 then
                 be
                 lawfully
                 murthered
                 .
              
               Which
               consequence
               is
               very
               well
               understood
               at
               Rome
               ,
               and
               allowed
               to
               be
               good
               by
               the
               
                 Roman
                 Casuists
              
               ;
               and
               yet
               the
               eloquent
               Cardinal
               
               calls
               that
               Doctrine
               which
               makes
               Princes
               indeposable
               by
               the
               Pope
               ,
               
                 A
                 breeder
                 of
                 Schisms
                 ,
                 a
                 gate
                 that
                 makes
                 way
                 for
                 all
                 Heresie
                 to
                 enter
                 ;
                 and
                 a
                 Doctrine
                 to
                 be
                 held
                 in
                 such
                 detestation
                 ,
                 that
                 rather
                 than
                 he
                 and
                 his
                 fellow
                 Bishops
                 will
                 yield
                 to
                 the
                 signing
                 thereof
                 ,
                 they
                 will
                 be
                 contented
                 like
                 Martyrs
                 to
                 burn
                 at
                 a
                 stake
                 .
              
               Blessed
               Martyrs
               the
               mean
               while
               !
               and
               fit
               to
               be
               put
               in
               the
               same
               Calendar
               with
               the
               
                 Gunpowder
                 Traitors
              
               ,
               who
               suffered
               ,
               as
               I
               shall
               shew
               presently
               ,
               on
               the
               same
               principle
               ;
               methinks
               they
               might
               have
               chosen
               a
               better
               Cause
               to
               have
               dyed
               Martyrs
               for
               .
               But
               surely
               it
               must
               be
               
                 an
                 Article
                 of
                 faith
              
               ,
               and
               a
               main
               point
               of
               their
               Religion
               ,
               which
               makes
               men
               Martyrs
               who
               suffer
               for
               it
               .
               And
               such
               no
               doubt
               ,
               it
               is
               accounted
               among
               them
               ;
               when
               the
               same
               Cardinal
               saith
               ,
               
                 That
                 it
                 leads
                 men
                 not
                 only
                 to
                 unavoidable
                 Schism
                 ,
                 but
                 manifest
                 Heresie
                 to
                 deny
                 it
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 it
                 obliges
                 men
                 to
                 confess
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Catholick
                 Church
                 hath
                 for
                 many
                 ages
                 perished
                 from
                 the
                 earth
              
               ;
               for
               he
               confidently
               avows
               it
               ,
               
                 that
                 all
                 parties
                 in
                 the
                 Catholick
                 Churh
                 have
                 held
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 whole
              
               French
               
                 Church
                 till
                 the
                 time
                 of
              
               Calvin
               ;
               
                 that
                 if
                 this
                 Doctrine
                 be
                 not
                 true
                 ,
                 the
                 Pope
                 is
                 so
                 far
                 from
                 being
                 Head
                 of
                 the
                 Church
                 and
                 Vicar
                 of
                 Christ
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 is
                 a
                 Heretick
                 and
                 Antichrist
                 ,
                 and
                 all
                 the
                 parts
                 of
                 their
                 Church
                 are
                 the
                 Limbs
                 of
                 Antichrist
                 .
              
               And
               if
               they
               be
               so
               ,
               we
               cannot
               help
               it
               :
               but
               think
               we
               have
               great
               reason
               to
               secure
               our selves
               against
               the
               infection
               of
               such
               pernicious
               principles
               both
               to
               Christianity
               and
               the
               Civil
               Government
               .
               And
               
               what
               can
               be
               more
               opposite
               to
               the
               design
               of
               Christianity
               ,
               when
               that
               requires
               men
               to
               obey
               even
               Infidel
               and
               Heathen
               Governours
               
                 for
                 conscience
                 sake
              
               ,
               
               this
               Doctrine
               makes
               it
               lawful
               to
               depose
               ,
               destroy
               ,
               and
               murder
               Christian
               Princes
               for
               the
               Pope
               and
               the
               Churches
               sake
               ?
               This
               is
               the
               first
               thing
               we
               are
               to
               examine
               
                 false
                 Teachers
              
               by
               ;
               viz.
               the
               design
               of
               their
               Doctrines
               .
            
          
           
             
               2.
               
               By
               the
               means
               made
               use
               of
               to
               accomplish
               this
               design
               :
               If
               things
               in
               themselves
               evil
               ,
               repugnant
               to
               the
               principles
               of
               humane
               nature
               ,
               and
               those
               of
               civil
               societies
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               to
               the
               precepts
               of
               Christianity
               ,
               are
               made
               lawful
               only
               for
               the
               carrying
               on
               their
               design
               ,
               we
               need
               not
               go
               farther
               to
               examine
               them
               ;
               for
               
                 by
                 these
                 fruits
                 we
                 may
                 know
                 them
                 .
              
               There
               are
               three
               things
               which
               mainly
               uphold
               Civil
               Societies
               ,
               
                 Truth
                 ,
                 Obedience
              
               ,
               and
               
                 a
                 care
                 of
                 the
                 good
                 of
                 others
              
               ;
               but
               if
               men
               fall
               not
               through
               any
               sudden
               infirmity
               or
               surprize
               ,
               but
               openly
               and
               avowedly
               justifie
               the
               lawfulness
               of
               
                 falshood
                 ,
                 treason
              
               and
               cruelty
               ,
               when
               they
               are
               intended
               for
               the
               carrying
               on
               their
               design
               ;
               what
               could
               they
               invent
               more
               contrary
               to
               the
               Laws
               both
               of
               God
               and
               man
               ?
               where
               in
               could
               they
               better
               discover
               themselves
               ,
               notwithstanding
               
                 their
                 Sheeps
                 clothing
              
               ,
               to
               be
               meer
               
                 ravening
                 Wolves
              
               ?
            
             
               
                 1.
                 
                 Falshood
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 both
                 in
                 their
                 words
                 and
                 dealings
                 .
                 1.
                 
                 
                   In
                   their
                   words
                
                 ,
                 by
                 asserting
                 the
                 lawfulness
                 of
                 aequivocation
                 and
                 
                   mental
                   reservation
                
                 in
                 their
                 most
                 solemn
                 Answers
                 :
                 as
                 
                   Father
                   
                   Garnett
                
                 ,
                 when
                 the
                 Lords
                 asked
                 him
                 ,
                 
                   Whether
                   he
                   had
                   any
                   conference
                   with
                
                 Hall
                 ?
                 
                 
                   denyed
                   it
                   upon
                   his
                   Soul
                   ,
                   and
                   reiterated
                   it
                   with
                   such
                   horrible
                   execrations
                   as
                   wounded
                   their
                   hearts
                   that
                   heard
                   him
                   ,
                   and
                   immediately
                   upon
                
                 Hall
                 
                   's
                   confessing
                   it
                   ,
                   he
                   excused
                   himself
                   by
                   the
                   benefit
                   of
                   aequivocation
                
                 :
                 which
                 being
                 objected
                 against
                 Garnett
                 after
                 his
                 Execution
                 ,
                 the
                 Roman
                 Jesuite
                 
                   Eudaemon
                   Iohannes
                
                 defends
                 him
                 in
                 it
                 ,
                 
                 and
                 saith
                 
                   it
                   is
                   lawful
                   for
                   a
                   man
                   to
                   swear
                   ,
                
                 
                 
                   and
                   take
                   the
                   Sacrament
                   upon
                   it
                   ,
                
                 when
                 he
                 knows
                 in
                 his
                 conscience
                 ,
                 what
                 he
                 saith
                 to
                 be
                 absolutely
                 false
                 ,
                 if
                 he
                 doth
                 not
                 help
                 himself
                 by
                 a
                 mental
                 reservation
                 .
                 And
                 Tresham
                 a
                 little
                 before
                 his
                 death
                 in
                 the
                 Tower
                 subscribed
                 it
                 with
                 his
                 own
                 hand
                 ,
                 
                 
                   That
                   he
                   had
                   not
                   seen
                
                 Garnett
                 
                   in
                   sixteen
                   years
                   before
                   ,
                   when
                   it
                   was
                   evidently
                   proved
                   ,
                   and
                
                 Garnett
                 
                   confessed
                   they
                   had
                   been
                   together
                   but
                   the
                   Summer
                   before
                
                 ;
                 and
                 all
                 that
                 Garnett
                 had
                 to
                 say
                 for
                 him
                 was
                 ,
                 
                   that
                   he
                   supposed
                   he
                   meant
                   to
                   aequivocate
                   .
                
                 Lord
                 !
                 that
                 men
                 going
                 into
                 another
                 world
                 ,
                 should
                 think
                 thus
                 grosly
                 to
                 impose
                 upon
                 God
                 and
                 men
                 .
                 What
                 was
                 speech
                 intended
                 for
                 ,
                 if
                 not
                 that
                 others
                 might
                 understand
                 our
                 meaning
                 by
                 it
                 ?
                 Did
                 ever
                 any
                 man
                 tell
                 a
                 lye
                 to
                 himself
                 ?
                 Truth
                 in
                 words
                 consists
                 in
                 an
                 entire
                 proposition
                 ,
                 and
                 not
                 of
                 one
                 half-spoken
                 and
                 half-concealed
                 ?
                 and
                 if
                 it
                 be
                 lawful
                 thus
                 to
                 abuse
                 mankind
                 ,
                 it
                 was
                 to
                 no
                 purpose
                 ever
                 to
                 forbid
                 lying
                 ;
                 for
                 any
                 but
                 meer
                 fools
                 may
                 help
                 themselves
                 in
                 their
                 most
                 solemn
                 protestations
                 ,
                 by
                 some
                 secret
                 reserve
                 in
                 their
                 own
                 minds
                 :
                 
                 and
                 so
                 this
                 principle
                 makes
                 way
                 for
                 all
                 the
                 lyes
                 or
                 perjuries
                 in
                 the
                 world
                 ,
                 if
                 a
                 man
                 thinks
                 that
                 he
                 is
                 not
                 bound
                 to
                 betray
                 himself
                 ,
                 or
                 if
                 he
                 judges
                 his
                 own
                 damage
                 will
                 be
                 greater
                 by
                 discovering
                 the
                 truth
                 ,
                 than
                 the
                 others
                 damage
                 will
                 be
                 by
                 concealing
                 it
                 .
                 2.
                 
                 Falshood
                 in
                 dealings
                 :
                 and
                 that
                 notwithstanding
                 the
                 most
                 solemn
                 Promises
                 ,
                 nay
                 ,
                 the
                 Safe-conducts
                 of
                 Princes
                 .
                 For
                 notwithstanding
                 all
                 their
                 shifts
                 and
                 evasions
                 in
                 this
                 matter
                 ,
                 no
                 man
                 that
                 regards
                 his
                 safety
                 ,
                 will
                 ever
                 put
                 his
                 life
                 into
                 their
                 hands
                 for
                 the
                 sake
                 of
                 the
                 Council
                 of
                 Constance
                 .
                 All
                 that
                 they
                 have
                 to
                 say
                 is
                 ,
                 that
                 
                   The
                   Emperour
                   did
                   as
                   much
                   as
                   lay
                   in
                   him
                   to
                   do
                   ;
                   but
                   it
                   belonged
                   to
                   the
                   Council
                   to
                   proceed
                   upon
                   Hereticks
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Emperour
                   could
                   not
                   hinder
                   that
                   .
                
                 And
                 what
                 is
                 this
                 ,
                 but
                 plainly
                 to
                 say
                 ,
                 that
                 Princes
                 are
                 to
                 keep
                 their
                 words
                 with
                 Infidels
                 and
                 Catholicks
                 ,
                 but
                 they
                 have
                 nothing
                 to
                 do
                 to
                 keep
                 their
                 words
                 with
                 Hereticks
                 ?
                 And
                 if
                 this
                 be
                 their
                 principle
                 ,
                 we
                 must
                 have
                 a
                 care
                 how
                 far
                 we
                 trust
                 them
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 2.
                 
                 Treason
                 .
                 It
                 is
                 the
                 honour
                 of
                 our
                 Church
                 of
                 England
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 asserts
                 the
                 Rights
                 of
                 Princes
                 so
                 clearly
                 and
                 fully
                 ,
                 without
                 tricks
                 and
                 reservations
                 ;
                 and
                 all
                 that
                 mean
                 honestly
                 ,
                 love
                 to
                 speak
                 plainly
                 .
                 But
                 how
                 many
                 cases
                 have
                 they
                 in
                 the
                 Church
                 of
                 Rome
                 ,
                 wherein
                 men
                 are
                 acquitted
                 from
                 their
                 duty
                 from
                 their
                 Princes
                 ?
                 If
                 a
                 Toy
                 comes
                 into
                 the
                 Popes
                 head
                 ,
                 or
                 upon
                 some
                 Pique
                 or
                 jealousie
                 ,
                 he
                 falls
                 to
                 the
                 censures
                 of
                 the
                 Church
                 ,
                 &
                 excommunicates
                 a
                 
                 Prince
                 :
                 what
                 a
                 case
                 is
                 this
                 poor
                 Prince
                 in
                 as
                 to
                 all
                 those
                 Subjects
                 that
                 think
                 themselves
                 bound
                 to
                 obey
                 the
                 Pope
                 ?
                 They
                 may
                 lawfully
                 in
                 their
                 own
                 opinion
                 rise
                 against
                 him
                 ,
                 fight
                 with
                 him
                 ,
                 assassinate
                 and
                 murder
                 him
                 .
                 And
                 which
                 is
                 very
                 observable
                 ,
                 all
                 this
                 while
                 they
                 are
                 not
                 bound
                 to
                 believe
                 the
                 Pope
                 infallible
                 in
                 these
                 censures
                 ;
                 so
                 that
                 right
                 or
                 wrong
                 ,
                 if
                 a
                 Prince
                 chance
                 to
                 fall
                 under
                 the
                 Popes
                 censures
                 ,
                 we
                 see
                 what
                 a
                 liberty
                 is
                 left
                 to
                 all
                 his
                 creatures
                 to
                 ruine
                 and
                 destroy
                 their
                 Soveraign
                 ?
                 The
                 frequent
                 attempts
                 upon
                 Q.
                 Elizabeth
                 ,
                 the
                 murder
                 of
                 Henry
                 the
                 Third
                 of
                 France
                 after
                 their
                 excommunications
                 by
                 Pius
                 the
                 Fifth
                 ,
                 and
                 Sixtus
                 the
                 Fifth
                 ,
                 are
                 sufficient
                 evidences
                 of
                 the
                 danger
                 of
                 Princes
                 in
                 these
                 cases
                 .
                 By
                 which
                 last
                 instance
                 ,
                 we
                 see
                 it
                 is
                 not
                 only
                 the
                 case
                 of
                 Heresie
                 ,
                 which
                 renders
                 them
                 obnoxious
                 to
                 the
                 Popes
                 censures
                 ;
                 but
                 particular
                 piques
                 and
                 quarrells
                 ;
                 or
                 if
                 the
                 Pope
                 chance
                 to
                 think
                 a
                 man
                 
                   unfit
                   to
                   govern
                
                 ,
                 as
                 in
                 the
                 case
                 of
                 Chilperic
                 of
                 France
                 ;
                 or
                 if
                 they
                 detain
                 Church-land
                 ,
                 belonging
                 to
                 Monasteries
                 ,
                 in
                 which
                 case
                 Becanus
                 saith
                 expresly
                 ,
                 
                 Kings
                 and
                 Princes
                 are
                 to
                 be
                 excommunicated
                 and
                 deprived
                 :
                 and
                 Pope
                 Paul
                 the
                 Fourth
                 was
                 perfectly
                 of
                 his
                 opinion
                 ;
                 and
                 declared
                 ,
                 
                   They
                   were
                   in
                   a
                   state
                   of
                   damnation
                   that
                   held
                   them
                
                 But
                 so
                 far
                 some
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 are
                 kind
                 to
                 Princes
                 to
                 say
                 ,
                 
                 
                   That
                   they
                   ought
                   not
                   to
                   be
                   deposed
                   ,
                   till
                   they
                   are
                   excommunicated
                
                 ;
                 and
                 yet
                 Gregory
                 the
                 seventh
                 before
                 excommunication
                 deprived
                 the
                 Emperour
                 Henry
                 
                 the
                 Fourth
                 for
                 the
                 damnable
                 Heresie
                 ,
                 of
                 defending
                 his
                 own
                 Rights
                 .
                 But
                 since
                 they
                 are
                 lyable
                 to
                 these
                 horrible
                 censures
                 upon
                 so
                 many
                 causes
                 ,
                 we
                 may
                 see
                 how
                 very
                 ticklish
                 and
                 uncertain
                 the
                 doctrine
                 of
                 Obedience
                 must
                 be
                 among
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 mens
                 being
                 guilty
                 of
                 Treason
                 depends
                 upon
                 the
                 Popes
                 pleasure
                 .
                 And
                 methinks
                 ,
                 herein
                 the
                 case
                 of
                 Princes
                 deserves
                 hugely
                 to
                 be
                 pittyed
                 ,
                 that
                 when
                 no
                 man
                 thinks
                 it
                 lawful
                 to
                 cut
                 another
                 mans
                 throat
                 ,
                 or
                 put
                 him
                 out
                 of
                 his
                 house
                 and
                 estate
                 ,
                 because
                 he
                 is
                 excommunicated
                 ;
                 yet
                 if
                 a
                 Prince
                 falls
                 under
                 excommunication
                 ,
                 he
                 loses
                 presently
                 his
                 right
                 to
                 the
                 Crown
                 ,
                 and
                 his
                 Subjects
                 may
                 take
                 away
                 Crown
                 ,
                 liberty
                 ,
                 and
                 life
                 from
                 him
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 3.
                 
                 Cruelty
                 .
                 And
                 by
                 this
                 they
                 fully
                 discover
                 themselves
                 to
                 be
                 
                   ravening
                   wolves
                
                 :
                 when
                 they
                 have
                 lost
                 all
                 the
                 tenderness
                 ,
                 and
                 love
                 ,
                 and
                 good
                 nature
                 of
                 men
                 or
                 Christians
                 :
                 when
                 no
                 design
                 can
                 be
                 so
                 horrible
                 or
                 bloody
                 ,
                 so
                 mischievous
                 and
                 treacherous
                 ,
                 so
                 base
                 and
                 cruel
                 ,
                 but
                 persons
                 will
                 be
                 found
                 to
                 undertake
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 under
                 a
                 pretence
                 of
                 Conscience
                 and
                 Religion
                 .
                 I
                 need
                 not
                 here
                 tell
                 the
                 long
                 &
                 dreadful
                 stories
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Roman
                   Inquisition
                
                 ,
                 the
                 numbers
                 of
                 those
                 in
                 other
                 Countreys
                 who
                 have
                 been
                 butchered
                 on
                 the
                 account
                 of
                 Religion
                 ,
                 but
                 the
                 Fact
                 ,
                 I
                 mean
                 
                   the
                   Conspiracy
                
                 ,
                 (
                 for
                 God
                 be
                 thanked
                 it
                 went
                 not
                 farther
                 )
                 which
                 we
                 bless
                 God
                 for
                 the
                 discovery
                 and
                 defeating
                 of
                 this
                 day
                 ,
                 doth
                 abundantly
                 manifest
                 the
                 fruits
                 of
                 those
                 doctrines
                 ,
                 which
                 they
                 had
                 
                 sucked
                 in
                 from
                 the
                 Roman
                 Church
                 .
                 If
                 only
                 a
                 few
                 desperate
                 persons
                 upon
                 personal
                 provocations
                 had
                 been
                 engaged
                 in
                 so
                 villainous
                 a
                 design
                 ,
                 we
                 should
                 have
                 had
                 never
                 the
                 less
                 reason
                 to
                 thank
                 God
                 for
                 our
                 deliverance
                 ;
                 but
                 since
                 it
                 doth
                 appear
                 ,
                 that
                 those
                 persons
                 who
                 undertook
                 it
                 ,
                 pretended
                 nothing
                 in
                 it
                 but
                 
                   conscience
                   and
                   Religion
                
                 ,
                 we
                 have
                 not
                 only
                 reason
                 to
                 abhorr
                 the
                 undertaking
                 ,
                 but
                 the
                 principles
                 which
                 animated
                 them
                 to
                 it
                 .
              
               
                 I
                 know
                 very
                 well
                 what
                 
                   Sheeps
                   clothing
                
                 hath
                 been
                 of
                 late
                 cast
                 over
                 the
                 most
                 barbarous
                 cruelty
                 of
                 these
                 
                   ravening
                   wolves
                
                 ;
                 and
                 men
                 by
                 their
                 impudence
                 would
                 endeavour
                 to
                 bear
                 us
                 down
                 ,
                 
                 
                   that
                   it
                   was
                   only
                   a
                   project
                   of
                   some
                   few
                   male-contents
                   ,
                   drawn
                   in
                   by
                   the
                   subtilty
                   of
                   a
                   crafty
                   Statesman
                   in
                   those
                   dayes
                   ;
                   and
                   that
                   it
                   ought
                   not
                   in
                   justice
                   or
                   honour
                   to
                   be
                   imputed
                   to
                   the
                   principles
                   of
                   their
                   Religion
                   .
                
                 
                 Therefore
                 to
                 lay
                 open
                 before
                 you
                 the
                 just
                 and
                 true
                 circumstances
                 of
                 this
                 horrible
                 Conspiracy
                 ,
                 I
                 shall
                 proceed
                 upon
                 these
                 three
                 particulars
                 .
              
               
                 
                   1.
                   
                   That
                   the
                   persons
                   engaged
                   in
                   it
                   had
                   no
                   personal
                   provocations
                   to
                   move
                   them
                   to
                   it
                   .
                
                 
                   2.
                   
                   That
                   all
                   the
                   motives
                   they
                   had
                   to
                   it
                   were
                   from
                   the
                   principles
                   of
                   their
                   Religion
                   .
                
                 
                   3.
                   
                   That
                   the
                   Church
                   of
                   Rome
                   hath
                   never
                   since
                   detested
                   the
                   principles
                   upon
                   which
                   they
                   acted
                   ;
                   or
                   set
                   any
                   mark
                   of
                   infamy
                   on
                   the
                   Actors
                   in
                   it
                   .
                
              
               
                 1.
                 
                 That
                 the
                 persons
                 engaged
                 in
                 it
                 had
                 no
                 personal
                 provocations
                 .
                 What
                 injury
                 had
                 Catesby
                 ,
                 
                 or
                 Percy
                 ,
                 or
                 Tresham
                 ,
                 or
                 Digby
                 received
                 from
                 the
                 King
                 or
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 to
                 stir
                 them
                 up
                 above
                 thousands
                 of
                 others
                 to
                 be
                 the
                 great
                 managers
                 of
                 so
                 hellish
                 a
                 Plot
                 ?
                 Did
                 not
                 they
                 enjoy
                 their
                 estates
                 and
                 places
                 ,
                 and
                 one
                 of
                 them
                 at
                 Court
                 too
                 ?
                 Why
                 should
                 these
                 men
                 venture
                 lives
                 ,
                 estates
                 ,
                 honours
                 ,
                 families
                 ,
                 and
                 all
                 that
                 was
                 dear
                 to
                 them
                 ?
                 Were
                 their
                 estates
                 confiscated
                 before
                 ;
                 and
                 themselves
                 every
                 hour
                 in
                 danger
                 of
                 having
                 their
                 throats
                 cut
                 ?
                 This
                 might
                 make
                 men
                 of
                 high
                 spirits
                 grow
                 desperate
                 .
                 But
                 not
                 the
                 least
                 tittle
                 of
                 all
                 this
                 was
                 pretended
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 most
                 enraged
                 of
                 them
                 :
                 nothing
                 but
                 
                   Zeal
                   for
                   Religion
                   and
                   the
                   Catholick
                   Cause
                   ,
                
                 was
                 ever
                 pleaded
                 by
                 them
                 .
                 To
                 which
                 purpose
                 these
                 are
                 remarkable
                 words
                 of
                 
                   King
                   Iames
                
                 in
                 his
                 Speech
                 in
                 Parliament
                 upon
                 the
                 discovery
                 .
                 
                 
                   For
                   if
                   these
                   Conspirators
                
                 ,
                 saith
                 he
                 ,
                 
                   had
                   only
                   been
                   bankrupt
                   persons
                   ,
                   or
                   discontented
                   upon
                   occasion
                   of
                   any
                   disgraces
                   done
                   them
                   ,
                   this
                   might
                   have
                   seemed
                   to
                   have
                   been
                   but
                   a
                   work
                   of
                   revenge
                   .
                   But
                   for
                   my
                   own
                   part
                   ,
                   as
                   I
                   scarcely
                   ever
                   knew
                   any
                   of
                   them
                   ,
                   so
                   cannot
                   they
                   alledge
                   so
                   much
                   as
                   a
                   pretended
                   cause
                   of
                   grief
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   wretch
                   himself
                   in
                   hands
                   doth
                   confess
                   ,
                   that
                   there
                   was
                   no
                   cause
                   moving
                   him
                   or
                   them
                   ,
                   but
                   Meerly
                   and
                   Only
                   Religion
                   .
                
                 And
                 the
                 King
                 himself
                 again
                 avowed
                 it
                 to
                 the
                 whole
                 Christian
                 world
                 ,
                 
                 
                   That
                   the
                   Papists
                   had
                   not
                   before
                   this
                   horrible
                   design
                   ,
                   the
                   least
                   colour
                   of
                   any
                   discontent
                   from
                   him
                   :
                   that
                   he
                   had
                   so
                   far
                   suspended
                   penalties
                   ,
                   and
                   abated
                   the
                   rigorous
                   execution
                   of
                   Laws
                   against
                   them
                   ,
                   to
                   such
                   a
                   degree
                   ,
                   as
                   gave
                   great
                   suspicion
                   to
                   his
                   best
                   Subjects
                   ,
                   who
                   told
                   him
                   what
                   
                   would
                   be
                   the
                   fruit
                   of
                   all
                   his
                   kindness
                   to
                   them
                   .
                   Nay
                   ,
                
                 he
                 saith
                 ,
                 
                   they
                   grew
                   to
                   that
                   height
                   of
                   pride
                   in
                   confidence
                   of
                   his
                   Mildness
                   ,
                   as
                   they
                   did
                   directly
                   expect
                   ,
                   and
                   assuredly
                   promise
                   to
                   themselves
                   Liberty
                   of
                   Conscience
                   ,
                   and
                   equality
                   with
                   his
                   other
                   Subjects
                   in
                   all
                   things
                   :
                   that
                   he
                   had
                   shewn
                   particular
                   Favours
                   to
                   many
                   of
                   them
                   ,
                   gave
                   them
                   free
                   access
                   to
                   him
                   ,
                   eased
                   them
                   of
                   their
                   payments
                   ,
                   set
                   their
                   Priests
                   at
                   liberty
                   ,
                   granted
                   a
                   general
                   Pardon
                   to
                   them
                   after
                   conviction
                   .
                
                 Now
                 after
                 all
                 this
                 ,
                 what
                 colour
                 or
                 pretence
                 in
                 the
                 world
                 can
                 there
                 be
                 to
                 say
                 ,
                 that
                 only
                 discontent
                 and
                 despair
                 brought
                 these
                 men
                 to
                 it
                 ?
                 
                   O
                   ,
                   but
                   it
                   might
                   however
                   be
                   the
                   cunning
                   of
                   a
                   great
                   Minister
                   of
                   State
                   ,
                   to
                   draw
                   a
                   few
                   Gentlemen
                   and
                   others
                   into
                   such
                   a
                   Plot.
                
                 This
                 I
                 know
                 is
                 suggested
                 and
                 believed
                 by
                 some
                 ,
                 who
                 think
                 it
                 a
                 fine
                 thing
                 to
                 talk
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 common
                 road
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 be
                 thought
                 more
                 skilful
                 in
                 Mysteries
                 of
                 State
                 than
                 other
                 men
                 .
                 But
                 I
                 would
                 fain
                 understand
                 from
                 whence
                 they
                 derive
                 this
                 profound
                 intelligence
                 at
                 such
                 a
                 distance
                 of
                 years
                 .
                 If
                 King
                 Iames
                 may
                 be
                 believed
                 ,
                 if
                 the
                 Popish
                 Historians
                 and
                 Apologists
                 at
                 that
                 time
                 may
                 be
                 credited
                 ,
                 there
                 was
                 not
                 the
                 least
                 intimation
                 given
                 ,
                 either
                 by
                 the
                 Actors
                 or
                 Sufferers
                 ,
                 from
                 abroad
                 or
                 at
                 home
                 of
                 any
                 such
                 thing
                 .
                 Was
                 not
                 the
                 world
                 sufficiently
                 alarm'd
                 at
                 the
                 news
                 of
                 this
                 dangerous
                 and
                 unparallel'd
                 Conspiracy
                 ?
                 Were
                 not
                 men
                 very
                 inquisitive
                 into
                 all
                 the
                 particulars
                 ?
                 and
                 those
                 of
                 the
                 Church
                 of
                 Rome
                 ,
                 especially
                 the
                 Iesuits
                 concerned
                 in
                 point
                 of
                 honour
                 to
                 wipe
                 off
                 the
                 stain
                 from
                 themselves
                 ,
                 
                 and
                 to
                 cast
                 the
                 odium
                 of
                 it
                 on
                 a
                 great
                 
                   Minister
                   of
                   State
                
                 ?
                 Were
                 not
                 two
                 of
                 the
                 Iesuits
                 who
                 were
                 conscious
                 of
                 the
                 Plot
                 ,
                 preferred
                 afterwards
                 at
                 Rome
                 ?
                 and
                 how
                 many
                 Writings
                 came
                 from
                 thence
                 about
                 it
                 ?
                 and
                 yet
                 not
                 one
                 man
                 discovered
                 the
                 least
                 suspicion
                 of
                 any
                 such
                 thing
                 .
                 If
                 they
                 go
                 on
                 in
                 this
                 way
                 without
                 the
                 least
                 shadow
                 of
                 proof
                 to
                 lay
                 the
                 contrivance
                 of
                 this
                 Plot
                 on
                 a
                 
                   professed
                   Protestant
                
                 :
                 for
                 all
                 that
                 I
                 know
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 next
                 age
                 ,
                 they
                 may
                 hope
                 to
                 perswade
                 men
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 was
                 a
                 Plot
                 of
                 Protestants
                 to
                 blow
                 up
                 a
                 
                   Popish
                   King
                
                 and
                 Parliament
                 .
              
               
                 2.
                 
                 That
                 they
                 had
                 all
                 their
                 Motives
                 and
                 encouragements
                 from
                 the
                 principles
                 of
                 their
                 Religion
                 to
                 undertake
                 such
                 a
                 design
                 .
                 (
                 And
                 Philostratus
                 contends
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 murder
                 of
                 Domitian
                 ought
                 rather
                 to
                 be
                 attributed
                 to
                 the
                 doctrines
                 of
                 Apollonius
                 ,
                 
                 than
                 to
                 the
                 hands
                 of
                 Stephanus
                 and
                 Parthenius
                 .
                 )
                 For
                 which
                 we
                 are
                 to
                 consider
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 were
                 fully
                 possessed
                 with
                 this
                 as
                 a
                 principle
                 of
                 their
                 Religion
                 ,
                 
                   That
                   it
                   was
                   absolutely
                   in
                   the
                   Popes
                   power
                   to
                   deprive
                   heretical
                   Princes
                   of
                   their
                   dominions
                
                 :
                 which
                 had
                 been
                 rooted
                 in
                 them
                 ,
                 especially
                 after
                 that
                 Pius
                 the
                 Fifth
                 had
                 fully
                 declared
                 it
                 in
                 his
                 Bull
                 against
                 
                   Queen
                   Elizabeth
                
                 .
                 In
                 her
                 case
                 they
                 made
                 no
                 scruple
                 to
                 destroy
                 her
                 if
                 they
                 could
                 ,
                 and
                 thought
                 they
                 should
                 do
                 it
                 with
                 a
                 good
                 conscience
                 .
                 And
                 there
                 are
                 no
                 Villains
                 in
                 the
                 world
                 like
                 those
                 who
                 are
                 Villains
                 out
                 of
                 conscience
                 .
                 But
                 as
                 to
                 the
                 Queens
                 Successor
                 ,
                 the
                 Pope
                 had
                 declared
                 nothing
                 ;
                 till
                 such
                 time
                 as
                 Garnett
                 
                 being
                 Provincial
                 of
                 the
                 Iesuits
                 ,
                 had
                 received
                 two
                 
                 Briev's
                 from
                 Rome
                 ,
                 
                 wherein
                 he
                 declared
                 ,
                 
                   That
                   in
                   case
                   they
                   should
                   suspect
                   the
                   Queens
                   Successor
                   would
                   not
                   be
                   true
                   to
                   their
                   Religion
                   ,
                   it
                   was
                   lawful
                   for
                   them
                   to
                   use
                   their
                   endeavours
                   to
                   keep
                   him
                   from
                   the
                   Crown
                   .
                
                 These
                 
                 Briev's
                 Garnett
                 shews
                 to
                 Catesby
                 ,
                 
                 who
                 took
                 the
                 rise
                 of
                 his
                 design
                 from
                 hence
                 .
                 And
                 when
                 afterwards
                 in
                 conference
                 Garnett
                 desired
                 him
                 to
                 know
                 the
                 Popes
                 opinion
                 in
                 it
                 ,
                 he
                 replyed
                 ,
                 
                   That
                   he
                   needed
                   not
                   ask
                   that
                   ,
                   for
                   if
                   it
                   were
                   lawful
                   to
                   exclude
                   him
                   before
                   he
                   came
                   to
                   the
                   Crown
                   ,
                   it
                   was
                   lawful
                   to
                   take
                   him
                   away
                   when
                   he
                   was
                   in
                   possession
                   of
                   it
                   .
                
                 Which
                 argument
                 was
                 so
                 strong
                 ,
                 that
                 Garnett
                 either
                 had
                 no
                 mind
                 ,
                 or
                 was
                 not
                 able
                 to
                 answer
                 it
                 .
                 All
                 the
                 scruple
                 Catesby
                 had
                 after
                 this
                 was
                 ,
                 
                   whether
                   it
                   were
                   lawful
                   to
                   destroy
                   the
                   innocent
                   and
                   guilty
                   together
                
                 :
                 which
                 Garnett
                 fully
                 resolved
                 him
                 in
                 ,
                 so
                 it
                 were
                 for
                 the
                 greater
                 good
                 of
                 the
                 Church
                 .
                 Upon
                 these
                 two
                 grounds
                 as
                 Widdrington
                 ,
                 a
                 
                   Roman
                   Catholick
                
                 well
                 observes
                 ,
                 Catesby
                 laid
                 the
                 Foundation
                 of
                 his
                 whole
                 conspiracy
                 .
                 After
                 this
                 ,
                 it
                 's
                 evident
                 by
                 manifest
                 proofs
                 ,
                 and
                 Garnetts
                 own
                 confession
                 under
                 his
                 hand
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 and
                 other
                 Iesuits
                 did
                 understand
                 the
                 particulars
                 of
                 the
                 Plot
                 ;
                 and
                 Tesmond
                 another
                 Iesuit
                 and
                 he
                 discoursed
                 the
                 circumstances
                 walking
                 together
                 in
                 Moor-Fields
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 
                   not
                   in
                   confession
                
                 ,
                 as
                 is
                 pretended
                 ,
                 for
                 the
                 Iesuit
                 did
                 not
                 confess
                 it
                 as
                 a
                 fault
                 ,
                 but
                 advised
                 with
                 him
                 about
                 particulars
                 ,
                 and
                 asked
                 him
                 ,
                 
                   who
                   should
                   be
                   Protector
                   of
                   the
                   Kingdom
                   after
                   the
                   Plot
                   took
                   effect
                   ?
                
                 as
                 Garnett
                 himself
                 confessed
                 .
                 
                 But
                 suppose
                 it
                 had
                 been
                 
                   in
                   confession
                
                 ;
                 why
                 might
                 not
                 Treason
                 be
                 discovered
                 as
                 well
                 as
                 Heresie
                 ?
                 and
                 their
                 Casuists
                 acknowledge
                 ,
                 that
                 Heresie
                 may
                 be
                 revealed
                 .
                 There
                 is
                 only
                 this
                 difference
                 ,
                 that
                 Treason
                 is
                 only
                 against
                 
                   Secular
                   Princes
                
                 ,
                 but
                 Heresie
                 against
                 the
                 interest
                 of
                 
                   their
                   Church
                
                 ;
                 which
                 is
                 dearer
                 to
                 them
                 than
                 all
                 the
                 Princes
                 lives
                 in
                 the
                 World.
                 Yea
                 ,
                 so
                 busie
                 were
                 the
                 Iesuits
                 in
                 encouraging
                 this
                 Plot
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 not
                 only
                 debated
                 it
                 among
                 themselves
                 ;
                 but
                 one
                 of
                 them
                 gave
                 them
                 the
                 Sacrament
                 upon
                 the
                 
                   Oath
                   of
                   Secrecy
                
                 ,
                 and
                 then
                 absolved
                 them
                 after
                 the
                 discovery
                 ;
                 another
                 prayed
                 for
                 good
                 success
                 ,
                 another
                 comforted
                 them
                 after
                 it
                 was
                 discovered
                 by
                 the
                 examples
                 of
                 good
                 designs
                 that
                 had
                 wanted
                 success
                 .
                 And
                 must
                 we
                 after
                 all
                 this
                 believe
                 ,
                 that
                 only
                 
                   a
                   few
                   discontented
                   Laicks
                
                 were
                 engaged
                 in
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 it
                 was
                 nothing
                 at
                 all
                 to
                 their
                 Church
                 ?
                 when
                 the
                 Iesuits
                 gave
                 all
                 the
                 encouragement
                 to
                 them
                 in
                 it
                 ,
                 in
                 point
                 of
                 conscience
                 :
                 so
                 that
                 it
                 was
                 truly
                 ,
                 as
                 well
                 as
                 wittily
                 said
                 of
                 one
                 ,
                 That
                 the
                 
                   Iesuits
                   double
                   garment
                
                 might
                 well
                 be
                 called
                 
                   Charity
                   ,
                   because
                   it
                   covered
                   a
                   multitude
                   of
                   sins
                   .
                
              
               
                 3.
                 
                 But
                 if
                 the
                 Church
                 of
                 Rome
                 give
                 no
                 encouragement
                 to
                 such
                 actions
                 ;
                 why
                 hath
                 it
                 not
                 detested
                 the
                 principles
                 upon
                 which
                 it
                 was
                 grounded
                 ?
                 Why
                 hath
                 it
                 not
                 removed
                 all
                 suspicion
                 in
                 the
                 minds
                 of
                 Princes
                 and
                 People
                 of
                 giving
                 any
                 countenance
                 to
                 such
                 treasonable
                 designs
                 ?
                 But
                 on
                 the
                 contrary
                 ,
                 the
                 same
                 doctrines
                 are
                 still
                 avowed
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 persons
                 
                 of
                 the
                 Conspirators
                 honoured
                 .
                 Widdrington
                 saith
                 ,
                 
                 that
                 Garnetts
                 
                   name
                   was
                   inserted
                   into
                   the
                   English
                   Martyrology
                   ,
                
                 though
                 he
                 gave
                 it
                 under
                 his
                 hand
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 dyed
                 for
                 Treason
                 ,
                 
                   That
                   his
                   bones
                   were
                   kept
                   for
                   Reliques
                   ,
                   and
                   his
                   Image
                   set
                   over
                   Altars
                   ,
                   as
                   of
                   a
                   holy
                   Martyr
                   ?
                
                 Is
                 this
                 the
                 honour
                 of
                 Regicides
                 and
                 Traytors
                 in
                 the
                 Roman
                 Church
                 ?
                 When
                 in
                 the
                 late
                 prosperous
                 Rebellion
                 ,
                 the
                 prevailing
                 Faction
                 had
                 proceeded
                 to
                 such
                 a
                 height
                 of
                 Wickedness
                 ,
                 as
                 to
                 take
                 away
                 the
                 life
                 of
                 our
                 Gracious
                 Soveraign
                 ,
                 how
                 did
                 the
                 Church
                 and
                 Nation
                 groan
                 and
                 grow
                 impatient
                 till
                 they
                 could
                 vindicate
                 the
                 honour
                 of
                 our
                 Religion
                 and
                 Countrey
                 !
                 not
                 only
                 by
                 an
                 execution
                 of
                 Justice
                 on
                 the
                 persons
                 of
                 the
                 Regicides
                 ,
                 but
                 by
                 declaring
                 in
                 Parliament
                 against
                 the
                 principles
                 that
                 led
                 to
                 it
                 .
                 What
                 hath
                 there
                 been
                 done
                 like
                 this
                 in
                 the
                 Court
                 or
                 Church
                 of
                 Rome
                 ,
                 against
                 the
                 principles
                 or
                 actors
                 of
                 this
                 Gunpowder-Treason
                 ?
                 If
                 it
                 had
                 succeeded
                 ,
                 by
                 all
                 that
                 we
                 can
                 see
                 ,
                 Paul
                 the
                 Fifth
                 might
                 have
                 admired
                 
                   the
                   providence
                   of
                   God
                   in
                   it
                   ,
                
                 as
                 much
                 as
                 Sixtus
                 the
                 Fifth
                 did
                 in
                 the
                 murder
                 of
                 Henry
                 the
                 Third
                 of
                 France
                 :
                 and
                 we
                 may
                 guess
                 his
                 mind
                 shrewdly
                 by
                 the
                 Bulls
                 he
                 published
                 against
                 the
                 
                   Oath
                   of
                   Allegiance
                
                 ,
                 which
                 the
                 King
                 was
                 forced
                 for
                 his
                 own
                 security
                 to
                 impose
                 on
                 the
                 Papists
                 after
                 this
                 Conspiracy
                 .
                 With
                 what
                 scorn
                 and
                 contempt
                 doth
                 Bellarmine
                 treat
                 the
                 King
                 in
                 his
                 Writings
                 against
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 tells
                 him
                 in
                 plain
                 terms
                 ,
                 
                   if
                   he
                   would
                   be
                   secure
                   ,
                   he
                   must
                   give
                   liberty
                   to
                   their
                   Religion
                   ?
                
                 It
                 
                 seems
                 then
                 ,
                 their
                 principles
                 are
                 dangerous
                 to
                 Princes
                 where
                 they
                 have
                 it
                 not
                 .
                 What
                 mark
                 of
                 dishonour
                 was
                 there
                 set
                 by
                 their
                 own
                 part
                 on
                 any
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 Conspirators
                 ?
                 Two
                 of
                 the
                 Iesuits
                 upon
                 their
                 arrival
                 at
                 Rome
                 ,
                 met
                 with
                 such
                 hard
                 usage
                 ,
                 that
                 one
                 was
                 made
                 the
                 
                   Popes
                   Poenitentiary
                
                 ,
                 the
                 other
                 a
                 Confessor
                 in
                 S.
                 Peters
                 at
                 Rome
                 .
                 And
                 is
                 not
                 this
                 the
                 way
                 to
                 let
                 the
                 world
                 see
                 ,
                 how
                 detestable
                 such
                 persons
                 and
                 practices
                 are
                 to
                 their
                 Church
                 ?
                 To
                 conclude
                 all
                 ,
                 I
                 challenge
                 those
                 of
                 the
                 Roman
                 Church
                 to
                 produce
                 any
                 one
                 solemn
                 Declaration
                 of
                 that
                 Church
                 ,
                 (
                 I
                 do
                 not
                 say
                 of
                 Secular
                 Powers
                 or
                 some
                 particular
                 persons
                 ,
                 or
                 Councils
                 rejected
                 at
                 Rome
                 )
                 whereby
                 they
                 make
                 it
                 unlawful
                 for
                 the
                 Pope
                 to
                 depose
                 Princes
                 ,
                 or
                 to
                 absolve
                 Subjects
                 from
                 their
                 Oaths
                 of
                 Allegiance
                 to
                 them
                 .
                 But
                 instead
                 of
                 that
                 ,
                 even
                 in
                 this
                 present
                 age
                 of
                 ours
                 ,
                 that
                 opinion
                 which
                 makes
                 it
                 unlawful
                 ,
                 hath
                 been
                 condemned
                 at
                 Rome
                 by
                 three
                 several
                 Popes
                 ,
                 Paul
                 the
                 Fifth
                 ,
                 Innocent
                 the
                 Tenth
                 ,
                 and
                 Alexander
                 the
                 Seventh
                 :
                 and
                 which
                 is
                 more
                 considerable
                 ,
                 all
                 three
                 have
                 condemned
                 it
                 with
                 a
                 particular
                 respect
                 to
                 the
                 case
                 of
                 His
                 Majesties
                 Subjects
                 ;
                 and
                 not
                 meerly
                 condemned
                 it
                 as
                 a
                 false
                 opinion
                 ,
                 but
                 
                   as
                   wicked
                   and
                   contrary
                   to
                   faith
                   .
                
                 And
                 
                   is
                   not
                   the
                   world
                   grown
                   wiser
                   now
                   ,
                
                 as
                 to
                 these
                 matters
                 ?
                 But
                 if
                 they
                 be
                 not
                 ,
                 I
                 hope
                 we
                 may
                 be
                 .
                 And
                 after
                 their
                 frequent
                 Treasons
                 and
                 horrible
                 Conspiracies
                 ,
                 and
                 principles
                 ,
                 never
                 disowned
                 by
                 their
                 Church
                 ,
                 have
                 we
                 
                 not
                 reason
                 to
                 entertain
                 in
                 suspicion
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 as
                 to
                 their
                 principles
                 of
                 Civil
                 Government
                 ,
                 till
                 they
                 give
                 sufficient
                 security
                 ,
                 that
                 these
                 pernicious
                 principles
                 have
                 no
                 influence
                 upon
                 them
                 ▪
              
               
                 But
                 blessed
                 be
                 that
                 God
                 ,
                 that
                 hath
                 hitherto
                 defeated
                 the
                 malicious
                 purposes
                 of
                 the
                 inveterate
                 enemies
                 of
                 our
                 Church
                 and
                 Religion
                 :
                 that
                 hath
                 brought
                 to
                 light
                 these
                 works
                 of
                 darkness
                 ;
                 and
                 yet
                 continued
                 us
                 in
                 the
                 enjoyment
                 of
                 the
                 benefits
                 of
                 this
                 mighty
                 deliverance
                 to
                 this
                 day
                 .
                 May
                 the
                 same
                 Gracious
                 God
                 go
                 on
                 still
                 to
                 protect
                 our
                 established
                 Religion
                 ,
                 against
                 all
                 Forreign
                 Usurpations
                 and
                 Domestick
                 Factions
                 .
                 May
                 our
                 love
                 to
                 it
                 still
                 increase
                 ,
                 and
                 our
                 zeal
                 for
                 its
                 preservation
                 make
                 us
                 study
                 the
                 best
                 means
                 to
                 preserve
                 it
                 ;
                 that
                 neither
                 Divisions
                 among
                 our selves
                 ,
                 nor
                 Assaults
                 of
                 our
                 common
                 enemies
                 may
                 be
                 ever
                 able
                 to
                 ruine
                 and
                 destroy
                 it
                 ;
                 that
                 we
                 may
                 still
                 say
                 with
                 the
                 Psalmist
                 ,
                 
                   Blessed
                   be
                   the
                   Lord
                
                 ,
                 
                 
                   who
                   hath
                   not
                   given
                   us
                   over
                   as
                   a
                   prey
                   unto
                   their
                   teeth
                   .
                   Our
                   soul
                   is
                   escaped
                   as
                   a
                   Bird
                   out
                   of
                   the
                   snare
                   of
                   the
                   fowlers
                   ;
                   the
                   smare
                   is
                   broken
                   and
                   we
                   are
                   escaped
                   .
                   Our
                   help
                   is
                   in
                   the
                   Name
                   of
                   the
                   Lord
                   who
                   made
                   Heaven
                   and
                   Earth
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
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             Matth.
             5.13
             ,
             14.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             7.24
             .
          
           
             Mat.
             24.24
             
          
           
             Mat.
             24.5
             .
          
           
             Acts
             13.6
             .
          
           
             Mat.
             7.21
             .
          
           
             2
             Pet.
             2.1
             .
          
           
             Act.
             20.29
             ,
             30.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             16.18
             .
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             11.13
             .
          
           
             V.
             2
             ,
             3.
             
          
           
             Gal.
             1.6
             .
          
           
             3.1
             .
          
           
             Eph.
             4.14
             .
          
           
             Coloss.
             2.8
             .
          
           
             18.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             13.9
             .
          
           
             
               S.
               Chrys.
               in
            
             1.
             
               ad
               Cor.
               hom
            
             .
             36.
             
          
           
             
               Auct
               .
               de
               Mundo
               ,
               c.
            
             1.
             
             
               Plut.
               de
               def
               .
               Orac.
               Lucian
               .
               in
               Vit.
               Phil.
               
            
          
           
             Exod.
             7.1
             .
          
           
             Gen.
             20.7
             .
          
           
             Psalm
             105.15
             .
          
           
             
               Themist
               .
               Or.
            
             1.
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             12.10
             .
          
           
             
               Epiph.
               haer
            
             .
             20.
             
          
           
             
               Maim
               .
               de
               Idol
               .
               c.
            
             1.
             sect
             .
             3.
             
          
           
             
               Hier.
               in
               loc
            
             .
          
           
             1
             Tim.
             4.3
             .
          
           
             
               Siric
               .
               Ep.
            
             1.
             c.
             7.
             
          
           
             Ep.
             4.
             c.
             9.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             6.17
             .
          
           
             Col.
             2.24
             .
          
           
             V.
             23.
             $
          
           
             V.
             8.
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             1.12
             .
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             2.7
             .
          
           
             Eph.
             1.9
             .
          
           
             3
             ,
             4.
             
          
           
             V.
             9.
             
          
           
             
               Iren.
               l.
            
             3.
             c.
             2.
             
          
           
             Eph.
             4.14
             .
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             10.1.11.6
             .
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             10.2
             .
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             11.8
             .
          
           
             12.
             
          
           
             Gal.
             4.15
             ,
             16
             ,
             17.
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             1.12
             
          
           
             3.3
             .
          
           
             Rom.
             16.17
             ,
             18.
             
          
           
             
               Clem.
               Ep.
            
             p.
             2.19
             .
          
           
             2
             Tim.
             3.4
             ,
             5.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             7.14
             .
          
           
             
               Sacrar
               .
               Privileg
               .
               S.
            
             Francis.
             p.
             6.
             
          
           
             
               Gregor
               .
               de
               Majorit
               .
               &
               Obed.
               
            
          
           
             Joh.
             18.36
             .
          
           
             Gal.
             16.7
             .
          
           
             
               Baron
               .
               An.
            
             1076.
             
             Sect.
             31.
             
          
           
             
               Sa
               Aphor.
               V.
               Clericus
               .
               Ed.
               Colon.
               Conc.
               Const.
               Sess.
            
             19.
             
             
               Concil
               .
               Lat.
            
             5.
             
             Sess.
             10.
             
             
               Conc.
               Trid.
               Sess.
            
             25.
             c.
             20.
             
             
               V.
               Pontific
               .
               Rom.
               in
               Consecr
               .
               Ep.
               
            
          
           
             
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               A.D.
            
             1532.
             
          
           
             A.D.
             1615.
             
          
           
             
               Harangue
               faite
               de
               la
               part
               de
               la
               Chambre
               Ecclesiastique
               en
               celle
               du
               tiers
               Estat
               .
               sur
               l'article
               du
               Serment
               .
               Par
               Monsig
               .
               l'Eminentiss
               .
               Cardinal
               du
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             K.
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             Rom.
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               Proceed
               .
               against
               the
               Trait
            
             .
          
           
             
               Eudaem
               .
               Ioh.
            
             
          
           
             
               Resp.
               ad
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               Proceed
               .
               against
               the
               Trait
            
             .
          
           
             
               Becan
               .
               cont
               .
               Angl.
            
             p.
             127.
             
          
           
             History
             of
             the
             Council
             of
             
               Trent
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             5.
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             Apology
             for
             
               Papists
               .
               Reply
            
             to
             the
             
               Answer
               ,
               p.
            
             203.
             
          
           
             Advocate
             for
             Liberty
             of
             
               Conscience
               ,
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             218.
             
          
           
             K.
             
             Iames's
             Works
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             K.
             
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             L.
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               Vit.
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               Widdringt
               .
               append
               .
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               .
            
             p.
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             Proceeding
             against
             the
             
               Traitors
               .
               Garnett's
            
             Tryal
             .
          
           
             
               Widdrington
               .
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             .
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             Psal.
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             ,
             7
             ,
             8.