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           CHECK
           :
           OR
           ,
           INQUIRY
           into
           the
           Late
           ACT
           OF
           THE
           Roman-Inquisition
           :
           Busily
           ,
           and
           pressingly
           disperst
           over
           all
           ENGLAND
           by
           the
           JESUITS
           .
        
         
           
             
               JOS.
               7.1
            
             .
          
           
             Praevaricati
             sunt
             mandatum
             ,
             &
             usurpaverunt
             de
             Anathemate
             .
          
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           in
           the
           Year
           of
           our
           Lord
           1662.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           Check
           :
           OR
           ,
           Inquirie
           into
           the
           late
           Act
           of
           the
           Roman
           Inquisition
           .
        
         
           ME
           thinks
           it
           should
           be
           time
           to
           speak
           out
           ,
           with
           as
           little
           care
           as
           we
           have
           need
           of
           apologizing
           ,
           when
           the
           orderly
           Discipline
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           the
           just
           right
           of
           the
           Civil
           Magistrate
           ,
           the
           priviledge
           of
           immediate
           Ecclesiastical
           Superiours
           ,
           and
           the
           common
           good
           of
           Catholicks
           ,
           now
           in
           hand
           are
           at
           once
           attaqu't
           .
           I
           only
           declare
           this
           resolution
           at
           my
           first
           setting
           Pen
           to
           Paper
           (
           which
           really
           springs
           from
           the
           conceit
           of
           my
           own
           unworthiness
           )
           that
           if
           ,
           while
           I
           am
           writing
           this
           ,
           I
           understand
           any
           other
           bends
           his
           endeavours
           to
           prevent
           the
           mischiefs
           threatned
           ,
           I
           shall
           withdraw
           my
           hand
           ,
           and
           wholly
           rely
           on
           his
           ;
           But
           if
           I
           hear
           of
           none
           ,
           't
           is
           my
           hope
           ,
           the
           Motives
           I
           have
           mentioned
           are
           abundantly
           sufficient
           to
           ingage
           any
           honest
           and
           couragious
           heart
           without
           any
           further
           congèd'escrire
           ,
           to
           attempt
           the
           hinderance
           of
           such
           ruinous
           effects
           .
           To
           the
           point
           then
           :
        
         
           Mr
           
             Thomas
             White
          
           ,
           whose
           eminent
           learning
           may
           justly
           expect
           to
           be
           blustred
           at
           ,
           and
           overthrown
           too
           ,
           if
           its
           Basis
           be
           not
           proportionably
           solid
           ,
           and
           its
           structure
           well
           compacted
           ,
           had
           publisht
           divers
           Treatises
           ,
           attempting
           the
           rigorous
           rationality
           
           of
           Philosophical
           and
           Theological
           Truths
           :
           The
           tenour
           of
           his
           Doctrine
           ran
           thus
           .
        
         
           For
           Faith
           ,
           he
           endeavoured
           to
           advance
           its
           growth
           by
           lopping
           off
           all
           excrescencies
           of
           erroneous
           opinions
           ,
           how
           general
           soever
           interest
           or
           mistakes
           of
           Probablists
           had
           made
           them
           ;
           and
           to
           render
           it
           not
           only
           defensible
           ,
           but
           infallibly
           victorious
           ,
           by
           separating
           uncertain
           opinions
           ,
           from
           the
           certain
           Doctrine
           of
           Christ
           and
           his
           Apostles
           ,
           pledged
           to
           us
           as
           such
           by
           Universal
           Tradition
           .
           This
           was
           apt
           to
           anger
           those
           who
           drove
           a
           great
           trade
           in
           decrying
           all
           for
           Hereticks
           ,
           who
           were
           not
           of
           their
           mind
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           indeed
           who
           advanc'd
           not
           those
           Tenets
           which
           made
           for
           their
           Politick
           Interest
           .
        
         
           For
           
             Christian
             Practice
          
           ,
           his
           way
           was
           to
           place
           no
           goodness
           in
           external
           actions
           ,
           but
           as
           they
           conduc'd
           to
           interiour
           perfection
           ,
           and
           advanc'd
           charity
           ;
           which
           was
           apt
           to
           spoil
           all
           Pharisaical
           cleansing
           the
           out-side
           of
           the
           platter
           ,
           as
           also
           all
           superstitiousness
           ,
           and
           superficial
           devotions
           ;
           the
           gainful
           trade
           of
           too
           many
           .
        
         
           Was
           not
           this
           enough
           think
           you
           to
           set
           on
           fire
           a
           world
           of
           byast
           men
           ,
           and
           all
           those
           weak
           (
           though
           good
           )
           persons
           too
           who
           were
           apt
           to
           be
           led
           by
           their
           cry
           ?
           Or
           do
           we
           wonder
           after
           all
           this
           ,
           the
           general
           noise
           should
           be
           against
           him
           ,
           and
           onely
           learned
           and
           unpassionate
           Examiners
           on
           his
           side
           ?
           To
           proceed
           .
        
         
           Subsuming
           under
           this
           method
           ,
           he
           cast
           his
           eye
           on
           that
           point
           of
           Faith
           which
           concerns
           the
           Churches
           government
           by
           the
           Hierarchy
           ,
           and
           saw
           that
           under
           a
           speciously-pious
           shew
           of
           making
           the
           Pope
           infallible
           in
           defining
           ,
           and
           omnipotent
           in
           acting
           ;
           all
           Episcopacie
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           but
           his
           ,
           was
           destroyed
           ,
           and
           onely
           the
           bare
           name
           left
           .
           He
           saw
           also
           that
           General
           Councils
           were
           all
           at
           once
           cast
           out
           of
           doors
           ;
           For
           to
           what
           end
           should
           those
           assemble
           with
           such
           trouble
           to
           themselves
           and
           the
           whole
           Christian
           world
           ,
           if
           the
           Pope
           alone
           could
           define
           Faith
           and
           appoint
           Discipline
           as
           certainly
           and
           efficaciously
           as
           with
           them
           ?
           Nay
           ,
           be
           infallible
           even
           in
           matters
           of
           fact
           ;
           with
           which
           new
           mad
           Heresie
           ,
           the
           Jesuites
           (
           whose
           flattering
           Policie
           is
           now
           come
           to
           direct
           blasphemy
           )
           are
           indeavouring
           to
           possess
           all
           the
           ignorant
           or
           timorous
           ,
           
           or
           ambitious
           in
           France
           .
           Hereupon
           ,
           to
           give
           the
           most
           natural
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           the
           most
           advantageous
           growth
           to
           the
           ordinary
           or
           true
           Authority
           of
           the
           Pope
           ,
           as
           constituted
           by
           our
           Saviour
           ,
           inherited
           from
           S.
           Peter
           ,
           and
           claim'd
           by
           the
           Title
           and
           Tenour
           of
           Universal
           Tradition
           ;
           and
           to
           make
           it
           more
           defensible
           ,
           he
           was
           oblig'd
           to
           seperate
           it
           from
           the
           opinionative
           point
           of
           the
           Pope's
           Extravagant
           Authority
           ,
           lately
           introduc'd
           by
           flatterers
           or
           the
           human
           policy
           of
           that
           Court
           ;
           and
           also
           ,
           that
           he
           might
           maintain
           disperst
           Episcopacy
           ,
           to
           oppose
           the
           engros'd
           one
           ,
           which
           was
           inconsistent
           with
           the
           former
           .
        
         
           Beginning
           then
           at
           the
           root
           (
           as
           his
           way
           is
           )
           he
           confuted
           ,
           and
           (
           in
           the
           quality
           of
           a
           private
           Divine
           )
           censur'd
           that
           dangerous
           Principle
           of
           the
           Popes
           personal
           Infallibility
           ,
           as
           Heretical
           and
           Arch-heretical
           .
           Hence
           ,
           his
           
             Sonus
             Buccin●
          
           which
           censur'd
           it
           ,
           and
           his
           
             Tabulae
             Suffragiales
          
           ,
           which
           proved
           at
           large
           the
           justness
           of
           that
           censure
           ,
           by
           all
           imaginable
           Arguments
           a
           Catholick
           Divine
           could
           use
           ,
           were
           both
           condemn'd
           indeed
           ,
           but
           neither
           of
           them
           confuted
           ,
           which
           done
           ,
           the
           angry
           rod
           of
           Condemnation
           was
           laid
           by
           a
           while
           till
           of
           late
           a
           Jesuite
           oppos'd
           his
           
             Middle
             State.
          
           Mr.
           White
           answer'd
           the
           three
           years
           Labour
           (
           for
           so
           long
           I
           am
           sure
           't
           is
           at
           least
           since
           the
           Jesuits
           began
           to
           write
           against
           that
           Book
           )
           of
           that
           Author
           ,
           and
           in
           likelihood
           of
           the
           whole
           Society
           ,
           in
           three
           weeks
           .
           Must
           their
           credit
           sink
           ,
           and
           any
           one
           thrive
           that
           presumes
           to
           be
           learneder
           then
           they
           ?
           No
           ;
           If
           Reason
           refuse
           them
           her
           Patronage
           ,
           Authority
           shall
           step
           in
           and
           maintain
           them
           in
           despight
           of
           Reason
           .
           And
           indeed
           't
           is
           well
           known
           they
           neither
           love
           nor
           care
           to
           defend
           themselves
           by
           Evidence
           of
           Reason
           :
           Authority
           is
           their
           best
           weapon
           ;
           and
           the
           more
           blindly
           and
           confusedly
           it
           is
           carry'd
           ,
           the
           better
           for
           their
           turn
           .
           If
           they
           with
           any
           sleights
           can
           get
           some
           great
           Men
           ,
           or
           a
           multitude
           of
           inferior
           folks
           to
           say
           as
           they
           do
           ;
           your
           Arguments
           are
           answered
           ;
           and
           they
           protect
           themselves
           by
           crying
           up
           those
           great
           Few
           ,
           or
           smal
           Many
           ,
           for
           Infallible
           .
           Instead
           of
           Reason
           then
           ,
           out
           comes
           from
           the
           
             Roman
             Inquisition
          
           a
           Condemnation
           of
           all
           his
           Books
           together
           ,
           good
           and
           bad
           ,
           Printed
           and
           Manuscript
           ,
           examin'd
           and
           unexamin'd
           ,
           seen
           and
           unseen
           :
           And
           this
           ,
           brought
           in
           huggar-muggar
           ,
           
           into
           England
           ,
           is
           prest
           by
           the
           passionate
           men
           for
           Faith
           to
           their
           weak
           Adherents
           ;
           who
           are
           made
           believe
           that
           they
           are
           forbidden
           under
           heavy
           Censures
           to
           read
           his
           books
           ,
           nay
           perhaps
           bound
           to
           hold
           him
           an
           Heretick
           ,
           or
           what
           else
           they
           list
           to
           propose
           to
           their
           blindly-obedient
           Subjects
           .
           This
           ,
           (
           abstracting
           from
           the
           truth
           or
           falsehood
           of
           Mr.
           Woite's
           Doctrine
           )
           is
           the
           subject
           of
           my
           present
           complaint
           :
           In
           preferring
           which
           to
           all
           Candid
           lovers
           of
           Truth
           ,
           and
           good
           Subjects
           to
           our
           English
           Laws
           ,
           I
           make
           this
        
         
           
             FIRST
             DEMAND
             .
          
           
             SUpposing
             this
             Condemnation
             be
             no
             personal
             Act
             of
             the
             Pope's
             ,
             as
             Bulls
             and
             Breves
             are
             ,
             but
             only
             an
             Act
             of
             the
             
               Roman
               Inquisition
            
             ,
             which
             of
             course
             bears
             the
             Popes
             name
             ,
             as
             all
             other
             Acts
             of
             the
             Courts
             of
             Judicature
             in
             Rome
             do
             ,
             where
             the
             Pope
             is
             both
             Spiritual
             and
             Temporal
             Lord
             ;
             whether
             it
             be
             not
             most
             absurd
             ,
             preposterous
             ,
             and
             dissonant
             even
             to
             the
             distinctive
             procedure
             of
             the
             Roman
             Court
             ,
             to
             confound
             and
             equalize
             those
             two
             sorts
             of
             Actions
             ,
             which
             't
             is
             known
             the
             Church
             and
             that
             Court
             look
             upon
             with
             so
             great
             a
             difference
             ?
          
        
         
           
             SECOND
             DEMAND
             .
          
           
             VVEre
             it
             indeed
             a
             Bull
             or
             Breve
             ,
             or
             ,
             (
             which
             is
             a
             thousand
             times
             more
             )
             a
             Decree
             of
             a
             Council
             ,
             belonging
             to
             Discipline
             ,
             yet
             whether
             it
             at
             all
             obliges
             till
             legally
             sent
             or
             brought
             into
             the
             Country
             where
             they
             pretend
             to
             bind
             ;
             either
             by
             the
             domestick
             Bishops
             ,
             who
             assented
             to
             it
             ,
             if
             it
             be
             a
             Councils
             Canon
             ,
             or
             by
             known
             officers
             of
             the
             Court
             of
             Rome
             appointed
             for
             such
             purposes
             ?
             Certainly
             ,
             if
             in
             any
             cases
             ,
             Order
             be
             to
             be
             observed
             ,
             it
             should
             in
             those
             which
             are
             to
             be
             obligatory
             ,
             lest
             excuse
             of
             ignorance
             be
             left
             to
             cloak
             the
             Subjects
             disobedience
             ;
             and
             consequently
             we
             ought
             not
             to
             think
             any
             private
             Travailer
             ,
             or
             common
             Carrier
             ,
             
             much
             less
             a
             Jesuite
             (
             who
             is
             not
             onely
             a
             particular
             Enemie
             to
             the
             party
             condemned
             ,
             but
             has
             not
             the
             least
             Authority
             in
             the
             Church
             ,
             nor
             can
             have
             ,
             as
             such
             ,
             no
             not
             so
             much
             as
             of
             a
             Pastor
             of
             a
             Parish
             )
             we
             ought
             not
             I
             say
             to
             think
             such
             a
             one
             a
             competent
             Officer
             to
             enjoyn
             the
             duty
             of
             acceptance
             ;
             no
             more
             then
             the
             bare
             being
             of
             it
             in
             print
             ,
             a
             sufficient
             promulgation
             .
             And
             what
             speculation
             assures
             necessary
             ,
             the
             practice
             of
             the
             Court
             of
             Rome
             confirms
             ,
             which
             has
             it's
             Nuncio's
             in
             several
             places
             to
             signifie
             their
             Pleasure
             and
             Commands
             in
             their
             respective
             Districts
             ,
             where
             they
             think
             it
             prudent
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             where
             they
             hope
             they
             shall
             obtain
             to
             be
             obey'd
             .
             Let
             then
             the
             spreader
             or
             presser
             of
             those
             Decrees
             ,
             and
             much
             more
             of
             an
             Act
             of
             the
             
               Roman
               Inquisition
            
             ,
             be
             ask't
             by
             what
             Authority
             he
             promulgates
             them
             ;
             demand
             his
             Patent
             or
             Order
             ;
             and
             if
             he
             know
             none
             ,
             he
             is
             convinc't
             to
             be
             a
             busie
             fellow
             ,
             
             and
             (
             his
             Action
             being
             opposite
             to
             our
             Catholick
             English
             Laws
             ,
             )
             a
             deeply
             punishable
             Offender
             to
             boot
             .
          
        
         
           
             THIRD
             DEMAND
             .
          
           
             WHether
             any
             of
             the
             three
             Decrees
             last
             mention'd
             ,
             even
             though
             
               legally
               sent
            
             ,
             be
             held
             obligatory
             in
             any
             Catholick
             Province
             till
             accepted
             by
             the
             Civil
             and
             Ecclesiastical
             State
             ?
             Experience
             teaches
             us
             the
             contrary
             in
             the
             most
             Authoritative
             of
             these
             three
             ,
             Canons
             of
             Councils
             ;
             since
             't
             is
             known
             those
             of
             the
             
               Council
               of
               Ternt
            
             oblige
             not
             in
             some
             Catholick
             Counties
             ,
             and
             the
             reason
             constantly
             render'd
             ,
             is
             
               because
               they
               were
               never
               received
            
             :
             We
             see
             also
             that
             Roman
             Decrees
             are
             frequently
             disaccepted
             by
             Catholick
             Counties
             ,
             and
             even
             Nuncio's
             ,
             if
             they
             too
             zealously
             presse
             them
             ,
             forc'd
             to
             flie
             and
             hide
             their
             heads
             for
             acting
             against
             the
             just
             Right
             of
             the
             Civil
             Magistrate
             ,
             as
             of
             late
             years
             the
             busie-Jesuited
             Internunce
             of
             Brussels
             ,
             was
             by
             the
             Senate
             of
             Brabant
             .
             I
             presume
             then
             I
             may
             give
             a
             Negative
             Answer
             to
             this
             Demand
             :
             I
             am
             sure
             no
             French
             Subject
             durst
             ,
             nor
             truly
             Loyal
             English
             one
             ought
             to
             say
             the
             contrary
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             FOVRTH
             DEMAND
             .
          
           
             VVHether
             the
             Ecclesiastical
             Governors
             either
             dare
             in
             prudence
             ,
             or
             will
             in
             Loyaltie
             receive
             an
             Act
             of
             this
             Nature
             without
             leave
             of
             the
             civil
             Magstrate
             ?
             And
             whether
             it
             be
             ever
             likely
             such
             reception
             will
             be
             yielded
             to
             ?
             This
             I
             know
             ,
             when
             the
             intollerably
             scandalous
             
               Apologie
               of
               the
               Casuists
            
             put
             out
             by
             the
             Jesuites
             ,
             was
             about
             to
             be
             condemned
             by
             the
             Sorbon
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             blow
             was
             judg'd
             unavoidable
             ,
             the
             Jesuites
             endeavoured
             to
             get
             this
             Clause
             inserted
             against
             the
             Provincial
             Letters
             ,
             
               Quas
               non
               probat
               facultas
               ,
               utpote
               quas
               audivit
               Romae
               damnatas
               ,
               Which
               the
               faculty
               approves
               not
               ,
               because
               it
               heard
               they
               were
               condemned
               at
            
             Rome
             :
             And
             though
             this
             were
             but
             an
             occasional
             glance
             ,
             and
             imported
             only
             a
             non-improvement
             ,
             yet
             because
             they
             mention'd
             the
             Roman
             Inquisition
             Act
             as
             the
             reason
             of
             their
             non-Approbation
             ,
             see
             how
             tender
             the
             State
             of
             France
             were
             of
             it
             .
             The
             Advocate
             General
             
               Mens
               .
               Talon
            
             sent
             for
             some
             prime
             Sorbon
             Doctors
             ,
             ratled
             them
             soundly
             ,
             and
             told
             them
             
               that
               that
               Clause
               was
               contrary
               to
               the
               Custome
               of
               the
               Kingdom
               ,
               that
               it
               could
               not
               be
               used
               without
               acknowledging
               the
               Inquisition
               ,
               and
               that
               it
               would
               not
               be
               suffered
               :
            
             And
             can
             we
             think
             we
             owe
             less
             obedience
             to
             His
             Sacred
             Majestie
             and
             our
             English
             Laws
             ,
             than
             they
             in
             France
             to
             theirs
             ?
             Or
             do
             we
             conceive
             it
             less
             illegal
             to
             bring
             the
             Roman
             Inquisition
             into
             England
             ,
             than
             't
             is
             in
             France
             to
             bring
             it
             in
             thither
             ?
             In
             France
             none
             ,
             without
             the
             Princes
             leave
             ,
             may
             receive
             any
             Act
             of
             the
             Roman
             Inquisition
             upon
             this
             Motive
             ,
             because
             it
             is
             theirs
             ,
             or
             express
             their
             non-approvement
             ,
             because
             that
             Tribunal
             has
             done
             so
             .
             In
             England
             quite
             contrary
             ,
             these
             disloyal
             men
             tell
             their
             Adherents
             none
             dare
             refuse
             such
             Acts
             ,
             or
             hold
             them
             unobliging
             ,
             and
             upon
             this
             sole
             Motive
             ,
             because
             they
             proceed
             from
             that
             Inquisition
             .
             The
             Laws
             of
             our
             Catholick
             Ancestors
             strictly
             forbid
             the
             extolling
             the
             power
             of
             the
             Bishop
             of
             Rome
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             debar
             his
             extraordinary
             Authority
             ;
             these
             men
             and
             their
             followers
             go
             farther
             ,
             and
             presume
             not
             only
             to
             extol
             beyond
             measure
             the
             
             Popes
             power
             ,
             as
             Head
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             but
             even
             that
             far
             lesser
             one
             of
             the
             Roman
             Inquisition
             ,
             and
             make
             it
             domineer
             over
             the
             English
             Subjects
             without
             the
             Magistrates
             licence
             .
             Thus
             incroachment
             would
             come
             in
             by
             inches
             ,
             and
             invading
             the
             just
             rights
             of
             the
             Civil
             Power
             ,
             advance
             towards
             that
             proud
             and
             scandalous
             Doctrine
             of
             deposing
             Kings
             ,
             which
             the
             Roman
             Court
             of
             late
             times
             by
             its
             Decrees
             ,
             has
             too
             much
             and
             too
             often
             abetted
             ;
             and
             hence
             is
             this
             busle
             of
             the
             Jesuites
             to
             preserve
             this
             principle
             alive
             ,
             though
             they
             see
             it
             not
             seasonable
             now
             to
             press
             it
             home
             to
             the
             Conclusion
             .
             But
             they
             meet
             with
             honester
             and
             better
             principled
             spirits
             among
             all
             but
             their
             own
             party
             ,
             as
             the
             loyal-hearted
             Catholick
             Clergie
             ,
             the
             ancient
             Religious
             Order
             of
             
               S.
               Bennet
            
             ,
             and
             other
             Regulars
             ,
             whose
             perfect
             submission
             to
             the
             Laws
             of
             their
             Country
             in
             what
             touches
             not
             Faith
             ,
             is
             incapable
             of
             the
             least
             blemish
             ,
             other
             then
             what
             is
             imputed
             to
             them
             by
             occasion
             of
             the
             Society
             of
             such
             false
             brethren
             ,
             against
             whom
             they
             do
             not
             publikely
             enough
             declare
             ,
             and
             so
             are
             sometimes
             mistaken
             by
             strangers
             to
             hold
             their
             Opinions
             :
             Taking
             then
             the
             Negative
             of
             this
             Demand
             for
             granted
             ,
             I
             advance
             to
             my
          
        
         
           
             FIFTH
             DEMAND
             .
          
           
             VVHether
             it
             appear
             not
             to
             be
             most
             unseasonably
             illegal
             ,
             and
             even
             ayming
             at
             the
             ruine
             of
             all
             the
             hopes
             of
             mitigation
             now
             endeavoured
             ,
             to
             attempt
             and
             press
             at
             this
             time
             ,
             as
             the
             Jesuited
             party
             does
             ,
             the
             slavery
             of
             English
             Catholicks
             to
             the
             Roman
             Inquisition
             ?
             I
             conceive
             the
             Fact
             and
             the
             terms
             evince
             it
             so
             plainly
             that
             it
             needs
             no
             proof
             .
          
        
         
           
             SIXTH
             DEMAND
             .
          
           
             VVHether
             it
             be
             not
             the
             height
             of
             Passion
             and
             Unchristianism
             to
             urge
             such
             Decrees
             ,
             as
             matters
             of
             Faith
             ?
             T
             is
             known
             some
             Divines
             ,
             among
             whom
             is
             S.
             Austin
             ,
             place
             the
             
             Rule
             of
             Faith
             in
             the
             diffused
             body
             of
             Christians
             ,
             and
             make
             their
             acceptation
             the
             last
             and
             best
             Test
             of
             even
             a
             General
             Councils
             Infallibility
             in
             Faith-Definitions
             :
             Many
             deny
             a
             Council
             without
             a
             Pope
             to
             be
             infallible
             ;
             more
             a
             Pope
             without
             a
             Council
             ,
             or
             the
             Pope
             with
             an
             inferiour
             Council
             ;
             Almost
             all
             an
             inferiour
             Council
             without
             the
             Pope
             ;
             but
             none
             till
             our
             unhappy
             dayes
             had
             ever
             the
             audaciousness
             to
             say
             that
             an
             Inquisitions
             Decree
             toucht
             faith
             ,
             either
             as
             to
             its
             constitution
             or
             dissolution
             ,
             or
             had
             the
             knack
             of
             personal
             infallibility
             annext
             to
             it
             ;
             nor
             ,
             God
             be
             praised
             ,
             dare
             they
             now
             say
             it
             ,
             but
             in
             corners
             among
             their
             abused
             Bigots
             ,
             from
             whose
             mouths
             you
             hear
             the
             Eccho
             of
             their
             deluding
             Instructers
             .
          
           
             'T
             is
             known
             that
             Inquisition
             goes
             to
             work
             like
             prudential
             men
             ,
             he
             understands
             very
             little
             of
             that
             Court
             ,
             who
             imagines
             the
             Pope
             or
             Cardinals
             trouble
             themselves
             with
             reading
             all
             those
             Books
             that
             are
             propos'd
             to
             their
             Censures
             :
             Their
             way
             is
             ,
             to
             commit
             the
             Perusal
             of
             them
             to
             some
             Divines
             ,
             who
             (
             as
             the
             world
             has
             gone
             for
             these
             few
             late
             Years
             )
             are
             either
             Jesuites
             or
             Jesuited
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             inveterate
             enemies
             to
             the
             party
             we
             treat
             of
             ;
             upon
             what
             score
             I
             told
             you
             formerly
             .
             Their
             Information
             given
             ,
             they
             trust
             it
             ,
             and
             proceed
             upon
             it
             ,
             but
             yet
             very
             gingerly
             and
             abstractedly
             .
             In
             common
             ,
             that
             Court
             sees
             that
             Mr
             White
             opposes
             their
             Paramount
             Authority
             ,
             by
             which
             they
             project
             the
             domineering
             over
             both
             Princes
             and
             Hierarchy
             ,
             this
             is
             enough
             to
             make
             them
             think
             fit
             to
             blemish
             him
             ;
             If
             then
             those
             good
             Divines
             tell
             them
             ,
             that
             he
             has
             Erroneous
             or
             Heretical
             Propositions
             in
             his
             Books
             ,
             [
             and
             what
             will
             not
             they
             call
             so
             ,
             if
             against
             their
             Interest
             ]
             all
             the
             branding
             words
             shall
             in
             ;
             but
             you
             may
             sooner
             squeeze
             water
             out
             of
             a
             Flint
             than
             get
             these
             Divines
             determine
             which
             are
             erroneous
             only
             ,
             and
             which
             heretical
             ,
             for
             fear
             Mr
             White
             should
             prove
             the
             better
             Divine
             ,
             and
             justifie
             the
             points
             to
             be
             both
             Catholick
             ,
             and
             needful
             to
             be
             spoken
             ,
             which
             would
             quite
             spoil
             all
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             SEVENTH
             DEMAND
             .
          
           
             VVHether
             it
             argue
             not
             that
             the
             passion
             and
             Interest
             of
             these
             men
             is
             above
             their
             love
             of
             maintaining
             Catholick
             Religion
             to
             blast
             not
             only
             the
             name
             of
             an
             Author
             who
             has
             written
             so
             advantagiously
             and
             solidly
             for
             Faith
             ,
             but
             even
             those
             very
             Books
             which
             so
             incomparably
             defend
             Faith
             and
             its
             Rule
             ?
             Let
             
               Rushworths
               Dialogues
               ,
               Apology
               for
               Tradition
            
             and
             Controversie-Logick
             be
             examined
             (
             to
             omit
             others
             )
             and
             see
             whether
             ever
             the
             Heterodox
             party
             were
             either
             so
             solidly
             confuted
             ,
             or
             Faith
             so
             radically
             stated
             ;
             yet
             are
             these
             Books
             condemn'd
             too
             with
             the
             rest
             ,
             what
             more
             disgrace
             to
             our
             Cause
             could
             even
             a
             Prebyterians
             heart
             wish
             ?
          
           
             Consider
             how
             manfully
             the
             Catholick
             Controvertists
             ,
             who
             have
             followed
             those
             Principles
             ,
             have
             defended
             Faith
             ,
             and
             triumpht
             over
             opposite
             Errors
             ;
             and
             then
             judge
             whether
             it
             be
             consistent
             with
             these
             mens
             pretended
             zeal
             for
             Religion
             to
             sacrifice
             the
             best
             champion
             and
             strongest
             fortresses
             of
             our
             Faith
             ,
             as
             controverted
             ,
             to
             their
             politick
             Interest
             ;
             and
             to
             endeavour
             the
             overthrowing
             such
             rampires
             of
             the
             Popes
             Faith-taught
             ,
             ordinary
             and
             lawful
             power
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             flatteringly
             advance
             his
             opinionative
             ,
             unlawful
             and
             arbitrary
             one
             ;
             On
             the
             other
             side
             ,
             look
             on
             the
             pittiful
             Defences
             these
             men
             substitute
             in
             stead
             of
             those
             solid
             ones
             ;
             evidenc'd
             infallibility
             of
             Authority
             shall
             be
             beat
             down
             ,
             and
             all
             Faith
             finally
             resolved
             into
             a
             blind
             afflatus
             ,
             a
             hole
             as
             dark
             as
             the
             worst
             Fanaticks
             private
             spirit
             .
             Solid
             reason
             shall
             be
             laid
             aside
             ,
             and
             aierie
             quibbling
             in
             a
             wordish
             Testimony
             taken
             up
             in
             its
             stead
             ,
             which
             can
             conclude
             nothing
             :
             What
             miserable
             tossing
             of
             words
             too
             and
             fro
             ,
             to
             the
             extream
             prejudice
             of
             the
             Catholick
             cause
             ,
             is
             found
             in
             
               Schism
               unmaskt
            
             ;
             yet
             (
             considering
             their
             way
             )
             we
             have
             reason
             to
             beleeve
             that
             the
             nerves
             of
             their
             whole
             Body
             were
             all
             swelled
             by
             their
             most
             vigorous
             spirits
             ,
             to
             advance
             so
             feeble
             a
             stroke
             .
             Nor
             can
             any
             see
             how
             we
             may
             expect
             better
             helps
             from
             their
             Principles
             ,
             which
             tend
             to
             the
             disgrace
             
             of
             Universal
             Tradition
             ,
             and
             fix
             their
             best
             hopes
             on
             personal
             Infallibilities
             .
             Knots
             voluminous
             Encounter
             with
             Chilling-worth
             ,
             and
             Fishers
             with
             B.
             Land
             ,
             remain
             sad
             Instances
             of
             the
             Catholick
             cause
             ,
             left
             dangerously
             exposed
             ,
             not
             through
             want
             of
             grounds
             ,
             but
             by
             a
             voluntary
             desertion
             of
             Catholick
             Principles
             ,
             to
             follow
             those
             of
             Interest
             and
             Flattery
             .
          
        
         
           
             EIGHTH
             DEMAND
             .
          
           
             VVHat
             is
             to
             be
             said
             of
             those
             ,
             who
             when
             they
             list
             get
             any
             thing
             condemn'd
             at
             Rome
             ,
             to
             blast
             Catholike
             Writers
             that
             oppose
             their
             trampling
             down
             the
             Hierarchy
             ,
             then
             press
             that
             Condemnation
             hotly
             ,
             and
             advance
             it
             as
             highly
             as
             it
             were
             a
             young
             point
             of
             Faith
             ;
             and
             yet
             when
             it
             lights
             on
             themselves
             (
             which
             happens
             sometimes
             ,
             though
             not
             so
             often
             as
             they
             deserve
             )
             they
             slight
             and
             vilifie
             it
             ,
             as
             nothing
             worth
             ?
             Poza
             a
             Spanish
             Jesuite
             ,
             that
             fine
             fellow
             ,
             who
             made
             that
             excellent
             Creed
             printed
             before
             the
             
               Mystery
               of
               Jesuitism
            
             was
             commanded
             both
             by
             the
             Popes
             and
             his
             Generals
             Orders
             to
             appear
             at
             Rome
             ,
             (
             which
             by
             the
             way
             Mr.
             White
             never
             was
             yet
             )
             and
             legally
             cited
             too
             to
             answer
             there
             for
             some
             extravagant
             Tenets
             ;
             He
             flies
             for
             refuge
             to
             the
             Kings
             Council
             ,
             and
             got
             his
             cause
             ,
             already
             overthrown
             in
             the
             Roman
             Inquisition
             ,
             to
             be
             reveiwed
             by
             that
             of
             Madrid
             ;
             and
             there
             found
             Defence
             without
             either
             his
             or
             the
             State
             's
             ,
             or
             the
             Madrids
             Inquisition
             ,
             scrupling
             at
             all
             to
             cast
             off
             the
             heavy
             burthen
             of
             obedience
             to
             the
             Roman
             Inquisition
             ,
             which
             the
             Jesuites
             ,
             when
             't
             is
             for
             their
             turn
             ,
             use
             to
             lay
             upon
             other
             mens
             shoulders
             .
             That
             abominable
             
               Apology
               for
               the
               Casuists
            
             ,
             set
             out
             by
             the
             Jesuites
             ,
             after
             it
             had
             been
             most
             deeply
             and
             particularly
             censur'd
             by
             almost
             each
             Bishop
             in
             France
             ,
             and
             his
             Diocesan
             Assembly
             ,
             was
             ,
             for
             fear
             of
             too
             manifest
             shame
             ,
             condemned
             at
             Rome
             ,
             and
             yet
             was
             printed
             by
             them
             afterwards
             ,
             and
             defended
             both
             in
             France
             and
             
               England
               .
               Stubrochius
            
             ,
             the
             disguised
             Jesuite
             ,
             gives
             you
             the
             full
             allowance
             of
             the
             force
             such
             Decrees
             are
             to
             have
             in
             these
             words
             .
             
               If
               nothing
            
             (
             says
             he
             )
             
               be
               particularly
               condemned
               ,
               but
               the
               Book
               only
               in
               general
               forbidden
               ,
               no
               wise
               man
               can
               deny
               ,
               
               but
               that
               the
               onely
               reason
               of
               its
               Prohibition
               is
               ,
               that
               it
               was
               publisht
               against
               the
               rules
               of
               the
               Council
               of
            
             Trent
             .
             
               Si
               nihil
               prorsus
               in
               ●o
               singillatim
               configatur
               ,
               sed
               prohibeatur
               generatim
               ;
               nemo
               sapiens
               neget
               eo
               duntaxat
               nomine
               prohibitum
               fuisse
               ,
               quod
               contra
               Regulas
               à
               Concilio
               Tridentivo
               praescriptas
               editus
               sit
            
             ;
             which
             Rules
             (
             though
             in
             themselves
             excellent
             )
             are
             so
             unsuitable
             to
             the
             present
             circumstances
             of
             England
             ,
             that
             very
             few
             Catholick
             writers
             can
             observe
             them
             :
             so
             that
             almost
             all
             the
             Catholick
             Books
             in
             English
             are
             subject
             to
             the
             censure
             of
             the
             Roman
             Inquisition
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             Mr.
             White
             's
             ,
             were
             there
             any
             peevish
             Informer
             uncharitable
             enough
             to
             prosecute
             '
             em
             .
          
           
             But
             you
             must
             think
             it
             was
             the
             Jesuits
             own
             case
             ,
             else
             he
             had
             not
             been
             so
             candid
             ;
             so
             that
             you
             see
             they
             deal
             with
             their
             Believers
             ,
             as
             men
             do
             with
             little
             Babies
             ,
             or
             Jack-dawes
             ,
             they
             propose
             things
             for
             Bug-bears
             ,
             or
             Scare-crows
             ,
             which
             themselvs
             fear
             not
             at
             all
             ,
             but
             onely
             set
             up
             to
             fright
             others
             .
          
        
         
           
             NINTH
             DEMAND
             .
          
           
             VVHether
             to
             press
             the
             obligatorinesse
             of
             this
             Inquisition's
             Act
             be
             not
             Schismatical
             in
             those
             pressers
             .
             For
             ,
             since
             where
             a
             legal
             order
             is
             not
             observ'd
             in
             sending
             ,
             accepting
             and
             enjoyning
             observance
             of
             Decrees
             ,
             't
             is
             not
             to
             be
             expected
             all
             should
             act
             alike
             ,
             it
             will
             follow
             that
             the
             more
             zealous
             and
             credulous
             ,
             who
             think
             every
             foppery
             Faith
             ,
             will
             quickly
             take
             fire
             and
             accept
             it
             ,
             and
             discharge
             their
             zeal
             by
             spreading
             it
             to
             others
             ,
             and
             railing
             at
             the
             Authour
             and
             the
             Readers
             of
             his
             Books
             ;
             The
             more
             solid
             ,
             discerning
             and
             intelligent
             persons
             ,
             who
             know
             how
             to
             distinguish
             things
             ;
             will
             carry
             themselves
             as
             formerly
             towards
             both
             the
             Author
             and
             the
             Books
             .
             Hence
             difference
             in
             actions
             and
             mutual
             animosities
             are
             apt
             to
             arise
             ,
             and
             fierce
             ones
             too
             ;
             in
             regard
             one
             party
             is
             made
             foolishly
             to
             believe
             all
             is
             Faith
             which
             their
             interessed
             Governours
             tell
             them
             :
             the
             other
             party
             conceive
             as
             high
             an
             indignation
             to
             see
             the
             Sacredness
             of
             Faith
             made
             ridiculous
             by
             such
             a
             blundering
             and
             confounding
             zeal
             in
             the
             simple
             believers
             ,
             and
             paltry
             interest
             in
             the
             Teachers
             .
             Now
             ,
             
             who
             sees
             not
             that
             the
             explication
             of
             this
             matter
             of
             Fact
             ,
             and
             it
             's
             immediate
             consequences
             ,
             speak
             direct
             spiritual
             breach
             ,
             distance
             ,
             difference
             ,
             and
             disunion
             of
             minds
             ,
             affections
             ,
             words
             and
             actions
             ,
             which
             sound
             schismaticalness
             enough
             in
             all
             Conscience
             .
          
           
             The
             Result
             of
             all
             hitherto
             is
             this
             ,
             that
             since
             this
             Condemnation
             is
             neither
             legally
             sent
             nor
             accepted
             ,
             nor
             yet
             acceptable
             as
             the
             case
             stands
             ;
             since
             it
             neither
             concerns
             Faith
             in
             the
             least
             ,
             nor
             ought
             to
             concern
             Englands
             since
             the
             thus
             pressing
             it
             is
             illegal
             breaking
             Order
             ,
             and
             so
             Seditious
             ,
             Schismatical
             ,
             and
             disgraceful
             to
             our
             Faith
             ,
             by
             rendring
             it
             ridiculous
             ,
             't
             is
             evident
             that
             the
             pressers
             of
             it
             (
             and
             according
             to
             the
             degree
             of
             their
             knowledg
             their
             Followers
             who
             accept
             it
             )
             are
             neither
             good
             Christians
             ,
             loyal
             Subjects
             ,
             nor
             solidly
             Prudent
             Men
             ;
             But
             desperately
             pursuing
             their
             own
             ambition
             ,
             by
             flattering
             the
             Roman
             Courts
             in
             what
             ever
             precipices
             they
             engage
             themselves
             and
             others
             .
             And
             ,
             if
             they
             be
             such
             ,
             and
             it
             be
             not
             like
             they
             will
             amend
             ,
             unless
             they
             and
             the
             world
             be
             told
             publickly
             they
             are
             such
             ,
             I
             know
             no
             reason
             ,
             why
             both
             Justice
             and
             Charity
             oblige
             me
             not
             to
             do
             it
             .
          
           
             All
             hitherto
             is
             spoken
             in
             case
             the
             Condemnation
             has
             indeed
             issued
             from
             the
             Inquisition
             of
             Rome
             :
             But
             ,
             what
             if
             any
             one
             should
             object
             that
             in
             all
             likelyhood
             it
             is
             none
             of
             Theirs
             ,
             or
             at
             least
             a
             Surreptitious
             one
             .
             All
             I
             could
             say
             is
             ,
             I
             have
             yet
             heard
             it
             onely
             from
             private
             hands
             ;
             which
             though
             I
             am
             not
             bound
             to
             credit
             ,
             yet
             it
             breeds
             in
             me
             a
             suspition
             of
             some
             such
             thing
             .
          
           
             As
             for
             the
             Terms
             of
             the
             Decree
             it self
             should
             any
             except
             against
             them
             ,
             that
             because
             the
             two
             Phrases
             ,
             Heretical
             and
             
               Erroneous
               in
               Faith
            
             ,
             signifie
             the
             same
             thing
             ,
             one
             of
             them
             must
             needs
             be
             superfluous
             ,
             and
             so
             not
             likely
             to
             proceed
             from
             that
             Court
             :
             I
             could
             answer
             ,
             that
             ,
             as
             among
             Schollers
             ,
             Tautologies
             are
             blamable
             ,
             so
             among
             Lawyers
             (
             such
             as
             the
             Cardinals
             for
             the
             most
             part
             are
             )
             nothing
             more
             ordinary
             then
             Sinonama's
             and
             Repetitions
             .
             Should
             he
             go
             on
             ,
             and
             object
             the
             inconveniences
             of
             a
             Dis-junctive
             censure
             ,
             as
             that
             it
             neither
             
             condemns
             nor
             absolves
             any
             point
             in
             particular
             ,
             and
             so
             the
             world
             is
             never
             the
             wiser
             for
             it
             .
             I
             could
             reply
             ,
             that
             where
             the
             Judges
             have
             too
             much
             work
             (
             as
             they
             must
             needs
             have
             who
             draw
             to
             their
             immediate
             cognisance
             almost
             all
             the
             spiritual
             business
             of
             the
             world
             )
             it
             saves
             a
             great
             deal
             of
             labour
             to
             forbid
             a
             Book
             in
             general
             ,
             without
             undertaking
             the
             trouble
             of
             giving
             a
             particular
             reason
             for
             it
             ,
             and
             though
             it
             would
             be
             a
             great
             happiness
             to
             be
             determinately
             instructed
             in
             the
             points
             for
             which
             an
             Author
             is
             censured
             ;
             yet
             as
             to
             the
             common
             people
             ,
             it
             sufficeth
             their
             Governours
             say
             ,
             there
             are
             Erroneous
             Opinions
             in
             him
             ,
             and
             therefore
             ,
             unless
             you
             have
             permission
             to
             read
             prohibited
             Books
             ,
             let
             him
             alone
             .
          
           
             Should
             he
             again
             insist
             ,
             That
             probably
             this
             Decree
             was
             not
             Authentick
             ,
             because
             (
             in
             the
             Copie
             printed
             at
             Rome
             )
             the
             Authors
             Name
             is
             mis-written
             ,
             as
             Blachei
             and
             Wilhi
             ;
             I
             could
             excuse
             it
             with
             saying
             ,
             Italians
             are
             not
             well
             acquainted
             with
             the
             hard
             names
             of
             us
             Tramontani
             ;
             Or
             should
             he
             urge
             the
             mis-spelling
             some
             Latine
             words
             ,
             as
             
               Quarela
               ,
               Bucins
               ,
               Aucthore
               ,
               Texerae
               ,
            
             I
             could
             think
             it
             might
             happen
             by
             the
             hastie
             zeal
             of
             the
             Sollicitor
             ,
             without
             imagining
             the
             barbarous
             Goths
             had
             sackt
             Rome
             again
             .
             But
             should
             he
             say
             ,
             there
             's
             false
             Latine
             in
             it
             ,
             and
             offer
             to
             prove
             it
             by
             citing
             these
             suspitious
             words
             P●pe
             for
             
               Papa
               ,
               Institutiones
            
             ,
             for
             
               institutionum
               ,
               Joannem
            
             for
             Jona
             ;
             and
             then
             produce
             Authority
             that
             false
             Latine
             vitiates
             the
             Popes
             Letters
             .
             
               Literas
               Papae
               invalidat
               falsa
               Latinitas
               :
               De
               Rescript
               .
               c.
               Ad
               audientians
               .
               Quia
               per
               tot
               manus
               trans●unt
               ,
               ut
               nullus
               in
               iis
               ,
               si
               sint
               verae
               ,
               debeat
               error
               superesse
               .
            
             I
             should
             be
             apt
             I
             confess
             to
             follow
             this
             known
             Rule
             rather
             then
             an
             Extravagant
             Copie
             of
             an
             inquisitionary
             Sentence
             ;
             For
             though
             the
             Popes
             Letters
             and
             his
             Decrees
             in
             the
             Inquisition
             be
             not
             rigorously
             the
             same
             thing
             ,
             yet
             the
             same
             inconvenience
             rising
             from
             either
             ,
             (
             that
             is
             ,
             a
             diminution
             of
             respect
             due
             to
             the
             Pope
             )
             the
             same
             Law
             is
             to
             govern
             both
             :
             Nothing
             being
             more
             common
             among
             the
             Canon
             Lawyers
             then
             
               ubi
               cadem
               ratio
               ,
               ibi
               idem
               jus
               .
            
             In
             this
             mind
             therefore
             I
             shall
             presume
             to
             continue
             ,
             till
             the
             all
             knowing
             and
             all-commanding
             Society
             shall
             propose
             to
             the
             World
             ,
             as
             another
             new
             Article
             of
             Faith
             ,
             that
             the
             holy
             Inquisition
             ,
             (
             where
             the
             Popesits
             ,
             and
             in
             a
             Chair
             too
             )
             cannot
             err
             in
             points
             of
             Latin.
             
          
           
           
             And
             yet
             all
             this
             is
             easyer
             to
             deal
             with
             ,
             than
             one
             untoward
             objection
             that
             stil
             remains
             ;
             For
             should
             any
             fall
             upon
             the
             last
             lines
             of
             the
             Decree
             ,
             and
             say
             ,
             It
             cannot
             be
             believ'd
             by
             any
             who
             respects
             the
             Roman
             Inquisition
             ,
             that
             it
             so
             threatningly
             should
             command
             a
             Man
             to
             clear
             himself
             ,
             and
             never
             tell
             him
             in
             particular
             ,
             
               what
               's
               his
               fault
            
             ;
             I
             am
             sure
             I
             should
             be
             shrewdly
             put
             to
             it
             to
             find
             an
             answer
             .
             And
             this
             is
             the
             clause
             I
             indeed
             fear
             may
             have
             been
             procur'd
             by
             the
             importunity
             of
             some
             busie
             Jesuite
             ;
             who
             ,
             should
             he
             meet
             with
             Mr.
             White
             ,
             would
             scarce
             perhaps
             be
             able
             to
             bridle
             his
             head-strong
             zeal
             from
             running
             full
             drive
             upon
             him
             ,
             and
             with
             open
             mouth
             cry
             out
             against
             him
             ,
             Mr.
             White
             ,
             you
             are
             accus'd
             and
             deeply
             censur'd
             ,
             and
             that
             by
             no
             less
             than
             the
             Roman
             Inquisition
             ;
             
               Clear
               your self
               ,
               why
               don't
               you
               clear
               your self
               ?
            
             Of
             what
             ?
             answers
             Mr.
             White
             ;
             I
             say
             ,
             
               clear
               your self
            
             ,
             says
             the
             Jesuite
             ;
             't
             is
             sawciness
             to
             ask
             of
             what
             ?
             or
             to
             question
             Authority
             ,
             you
             'l
             chop
             logick
             with
             the
             holy
             Inquisition
             ,
             will
             you
             ?
             No
             ,
             but
             I
             would
             gladly
             be
             told
             my
             fault
             ,
             replyes
             Mr.
             White
             ,
             that
             I
             may
             know
             how
             to
             mend
             ;
             and
             I
             hope
             you
             have
             so
             much
             charity
             as
             to
             wish
             it
             ,
             and
             to
             put
             me
             in
             a
             way
             to
             it
             ;
             Say
             you
             are
             sorry
             for
             your
             fault
             ,
             says
             the
             insulting
             Jesuit
             ,
             and
             believe
             us
             you
             are
             in
             fault
             :
             This
             is
             our
             way
             of
             governing
             both
             our
             boyes
             and
             men
             too
             ,
             and
             't
             is
             against
             the
             best
             vertue
             ,
             Obedience
             ,
             to
             demand
             more
             .
             I
             but
             Sir
             (
             sayes
             Mr.
             White
             )
             by
             shewing
             me
             my
             fault
             ,
             I
             may
             come
             to
             be
             made
             see
             the
             hainousnesse
             of
             it
             ,
             and
             so
             be
             more
             heartily
             penitent
             .
             The
             very
             Spirit
             of
             an
             Heretick
             !
             cries
             the
             Jesuit
             amain
             ;
             this
             man
             will
             not
             think
             he
             is
             in
             fault
             ,
             except
             he
             be
             shown
             it
             :
             
               Infallibility
               in
               matters
               of
               Faith
            
             and
             
               blind
               Obedience
            
             have
             no
             reverence
             with
             him
             .
             Here
             now
             ,
             were
             Mr.
             White
             one
             of
             their
             Bigots
             ,
             hee
             might
             be
             sorry
             ,
             though
             he
             knew
             not
             for
             what
             .
             But
             yet
             even
             that
             would
             not
             serve
             his
             turn
             ,
             or
             relieve
             his
             sad
             case
             a
             jot
             .
             He
             is
             bid
             
               clear
               himself
            
             ,
             and
             heavily
             threatned
             if
             he
             do
             not
             .
             Now
             ,
             since
             clearing
             is
             an
             Action
             ,
             and
             Actions
             use
             to
             light
             upon
             particulars
             (
             for
             none
             can
             build
             an
             house
             or
             write
             a
             line
             in
             common
             )
             and
             in
             our
             case
             this
             clearing
             must
             either
             be
             perform'd
             by
             denying
             the
             books
             to
             be
             his
             ,
             which
             were
             an
             open
             falsehood
             ;
             or
             by
             justifying
             ,
             or
             retracting
             
             those
             blameable
             Propositions
             ,
             both
             which
             are
             impossible
             without
             knowing
             first
             the
             particular
             Propositions
             to
             be
             so
             justified
             or
             retracted
             ,
             't
             is
             manifest
             hee
             is
             commanded
             impossibles
             ,
             and
             yet
             he
             is
             threaten'd
             shrewdly
             unlesse
             he
             perform
             them
             .
             The
             exacting
             brick
             without
             straw
             was
             mild
             to
             this
             .
             That
             was
             possible
             to
             be
             perform'd
             by
             other
             combustible
             matter
             ,
             this
             impossible
             to
             any
             but
             a
             Conjurer
             .
             The
             non-performance
             of
             that
             was
             threaten'd
             with
             onely
             temporal
             penalties
             ,
             this
             with
             spiritual
             :
             That
             lighter
             ,
             coming
             from
             the
             hand
             of
             an
             Heathen
             and
             Tyrant
             ;
             this
             a
             thousand
             times
             heavier
             ,
             pretending
             to
             come
             from
             the
             Authority
             of
             Governours
             ,
             whose
             duty
             't
             is
             to
             put
             the
             erring
             into
             a
             way
             of
             amendment
             .
             What
             a
             disrespect
             then
             is
             it
             ,
             towards
             the
             Inquisition
             ,
             and
             the
             Pope
             ,
             in
             them
             ,
             who
             dare
             impute
             such
             an
             uncharitable
             procedure
             to
             those
             prudent
             personages
             .
          
           
             After
             another
             fashion
             were
             the
             Jesuits
             Books
             ,
             and
             that
             in
             true
             Latin
             too
             ,
             lately
             condemn'd
             ;
             of
             which
             I
             doubt
             they
             speak
             very
             seldom
             ,
             and
             very
             gingerly
             to
             their
             Devotes
             :
             several
             Lists
             of
             particular
             errors
             were
             collected
             out
             of
             their
             Authors
             ,
             and
             diligently
             conferr'd
             with
             the
             books
             themselvs
             ,
             and
             this
             in
             almost
             every
             Diocesse
             of
             France
             ,
             and
             at
             last
             the
             whole
             Apology
             ,
             written
             by
             the
             Jesuits
             in
             defence
             of
             those
             errours
             ,
             not
             onely
             condemn'd
             by
             the
             Bishops
             and
             Diocesan
             Clergy
             there
             ,
             but
             by
             the
             Roman
             Inquisition
             too
             ,
             notwithstanding
             all
             their
             power
             in
             that
             Court
             ,
             which
             they
             stretcht
             to
             the
             utmost
             .
             Some
             few
             of
             these
             kind
             of
             Errours
             I
             have
             here
             ,
             onely
             to
             give
             a
             tast
             of
             the
             rest
             ,
             transcrib'd
             ;
             As
          
           
             
               That
               I
               may
               kill
               a
               man
               to
               prevent
               his
               giving
               me
               a
               box
               on
               the
               ear
               ,
               or
               a
               stroke
               with
               a
               staff
               ;
               and
               if
               he
               have
               struck
               me
               ,
               I
               may
               kill
               him
               though
               he
               fly
               from
               me
               .
            
          
           
             
               That
               an
               Ecclesiastick
               or
               Religious
               man
               may
               kill
               him
               who
               shall
               attempt
               or
               but
               threaten
               to
               take
               away
               his
               honour
               by
               slanders
               or
               calumnies
               .
            
          
           
             
               That
               't
               is
               no
               Simony
               to
               give
               or
               take
               any
               thing
               for
               a
               Benefice
               ,
               if
               it
               be
               given
               or
               taken
               as
               a
            
             motive
             ,
             
               not
               as
               a
            
             price
             .
          
           
             
               That
               an
               Astrologer
               ,
               if
               he
               have
               only
               consulted
               the
               stars
               ,
               is
               bound
               to
               restore
               the
               mony
               he
               has
               received
               ;
               but
               not
               ,
               if
               he
               have
               taken
               the
               pains
               to
               conjure
               ,
               and
               the
               thing
               be
               come
               to
               pass
               by
               the
               Devils
               Art.
               
            
          
           
           
             
               That
               a
               man
               is
               neither
               by
               the
               Law
               of
               nature
               ,
               nor
               any
               positive
               Law
               ,
               oblig'd
               to
               restore
               what
               he
               has
               receiv'd
               to
               give
               an
               unjust
               sentence
               ,
               or
               to
               commit
               Murther
               ,
               or
               Adultery
               .
            
          
           
             
               That
               to
               hear
               two
               halfs
               or
               four
               quarters
               of
               a
               Masse
               at
               once
            
             (
             
               which
               is
               easie
               where
               many
            
             Masses
             
               are
               saying
               at
               the
               same
               time
            
             )
             
               satisfies
               the
               Precept
               of
               the
               Church
               .
            
          
           
             
               That
               he
               who
               keeps
               a
               Concubine
               is
               not
               to
               be
               deny'd
               Absolution
               ,
               though
               he
               will
               not
               put
               her
               away
               ;
               if
               he
               say
               ,
               he
               pretends
               not
               to
               sin
               with
               her
               ,
               and
               that
               the
               case
               be
               so
               ,
               that
               without
               her
               his
               life
               would
               be
               but
               melancholy
               .
            
          
           
             
               That
               probably
               it
               is
               no
               mortal
               sin
               to
               impose
               on
               another
               a
               false
               crime
               indefence
               of
               one
               's
               own
               honour
            
             ;
             which
             of
             all
             the
             rest
             is
             in
             my
             opinion
             the
             most
             horrible
             ,
             as
             stubbing
             up
             by
             the
             roots
             all
             charity
             ,
             and
             veracity
             out
             of
             the
             hearts
             of
             all
             the
             world
             .
          
           
             These
             ,
             among
             many
             more
             of
             the
             same
             kind
             ,
             were
             particularly
             condemn'd
             and
             recondemn'd
             in
             France
             ;
             and
             lest
             you
             should
             doubt
             their
             Apologies
             being
             condemn'd
             at
             Rome
             too
             ,
             wherein
             all
             these
             are
             defended
             ,
             go
             on
             and
             read
             the
             Copy
             .
          
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     
                       
                         Thursday
                         21
                         August
                         1659.
                         
                      
                       In
                       the
                       General
                       Congregation
                       of
                       the
                       Holy
                       Roman
                       ,
                       and
                       Vniversal
                       Inquisition
                       holden
                       in
                       the
                       Apostolick
                       Palace
                       at
                       St.
                       Mary
                       the
                       Greater
                       before
                       his
                       Holinesse
                       Pope
                       
                         Alexander
                         7.
                      
                       and
                       the
                       most
                       Eminent
                       and
                       most
                       Reverend
                       Cardinals
                       of
                       the
                       Holy
                       Roman
                       Church
                       ,
                       deputed
                       by
                       the
                       See
                       Apostolick
                       Inquisitors
                       General
                       against
                       Heresy
                       in
                       the
                       whole
                       Christian
                       Commonwealth
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                     His
                     Holiness
                     
                       Pope
                       Alexander
                       7.
                    
                     by
                     this
                     present
                     Decree
                     prohibits
                     and
                     condemns
                     the
                     Book
                     entitled
                     
                       Apologie
                       for
                       the
                       Casuists
                       ,
                       &c.
                    
                     and
                     wills
                     that
                     it
                     be
                     held
                     for
                     condemn'd
                     and
                     prohibited
                     .
                     And
                     his
                     Holinesse
                     farther
                     commands
                     that
                     none
                     of
                     what
                     degree
                     or
                     condition
                     soever
                     ,
                     though
                     dignifyed
                     with
                     special
                     or
                     even
                     most
                     special
                     Qualfication
                     keep
                     or
                     read
                     the
                     said
                     book
                     ;
                     nor
                     presume
                     to
                     print
                     ,
                     or
                     cause
                     to
                     be
                     printed
                     ,
                     as
                     well
                     under
                     the
                     Penalties
                     and
                     Censures
                     contain'd
                     in
                     the
                     Holy
                     Council
                     of
                     Trent
                     ,
                     and
                     in
                     the
                     Index
                     of
                     prohibited
                     Books
                     ,
                     as
                     others
                     to
                     be
                     inflicted
                     at
                     the
                     will
                     of
                     his
                     Holyness
                     :
                     But
                     whoever
                     now
                     hath
                     ,
                     or
                     shall
                     hereafter
                     at
                     any
                     time
                     have
                     the
                     said
                     Book
                     ,
                     shall
                     under
                     the
                     same
                     penalties
                     be
                     bound
                     to
                     deliver
                     it
                     up
                     to
                     the
                     Ordinary
                     ,
                     or
                     the
                     Inquisitors
                     .
                  
                
              
            
          
           
           
             And
             now
             what
             Substantial
             difference
             do
             you
             find
             betwixt
             this
             Censure
             ,
             and
             that
             against
             Mr
             :
             White
             ;
             all
             I
             can
             see
             ,
             is
             only
             the
             precept
             to
             clear
             himself
             ;
             which
             ,
             for
             want
             of
             a
             particular
             charge
             ,
             seems
             to
             have
             little
             legal
             signification
             ;
             so
             that
             as
             to
             the
             general
             Censures
             of
             Rome
             ,
             the
             Jesuits
             have
             tasted
             of
             them
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             Mr.
             White
             :
             and
             as
             to
             particular
             Ones
             of
             other
             places
             ,
             far
             more
             in
             the
             proportion
             that
             almost
             all
             France
             and
             Lovain
             ,
             exceed
             in
             Learning
             and
             Authority
             the
             single
             pitiful
             University
             of
             Doway
             ;
             which
             clearly
             argues
             Evidence
             against
             the
             Jesuits
             ,
             and
             against
             Mr.
             White
             .
          
           
             My
             last
             exception
             ,
             and
             which
             makes
             me
             confident
             those
             words
             of
             
               accurate
               examination
            
             mentioned
             in
             that
             paper
             ,
             are
             either
             of
             course
             or
             falsifi'd
             ,
             and
             so
             ,
             not
             arguing
             an
             Act
             of
             the
             Inquisition
             ,
             is
             ,
             that
             I
             see
             plainly
             they
             were
             so
             far
             from
             accurately
             examining
             the
             Books
             that
             they
             never
             lookt
             so
             much
             as
             into
             the
             Titles
             ;
             but
             have
             most
             strangely
             mistaken
             and
             Condemned
             for
             a
             Book
             of
             Mr.
             White
             's
             ,
             one
             that
             was
             writ
             against
             him
             by
             another
             Authour
             ;
             and
             hath
             
               Authore
               I.
               S.
            
             on
             the
             Title-page
             .
             Mr.
             White
             writ
             
               Statera
               Morum
            
             ;
             Another
             writ
             against
             one
             part
             of
             it
             ,
             and
             entitled
             his
             book
             
               Statera
               Appensa
            
             ;
             Mr.
             White
             reply'd
             ,
             and
             call'd
             his
             Reply
             
               Staterae
               Aequilibrium
            
             .
             Now
             ,
             these
             accurate
             Examiners
             ,
             which
             this
             paper
             tells
             us
             of
             ,
             examin'd
             so
             accurately
             ,
             that
             they
             mistook
             one
             Book
             for
             another
             ;
             nor
             onely
             disparate
             Books
             ,
             but
             opposite
             ones
             ;
             that
             is
             ,
             the
             Objection
             for
             the
             Answer
             ;
             nor
             needed
             they
             look
             far
             to
             have
             avoided
             the
             mistake
             ,
             had
             they
             but
             us'd
             the
             patience
             to
             have
             read
             quite
             thorough
             the
             Title-page
             before
             they
             condemn'd
             the
             whole
             Book
             ,
             it
             had
             been
             sufficient
             to
             have
             prevented
             their
             errour
             .
             Is
             not
             this
             enough
             to
             disgrace
             the
             whole
             Processe
             and
             Pretence
             .
             Nor
             can
             they
             shelter
             the
             mistake
             by
             Aequilibrium's
             ,
             being
             bound
             in
             the
             same
             with
             Appensa
             ;
             For
             had
             all
             the
             Treatises
             there
             been
             Mr.
             White
             's
             ,
             or
             at
             least
             Mr.
             White
             's
             the
             first
             which
             entituled
             the
             Book
             :
             it
             had
             been
             some
             colour
             ;
             but
             ,
             when
             't
             is
             known
             Appensa
             was
             writ
             by
             another
             Authour
             ,
             who
             shew'd
             it
             to
             divers
             Ecclesiasticks
             of
             credit
             in
             the
             first
             foul
             Copy
             ,
             constantly
             own'd
             it
             himself
             ,
             and
             sent
             one
             of
             his
             Copies
             to
             the
             Internunce
             of
             Brussels
             before
             it
             was
             printed
             ,
             and
             had
             the
             two
             first
             Letters
             
             of
             his
             name
             put
             in
             the
             Title-page
             challenging
             it
             ,
             which
             Letters
             were
             no
             way
             competent
             to
             Mr.
             White
             ,
             't
             is
             too
             evident
             the
             accurate
             Examiners
             read
             not
             ,
             nor
             car'd
             to
             read
             the
             very
             Title-page
             thorough
             ,
             but
             condemn'd
             at
             a
             venture
             they
             knew
             not
             what
             .
             And
             was
             it
             not
             ,
             think
             you
             ,
             a
             laudable
             piece
             of
             service
             in
             that
             zealous
             Promooter
             who
             thus
             misinform'd
             the
             Inquisition
             ,
             if
             this
             Censure
             truly
             proceeded
             from
             It
             ?
             Or
             ,
             if
             it
             be
             counterfeit
             ,
             is
             it
             not
             an
             intollerable
             impudence
             to
             father
             such
             grosse
             mistakes
             on
             so
             diliberate
             and
             prudent
             a
             Tribunal
             ?
          
           
             These
             are
             my
             Reasons
             why
             I
             conceive
             no
             true
             respecter
             of
             that
             Inquisition
             will
             blaze
             this
             Act
             for
             Theirs
             .
             Other
             Exceptions
             too
             perhaps
             might
             be
             made
             ,
             but
             I
             desire
             to
             publish
             no
             more
             than
             I
             hear
             already
             reflected
             on
             .
          
           
             I
             onely
             add
             this
             word
             ,
             and
             conclude
             ,
             were
             this
             truly
             the
             Roman
             Inquisition's
             Act
             ,
             were
             it
             legally
             sent
             ,
             legally
             receivved
             and
             promulgated
             here
             in
             England
             ,
             and
             binding
             according
             to
             it
             's
             full
             Import
             ;
             when
             all
             's
             done
             ,
             it
             can
             onely
             command
             those
             Books
             to
             be
             look't
             on
             as
             prohibited
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             not
             to
             be
             read
             without
             Licence
             ;
             which
             ,
             who
             in
             England
             either
             needs
             ,
             or
             at
             least
             may
             not
             easily
             have
             ;
             nay
             ,
             to
             read
             even
             those
             written
             by
             profest
             Hereticks
             ,
             and
             that
             too
             against
             Catholicks
             .
             Yet
             this
             is
             all
             the
             wool
             got
             by
             this
             great
             Cry.
             
          
           
             FINIS
             .
          
           
        
      
    
     
       
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