A sermon preached in Christ's-Church, Dublin, on the 23d. of October, 1698 being the anniversary thanksgiving for putting an end to the Irish Rebellion, which broke out on that day, 1641, before the House of Lords / by Nathanael Lord Bishop of Waterford and Lismore.
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             A sermon preached in Christ's-Church, Dublin, on the 23d. of October, 1698 being the anniversary thanksgiving for putting an end to the Irish Rebellion, which broke out on that day, 1641, before the House of Lords / by Nathanael Lord Bishop of Waterford and Lismore.
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           A
           SERMON
           Preached
           in
           Christ's-Church
           ,
           DUBLIN
           ;
           On
           the
           23d
           .
           of
           October
           ,
           1698.
           
           Being
           the
           Anniversary
           Thanksgiving
           for
           putting
           an
           End
           to
           the
           IRISH
           REBELLION
           ,
           which
           broke
           out
           on
           that
           Day
           ,
           1641.
           
           BEFORE
           THE
           House
           of
           Lords
           .
           By
           NATHANAEL
           Lord
           Bishop
           of
           WATERFORD
           and
           LISMORE
           .
        
         
           DVBLIN
           :
           Printed
           by
           
             Andrew
             Crook
          
           ,
           Printer
           to
           the
           Kings
           Most
           Excellent
           Majesty
           ,
           for
           
             Samuel
             Adey
          
           ,
           Bookbinder
           in
           Copper-Alley
           ;
           and
           are
           to
           be
           sold
           by
           the
           Booksellers
           of
           Dublin
           ,
           1698.
           
        
      
       
         
         
           Monday
           the
           24th
           of
           October
           ,
           1698.
           
           By
           the
           Lords
           Spiritual
           and
           Temporal
           in
           Parliament
           Assembled
           .
        
         
           Ordered
           ,
        
         
           ON
           Motion
           ,
           that
           the
           Lord
           Viscount
           Loftus
           of
           Ely
           ,
           the
           Lord
           Viscount
           Charlemont
           ,
           and
           the
           Lord
           Baron
           of
           Strabane
           ,
           do
           give
           the
           Thanks
           of
           this
           House
           to
           the
           Lord
           Bishop
           of
           Waterford
           ,
           for
           his
           Sermon
           Preached
           at
           Christ's-Church
           Yesterday
           ,
           being
           the
           Anniversary
           of
           the
           Three
           and
           Twentieth
           of
           October
           ;
           And
           that
           his
           Lordship
           be
           desired
           to
           Print
           his
           said
           Sermon
           .
        
         
           
             Jo.
             Smyth
             ,
             
               Cler.
               Parliamentorum
            
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           
             Acts
             ,
             Chap.
             19
             ,
             ver
             .
             28.
             
          
           
             And
             when
             they
             heard
             
               these
               Sayings
            
             ,
             they
             were
             full
             of
             Wrath
             ,
             and
             cryed
             out
             ,
             saying
             ,
             Great
             is
             Diana
             of
             the
             Ephesians
             .
          
        
         
           THAT
           Ephesus
           was
           the
           Metropolis
           of
           the
           Lesser
           Asia
           ,
           and
           one
           of
           the
           most
           Celebrated
           
             Mart
             Towns
          
           of
           all
           the
           East
           ,
           seated
           on
           the
           Shore
           of
           the
           Archipelago
           ,
           renown'd
           for
           its
           Riches
           and
           Antiquity
           ,
           as
           having
           been
           founded
           (
           as
           't
           is
           said
           by
           many
           of
           the
           Ancients
           )
           by
           the
           Amazons
           ,
           not
           long
           after
           the
           Trojan
           War
           ;
           but
           for
           nothing
           more
           Famous
           than
           the
           Worship
           of
           the
           Great
           Goddess
           DIANA
           ,
           with
           her
           
             Image
             which
             fell
             down
          
           
           
             from
             Jupiter
          
           (
           as
           't
           was
           Superstitiously
           believ'd
           )
           and
           the
           Incredible
           Structure
           of
           her
           Temple
           ,
           as
           having
           from
           time
           ,
           to
           time
           ,
           been
           no
           less
           than
           Two
           hundred
           and
           twenty
           Years
           a
           Building
           ,
           at
           the
           general
           Charges
           of
           the
           whole
           Province
           ;
           and
           for
           that
           Reason
           ,
           call'd
           by
           
             Pliny
             ,
             Admiratio
             Graecae
             Magnificentiae
             ,
             The
             Wonder
             or
             Astonishment
             of
             the
             Greek
             Magnificence
             ,
          
           and
           ever
           reputed
           One
           of
           the
           Seaven
           Wonders
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           is
           unknown
           to
           none
           who
           are
           any
           thing
           conversant
           in
           
             Heathen
             Story
          
           .
        
         
         
           To
           this
           City
           ,
           Proud
           and
           Insolent
           ;
           to
           the
           highest
           Degree
           Superstitious
           ,
           and
           Idolatrous
           ,
           and
           hugely
           addicted
           to
           the
           Study
           of
           Magical
           or
           Infernal
           Arts
           ,
           St.
           Paul
           in
           his
           Apostolical
           Travels
           ,
           about
           Fifty
           two
           Years
           after
           our
           
           Lord's
           Birth
           ,
           comes
           to
           Found
           ,
           or
           rather
           
             Establish
             a
             Christian
          
           Church
           ;
           The
           Rudiments
           of
           which
           seem
           to
           have
           been
           Imperfectly
           laid
           ,
           in
           the
           Chapter
           before
           :
           And
           
           here
           he
           continues
           
             by
             the
             space
             of
             Two
             Years
             Baptizing
             ,
             Disputing
             ,
             and
             Working
             Miracles
          
           of
           all
           sorts
           ,
           not
           only
           when
           personally
           present
           ,
           but
           by
           Touching
           the
           Handkerchiefs
           ,
           or
           
           Aprons
           of
           such
           as
           were
           Sick
           ,
           or
           Possess'd
           ;
           so
           that
           
             the
             Diseases
             departed
             from
             them
             ,
             and
             the
             Evil
             Spirits
             went
             out
             of
             them
             .
          
        
         
           Upon
           this
           ,
           certain
           Vagabond
           Jews
           ,
           Exorcists
           ,
           or
           Conjurers
           ,
           who
           had
           improv'd
           themselves
           in
           these
           Arts
           of
           Magick
           and
           Incantation
           ,
           whilst
           they
           were
           at
           Ephesus
           (
           as
           being
           a
           City
           particularly
           under
           the
           Jurisdiction
           of
           the
           Devil
           )
           perceiving
           how
           that
           no
           sooner
           St.
           Paul
           call'd
           upon
           the
           Name
           of
           the
           Lord
           Jesus
           ,
           but
           the
           Evil
           Spirits
           flew
           like
           Lightning
           from
           the
           Bodies
           of
           Demoniacks
           ;
           they
           thought
           to
           do
           the
           like
           ;
           and
           the
           Experiment
           being
           made
           by
           no
           less
           than
           
             seaven
             Sons
             of
             one
          
           SCeva
           
             a
             Jew
          
           (
           not
           being
           willing
           it
           seems
           to
           trust
           themselves
           singly
           )
           all
           Students
           of
           the
           Black
           Art
           ,
           in
           this
           Form
           of
           Words
           ;
           
             We
             adjure
             you
          
           
           
             by
             Jesus
             whom
             Paul
             Preacheth
          
           ,
           i.
           e.
           
             to
             depart
             :
             The
             Evil
             Spirit
             answer'd
             and
             said
             ,
             Jesus
             we
             know
             ,
             and
             Paul
             we
             know
             ,
             but
             who
             are
             ye
             ?
             And
             the
             man
             in
             whom
             the
             Evil
             Spirit
             was
             ,
             leaped
             on
             them
             ,
             and
             overcame
             them
             ,
             and
             prevailed
             against
             them
             ,
             so
             that
             they
             fled
             out
             of
             that
             house
             naked
             and
             wounded
             .
          
        
         
           So
           Remarkable
           an
           Occurrence
           as
           this
           could
           not
           but
           be
           soon
           Noised
           abroad
           in
           so
           Populous
           and
           Inquisitive
           a
           City
           ;
           and
           the
           event
           was
           answerable
           ;
           
             For
             ,
             Fear
             fell
             on
             all
          
           dwelling
           at
           Ephesus
           ,
           both
           Jews
           and
           Greeks
           ;
           
             and
             the
          
           
           
             Name
             of
             the
             Lord
             Jesus
             was
             magnified
             .
             And
             many
             that
             believed
             came
             and
             confessed
             and
             shewed
             their
             deeds
             .
          
           And
           in
           
           farther
           token
           of
           the
           reallity
           of
           their
           Conversion
           ,
           and
           utter
           Abhorrence
           of
           their
           former
           Life
           ;
           many
           of
           them
           who
           had
           practised
           these
           Magick
           Arts
           ,
           of
           their
           own
           accord
           ,
           brought
           their
           Books
           ,
           and
           burn'd
           them
           publickly
           ;
           which
           ,
           had
           they
           been
           sold
           ,
           would
           have
           yeilded
           no
           less
           than
           
             Fifty
             thousand
             pieces
             of
             Silver
             .
             So
             mightily
             grew
             the
             Word
             of
             God
             and
             prevailed
             .
          
        
         
           But
           Demetrius
           ,
           a
           crafty
           Trades-man
           ,
           and
           Master
           of
           the
           Corporation
           of
           Silver-Smiths
           ,
           who
           made
           Silver
           Shrines
           for
           Diana
           ,
           or
           little
           Temples
           with
           her
           Image
           in
           them
           ,
           and
           had
           all
           this
           time
           been
           a
           Spy
           on
           the
           Words
           and
           Actions
           of
           St.
           Paul
           ,
           finding
           that
           his
           Religion
           and
           Fortune
           were
           both
           at
           stake
           ,
           and
           would
           certainly
           be
           lost
           ,
           were
           not
           some
           timely
           stop
           put
           to
           his
           Preaching
           ,
           and
           Miracles
           ;
           he
           calls
           together
           the
           Workmen
           of
           like
           Occupation
           ,
           and
           in
           a
           Riotous
           Assembly
           (
           for
           Trades-men
           are
           no
           proper
           Reformers
           )
           he
           tells
           them
           ,
        
         
           There
           was
           one
           Paul
           who
           had
           not
           only
           at
           Ephesus
           ,
           but
           
           throughout
           all
           Asia
           ,
           perverted
           much
           People
           ;
           Broaching
           a
           most
           Unreasonable
           and
           Heretical
           Doctrine
           ;
           That
           they
           be
           no
           Gods
           ,
           which
           are
           made
           with
           Hands
           ;
           That
           the
           Divinity
           of
           the
           Great
           Goddess
           Diana
           ,
           had
           been
           Universally
           Acknowledg'd
           by
           all
           Mankind
           ,
           and
           that
           her
           Worship
           had
           been
           Establish'd
           upon
           the
           Universal
           Consent
           ,
           and
           Practice
           of
           all
           Nations
           ,
           whom
           not
           only
           
             all
             Asia
             ,
             but
          
           the
           World
           Worship'd
           .
           But
           if
           what
           Paul
           said
           was
           true
           ,
           both
           the
           Temple
           ,
           and
           the
           Goddess
           would
           soon
           be
           despised
           ,
           and
           her
           Magnificence
           destroy'd
           .
        
         
           This
           ,
           had
           he
           said
           no
           more
           ,
           must
           be
           acknowledg'd
           to
           have
           been
           a
           good
           sort
           of
           Metaphysical
           Argument
           ;
           but
           Demetrius
           knowing
           that
           Trades-mens
           heads
           lie
           not
           much
           that
           way
           ,
           was
           too
           wise
           to
           venture
           the
           Worship
           of
           his
           Goddess
           ,
           and
           along
           with
           it
           his
           All
           ,
           upon
           such
           a
           nice
           Speculation
           ,
           and
           therefore
           to
           make
           Sure
           work
           of
           it
           ,
           he
           
           first
           prepares
           the
           way
           by
           a
           right
           faithful
           Argument
           ,
           which
           he
           knew
           ,
           amongst
           such
           Auditors
           ,
           would
           never
           fail
           him
           ;
           
             Sirs
             ,
             Ye
             know
             that
             by
             this
             Craft
             we
             have
             our
             wealth
             ,
             which
             now
             is
             in
             danger
             to
             be
             set
             at
             nought
             .
             And
             when
             they
             heard
             these
             sayings
             ,
             they
             were
             full
             of
             wrath
             ,
             and
             cryed
             out
             saying
             ,
             Great
             is
             Diana
             of
             the
             Ephesians
             ,
          
           the
           Uproar
           continuing
           ,
           
             about
             two
             hours
          
           ,
           the
           Beasts
           of
           Ephesus
           all
           that
           time
           bellowing
           nothing
           out
           ,
           but
           
             Great
             is
             Diana
             of
             the
             Ephesians
             ,
             Great
             is
             ,
          
           &c.
           
        
         
           So
           that
           the
           Words
           are
           a
           perfect
           Inference
           from
           a
           heap
           of
           Arguments
           which
           went
           before
           ;
           Demetrius
           .
           Argues
           stiffly
           for
           his
           Goddess
           ,
           the
           People
           repeat
           his
           Arguments
           ,
           and
           infer
           the
           Conclusion
           .
           Doth
           Paul
           say
           
             they
             be
             no
             Gods
             which
             are
             made
             with
             hands
             ,
          
           and
           is
           the
           Ruine
           of
           our
           Goddess
           involv'd
           in
           this
           single
           Assertion
           ?
           Has
           her
           Divinity
           been
           Acknowledg'd
           and
           Ador'd
           by
           all
           Nations
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           Romans
           themselves
           ,
           receiv'd
           into
           the
           number
           of
           the
           
             Deae
             Majorum
             Gentium
          
           ,
           and
           is
           our
           whole
           Fraternity
           supported
           by
           her
           ,
           and
           do
           we
           and
           she
           fall
           together
           ?
           Why
           then
           ,
           
             Great
             is
             Diana
             of
             the
             Ephesians
             .
          
        
         
           From
           the
           Words
           thus
           knit
           together
           ,
           we
           have
           these
           Three
           very
           Observables
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           That
           there
           is
           no
           Evidence
           of
           Sense
           ,
           Reason
           ,
           or
           
           in
           consequent
           thereto
           ,
           Scripture
           ,
           so
           plain
           and
           undoubted
           ,
           against
           which
           Education
           ,
           and
           Interest
           are
           not
           of
           force
           enough
           to
           byass
           and
           carry
           the
           Judgment
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           The
           exact
           Harmony
           ,
           or
           Agreement
           betwixt
           
           the
           Religion
           of
           the
           Heathens
           ,
           and
           that
           of
           the
           Romish
           Church
           at
           this
           day
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           The
           wonderful
           Force
           of
           a
           misguided
           ,
           or
           ill-grounded
           
           Zeal
           ,
           which
           usually
           is
           fiercer
           ,
           and
           more
           impetuous
           than
           a
           true
           one
           .
        
         
         
           First
           ,
           There
           is
           no
           Evidence
           of
           Sense
           ,
           Reason
           ,
           &c.
           
           Of
           the
           truth
           of
           which
           ,
        
         
           First
           .
           The
           whole
           Heathen
           World
           is
           an
           undeniable
           Evidence
           ,
           who
           before
           the
           coming
           of
           Our
           Blessed
           Lord
           ,
           were
           sunk
           ,
           and
           degenerated
           into
           such
           gross
           sottish
           Opinions
           and
           Practices
           relating
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           Humane
           Nature
           ,
           as
           were
           altogether
           inconsistent
           with
           either
           ,
           and
           did
           thereupon
           Impair
           and
           Endanger
           the
           whole
           Law
           of
           Nature
           ,
           which
           as
           to
           the
           Moral
           World
           ,
           is
           no
           other
           than
           a
           System
           of
           Opinions
           and
           Practices
           appertaining
           to
           God
           ,
           our selves
           ,
           and
           one
           another
           .
           But
           to
           keep
           to
           the
           particular
           instance
           in
           the
           Text
           ;
           what
           can
           be
           more
           evident
           to
           Sense
           and
           Reason
           ,
           than
           that
           the
           Goddess
           the
           Silver-Smith
           made
           ,
           did
           not
           make
           the
           Silver-Smith
           ?
           Notwithstanding
           which
           ,
           and
           tho'
           the
           whole
           Corporation
           of
           Silver-Smiths
           got
           their
           Livelihood
           by
           doing
           Work
           about
           her
           ;
           nay
           tho'
           perhaps
           these
           very
           individual
           men
           had
           mended
           ,
           or
           adorn'd
           her
           Goddesship
           ,
           when
           Ruinous
           or
           Rusty
           ;
           yet
           Saint
           Paul
           must
           be
           exclaim'd
           against
           ,
           and
           brought
           in
           danger
           of
           his
           Life
           ,
           for
           saying
           ,
           
             They
             are
             no
             Gods
             which
             are
             made
             with
             Hands
             .
          
           To
           this
           may
           be
           added
           ,
           that
           inhumane
           Practice
           which
           did
           of
           Old
           ,
           and
           doth
           at
           this
           time
           prevail
           amongst
           some
           Heathen
           Nations
           ,
           of
           Sacrificing
           the
           Wife
           ,
           the
           dearest
           Friends
           ,
           and
           most
           faithful
           Servants
           ,
           at
           the
           Funerals
           of
           their
           several
           Relations
           .
           And
           what
           renders
           this
           Practice
           more
           wonderful
           ,
           is
           ,
           there
           is
           nothing
           of
           Interest
           in
           it
           ,
           beyond
           the
           avoiding
           Shame
           and
           Disgrace
           ,
           which
           by
           long
           Use
           and
           Practice
           ,
           is
           clearly
           of
           their
           own
           making
           .
           The
           like
           may
           be
           said
           ,
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           Of
           the
           Jewish
           Church
           ,
           which
           would
           not
           believe
           that
           Jesus
           of
           Nazareth
           was
           the
           Saviour
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           but
           Crucified
           him
           as
           a
           Malefactor
           ,
           tho'
           the
           Prophecies
           of
           the
           Old
           Testament
           foretelling
           him
           to
           come
           ,
           joyn'd
           to
           ,
           and
           explained
           by
           the
           History
           of
           Our
           Lord's
           
           Life
           and
           Death
           ,
           did
           so
           plainly
           Describe
           ,
           and
           Point
           out
           his
           Person
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           not
           possible
           any
           thing
           to
           a
           Nation
           which
           acknowledg'd
           the
           Divine
           Original
           of
           them
           ,
           as
           the
           Jews
           did
           ,
           should
           be
           more
           Evident
           to
           Reason
           ,
           or
           more
           Convictive
           of
           the
           Judgment
           .
           And
           yet
           alass
           ,
           all
           these
           signified
           no
           more
           ,
           against
           the
           Education
           and
           Principles
           which
           then
           prevail'd
           ,
           by
           which
           they
           were
           taught
           to
           expect
           a
           Temporal
           Messias
           ,
           nor
           against
           the
           sensual
           Interest
           ,
           and
           worldly
           Grandure
           of
           that
           Church
           ,
           than
           Bullets
           shot
           against
           a
           Marble
           stone
           .
        
         
           Nay
           ,
           when
           these
           forcible
           Weapons
           were
           afterwards
           manag'd
           by
           an
           Omnipotent
           Arm
           ,
           and
           received
           an
           Additional
           Strength
           ,
           and
           a
           New
           Edge
           ,
           by
           the
           Accession
           of
           the
           Miracle
           of
           the
           Resurrection
           ,
           yet
           made
           they
           little
           or
           no
           Impression
           on
           the
           Jewish
           Church
           ,
           but
           a
           very
           Fatal
           one
           upon
           the
           Publican
           ,
           and
           Fishermen
           ,
           with
           their
           Followers
           ,
           who
           were
           the
           Preachers
           of
           that
           Divine
           Doctrine
           .
           Of
           all
           which
           Our
           Lord
           has
           given
           a
           most
           Wise
           profound
           Reason
           .
           
             How
             can
             ye
             Believe
             ,
             that
             receive
             Honour
             of
             Men
             ?
          
           That
           is
           ,
           't
           is
           Morally
           impossible
           ye
           should
           .
           But
           beyond
           these
           ,
           and
           all
           other
           instances
           in
           the
           World
           put
           together
           ,
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           The
           
             Romish
             Church
          
           is
           the
           fullest
           proof
           how
           much
           it
           is
           within
           the
           Power
           of
           Interest
           and
           Education
           ,
           to
           warp
           the
           Judgment
           against
           the
           clearest
           Evidence
           of
           Sense
           ,
           Reason
           ,
           and
           Scripture
           .
           Of
           a
           great
           heap
           of
           Opinions
           ,
           to
           single
           out
           but
           a
           few
           .
        
         
           What
           can
           be
           more
           against
           the
           clear
           Evidence
           of
           Scripture
           ,
           than
           half
           Communion
           ?
           What
           more
           against
           Sense
           and
           Reason
           ,
           than
           that
           Popes
           ,
           and
           Councils
           ,
           who
           for
           these
           many
           years
           have
           been
           doing
           little
           ,
           but
           contradicting
           not
           only
           one
           another
           ,
           but
           themselves
           ,
           should
           set
           up
           for
           Infallibility
           ?
           Reason
           tells
           they
           may
           be
           deceiv'd
           ,
           Sense
           and
           Experience
           tell
           that
           they
           are
           so
           ,
           and
           they
           
           have
           not
           yet
           been
           able
           to
           urge
           the
           least
           plausible
           Argument
           ,
           to
           prove
           their
           Exemption
           from
           the
           common
           calamity
           of
           Humane
           Nature
           .
           What
           more
           against
           the
           common
           Reason
           of
           Mankind
           ,
           and
           the
           Evidence
           of
           Scripture
           ,
           than
           ,
           that
           since
           Prayer
           is
           a
           lifting
           up
           of
           the
           Heart
           to
           God
           ,
           giving
           Thanks
           for
           what
           we
           have
           receiv'd
           ,
           and
           imploring
           what
           we
           need
           ,
           men
           should
           not
           be
           permitted
           to
           pray
           to
           God
           in
           a
           Tongue
           they
           understand
           ?
        
         
           Or
           what
           more
           against
           the
           Evidence
           of
           Sense
           ,
           Reason
           ,
           and
           Scripture
           ,
           than
           the
           Monstrous
           Doctrine
           of
           Transubstantiation
           ?
           Which
           to
           go
           about
           to
           confute
           ,
           would
           be
           to
           abuse
           the
           Auditory
           .
           A
           Doctrine
           ,
           which
           if
           any
           thing
           in
           Sense
           ,
           Reason
           ,
           or
           Scripture
           be
           true
           ,
           is
           certainly
           false
           .
           A
           Doctrine
           which
           as
           one
           has
           most
           ingeniously
           observ'd
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           true
           ;
           't
           is
           the
           most
           ill
           natur'd
           truth
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           for
           't
           will
           permit
           nothing
           else
           to
           be
           true
           besides
           it self
           .
           A
           and
           Lastly
           a
           Doctrine
           ,
           in
           favour
           of
           which
           were
           a
           Miracle
           wrought
           ,
           it
           could
           not
           prove
           it
           true
           ,
           in
           as
           much
           as
           after
           such
           a
           Miracle
           wrought
           ,
           we
           should
           have
           the
           same
           Reason
           to
           believe
           the
           Doctrine
           to
           be
           false
           ,
           that
           we
           had
           to
           believe
           the
           Miracle
           was
           true
           .
        
         
           And
           yet
           to
           the
           Eternal
           Disgrace
           of
           the
           
             Romish
             Church
          
           ,
           they
           have
           laid
           the
           greatest
           Wits
           of
           Europe
           ,
           both
           of
           our
           Church
           ,
           and
           their
           own
           ,
           under
           an
           absolute
           necessity
           of
           spending
           the
           Flower
           of
           their
           Years
           ,
           and
           the
           Strength
           of
           their
           Parts
           ,
           in
           Reading
           and
           Writing
           great
           Volumes
           ,
           for
           ,
           and
           against
           this
           portentous
           Doctrine
           ;
           tho'
           after
           all
           their
           Labours
           and
           Study
           ,
           they
           can
           arrive
           to
           no
           more
           knowledge
           in
           the
           whole
           matter
           ,
           than
           what
           every
           Child
           of
           Six
           years
           of
           Age
           has
           ;
           viz.
           To
           know
           that
           Bread
           is
           Bread.
           Thus
           much
           Interest
           ,
           and
           Education
           ,
           is
           able
           to
           do
           against
           the
           strongest
           ,
           and
           most
           uncontested
           Evidence
           ;
           of
           the
           latter
           of
           which
           I
           think
           the
           World
           has
           not
           a
           fuller
           proof
           than
           the
           gross
           body
           of
           this
           Nation
           
           in
           which
           we
           live
           affords
           us
           ,
           who
           have
           not
           the
           least
           imaginable
           shadow
           of
           Reason
           ,
           why
           they
           are
           rather
           Papists
           ,
           than
           Protestants
           ,
           but
           that
           't
           was
           the
           Religion
           their
           Fathers
           profest
           before
           them
           ;
           pleading
           nothing
           in
           their
           Defence
           ,
           but
           this
           ,
           as
           't
           is
           notoriously
           known
           to
           all
           who
           converse
           with
           them
           .
           And
           now
           't
           were
           to
           be
           wisht
           these
           were
           all
           that
           are
           concerned
           in
           this
           imputation
           :
           but
        
         
           Fourthly
           ,
           Every
           Sect
           or
           Sept
           ,
           has
           a
           share
           in
           it
           more
           or
           less
           ,
           as
           't
           were
           easie
           to
           instance
           in
           the
           several
           Factions
           which
           of
           late
           years
           have
           prevail'd
           amongst
           us
           ,
           well
           nigh
           to
           the
           utter
           desolation
           of
           one
           of
           the
           most
           Flourishing
           Kingdoms
           ,
           and
           Apostolick
           Churches
           in
           the
           World
           ;
           whose
           Wounds
           are
           yet
           Green
           and
           Gaping
           ;
           so
           that
           the
           Romish
           Church
           is
           more
           Catholick
           than
           we
           Protestants
           think
           of
           ;
           extending
           it self
           not
           only
           to
           Rome
           ,
           and
           other
           Places
           subject
           to
           the
           Papal
           Power
           ,
           but
           to
           Geneva
           likewise
           ,
           and
           those
           who
           value
           themselves
           most
           for
           having
           no
           Communion
           with
           her
           .
           I
           say
           't
           were
           easie
           to
           instance
           in
           the
           Opinions
           and
           Practices
           ,
           but
           I
           forbear
           ;
           this
           being
           a
           day
           hallow'd
           by
           the
           Blood
           of
           many
           thousand
           Innocents
           to
           the
           Romish
           Church
           ,
           and
           upon
           that
           account
           ,
           't
           is
           great
           pity
           but
           it
           should
           be
           all
           their
           own
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           The
           exact
           Harmony
           ,
           or
           Agreement
           betwixt
           the
           Religion
           of
           the
           Heathens
           ,
           and
           that
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           .
           And
           now
           we
           are
           Engag'd
           in
           a
           Sea
           of
           Matter
           ,
           where
           Plenty
           makes
           it
           difficult
           to
           choose
           ,
           and
           time
           will
           not
           permit
           to
           insist
           on
           all
           that
           offers
           .
           But
           I
           discourse
           before
           an
           Auditory
           that
           knows
           how
           to
           supply
           Defects
           ,
           and
           to
           go
           before
           the
           Preacher
           ;
           and
           truly
           't
           is
           well
           it
           is
           so
           ,
           since
           't
           is
           the
           great
           Unhappiness
           of
           Discourses
           of
           this
           kind
           ,
           that
           being
           measur'd
           by
           a
           short
           scantling
           of
           time
           ,
           nothing
           can
           be
           handled
           as
           it
           ought
           to
           be
           .
           And
           therefore
           to
           lay
           the
           Proof
           of
           this
           Doctrinal
           Observation
           in
           these
           following
           particulars
           only
           ;
           some
           of
           which
           I
           shall
           mention
           rather
           
           than
           insist
           on
           .
           The
           exact
           Harmony
           and
           Agreement
           betwixt
           both
           Religions
           .
        
         
           I.
           As
           to
           the
           sottish
           Idolatrous
           Worship
           of
           both
           .
        
         
           II.
           As
           to
           the
           Arguments
           upon
           the
           strength
           of
           which
           ,
           both
           Religions
           have
           been
           received
           .
        
         
           III.
           As
           to
           the
           same
           Ends
           ,
           for
           the
           Promotion
           of
           which
           ,
           both
           are
           continued
           .
        
         
           IV.
           As
           to
           the
           same
           Methods
           of
           Propagation
           ;
           Artifices
           of
           Imposture
           to
           prevail
           over
           the
           Weak
           and
           Simple
           ;
           and
           Practices
           of
           Blood
           ,
           and
           Cruelty
           over
           the
           more
           Understanding
           and
           Resolute
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           Assigning
           of
           which
           particulars
           of
           Agreement
           ,
           we
           have
           not
           ransackt
           the
           Body
           of
           the
           Heathen
           ,
           and
           Romish
           Religion
           ,
           (
           which
           would
           furnish
           us
           with
           many
           more
           ,
           )
           but
           have
           kept
           our selves
           strictly
           to
           the
           Letter
           of
           the
           Text
           ;
           all
           these
           being
           formally
           contain'd
           in
           the
           Words
           we
           have
           read
           to
           you
           ,
           as
           will
           even
           now
           appear
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           As
           to
           the
           Sottish
           Idolatry
           of
           both
           ,
           in
           the
           Worship
           of
           Images
           :
           For
           what
           can
           be
           more
           Sottish
           than
           it
           ?
           
             Since
             they
             are
             but
             Silver
             and
             Gold
             ,
             and
             the
             work
             of
             mens
          
           
           
             Hands
             .
             They
             have
             Mouths
             but
             they
             speak
             not
             ,
             Eyes
             have
             they
             but
             see
             not
             .
             They
             have
             Ears
             but
             they
             hear
             not
             ,
             neither
             is
             there
             any
             Breath
             in
             their
             Mouths
             .
             They
             that
             make
             them
             ,
             are
             like
             unto
             them
             ,
             so
             is
             every
             one
             that
             trusteth
             in
             them
             .
          
           And
           they
           that
           make
           them
           ,
           and
           put
           their
           trust
           in
           them
           ,
           are
           the
           Heathen
           ,
           and
           Romish
           Church
           .
        
         
           The
           Trade
           of
           making
           Images
           is
           not
           less
           gainful
           to
           the
           Romish
           Church
           ,
           than
           't
           was
           to
           Demetrius
           and
           his
           fellow
           Crafts-men
           ,
           or
           rather
           much
           more
           ;
           for
           amongst
           the
           Heathens
           one
           Houshold
           God
           many
           times
           serv'd
           a
           whole
           Family
           ,
           
           but
           now
           each
           single
           person
           abounds
           with
           great
           variety
           of
           Images
           ,
           and
           the
           Worship
           that
           is
           paid
           to
           them
           ,
           by
           both
           ,
           is
           the
           same
           ;
           nor
           can
           any
           thing
           be
           said
           in
           the
           Defence
           of
           the
           one
           which
           may
           not
           reasonably
           be
           urg'd
           in
           the
           Defence
           of
           the
           other
           .
           If
           St.
           Paul
           had
           been
           a
           Roman
           Catholick
           ,
           (
           as
           they
           of
           that
           Church
           tell
           us
           he
           undoubtedly
           was
           )
           and
           had
           come
           to
           a
           personal
           Debate
           with
           Demetrius
           ,
           touching
           the
           Worship
           of
           Images
           and
           departed
           Souls
           ;
           with
           what
           Fore-head
           do
           we
           think
           he
           could
           have
           Objected
           Idolatry
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           his
           Companions
           ;
           or
           if
           he
           had
           been
           so
           unreasonable
           ,
           do
           we
           think
           Demetrius
           would
           not
           have
           been
           as
           ready
           with
           his
           Dulia
           and
           Hyperdulia
           ,
           his
           Terminatively
           and
           Transitively
           ,
           wherewith
           the
           Romanists
           incrustate
           their
           Idolatry
           as
           they
           themselves
           are
           .
        
         
           Where
           Saints
           themselves
           are
           not
           Worship'd
           ,
           there
           their
           Images
           are
           not
           ;
           and
           we
           have
           the
           Confession
           of
           Cardinal
           Perron
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           earlier
           Ages
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           Saints
           were
           not
           invok'd
           ,
           for
           which
           he
           gives
           this
           Reason
           ;
           for
           fear
           the
           Heathens
           might
           Judge
           the
           Christians
           were
           Guilty
           of
           Idolatry
           :
           An
           ingenuous
           Confession
           ,
           how
           like
           the
           one
           is
           to
           the
           other
           .
        
         
           And
           one
           would
           think
           this
           Charge
           against
           them
           ,
           of
           Symbolizing
           with
           the
           Heathens
           in
           their
           Image
           Worship
           ,
           is
           not
           very
           unacceptable
           to
           them
           ;
           for
           a
           Jesuite
           who
           has
           
           Written
           Large
           and
           Learned
           Commentaries
           on
           the
           Bible
           ,
           and
           this
           Chapter
           ,
           tells
           us
           ;
           that
           these
           Shrines
           were
           little
           Chappels
           ,
           or
           Images
           of
           Silver
           ,
           made
           in
           Imitation
           of
           the
           greater
           Temple
           of
           Diana
           ,
           in
           ,
           or
           upon
           which
           ,
           was
           the
           Image
           of
           Diana
           ,
           and
           these
           ,
           they
           either
           offer'd
           to
           Diana
           in
           her
           Temple
           ,
           or
           wore
           about
           their
           Necks
           ,
           or
           in
           their
           Caps
           ,
           and
           Cloaths
           ,
           as
           our
           Pilgrims
           do
           the
           Image
           of
           the
           Blessed
           Virgin
           of
           Loretto
           .
           Another
           authentick
           Testimony
           how
           nearly
           they
           Symbolize
           with
           the
           Papists
           ,
           in
           their
           Worship
           .
        
         
         
           Nay
           ,
           the
           Jesuite
           goes
           yet
           a
           pitch
           higher
           ,
           for
           he
           contends
           stifly
           with
           the
           Heathens
           for
           Diana
           her self
           ;
           saying
           ,
           that
           their
           Diana
           (
           meaning
           the
           Heathen
           )
           was
           False
           ,
           and
           Supposititious
           ,
           but
           the
           true
           Christian
           Diana
           ,
           was
           the
           Blessed
           Virgin
           
             Mary
             ,
             (
             risum
             teneatis
          
           )
           which
           he
           endeavours
           to
           prove
           in
           Six
           particulars
           ,
           three
           whereof
           I
           shall
           lay
           before
           you
           .
        
         
           The
           Heathen
           Diana
           was
           the
           Daughter
           of
           Jupiter
           and
           Latona
           ,
           but
           Blessed
           Mary
           is
           the
           Daughter
           of
           the
           Eternal
           Father
           ,
           who
           has
           brought
           light
           to
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           shews
           the
           way
           to
           Heaven
           .
           Again
           ,
           in
           the
           Temple
           of
           the
           Heathen
           Diana
           ,
           Kings
           us'd
           to
           lay
           up
           their
           most
           precious
           Treasures
           ,
           which
           no
           Enemy
           when
           they
           Sack'd
           and
           Plunder'd
           a
           City
           ,
           would
           be
           so
           prophane
           as
           to
           touch
           ;
           but
           Mary
           is
           the
           faithful
           Preservatrix
           of
           Vertue
           and
           Safety
           ,
           so
           that
           't
           is
           impossible
           for
           him
           to
           perish
           ,
           who
           doth
           but
           diligently
           commit
           himself
           ,
           and
           his
           Goods
           to
           her
           Care
           and
           Protection
           ;
           as
           the
           common
           experience
           of
           every
           one
           shews
           .
           And
           lastly
           ,
           the
           Heathen
           Diana
           had
           many
           Breasts
           ,
           as
           being
           the
           Nurse
           of
           all
           living
           Creatures
           ;
           but
           Mary
           is
           the
           second
           Eve
           ,
           the
           Mother
           of
           all
           living
           ,
           who
           gives
           the
           Milk
           of
           Grace
           and
           Consolation
           ,
           to
           all
           that
           Worship
           her
           ;
           which
           things
           are
           little
           less
           than
           Blasphemy
           ;
           but
           I
           forbear
           to
           insist
           upon
           these
           Follies
           .
        
         
           To
           conclude
           ,
           whatever
           Cob-web
           distinctions
           may
           be
           
           Invented
           (
           which
           Wise
           men
           see
           through
           ,
           and
           Fools
           are
           consounded
           with
           )
           to
           Palliate
           their
           Image
           Worship
           ,
           if
           the
           Eucharistical
           Bread
           be
           not
           turn'd
           into
           the
           Body
           of
           the
           Son
           of
           God
           ,
           some
           of
           their
           own
           Writers
           acknowledge
           ,
           nothing
           can
           defend
           the
           Worship
           of
           the
           Host
           ,
           against
           the
           imputation
           of
           the
           most
           sottish
           ,
           unaccountable
           Idolatry
           the
           World
           ;
           much
           worse
           than
           that
           of
           the
           Heathens
           :
           one
           of
           whom
           ,
           and
           he
           no
           mean
           one
           neither
           ,
           
             Cicero
             de
             Nat.
             Deorum
          
           ,
           speaking
           of
           Ceres
           ,
           by
           which
           Bread
           Corn
           was
           denoted
           ,
           says
           ,
           Do
           you
           think
           we
           are
           so
           senseless
           to
           believe
           
           that
           we
           eat
           to
           be
           God
           ?
           A
           Sareasme
           (
           would
           but
           the
           time
           ,
           and
           Religion
           of
           the
           man
           admit
           )
           one
           would
           say
           was
           design'd
           on
           purpose
           for
           the
           Romish
           Church
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           As
           to
           the
           Arguments
           upon
           the
           strength
           of
           which
           both
           Religions
           have
           been
           receiv'd
           ;
           Universality
           ,
           and
           Antiquity
           ;
           Diana
           
             whom
             all
          
           Asia
           ,
           and
           the
           World
           
           Worshippeth
           ,
           and
           whose
           
             Image
             fell
             down
             from
          
           Jupiter
           .
        
         
           Touching
           the
           former
           of
           which
           ,
           Universality
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           observable
           ,
           that
           were
           the
           matter
           of
           Fact
           true
           ,
           as
           to
           both
           Churches
           ,
           as
           't
           is
           certainly
           false
           ,
           it
           would
           conclude
           nothing
           for
           either
           ,
           since
           Error
           is
           many
           times
           more
           spreading
           than
           Truth
           ;
           so
           is
           it
           likewise
           ,
           that
           the
           Heathens
           pretentions
           to
           Universality
           are
           much
           better
           grounded
           ,
           than
           the
           Romanists
           ,
           it
           being
           well
           nigh
           litterally
           true
           what
           Demetrius
           said
           of
           
             Diana
             ,
             that
             all
          
           Asia
           ,
           
             and
             the
             World
             Worship'd
             her
          
           .
           But
           for
           the
           Romish
           Church
           to
           call
           themselves
           the
           Catholick
           Church
           ,
           when
           there
           are
           so
           many
           Churches
           besides
           themselves
           ,
           is
           just
           such
           a
           piece
           of
           Nonsense
           ,
           or
           rather
           contradiction
           ,
           as
           to
           say
           the
           half
           is
           the
           whole
           ;
           an
           Error
           which
           as
           it
           is
           of
           the
           greatest
           Magnitude
           ,
           so
           has
           it
           been
           particularly
           deriv'd
           to
           them
           from
           Transubstantiation
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           hugely
           strengthen'd
           by
           it
           ,
           which
           assures
           us
           when
           once
           the
           Bread
           is
           Consecrated
           ,
           every
           Crum
           is
           as
           large
           as
           the
           whole
           Loaf
           ,
           every
           part
           being
           the
           whole
           Body
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           the
           whole
           can
           be
           no
           more
           ;
           and
           if
           this
           be
           true
           ,
           by
           the
           same
           reasoning
           ,
           why
           may
           not
           a
           handful
           of
           Christians
           be
           as
           numerous
           ,
           and
           diffusive
           as
           the
           whole
           Christian
           Church
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           As
           to
           the
           Antiquity
           of
           Diana's
           Worship
           ,
           't
           is
           prov'd
           by
           the
           Town-Clerk
           by
           this
           Argument
           ,
           that
           her
           Image
           fell
           down
           from
           Jupiter
           ,
           i.
           e.
           time
           out
           of
           mind
           ;
           for
           we
           must
           know
           ,
           that
           the
           Scene
           of
           all
           the
           Actions
           of
           the
           Heathen
           Gods
           ,
           and
           Goddesses
           ,
           were
           laid
           at
           a
           vast
           distance
           of
           time
           ,
           so
           that
           there
           was
           nothing
           of
           yesterday
           in
           
           that
           Religion
           ;
           as
           we
           see
           most
           of
           the
           Miracles
           of
           the
           Romish
           Church
           as
           such
           ,
           are
           wisely
           laid
           in
           such
           Times
           ,
           and
           Places
           ,
           as
           no
           one
           can
           enquire
           into
           them
           .
           Now
           touching
           these
           Pretences
           to
           Antiquity
           ,
           these
           Four
           things
           are
           observable
           ,
        
         
           1st
           ,
           That
           the
           Heathen
           ,
           and
           Romish
           Church
           do
           both
           pretend
           to
           them
           alike
           .
        
         
           2dly
           ,
           That
           both
           their
           Pretences
           are
           Ill
           Grounded
           .
        
         
           3dly
           ,
           That
           the
           Heathen
           Church
           bids
           fairer
           for
           it
           than
           the
           Romish
           .
        
         
           4thly
           ,
           That
           both
           the
           one
           Church
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           ,
           do
           alike
           unjustly
           Charge
           their
           Adversaries
           with
           Novelty
           ;
           the
           Heathens
           the
           Christians
           ,
           the
           Papists
           the
           Protestants
           .
        
         
           5thly
           ,
           That
           the
           very
           same
           Answer
           which
           the
           Primitive
           Christians
           return'd
           to
           the
           Heathens
           ,
           when
           charg'd
           with
           Novelty
           ,
           I
           say
           the
           very
           same
           Answer
           we
           Protestants
           return
           to
           the
           Romanists
           now
           .
           All
           which
           ,
           do
           beyond
           measure
           shew
           the
           exact
           agreement
           betwixt
           the
           Heathen
           ,
           and
           the
           Romish
           Religion
           .
           To
           insist
           on
           the
           latter
           only
           ,
           which
           virtually
           comprehends
           the
           rest
           .
        
         
           The
           Jews
           and
           Christians
           were
           by
           the
           Heathens
           call'd
           Up-starts
           ,
           and
           Mushrooms
           ,
           the
           growth
           of
           a
           single
           Night
           ,
           and
           in
           consequent
           thereto
           ,
           't
           was
           said
           their
           Religion
           was
           false
           .
           The
           Substance
           of
           the
           Christians
           Reply
           to
           which
           heavy
           Charge
           was
           ,
           That
           thô
           some
           Errors
           are
           ancienter
           than
           some
           Truths
           ,
           yet
           the
           first
           Truth
           ,
           was
           ancienter
           than
           the
           first
           Error
           .
           That
           God
           is
           the
           Fountain
           of
           Truth
           ,
           and
           before
           all
           Error
           .
           That
           the
           first
           Religion
           in
           the
           World
           was
           that
           which
           Adam
           profess'd
           in
           Paradise
           ;
           That
           
           Adam's
           Innocence
           was
           prior
           to
           his
           fall
           ,
           upon
           which
           ,
           God
           immediately
           Instituted
           the
           Christian
           Religion
           ;
           
             The
             Seed
             of
             the
          
           
           
             Woman
             shall
             break
             the
             Serpent's
             head
          
           ;
           That
           the
           Heathen
           Religion
           ,
           whose
           distinctive
           Character
           was
           Idolatry
           ,
           and
           multiplicity
           of
           Gods
           (
           neither
           of
           which
           were
           heard
           of
           before
           the
           Fall
           )
           grew
           up
           by
           little
           ,
           and
           little
           ,
           after
           Mankind
           had
           departed
           from
           God
           ;
           That
           thô
           all
           men
           fell
           ,
           yet
           some
           part
           of
           Mankind
           did
           Worship
           God
           in
           a
           purer
           ,
           and
           more
           natural
           manner
           than
           another
           ;
           That
           the
           whole
           of
           the
           Heathen
           Religion
           was
           but
           a
           Schismatical
           ,
           Heretical
           Separation
           of
           a
           Wickeder
           part
           of
           Mankind
           ,
           from
           the
           purer
           and
           more
           uncorrupted
           Religion
           ,
           which
           was
           profess'd
           by
           Godly
           Seth
           ,
           and
           the
           Antediluvian
           Patriarchs
           which
           sprang
           from
           his
           Line
           ;
           That
           as
           Adams
           Religion
           before
           the
           Fall
           was
           the
           first
           pure
           natural
           ,
           so
           ,
           the
           Christian
           Religion
           was
           the
           first
           Instituted
           Religion
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           in
           the
           design
           of
           God
           ,
           as
           being
           virtually
           contain'd
           in
           that
           first
           Prophesy
           ,
           
             The
             Seed
             of
             the
             ,
             &c.
          
           which
           is
           not
           look'd
           upon
           as
           a
           different
           Religion
           from
           
           Adam's
           ,
           inasmuch
           as
           Christianity
           is
           no
           other
           than
           a
           Wonderful
           Wise
           Means
           ,
           or
           Dispensation
           of
           God's
           Providence
           ,
           to
           bring
           Humane
           Nature
           back
           again
           from
           whence
           it
           fell
           .
        
         
           And
           do
           not
           we
           now
           ,
           
             mutatis
             mutandis
          
           ,
           make
           the
           very
           same
           reply
           ,
           when
           we
           are
           Recriminated
           in
           point
           of
           Novelty
           by
           the
           Romanists
           ?
           viz.
           That
           the
           Religion
           we
           profess
           is
           the
           True
           Apostolick
           Religion
           ,
           That
           we
           have
           added
           nothing
           new
           to
           it
           ,
           That
           they
           are
           the
           Innovators
           ,
           we
           having
           only
           cast
           off
           the
           Corruptions
           they
           super-induc'd
           ;
           And
           that
           the
           Design
           of
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           ,
           is
           but
           to
           bring
           them
           back
           from
           whence
           they
           have
           departed
           .
           The
           Inference
           from
           all
           which
           is
           ,
           That
           the
           Arguments
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           Errors
           of
           both
           Churches
           ,
           being
           the
           same
           in
           their
           Original
           Formation
           ,
           one
           and
           the
           same
           Answer
           serves
           them
           both
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           The
           Agreement
           is
           great
           ,
           and
           very
           exact
           ,
           as
           to
           the
           same
           Ends
           for
           the
           Promotion
           of
           which
           both
           Religions
           were
           contriv'd
           ,
           and
           afterwards
           maintain'd
           .
           That
           is
           ,
           Sirs
           ,
           
           
             ye
             know
             that
             by
             this
             Craft
             we
             have
             our
             wealth
             ,
          
           which
           now
           (
           by
           St.
           
           Paul's
           Preaching
           )
           
             is
             in
             danger
             to
             be
             set
             at
             naught
             .
          
           And
           certainly
           ,
           if
           ever
           there
           were
           any
           exquisite
           Silver
           Smiths
           ,
           with
           a
           Crafty
           Demetrius
           at
           the
           head
           of
           them
           ,
           besides
           these
           mention'd
           in
           the
           Text
           ,
           they
           are
           the
           Pope
           and
           Clergy
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ;
           most
           of
           their
           Doctrines
           ,
           and
           Practices
           consequent
           thereto
           ,
           which
           are
           truly
           theirs
           ,
           having
           no
           other
           tendency
           than
           to
           Enrich
           ,
           and
           Aggrandise
           the
           Priest
           .
           To
           Enrich
           him
           ;
           of
           which
           nature
           are
           such
           as
           these
           .
        
         
           Purgatory
           ,
           that
           Inexhaustible
           Fund
           of
           Riches
           ,
           with
           Indulgencies
           the
           Daughter
           of
           Purgatory
           ,
           as
           Rich
           as
           the
           Mother
           ;
           and
           their
           Prayers
           and
           Masses
           for
           the
           Dead
           .
           The
           Worship
           of
           Images
           and
           Relicts
           of
           Saints
           ,
           with
           Pilgrimages
           undertaken
           to
           their
           Shrines
           ,
           Counterfeit
           Miracles
           wrought
           at
           them
           ,
           and
           huge
           Oblations
           made
           to
           the
           Tutelar
           Saints
           ,
           Works
           of
           Supererogation
           ,
           and
           Dispensations
           with
           Vows
           ,
           Oaths
           ,
           and
           Matrimonial
           Contracts
           .
           For
           all
           which
           they
           have
           the
           pretences
           of
           Universality
           and
           Antiquity
           ,
           to
           blind
           the
           Vulgar
           ;
           thô
           all
           Ancient
           Authors
           are
           as
           profoundly
           silent
           touching
           them
           ,
           as
           the
           Holy
           Scriptures
           are
           ,
           which
           are
           undoubtedly
           the
           most
           Ancient
           Books
           in
           the
           World
           ;
           whilst
           to
           the
           Romish
           Clergy
           ,
           the
           true
           Stream
           that
           turns
           the
           Mill
           is
           ,
           
             Sirs
             ye
             know
             that
             by
             this
             Craft
             we
             have
             our
             wealth
             .
          
           So
           that
           it
           was
           not
           ill
           said
           of
           a
           certain
           Pope
           ,
           That
           
             that
             Pope
             was
             a
             Fool
             that
             was
             poor
             ,
             whilst
             he
             could
             hold
             a
             Pen
             in
             his
             hand
             .
          
        
         
           But
           before
           we
           dismiss
           this
           Argument
           ,
           I
           cannot
           but
           observe
           to
           you
           ,
           with
           what
           Elaborate
           Art
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           
             Romish
             Doctrines
          
           are
           contriv'd
           to
           support
           this
           one
           of
           Purgatory
           ,
           and
           render
           it
           a
           Doctrine
           prodigiously
           Gainful
           to
           the
           Romish
           Church
           .
           For
           by
           their
           Doctrine
           of
           Attrition
           ,
           Confession
           ,
           and
           Sacerdotal
           Absolution
           ;
           no
           man
           can
           miscarry
           in
           his
           Way
           to
           Heaven
           ,
           that
           can
           but
           secure
           himself
           one
           single
           Sensible
           hour
           before
           death
           .
           By
           their
           distinction
           
           of
           the
           Temporal
           punishment
           remaining
           ,
           after
           the
           Eternal
           is
           remitted
           ,
           they
           send
           the
           best
           as
           well
           as
           the
           worst
           ,
           
             i.
             e.
          
           all
           to
           Purgatory
           ,
           unless
           the
           Virgin
           Mary
           ,
           and
           some
           few
           very
           Eminent
           Saints
           ,
           and
           Martyrs
           .
           And
           by
           making
           the
           Flames
           of
           Purgatory
           as
           intollerable
           as
           the
           Flames
           of
           Hell
           ,
           save
           in
           Duration
           ,
           they
           make
           that
           Place
           too
           hot
           for
           any
           one
           to
           continue
           in
           it
           .
           So
           that
           the
           sum
           of
           all
           is
           this
           ;
           They
           Damn
           none
           ,
           neither
           do
           they
           Save
           any
           immediately
           (
           otherwise
           than
           has
           been
           said
           )
           but
           all
           Mankind
           passing
           through
           the
           Flames
           of
           Purgatory
           ,
           pay
           their
           Tributes
           to
           the
           Romish
           Coffers
           ,
           before
           they
           can
           be
           deliver'd
           thence
           .
        
         
           Thus
           much
           for
           the
           Thriving
           Arts
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ;
           but
           there
           are
           other
           Doctrines
           ,
           and
           Practices
           ,
           tending
           to
           Aggrandise
           the
           Priest's
           person
           ,
           by
           fixing
           such
           a
           necessary
           dependance
           of
           the
           people
           on
           him
           ,
           and
           subjection
           to
           him
           ,
           in
           all
           they
           say
           ,
           know
           ,
           or
           do
           ,
           as
           gives
           him
           a
           Despotick
           Power
           over
           their
           Consciences
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           main
           point
           they
           design
           to
           gain
           by
           most
           ,
           if
           not
           all
           of
           them
           ;
           to
           Instance
           only
           in
           a
           very
           few
           .
        
         
           The
           Intention
           of
           the
           Priest
           ,
           as
           to
           the
           validity
           of
           the
           Sacraments
           ,
           which
           leaves
           them
           wholly
           at
           the
           Priest's
           mercy
           ;
           locking
           up
           the
           Scriptures
           from
           their
           Laity
           ,
           by
           which
           he
           Governs
           them
           in
           all
           they
           know
           ;
           Praying
           in
           an
           Unknown
           Tongue
           ,
           by
           which
           they
           are
           not
           permitted
           to
           think
           what
           they
           say
           ;
           and
           Auricular
           Confession
           ,
           by
           which
           he
           becomes
           Master
           of
           all
           they
           know
           ,
           think
           ,
           say
           ,
           or
           do
           .
        
         
           Fourthly
           ,
           They
           exactly
           agree
           as
           to
           the
           Methods
           by
           which
           both
           have
           been
           propagated
           ;
           Artifices
           of
           Imposture
           to
           prevail
           over
           the
           weak
           ,
           and
           simple
           ;
           Blood
           and
           Cruelty
           ,
           over
           the
           more
           understanding
           and
           resolute
           .
        
         
           Artifices
           of
           Imposture
           .
           The
           only
           one
           mention'd
           in
           this
           Chapter
           ,
           is
           ,
           That
           this
           Image
           of
           
             Diana
             ,
             fell
             down
             from
          
           
           
           Jupiter
           ,
           which
           was
           a
           Grand
           Imposture
           ,
           this
           Image
           having
           
           been
           made
           ,
           as
           other
           Images
           were
           ,
           but
           being
           very
           old
           ,
           or
           the
           Artificers
           that
           wrought
           it
           ,
           to
           prevent
           discovery
           ,
           being
           made
           out
           of
           the
           way
           ,
           (
           as
           at
           some
           times
           
           they
           were
           ,
           )
           the
           Priests
           perswaded
           the
           credulous
           Multitude
           that
           the
           Image
           fell
           down
           from
           Heaven
           .
        
         
           And
           this
           was
           a
           frequent
           Practice
           ,
           not
           only
           amongst
           the
           Greeks
           ,
           those
           Architects
           of
           Fraud
           ,
           but
           the
           Trojans
           ,
           and
           Romans
           likewise
           .
           Thus
           the
           Palladium
           ,
           or
           Image
           of
           Pallas
           ,
           was
           Kept
           and
           Worship'd
           with
           great
           Veneration
           ,
           first
           by
           the
           Trojans
           ,
           afterward
           by
           the
           Romans
           ,
           as
           believing
           it
           to
           have
           fall'n
           down
           from
           Heaven
           ,
           and
           by
           them
           kept
           in
           the
           Temple
           of
           Vesta
           ;
           where
           ,
           if
           we
           have
           a
           Faith
           strong
           enough
           to
           believe
           them
           ,
           the
           Woodden
           Goddess
           frequently
           shook
           her
           Spear
           ,
           and
           roul'd
           her
           Eyes
           in
           her
           Head
           ;
           which
           the
           Romanists
           have
           much
           out-done
           ;
           the
           Virgin
           Mary
           not
           only
           moving
           her
           Eyes
           ,
           but
           Weeping
           likewise
           upon
           Solemn
           Occasions
           .
           And
           thus
           the
           Roman
           Ancile
           or
           Buckler
           ,
           is
           reported
           to
           have
           fall'n
           from
           Heaven
           ,
           with
           a
           Voice
           ,
           that
           
             whilst
             it
             was
             preserv'd
             the
             City
             of
             Rome
             should
             Flourish
          
           ;
           which
           was
           therefore
           kept
           by
           the
           Priests
           with
           great
           Religion
           .
           But
           to
           give
           one
           Instance
           for
           all
           ,
           
             Numa
             Pompilius
          
           the
           Roman
           Lawgiver
           ,
           as
           to
           what
           appertain'd
           to
           the
           Worship
           of
           their
           Gods
           ,
           and
           Goddesses
           ,
           to
           gain
           the
           more
           credit
           to
           his
           Law
           ,
           gave
           it
           confidently
           out
           ,
           that
           he
           had
           receiv'd
           it
           from
           the
           Goddess
           Aegeria
           ,
           in
           personal
           Conversation
           he
           had
           with
           her
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           ,
           who
           can
           forbear
           observing
           that
           the
           Romanists
           have
           with
           great
           exactness
           written
           after
           this
           Copy
           ?
           Many
           of
           whose
           Superstitious
           Doctrines
           ,
           particularly
           Purgatory
           (
           which
           is
           taken
           out
           of
           Plato
           )
           have
           been
           obtruded
           upon
           the
           people
           ,
           from
           Voices
           ,
           and
           Visions
           of
           Saints
           ,
           and
           Angels
           in
           Heaven
           ,
           of
           tormented
           Souls
           from
           Purgatory
           ,
           Conferences
           with
           the
           Blessed
           Virgin
           ,
           and
           Miracles
           
           wrought
           by
           her
           ;
           so
           like
           Christian
           is
           to
           Heathen
           Rome
           ,
           that
           't
           is
           difficult
           sometimes
           to
           distinguish
           one
           ,
           from
           the
           other
           .
        
         
           The
           agreement
           which
           hitherto
           has
           been
           manifested
           ,
           has
           been
           made
           only
           at
           the
           cost
           of
           Mens
           Souls
           ,
           and
           those
           ,
           of
           their
           own
           Communion
           ;
           but
           not
           content
           with
           this
           ,
           and
           since
           God
           in
           his
           Wonderful
           ,
           and
           never
           often
           enough
           to
           be
           remembred
           Mercy
           to
           these
           Kingdoms
           ,
           Infinitely
           exceeding
           the
           Mercies
           of
           this
           Day
           ,
           has
           hinder'd
           them
           from
           destroying
           our
           Souls
           ,
           they
           have
           been
           resolutely
           bent
           to
           destroy
           our
           Bodies
           ,
           which
           brings
           us
           to
           the
           last
           Branch
           of
           this
           particular
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           Their
           agreement
           as
           to
           the
           Practices
           of
           Blood
           and
           Cruelty
           .
           A
           single
           Instance
           of
           which
           as
           to
           the
           Heathens
           ,
           we
           have
           in
           this
           Chapter
           (
           and
           many
           in
           after
           Ages
           of
           it
           )
           the
           Ephesians
           having
           decreed
           St.
           Paul
           to
           be
           thrown
           to
           Wild
           Beasts
           to
           be
           devour'd
           by
           them
           ,
           as
           is
           more
           than
           probable
           ,
           nay
           ,
           well
           nigh
           evident
           from
           some
           places
           of
           Scripture
           compar'd
           together
           ,
           had
           we
           but
           time
           to
           insist
           on
           them
           .
           And
           to
           this
           it
           is
           he
           relates
           ,
           when
           he
           tells
           us
           ,
           he
           
             fought
             with
             Beasts
             at
             Ephesus
             ;
             i.
             e.
          
           was
           condemn'd
           to
           it
           ,
           and
           had
           certainly
           done
           it
           ,
           had
           not
           God
           wonderfully
           deliver'd
           him
           .
        
         
           And
           this
           their
           Barbarous
           usage
           of
           St.
           Paul
           ,
           who
           came
           in
           the
           Endearments
           of
           Love
           to
           shew
           them
           the
           way
           to
           Life
           ,
           and
           Immortality
           ,
           gives
           an
           occasion
           a
           while
           to
           Reflect
           on
           ,
           and
           compare
           the
           Cruelties
           of
           the
           Romish
           Church
           with
           theirs
           ,
           which
           they
           have
           been
           pleas'd
           to
           exercise
           us
           with
           ,
           for
           no
           other
           Crime
           save
           that
           the
           same
           Doctrine
           which
           he
           publish'd
           to
           the
           Ephesians
           ,
           we
           preach
           amongst
           them
           .
        
         
           Which
           whilst
           we
           do
           ,
           Good
           God
           what
           Numbers
           ,
           (
           Numbers
           which
           well
           nigh
           surpass
           every
           thing
           but
           
           Thought
           and
           Figures
           )
           do
           we
           see
           of
           Souls
           
             under
             the
             Altar
          
           ,
           that
           were
           slain
           
             for
             the
             Word
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             for
             the
             Testimony
             which
             they
             held
             ,
             Crying
             aloud
             ,
             how
             long
             O
             Lord
             holy
             and
             true
             ,
             dost
             thou
             not
             judge
             ,
             and
             avenge
             our
             blood
             on
             them
             that
             dwell
             on
             the
             earth
             !
          
           Blood
           spilt
           by
           Inquisitions
           ,
           Croisadoes
           ,
           Burnings
           ,
           and
           Massacres
           !
           Amongst
           which
           the
           Massacres
           of
           Paris
           ,
           and
           Ireland
           ,
           the
           horrid
           
             Gun-powder
             Treason
          
           ,
           as
           black
           and
           hellish
           in
           the
           Contrivance
           ,
           and
           design'd
           to
           be
           as
           bloody
           in
           the
           Execution
           as
           the
           rest
           ,
           are
           yet
           reeking
           and
           fresh
           in
           our
           Memories
           .
        
         
           So
           that
           if
           in
           other
           things
           ,
           there
           has
           been
           sound
           such
           an
           exact
           Harmony
           betwixt
           the
           Heathen
           ,
           and
           the
           Romish
           Church
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           in
           some
           sense
           rather
           be
           said
           to
           be
           the
           same
           ,
           than
           to
           agree
           ;
           in
           this
           of
           Blood
           and
           Cruelty
           ,
           it
           is
           to
           be
           fear'd
           the
           Romish
           Church
           will
           be
           found
           to
           have
           much
           surpast
           it
           .
           In
           proof
           of
           which
           ,
           if
           all
           the
           Annals
           ,
           and
           Records
           of
           Time
           were
           Cancel'd
           ,
           all
           the
           Monuments
           of
           Papal
           Cruelty
           defac'd
           ,
           save
           the
           Memory
           of
           this
           day
           ,
           this
           single
           day
           were
           sufficient
           to
           convince
           all
           Mankind
           ,
           that
           have
           not
           abjur'd
           their
           Sense
           ,
           and
           Reason
           ,
           how
           much
           the
           One
           has
           out-done
           the
           Other
           .
        
         
           A
           Day
           ,
           the
           sorrowful
           Relation
           of
           which
           ,
           may
           be
           begun
           by
           several
           here
           whose
           Eyes
           are
           now
           intent
           upon
           me
           ,
           in
           the
           same
           Doleful
           Strains
           ,
           wherewith
           Aeneas
           is
           said
           to
           preface
           the
           sad
           Story
           of
           his
           
             Ruin'd
             Country
          
           .
        
         
           
             Quanquam
             animus
             meminisse
             horret
             ,
             luctuque
             refugit
          
           
             Incipiam
             .
             —
             quaeque
             ipse
             miserrima
             vidi
             ,
          
           
             Et
             quorum
             pars
             magna
             fui
             .
             Quis
             talia
             fando
          
           
             Myrmidonum
             ,
             Dolopum-ve
             ,
             aut
             duri
             miles
             Ulyssis
             ,
          
           
             Temperet
             à
             Lacrymis
             ?
             —
          
        
         
           A
           Day
           which
           shall
           appear
           in
           Bloody
           ,
           and
           Frightful
           Characters
           in
           all
           Calendars
           of
           Time
           ,
           a
           Day
           which
           nothing
           the
           World
           has
           yet
           seen
           ,
           can
           equal
           ,
           nothing
           that
           
           is
           yet
           in
           the
           Womb
           of
           Time
           ,
           we
           hope
           ,
           shall
           go
           beyond
           ,
           a
           Day
           which
           shall
           give
           Reputation
           to
           Jews
           ,
           Heathens
           ,
           and
           Turks
           ,
           and
           the
           Religion
           they
           profess
           ;
           but
           fix
           a
           lasting
           Reproach
           upon
           the
           Son
           of
           God
           ,
           the
           Meek
           ,
           and
           the
           Holy
           Jesus
           ,
           and
           his
           Peaceful
           Doctrine
           ,
           amongst
           them
           who
           judge
           of
           Christian
           Principles
           ,
           by
           Roman
           Practices
           ;
           and
           lastly
           ,
           a
           Day
           which
           all
           Good
           Men
           of
           that
           Communion
           shall
           silently
           in
           secret
           lament
           for
           ever
           ,
           all
           Bad
           Men
           deny
           it
           ,
           whilst
           they
           only
           who
           have
           quite
           degenerated
           into
           Wolves
           ,
           and
           Tygers
           ,
           shall
           glory
           and
           triumph
           in
           it
           .
        
         
           This
           is
           the
           Cruelty
           ,
           which
           nothing
           that
           we
           know
           of
           either
           in
           Jewish
           ,
           or
           Heathen
           Story
           (
           abating
           the
           Butchery
           of
           our
           Blessed
           Lord
           ,
           with
           which
           't
           were
           impious
           to
           compare
           any
           thing
           ,
           as
           being
           beyond
           compare
           )
           has
           yet
           equal'd
           ;
           but
           that
           which
           seems
           to
           bid
           fairest
           for
           it
           ,
           is
           ,
           the
           Murder
           of
           the
           Innocents
           by
           Bloody
           Herod
           ,
           and
           the
           Ten
           Bloody
           Persecutions
           by
           the
           Roman
           Emperors
           .
           But
           how
           far
           both
           these
           have
           fall'n
           short
           of
           this
           Day
           ,
           as
           to
           the
           Aggravating
           Circumstances
           of
           each
           ,
           will
           appear
           .
        
         
           In
           that
           
           Herod's
           Cruelty
           extended
           it self
           (
           as
           't
           is
           evident
           from
           the
           Design
           of
           that
           Massacre
           )
           to
           Males
           only
           ,
           and
           those
           but
           of
           Two
           Years
           of
           Age
           ,
           or
           under
           ,
           and
           within
           the
           Confines
           only
           of
           a
           little
           Village
           ,
           and
           the
           Territories
           .
           of
           it
           ,
           which
           could
           not
           but
           exceedingly
           lessen
           the
           Numbers
           ,
           and
           abate
           the
           Horror
           of
           the
           Fact
           ,
           whilst
           the
           Cruelty
           of
           this
           Day
           was
           confin'd
           within
           no
           bounds
           ,
           but
           ravaging
           over
           a
           whole
           Spacious
           Kingdom
           ,
           spar'd
           neither
           Age
           ,
           nor
           Sex
           ;
           against
           which
           neither
           Piety
           ,
           Innocence
           of
           Infants
           to
           invite
           Compassion
           ,
           nor
           the
           Infirmity
           of
           Age
           to
           beg
           it
           ,
           no
           nor
           the
           Strength
           of
           Valiant
           Men
           ,
           gave
           the
           least
           Security
           ,
           as
           being
           unarm'd
           ,
           and
           asleep
           ,
           but
           all
           were
           alike
           involv'd
           in
           the
           same
           miserable
           Ruine
           .
        
         
         
           Again
           ,
           that
           which
           must
           be
           acknowledg'd
           to
           turn
           the
           Scale
           exceedingly
           in
           favour
           of
           Herod
           ,
           was
           ,
           that
           what
           he
           did
           was
           purely
           upon
           principles
           of
           State
           ,
           to
           secure
           the
           Crown
           to
           himself
           ,
           and
           the
           Succession
           of
           it
           to
           his
           Family
           .
           And
           truly
           no
           wonder
           such
           a
           petty
           precarious
           Prince
           as
           Herod
           ,
           was
           jealous
           of
           his
           Crown
           ,
           since
           the
           great
           Lords
           of
           the
           Universe
           ,
           the
           Roman
           Emperors
           ,
           were
           not
           free
           from
           Jealousie
           ,
           that
           they
           who
           should
           Govern
           the
           World
           ,
           were
           to
           come
           out
           of
           Judea
           ,
           of
           which
           they
           had
           been
           admonish't
           by
           a
           Prophetick
           Oracle
           ,
           
             Ex
             Judea
             profecti
             rerum
             potirentur
          
           ,
           Recorded
           by
           
             Tacitus
             ,
             Suetonius
          
           ,
           and
           other
           Heathen
           Authors
           ,
           which
           became
           matter
           to
           them
           of
           great
           Apprehension
           .
           Whilst
           we
           were
           Murder'd
           purely
           to
           shew
           us
           the
           way
           to
           Heaven
           ,
           and
           to
           advance
           the
           Gospel
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           ;
           tho'
           he
           himself
           dy'd
           to
           save
           the
           Blood
           of
           this
           day
           from
           being
           spilt
           ,
           
             i.
             e.
          
           to
           plant
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           Peace
           and
           Charity
           ,
           but
           the
           Romanists
           have
           Defeated
           his
           Passion
           of
           that
           end
           .
        
         
           Amongst
           the
           Heathen
           Cruelties
           ,
           the
           greatest
           were
           undergone
           by
           Christians
           ,
           in
           Ten
           Bloody
           Prosecutions
           ,
           under
           the
           Roman
           Emperors
           ,
           and
           are
           handed
           down
           to
           us
           in
           the
           Martyrologies
           of
           the
           Church
           ;
           but
           even
           these
           as
           to
           many
           circumstances
           of
           aggravation
           ,
           fell
           short
           of
           what
           this
           miserable
           Nation
           suffer'd
           .
        
         
           For
           what
           the
           Primitive
           Christians
           suffer'd
           ,
           was
           by
           force
           of
           an
           Establisht
           Law
           of
           the
           Empire
           ,
           which
           tho'
           unjust
           ,
           yet
           they
           had
           a
           fair
           Tryal
           ,
           and
           many
           times
           great
           and
           effectual
           Arts
           were
           us'd
           not
           only
           to
           save
           them
           upon
           their
           Tryals
           ,
           but
           to
           hinder
           them
           likewise
           from
           being
           Try'd
           ;
           as
           may
           appear
           by
           Trajans
           Rescript
           to
           Pliny
           ,
           in
           favour
           of
           them
           .
           But
           we
           suffer'd
           not
           only
           without
           ,
           but
           against
           the
           force
           of
           all
           the
           Muncipal
           Laws
           of
           the
           Land
           ,
           which
           were
           in
           favour
           of
           us
           ,
           and
           not
           only
           against
           them
           ,
           but
           also
           against
           the
           Laws
           of
           Friendship
           ,
           of
           Mutual
           Obligations
           ,
           and
           Hospitality
           ,
           which
           us'd
           to
           be
           so
           Sacred
           in
           this
           Nation
           .
        
         
         
           The
           Primitive
           Christians
           had
           time
           given
           them
           to
           prepare
           for
           Death
           ;
           had
           their
           Friends
           about
           them
           to
           minister
           Comfort
           to
           them
           ,
           were
           Executed
           in
           the
           Face
           of
           the
           Sun
           ,
           were
           permitted
           to
           call
           upon
           their
           God
           ,
           and
           allow'd
           a
           decent
           Burial
           ;
           whilst
           we
           fell
           Sacrifices
           to
           the
           insatiable
           rage
           of
           our
           profest
           Friends
           ,
           in
           the
           dead
           silence
           of
           Night
           ,
           had
           not
           time
           to
           prepare
           for
           Death
           ,
           nor
           to
           cry
           to
           God
           for
           mercy
           ,
           but
           were
           hurried
           before
           the
           Tribunal
           of
           another
           World
           ,
           before
           we
           well
           knew
           we
           were
           leaving
           this
           ,
           and
           our
           mangl'd
           Carcasses
           exposs'd
           to
           the
           Birds
           of
           the
           Air
           ,
           and
           the
           Beasts
           of
           the
           Field
           .
        
         
           To
           conclude
           ,
           what
           the
           Primitive
           Christians
           suffer'd
           ,
           was
           from
           the
           profest
           Enemies
           of
           the
           Cross
           of
           Christ
           ,
           not
           inlighten'd
           by
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           but
           under
           strong
           ,
           and
           inveterate
           prejudices
           against
           it
           ;
           whilst
           our
           Blood
           was
           spilt
           by
           Christian
           Hands
           ,
           and
           Offer'd
           up
           upon
           Christian
           Altars
           ;
           and
           what
           carries
           the
           aggravation
           yet
           higher
           ,
           that
           very
           Order
           of
           men
           ,
           which
           beyond
           all
           other
           Christians
           ,
           profess
           themselves
           to
           be
           of
           the
           Society
           of
           Jesus
           ,
           were
           the
           contrivers
           of
           all
           these
           mischiess
           ;
           they
           Decreed
           us
           to
           Death
           ,
           nay
           ,
           were
           the
           Supervisors
           in
           many
           places
           ,
           to
           put
           the
           Sentence
           in
           Execution
           .
        
         
           To
           add
           the
           last
           finishing
           and
           master
           stroke
           to
           all
           which
           ,
           all
           these
           Barbarities
           are
           laid
           upon
           the
           most
           Righteous
           ,
           the
           Meekest
           ,
           the
           Mildest
           ,
           and
           best
           of
           Princes
           ;
           a
           Prince
           who
           (
           abating
           the
           inseparable
           Infirmities
           of
           mankind
           )
           had
           no
           Crime
           beyond
           good
           Nature
           and
           Modest
           ;
           a
           man
           who
           by
           Nature
           was
           so
           inclin'd
           to
           Forgive
           ,
           and
           by
           his
           Enemies
           so
           us'd
           to
           it
           ,
           that
           he
           had
           quite
           forgotten
           that
           Resentment
           ,
           which
           is
           so
           inseparable
           from
           other
           Princes
           ,
           and
           so
           necessary
           in
           all
           ;
           one
           who
           was
           ever
           jealous
           of
           his
           own
           abilities
           ,
           tho'
           wonderfully
           great
           ;
           had
           no
           defect
           in
           Wisdom
           ,
           but
           that
           he
           was
           willing
           to
           Learn
           ,
           where
           he
           was
           able
           to
           Dictate
           .
           It
           is
           of
           this
           Prince
           ,
           they
           say
           (
           tho'
           
           with
           a
           far
           different
           intention
           from
           that
           of
           Pilate's
           )
           
           
             Behold
             the
             Man
          
           ,
           that
           they
           might
           at
           once
           Murder
           his
           Reputation
           ,
           and
           his
           Person
           .
           But
           it
           is
           the
           peculiar
           of
           the
           Romish
           Church
           ,
           to
           attempt
           nothing
           but
           what
           is
           Great
           and
           Monstrous
           in
           its
           kind
           ,
           horrid
           and
           affrightful
           ,
           against
           Sense
           ,
           against
           Reason
           ,
           against
           Experience
           ,
           and
           against
           Humanity
           .
        
         
           But
           the
           highest
           Aggravation
           remains
           yet
           untouch'd
           ;
           the
           Romish
           Church
           is
           not
           yet
           glutted
           ,
           no
           not
           so
           much
           as
           satiated
           with
           Blood
           ;
           but
           like
           the
           Grave
           and
           Barren
           Womb
           (
           those
           only
           Hieroglyphicks
           of
           it
           )
           cry
           Give
           ,
           Give
           .
           The
           Babylonish
           Furnaces
           do
           yet
           rage
           ,
           and
           we
           must
           never
           expect
           they
           will
           be
           permitted
           to
           go
           out
           ,
           whilst
           the
           Host
           ,
           the
           golden
           Image
           of
           the
           Pope
           ,
           is
           every
           where
           Erected
           ,
           and
           there
           be
           any
           Children
           of
           the
           Captivity
           found
           who
           refuse
           to
           bow
           down
           to
           it
           .
           And
           of
           such
           ,
           we
           hope
           (
           if
           ever
           a
           sad
           occasion
           shall
           be
           offer'd
           )
           there
           will
           always
           be
           great
           numbers
           amongst
           us
           ,
           who
           for
           
             the
             Word
             of
             God
          
           ,
           and
           
             the
             Testimony
             of
             a
             good
             Conscience
             ,
          
           will
           not
           only
           patiently
           ,
           but
           chearsullay
           suffer
           ,
           whatever
           the
           rage
           and
           fury
           of
           our
           Enemies
           ,
           shall
           think
           fit
           to
           expose
           us
           to
           ,
           or
           lay
           us
           under
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           we
           proceed
           to
           the
           Third
           and
           Last
           particular
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           .
           The
           wonderful
           force
           of
           a
           misguided
           ,
           and
           ill-grounded
           Zeal
           ,
           which
           usually
           is
           fiercer
           ,
           and
           more
           impetuous
           than
           a
           true
           one
           :
           Of
           which
           much
           need
           not
           be
           said
           (
           were
           there
           time
           for
           it
           )
           since
           what
           has
           been
           already
           offer'd
           ,
           is
           a
           full
           proof
           of
           it
           ;
           and
           of
           which
           we
           have
           two
           more
           very
           plain
           ones
           in
           this
           Chapter
           ,
           viz.
           St.
           Paul
           before
           his
           Conversion
           ,
           compar'd
           with
           himself
           afterwards
           ;
           and
           the
           Behaviour
           of
           Demetrius
           ,
           with
           that
           of
           the
           Town-Clerk's
           .
           Of
           St.
           Paul
           before
           his
           Conversion
           ,
           we
           have
           this
           ,
           and
           a
           
           much
           larger
           account
           of
           the
           same
           Nature
           :
           That
           he
           h●led
           Christian
           men
           and
           women
           to
           Prison
           ,
           breathing
           out
           threatnings
           ,
           and
           slaughter
           against
           them
           ,
           consenting
           to
           their
           Death
           ,
           and
           sometimes
           assisting
           at
           it
           .
           None
           of
           which
           we
           hear
           of
           him
           after
           his
           Conversion
           ,
           when
           he
           had
           a
           better
           Cause
           and
           a
           well
           grounded
           Zeal
           ;
           and
           I
           Judge
           no
           one
           will
           say
           St.
           Paul
           was
           a
           less
           zealous
           Christian
           ,
           than
           he
           had
           been
           a
           Jew
           .
           He
           with
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Apostles
           could
           peaceably
           lay
           down
           their
           Lives
           in
           Defence
           ,
           and
           Proof
           of
           what
           they
           said
           ;
           but
           they
           knew
           nothing
           of
           taking
           away
           the
           Lives
           of
           other
           men
           ,
           because
           they
           would
           not
           believe
           them
           .
           They
           told
           their
           Hearers
           ,
           that
           Christ
           was
           a
           Heavenly-born
           Person
           ,
           and
           they
           endeavour'd
           to
           convince
           them
           by
           Reason
           ,
           Scripture
           ,
           (
           where
           it
           was
           proper
           ,
           )
           and
           Miracles
           that
           they
           spake
           truth
           ;
           but
           we
           never
           find
           them
           sharpning
           their
           Arguments
           ,
           nor
           driving
           them
           in
           with
           Fire
           and
           Sword
           ;
           no
           nor
           so
           much
           as
           crying
           out
           for
           two
           hours
           ;
           
             Great
             is
             Jesus
             of
             Nazareth
             ,
             great
             is
             Jesus
             of
             Nazareth
             .
          
        
         
           The
           same
           difference
           is
           most
           Remarkable
           in
           
           Demetrius's
           ,
           and
           the
           Town-Clerk's
           conduct
           of
           themselves
           ;
           the
           former
           of
           whom
           ,
           had
           all
           the
           marks
           of
           an
           intemperate
           ,
           ill-grounded
           Zeal
           ;
           a
           salse
           Worship
           to
           advance
           ,
           and
           a
           righteous
           one
           to
           oppose
           ,
           an
           evil
           intention
           to
           promote
           gain
           ,
           and
           an
           unlawful
           means
           ,
           a
           riotous
           Assembly
           ;
           and
           the
           want
           of
           a
           lawful
           call
           ,
           neither
           the
           Law
           of
           the
           Empire
           ,
           nor
           of
           Ephesus
           (
           nor
           as
           I
           believe
           of
           any
           well
           Govern'd
           Common-wealth
           under
           Heaven
           )
           permitting
           Mechanicks
           to
           Assemble
           the
           Emperors
           Subjects
           at
           pleasure
           ,
           and
           Harangue
           to
           them
           about
           Religion
           .
        
         
           Whilst
           on
           the
           other
           hand
           the
           Recorder
           ,
           an
           honest
           judicious
           person
           ,
           and
           a
           most
           Excellent
           Orator
           ,
           who
           was
           more
           zealous
           for
           his
           Religion
           ,
           and
           argued
           better
           for
           it
           than
           Demetrius
           had
           done
           ,
           kept
           himself
           with
           in
           the
           bounds
           of
           his
           lawful
           calling
           ,
           was
           a
           Friend
           to
           St.
           Paul
           ,
           
           sav'd
           his
           Companions
           from
           being
           torn
           in
           pieces
           ,
           and
           by
           a
           pithy
           concise
           ,
           and
           most
           swasive
           Speech
           (
           than
           which
           I
           think
           there
           is
           not
           a
           better
           any
           where
           extant
           )
           appeasing
           the
           multitude
           ,
           did
           more
           real
           Service
           to
           the
           Empire
           ,
           than
           all
           the
           Mechanicks
           of
           Ephesus
           ,
           Silver-smiths
           and
           others
           put
           together
           ;
           Evil
           being
           the
           result
           of
           weak
           minds
           ,
           but
           Good
           the
           effect
           of
           strength
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           my
           Christian
           Brethren
           (
           to
           draw
           near
           a
           period
           )
           what
           can
           better
           become
           us
           as
           Disciples
           of
           the
           Holy
           
           Jesus
           ,
           
             Who
             when
             he
             was
             reviled
             ,
             reviled
             not
             again
             ,
             who
             has
             taught
             us
             by
             precept
             ,
             and
             example
             to
             bless
             them
             that
             curse
             us
             ,
             and
             to
             love
             them
             that
             hate
             us
             ,
             to
             do
             good
             to
             them
             who
             persecute
             us
             ,
             and
             despightfully
             use
             us
          
           ;
           or
           as
           grateful
           Votaries
           to
           God
           ,
           for
           the
           great
           Deliverance
           of
           this
           day
           ;
           what
           can
           better
           become
           us
           as
           Loyal
           Subjects
           to
           a
           tender
           ,
           and
           most
           magnanimous
           Prince
           ,
           who
           has
           so
           generously
           expos'd
           his
           Person
           ,
           to
           Reseue
           us
           from
           the
           Cruelty
           we
           lately
           suffer'd
           ,
           or
           as
           grave
           Senators
           Assembled
           to
           consult
           the
           publick
           safety
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           than
           by
           all
           means
           imaginable
           (
           except
           Persecution
           )
           to
           endeavour
           the
           Conversion
           of
           this
           miserable
           Nation
           ?
           A
           Nation
           which
           after
           the
           endeavours
           of
           above
           Fourteen
           hundred
           years
           Preahing
           to
           make
           them
           Christians
           ,
           Five
           hundred
           years
           to
           reduce
           them
           to
           Civility
           ,
           and
           upwards
           of
           a
           Century
           of
           years
           ,
           to
           bring
           them
           back
           to
           pure
           Christianity
           from
           whence
           they
           had
           departed
           ,
           are
           at
           this
           day
           well
           nigh
           as
           Heathenish
           ,
           as
           Barbarous
           ,
           and
           as
           Popish
           as
           ever
           .
        
         
           And
           this
           ,
           with
           what
           is
           gone
           before
           ,
           I
           thought
           sitter
           to
           lay
           before
           you
           ,
           than
           a
           tedious
           History
           of
           the
           wonderful
           Discovery
           ,
           the
           suddain
           breaking
           forth
           ,
           and
           particular
           Cruelties
           of
           this
           Horrid
           Rebellion
           with
           the
           evident
           proofs
           of
           the
           whole
           ;
           which
           in
           effect
           would
           be
           no
           more
           than
           to
           tell
           you
           the
           Sun
           shines
           ;
           I
           could
           acquaint
           you
           with
           nothing
           ,
           which
           you
           know
           not
           as
           well
           ,
           most
           of
           you
           ,
           much
           better
           than
           my self
           ;
           the
           Cruelties
           of
           this
           day
           are
           recent
           in
           your
           Memories
           ,
           your
           Wounds
           fresh
           ,
           and
           bleeding
           ,
           and
           all
           proofs
           of
           these
           matters
           as
           to
           Protestants
           are
           needless
           ,
           and
           to
           Papists
           who
           deny
           them
           ,
           none
           are
           sufficient
           .
        
         
         
           Since
           therefore
           the
           profound
           Wisdom
           of
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           in
           Conjunction
           with
           that
           of
           both
           Houses
           ,
           has
           already
           made
           such
           large
           ,
           and
           noble
           steps
           ,
           towards
           that
           Great
           and
           Glorious
           End
           ,
           the
           Conversion
           of
           this
           poor
           Nation
           :
           Give
           me
           leave
           therefore
           ,
           Most
           Noble
           Lords
           ,
           to
           follow
           tho'
           with
           trembling
           steps
           ,
           the
           great
           and
           good
           Example
           you
           have
           set
           me
           ,
           and
           in
           all
           Humility
           to
           lay
           before
           you
           some
           few
           Expedients
           tending
           thereto
           ;
           not
           to
           make
           you
           wiser
           ,
           but
           to
           Re-mind
           you
           of
           your
           own
           Power
           ,
           and
           Intellectual
           abilities
           for
           so
           great
           an
           undertaking
           .
           Amongst
           which
           't
           is
           humbly
           offer'd
           to
           be
           determin'd
           by
           your
           Wisdom
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           Whether
           to
           Increase
           the
           number
           of
           the
           Protestant
           Clergy
           ,
           and
           to
           Decrease
           the
           Popish
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           to
           prevent
           a
           superfetation
           of
           them
           for
           the
           time
           to
           come
           ,
           may
           not
           mainly
           conduce
           to
           this
           end
           .
           This
           in
           a
           great
           measure
           has
           receiv'd
           the
           Sanction
           of
           your
           Wisdom
           already
           ,
           in
           Excluding
           the
           Regular
           Clergy
           from
           this
           Kingdom
           ,
           and
           it
           must
           be
           left
           to
           you
           to
           follow
           the
           Blow
           ,
           and
           to
           finish
           what
           you
           have
           begun
           .
           For
           otherwise
           ,
           since
           the
           Regular
           Clergy
           have
           ever
           been
           hated
           by
           the
           Secular
           ,
           it
           is
           to
           be
           fear'd
           ,
           that
           the
           absence
           of
           the
           former
           ,
           will
           invite
           the
           latter
           ,
           who
           not
           being
           altogether
           of
           so
           Male
           an
           Influence
           as
           the
           other
           ,
           they
           will
           supply
           the
           Defect
           ,
           by
           doubling
           their
           numbers
           ;
           and
           so
           the
           Superfetation
           will
           be
           more
           dangerous
           ,
           than
           the
           Original
           Birth
           .
           The
           Clergy
           are
           Mortal
           ,
           but
           become
           Immortal
           by
           Succession
           ;
           and
           if
           no
           care
           be
           taken
           as
           they
           dye
           ,
           to
           supply
           their
           places
           ,
           by
           persons
           approv'd
           on
           by
           the
           State
           ,
           nor
           to
           limit
           their
           numbers
           ,
           but
           both
           these
           main
           points
           ,
           be
           left
           to
           be
           determin'd
           at
           their
           Election
           ;
           they
           may
           if
           they
           please
           become
           Infinite
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           Mortal
           ,
           and
           as
           mischievous
           as
           they
           will.
           
        
         
           The
           Romish
           Clergy
           ,
           what
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           active
           Malignity
           of
           their
           Principles
           to
           do
           mischief
           ,
           and
           their
           Numbers
           ,
           have
           acquir'd
           in
           most
           Countries
           a
           sort
           of
           Artificial
           Ubiquity
           ;
           and
           since
           our
           Religion
           will
           not
           permit
           our
           Clergy
           to
           equal
           them
           in
           their
           Principles
           to
           do
           hurt
           ,
           we
           ought
           to
           be
           much
           superior
           to
           them
           ,
           in
           our
           Numbers
           to
           do
           good
           .
        
         
           Nor
           can
           it
           be
           said
           ,
           this
           were
           to
           hinder
           them
           from
           answering
           
           the
           Spiritual
           necessities
           of
           their
           Church
           ;
           since
           considering
           the
           little
           ,
           or
           no
           pains
           they
           take
           with
           their
           people
           ,
           half
           the
           Romish
           Clergy
           of
           this
           Kingdom
           ,
           is
           sufficient
           to
           perform
           the
           Cure
           of
           it
           .
           So
           that
           by
           decreasing
           their
           numbers
           ,
           we
           hinder
           them
           not
           from
           performing
           their
           Cures
           ,
           but
           only
           from
           doing
           mischief
           ,
           which
           certainly
           ought
           to
           be
           no
           part
           of
           their
           Spiritual
           Cure.
           
        
         
           That
           is
           ,
           when
           any
           desperate
           design
           has
           been
           a
           brooding
           ,
           we
           hinder
           them
           from
           hatching
           it
           ;
           when
           any
           secret
           Rebellion
           has
           been
           contriv'd
           ,
           we
           hinder
           them
           from
           setting
           fire
           to
           every
           corner
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           at
           once
           .
           In
           which
           practices
           how
           Successful
           they
           have
           been
           of
           late
           ,
           how
           little
           the
           Authority
           of
           an
           Unfortunate
           Prince
           did
           signifie
           to
           restrain
           them
           ,
           in
           such
           matters
           as
           he
           was
           willing
           ,
           and
           it
           was
           their
           Interest
           they
           should
           be
           restrain'd
           ;
           what
           Dispotick
           Power
           they
           had
           over
           their
           People
           ,
           what
           Incendiaries
           they
           were
           not
           only
           in
           their
           Oratories
           ,
           or
           place
           of
           publick
           Worship
           ,
           not
           only
           in
           great
           Towns
           ,
           smaller
           Villages
           ,
           and
           private
           Houses
           ,
           but
           in
           the
           Camp
           ,
           at
           the
           head
           of
           Armed
           men
           ,
           and
           in
           a
           word
           how
           the
           whole
           affair
           was
           contriv'd
           ,
           manag'd
           ,
           and
           in
           a
           manner
           Executed
           by
           their
           Heads
           and
           Hands
           ,
           our
           own
           late
           bleeding
           Experience
           ,
           to
           well
           nigh
           the
           utter
           Ruine
           of
           this
           Nation
           ,
           has
           inform'd
           us
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           To
           reduce
           from
           time
           ,
           to
           time
           ,
           as
           much
           as
           may
           be
           ,
           the
           Irish
           Nation
           into
           Towns
           and
           Villages
           .
           If
           this
           point
           be
           not
           secur'd
           ,
           't
           is
           to
           be
           fear'd
           all
           other
           means
           whatever
           ,
           will
           tend
           but
           little
           ,
           and
           opperate
           very
           slowly
           towards
           their
           Reformation
           .
           'T
           is
           manifest
           to
           a
           considering
           person
           ,
           that
           most
           of
           their
           Barbarous
           Usages
           and
           Customs
           ,
           their
           Depredations
           and
           Outrages
           ,
           their
           profound
           Ignorance
           ,
           gross
           Superstition
           ,
           and
           foul
           Idolatry
           ,
           are
           all
           owing
           if
           not
           as
           to
           their
           Original
           ,
           yet
           as
           to
           their
           long
           continuance
           amongst
           them
           ,
           to
           their
           wild
           savage
           way
           of
           Living
           in
           single
           Cottages
           ,
           and
           dismal
           Unhabitable
           places
           ,
           at
           great
           distances
           one
           from
           another
           .
        
         
           And
           no
           wonder
           it
           is
           so
           ,
           since
           this
           is
           an
           unnatural
           State
           ,
           Nature
           inviting
           to
           Conjugation
           ,
           and
           Society
           :
           And
           what
           can
           be
           expected
           from
           a
           Nation
           who
           have
           spent
           so
           
           many
           Ages
           in
           an
           Unnatural
           State
           ,
           but
           that
           they
           should
           be
           guilty
           of
           Unnatural
           Crimes
           .
        
         
           And
           this
           ,
           in
           a
           great
           measure
           ,
           may
           be
           brought
           about
           ,
           by
           Encouraging
           Agriculture
           ,
           and
           Discouraging
           every
           thing
           ,
           that
           discourages
           it
           .
           Of
           what
           infinite
           Advantage
           to
           the
           State
           in
           point
           of
           Riches
           ,
           and
           Civil
           Emolument
           this
           would
           be
           ,
           how
           much
           it
           would
           tend
           to
           the
           Improvement
           of
           a
           Country
           ,
           at
           this
           day
           as
           little
           Improv'd
           ,
           and
           as
           capable
           of
           it
           ,
           as
           most
           in
           Europe
           ,
           I
           shall
           be
           silent
           ;
           not
           desiring
           to
           thrust
           my
           Sickle
           into
           another
           Man's
           Harvest
           ,
           but
           to
           keep
           my self
           within
           the
           bounds
           of
           Conversion
           and
           Reformation
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           To
           Erect
           Schools
           ,
           and
           to
           Oblige
           the
           Natives
           thus
           reduc'd
           into
           Colonies
           ,
           under
           heavy
           Mulcts
           to
           send
           their
           Children
           to
           learn
           to
           Read
           ,
           and
           be
           otherways
           Instructed
           at
           them
           ,
           at
           the
           Publick
           Charge
           where
           it
           is
           necessary
           .
           I
           say
           thus
           Reduc'd
           ,
           for
           otherwise
           the
           greatest
           Care
           in
           Erection
           of
           Schools
           ,
           and
           filling
           them
           with
           Able
           Industrious
           Masters
           ,
           will
           avail
           little
           ;
           inasmuch
           as
           without
           this
           ,
           the
           Natives
           can
           neither
           be
           Instructed
           if
           they
           would
           ,
           neither
           would
           they
           if
           they
           could
           .
           For
           what
           do
           the
           Labours
           of
           the
           most
           Industrious
           ,
           Conscientious
           Minister
           ,
           or
           Schoolmaster
           signify
           towards
           the
           Conversion
           of
           the
           Natives
           ,
           if
           his
           Parishioners
           live
           several
           miles
           from
           the
           Church
           ,
           or
           several
           miles
           from
           one
           another
           :
           Or
           if
           being
           reduc'd
           into
           Colonies
           ,
           he
           have
           all
           or
           most
           of
           his
           people
           together
           in
           a
           heap
           ,
           they
           be
           not
           compell'd
           by
           severity
           of
           Law
           ,
           to
           send
           their
           Children
           to
           be
           Instructed
           by
           him
           .
        
         
           There
           was
           a
           Design
           set
           on
           foot
           many
           Years
           agoe
           ,
           and
           lately
           renew'd
           ,
           by
           persons
           Eminent
           to
           the
           highest
           degree
           for
           Piety
           and
           Learning
           ,
           now
           with
           God
           ,
           of
           Instructing
           the
           Irish
           Nation
           by
           Preaching
           to
           them
           in
           their
           own
           Tongue
           ,
           and
           the
           Design
           was
           so
           far
           advanc'd
           ,
           as
           to
           cause
           the
           Testament
           ,
           with
           the
           Common-Prayer
           Book
           to
           be
           Translated
           into
           it
           .
           But
           certainly
           this
           Expedient
           is
           as
           little
           fitted
           to
           promote
           the
           Conversion
           of
           the
           Irish
           ,
           as
           the
           Piety
           of
           the
           Design
           is
           highly
           laudable
           ;
           for
           it
           will
           not
           only
           not
           answer
           the
           end
           ,
           but
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           to
           be
           fear'd
           ,
           produce
           an
           effect
           quite
           contrary
           
           to
           it
           ,
           and
           be
           a
           means
           of
           continuing
           them
           in
           their
           obstinacy
           .
        
         
           1st
           ,
           To
           furnish
           the
           Nation
           with
           Irish
           Testaments
           ,
           as
           in
           some
           measure
           it
           has
           lately
           been
           ,
           will
           not
           answer
           the
           end
           ,
           because
           there
           are
           not
           perhaps
           five
           hundred
           persons
           in
           the
           whole
           Kingdom
           who
           can
           read
           ,
           and
           write
           the
           Irish
           Tongue
           ,
           nor
           is
           it
           fit
           they
           should
           be
           taught
           .
        
         
           2dly
           ,
           If
           they
           could
           ,
           their
           Religion
           will
           not
           permit
           them
           to
           read
           the
           Bible
           ,
           and
           the
           same
           Authority
           which
           hinders
           them
           now
           from
           reading
           it
           in
           the
           English
           Tongue
           they
           understand
           ,
           will
           certainly
           hinder
           them
           from
           reading
           it
           in
           the
           Irish
           .
        
         
           Again
           ,
           2dly
           ,
           It
           is
           to
           be
           fear'd
           it
           will
           produce
           the
           quite
           contrary
           effect
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           For
           supposing
           in
           favour
           of
           this
           Pious
           Design
           ,
           that
           the
           Natives
           were
           willing
           to
           learn
           to
           read
           the
           Irish
           Tongue
           ,
           and
           that
           their
           Spiritual
           Guides
           would
           permit
           them
           to
           read
           the
           Scriptures
           in
           it
           ,
           both
           which
           are
           very
           unreasonable
           ;
           this
           would
           cause
           a
           Corrupt
           Translation
           of
           the
           Scripture
           to
           be
           made
           in
           it
           ,
           which
           would
           be
           of
           more
           evil
           consequence
           ,
           than
           if
           they
           had
           none
           .
        
         
           And
           this
           I
           think
           cannot
           be
           questioned
           by
           any
           who
           know
           any
           thing
           of
           the
           Corrupt
           Principles
           ,
           and
           Practices
           of
           the
           Romish
           Church
           ,
           in
           relation
           to
           Translations
           of
           the
           Bible
           .
           A
           most
           notorious
           Instance
           of
           which
           ,
           we
           have
           lately
           had
           from
           this
           very
           Pulpit
           ,
           when
           the
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           the
           Abomination
           of
           Desolation
           (
           I
           mean
           the
           Worship
           of
           the
           Host
           )
           was
           seen
           standing
           in
           this
           very
           place
           ,
           where
           a
           Romish
           Priest
           in
           the
           presence
           of
           the
           late
           King
           before
           whom
           he
           Preach'd
           ,
           and
           to
           whom
           he
           was
           Confessor
           ,
           and
           of
           a
           numerous
           Auditory
           of
           Great
           Persons
           ,
           taking
           for
           his
           Text
           these
           Words
           ;
           
             But
             now
             God
             commands
             all
             men
             every
             where
             to
             repent
             ,
             because
             he
             hath
             appointed
             a
             day
             in
             which
             he
             will
             judge
             the
             World
             ,
          
           had
           the
           Confidence
           to
           read
           them
           thus
           ,
           and
           likewise
           to
           Print
           them
           so
           ,
           before
           his
           Sermon
           ;
           
             But
             now
             God
             commands
             all
             men
             every
             where
             to
             repent
             ,
             and
             to
             do
             penance
             ,
             because
             he
             hath
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           And
           this
           to
           no
           other
           end
           ,
           than
           to
           Countenance
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           Sacramental
           Penance
           .
        
         
         
           Secondly
           ,
           Such
           a
           Translation
           by
           encouraging
           two
           Tongues
           in
           the
           same
           Kingdom
           ,
           will
           retard
           the
           Conversion
           of
           the
           Natives
           .
           It
           is
           readily
           granted
           that
           to
           unite
           us
           in
           Religion
           ,
           is
           a
           good
           Expedient
           to
           unite
           us
           in
           Speech
           ;
           but
           then
           this
           must
           be
           done
           by
           uniting
           them
           to
           us
           ,
           not
           us
           to
           them
           ;
           by
           setting
           up
           one
           Tongue
           ,
           not
           encouraging
           two
           .
           And
           this
           is
           the
           method
           our
           wise
           Law-givers
           have
           govern'd
           themselves
           by
           ,
           in
           endeavouring
           to
           make
           the
           Natives
           in
           all
           things
           conformable
           to
           our
           Customs
           and
           Usages
           ,
           and
           forsake
           their
           own
           .
        
         
           Fourthly
           ,
           To
           prohibit
           the
           Importation
           of
           such
           Books
           ,
           as
           do
           manifestly
           tend
           to
           nothing
           but
           Superstition
           ,
           and
           Idolatry
           .
           Of
           such
           ,
           to
           mention
           but
           one
           ,
           
             The
             Lives
             of
             Saints
          
           ,
           a
           Book
           which
           is
           the
           very
           Gospel
           of
           the
           Irish
           Nation
           ,
           and
           Calculated
           for
           the
           Meridian
           of
           their
           Superstition
           and
           Idolatry
           ;
           a
           Book
           which
           is
           of
           far
           greater
           Authority
           amongst
           them
           than
           the
           Bible
           ,
           which
           in
           comparison
           to
           it
           ,
           is
           but
           as
           a
           Legend
           with
           them
           ,
           and
           upon
           these
           accounts
           may
           reasonably
           be
           presum'd
           ,
           to
           have
           done
           more
           mischief
           ,
           than
           any
           other
           Book
           whatever
           ,
           unless
           that
           of
           the
           Mass
           .
        
         
           This
           is
           the
           Noblest
           end
           we
           can
           propose
           to
           our selves
           ,
           the
           most
           acceptable
           to
           God
           ,
           to
           our selves
           the
           most
           advantageous
           ;
           which
           if
           by
           your
           Zeal
           for
           God's
           Glory
           ,
           and
           Wisdom
           in
           compassing
           things
           Great
           ,
           and
           Difficult
           ,
           we
           shall
           obtain
           ,
           we
           shall
           make
           our selves
           ,
           and
           our
           Enemies
           happy
           ;
           but
           if
           we
           heartily
           endeavour
           it
           only
           ,
           God
           will
           bless
           us
           ,
           and
           we
           shall
           Intitle
           our selves
           to
           the
           Divine
           Protection
           ;
           and
           when
           ever
           these
           Bloody
           Spirits
           shall
           be
           again
           Conjur'd
           up
           ,
           and
           let
           loose
           upon
           us
           ,
           as
           (
           unless
           by
           Gods
           Blessing
           upon
           your
           Pious
           Endeavours
           ,
           the
           Nation
           be
           Converted
           to
           the
           Protestant
           Faith
           )
           we
           must
           expect
           ,
           then
           every
           day
           shall
           be
           to
           them
           as
           this
           Day
           ,
           or
           worse
           ;
           for
           thô
           ye
           
             Associate
             your selves
             O
             ye
             people
             ,
             ye
             shall
             be
             broken
             in
             pieces
             ;
             give
             ear
             all
             ye
             of
             far
             Countries
             :
             Gird
             your selves
             ,
             and
             ye
             shall
             be
             broken
             in
             pieces
             :
             Gird
          
           
           
             your selves
             ,
             and
             ye
             shall
             be
             broken
             in
             pieces
             :
             Take
             counsel
             together
             :
             and
             it
             shall
             come
             to
             naught
             ;
             speak
             the
             word
             ,
             and
             it
             shall
             not
             stand
             .
             For
             God
             is
             with
             us
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A40371-e310
           
             Ver.
             35.
             
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               〈◊〉
            
             ver
             .
             826.
             827
             ,
             828
             829
             ,
             cum
             Notis
             Doct.
             Philologi
             .
             Guil
             Hil.
             p.
             216.
             
          
           
             v.
             1
             ,
             to
             v.
             9.
             
          
           
             Cap
             18.
             v.
             19.
             20
             ,
             21.
             
          
           
             Cap.
             19
             ,
             v.
             1
             ,
             to
             v.
             11.
             v.
             12.
             
          
           
             v.
             13
             ,
             to
             17.
             
          
           
             v.
             17.
             18
             19
             ,
             20.
             
          
           
             verse
             24.
             to
             27.
             
          
           
             I.
             
          
           
             II.
             
          
           
             III.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             135.
             ver
             .
             15
             ,
             16
             ,
             17
             ,
             18.
             
          
           
             Corn.
             a
             ●apide
             in
             〈◊〉
             .
          
           
             Cum
             fruges
             Cererem
             ,
             vinum
             Liberum
             dicimus
             ;
             genere
             nos
             quidem
             utimur
             usitato
             ,
             sed
             ecquem
             tam
             amentem
             esse
             putas
             ,
             qui
             illud
             quo
             veseatur
             deum
             credat
             esse
             ?
             Lib.
             3
             ,
             de
             Natura
             Deor.
             Sec.
             16.
             
             Edit
             .
             Fol.
             Lond.
             1681.
             
          
           
             Ver.
             27.
             35
             
          
           
             Ver.
             35.
             
          
           
             Suidas
             in
             Voce
             .
          
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
          
           
             John
             19.
             ver
             .
             5.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             5.
             ver
             .
             44.
             
          
           
             Isa
             .
             8.
             v.
             9.
             10.