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             Philanax Protestant, or, Papists discovered to the King as guilty of those traiterous positions and practises which they first insinuated into the worst Protestants and now charge upon all to which is added, Philolaus, or, Popery discovered to all Christian people in a serious diswasive from it, for further justification of our gracious King and his honourable Parliaments proceedings for the maintenance of the Act of Uniformity.
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           PHILANAX
           PROTESTANT
           '
           OR
           PAPISTS
           Discovered
           to
           the
           KING
           As
           guilty
           of
           those
           Traiterous
           Positions
           and
           Practises
           which
           they
           first
           Insinuated
           into
           the
           worst
           Protestants
           and
           now
           Charge
           upon
           all
           :
        
         
           To
           which
           is
           added
           PHILOLAUS
           Or
           Popery
           discovered
           to
           all
           Christian
           PEOPLE
           in
           a
           serious
           diswasive
           from
           it
           .
        
         
           For
           further
           justification
           of
           our
           Gracious
           King
           ,
           and
           his
           honourable
           Parliaments
           proceedings
           for
           the
           maintenance
           of
           the
           Act
           of
           Uniformity
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           in
           the
           Year
           1663.
           and
           are
           to
           be
           sold
           at
           the
           Royal
           
             Exchange
             ,
             Westminster-Hall
          
           ,
           and
           most
           Book-sellers
           Shops
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           PHILANAX
           OR
           The
           PAPISTS
           discovered
           unto
           the
           King.
           
        
         
           
             SECT
             .
             I.
             
          
           
             NOw
             the
             Popish
             Party
             being
             disappointed
             in
             their
             great
             design
             for
             Indulgence
             .
             1.
             
             B
             ,
             the
             care
             of
             our
             gracious
             Soveraign
             ;
             Who
             will
             neither
             be
             provoked
             by
             the
             affronts
             of
             some
             that
             call
             themselves
             Protestants
             ,
             nor
             enticed
             by
             the
             favours
             and
             civilities
             of
             those
             that
             call
             themselves
             Catholicks
             to
             do
             any
             thing
             in
             prejudice
             of
             the
             Faith
             ,
             
               Once
               delivered
               to
               the
               Saints
            
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             By
             the
             vigilancy
             of
             Orthodox
             and
             good
             Bishops
             and
             Ministers
             who
             stand
             fast
             in
             the
             faith
             and
             are
             set
             for
             
               The
               defence
               of
               the
               Gospel
            
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             By
             the
             honourable
             Interposition
             of
             those
             most
             Noble
             Lords
             who
             
               search
               the
               Scriptures
            
             ,
             the
             first
             Counsels
             ,
             and
             fathers
             .
             
               Whether
               these
               things
               are
               so
            
             ?
          
           
             4.
             
             By
             the
             resolution
             of
             the
             most
             Honourable
             the
             Commons
             of
             England
             in
             Parliament
             assembled
             to
             stand
             by
             the
             grand
             establishment
             of
             the
             Kingdome
             .
          
           
             5.
             
             By
             the
             Ingenuity
             of
             our
             two
             most
             excellent
             
             Queens
             who
             wil
             not
             unseasonably
             interpose
             to
             gratify
             a
             few
             mens
             opinions
             against
             the
             conscience
             of
             a
             whole
             Kingdome
             :
             Now
             the
             Popish
             Party
             I
             say
             thus
             happily
             disappointed
             of
             their
             designe
             against
             the
             
               Church
               of
               England
            
             ,
             and
             the
             Protestant
             Religion
             grow
             desperate
             and
             shake
             off
             all
             modesty
             ;
             Ingenuity
             ;
             and
             fear
             ;
             Now
             they
             dare
             Publish
             to
             the
             
             world
             a
             
               Caveat
               to
               all
               Kings
               ,
               Princes
               ,
               and
               Prelates
               against
               the
               Protestants
               :
            
             Under
             pretence
             of
             some
             mens
             miscarriages
             Involving
             all
             ,
             now
             they
             dare
             charge
             us
             with
             those
             Principles
             against
             Government
             which
             they
             themselves
             teach
             ,
             with
             those
             treasons
             which
             they
             act
             ,
             with
             those
             Rebelions
             which
             they
             promote
             :
             which
             our
             Learned
             and
             sober
             writers
             disown
             ,
             our
             Confessions
             and
             Articles
             of
             Religion
             oppose
             ,
             and
             our
             Religion
             discountenanceth
             ,
             no
             Religion
             in
             the
             world
             stating
             government
             and
             obedience
             on
             better
             principles
             ,
             enforcing
             them
             upon
             higher
             motives
             ,
             Or
             securing
             them
             by
             better
             Lawes
             than
             ours
             :
             We
             your
             most
             Loyal
             Subjects
             who
             look
             upon
             you
             as
             
               The
               light
               of
               our
               eyes
               ,
               as
               the
               breath
               of
               our
               nostrils
               ,
               as
               the
               crown
               of
               our
               head
               :
               Who
               make
               prayers
               and
               supplications
               for
               you
               and
               all
               that
               are
               in
               authority
               under
               you
               ;
               who
               obey
               you
               for
               Conscience
               sake
               :
            
             &
             cannot
             resist
             you
             ,
             knowing
             
               that
               whosoever
               resisteth
               resistethto
               hisown
               damnation
               ,
            
             who
             must
             needsbesubject
             to
             you
             ,
             
               as
               supream
            
             and
             to
             those
             that
             are
             in
             Church
             &
             State
             
               sent
               by
               you
            
             :
             who
             
               fear
               God
            
             and
             
               honour
               you
               our
               King
               and
               meddle
               not
               with
               them
               that
               are
               given
               to
               change
               :
               for
               we
               know
               their
               calamity
               shall
               arise
               suddenly
               ,
               and
               who
               knoweth
               the
               ruin
               of
               them
               both
               ?
            
             Who
             dare
             think
             no
             evil
             of
             you
             ,
             not
             in
             our
             hearts
             much
             less
             murmure
             and
             speak
             evil
             against
             you
             :
             Who
             though
             
             your
             Spirit
             should
             be
             stirred
             against
             us
             ,
             yet
             
               will
               not
               stir
               out
               of
               our
               place
               :
            
             who
             dare
             not
             call
             you
             to
             any
             account
             of
             your
             matters
             —
             nor
             say
             unto
             you
             ,
             what
             
               do
               you
            
             :
             who
             with
             
               the
               antient
               Christians
               worship
               God
               above
               all
               :
            
             and
             obey
             honour
             and
             reverence
             you
             as
             next
             unto
             God
             on
             
               earth
               ?
               We
            
             to
             vindicate
             our selves
             ;
             to
             inform
             the
             world
             aright
             ;
             to
             shew
             the
             true
             grounds
             of
             our
             late
             misery
             :
             and
             the
             present
             opposition
             to
             Government
             :
             and
             to
             confirm
             your
             Majesty
             in
             your
             very
             good
             affection
             for
             the
             Protestant
             religion
             :
             and
             in
             your
             just
             care
             against
             the
             growth
             of
             Popery
             ,
             a
             care
             that
             aequally
             tends
             to
             your
             honour
             and
             security
             ,
             and
             our
             comfort
             .
             We
             humbly
             desire
             the
             world
             may
             know
             that
             it
             is
             not
             any
             private
             respect
             or
             opinion
             ,
             it
             s
             not
             any
             kindnesse
             you
             have
             for
             heresy
             or
             schism
             ,
             It
             s
             not
             any
             cruelty
             or
             persecution
             that
             you
             provide
             just
             laws
             against
             Popery
             a
             new
             ,
             or
             execute
             those
             that
             are
             already
             provided
             :
             but
             it
             s
             a
             royal
             care
             you
             owe
             your
             own
             Government
             and
             safety
             both
             which
             are
             indangered
             by
             those
             unworthy
             principles
             first
             asserted
             by
             the
             Pontificians
             and
             than
             taken
             up
             from
             them
             by
             the
             loose
             ,
             giddy
             ,
             turbulent
             ,
             and
             discontented
             sort
             of
             Protestants
             that
             have
             nothing
             indeed
             of
             Protestants
             but
             the
             name
             :
             for
             you
             know
          
           
             1.
             
             They
             teach
             that
             the
             Magistrate
             hath
             nothing
             
             to
             do
             in
             matter
             of
             Religion
             ,
             hath
             no
             power
             to
             restrain
             or
             punish
             any
             man
             in
             any
             matter
             that
             hath
             but
             the
             colour
             and
             prete●…ce
             of
             Religion
             .
             
               Contzen
               polit
               :
               c
            
             :
             16.
             
             Bellarm
             :
             5.
             
               de
               pont
               :
               —
               A
            
             2
             
               de
               Primati●…
            
             In
             vain
             do
             you
             Govern
             if
             these
             men
             and
             these
             positions
             be
             endured
             :
             one
             mans
             Religion
             is
             to
             revile
             authority
             ,
             the
             others
             Religion
             is
             to
             rebel
             :
             anothers
             
             Religion
             is
             to
             raise
             scandal
             upon
             all
             publick
             establishments
             ,
             anothers
             religion
             is
             to
             refuse
             all
             manner
             of
             oaths
             whether
             of
             Allegiance
             or
             Supremacy
             &c.
             anothers
             Religion
             is
             to
             deny
             all
             ordinances
             ,
             ministry
             ,
             Church
             duties
             ,
             &c.
             anothers
             Religion
             is
             to
             disturb
             all
             congregations
             and
             meetings
             :
             but
             you
             must
             sit
             still
             ,
             and
             let
             these
             men
             play
             all
             these
             prancks
             under
             the
             notion
             of
             Religion
             ,
             you
             must
             endure
             all
             these
             extravagances
             ,
             
               Least
               you
               should
               persecute
            
             ,
             or
             
               oppresse
               tender
               consciences
            
             ,
             your
             Subjects
             may
             be
             perverted
             ,
             your
             people
             may
             be
             debauched
             ,
             and
             your
             Kingdomes
             seduced
             from
             their
             Allegiance
             and
             Loyalty
             by
             men
             of
             desperate
             principles
             ,
             and
             you
             all
             the
             while
             not
             stir
             ,
             for
             the
             
               Magistrate
               hath
               nothing
               to
               do
               in
               matter
               of
               Religion
            
             ;
             we
             your
             poor
             Protestant
             Subjects
             
             thought
             that
             you
             as
             Nebuchadnezzar
             and
             Darius
             among
             the
             Persians
             as
             the
             Governours
             among
             the
             Grecians
             
               whose
               first
               care
               was
               Religion
            
             ,
             as
             the
             Roman
             Kings
             ,
             Senates
             and
             Emperours
             whose
             great
             prudence
             
               it
               was
               not
               to
               admit
               of
               a
               strange
               Religion
               ,
            
             as
             the
             Primitive
             Governours
             who
             as
             appears
             by
             their
             Laws
             ,
             Orders
             ,
             Institutes
             ,
             and
             
               nemo
               Canons
            
             :
             Laid
             out
             their
             highest
             endeavours
             for
             the
             settlement
             of
             the
             true
             Religion
             ,
             and
             as
             your
             Ancestors
             of
             blessed
             memory
             ,
             who
             are
             famous
             for
             nothing
             more
             then
             for
             being
             defenders
             of
             the
             Faith
             ,
             had
             power
             to
             defend
             true
             Religion
             ,
             so
             that
             under
             you
             by
             the
             influence
             of
             that
             Religion
             we
             might
             lead
             peaceable
             and
             quiet
             lives
             in
             all
             godliness
             and
             honesty
             :
             but
             alas
             !
             temporal
             Princes
             saith
             
               Suarez
               must
               meddle
            
             with
             
               temporal
               matters
            
             :
             they
             must
             let
             men
             be
             of
             what
             principles
             they
             please
             though
             never
             so
             dangerous
             ,
             they
             must
             look
             on
             their
             Subjects
             divided
             with
             different
             
             religions
             which
             lead
             to
             different
             conversation
             and
             to
             confusion
             and
             every
             evil
             work
             :
             for
             why
             should
             they
             saith
             Costerus
             the
             Jesuit
             
               meddle
               with
               the
               affaires
               of
               the
               Church
               of
               God.
               
            
          
           
             2.
             
             We
             your
             Loyal
             Protestant
             Subjects
             were
             really
             
             perswaded
             that
             
               there
               was
               none
               above
               you
            
             ,
             to
             whom
             you
             should
             give
             account
             of
             your selves
             but
             God
             :
             
             and
             that
             there
             were
             no
             Christians
             that
             durst
             say
             
             that
             any
             men
             or
             estates
             of
             men
             were
             above
             you
             in
             your
             Dominion
             ,
             ha
             poor
             we
             !
             alas
             it
             seemes
             there
             are
             some
             50.
             learned
             writters
             of
             that
             one
             society
             of
             Jesuits
             ,
             who
             in
             several
             printed
             books
             which
             
             you
             may
             see
             in
             
               speculum
               Jesuit
            
             .
             p.
             187.
             188.
             who
             have
             dogmatically
             asserted
             that
             the
             Pope
             hath
             absolute
             power
             over
             Princes
             to
             change
             Government
             
             
               as
               God
               to
               pull
               down
               some
               Kings
               ,
               and
               set
               up
               others
            
             as
             Bensarchius
             profanely
             speaks
             ,
             
               not
               onely
               to
               excommunicate
            
             ,
             
             
               but
               judicialy
               to
               suspend
               to
               mult
               with
               tempor
            
             
             
               all
               penalties
               ,
               depose
               ,
               dethrone
               ,
               put
               to
               death
               ,
               and
               destroy
               any
               Christian
               Emperours
               ,
               Kings
               ,
               Princes
               ,
            
             
             
               Potentates
               ,
               by
               open
               sentence
               ,
               war
               ,
               force
               ,
               conspiracies
               private
               assassinations
               ,
            
             and
             to
             give
             away
             their
             Crowns
             and
             Dominions
             to
             whosoever
             will
             invade
             them
             by
             treason
             or
             rebellion
             at
             the
             Popes
             command
             :
             who
             may
             translate
             Kingdomes
             to
             whom
             he
             pleaseth
             ,
             all
             Kings
             deriving
             their
             Crowns
             from
             him
             alone
             ,
             
               upon
               their
               good
               behaviour
               at
               his
               pleasure
               .
            
          
           
             We
             are
             of
             opinion
             that
             the
             Government
             of
             the
             Church
             is
             enough
             ,
             if
             not
             too
             much
             for
             the
             Pope
             and
             innocently
             perswade
             our selves
             he
             need
             not
             be
             so
             busie
             in
             other
             mens
             matters
             ,
             but
             we
             know
             nothing
             ,
             we
             are
             taught
             by
             the
             Papists
             that
             
               non
               solum
               potest
               Papa
            
             &c.
             
               sed
               debet
            
             &c.
             
             That
             the
             Pope
             not
             
             onely
             can
             but
             ought
             to
             shew
             himself
             above
             Princes
             ,
             why
             say
             we
             ?
             why
             say
             the
             Jesuits
             of
             Paris
             against
             Arnoldus
             :
             to
             keep
             
               them
               (
               that
               is
               Kings
               )
               within
               their
               duty
               that
               in
               case
               of
               heresie
               ,
               schisme
               ,
               disobedience
               to
               ,
               Rebellion
               against
               the
               Pope
               ,
               and
               see
               of
               Rome
               ,
               Male
               administration
               ,
               refusal
               ,
            
             to
             defend
             the
             Pope
             Insufficiency
             to
             govern
             negligence
             ,
             vitiousness
             of
             life
             ,
             Incorrigibleness
             ,
             
             Tyranny
             :
             or
             as
             Sanctarellus
             taught
             ,
             &
             our
             late
             disturbers
             learned
             the
             necessity
             of
             Publick
             good
             ,
             or
             the
             safety
             of
             the
             Church
             and
             State
             ,
             or
             the
             cause
             
             
               of
               God
            
             :
             guess
             now
             who
             set
             up
             the
             high
             Court
             of
             justice
             .
             Now
             that
             your
             bloud
             may
             not
             rise
             against
             this
             here
             is
             nothing
             unequal
             or
             unfit
             .
             For
             saith
             the
             said
             
               Sanctarellus
               :
               multum
               aequum
               ,
               &
               reip
               .
               expediens
               ut
               sit
               aliquis
               supremus
               M●…narcha
               ,
               qui
               Regum
               ejus
               modi
               excessus
               noscit
               corrigere
               ,
               &
               de
               ipsis
               justitiam
            
             
             ministrare
             ,
             i.
             e.
             in
             English
             ,
             demand
             justice
             ,
             justice
             against
             delinquency
             ,
             set
             up
             a
             high
             Court
             of
             Justice
             .
             
          
           
             3.
             
             We
             and
             the
             more
             harmless
             part
             of
             the
             world
             thought
             that
             no
             man
             could
             lay
             his
             hand
             upon
             you
             
             the
             Lords
             Anointed
             and
             be
             guiltless
             and
             would
             teach
             men
             that
             you
             are
             secured
             by
             the
             laws
             of
             God
             &
             men
             against
             all
             the
             assaults
             of
             the
             sons
             of
             violence
             .
             But
             we
             are
             a
             soft
             headed
             and
             short
             sighted
             people
             
               Emanual
               Sa
            
             ,
             that
             dangerous
             Papist
             assures
             us
             ,
             that
             
               lat
               a
               sentententia
               quisque
               potest
               fieri
               executor
               ,
               any
               man
            
             
             
               may
               rid
               us
               of
               a
               Tyrant
               ,
            
             but
             sure
             none
             of
             those
             that
             have
             sworn
             obedience
             to
             him
             may
             lay
             violent
             hands
             on
             the
             King
             :
             
               etiam
               qui
               juraverit
               &c.
            
             yea
             he
             who
             hath
             sworn
             obedience
             ,
             if
             the
             Prince
             will
             not
             be
             ruled
             —
             sure
             every
             man
             can
             not
             do
             
               it
               ,
               potest
               autem
               e
               populo
               :
            
             any
             man
             may
             do
             it
             anyman
             that
             is
             careless
             of
             
             his
             own
             life
             may
             be
             master
             of
             his
             Soveraigns
             —
             yes
             ,
             but
             say
             some
             smooth
             tongued
             apologist
             ,
             this
             was
             rashly
             spoken
             —
             do
             not
             deceive
             your selves
             —
             40.
             
             
               Annos
               In
               cubui
            
             saith
             the
             solemn
             D.
             I
             studied
             it
             ,
             40.
             years
             ,
             —
             a
             well
             studied
             ,
             point
             I
             assure
             you
             :
             but
             his
             friends
             do
             not
             own
             him
             ,
             —
             no
             ile
             warran●…
             you
             ,
             why
             this
             book
             of
             his
             is
             the
             ordinary
             manual
             of
             the
             fraternity
             :
             It
             s
             the
             Bible
             that
             belongs
             to
             the
             society
             of
             Jesus
             :
             I
             hope
             you
             will
             say
             no
             man
             talkes
             at
             this
             rate
             but
             this
             melancholly
             father
             .
          
           
             Ans.
             If
             there
             be
             but
             one
             traytor
             among
             the
             Jesuites
             they
             are
             much
             wronged
             ,
             —
             alas
             he
             was
             but
             a
             dull
             melancholy
             man
             indeed
             to
             Mariana
             ,
             who
             tells
             us
             
             that
             we
             need
             not
             stay
             for
             the
             Popes
             order
             ,
             if
             a
             company
             of
             learned
             and
             a
             few
             discontented
             men
             do
             but
             agree
             upon
             it
             .
             
               Jure
               interimi
               potest
            
             ,
             he
             may
             lawfully
             be
             killed
             :
             but
             the
             Learned
             are
             many
             of
             them
             honest
             ,
             most
             of
             them
             ingenuous
             ,
             and
             all
             depending
             upon
             the
             the
             Prince
             ,
             nay
             then
             we
             need
             
             no
             more
             ado
             saith
             Ozorius
             but
             any
             man
             may
             consider
             the
             Law
             ,
             and
             the
             matter
             of
             fact
             ,
             and
             if
             the
             case
             be
             evident
             he
             may
             proceed
             to
             execution
             presently
             ,
             here
             is
             as
             
               Hugh
               Peters
            
             said
             
               a
               short
               way
               to
               work
            
             ,
             and
             that
             all
             mortals
             may
             not
             loose
             themselves
             in
             insignificant
             ,
             general
             Mariana
             tells
             you
             how
             it
             may
             
             be
             done
             particularly
             by
             poisoning
             a
             chair
             as
             the
             Conclave
             at
             London
             resolved
             to
             dispatch
             K.
             Charles
             the
             first
             ,
             (
             It
             was
             Jesuites
             that
             saught
             that
             excellent
             Princes
             bloud
             .
             )
             2.
             by
             poysoning
             saddles
             ,
             as
             Lopez
             should
             have
             served
             Q.
             Elizabeth
             ,
             and
             this
             he
             saith
             is
             an
             excellent
             way
             ,
             for
             it
             is
             the
             Moors
             way
             in
             Spain
             .
             3.
             
             By
             poysoning
             Boots
             so
             as
             gouty
             Henry
             of
             Fra●…
             was
             cured
             of
             all
             diseases
             .
             And
             this
             is
             a
             good
             way
             
             too
             ,
             
               quel
               est
               Artifice
               Roi
               moris
            
             .
             4.
             
             By
             poysoning
             
             gloves
             ,
             and
             by
             this
             slight
             of
             hand
             they
             complemented
             
               Joan
               Albretta
            
             Q.
             of
             Navarre
             to
             death
             onely
             for
             favouring
             and
             protecting
             the
             Protestants
             in
             France
             against
             their
             violence
             .
             5.
             
             By
             stabbing
             as
             they
             let
             out
             Hen.
             3.
             and
             H.
             4.
             of
             France
             great
             souls
             into
             an
             other
             world
             ,
             and
             by
             Pistoling
             as
             they
             served
             William
             Prince
             of
             Orange
             Anno
             1584.
             which
             great
             man
             they
             sent
             within
             three
             dayes
             into
             another
             world
             .
             7.
             
             By
             a
             stone
             poyson
             wherewith
             men
             may
             be
             seven
             years
             a
             dying
             ,
             going
             to
             another
             world
             by
             piece-meals
             ,
             and
             dying
             dayly
             as
             
               Stephen
               Botskay
            
             of
             Transylvania
             .
             By
             Powder
             the
             Fryers
             invention
             ,
             as
             they
             designed
             to
             blow
             up
             this
             whole
             Kingdom
             assembled
             in
             Parliament
             .
             Villany
             was
             innocent
             afore
             ,
             and
             the
             world
             simple
             ,
             now
             it
             was
             compleat
             ,
             and
             raised
             to
             the
             utmost
             that
             Hell
             could
             attain
             to
             —
             What
             say
             the
             good
             honest
             Priests
             ?
             do
             they
             disown
             M●…iana
             ,
             and
             disclaime
             his
             doctrine
             ?
             It
             were
             well
             for
             the
             Christian
             world
             if
             you
             did
             .
             Indeed
             the
             whole
             Vniversity
             of
             Paris
             ,
             Anno
             1625.
             and
             26.
             censured
             
               Zuares
               ,
               Bellarmine
            
             and
             Mariana
             for
             these
             passages
             ,
             as
             not
             only
             most
             pernicious
             detestable
             ,
             damnable
             ,
             erronious
             and
             perturbing
             the
             publick
             peace
             ,
             but
             likewise
             as
             
               subversive
               of
               Kingdoms
               ,
               States
               ,
               Republicks
               ,
               seducing
               subjects
               from
               their
               obedience
               and
               subjection
               ,
            
             and
             stirring
             them
             up
             to
             wars
             ,
             factions
             ,
             seditions
             ,
             and
             the
             Murders
             of
             Kings
             .
             But
             what
             say
             the
             whole
             society
             in
             their
             apology
             1610.
             
             
               They
               are
               all
               enemies
               to
               the
               name
               of
               Jesus
               that
               condemn
               Mariana
               &c
               ,
               for
               any
               of
               these
            
             
             Doctrines
             .
             O
             how
             Gretzer
             is
             taken
             with
             Marianas
             book
             ,
             how
             pious
             ,
             how
             useful
             ,
             how
             elegant
             ,
             It
             s
             the
             least
             recompence
             he
             can
             have
             for
             this
             work
             to
             give
             Mariana
             
             a
             name
             in
             the
             Amphithatre
             of
             honour
             .
             
               De
               Onan
            
             the
             Provincial
             of
             Toledo
             would
             have
             lived
             and
             died
             reading
             that
             book
             ,
             
               Iterum
               ,
               &
               tertio
               Facturus
               &c.
            
             again
             and
             again
             would
             he
             have
             read
             Marianaes
             excellent
             book
             if
             he
             had
             been
             at
             leasure
             .
             Yow
             will
             say
             are
             such
             things
             as
             these
             licensed
             ?
             Licensed
             ,
             yes
             by
             any
             means
             ,
             Hoyveda
             the
             visitor
             general
             of
             the
             Jesuites
             sayes
             ,
             he
             could
             do
             no
             less
             then
             licence
             that
             pretty
             thing
             ,
             
               ut
               approbatum
               a
               viris
               doctis
               ,
               gravibus
               ex
               eodem
               ordine
               ,
            
             as
             approved
             by
             learned
             and
             grave
             men
             of
             the
             same
             order
             ,
             you
             may
             guess
             what
             they
             are
             by
             
               this
               .
               Arnold
            
             indeed
             arrests
             them
             
             at
             Paris
             for
             these
             tenents
             ,
             but
             they
             cry
             
               Veritas
               defensa
               contra
               actionem
               Antonii
               ,
               Arnoldj
               ,
               the
               truth
            
             (
             a
             sad
             truth
             really
             )
             the
             truth
             defended
             against
             the
             Arrest
             of
             Arnold
             .
             Nay
             but
             we
             wrong
             them
             this
             business
             of
             King-killing
             is
             but
             a
             disputable
             question
             which
             some
             may
             hold
             one
             way
             ,
             and
             others
             another
             .
             Not
             so
             neither
             saith
             
               Bellarmine
               ,
               Non
               opinio
               sed
               tertitudo
               ,
               it
               s
               not
               onely
               an
               opinion
               but
               a
               great
               certainty
               :
            
             
             
               res
               certa
               ,
               &
               explorata
            
             ,
             you
             must
             look
             upon
             them
             in
             this
             point
             as
             in
             others
             Insallible
             .
          
           
             But
             you
             will
             say
             ,
             I
             pray
             deal
             faithfully
             with
             me
             ,
             do
             you
             think
             the
             Church
             of
             Rome
             holds
             such
             dangerous
             positions
             .
          
           
             Ans.
             1.
             
             
               Ecclesia
               erreret
               si
               impune
               &c.
            
             If
             the
             Church
             should
             offer
             to
             let
             Kings
             go
             unpunished
             ,
             it
             should
             erre
             ?
             though
             it
             be
             built
             upon
             Cephas
             ,
             though
             it
             be
             otherwise
             infallible
             :
             though
             its
             faith
             should
             never
             fail
             yet
             in
             this
             it
             would
             erre
             :
             Bellarmine
             saith
             in
             one
             place
             ,
             if
             the
             Pope
             perswaded
             a
             man
             to
             go
             to
             hell
             it
             were
             a
             sin
             not
             to
             believe
             him
             :
             if
             he
             teach
             a
             damnable
             error
             he
             is
             yet
             infallible
             ;
             always
             provided
             
             he
             doth
             not
             teach
             that
             dangerous
             error
             ,
             That
             Kings
             ought
             not
             be
             brought
             to
             justice
             ,
             If
             he
             doth
             he
             erres
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             That
             you
             may
             be
             sure
             the
             Church
             is
             right
             in
             this
             point
             ,
             Bellarmine
             tells
             you
             ,
             
               ex
               authoritate
               frequenti
               Ecclesia
               facit
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             The
             Church
             doth
             these
             things
             Frequently
             :
             It
             s
             a
             very
             usual
             thing
             it
             seems
             ,
             nay
             saith
             
               Johannes
               Eudaemon
            
             ,
             mistake
             not
             
             your self
             ,
             this
             Doctrine
             ,
             
               non
               est
               Jesuitarum
               propria
               ,
               sed
               totius
               Ecclesiae
               ,
            
             to
             give
             the
             Jesuite
             his
             due
             ,
             it
             is
             not
             the
             Doctrine
             of
             the
             Jesuits
             only
             ,
             but
             of
             the
             whole
             Church
             ;
             yea
             that
             the
             world
             may
             know
             the
             Jesuits
             are
             well
             backed
             ,
             
               Universa
               Theologorum
               &
               juris
               consultorum
               Scholasticorum
               Schola
               ,
            
             saith
             Creswell
             :
             The
             whole
             School
             of
             Divines
             and
             Lawyers
             ,
             
             
               make
               it
               a
               Position
               certain
               and
               undoubtedly
               to
               be
               believed
               ,
               that
               if
               any
               Christian
               Prince
               whatsoever
               ,
               shall
               manifestly
               turn
               from
               the
               Roman
               Catholick
               Religion
               ,
               or
               desire
               or
               seek
               to
               reclaim
               others
               from
               the
               same
               ,
               or
               but
               favour
               or
               shew
               Countenance
               to
               an
               Heretick
               ,
               he
               presently
               falleth
               From
               ,
               and
               loseth
               all
               Princely
               power
               and
               dignity
               ,
               and
               that
               by
               vertue
               and
               power
               of
               the
               Law
               it self
               ,
               both
               Humane
               and
               Divine
               ,
               even
               before
            
             
             
               any
               Sentence
               pronounced
               against
               him
               ,
               by
               the
               Supream
               Pastor
               and
               Judge
               ;
               That
               thereby
               his
               Subjects
               are
               absolved
               from
               all
               Oaths
               and
               Bonds
               of
               Allegiance
               ,
               to
               him
               as
               to
               their
               Lawful
               Prince
               ;
               nay
               that
               they
               may
               and
               ought
               (
               provided
               that
               they
               have
               competent
               power
               and
               force
               )
               to
               cast
               out
               such
               a
               Prince
               from
               bearing
               rule
               amongst
               Christians
               ,
            
             as
             an
             Enemy
             to
             his
             own
             Estate
             and
             Commonwealth
             ,
             
               and
               that
               the
               Kingdom
               of
               such
               an
               Heretick
               or
               Prince
               ,
               is
               to
               be
               bestowed
               at
               the
               pleasure
               of
               the
               Pope
               ,
               with
               whom
               the
               people
               upon
               pain
               
               of
            
             damnation
             
               are
               to
               take
               part
               ,
               and
               fight
               against
               their
               Soveraign
               .
            
          
           
             
               Lord
               (
               you
               will
               say
               )
               can
               any
               men
               after
               so
               many
               Oaths
               and
               Obligations
               upon
               the
               Pope
               ,
               or
               others
               Instigation
               ,
               rebel
               against
               their
               lawful
               Soveraign
               ?
            
          
           
             A.
             Aas
             !
             do
             you
             not
             know
             that
             children
             are
             deluded
             with
             Rattles
             ,
             and
             men
             with
             Oaths
             —
             Papa
             
             
               potest
               quanquam
               absolvere
               de
               juramento
               fidelitatis
               ,
            
             when
             you
             have
             taken
             all
             the
             care
             Imaginable
             to
             oblige
             men
             to
             peace
             and
             Obedience
             ,
             the
             Pope
             can
             absolve
             men
             from
             all
             their
             Oaths
             .
             I
             pray
             hear
             how
             the
             Iesuite
             in
             Bishop
             Usher
             ,
             would
             make
             a
             fool
             of
             the
             wise
             King
             James
             ,
             and
             the
             Parliament
             that
             formed
             the
             Oath
             of
             Allegiance
             ;
             
               sed
               vide
            
             (
             saith
             he
             )
             
               in
               astutiâ
               quanta
               sit
               simplicitas
            
             ,
             &c.
             
             
               But
               see
               what
               simplicity
               here
               is
               in
               so
               great
               craft
               !
               when
               he
               had
               placed
               all
               his
               security
            
             in
             that
             Oath
             ,
             he
             thought
             (
             I
             poor
             
             man
             ,
             
               how
               contemptible
               this
               Jesuit
               looks
               ,
               upon
            
             an
             excellent
             
               King
               and
               his
            
             August
             
               Parliament
               )
               he
               had
               framed
               such
               a
            
             manner
             
               of
               Oath
               with
               so
               many
               circumstances
               ,
               which
               no
               man
               could
               any
               way
               dissolve
               .
               But
               he
               (
               poor
               man
               )
               Could
               not
               see
               that
               if
               the
               Pope
               dissolve
               the
               Oath
               ,
               all
               its
               knots
               whether
               of
               being
               faithful
               to
               the
               King
               ,
               or
               of
               admitting
               no
               dispensation
               ,
               are
               accordingly
               dissolved
               :
               Thus
               (
               now
               he
               was
               teaching
               the
               world
               a
               strange
               doctrine
               saith
               he
               )
               I
               will
               say
               a
               thing
               more
               admirable
               ;
               you
               know
               I
               believe
               ,
               that
               an
               unjust
               Oath
               if
               it
               be
               evidently
               known
               to
               be
               such
               ,
               or
               openly
               declared
               such
               ,
               obligeth
               no
               man
               :
               that
               the
               Kings
               Oath
               is
               unjust
               ,
               is
               sufficiently
               declared
               by
               the
               Pastor
               of
               the
               Church
               himself
               :
               you
               see
               now
               that
               the
               Obligation
               of
               it
               is
               vanished
               into
               smoak
               ,
               and
               that
               the
               band
               which
               so
               many
               wise
               men
               thought
               was
               made
               of
               
               Iron
               ,
               is
               lesse
               than
               straw
               :
            
             a
             trick
             to
             over
             throw
             the
             world
             .
          
           
             But
             sure
             no
             Christians
             will
             be
             so
             wicked
             as
             to
             attempt
             such
             things
             against
             their
             Soveraigns
             .
          
           
             Ans.
             They
             must
             —
             hear
             what
             Father
             Creswell
             saith
             ,
             
               Certe
               non
               tantum
               Licet
               sed
               summa
               etiam
               juris
               divini
            
             
             
               ●…ssitate
               ,
               ac
               praecepto
               ,
               Imo
               conscientiae
               vineulo
               ,
               extremo
               Animorum
               per
               ●…ulo
               hoc
               incumbit
               ,
            
             certainly
             this
             is
             not
             onely
             Lawful
             ,
             but
             necessary
             ,
             as
             that
             which
             is
             incumbent
             upon
             all
             Christians
             upon
             no
             lesse
             obligation
             ,
             than
             that
             of
             Divine
             law
             and
             command
             ,
             of
             the
             bond
             of
             their
             Conscience
             ,
             and
             the
             utmost
             danger
             of
             their
             soules
             .
             —
          
           
             But
             the
             Counsel
             of
             Constance
             hath
             denied
             that
             it
             is
             lawful
             for
             any
             private
             men
             to
             attempt
             any
             thing
             against
             Publique
             authority
             .
             —
          
           
             Alas
             !
             What
             is
             that
             ?
             as
             they
             resolve
             in
             other
             things
             
               Non
               abstante
               sic
               :
               Scriptura
            
             —
             so
             in
             this
             Case
             ,
             
               Non
               obstantc
               Concilii
               const
               .
               decreto
               licitum
               est
               privatis
               &c.
               
            
             Notwithstanding
             any
             decree
             of
             that
             Counsel
             by
             the
             authority
             of
             the
             Pope
             who
             is
             above
             all
             Counsels
             ,
             Private
             men
             may
             ,
             
               Omni
               ratione
               &
               vi●…
            
             ,
             by
             any
             
             means
             ,
             no
             matter
             what
             ,
             so
             it
             be
             successeful
             attempting
             the
             destroying
             of
             an
             heritical
             or
             a
             wicked
             Prince
             .
          
           
             
               How
               may
               a
               Prince
               be
               safe
               in
               that
               Case
               ?
            
          
           
             
               An.
               Bellarmine
            
             told
             K.
             James
             of
             famous
             memory
             ,
             
               si
               secure
               ,
               regnare
               velit
               Rex
               &c.
               
            
             If
             the
             King
             would
             reign
             with
             safety
             —
             if
             he
             would
             secure
             his
             mens
             lives
             and
             his
             ,
             then
             let
             him
             suffer
             the
             Catholicks
             to
             enjoy
             their
             Religion
             —
             Wellfair
             thy
             heart
             Bellarmine
             —
             that
             was
             plain
             English.
             
          
           
             It
             seemes
             that
             if
             the
             Roman
             Catholicks
             are
             not
             
             pleased
             there
             is
             no
             security
             for
             King
             ,
             or
             People
             ,
             but
             may
             not
             a
             Protestant
             King
             enjoy
             the
             Liberty
             of
             his
             own
             conscience
             as
             the
             Papists
             desire
             ●…berty
             for
             their
             consciences
             .
          
           
             Ans.
             
               No
               it
               is
               not
               (
               saith
            
             Bellarmine
             de
             Pont.
             Rom.
             lib.
             2
             cap
             7.
             )
             
               For
               Christians
               to
               tolerate
               an
               Heritical
               King
               (
               and
               he
               that
               cannot
               come
               up
               to
               all
               the
               abominations
               of
            
             Rome
             
               is
               Heritical
               )
               if
               he
               ende●…vour
               to
               draw
               his
               Subjects
               to
               his
               Heresie
               or
               unbeleif
               :
               but
               to
               judge
               whether
               a
               King
               doth
               draw
               to
               Heresie
               or
               no
               ,
               belongeth
               to
               the
               Pope
               ,
               to
               whom
               the
               case
               of
               Religion
               is
               committed
               :
               therefore
               it
               belongs
               to
               the
               Pope
               to
               judge
               a
               King
               to
               be
               deposed
               or
               not
               deposed
               .
            
          
           
             We
             Protestants
             indeed
             did
             think
             that
             we
             should
             be
             obedient
             unto
             the
             death
             rather
             then
             resist
             as
             all
             the
             
               primitive
               Christians
               did
               ,
               who
               said
               they
               could
               dye
            
             but
             they
             could
             not
             disobey
             .
          
           
             Alas
             ,
             We
             are
             deceived
             ,
             alas
             !
             if
             the
             primitive
             Christians
             did
             not
             depose
             the
             Emperors
             ,
             it
             was
             because
             they
             wanted
             strength
             and
             not
             because
             they
             wanted
             will
             saith
             Bellarmine
             :
             so
             that
             no
             Prince
             is
             safe
             any
             longer
             than
             he
             keeps
             under
             the
             
               Papists
               and
               as
               they
               would
               perswade
               the
               world
               all
               Christians
               too
               when
               there
               is
               evident
               knowledge
               of
               the
               fact
               ,
               Subjects
               may
               Lawfully
               exempt
               themselves
               from
               the
               power
               of
               their
               prince
               ,
               before
               any
               declaratory
               sentence
               of
               a
               Judge
               ,
               so
               they
               have
               but
               strength
               to
               do
               it
               :
               hence
               it
               followes
               that
               the
               Papists
               of
            
             England
             and
             Saxony
             
               are
               to
               be
               excused
            
             (
             saith
             he
             )
             
               that
               do
               not
               free
               themselves
               from
               the
               power
               of
               their
               Superiors
               ,
               nor
               make
               War
               against
               them
               because
               commonly
               they
               are
               not
               strong
               enough
               .
            
          
           
             It
             is
             indeed
             generally
             and
             charitably
             believed
             
             that
             the
             Pope
             raiseth
             his
             power
             over
             Kings
             and
             
             Princes
             ,
             onely
             for
             their
             ,
             and
             the
             Churches
             spiritual
             good
             Ah
             narrow
             souled
             We
             look
             about
             you
             and
             It
             hath
             (
             saith
             one
             )
             been
             one
             of
             the
             most
             detestable
             crimes
             ,
             and
             highest
             Impeachment
             in
             the
             world
             against
             
             the
             Pope
             of
             Rome
             that
             under
             a
             Saint
             like
             religious
             pretense
             of
             advancing
             the
             Church
             cause
             ,
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             Christ
             ,
             they
             have
             for
             some
             hundred
             of
             years
             Usurped
             to
             themselves
             (
             as
             sole
             Monarchs
             of
             the
             world
             in
             the
             right
             of
             Christ
             ,
             whose
             vicars
             they
             pretend
             themselves
             to
             be
             )
             both
             by
             Doctrinal
             position
             ,
             and
             treasonable
             practices
             ,
             an
             absolute
             ,
             Soveraign
             ,
             Tyranical
             power
             over
             all
             Christian
             Emperours
             ,
             Kings
             ,
             Princes
             of
             the
             World
             (
             who
             must
             derive
             and
             hold
             their
             Crowns
             from
             them
             alone
             ,
             upon
             their
             good
             Behaviours
             at
             their
             pleasure
             )
             not
             only
             to
             excommunicate
             ,
             censure
             ,
             judge
             ,
             depose
             ,
             murder
             ,
             destroy
             their
             Sacred
             Persons
             :
             but
             likewise
             to
             dispose
             of
             their
             Crowns
             ,
             Scepters
             ,
             Kingdomes
             ,
             and
             translate
             them
             to
             whom
             they
             please
             .
          
           
             Thus
             O
             Kings
             are
             you
             served
             in
             
               ordine
               ad
               spiritualia
            
             by
             the
             Papists
             —
             while
             We
             poor
             
               Protestants
               think
            
             .
             
             
               That
               we
               cannot
               do
               any
               evil
               against
               you
               :
               that
               the
               greatest
               good
               many
               come
               to
               us
               ,
               or
               the
               Church
               thereby
               .
            
          
           
             If
             men
             came
             to
             us
             to
             discover
             any
             design
             against
             your
             Sacred
             Majesty
             (
             whom
             God
             preserve
             )
             and
             asked
             our
             advice
             about
             it
             ,
             we
             must
             neds
             have
             abhored
             
             it
             as
             treason
             and
             have
             charged
             them
             not
             to
             touch
             Gods
             annointed
             and
             have
             urged
             them
             with
             this
             :
             
               can
               a
               man
               touch
               the
               Lords
               annointed
               and
               be
               guiltlesse
               .
            
          
           
             If
             they
             come
             to
             Gar●…et
             in
             England
             about
             a
             powder
             
             plot
             :
             or
             to
             Guignard
             in
             France
             about
             a
             murther
             ;
             
               Tirannus
               jure
               Interini
               potest
            
             ,
             say
             the
             one
             its
             good
             and
             commendable
             and
             Heroick
             ,
             saith
             the
             other
             and
             both
             dismisse
             them
             ,
             with
             their
             blessing
             ,
             prayer
             ,
             and
             absolution
             .
          
           
             When
             those
             licentious
             men
             among
             us
             acted
             as
             we
             are
             verily
             perswaded
             by
             Jesuitical
             Insinuations
             ,
             and
             Popish
             principles
             :
             assaulted
             and
             murthered
             hislate
             
             Majesty
             of
             blessed
             memory
             —
             We
             were
             all
             amazed
             :
             Our
             Nobility
             offered
             to
             dye
             for
             him
             .
             our
             Clergy
             ,
             writ
             ,
             prayed
             and
             preached
             against
             it
             ,
             our
             whole
             Nation
             abhorred
             it
             ;
             some
             dyed
             at
             the
             very
             hearing
             ,
             others
             were
             distracted
             ,
             and
             the
             whole
             face
             of
             
               England
               ,
               Scotland
            
             ,
             and
             Ireland
             ,
             gathered
             blacknesse
             .
          
           
             When
             Clement
             murthered
             Hen.
             the
             3d.
             of
             
               France
               ,
               Voiez
            
             commends
             him
             ,
             the
             Preacher
             at
             Colen
             
             connes
             a
             whole
             Sermon
             to
             extol
             him
             ,
             and
             the
             Pope
             
               Sextas
               Quintus
            
             ,
             makes
             a
             solemn
             Panegyrick
             upon
             him
             on
             September
             11.
             1589.
             in
             the
             Consistory
             in
             order
             to
             his
             Canonizations
             —
             Comparing
             him
             to
             Ehud
             ,
             and
             Eleazar
             —
             And
             concluding
             with
             this
             memorable
             saying
             ,
             
               I
               pray
               God
               finish
               what
               he
               hath
               begun
               .
            
          
           
             When
             Ravillac
             stabbed
             Hen.
             the
             4th
             .
             of
             France
             ,
             he
             hath
             no
             lesse
             then
             two
             Apologies
             made
             for
             him
             ,
             the
             one
             by
             Veruna
             ,
             the
             other
             by
             Guignard
             ,
             who
             writes
             as
             if
             he
             would
             have
             done
             as
             much
             ;
             himself
             yea
             he
             saith
             that
             Clements
             murther
             was
             most
             Heroical
             ,
             and
             most
             praise-worthy
             ,
             —
             adding
             moreover
             these
             words
             ;
             —
             if
             we
             in
             the
             year
             1572.
             on
             St.
             Bartholmews
             day
             (
             in
             the
             general
             Massacre
             of
             the
             French
             Protestants
             )
             had
             cut
             off
             the
             Basilicon
             vein
             
               (
               H.
            
             King
             of
             Navarre
             )
             we
             had
             not
             fallen
             out
             of
             a
             Feavour
             ,
             into
             
             that
             plague
             we
             now
             find
             —
             
               sed
               quioquid
               delirant
               reges
               plectuntur
               Achivi
               sanguini
               parcendo
               ,
            
             that
             K.
             Henry
             should
             be
             but
             over
             mildly
             dealt
             with
             ,
             if
             he
             were
             thrust
             from
             the
             Crown
             of
             France
             into
             a
             Monastery
             ,
             and
             there
             had
             his
             Crown
             shaven
             —
             that
             if
             hecould
             not
             be
             
               deposed
               without
               a
               War
               ,
               a
               War
               must
               be
               raised
               against
               him
               ,
            
             but
             if
             a
             War
             could
             not
             be
             levyed
             against
             him
             :
             the
             Cause
             being
             dead
             —
          
           
             Let
             him
             be
             privily
             murdered
             (
             as
             he
             was
             )
             and
             taken
             out
             of
             the
             way
             :
             —
             and
             when
             this
             Guignard
             was
             justly
             executed
             by
             the
             Parliament
             of
             Richeome
             makes
             an
             Apology
             for
             him
             :
             and
             the
             whole
             Society
             expostulates
             against
             the
             Arrest
             of
             Parliament
             .
             —
          
           
             We
             say
             to
             this
             day
             of
             the
             powder
             Traytors
             :
             
               Cursed
               be
               their
               wrath
               ,
               for
               it
               was
               cruel
               :
               and
               their
               anger
               ,
               for
               it
               was
               sierce
               :
               —
               our
               Souls
               come
               not
               yet
               into
               their
               secrets
               :
               —
               Bellarmine
            
             he
             hath
             written
             an
             Apology
             for
             
               Garnet
               ,
               —
               Gretzer
            
             hath
             seconded
             him
             :
             Eudaemon
             he
             goeth
             along
             with
             him
             :
             —
             the
             whole
             Church
             hath
             Canonized
             ,
             the
             Traytors
             Hallowed
             the
             Treason
             ,
             and
             consecrated
             the
             Villany
             .
             —
          
           
             We
             your
             Protestant
             Subjects
             stood
             firmly
             to
             your
             Predecessor
             Hen.
             8.
             
             Obeyed
             heartily
             that
             Godly
             Prince
             ,
             Fd.
             the
             6.
             suffered
             patiently
             under
             Q.
             Mary
             :
             assisted
             our
             Gracious
             Q.
             Fliz.
             with
             our
             prayers
             ,
             lives
             ,
             and
             fortunes
             :
             opened
             the
             way
             cheerfully
             and
             unanimously
             to
             your
             famous
             Grandfather
             King
             James
             ,
             to
             his
             haereditary
             Dominions
             and
             Territories
             :
             and
             the
             sounder
             part
             of
             us
             had
             the
             honour
             of
             being
             involved
             in
             the
             fate
             and
             ruine
             of
             your
             Father
             of
             blessed
             Memory
             ,
             —
             that
             Royal
             Champion
             ,
             and
             most
             resolved
             Martyr
             for
             the
             Protestant
             cause
             .
             —
          
           
             The
             Papists
             in
             the
             mean
             time
             oppose
             ,
             resist
             ,
             abuse
             ,
             
             affront
             ,
             revile
             ,
             and
             excommunicated
             H.
             8.
             —
             rebelled
             with
             Ket
             ,
             and
             other
             Northern
             men
             ,
             against
             
             Ed.
             the
             6.
             —
             they
             incite
             Q.
             Mary
             to
             destroy
             and
             banish
             her
             Subjects
             in
             whom
             consisted
             her
             strength
             
             and
             honour
             .
             They
             excommunicate
             Q.
             Elizabeth
             ,
             encourage
             Cullen
             and
             others
             to
             murther
             her
             ,
             assuring
             them
             it
             was
             not
             only
             lawful
             by
             the
             Laws
             ,
             but
             that
             
               they
               should
               merit
               Heaven
               and
               Gods
               favour
               by
               it
               :
            
             Further
             adding
             with
             
               Jacques
               Francis
            
             ,
             That
             the
             Realm
             of
             England
             ,
             then
             was
             and
             would
             be
             so
             well
             setled
             ,
             that
             unless
             Mrs.
             Elizabeth
             (
             so
             he
             called
             Q.
             Elizabeth
             )
             were
             suddenly
             taken
             away
             :
             all
             the
             Devils
             in
             Hell
             would
             not
             be
             able
             to
             prevail
             ,
             to
             shake
             or
             overturn
             it
             :
             —
             there
             was
             a
             Bull
             that
             came
             along
             with
             the
             Spanish
             Fleet
             in
             88.
             
             
               When
               in
               it
               was
               expired
               —
               That
               the
               Pope
               ,
               by
               the
               power
               given
               from
               God
               by
               Lawful
               Succession
               from
               Catholick
               Church
               ,
               for
               the
               defection
               of
            
             H.
             the
             8th
             .
             
               who
               forcibly
               separated
               himself
               and
               his
               people
               from
               the
               Communion
               of
               Christians
               ,
               which
               was
               promoted
               by
            
             Edward
             
               the
               sixth
               ,
               and
            
             Elizabeth
             ;
             
               who
               being
               pertinacious
               and
               impertinent
               in
               the
               same
               Rebellion
               and
               Usurpation
               :
               Therefore
               the
               Pope
               incited
               by
               the
               continual
               perswasions
               of
               many
               ,
               and
               by
               the
               suppliant
               prayers
               of
               the
               English
               men
               themselves
               .
            
             N.
             B.
             
               Hath
               dealt
               with
               divers
               Princes
               ,
               and
               especially
               the
               most
               potent
               King
               of
            
             Spane
             ,
             
               to
               depose
               that
               woman
               ,
               and
               punish
               her
               pernicious
               Adhaerents
               in
               that
               Kingdom
               ,
            
             &c.
             
               he
               adds
               moreover
               that
               Pope
            
             Sextus
             
               before
               him
               prescribed
               the
               Queen
               ,
               and
               took
               from
               her
               all
               her
               Dignities
               ,
               Titles
               and
               Rights
               to
               the
               Kingdomes
               of
            
             England
             ,
             and
             Ireland
             ,
             
               absolving
               her
               Subjects
               from
               the
               Oath
               of
               Fidelity
               and
               Obedience
               :
               he
               chargeth
               all
               men
               upon
               pain
               of
               the
               wrath
               of
               
               God
               ,
               that
               they
               afford
               her
               no
               favour
               ,
               help
               or
               aid
               ,
               but
               use
               all
               their
               strength
               to
               bring
               her
               to
               punishment
               :
               and
               that
               all
               the
               English
               joyn
               with
               the
               Spaniard
               as
               soon
               as
               he
               is
               Landed
               :
               offering
               rewards
               and
               pardon
               of
               sins
               ,
               to
               them
               that
               will
               Lay
               hands
               on
               the
               Queen
               ,
               —
               and
               so
               shewing
               on
               what
               Conditions
               he
               gave
               the
               Kingdome
               to
               the
               King
               of
            
             Spain
             .
             —
             Read
             the
             rest
             there
             ,
             for
             though
             dangerous
             it
             is
             worth
             the
             reading
             .
          
           
             When
             We
             received
             King
             James
             your
             Grandfather
             ,
             and
             him
             your self
             ,
             and
             we
             hope
             your
             posterity
             to
             whom
             we
             do
             and
             may
             acknowledge
             ,
             
               that
               by
               you
            
             we
             
               enjoy
               great
               quietnesse
               :
               and
            
             we
             
               hope
               many
               worthy
               deeds
               may
               be
               done
               to
               this
               Nation
               by
               Your
               providence
               ,
               which
            
             we
             
               shall
               accept
               alwayes
               in
               all
               places
               with
               all
               ehankfulnesse
               :
            
             When
             I
             say
             we
             received
             that
             excellent
             King
             with
             all
             cheerfulnesse
             ,
             there
             was
             a
             Bull
             from
             Pope
             
               Clement
               the
               8th
            
             .
             directed
             to
             
               H.
               Garnet
            
             Superiour
             of
             the
             Jesuites
             in
             
               England
               :
               Whereby
               he
               Commanded
               all
               the
               Archpriests
               ,
               Priests
               ,
               Popish
               Clergy
               ,
               Peers
               ,
               Nobles
               ,
               and
               Catholiques
               of
            
             England
             ,
             
               that
               after
               the
               death
               of
               Queen
            
             Elizabeth
             ,
             
               by
               the
               course
               of
               nature
               or
               otherwise
               ,
               whosoever
               shall
               lay
               Claim
               or
               Title
               to
               the
               Crown
               of
            
             England
             
               (
               though
               never
               so
               directly
               ,
               or
               nearly
               interested
               by
               descent
               )
               should
               not
               be
               admitted
               unto
               the
               Throne
               ,
               unlesse
               he
               would
               first
               tolerate
               the
               Popish
               Religion
               ,
               and
               by
               his
               best
               endeavours
               promote
               the
               Catholique
               Cause
               ;
               unto
               which
               by
               his
               solemn
               and
               sacred
               Oath
               ,
               he
               should
               Religiously
               subscribe
               ,
               after
               the
               death
               of
               that
               miserable
               Woman
               ;
               (
               so
               he
               styleth
            
             Q.
             Elizabeth
             .
             )
             By
             virtue
             of
             which
             Bull
             ,
             the
             Jesuites
             after
             her
             decease
             disswaded
             the
             Romish
             Subjects
             ,
             from
             yielding
             in
             any
             wise
             obedience
             to
             King
             James
             as
             their
             Soveraign
             ;
             —
             
               Insomuch
               
               that
               the
               Catholiques
               durst
               not
               be
               good
               Subjects
               :
               until
               Parsons
               and
               Champions
               ,
               procured
               them
               an
               Indulgence
               to
               that
               purpose
               from
               the
               Pope
               .
               —
            
          
           
             
               And
               what
               do
               you
               think
               would
            
             Cobham
             Gray
             &c.
             
               have
               done
               ?
               They
               say
               they
               would
               have
               surprized
               K.
            
             James
             
               his
               person
               before
               he
               was
               crowned
               ,
               and
               his
               Son
               ,
            
             H.
             
               and
               Imprison
               them
               in
               the
            
             Tower
             of
             London
             .
             In
             Dover-Castle
             ,
             
               till
               they
               enforced
               them
               by
               durance
               to
               grant
               a
               free
               toleration
               of
               their
               Catholick
               Religion
               ,
               to
               remove
               some
               evil
               Counsellors
               from
               about
               them
               ,
               (
               Evil
               Counsellors
               do
               you
               hear
               )
               Or
               else
               they
               would
               put
            
             
             
               some
               further
               project
               against
               them
               in
               execution
               to
               their
               destruction
               .
            
          
           
             
               But
               say
               the
               good
               Papists
               here
               —
               really
               we
               abhorre
               all
               these
               Treasons
               .
            
             
          
           
             A.
             Do
             you
             in
             earnest
             ?
             —
             it
             is
             well
             ;
             but
             I
             will
             tell
             you
             a
             story
             :
             —
             when
             the
             Parliament
             of
             Paris
             asked
             the
             Jesuites
             their
             judgement
             of
             Sanctarellus
             his
             Book
             ,
             v.
             12.
             (
             seeing
             their
             general
             had
             approved
             the
             Book
             ,
             
               and
               judged
               the
               things
               there
               written
               to
               be
               certain
               ,
               whether
               they
               are
               of
               the
               same
               mind
               ?
               )
            
             they
             answered
             (
             that
             living
             at
             Rome
             ,
             he
             could
             not
             but
             approve
             what
             was
             there
             approved
             of
             )
             But
             say
             the
             Parliament
             
               what
               think
               you
            
             ?
             say
             the
             Jesuites
             
               the
               clean
               contrary
            
             —
             say
             the
             Examiners
             ;
             But
             what
             would
             you
             
               do
               if
               you
               were
               at
               Rome
            
             say
             the
             Jesuites
             ?
             —
             
               That
               which
               they
               do
               that
               are
               at
               Rome
               :
            
             at
             which
             ,
             said
             some
             of
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             what
             !
             have
             
               they
               one
               Conscience
               at
               Rome
               ,
               and
               another
               at
               Paris
               ?
               —
            
             God
             
               blesse
               us
               from
               such
               Confessors
               as
               these
               :
               —
            
             I
             leave
             it
             with
             you
             to
             apply
             it
             .
          
           
             Not
             to
             be
             endlesse
             ,
             hear
             what
             one
             
               John
               Brown
            
             a
             Priest
             ,
             aged
             72
             years
             ,
             saith
             of
             them
             :
             —
             Prynnes
             Introduction
             ,
             p.
             202
             ,
             203
             ,
             204
             ,
             205
             ,
             206
             ,
             212.
             
          
           
           
             The
             principal
             Instruments
             the
             Popes
             imployed
             of
             late
             years
             ,
             in
             these
             their
             
               unchristian
               Treasonable
            
             
             Designes
             ,
             have
             been
             pragmatical
             ,
             furious
             ,
             active
             J●…ites
             ,
             whose
             Society
             was
             first
             erected
             by
             
               Ignatius
               Loyola
            
             (
             a
             Spaniard
             by
             Birth
             ,
             but
             A
             
               (
               c
            
             )
             SOULDIER
             by
             profession
             )
             and
             confirmed
             by
             Pope
             Paul
             the
             3.
             
             Anno
             1540.
             which
             Order
             consisting
             onely
             of
             
               ten
               persons
            
             at
             first
             ,
             and
             confined
             only
             to
             sixty
             by
             this
             Pope
             ,
             hath
             so
             monstrously
             increased
             by
             the
             Popes
             and
             Spaniards
             favours
             and
             assistance
             (
             whose
             
             chief
             
               Janizaries
               ,
               Factors
            
             ,
             Intelligencers
             they
             are
             )
             that
             in
             the
             year
             1626.
             
               (
               d
               )
               they
               caused
               the
               picture
               of
               Ignatius
            
             their
             Founder
             to
             be
             cut
             in
             Brasse
             ,
             with
             
               a
               goodly
               Olive
               Tree
               growing
            
             (
             like
             Jesses
             root
             )
             
               out
               of
               his
               side
               ,
               spreading
               its
               branches
               into
               all
               Kingdomes
               and
               Provinces
               of
               the
            
             World
             ,
             
               where
               the
               Jesuites
               have
               any
               Colledges
               and
               Seminaries
               ,
            
             with
             the
             name
             of
             the
             Province
             at
             the
             foot
             of
             the
             branch
             ,
             which
             hath
             as
             many
             leaves
             as
             they
             have
             Colledges
             and
             Residencies
             
             in
             that
             Province
             ;
             in
             which
             leaves
             ,
             are
             the
             names
             of
             the
             Towns
             and
             Villages
             where
             these
             Colledges
             are
             situated
             :
             Round
             about
             the
             Tree
             are
             the
             Pictures
             of
             all
             the
             illustrious
             Persons
             of
             their
             Order
             ;
             and
             in
             Ignatius
             his
             right
             hand
             ,
             there
             is
             a
             paper
             ,
             wherein
             these
             words
             are
             engraven
             ,
             
               Ego
               sicut
               Oliva
               fructifera
               in
               domo
               Dei
            
             ;
             taken
             out
             of
             Ps.
             52.
             8.
             which
             pourtraictures
             they
             then
             printed
             and
             published
             to
             the
             world
             :
             wherein
             they
             set
             forth
             the
             
               number
               of
               their
               Colledges
               and
               Seminaries
               to
               be
               no
               lesse
            
             then
             777.
             (
             increased
             to
             155
             more
             ,
             by
             the
             year
             1640.
             )
             in
             all
             932.
             as
             they
             published
             in
             like
             Pictures
             and
             Pageants
             printed
             at
             Antwerp
             ,
             1640.
             
             Besides
             sundry
             
               New
               Colledges
               and
               Seminaries
            
             erected
             since
             .
          
           
           
             In
             these
             
               Colledges
               and
               Seminaries
            
             of
             theirs
             ,
             they
             had
             then
             (
             as
             they
             print
             )
             15591
             
               Fellows
               of
               their
               Society
               of
               Jesus
               ,
            
             besides
             the
             
               Novices
               ,
               Scholars
               ,
               and
               Lay-brethren
               of
               their
               Order
               ,
            
             amounting
             to
             near
             ten
             times
             
               that
               number
            
             .
             So
             infinitely
             did
             this
             
               evil
               weed
               grow
               and
               spread
               it self
               ,
            
             within
             
               one
               hundred
               years
            
             after
             
               its
               first
               planting
            
             .
             And
             which
             is
             most
             observable
             ,
             of
             these
             
               Colledges
               and
               Seminaries
            
             they
             reckoned
             then
             no
             lesse
             then
             15
             (
             secret
             ones
             )
             *
             
               IN
               PROVINCIA
               ANGLICANA
               ,
               in
               the
               Province
               of
               ENGLAND
               ,
               where
               were
            
             267
             SOCII
             
               or
               Fellows
               of
               that
               Society
               ,
               besides
            
             4
             COLLEDGES
             OF
             JESUITES
             ELSEWHERE
             .
             In
             IRELAND
             
               and
               elsewhere
            
             8
             
               Colledges
               of
            
             IRISH
             JESUITES
             :
             
               and
               in
            
             SCOTLAND
             
               and
               otherwhere
            
             2
             
               Residencies
               of
            
             SCOTTISH
             JESUITES
             .
          
           
             What
             the
             chief
             imployments
             of
             Ignatius
             and
             his
             numerous
             swarms
             of
             Disciples
             are
             in
             the
             World
             ,
             his
             own
             Society
             at
             the
             time
             of
             his
             
               Canonization
               for
               a
               Romish
               Saint
            
             ,
             sufficiently
             discovered
             in
             their
             painted
             Pageants
             ,
             then
             shewed
             to
             the
             people
             ,
             
               (
               e
               )
               wherein
               they
               pourtraied
               this
               new
               Saint
               holding
               the
               whole
            
             
             
               world
               in
               his
               hand
               ,
               and
               fire
               streaming
               out
               forth
               of
               his
               heart
            
             (
             rather
             to
             set
             the
             whole
             world
             on
             sire
             by
             Combustions
             ,
             Wars
             ,
             Treasons
             ,
             Powder-plots
             ,
             Schismes
             new
             State
             ,
             and
             old
             Church-Heresies
             ,
             then
             to
             enlighten
             it
             )
             with
             this
             Motto
             ;
             VENI
             IGNEM
             
             MITTERE
             :
             
               I
               came
               to
               send
               sire
               into
               the
               World
            
             ;
             which
             the
             University
             of
             Cracow
             in
             Poland
             .
             objected
             (
             amongst
             other
             Articles
             )
             against
             them
             ,
             Anno
             1662.
             and
             
               Alphonsus
               de
               Uargas
            
             more
             largely
             insisteth
             on
             in
             his
             
               Relatio
               de
               Stratagematis
               &
               Sophismatis
               Politicis
               Jesuitarum
               ,
               &c.
               
               An.
            
             1641.
             c.
             7
             ,
             8.
             24.
             
          
           
           
             Their
             number
             being
             so
             infinite
             ,
             and
             the
             
               (
               f
               )
               Pope
            
             and
             Spaniard
             too
             ,
             having
             long
             since
             (
             by
             g
             Campanella's
             advice
             )
             erected
             many
             Colledges
             n
             
               Rome
               ,
               Italy
               ,
               Spain
            
             ,
             the
             Netherlands
             ,
             and
             elsewhere
             ,
             for
             
               English
               ,
               Scottish
               ,
               Irish
            
             Jesuites
             (
             as
             well
             as
             for
             such
             secular
             Priests
             ,
             Friers
             ,
             Nuns
             )
             of
             purpose
             to
             promote
             their
             designs
             against
             Protestant
             
               Princes
               ,
               Realms
               ,
               Churches
               ,
               Parliaments
               of
               England
               ,
               Scotland
               ,
               Ireland
               ,
            
             and
             
               to
               reduce
               them
               under
               their
               long
               prosecuted
            
             h
             UNIVERSAL
             MONARCHY
             
               over
               them
               ,
               by
               Fraud
               ,
               Policy
               ,
               Treason
               ,
               intestine
               Divisions
               ,
               and
               Wars
               ,
               being
               unable
               to
               effect
               it
               by
               their
               own
               power
            
             ;
             no
             doubt
             of
             late
             years
             many
             hundreds
             ,
             if
             not
             thousands
             ,
             of
             this
             Society
             ,
             have
             crept
             into
             England
             ,
             Scotland
             and
             Ireland
             ,
             lurking
             under
             several
             disguises
             ;
             yea
             ,
             an
             whole
             Colledge
             of
             them
             sate
             weekly
             in
             counsel
             ,
             in
             or
             near
             Westminster
             ,
             some
             few
             years
             since
             ,
             under
             Conne
             the
             Popes
             Nuntio
             ,
             on
             purpose
             to
             embroyle
             England
             and
             Scotland
             in
             
               bloody
               civil
               wars
            
             ,
             thereby
             to
             endanger
             ,
             shake
             ,
             subvert
             these
             Realms
             ,
             and
             destroy
             the
             late
             King
             (
             as
             you
             may
             read
             at
             large
             in
             my
             
               Romes
               Master-piece
            
             ,
             published
             by
             the
             
               Commons
               special
               Order
               ,
               An.
            
             1643.
             )
             who
             
               occasioned
               ,
               excited
               ,
               fomented
               ,
               the
               first
               and
               second
               intended
            
             (
             but
             happily
             prevented
             )
             
               wars
               between
               England
               and
               Scotland
            
             ,
             and
             after
             that
             ,
             
               the
               unhappy
               Differences
               ,
               Wars
               ,
               between
               the
               King
               ,
               Parliament
               ,
               and
               our
               three
               Protestant
               Kingdoms
               ,
            
             to
             bring
             them
             to
             utter
             desolation
             ,
             and
             extirpate
             our
             reformed
             Religion
             .
          
           
             We
             conclude
             this
             Importunity
             with
             the
             Prayer
             on
             the
             5
             th
             .
             of
             November
             for
             your
             Majesty
             .
          
           
           
             
               
                 O
                 Lord
                 who
                 didst
                 this
                 day
                 discover
                 the
                 snares
                 of
                 death
                 that
                 were
                 laid
                 for
                 us
                 ,
                 and
                 didst
                 wonderfully
                 deliver
                 us
                 from
                 the
                 same
                 ;
                 Be
                 thou
                 still
                 our
                 mighty
                 Protector
                 ,
                 and
                 scatter
                 our
                 enemies
                 that
                 delight
                 in
                 bloud
                 ,
                 infatuate
                 and
                 defeat
                 their
                 counsels
                 abate
                 their
                 pride
                 ,
                 asswage
                 their
                 malice
                 ,
                 and
                 confound
                 their
                 devices
                 .
                 Strengthen
                 the
                 hand
                 of
                 our
                 gracious
                 King
              
               Charles
               ,
               
                 and
                 all
                 that
                 are
                 put
                 in
                 authority
                 under
                 him
                 ,
                 with
                 Judgement
                 and
                 Justice
                 ,
                 to
                 cut
                 off
                 all
                 such
                 workers
                 of
                 iniquity
                 ,
                 as
                 turn
                 religion
                 into
                 rebellion
                 ,
                 and
                 faith
                 into
                 saction
                 ;
                 that
                 they
                 may
                 never
                 prevail
                 against
                 us
                 ,
                 or
                 triumpth
                 in
                 the
                 ruin
                 of
                 thy
                 Church
                 among
                 us
                 ;
                 But
                 that
                 our
                 gracious
                 Soveraigns
                 Realms
                 ,
                 being
                 preserved
                 in
                 thy
                 true
                 Religion
                 ,
                 and
                 by
                 thy
                 merciful
                 goodnesse
                 protected
                 in
                 the
                 same
                 ,
                 we
                 may
                 all
                 duly
                 serve
                 thee
                 ,
                 and
                 give
                 thanks
                 in
                 thy
                 holy
                 congregation
                 ,
                 through
                 Jesus
                 Christ
                 our
                 Lord.
              
               Amen
               .
            
          
        
      
       
         
         
         
           PHILOLAUS
           :
           OR
           ,
           Popery
           discovered
           to
           the
           People
           ,
           In
           a
           serious
           Disswasion
           from
           it
           .
        
         
           
             Dear
             Country-men
             ,
             and
             beloved
             in
             the
             Lord
             Jesus
             :
          
        
         
           YOu
           are
           so
           conscious
           of
           your
           Duty
           to
           Kings
           ,
           so
           obliged
           to
           their
           Government
           ,
           so
           faithful
           to
           their
           Person
           ,
           so
           regardful
           of
           the
           peace
           and
           happiness
           you
           enjoy
           under
           them
           ,
           every
           one
           under
           his
           own
           Vine
           ,
           and
           under
           his
           own
           Fig-tree
           ,
           and
           so
           sensible
           of
           the
           Misery
           of
           rebellion
           ,
           disturbance
           and
           confusion
           ;
           that
           we
           need
           not
           use
           any
           other
           argument
           to
           disswade
           you
           from
           Popery
           than
           this
           ,
           That
           it
           is
           a
           Religion
           
             written
             in
             many
             of
             your
             dread
             Soveraigns
             sacred
             blood
             :
          
           a
           
             Religion
             whose
             prime
             Article
          
           (
           as
           some
           of
           them
           say
           )
           
             is
             Treason
          
           ;
           a
           Religion
           managed
           by
           conspirators
           ,
           and
           advanced
           by
           those
           who
           are
           born
           for
           the
           overthrow
           of
           
             States
             and
             Kingdoms
             ;
             who
             turn
             the
             World
             upside
             down
             .
          
           We
           
           know
           your
           souls
           abhor
           these
           courses
           ,
           and
           detest
           these
           villanies
           :
           but
           this
           is
           not
           all
           ;
           this
           way
           threatneth
           not
           onely
           your
           Kings
           ,
           but
           your selves
           ,
           —
           endangereth
           not
           onely
           Their
           lives
           ,
           but
           your
           souls
           :
           —
           It
           's
           not
           onely
           a
           great
           inconvenience
           that
           hindereth
           your
           peace
           and
           settlement
           in
           
             this
             World
          
           ,
           but
           a
           mischief
           that
           may
           hinder
           your
           Salvation
           in
           the
           next
           .
           We
           hope
           indeed
           that
           you
           have
           received
           the
           truth
           of
           your
           own
           Religion
           
             in
             much
             assurance
          
           ;
           that
           you
           are
           rooted
           and
           grounded
           in
           the
           Faith
           :
           Since
           you
           have
           scarched
           the
           Scriptures
           (
           which
           the
           Papists
           kept
           from
           you
           )
           and
           finde
           that
           
             these
             things
             are
             so
          
           :
           Since
           you
           have
           felt
           the
           power
           and
           comfort
           of
           the
           Truth
           in
           your
           souls
           :
           Since
           you
           finde
           it
           owned
           by
           Gods
           wonderful
           dispensations
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           whereby
           it
           's
           great
           ,
           and
           doth
           prevail
           ,
           and
           seated
           in
           your
           hearts
           by
           his
           Spirit
           :
           Since
           you
           see
           it
           eminent
           in
           the
           lives
           of
           many
           good
           men
           ,
           and
           confirmed
           by
           the
           death
           of
           as
           many
           excellent
           Confessors
           and
           Martyrs
           ,
           who
           vouch
           it
           with
           their
           last
           breath
           ,
           and
           seal
           it
           with
           their
           dearest
           blood
           :
           Since
           you
           know
           it
           's
           owned
           by
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           its
           self
           (
           which
           hath
           nothing
           ,
           which
           we
           may
           call
           a
           Religion
           ,
           but
           
             ours
             ,
             viz.
          
           The
           Scriptures
           ,
           the
           Lords
           Prayer
           ,
           the
           Creed
           ,
           and
           the
           Ten
           Commandments
           ,
           &c.
           to
           which
           they
           have
           added
           their
           own
           idolatrous
           ,
           superstitious
           ,
           idle
           and
           vain
           inventions
           ,
           which
           is
           all
           the
           Religion
           they
           have
           differing
           from
           us
           .
           )
           We
           are
           perswaded
           that
           you
           will
           not
           easily
           be
           moved
           from
           the
           the
           hope
           of
           the
           Gospel
           .
           —
           Yet
           that
           we
           may
           according
           to
           our
           duties
           assist
           our
           gracious
           Soveraign
           ,
           and
           endeavour
           to
           establish
           your
           hearts
           ,
           while
           he
           
           is
           establishing
           your
           
             Religion
             ,
          
           —
           that
           while
           he
           with
           the
           advice
           of
           his
           great
           Council
           ,
           by
           a
           serious
           Law
           restrains
           you
           from
           Popery
           ,
           for
           fear
           ;
           we
           by
           serious
           motives
           may
           refrain
           from
           it
           ,
           for
           conscience
           sake
           .
           —
           The
           scandals
           given
           you
           are
           many
           ,
           the
           seducers
           are
           numerous
           ,
           their
           insinuations
           are
           plausible
           ,
           their
           temptations
           are
           taking
           :
           you
           ,
           many
           of
           you
           are
           weak
           ,
           and
           we
           (
           the
           Lord
           forgive
           us
           )
           have
           been
           too
           careless
           ,
           and
           almost
           asleep
           ,
           while
           the
           Enemies
           sow
           Tares
           among
           us
           :
           therefore
           we
           must
           leave
           with
           you
           a
           few
           plain
           words
           ,
           that
           you
           may
           have
           always
           before
           you
           ;
           
             Yea
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             be
             in
             your
             heart
             ,
          
           that
           you
           may
           teach
           them
           diligently
           to
           your
           children
           ,
           that
           you
           may
           talk
           of
           them
           when
           you
           sit
           in
           your
           house
           ,
           when
           you
           walk
           by
           the
           way
           ,
           when
           you
           lie
           down
           ,
           and
           when
           you
           rise
           up
           .
           Many
           may
           write
           to
           you
           with
           more
           profoundness
           ,
           none
           write
           to
           you
           with
           more
           sincere
           servencie
           ,
           and
           earnest
           desire
           to
           save
           you
           :
           and
           we
           are
           very
           sensible
           ,
           that
           while
           exact
           learned
           writings
           are
           taken
           up
           onely
           by
           learned
           men
           ,
           it
           is
           necessary
           that
           there
           be
           some
           plain
           discourses
           written
           ,
           whereby
           the
           truth
           may
           with
           evidence
           be
           conveyed
           to
           you
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           We
           taught
           you
           (
           who
           are
           our
           joy
           and
           crown
           ,
           who
           we
           hope
           will
           be
           our
           rejoycing
           in
           the
           day
           of
           our
           Lord
           Jesus
           )
           we
           taught
           you
           a
           Religion
           pure
           and
           undefiled
           before
           God
           ,
           —
           which
           consists
           in
           solid
           virtue
           ,
           serious
           holiness
           ;
           an
           exact
           conversation
           ,
           led
           soberly
           ,
           righteously
           ,
           peaceably
           ,
           and
           Godly
           in
           this
           present
           World
           ;
           a
           Religion
           
             perfect
             ,
             right
          
           ,
           
           
             pure
             ,
             sure
             ,
             faithful
             ,
             holy
             ,
             just
             ,
             spiritual
             ,
             lively
             ,
             operative
             ,
             
             heavenly
          
           ;
           that
           enlighneth
           the
           minde
           ,
           sanctifieth
           the
           heart
           ,
           reforms
           the
           life
           ,
           —
           frames
           a
           man
           after
           Gods
           own
           image
           ,
           in
           righteousness
           and
           true
           holiness
           .
           —
           We
           taught
           ,
           and
           do
           teach
           you
           a
           
             truth
             which
             is
             after
             Godliness
          
           ,
           a
           
             Mystery
             of
             Godliness
          
           ;
           a
           Religion
           that
           
             may
             make
             you
             wise
             to
             Salvation
             through
             Faith
             which
             is
             in
             Christ
             Jesus
          
           ;
           which
           may
           be
           profitable
           for
           Doctrine
           ,
           for
           reproof
           ,
           for
           correction
           ,
           
           for
           instruction
           in
           righteousness
           ;
           that
           
             you
             may
             be
             perfect
             ,
             and
             throughly
             furnished
             unto
             all
             good
             works
             ;
             in
             whatsoever
             things
             are
             true
             ,
             whatsoever
             things
             are
          
           
           
             honest
             ,
             whatsoever
             things
             are
             just
             ,
             whatsoever
             things
             are
             pure
             ,
             whatsoever
             things
             are
             lovely
             ,
             whatsoever
             things
             are
             of
             good
             report
             :
             if
             there
             be
             any
             virture
             ,
             if
             there
             be
             any
             praise
             .
          
        
         
           Alas
           !
           The
           Papists
           having
           nothing
           besides
           the
           
           Scripture
           ,
           which
           we
           have
           as
           well
           as
           they
           (
           which
           yet
           you
           shall
           not
           read
           )
           but
           vain
           shadows
           of
           holiness
           ;
           a
           gross
           form
           of
           godliness
           ,
           which
           they
           cozen
           the
           Vulgar
           with
           ,
           consisting
           in
           Latine-service
           ,
           Images
           ,
           Tapers
           ,
           Rich
           Vestures
           ,
           Crosses
           ,
           Sentings
           ,
           Holy-water
           ,
           Offerings
           ,
           Prostrations
           ,
           Processions
           ,
           Pilgrimages
           ,
           and
           other
           bodily
           exercises
           that
           profit
           nothing
           ;
           whereas
           
             that
             true
             godliness
             which
             you
             profess
             is
             profitable
             for
             this
             life
             ,
             and
             for
             that
             which
             is
             to
             come
             .
          
           They
           can
           teach
           you
           nothing
           but
           their
           own
           vain
           and
           useless
           inventions
           ,
           whereby
           they
           make
           void
           the
           Commandments
           of
           God
           :
           nothing
           that
           may
           
             settle
             the
             heart
             ,
             establish
             the
             conscience
             ,
          
           satisfie
           the
           soul
           ,
           weaken
           sin
           ,
           strengthen
           grace
           ,
           promote
           your
           comfort
           ,
           or
           secure
           your
           eternity
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           We
           have
           preached
           ,
           and
           do
           preach
           to
           you
           
           a
           Religion
           plain
           and
           close
           ,
           which
           requires
           not
           so
           much
           shrewd
           and
           subtle
           heads
           ,
           as
           good
           and
           honest
           hearts
           ,
           Luk.
           8.
           5.
           
           The
           Testimony
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           that
           is
           sure
           ,
           making
           wise
           the
           simple
           .
           We
           made
           your
           way
           plain
           before
           you
           .
           They
           of
           Rome
           will
           perplex
           you
           with
           those
           infinite
           rules
           of
           Faith
           ,
           which
           the
           Learned
           among
           them
           cannot
           comprehend
           :
           When
           you
           have
           endeavoured
           to
           know
           the
           minde
           of
           God
           in
           the
           Scripture
           ,
           that
           you
           might
           believe
           ,
           and
           in
           believing
           might
           have
           lise
           ,
           you
           have
           d●…
           nothing
           ;
           there
           are
           endless
           traditions
           which
           no
           one
           man
           ever
           saw
           ,
           which
           you
           shall
           never
           know
           ,
           but
           yet
           must
           believe
           them
           :
           many
           Volumes
           of
           Councils
           which
           you
           never
           saw
           ,
           you
           must
           receive
           ;
           all
           the
           Popes
           Decrees
           ,
           whereof
           some
           are
           not
           yet
           published
           ,
           you
           must
           assent
           to
           ,
           before
           you
           can
           be
           saved
           :
           To
           day
           you
           may
           believe
           all
           the
           Traditions
           ,
           Councils
           ,
           Decrees
           and
           Impositions
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ,
           and
           be
           saved
           ;
           and
           to
           morrow
           the
           Pope
           may
           set
           out
           a
           new
           Decree
           ,
           or
           a
           new
           Article
           of
           Faith
           ,
           which
           if
           you
           do
           not
           believe
           ,
           you
           are
           damned
           :
           While
           you
           are
           here
           secure
           ,
           you
           know
           not
           but
           that
           there
           is
           a
           new
           article
           of
           Faith
           defined
           by
           the
           Pope
           ,
           which
           you
           do
           not
           know
           ,
           and
           not
           knowing
           ,
           cannot
           believe
           ,
           and
           not
           believing
           may
           perish
           for
           ever
           .
           Ah!
           happy
           you
           who
           need
           not
           say
           ,
           Who
           shall
           go
           into
           Heaven
           ,
           or
           Hell
           ,
           or
           the
           uttermost
           parts
           of
           the
           Earth
           to
           fetch
           down
           a
           rule
           of
           Faith
           from
           thence
           ?
           —
           The
           word
           is
           nigh
           ,
           even
           in
           your
           hearts
           ,
           and
           in
           your
           mouths
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           We
           have
           perswaded
           ,
           and
           do
           still
           perswade
           
           you
           ,
           that
           without
           knowledge
           ,
           the
           minde
           is
           not
           good
           ;
           we
           have
           intreated
           you
           to
           grow
           in
           all
           knowledge
           ,
           and
           in
           all
           goodness
           :
           and
           we
           cease
           not
           to
           pray
           that
           you
           may
           abound
           more
           and
           more
           in
           knowledge
           ,
           and
           in
           all
           judgement
           :
           
             You
             have
             a
             sure
             word
             of
             prophecie
             ,
             to
             which
             ,
             we
             say
             ,
             you
             would
             do
             well
             to
             take
             heed
             ,
             as
             unto
             a
             light
             shining
             in
             a
             dark
             place
             ,
             a
             light
             to
             your
             feet
             ,
             and
             a
             lanthorn
             to
             your
             paths
             .
             —
          
           We
           say
           ,
           —
           when
           an
           holy
           wisedom
           
             entereth
             into
             your
             hearts
             and
             knowledge
             ,
             it
             's
             pleasant
             unto
             your
             souls
             ;
             discretion
             shall
             preserve
             you
             ,
             and
             understanding
             shall
             keep
             you
             ,
          
           to
           deliver
           you
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           There
           are
           those
           abroad
           ,
           a
           part
           of
           whose
           Religion
           it
           is
           to
           make
           you
           perish
           for
           want
           of
           knowledge
           ,
           to
           keep
           you
           under
           the
           power
           of
           darkness
           ,
           that
           you
           may
           walk
           
             after
             the
             vanity
             of
             your
             minde
             ,
             having
             your
             understanding
             darkned
             ,
             being
             alienated
             from
             the
             life
             of
             God
             ,
             through
             the
             ignorance
             that
             is
             in
             you
             ,
             because
             of
             the
             blindness
             of
             your
             hearts
             .
             —
          
           That
           Scripture
           ,
           which
           we
           have
           translated
           for
           you
           ,
           which
           is
           your
           meat
           ,
           your
           drink
           ,
           your
           delight
           ,
           sweeter
           then
           honey
           or
           the
           honey-comb
           ,
           of
           more
           value
           than
           the
           world
           ,
           must
           be
           taken
           from
           you
           ;
           and
           if
           they
           prevail
           (
           as
           we
           know
           they
           will
           not
           )
           it
           will
           be
           no
           less
           than
           death
           ,
           to
           read
           that
           word
           ,
           which
           is
           dearer
           to
           you
           than
           your
           lives
           :
           your
           faithful
           Ministers
           ,
           to
           whom
           you
           would
           have
           given
           your
           right
           eyes
           ,
           must
           be
           removed
           into
           corners
           ;
           yea
           ,
           and
           must
           seal
           that
           Doctrine
           with
           their
           blood
           ,
           which
           they
           now
           deliver
           you
           .
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           —
           O
           the
           light
           is
           sweet
           ,
           and
           a
           pleasant
           thing
           it
           is
           to
           behold
           the
           Sun
           !
           —
           If
           the
           light
           that
           is
           in
           us
           be
           darkness
           ,
           how
           great
           ,
           how
           
           sad
           is
           that
           darkness
           !
           A
           God
           we
           must
           own
           ,
           but
           shall
           not
           know
           him
           ;
           a
           Saviour
           we
           must
           have
           ,
           but
           we
           must
           that
           come
           to
           him
           ,
           though
           this
           is
           life
           eternal
           to
           know
           him
           ,
           and
           the
           Father
           who
           hath
           sent
           him
           .
           Duties
           we
           must
           do
           ,
           that
           we
           may
           live
           ;
           but
           we
           shall
           not
           understand
           them
           :
           Scriptures
           there
           are
           written
           to
           our
           comfort
           ,
           but
           we
           must
           not
           read
           them
           .
           We
           erre
           ,
           not
           knowing
           the
           Scripture
           (
           saith
           out
           Saviour
           )
           we
           erre
           by
           knowing
           the
           Scripture
           ,
           say
           the
           Roman
           Catholicks
           .
           Hear
           ,
           read
           ,
           (
           saith
           God
           )
           and
           your
           souls
           shall
           live
           :
           Read
           ,
           saith
           the
           Papist
           ,
           and
           you
           shall
           surely
           dye
           .
           O
           wretched
           mankind
           !
           a
           great
           part
           whereof
           Mahomet
           hath
           taught
           not
           to
           hear
           reason
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           judge
           in
           themselves
           what
           is
           right
           :
           —
           a
           great
           part
           whereof
           the
           Pope
           hath
           traught
           not
           to
           hear
           the
           Scripture
           ,
           which
           is
           no
           vain
           thing
           ,
           which
           is
           our
           life
           .
           —
           A
           
           sad
           Religion
           !
           (
           if
           I
           may
           call
           it
           Religion
           )
           that
           sets
           up
           the
           kingdom
           of
           darkness
           ,
           by
           which
           the
           Devil
           may
           rule
           in
           the
           children
           of
           disobedience
           .
           —
           A
           Religion
           that
           hoodwinks
           poor
           people
           in
           forced
           ignorance
           (
           when
           alas
           !
           we
           are
           
             all
             too
             willingly
             ignorant
             )
             lest
             we
             should
             know
             Gods
             will
             ,
             or
             any
             way
             to
             Heaven
             ,
             but
             theirs
             ;
             so
             as
             millions
             of
             souls
             live
             no
             less
             without
             Scripture
             ,
             than
             if
             there
             were
             none
             :
          
           that
           forbids
           spiritual
           food
           as
           poyson
           ,
           and
           fetcheth
           God's
           Book
           into
           the
           Inquisition
           .
           —
           
        
         
           4.
           
           Although
           the
           Church
           and
           our selves
           by
           her
           appointment
           ,
           first
           discovered
           to
           you
           the
           eternal
           truth
           ;
           yet
           have
           we
           not
           suffered
           you
           to
           rest
           upon
           us
           ,
           who
           may
           deceive
           ,
           and
           be
           deceived
           ;
           but
           have
           led
           to
           the
           Rock
           that
           is
           higher
           than
           us
           ,
           and
           
           resolved
           your
           Faith
           into
           a
           foundation
           that
           cannot
           fail
           ,
           the
           truth
           and
           authority
           discovered
           in
           his
           Word
           ,
           by
           his
           Spirit
           .
           —
           They
           ,
           they
           of
           Rome
           ,
           who
           are
           now
           so
           busie
           ,
           will
           take
           you
           off
           from
           the
           foundation
           of
           God
           ,
           which
           standeth
           sure
           :
           —
           they
           will
           perswade
           you
           that
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           which
           you
           know
           is
           pure
           ,
           is
           corrupt
           ;
           that
           the
           Law
           of
           God
           ,
           which
           you
           know
           is
           perfect
           ,
           is
           defective
           ;
           that
           the
           Scriptures
           ,
           which
           you
           know
           in
           things
           necessary
           evident
           ,
           are
           dark
           :
           and
           all
           this
           to
           what
           purpose
           ?
           but
           to
           settle
           you
           upon
           men
           ,
           who
           you
           know
           are
           a
           lie
           ;
           to
           make
           you
           rest
           on
           Councils
           ,
           who
           ,
           saith
           Bellarm.
           himself
           ,
           l.
           2.
           c.
           11.
           p.
           153.
           
           
             May
             erre
          
           :
           Particular
           Councils
           confirmed
           by
           the
           Pope
           ,
           may
           erre
           in
           Faith
           and
           Manners
           .
           Some
           Catholicks
           affirm
           ,
           saith
           
             Bell.
             de
             Concil
             .
             Ecclesiasticis
             ,
             l.
          
           2.
           c.
           5.
           
           p.
           110.
           or
           upon
           Popes
           ,
           whereof
           some
           have
           been
           Infidels
           ;
           and
           privately
           conferring
           with
           their
           Cardinals
           ,
           said
           ,
           
             Oh
             how
             much
             gain
             this
             Fable
             of
             Christ
             hath
             brought
             us
             !
          
           Others
           have
           been
           Witches
           ,
           others
           Murtherers
           ,
           others
           Whoremongers
           ,
           ravishing
           women
           in
           the
           Apostolick
           doors
           :
           others
           (
           as
           their
           own
           Records
           testifie
           )
           by
           Bribes
           ,
           by
           Devils
           ,
           by
           VVitches
           ,
           have
           climbed
           up
           to
           the
           infallible
           Chair
           .
           Oh
           can
           you
           trust
           your
           souls
           with
           those
           men
           which
           have
           confessed
           to
           have
           given
           their
           souls
           to
           the
           Devil
           ,
           that
           they
           might
           be
           Popes
           !
           yea
           ,
           which
           is
           worst
           of
           all
           ,
           the
           poor
           Catholicks
           ,
           when
           they
           have
           relied
           upon
           this
           man
           as
           infallible
           today
           ,
           must
           tomorrow
           relie
           upon
           another
           Pope
           as
           infallible
           ,
           who
           may
           declare
           this
           man
           an
           Heretick
           :
           if
           they
           believe
           not
           he
           is
           infallible
           ,
           they
           are
           damned
           ;
           
           and
           if
           they
           believe
           not
           he
           is
           an
           Heretick
           ,
           when
           declared
           by
           another
           Pope
           to
           be
           so
           ,
           they
           are
           damned
           too
           :
           Ah
           ,
           poor
           men
           !
        
         
           5.
           
           We
           teach
           you
           to
           serve
           the
           true
           God
           ,
           and
           him
           onely
           to
           worship
           :
           and
           we
           tell
           you
           he
           is
           a
           jealous
           God
           ,
           and
           he
           will
           not
           give
           his
           honour
           to
           another
           :
           and
           that
           idolatry
           hath
           been
           the
           ruine
           of
           all
           Nations
           in
           this
           World
           ,
           and
           is
           the
           damnation
           of
           men
           without
           repentance
           in
           the
           World
           to
           come
           .
           You
           know
           that
           Idolaters
           shall
           not
           inherit
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           Heaven
           ;
           for
           
             without
             are
             Idolaters
             ,
             Rev.
          
           22.
           15.
           
           Yet
           they
           ,
           they
           who
           now
           with
           fair
           words
           deceive
           the
           hearts
           of
           the
           simple
           ,
           have
           a
           design
           to
           bring
           you
           to
           worship
           stocks
           and
           stones
           ,
           with
           the
           same
           honour
           that
           is
           due
           to
           God
           blessed
           for
           ever
           !
           And
           lest
           your
           hearts
           should
           rise
           against
           
             graven
             Images
          
           ;
           lest
           you
           should
           not
           bow
           down
           to
           them
           ,
           nor
           worship
           them
           ,
           against
           the
           Letter
           of
           the
           second
           Commandment
           ;
           —
           
             they
             leave
             out
             those
             words
             of
             that
             second
             Commandment
             ,
             as
             a
             needless
             illustration
             in
             their
             Chatechisms
             and
             Prayer-books
             to
             the
             people
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             smith
             with
             the
             tongs
             both
             worketh
             in
             the
             coals
             ,
             and
             fashioneth
             it
             with
             hammers
             ,
             and
             worketh
             it
             with
             the
             strength
             of
             his
             arms
             :
             yea
             ,
             he
             is
             hungry
             ,
             and
             his
             strength
             faileth
             :
             he
             drinketh
             no
             water
             ,
             and
             is
             faint
             .
             The
             carpenter
             stretcheth
             out
             his
             rule
             :
             he
             marketh
             it
             out
             with
             a
             line
             :
             he
             fitteth
             it
             with
             planes
             ,
             and
             he
             marketh
             it
             out
             with
             the
             compass
             ,
             and
             maketh
             it
             after
             the
             figure
             of
             a
             man
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             beauty
             of
             a
             man
             ;
             that
             it
             may
             remain
             in
             the
             house
             .
             —
             Thus
             he
             maketh
             a
             god
             ,
             even
             his
             graven
             image
             :
             he
             falleth
             down
             unto
             it
             ,
             
             and
             worshippeth
             it
             ,
             and
             prayeth
             unto
             it
             ,
             and
             saith
             ,
             Deliver
             me
             ,
             for
             thou
             art
             my
             God.
             They
             have
             not
             known
             ,
             nor
             understood
             :
             for
             he
             hath
             shut
             their
             eyes
             ,
             that
             they
             cannot
             see
             ;
             and
             their
             hearts
             ,
             that
             they
             cannot
             understand
             .
             And
             none
             considereth
             in
             his
             heart
             ,
             neither
             is
             there
             knowledge
             nor
             understanding
             to
             say
             ,
             I
             have
             burnt
             part
             of
             it
             in
             the
             fire
             ,
             yea
             ,
             also
             I
             have
             baked
             bread
             upon
             the
             coals
             thereof
             :
             I
             have
             rosted
             flesh
             and
             eaten
             it
             ,
             and
             shall
             I
             make
             the
             residue
             thereof
             an
             abomination
             ?
             shall
             I
             fall
             down
             to
             the
             stock
             of
             a
             tree
             ?
             He
             feedeth
             of
             ashes
             :
             a
             deceived
             heart
             hath
             turned
             him
             aside
             ,
             that
             he
             cannot
             deliver
             his
             soul
             ,
             nor
             say
             ,
             Is
             there
             not
             a
             lie
             in
             my
             right
             hand
             ?
          
           
             Isai.
             44.
             12
             ,
             13.
             —
             16.
             to
             20.
             
          
        
         
           In
           a
           voluntary
           humility
           do
           these
           men
           worship
           Angels
           ,
           who
           said
           expresly
           to
           St.
           
             John
             ,
             Worship
             thou
             God.
          
           Now
           you
           seek
           God
           in
           his
           Ordinances
           ,
           and
           desire
           to
           see
           him
           in
           his
           holy
           Temple
           .
           —
           If
           you
           be
           seduced
           by
           them
           ,
           you
           must
           go
           onely
           to
           poor
           creatures
           like
           your selves
           .
           —
        
         
           6.
           
           We
           —
           or
           do
           we
           onely
           ?
           doth
           not
           our
           God
           likewise
           teach
           you
           ,
           that
           if
           any
           man
           adde
           to
           his
           holy
           Word
           ,
           he
           shall
           adde
           to
           him
           the
           plagues
           that
           are
           written
           in
           this
           book
           ?
           —
           Yet
           if
           ever
           they
           prevail
           ,
           you
           must
           believe
           more
           Scripture
           then
           ever
           God
           inspired
           ,
           or
           his
           ancient
           Church
           received
           ;
           and
           you
           must
           do
           it
           upon
           no
           less
           penalty
           then
           if
           God
           himself
           should
           speak
           from
           heaven
           .
           —
           Sad
           !
           You
           must
           believe
           what
           an
           Angel
           from
           heaven
           is
           accursed
           if
           he
           teach
           you
           .
           They
           have
           a
           designe
           ,
           Beloved
           ,
           to
           set
           up
           a
           man
           in
           stead
           of
           God
           ,
           who
           may
           create
           new
           Articles
           of
           Faith
           at
           his
           pleasure
           ,
           and
           impose
           them
           upon
           necessity
           of
           salvation
           .
           In
           vain
           ,
           
           it
           seems
           ,
           came
           Christ
           from
           the
           bosome
           of
           the
           Father
           to
           reveal
           his
           will
           :
           in
           vain
           doth
           the
           Spirit
           lead
           us
           to
           all
           truth
           :
           in
           vain
           have
           we
           thought
           that
           our
           Priests
           lips
           should
           preserve
           knowledge
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           people
           should
           seek
           it
           at
           their
           mouth
           :
           in
           vain
           have
           we
           gone
           to
           the
           Law
           and
           to
           the
           Testimonies
           ,
           concluding
           that
           if
           men
           spoke
           not
           according
           to
           them
           ,
           it
           was
           because
           there
           was
           no
           light
           in
           them
           .
           If
           we
           must
           lay
           aside
           all
           ,
           and
           wait
           upon
           the
           Popes
           Oracles
           ,
           how
           shall
           we
           be
           sure
           that
           he
           is
           infallible
           ?
           Not
           because
           he
           saith
           so
           :
           for
           if
           he
           bears
           witness
           of
           himself
           ,
           his
           witness
           is
           not
           true
           .
           —
           Not
           because
           the
           Scripture
           saith
           so
           :
           for
           that
           (
           they
           say
           )
           is
           no
           further
           true
           then
           he
           confirms
           it
           .
           Not
           because
           he
           is
           St.
           Peters
           successour
           :
           for
           we
           are
           not
           sure
           St.
           Peter
           was
           at
           Rome
           :
           if
           he
           was
           there
           ,
           we
           are
           not
           sure
           that
           he
           was
           Bishop
           there
           ,
           being
           an
           Apostle
           of
           the
           Circumcision
           ,
           
             i.
             e.
          
           of
           the
           Jews
           ,
           and
           not
           of
           the
           Romans
           .
           
             If
             he
             was
             there
             Bishop
             ,
             we
             are
             not
             sure
             he
             was
             infallible
             ,
             who
             denyed
             his
             Master
             thrice
             ,
             and
             dissembled
             once
             :
             —
             If
             he
             was
             infallible
             ,
             we
             are
             not
             sure
             he
             left
             any
             heirs
             of
             his
             grace
             and
             spirit
             ,
             —
             or
             if
             any
             ,
             we
             are
             not
             sure
             he
             left
             one
             in
             a
             perpetual
             and
             visible
             succession
             at
             
               Rome
               :
            
             —
             That
             he
             so
             be
             queathed
             his
             infallibility
             to
             his
             Chair
             ,
             as
             that
             whosoever
             sits
             in
             it
             ,
             cannot
             but
             speak
             true
             ;
             that
             all
             which
             sit
             where
             he
             sate
             ,
             must
             by
             some
             instinct
             say
             as
             he
             taught
             :
             —
             That
             if
             Peter
             was
             infallible
             by
             vertue
             of
             Christs
             promise
             ;
             yet
             that
             what
             Christ
             said
             to
             him
             ,
             absolutely
             ,
             ere
             ever
             Rome
             was
             thought
             of
             ,
             must
             be
             referred
             ,
             yea
             ,
             tyed
             to
             it
             :
             that
             the
             Pope
             
             whose
             life
             ,
             whose
             pen
             ,
             whose
             judgement
             ,
             whose
             keys
             may
             erre
             ;
             yet
             in
             his
             pontifical
             Chair
             cannot
             erre
             .
             —
             That
             the
             line
             of
             this
             Apostolical
             succession
             in
             the
             confusion
             of
             so
             many
             long
             and
             desperate
             schisms
             (
             when
             there
             was
             one
             Pope
             in
             one
             place
             ,
             another
             in
             another
             )
             shamefully
             corrupt
             Usurpations
             and
             Intrusions
             ,
             confessed
             Heresies
             ,
             open
             Profaness
             ,
             and
             celebrated
             Infidelity
             ,
             neither
             was
             nor
             can
             be
             broken
             .
             —
             If
             you
             are
             not
             sure
             of
             these
             and
             many
             more
             things
             ,
             whereof
             some
             are
             impossible
             ,
             most
             are
             improbable
             ;
             you
             are
             sure
             of
             nothing
             in
             Popery
             .
             Oh
             ,
             the
             lamentable
             hazard
             of
             so
             many
             millions
             of
             poor
             souls
             ,
             that
             stand
             upon
             these
             slippery
             termes
             !
             O
             miserable
             grounds
             of
             Popish
             faith
             !
             whereof
             the
             best
             can
             have
             but
             this
             security
             ,
             
               that
               perhaps
               it
               may
               be
               true
               .
               —
            
          
        
         
           7.
           
           We
           and
           our
           Church
           have
           taught
           you
           a
           serious
           Religion
           which
           Angels
           desire
           to
           look
           into
           ,
           which
           men
           reverence
           ,
           which
           carrieth
           a
           divine
           authority
           ,
           a
           heavenly
           awe
           ,
           a
           spiritual
           power
           along
           with
           it
           ,
           that
           prevails
           upon
           all
           that
           hear
           it
           .
           Ten
           men
           are
           ready
           to
           lay
           hold
           on
           him
           who
           is
           a
           Jew
           ,
           
             i.
             e.
          
           a
           professor
           of
           the
           true
           Religion
           ;
           —
           and
           say
           ,
           VVe
           will
           go
           with
           you
           ,
           for
           God
           is
           with
           you
           .
           But
           alas
           ,
           they
           of
           Rome
           have
           set
           up
           a
           Religion
           that
           
           
             made
             sport
             to
             our
             plain
             fore-fathers
             ,
             with
             the
             remembrance
             of
             her
             gravest
             devotion
             .
             How
             oft
             have
             we
             seen
             them
             laugh
             at
             themselves
             ,
             whilst
             they
             have
             told
             of
             their
             creeping
             Crouch
             ,
             their
             kissing
             the
             Pax
             ,
             offering
             their
             Candles
             ,
             signing
             with
             Ashes
             ,
             partial
             shifts
             ,
             merry
             Pilgrimages
             ,
             ridiculous
             Miracles
             ;
             and
             a
             thousand
             such
             
             Maygames
             ,
             which
             we
             are
             ashamed
             to
             name
             ?
          
           While
           you
           are
           taught
           that
           decent
           worship
           ,
           that
           solemn
           devotion
           ,
           those
           comely
           approaches
           to
           the
           Throne
           of
           Grace
           ,
           that
           make
           all
           Christians
           rejoyce
           to
           behold
           your
           order
           ,
           grave
           ,
           solemn
           ,
           and
           heavenly
           .
           We
           cannot
           but
           pity
           that
           Religion
           ,
           whose
           vanities
           very
           boyes
           do
           shout
           and
           laugh
           at
           ;
           
             if
             for
             no
             more
             but
             this
             ,
             that
             it
             teacheth
             men
             to
             put
             confidence
             in
          
           
           
             Beads
             ,
             Medals
             ,
             Roses
             ,
             hallowed
             Swords
             ,
             spells
             of
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             Agnus
             Dei
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           Ascribing
           unto
           them
           divine
           virtue
           ,
           —
           yea
           ,
           so
           much
           as
           is
           due
           to
           the
           Son
           of
           God
           and
           his
           precious
           blood
           .
        
         
           You
           are
           taught
           to
           draw
           neer
           to
           God
           ,
           to
           hear
           his
           Word
           in
           a
           Language
           you
           understand
           ,
           and
           to
           make
           your
           requests
           known
           unto
           God
           ,
           in
           a
           wholesome
           form
           of
           sound
           words
           you
           can
           assent
           to
           :
           and
           there
           come
           in
           some
           (
           it
           may
           be
           )
           when
           you
           are
           gathered
           together
           in
           one
           place
           that
           believe
           not
           ,
           or
           one
           unlearned
           ;
           he
           is
           convinced
           of
           all
           ,
           he
           is
           
             judged
             of
             all
             :
             and
             thus
             are
             the
             secrets
             of
             his
             heart
             made
             manifest
             ;
             and
             so
             falling
             down
             on
             his
             face
             ,
             he
             will
             worship
             God
             ,
             and
             report
             that
             God
             is
             in
             you
             of
             a
             truth
             .
             —
          
           When
           they
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           are
           together
           in
           one
           place
           ,
           they
           all
           speak
           with
           tongues
           ;
           and
           there
           come
           in
           those
           that
           are
           unlearned
           ,
           or
           unbelievers
           ,
           and
           they
           say
           that
           they
           are
           mad
           :
           so
           that
           the
           great
           God
           is
           blasphemed
           ,
           Christian
           Religion
           is
           dishonoured
           ,
           Atheism
           is
           promoted
           ,
           and
           the
           world
           is
           ready
           to
           be
           shut
           up
           in
           unbelief
           .
        
         
           8.
           
           We
           ,
           our
           God
           ,
           our
           Church
           hath
           taught
           you
           a
           Religion
           that
           teacheth
           
             to
             deny
             all
             ungodliness
          
           ,
           and
           
             all
             worldly
             lusts
             ;
             to
             hate
             every
             false
             way
             ;
             to
             allow
          
           no
           
           evil
           inclination
           in
           our
           nature
           ,
           nor
           disorder
           or
           sin
           in
           our
           life
           :
           A
           Religion
           that
           teacheth
           us
           to
           deny
           our selves
           ,
           to
           walk
           in
           a
           narrow
           way
           ,
           to
           mortific
           our
           lusts
           ,
           to
           abstain
           from
           all
           appearance
           of
           evil
           ,
           to
           walk
           circumspectly
           ,
           to
           live
           without
           rebuke
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           a
           crooked
           and
           perverse
           generation
           ,
           to
           set
           God
           always
           before
           us
           ;
           —
           and
           not
           allow
           our selves
           or
           others
           in
           the
           least
           evil
           .
           The
           poor
           deluded
           souls
           of
           Rome
           endeavour
           by
           all
           means
           to
           set
           up
           a
           way
           that
           professeth
           to
           be
           a
           baud
           to
           sin
           ,
           whilst
           both
           (
           in
           practice
           )
           they
           tolerate
           open
           Stews
           ,
           
           and
           prefer
           fornication
           in
           some
           cases
           before
           marriage
           ,
           which
           is
           honourable
           among
           all
           men
           ,
           and
           the
           bed
           undefiled
           ;
           and
           gently
           blanch
           over
           the
           breaches
           of
           Gods
           Law
           ,
           with
           the
           name
           of
           venials
           ,
           and
           such
           favourable
           titles
           of
           diminution
           ;
           daring
           to
           affirm
           that
           venial
           sins
           are
           no
           hinderance
           to
           a
           mans
           clearness
           and
           perfection
           .
           —
           They
           would
           deceive
           you
           and
           themselves
           with
           a
           pretended
           power
           in
           the
           Pope
           to
           dispense
           with
           those
           sins
           which
           none
           can
           forgive
           but
           God
           :
           —
           They
           encourage
           one
           another
           ,
           and
           the
           vitiously
           inclined
           world
           to
           all
           excess
           of
           riot
           ,
           with
           a
           vain
           hope
           that
           sin
           may
           be
           bought
           and
           sold
           ,
           that
           pardon
           may
           be
           had
           for
           money
           ,
           and
           that
           riches
           will
           profit
           in
           the
           day
           of
           wrath
           .
           
             So
             as
             Hell
             can
             have
             no
             Dives
             ,
             no
             rich
             men
             in
             it
             ;
             but
             fools
             and
             the
             friendless
             Devils
             indeed
             are
             tormentors
             there
             :
             yet
             men
             can
             command
             Devils
             ,
             and
             money
             can
             command
             men
             .
             —
          
           We
           have
           taught
           you
           to
           
             fear
             an
             oath
          
           ,
           and
           to
           swear
           in
           truth
           ,
           righteousness
           and
           judgement
           ,
           and
           to
           speak
           the
           truth
           one
           to
           another
           ,
           for
           the
           peace
           and
           
           security
           of
           the
           world
           .
           How
           can
           men
           live
           by
           one
           another
           ,
           unless
           they
           can
           believe
           what
           each
           speaks
           or
           swears
           to
           other
           ?
           —
           But
           alas
           ,
           Rome
           would
           impose
           upon
           us
           a
           Religion
           (
           shall
           I
           call
           it
           a
           Religion
           ?
           )
           that
           allows
           jugling
           equivocations
           ,
           and
           reserved
           senses
           in
           our
           very
           Oaths
           .
           —
           —
           O
           sad
           !
           swear
           one
           thing
           ,
           mean
           another
           ;
           mock
           God
           ,
           and
           deceive
           the
           world
           !
           Hear
           what
           Cardinal
           Ostatus
           reports
           
           of
           Pope
           Clement
           the
           eighth
           ,
           who
           said
           ,
           he
           urged
           that
           the
           King
           of
           France
           should
           joyn
           with
           Spain
           in
           the
           invasion
           of
           
             England
             :
          
           —
           but
           the
           Cardinal
           replyed
           ,
           that
           that
           King
           was
           tyed
           by
           an
           oath
           to
           the
           Queen
           of
           England
           ;
           whereunto
           the
           Pope
           answered
           ,
           (
           and
           they
           say
           he
           is
           infallible
           )
           
             that
             the
             oath
             was
             made
             to
             an
             Heretick
             ,
             but
             he
             was
             bound
             in
             another
             oath
             to
             God
             and
             the
             Pope
             ;
             —
             and
             that
             Kings
             may
             allow
             themselves
             all
             things
             which
             make
             for
             their
             advantage
             :
             Indeed
          
           (
           saith
           he
           ,
           using
           the
           Duke
           of
           urbins
           words
           )
           
             everyone
             doth
             blame
             a
             noble
             man
             that
             is
             not
             a
             Soveraign
             if
             he
             keep
             not
             his
             word
             ;
             but
             supream
             Princes
             may
             without
             any
             danger
             to
             their
             reputation
             ,
             make
             covenants
             and
             break
             them
             ,
             or
             betray
             ,
             and
             perpetrate
             other
             such
             like
             things
             .
          
        
         
           
             What
             shall
             a
             Confessor
             do
             (
             saith
             
               Franc.
               de
            
             
             
               S.
               Victoriâ
            
             ,
             an
             ingenious
             Papist
             ,
             and
             a
             learned
             reader
             of
             Divinity
             in
             Salamanca
             )
             if
             he
             be
             asked
             of
             a
             sin
             that
             he
             hath
             heard
             in
             confession
             ?
             may
             he
             say
             that
             he
             knows
             not
             of
             it
             ?
             I
             answer
             ,
             (
             saith
             he
             )
             according
             to
             all
             our
             Doctors
             ,
             that
             he
             may
             .
             But
             what
             if
             he
             be
             compelled
             to
             swear
             ?
             I
             say
             that
             he
             may
             and
             ought
             to
             swear
             that
             he
             knoweth
             it
             not
             ;
             for
             it
             is
             understood
             that
             he
             
             knoweth
             it
             not
             besides
             confession
             ;
             and
             so
             he
             swears
             true
             .
             But
             what
             if
             he
             be
             asked
             upon
             oath
             ,
             whether
             he
             knew
             it
             in
             confession
             or
             no
             ?
             I
             answer
             ,
             (
             saith
             he
             )
             that
             a
             man
             thus
             urged
             ,
             may
             still
             swear
             that
             he
             knoweth
             it
             not
             in
             confession
             ;
             
               i.
               e.
            
             not
             so
             as
             to
             reveal
             it
             .
          
           O
           wise
           ,
           cunning
           ,
           deep
           and
           holy
           perjuries
           ,
           unknown
           to
           our
           fore-fathers
           !
           —
           Yea
           ,
           which
           is
           worst
           of
           all
           ,
           they
           do
           obtrude
           upon
           the
           World
           so
           many
           idle
           Legends
           ,
           so
           many
           false
           Discourses
           ,
           so
           many
           lying
           Miracles
           ,
           so
           many
           pious
           Frauds
           ,
           as
           that
           they
           have
           shaken
           mens
           belief
           of
           all
           Antiquity
           ;
           such
           ridiculous
           and
           improbable
           things
           ,
           that
           they
           sure
           can
           hardly
           deliver
           them
           without
           laughter
           ,
           (
           pleasing
           themselves
           to
           see
           how
           they
           deceive
           the
           world
           )
           and
           their
           abettors
           cannot
           hear
           them
           without
           shame
           and
           confusion
           of
           face
           .
           It
           's
           a
           sad
           thing
           to
           see
           the
           wiser
           sort
           of
           the
           World
           read
           those
           stories
           on
           winter-nights
           for
           sport
           ,
           which
           the
           poor
           credulous
           multitude
           hear
           in
           their
           Churches
           ,
           with
           a
           devout
           astonishment
           .
           Neither
           do
           they
           satisfie
           themselves
           with
           these
           false
           suggestions
           they
           have
           thrust
           upon
           the
           world
           ;
           but
           in
           conscience
           of
           their
           untruth
           ,
           they
           go
           about
           to
           deprave
           all
           Authors
           that
           may
           give
           evidence
           against
           them
           ;
           to
           outface
           ancient
           truths
           ,
           and
           to
           deface
           all
           monuments
           of
           Primitive
           belief
           and
           practice
           ;
           leaving
           nothing
           unattempted
           against
           heaven
           or
           earth
           that
           may
           promote
           their
           interest
           ,
           and
           disable
           us
           their
           innocent
           adversaries
           ;
           though
           thereby
           they
           blot
           out
           all
           Religion
           ,
           and
           suppress
           all
           truth
           .
        
         
           We
           teach
           you
           to
           keep
           holy
           the
           Sabbath
           day
           ,
           
           prescribing
           the
           careful
           observation
           of
           this
           day
           and
           others
           ,
           as
           the
           onely
           means
           to
           keep
           up
           the
           life
           and
           power
           of
           Religion
           in
           the
           world
           :
           —
           But
           alas
           !
           they
           turn
           not
           away
           their
           feet
           from
           the
           Sabbath
           ,
           from
           doing
           their
           pleasure
           upon
           God's
           holy
           Day
           :
           they
           call
           not
           the
           Sabbath
           a
           delight
           ,
           the
           holy
           of
           the
           Lord
           and
           honourable
           ,
           neither
           do
           they
           honour
           it
           ;
           but
           upon
           it
           they
           do
           their
           own
           ways
           ,
           they
           finde
           their
           own
           pleasure
           ,
           and
           speak
           their
           own
           words
           .
           —
        
         
           9.
           
           Our
           Church
           indeed
           preserveth
           ,
           teacheth
           ,
           openeth
           ,
           confirmeth
           ,
           and
           urgeth
           the
           truth
           ;
           yet
           so
           as
           (
           your
           selves
           being
           judges
           ,
           and
           allowed
           a
           judgement
           of
           discretion
           :
           )
           she
           urgeth
           nothing
           contrary
           to
           Scripture
           ,
           Sense
           and
           Reason
           .
           —
           Yet
           if
           our
           Church
           were
           overthrown
           ,
           there
           are
           they
           that
           would
           overthrow
           with
           it
           ,
           Scripture
           ,
           Sense
           and
           Reason
           .
           —
           Not
           to
           mention
           their
           infinite
           vanities
           introduced
           to
           the
           Church
           ,
           which
           rob
           poor
           souls
           of
           the
           sound
           and
           plain
           helps
           of
           true
           Piety
           and
           Salvation
           ;
           they
           take
           from
           you
           one
           half
           of
           that
           heavenly
           ,
           which
           our
           Saviour
           left
           for
           his
           last
           and
           dearest
           Legacie
           to
           his
           Church
           for
           ever
           :
           As
           if
           Christs
           Ordinances
           were
           superfluous
           ,
           or
           they
           were
           wiser
           than
           their
           Redeemer
           ,
           against
           express
           Scripture
           ,
           which
           saith
           ,
           
             Drink
             ye
             all
             of
             this
             Cup.
          
           They
           would
           have
           you
           mock
           God
           with
           a
           few
           Latine
           Prayers
           ,
           without
           faith
           ,
           ignorantly
           ;
           without
           comfort
           ,
           unprofitably
           ;
           expresly
           contrary
           to
           the
           14
           Chapter
           of
           the
           1
           Epistle
           to
           the
           
             Corinthians
             .
          
           —
           And
           lest
           ought
           should
           here
           be
           wanting
           to
           the
           affront
           of
           the
           Scripture
           ,
           and
           the
           setting
           up
           of
           the
           
           doctrine
           of
           Devils
           :
           they
           forbid
           to
           marry
           ;
           yea
           ,
           they
           teach
           it
           is
           better
           to
           burn
           
             then
             to
             marry
          
           .
           And
           when
           our
           Church
           hath
           taught
           you
           ,
           that
           all
           things
           are
           lawful
           ,
           
             that
             every
             creature
             of
             God
             is
             good
             ,
          
           and
           none
           to
           be
           refused
           ;
           all
           things
           being
           yours
           ,
           as
           you
           are
           Christs
           :
           —
           onely
           that
           you
           must
           admit
           three
           moderations
           of
           your
           Christian
           Liberty
           ,
           Sobriety
           ,
           Charity
           ,
           and
           Duty
           in
           obedience
           to
           your
           Soveraign
           forbidding
           your
           private
           enjoyment
           of
           some
           things
           for
           publick
           good
           .
           —
           But
           they
           of
           Rome
           will
           impose
           upon
           you
           a
           Relgious
           prohibition
           of
           Meat
           ,
           and
           differences
           of
           diet
           ;
           superstitiously
           preferring
           Gods
           workmanship
           to
           it self
           ,
           and
           willingly
           polluting
           what
           he
           hath
           sanctified
           .
           —
           But
           wherefore
           should
           ye
           ,
           being
           dead
           with
           Christ
           from
           the
           Rudiments
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           as
           though
           living
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           be
           subject
           to
           Ordinances
           ?
           —
           Touch
           not
           ,
           taste
           not
           ,
           handle
           not
           ;
           which
           all
           are
           to
           perish
           with
           the
           using
           ,
           after
           
             the
             commandments
             and
             doctrines
             of
             men
             ;
             which
             things
             have
             indeed
             a
             shew
             of
             wisdom
             ,
             in
             will-worship
             and
             humility
             ,
             and
             neglecting
             of
             the
             body
             ,
          
           &c.
           —
           Neither
           may
           you
           onely
           go
           against
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           ,
           but
           even
           against
           Reason
           it self
           :
           If
           you
           be
           a
           Papist
           ,
           you
           must
           believe
           the
           body
           of
           Christ
           in
           ten
           thousand
           places
           at
           once
           ,
           and
           yet
           in
           no
           place
           ;
           you
           must
           believe
           it
           in
           heaven
           ,
           and
           yet
           every
           where
           ;
           you
           must
           believe
           it
           flesh
           ,
           and
           no
           flesh
           :
           several
           members
           without
           distinction
           ;
           a
           substance
           without
           quantity
           ,
           and
           other
           accidents
           ;
           or
           substance
           and
           accidents
           that
           cannot
           be
           seen
           ,
           felt
           ,
           or
           perceived
           ;
           and
           so
           your
           Saviour
           ,
           a
           monster
           or
           nothing
           :
           —
           Yea
           ,
           you
           must
           go
           against
           your
           own
           
           senses
           :
           You
           must
           see
           Bread
           ,
           yet
           not
           believe
           it
           ;
           you
           must
           taste
           Wine
           ,
           yet
           say
           it's
           blood
           .
           —
           And
           yet
           to
           what
           pass
           are
           we
           brought
           ,
           if
           we
           cannot
           believe
           our
           senses
           ?
           Yea
           ,
           you
           must
           worship
           those
           whom
           the
           Scriptures
           declare
           wicked
           ,
           for
           Saints
           ;
           and
           adore
           them
           ,
           whom
           all
           the
           world
           know
           were
           lewd
           ,
           for
           
             Martyrs
             .
          
           —
           You
           must
           honour
           Rebels
           ,
           Villains
           ,
           with
           Temples
           ,
           Altars
           and
           Invocations
           :
           and
           yet
           you
           must
           believe
           them
           who
           lived
           according
           to
           scripture-rule
           ,
           to
           be
           villains
           ,
           
             &c.
             
             Wickliff
          
           a
           blasphemer
           ,
           Luther
           a
           devil
           ,
           Calvin
           a
           Sodomite
           ,
           Tyndal
           a
           whoremonger
           ,
           Beza
           and
           King
           apostates
           ,
           —
           Protestants
           hereticks
           ,
           Q.
           Elizabeth
           a
           lewd
           woman
           ,
           our
           Bishops
           ordained
           in
           a
           tavern
           .
           —
           O
           thus
           ,
           thus
           must
           you
           live
           against
           Scripture
           ,
           against
           Experience
           ,
           against
           Sense
           ,
           against
           Reason
           .
        
         
           10.
           
           We
           desire
           you
           to
           attend
           upon
           Gods
           Ordinance
           humbly
           ,
           reverently
           ,
           and
           in
           faith
           ;
           and
           say
           his
           Ordinances
           are
           his
           power
           to
           their
           salvation
           that
           so
           wait
           upon
           him
           .
           —
           But
           alas
           !
           they
           of
           Rome
           will
           force
           you
           to
           believe
           that
           when
           you
           have
           prepared
           your selves
           to
           meet
           your
           God
           in
           his
           ways
           ,
           yet
           it
           shall
           be
           to
           you
           onely
           according
           to
           your
           Priests
           intention
           .
           If
           he
           intend
           the
           Sacrament
           to
           your
           good
           ,
           it
           's
           your
           life
           ;
           if
           not
           ,
           you
           receive
           it
           to
           your
           damnation
           .
           Alas
           !
           who
           knows
           when
           the
           Minister
           intends
           what
           he
           is
           about
           ?
           How
           shall
           you
           ,
           if
           you
           are
           Papists
           ,
           know
           whether
           you
           hear
           effectually
           ,
           —
           whether
           you
           pray
           savingly
           ,
           —
           whether
           you
           receive
           the
           Sacrament
           successfully
           ,
           seeing
           you
           depend
           wholly
           upon
           the
           Priests
           intention
           ?
           —
           We
           must
           needs
           pity
           that
           religion
           that
           
           is
           not
           sure
           of
           lawful
           Bishops
           ,
           because
           they
           know
           not
           their
           intention
           that
           ordained
           them
           ;
           no
           regular
           Priests
           ,
           because
           they
           know
           not
           their
           thoughts
           that
           ordained
           them
           :
           —
           a
           religion
           this
           sure
           ,
           that
           was
           contrived
           to
           perplex
           the
           world
           .
        
         
           11.
           
           We
           desire
           to
           be
           
             helpers
             of
             your
             joy
          
           ,
           and
           promoters
           of
           your
           eternal
           comfort
           ,
           —
           that
           through
           the
           comfort
           of
           the
           Scriptures
           opened
           by
           us
           ,
           you
           might
           have
           hope
           .
           They
           of
           Rome
           make
           it
           their
           business
           to
           torment
           and
           frighten
           you
           ,
           to
           vex
           and
           perplex
           you
           :
           they
           will
           make
           you
           believe
           that
           so
           soon
           as
           you
           are
           born
           you
           must
           be
           cast
           remedilesly
           unto
           the
           eternal
           pains
           of
           hell
           for
           want
           of
           Baptism
           ,
           which
           you
           could
           not
           live
           to
           desire
           :
           Thus
           they
           damn
           all
           your
           infants
           ,
           and
           throw
           all
           those
           innocents
           to
           hell
           whom
           our
           Saviour
           thought
           fittest
           for
           the
           kingdome
           of
           heaven
           .
           And
           if
           you
           have
           lived
           beyond
           your
           baptism
           ,
           they
           will
           fright
           you
           ,
           poor
           souls
           ,
           with
           expectation
           of
           feigned
           torments
           in
           Purgatory
           ,
           not
           inferiour
           (
           for
           the
           time
           )
           to
           the
           flames
           of
           the
           damned
           .
           How
           wretchedly
           and
           fearfully
           must
           you
           ,
           poor
           men
           ,
           live
           ?
           how
           sadly
           will
           you
           die
           in
           that
           way
           ,
           wherein
           you
           are
           sure
           to
           go
           through
           a
           hell
           to
           heaven
           ?
           yea
           ,
           you
           are
           not
           sure
           you
           shall
           ever
           go
           to
           heaven
           ;
           for
           they
           will
           perswade
           you
           that
           you
           neither
           can
           nor
           ought
           to
           be
           assured
           either
           of
           present
           grace
           ,
           or
           of
           future
           salvation
           .
           —
           We
           indeed
           wish
           you
           to
           make
           your
           calling
           and
           your
           election
           sure
           ,
           —
           but
           they
           say
           you
           cannot
           .
           —
           Oh
           an
           uncomfortable
           religion
           ,
           wherein
           I
           must
           enter
           to
           an
           eternity
           ,
           but
           God
           knoweth
           whether
           of
           woe
           or
           weale
           ;
           wherein
           I
           must
           say
           to
           an
           immortal
           
           soul
           ,
           
             Animala
             vagula
             ,
             blundula
             ,
             quâ
             vadis
             in
             loca
             ?
             &c.
             —
          
           O
           poor
           soul
           ,
           whither
           art
           thou
           going
           ?
           Neither
           must
           you
           onely
           live
           in
           fear
           of
           your
           estate
           in
           another
           world
           ,
           while
           you
           are
           in
           that
           way
           ,
           but
           in
           infinite
           cares
           and
           vexations
           in
           this
           ,
           —
           while
           they
           rack
           your
           consciences
           with
           the
           needless
           torture
           of
           a
           necessary
           shrift
           ,
           —
           wherein
           the
           vertue
           of
           Absolution
           depends
           on
           the
           fulness
           of
           Confession
           ,
           and
           that
           upon
           examination
           ;
           and
           the
           sufficiencie
           of
           examination
           is
           so
           full
           of
           ●…ruples
           ,
           (
           besides
           those
           infinite
           cares
           of
           unresolved
           doubts
           in
           this
           pretended
           penance
           )
           that
           the
           poor
           soul.
           never
           knows
           when
           it
           is
           clear
           .
           —
           And
           that
           they
           may
           compleat
           your
           misery
           ,
           —
           they
           take
           you
           off
           from
           that
           comfort
           you
           receive
           from
           your
           Saviours
           satisfaction
           for
           you
           ,
           and
           make
           you
           relye
           upon
           your
           works
           ,
           whereby
           no
           man
           was
           ever
           justified
           before
           God
           :
           —
           yea
           ,
           and
           when
           all
           is
           done
           by
           Christ
           and
           your selves
           ,
           you
           must
           go
           to
           the
           flames
           ,
           and
           thence
           be
           redeemed
           with
           such
           corruptible
           things
           as
           silver
           and
           gold
           .
        
         
           Beloved
           ,
           if
           they
           could
           shew
           you
           a
           more
           excellent
           way
           for
           Gods
           glory
           ,
           the
           advancement
           of
           grace
           ,
           and
           the
           settlement
           of
           your
           comfort
           ;
           we
           would
           perswade
           you
           to
           follow
           them
           ,
           —
           but
           now
           it
           appears
           that
           they
           desire
           onely
           the
           advancement
           of
           the
           Pope
           ,
           whom
           if
           you
           submit
           to
           ,
           you
           may
           believe
           what
           you
           will
           ;
           for
           he
           writ
           to
           Queen
           Elizabeth
           ,
           that
           he
           would
           confirm
           all
           her
           and
           our
           Religion
           ,
           if
           she
           would
           but
           own
           him
           head
           of
           the
           Church
           .
           Now
           it
           appears
           that
           they
           destroy
           religion
           ,
           endanger
           poor
           souls
           ,
           and
           disturb
           the
           world
           ,
           onely
           for
           a
           
           few
           mens
           interests
           ,
           who
           seek
           their
           own
           .
           —
           Mark
           and
           avoid
           them
           ,
           have
           nothing
           to
           do
           with
           them
           ,
           lest
           if
           you
           perish
           ,
           your
           blood
           be
           upon
           your
           own
           heads
           :
           keep
           close
           to
           God
           ,
           stick
           fast
           to
           his
           truth
           ,
           keep
           within
           his
           Church
           ,
           live
           by
           his
           grace
           ,
           keep
           up
           the
           power
           of
           religion
           in
           your
           hearts
           ,
           be
           at
           peace
           among
           your selves
           ;
           and
           your
           blood
           be
           upon
           our
           
             heads
             if
             you
             perish
          
           .
        
         
           
             Bishop
             Sanderson
             .
          
           
             But
             if
             what
             is
             spoken
             upon
             examination
             ,
             appear
             to
             have
             any
             repugnancie
             with
             godliness
             ,
             in
             any
             one
             branch
             or
             duty
             thereunto
             belonging
             ,
             we
             may
             be
             sure
             the
             words
             cannot
             be
             wholesome
             words
             .
             It
             can
             be
             no
             heavenly
             Doctrine
             that
             teacheth
             men
             to
             be
             earthly
             ,
             sensual
             ,
             or
             devillish
             ;
             or
             that
             tendeth
             to
             make
             men
             unjust
             in
             their
             dealings
             ,
             uncharitable
             in
             their
             censures
             ,
             undutiful
             to
             their
             superiours
             ,
             or
             any
             other
             way
             superstitious
             ,
             licentious
             or
             profane
             .
             I
             note
             it
             not
             without
             much
             gratulation
             and
             rejoycing
             to
             us
             of
             this
             Church
             .
             There
             are
             ,
             God
             knoweth
             ,
             afoot
             in
             the
             Christian
             world
             Controversies
             more
             then
             a
             good
             many
             ;
             Decads
             ,
             Centuries
             ,
             Chiliads
             of
             Novel
             Tenents
             brought
             in
             this
             last
             Age
             ,
             (
             which
             were
             never
             believed
             ,
             many
             of
             them
             scarce
             ever
             heard
             of
             in
             the
             ancient
             Church
             )
             by
             Sectaries
             of
             all
             sorts
             .
             Now
             it
             is
             our
             great
             comfort
             ,
             (
             blessed
             be
             God
             for
             it
             )
             that
             the
             Doctrine
             established
             in
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             ,
             (
             I
             mean
             the
             publick
             Doctrine
             ,
             for
             that
             is
             it
             we
             are
             to
             hold
             to
             ,
             passing
             
             by
             private
             Opinions
             )
             I
             say
             ,
             the
             publick
             Doctrine
             of
             our
             Church
             is
             such
             ,
             as
             is
             not
             justly
             chargeable
             with
             any
             impiety
             ,
             contrarious
             to
             any
             part
             of
             that
             duty
             we
             owe
             either
             to
             God
             or
             man.
             O
             that
             our
             conversation
             were
             as
             free
             from
             exception
             as
             our
             Religion
             is
             !
             Oh
             that
             we
             were
             sufficiently
             careful
             to
             preserve
             the
             honour
             and
             lustre
             of
             the
             truth
             we
             profess
             ,
             by
             the
             correspondencie
             of
             our
             lives
             and
             actions
             thereunto
             !
             And
             upon
             this
             point
             we
             dare
             boldly
             joyn
             issue
             with
             our
             clamourous
             adversaries
             on
             either
             hand
             ,
             Papists
             ,
             I
             mean
             ,
             and
             Disciplinarians
             ;
             who
             do
             both
             so
             loudly
             ,
             but
             unjustly
             accuse
             us
             and
             our
             Religion
             :
             they
             ,
             as
             carnal
             ,
             and
             licentious
             ;
             these
             ,
             as
             Popish
             and
             superstitious
             .
             As
             Eliah
             once
             said
             to
             the
             Baalites
             ,
             That
             God
             that
             answereth
             by
             
               fire
               ,
               let
               him
               him
               be
               God
               :
            
             so
             may
             we
             say
             to
             either
             of
             both
             ;
             and
             when
             we
             have
             said
             it
             ,
             not
             fear
             to
             put
             it
             to
             a
             fair
             tryal
             :
             That
             Church
             whose
             Doctrine
             ,
             Confession
             and
             Worship
             is
             most
             according
             to
             
               godliness
               ,
               Let
               that
               be
               the
               true
               Church
               .
            
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
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             1
             Dan.
             Pri.
             
          
           
             Arist.
             pol.
             1.
             
             Val.
             Mar
             16.
             
             Halic
             .
             l.
             2.
             
             Iustinian
             l
             2.
             
             Theodor
             l.
             6.
             
             Euseb.
             vit
             .
             Const.
             3.
             13.
             
             Socrates
             eccles
             Hist.
             6.
             
             Niceph.
             8.
             7.
             
             Theodor.
             ecl
             .
             H.
             4.
             4.
             
             Surius
             Concil
             .
             Tom.
             1.
             
             &
             2.
             
          
           
             2
             Dang
             prin
             .
          
           
             B●lson
             .
             Chr.
             sub
             .
             l.
             1.
             
          
           
             Carel.
             juris
             l
             2
             Confes.
             fid
             .
             O●
             ,
             Eccles.
             ●●●ic
             .
             Church
             Engl.
             
          
           
             Fides
             Jesu
             .
             ●●
             Vid
             Hospin
             .
             thist
             .
             His
             l
             4.
             
             Mercure
             Hist.
             p
             1
             p
             884.
             
          
           
             Sanctarel
             .
             de
             haer
             .
          
           
             Extrau
             .
             de
             obed
             .
          
           
             Dr.
             Cracanth
             .
             Popes
             mon
             B●●●n
             co●●p
             .
          
           
             1
             R●p
             .
             Thuan
             passim
             .
             Hist
             1
             Tom.
             ●●
             hoc
             3
             Du
             plest●●
             Hist.
             Pap.
             and
             many
             more
             gathered
             together
             by
             Goldastus
             ,
          
           
             Mistery
             Jes.
             Antico●…om
             printed
             Anno
             1633.
             
          
           
             Censura
             sacrae
             ●…cologiae
             Paris
             in
             Librum
             Anti.
             sanct
             .
             Paris
             Pory
             1626.
             
             Alphonsa
             di
             varos
             Tolet.
             d●…aratio
             ad
             ●…ges
             .
          
           
             Christianos
             stratagem
             .
             Aulit
             .
             ●…uc
             .
          
           
             Jes.
             ●…monarch
             orb●…s
             sib
             iconficiendam
             A.
             1641.
             
          
           
             King
             〈◊〉
             to
             all
             Christian
             K●…ngs
             .
          
           
             In
             vocc
             Ty●…n
             .
          
           
             De
             Reg.
             In●…t
             l.
             c.
             1.
             
          
           
             Insit
             .
             l.
             c.
             3.
             
          
           
             Ibid.
             A●…
             1●…
             .
             Ib●…
             .
          
           
             Hist
             Fam.
             H.
             4.
             
             Hist
             Ga●…
             l
             1.
             p.
             ●…26
             .
             See
             Dr.
             〈◊〉
             way
             c
             10.
             p.
             46.
             
             G●…ston
             .
             Hast.
             Xeth
             p.
             764.
             
             Thuan.
             l
             7●…
             .
             3
             Jac
             to
             c.
             〈◊〉
             2●…6
             Arraign
             .
             Traytors
             .
          
           
             Theol.
             Hon.
             1.
             c.
             12.
             
             See
             Bensor
             .
             chap.
             c●…r
             .
          
           
             B●…shop
             Taylor
             Serm
             Dedic
             .
             to
             the
             late
             ●…chbishop
             of
             Ca●…
             .
          
           
             1●…
             de
             Po●…t
             .
             Rom.
             〈◊〉
             Parl.
             l.
             3.
             
          
           
             Apol.
             Cor.
             c
             3.
             
          
           
             Philop.
             Sect.
             2.
             de
             offic
             .
             Princ.
             Chr.
             c.
             5.
             
          
           
             Treshar
             .
             deb
             .
             Watsons
             quoal
             .
             p.
             295
             
          
           
             Fudaem
             .
             Apol.
             Gorn
             .
             suarez
             .
             def
             .
             fin
             .
             6.
             
          
           
             B.
             P.
             Epist.
             ●…R
             .
             Impr.
             Anno
             1609.
             
          
           
             〈◊〉
             ,
             p
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             6.
             
          
           
             Bell
             de
             Parl.
             5
             ,
             6.
             
          
           
             Tred
             Ep.
             ad
             Pope
             Greg
             9
             Innocent
             ,
             4
             Record
             by
             Math.
             
          
           
             Paris
             ,
             p
             332
             Mr.
             Prynne
             Epist.
             before
             Vindic.
             
          
           
             Vid
             Sund.
             ●…m
             ad
             Clerum
             .
             2.
             
          
           
             Vid.
             ●…ook
             ,
             7.
             
             Thes.
             1.
             
          
           
             Vid.
             et
             l.
             Regis
             Elench
             .
             Mo.
             1
             
          
           
             Vid.
             Proc
             ,
             Pul.
             
          
           
             Se
             Speed
             p
             1181.
             
             Cambd.
             
          
           
             Q.
             Eliz.
             
          
           
             Cooke
             Inst.
             7.
             de
             Pont.
             1
             c.
             1
             Jac.
             1.
             
          
           
             Be
             they
             Cath.
             p.
             350.
             
          
           
             See
             Maffae
             ●…s
             V●…geus
             &
             Petrus
             ●…deniera
             in
             ●…ta
             Ignatii
             Loyol
             Hayli●…s
             M●…cto
             〈◊〉
             ,
             p
             17
             9
             
          
           
             See
             
               Lewes
               O●…
            
             his
             Jesuites
             Looking
             glass
             ,
             printed
             London
             16●…9
             .
             the
             ●…pistle
             to
             the
             Reader
             ,
             &
             p
             48
             to
             58
             ●…bilaeum
             ,
             sive
             speculum
             Jesuiticum
             .
             printed
             644.
             p.
             307.
             to
             213.
             
          
           
             Hospin
             .
             Hist.
             Jesuitica
             ,
             l.
             2.
             
          
           
             *
             Speculum
             Jesui●…
             .
             p
             210.
             see
             Romes
             Master-piece
             .
             &
             〈◊〉
             Doom
             ,
             p.
             435.
             &c.
             
             Hidden
             
               Work
               o●…
               Da●…ness
            
             88
             ,
             144.
             
          
           
             Mercure
             Jesuit
             ,
             to●…
             1.
             p.
             67.
             
             Speculum
             J●…suiticum
             p
             156
             
          
           
             See
             
               ●…ewis
               Owen
            
             his
             running
             Register
             ,
             &
             his
             Jesuited
             Loo●…
             glasse
             The
             〈◊〉
             of
             the
             English
             Nunnery
             at
             Lisbon
             .
          
           
             g
             De
             Monarchia
             Hispanica
             ,
             p.
             146
             ,
             147
             ,
             148
             ,
             149
             ,
             204
             ,
             234
             ,
             235
             ,
             236
             ,
             185
             ,
             186.
             
          
           
             h
             See
             Tho●…a
             Campan●…
             .
             de
             Monarchia
             Hispan
             .
             watsons
             quodl
             bets
             ,
             Co●…tona
             Post
             huma
             p
             19.
             to
             107.
             
             C●…dinal
             de
             Ossets
             Letters
             Arcana
             Imperii
             Hispanici
             Deiph
             6●…8
             .
             Advice
             a
             tous
             les
             Estat's
             de
             Europe
             ,
             touches
             les
             maxi
             mas
             Fundamentales
             de
             Gvernment
             &
             〈◊〉
             ●…spaginols
             Paris
             16●…5
             .
          
        
         
           Notes for div A56188-e5030
           
             Psal.
             19.
             5.
             
             Psal.
             119.
             118
             ,
             140
             ,
             〈◊〉
             138.
             
          
           
             2
             Tim.
             3.
             16.
             
          
           
             Phil.
             4.
             8.
             
          
           
             Bishop
             Halls
             disswasive
             .
          
           
             Bishop
             Hall.
             
          
           
             Ibid.
             〈◊〉
             .
          
           
             See
             Aen.
             Sylvius
             ,
             Telesphorus
             ,
             Platina
             ,
             and
             Baron
             .
             Annal
             .
          
           
             Bishop
             Hall.
             
          
           
             Bishop
             Hall
             Ibid.
             
          
           
             Bishop
             Hall.
             ibid.
             
          
           
             Ep.
             87.
             
          
           
             Fran.
             S.
             Vic.
             ord
             .
             praed
             .
             sum
             .
             sacr
             .
             art
             .
             184.
             p.
             124.