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             A vindication of Saint Ignatius (founder of the Society of Jesus) from phanaticism ; and of the Jesuites, from the calumnies laid to their charge in a late book, entitul'd, The enthusiasm of the Church of Rome by William Darrel ...
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           A
           VINDICATION
           OF
           
             Saint
             Ignatius
          
           ,
           (
           Founder
           of
           the
           Society
           of
           JESUS
           )
           FROM
           Phanaticism
           ;
        
         
           And
           of
           the
           JESUITES
           ,
           FROM
           THE
           Calumnies
           Laid
           to
           their
           Charge
           in
           a
           late
           Book
           ,
           Entitul'd
           ,
           
             The
             Enthusiasm
             of
             the
             Church
             of
          
           ROME
           .
        
         
           By
           
             William
             Darrel
          
           ,
           Priest
           ,
           of
           the
           Society
           of
           JESVS
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             Anthony
             Boudet
          
           ,
           over-against
           the
           May-Pole
           in
           the
           Strand
           ,
           Bookseller
           .
           1688.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           THE
           PREFACE
           .
        
         
           THE
           Disease
           of
           Gospelling
           first
           broke
           out
           in
           Germany
           ;
           and
           from
           Thence
           the
           Contagion
           crept
           into
           other
           States
           of
           
             Europe
             .
             Martin
             Luther
          
           was
           the
           First
           this
           new
           Plague
           seiz'd
           on
           ;
           and
           from
           Him
           his
           Pot-Companions
           took
           it
           :
           He
           wrapt
           his
           foul
           Design
           under
           fair
           Appearances
           ;
           He
           aim'd
           at
           Abuses
           ,
           to
           strike
           at
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           cry'd
           out
           
             Reformation
             of
             Manners
          
           ,
           to
           let-in
           Deformation
           .
           His
           maskt
           Hypocrisie
           drew
           Shoals
           of
           Admirers
           ;
           and
           then
           the
           charming
           Promises
           of
           
             True
             Christian
             Liberty
          
           ,
           soon
           flung
           them
           into
           an
           Hellish
           Slavery
           ;
           for
           from
           Admirers
           of
           his
           
           Doctrine
           ,
           they
           past
           to
           be
           Proselytes
           ,
           and
           Canoniz'd
           his
           
             Gross
             Dreams
          
           for
           
             Divine
             Revelations
          
           .
           But
           ,
           as
           yet
           ,
           his
           Progress
           was
           scarce
           discernable
           :
           He
           found
           Priests
           and
           Religious
           ,
           as
           Vigilant
           to
           defend
           the
           Church
           ,
           as
           Himself
           to
           attack
           it
           :
           And
           therefore
           he
           set
           Two
           Gins
           ,
           the
           One
           to
           allure
           Them
           ,
           the
           Other
           to
           fright
           Them
           ,
           and
           their
           Inferiours
           too
           ,
           from
           their
           Duty
           .
           He
           felt
           ,
           by
           Experience
           ,
           that
           a
           Capuche
           ,
           and
           an
           Hair-Shift
           ,
           were
           troublesome
           Companions
           ;
           That
           Fasting
           aud
           Praying
           were
           Melancholy
           Entertainments
           ;
           and
           ,
           That
           to
           give
           a
           Breviary
           for
           a
           Fair
           Lady
           ,
           could
           be
           no
           Bad
           Exchange
           .
           And
           therefore
           ,
           by
           his
           Omnipotent
           Power
           ,
           be
           dispenc'd
           with
           all
           
             Religious
             Vows
          
           ;
           and
           gave
           Mankind
           so
           vast
           a
           Liberty
           ,
           as
           to
           do
           any
           thing
           but
           those
           Obligations
           CHRIST
           had
           laid
           upon
           them
           :
           Sense
           applauded
           this
           New
           
           Prophet's
           Gospel
           ,
           and
           German-Reason
           soon
           approv'd
           it
           :
           So
           that
           many
           Priests
           ,
           
           and
           Religious
           ,
           accepted
           of
           the
           Dispensation
           ;
           and
           made
           a
           Divorce
           with
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           CHRIST
           Himself
           ,
           to
           Espouse
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           its
           Fopperies
           .
           But
           Those
           ,
           who
           refus'd
           these
           Proffers
           ,
           to
           accept
           of
           
           GOD's
           ;
           who
           plac'd
           the
           Good
           of
           their
           Souls
           ,
           above
           the
           Criminal
           Ease
           of
           their
           Bodies
           ;
           and
           valu'd
           Fidelity
           to
           their
           Maker
           at
           an
           higher
           Rate
           ,
           than
           a
           Criminal
           Obedience
           to
           his
           Mortal
           Enemy
           ;
           Those
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           were
           oppugn'd
           with
           different
           Engines
           :
           Every
           Reformer
           begat
           some
           Scandalous
           Pamphlet
           ,
           and
           so
           contributed
           to
           the
           Peopling
           of
           the
           World
           with
           the
           Children
           of
           his
           Brain
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           with
           the
           spurious
           Off-spring
           of
           his
           Body
           .
           Some
           struck
           at
           Priests
           ,
           Others
           at
           Religious
           ;
           But
           all
           Conspir'd
           (
           as
           if
           Associations
           were
           even
           then
           in
           Fashion
           )
           to
           decipher
           the
           Leaders
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           as
           Persons
           rather
           to
           be
           Detested
           ,
           than
           Obey'd
           .
           By
           which
           Piece
           of
           
             unchristian
             Policy
          
           ,
           they
           intended
           to
           raise
           a
           Disesteem
           of
           Superiors
           
           in
           the
           Hearts
           of
           Inferiors
           ;
           which
           once
           affected
           ,
           Disobedience
           (
           the
           constant
           Sequel
           of
           Contempt
           )
           would
           follow
           .
           And
           indeed
           ,
           this
           Method
           prov'd
           so
           favourable
           to
           the
           Sinistrous
           Designs
           of
           the
           first
           
             New
             Gospellers
          
           ,
           that
           their
           Successors
           have
           pitch'd
           on
           the
           same
           Expedient
           for
           the
           Preservation
           of
           that
           Religion
           ,
           which
           ,
           like
           a
           Young
           Minerva
           ,
           jumpt
           out
           of
           their
           
           Fore-Father's
           Brain
           .
           Invectives
           against
           Priests
           and
           Jesuits
           ,
           are
           the
           common
           Cries
           in
           the
           Streets
           ,
           and
           the
           never-failing
           Topick
           of
           all
           Pulpit-Rhetorick
           .
           But
           ,
           I
           confess
           ,
           the
           Latter
           bears
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           the
           Satyrs
           .
           A
           Jesuite
           and
           Behemoth
           are
           nigh
           a-kin
           ;
           for
           ,
           as
           this
           Beast
           was
           a
           Compound
           of
           all
           Animals
           ;
           so
           He
           is
           a
           Mixture
           of
           all
           Abominations
           .
           Is
           there
           any
           Black
           Design
           contriv'd
           ?
           The
           Jesuite
           is
           of
           the
           Counsel
           .
           Any
           Abominable
           Treason
           put
           in
           Execution
           ?
           He
           is
           the
           Actor
           .
           The
           Parliament
           of
           41.
           was
           a
           College
           of
           
             Jesuites
             :
             Hugh
             Peters
          
           a
           Profess'd
           
           Father
           ;
           nay
           ,
           
             Fairfax
             ,
             Waller
          
           ,
           and
           Cromwel
           too
           ,
           had
           been
           adopted
           Children
           of
           the
           same
           Society
           ,
           but
           that
           They
           wanted
           the
           necessary
           qualifications
           .
           
             Disloyalty
             ,
             Rapine
             ,
             Murders
          
           ,
           and
           the
           Tribe
           of
           
             Jesuitical
             Vertues
          
           .
           In
           66.
           the
           Jesuits
           laid
           London
           in
           Ashes
           .
           Like
           fiery
           Dragons
           ,
           they
           spit
           Flames
           into
           Cellars
           ,
           and
           Oyl-Shops
           ;
           and
           probably
           then
           experienc'd
           ,
           first
           ,
           the
           Omnipotent
           Power
           of
           
             Teukesbury
             Mustard-Balls
          
           .
           Nay
           ,
           I
           have
           it
           from
           Credible
           Hands
           ,
           their
           Malice
           went
           so
           far
           ,
           as
           to
           undermine
           the
           Thames
           ;
           and
           had
           infallibly
           blew
           it
           up
           in
           the
           Air
           ,
           but
           Providence
           put
           a
           Stop
           to
           their
           Hellish
           Enterprize
           ,
           and
           so
           blew
           up
           their
           Design
           .
           From
           Fire
           and
           Water
           they
           run
           to
           the
           Sword
           ;
           and
           no
           Blood
           would
           lay
           the
           Devil
           of
           Revenge
           ,
           but
           His
           Sacred
           Majesty's
           .
           Omnipotent
           Oliva
           ,
           sent
           down
           Commissions
           from
           Rome
           ,
           Father
           
             de
             la
             Chayse
          
           Ships
           of
           Money
           ;
           and
           ,
           in
           Conclusion
           ,
           They
           carry'd
           the
           Treason
           so
           secretly
           ,
           that
           They
           
           knew
           not
           of
           it
           Themselves
           :
           Nor
           did
           any
           Body
           else
           ,
           but
           those
           Villains
           who
           accus'd
           them
           ;
           and
           who
           thought
           to
           build
           their
           Fortune
           on
           the
           Ruin
           of
           Church
           and
           State.
           In
           fine
           ,
           A
           Jesuite
           is
           ,
           by
           Trade
           ,
           a
           Butcher
           ;
           but
           with
           this
           Difference
           ,
           That
           He
           stabs
           Kings
           meerly
           to
           be
           doing
           ,
           and
           the
           honest
           Butcher
           Beasts
           ,
           only
           to
           gain
           a
           Livelyhood
           .
           His
           Religion
           is
           to
           profess
           All
           or
           None
           ,
           as
           Time
           and
           Emergencies
           require
           .
           From
           Mass
           he
           runs
           to
           the
           Quakers
           ;
           From
           These
           to
           the
           Presbyterians
           :
           Then
           he
           is
           dubb'd
           Jew
           ,
           and
           sometimes
           Turk
           ,
           when-ever
           the
           Alcoran
           sutes
           better
           with
           his
           Occasions
           ,
           than
           the
           Gospel
           .
           Thus
           Jesuits
           make
           sale
           of
           Things
           ,
           even
           the
           most
           Holy
           and
           Rever'd
           in
           Christianity
           ;
           acknowledging
           no
           other
           God
           ,
           but
           Interest
           ;
           no
           other
           Religion
           ,
           but
           Faction
           ,
           and
           (
           the
           greatest
           of
           Crimes
           )
           Treason
           .
           But
           ,
           Gentlemen
           ,
           if
           all
           these
           Accusations
           are
           true
           ,
           Why
           is
           not
           the
           Evidence
           in
           proving
           them
           ,
           equal
           to
           the
           Boldness
           in
           Asserting
           
           them
           ?
           Why
           ?
           Our
           Adversaries
           make
           the
           World
           believe
           ,
           That
           we
           are
           gifted
           with
           
           Proteus's
           Faculty
           ;
           That
           we
           can
           turn
           and
           wind
           our selves
           into
           all
           Shapes
           and
           Figures
           ;
           That
           Gyges
           bequeath'd
           us
           his
           Mysterious
           Ring
           :
           And
           ,
           What
           Wonder
           then
           ,
           if
           we
           play
           such
           Prancks
           ,
           without
           being
           catch'd
           ,
           when
           we
           cannot
           be
           seen
           .
        
         
           But
           ,
           sober
           Reader
           ,
           Let
           us
           cast
           away
           Prejudice
           ,
           and
           argue
           a
           little
           like
           Men
           ,
           by
           the
           Rules
           of
           Reason
           ,
           and
           not
           of
           
             Passion
             :
             First
          
           ,
           Were
           Jesuits
           such
           Mortal
           Enemies
           to
           Princes
           ,
           Is
           it
           credible
           ,
           that
           the
           Greatest
           Monarchs
           in
           Christendom
           would
           commit
           their
           Consciences
           to
           the
           Directions
           of
           Men
           ,
           whose
           only
           Aim
           is
           the
           Destruction
           of
           their
           Bodies
           ,
           and
           ruin
           of
           their
           Monarchies
           ?
           No
           ,
           certainly
           ,
           unless
           we
           can
           imagine
           they
           are
           all
           of
           the
           same
           Party
           with
           the
           Jesuits
           ,
           and
           conspire
           against
           Themselves
           ;
           as
           some
           Gentlemen
           assur'd
           the
           World
           ,
           that
           Charles
           the
           Second
           ,
           of
           bless'd
           Memory
           ,
           did
           
           against
           his
           own
           
             Royal
             Person
             .
             Secondly
          
           ,
           Were
           their
           Principles
           of
           Morality
           so
           bad
           and
           Anti-christian
           ,
           as
           some
           Malevalent
           Persons
           have
           describ'd
           them
           ,
           Can
           any
           Man
           ,
           of
           an
           unbyass'd
           Judgment
           ,
           ever
           be
           perswaded
           ,
           that
           all
           the
           World
           would
           run
           Mad
           together
           ,
           and
           send
           their
           Children
           for
           Vertue
           &
           Learning
           ,
           to
           their
           Schools
           ,
           where
           no
           Lessons
           are
           read
           ,
           but
           of
           Debauchery
           and
           Faction
           ?
           I
           will
           rather
           believe
           ,
           some
           Pamphleteers
           have
           been
           mistaken
           ,
           than
           that
           the
           greatest
           Part
           of
           Europe
           is
           deceived
           ;
           and
           that
           They
           deserve
           rather
           to
           be
           Pillor'd
           for
           Calumniators
           ,
           than
           the
           Jesuites
           to
           be
           Condemn'd
           for
           Criminals
           .
           Some
           Ministers
           in
           Germany
           confess'd
           ,
           That
           in
           the
           Rules
           of
           our
           Society
           ,
           there
           was
           nothing
           reprehensible
           ,
           but
           the
           
             Roman
             Religion
          
           :
           And
           for
           my
           part
           ,
           I
           am
           of
           Opinion
           ,
           That
           our
           English
           Ministers
           can
           find
           no
           other
           Fault
           with
           our
           Actions
           ,
           but
           that
           They
           tend
           more
           than
           they
           desire
           ,
           to
           the
           Increase
           of
           That
           Faith.
           
           But
           ,
           if
           Zeal
           for
           our
           Church
           be
           a
           Crime
           ,
           our
           Adversaries
           must
           have
           Patience
           ;
           for
           there
           is
           no
           Hope
           of
           Repentance
           ;
           We
           glory
           in
           the
           Sin
           ,
           because
           we
           esteem
           it
           a
           Vertue
           :
           And
           ,
           if
           any
           can
           disabuse
           us
           with
           Reason
           and
           Arguments
           ,
           we
           will
           thank
           them
           for
           the
           Favour
           :
           But
           ,
           if
           they
           will
           needs
           endeavour
           to
           beat
           down
           our
           Zeal
           ,
           by
           accusing
           it
           ,
           to
           stop
           our
           Mouths
           with
           Morsels
           of
           
             Printed
             Paper
          
           ,
           upon
           my
           Word
           ,
           their
           Labour
           will
           prove
           extreamly
           unsuccessful
           .
           I
           hope
           ,
           by
           the
           Grace
           of
           GOD
           ,
           we
           shall
           feel
           so
           great
           a
           Love
           for
           Christianity
           ,
           as
           to
           Forgive
           them
           ;
           so
           much
           Courage
           ,
           as
           to
           bear
           their
           most
           foul
           Aspersions
           ,
           without
           any
           other
           Concern
           ,
           than
           for
           our
           Adversaries
           Impiety
           ,
           We
           will
           never
           so
           far
           condescend
           to
           an
           Enemy
           ,
           as
           to
           revenge
           Wrongs
           done
           us
           ,
           upon
           our
           own
           Souls
           ;
           nor
           to
           be
           really
           Wicked
           ,
           because
           our
           back-Friends
           would
           have
           us
           be
           so
           .
           Innocence
           ,
           I
           am
           sure
           ,
           stands
           for
           us
           ;
           and
           therefore
           ,
           we
           need
           not
           fear
           a
           Weak
           Defence
           ,
           unless
           it
           be
           our
           Misfortune
           to
           fall
           
           into
           the
           Hauds
           of
           
             Perjur'd
             Witnesses
          
           ,
           and
           of
           
             Old
             Ignoramus
             Juries
          
           ;
           for
           with
           such
           Persons
           ,
           Crimes
           pass
           current
           for
           Vertues
           ,
           and
           Innocence
           it self
           is
           a
           sufficient
           Ground
           to
           be
           brought
           in
           Guilty
           .
        
         
           In
           fine
           ,
           I
           desire
           all
           ,
           not
           to
           be
           too
           forward
           to
           pass
           their
           Verdict
           against
           a
           Jesuite
           ,
           on
           the
           Authority
           of
           every
           Pamphlet
           ,
           which
           drops
           from
           the
           Print
           ;
           nay
           ,
           tho'
           you
           read
           in
           the
           Front
           ,
           
             Guli
             .
             Needham
          
           ,
           with
           an
           Imprimatur
           .
           We
           have
           seen
           His
           now
           
             Gracious
             Majesty
          
           declar'd
           Traytor
           ,
           in
           as
           great
           Formality
           ;
           and
           
             Titus
             Oats
          
           ,
           with
           the
           whole
           Inventory
           of
           
             Godly
             Narratives
          
           ,
           were
           usher'd-in
           with
           an
           
             Equal
             Solemnity
          
           :
           Which
           being
           ,
           by
           the
           Publick
           Justice
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           null'd
           ,
           we
           ought
           to
           suspect
           Those
           ,
           which
           ,
           for
           the
           future
           ,
           shall
           be
           fram'd
           on
           the
           same
           Model
           .
           To
           be
           seduc'd
           once
           ,
           may
           be
           a
           pardonable
           Weakness
           ;
           but
           to
           be
           drawn-in
           by
           every
           Malitious
           Sheet
           ,
           is
           a
           convincing
           Argument
           ,
           we
           are
           not
           unwilling
           to
           be
           Deceiv'd
           :
           and
           whosoever
           is
           dispos'd
           to
           give
           Assent
           to
           every
           Lye
           ,
           without
           further
           Examen
           ,
           adopts
           them
           ;
           and
           so
           espouses
           the
           Sin
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Pain
           ;
           which
           will
           be
           Eternal
           in
           the
           Next
           VVorld
           ,
           unless
           he
           resolves
           to
           Repent
           in
           This.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           A
           VINDICATION
           OF
           St.
           IGNATIUS
           From
           the
           CHARGE
           of
           Phanaticism
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           
             The
             INTRODUCTION
             .
          
           
             AMong
             other
             Artifices
             ,
             where-with
             the
             Gentlemen
             of
             the
             
               Church
               of
               England
            
             recommend
             their
             Religion
             to
             ignorant
             and
             deluded
             Persons
             ,
             none
             has
             been
             more
             frequently
             made
             use
             of
             ,
             than
             the
             charging
             both
             our
             Church
             ,
             and
             its
             Members
             ,
             with
             such
             Crimes
             ,
             which
             derive
             their
             Being
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             Enormity
             ,
             from
             the
             inventive
             Brains
             of
             our
             Accusers
             .
             The
             Badness
             of
             their
             Cause
             ,
             permits
             them
             not
             to
             descend
             into
             a
             Scrupulous
             Examination
             of
             the
             Merirs
             of
             it
             .
             Every
             single
             Controversie
             hath
             been
             so
             often
             handled
             ,
             and
             so
             demonstratively
             determin'd
             against
             Them
             ,
             that
             it
             would
             be
             rash
             and
             disadvantagious
             to
             re-assume
             the
             Debate
             of
             those
             particular
             Questions
             .
             Wherefore
             they
             have
             wisely
             judg'd
             it
             most
             secure
             for
             their
             Reputation
             ,
             to
             lay
             aside
             Reason
             and
             Authority
             ,
             
             and
             to
             take
             up
             no
             other
             Arms
             to
             defend
             their
             gasping
             Cause
             ,
             than
             Forgery
             and
             Railery
             ,
             the
             last
             Refuge
             of
             Desperado's
             .
             To
             make
             my
             Charge
             good
             ,
             I
             will
             send
             my
             Reader
             to
             Two
             Pamphlets
             lately
             come
             out
             ,
             
               viz.
               
                 The
                 Art
                 of
                 Missionaries
              
               ,
            
             and
             
               The
               Enthusiasm
               of
               the
               Church
               of
               Rome
               :
            
             In
             the
             First
             ,
             Forgery
             ;
             in
             the
             Second
             ,
             Impiety
             (
             to
             call
             it
             no
             worse
             )
             appear
             bare-fac'd
             ,
             in
             spight
             of
             Christianity
             .
             For
             though
             ,
             indeed
             ,
             the
             Author
             of
             the
             Missionaries
             cites
             his
             Authorities
             ;
             yet
             many
             of
             them
             are
             of
             so
             profligate
             a
             Reputation
             ,
             that
             no
             Man
             ,
             who
             did
             not
             intend
             to
             put
             an
             Universal
             Cheat
             on
             Mankind
             ,
             would
             ever
             produce
             them
             ,
             but
             to
             condemn
             them
             .
             A
             main
             Support
             of
             his
             Slanders
             ,
             is
             Dr.
             Burnet
             ,
             a
             Person
             long
             since
             out-law'd
             by
             his
             Country
             ,
             and
             hath
             not
             as
             yet
             learnt
             Repentance
             :
             Nay
             ,
             he
             adds
             fresh
             Crimes
             to
             those
             of
             an
             older
             Date
             ,
             by
             flinging
             Dirt
             on
             his
             Sovereign
             ,
             and
             lending
             his
             Mercenary
             Pen
             to
             the
             Broachers
             of
             New
             Rebellions
             .
             And
             shall
             he
             ,
             who
             flies
             in
             the
             very
             Face
             of
             his
             Prince
             ,
             be
             admitted
             as
             an
             Evidence
             against
             Catholick
             Subjects
             ,
             whom
             he
             professeth
             to
             abhor
             ?
             A
             great
             part
             of
             his
             other
             Authorities
             are
             of
             the
             same
             Stamp
             and
             Reputation
             ;
             only
             with
             this
             difference
             ,
             That
             Some
             ,
             at
             least
             ,
             have
             been
             burnt
             by
             the
             publick
             Hang-man
             ;
             and
             the
             
             Doctor
             's
             ,
             with
             a
             great
             part
             of
             the
             Herd
             ,
             as
             yet
             ,
             only
             deserves
             the
             same
             Punishment
             .
             In
             a
             word
             ,
             The
             Gentleman
             shou'd
             have
             taken
             into
             his
             List
             the
             
             Salamanca-Doctor's
             Narrative
             ,
             to
             make
             it
             compleat
             ,
             and
             to
             press
             his
             Accusation
             homer
             .
             Now
             ,
             had
             this
             Pamphleteer
             first
             prov'd
             ,
             by
             credible
             Witnesses
             ,
             the
             Veracity
             of
             his
             Authors
             ,
             and
             withal
             been
             more
             sparing
             of
             his
             
             Billingsgate-Rhetorick
             ,
             his
             Accusation
             might
             have
             gain'd
             some
             Degree
             of
             Probability
             even
             in
             the
             Opinions
             of
             well-meaning
             Men
             ,
             till
             Catholicks
             had
             confuted
             it
             .
             But
             first
             to
             Empanel
             a
             byass'd
             Jury
             ,
             and
             then
             to
             Condemn
             a
             Congregation
             of
             Men
             on
             its
             corrupt
             Verdict
             ,
             is
             so
             foul
             a
             Proceeding
             ,
             as
             not
             to
             be
             parallel'd
             but
             in
             the
             Transactions
             of
             
             Titus's
             Reign
             .
          
           
             As
             for
             the
             other
             Gentleman
             ;
             Indeed
             ,
             he
             has
             taken
             a
             far
             more
             expedient
             way
             ,
             to
             bring
             our
             Religion
             into
             an
             Odium
             :
             The
             
             Name
             of
             a
             Phanatick
             ,
             sounds
             harsh
             to
             an
             
             English-Man's
             Ear
             ;
             and
             therefore
             ,
             he
             doubted
             not
             ,
             but
             the
             very
             Imputation
             of
             Enthusiasm
             ,
             would
             raise
             the
             Hot-headed
             Mobile
             against
             us
             ;
             and
             turn
             the
             good
             Esteem
             of
             many
             Church-Protestants
             ,
             into
             an
             utter
             Execration
             of
             our
             Folly.
             The
             Reverend
             Dean
             of
             St.
             Pauls
             gave
             him
             the
             Plat-form
             of
             his
             Design
             ;
             and
             ,
             indeed
             ,
             all
             England
             could
             not
             afford
             him
             a
             more
             expert
             Master
             in
             the
             Science
             of
             Phanaticism
             :
             For
             ,
             let
             People
             talk
             what
             they
             please
             ,
             Practice
             is
             the
             best
             Mistress
             ;
             and
             the
             Doctor
             wants
             not
             this
             Advantage
             .
             When
             Phanaticism
             turn'd
             Trump
             ,
             it
             was
             the
             
             Doctor
             's
             darling
             Religion
             ;
             and
             ,
             if
             we
             may
             guess
             at
             his
             Mind
             by
             the
             Fruit
             of
             his
             Brain
             (
             his
             Writings
             ,
             )
             Two
             fat
             Benefices
             are
             the
             chief
             Motives
             of
             Credibility
             ,
             which
             keep
             him
             in
             the
             Prelatick
             Communion
             .
             Nay
             ,
             our
             Gentleman
             follows
             ,
             through
             his
             whole
             Pamphlet
             ,
             this
             Guide
             so
             close
             ,
             that
             he
             often
             treads
             on
             his
             Heels
             .
             So
             that
             ,
             without
             any
             Injustice
             ,
             I
             may
             change
             the
             Tittle
             Page
             ,
             and
             christen
             the
             whole
             Book
             ,
             
               The
               Second
               Edition
               of
               Dr.
            
             Stillingfleet
             
               's
               Folly.
            
             But
             ,
             to
             do
             him
             Justice
             ,
             I
             must
             inform
             my
             Reader
             ,
             That
             he
             hath
             heightned
             the
             
             Doctor
             's
             Railery
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             Impiety
             ;
             and
             ,
             as
             much
             as
             I
             can
             guess
             ,
             hath
             spent
             so
             much
             Time
             in
             turning
             over
             
               Don
               Quixot
            
             ,
             as
             to
             have
             left
             none
             for
             the
             Scripture
             :
             For
             ,
             had
             he
             the
             least
             insight
             into
             that
             Sacred
             Book
             ,
             or
             the
             least
             Tincture
             of
             Christianity
             ,
             he
             never
             durst
             have
             exercis'd
             his
             ridiculing
             Vein
             on
             the
             Sacred
             Counsels
             contain'd
             in
             that
             Holy
             Volume
             ;
             nor
             plac'd
             those
             Pious
             Men
             ,
             who
             follow'd
             them
             ,
             on
             the
             same
             Level
             with
             Phanaticks
             .
             But
             ,
             what
             will
             not
             Men
             do
             ,
             when
             Passion
             blinds
             Reason
             ?
             When
             the
             pleasant
             Charms
             of
             Revenge
             cast
             Conscience
             into
             a
             Lethargy
             ?
             when
             they
             have
             Light
             enough
             to
             see
             their
             Errors
             ,
             and
             no
             Resolution
             to
             correct
             them
             .
          
           
             Would
             the
             Gentleman
             peruse
             his
             own
             Lines
             in
             cold
             Blood
             ,
             I
             am
             perswaded
             ,
             he
             would
             blush
             at
             the
             Sallies
             of
             his
             Passion
             ,
             and
             confess
             he
             deserv'd
             those
             reviling
             Epithets
             ,
             he
             has
             so
             liberally
             flung
             on
             the
             
               Catholick
               Church
            
             ,
             for
             promoting
             imaginary
             Enthusiasms
             ,
             and
             on
             St.
             Ignatius
             for
             practising
             them
             .
             However
             ,
             
             though
             perchance
             his
             Buffooning
             Disease
             may
             be
             past
             cure
             ;
             yet
             for
             the
             disabusing
             those
             ,
             who
             possibly
             may
             be
             so
             far
             impos'd
             on
             ,
             as
             to
             take
             a
             meer
             Romance
             for
             a
             real
             Story
             ,
             I
             shall
             make
             a
             short
             Reply
             to
             a
             long
             Fable
             :
             Though
             I
             am
             convinc'd
             ,
             indeed
             ,
             that
             Many
             may
             be
             pleas'd
             with
             the
             Slander
             ;
             yet
             Few
             will
             approve
             it
             ,
             and
             Fewer
             the
             Author
             .
             The
             most
             Favourable
             ,
             perchance
             ,
             may
             rank
             him
             among
             the
             Merry
             Andrews
             :
             But
             ,
             I
             am
             sure
             ,
             the
             more
             Judicious
             will
             place
             him
             among
             Those
             ,
             who
             profess
             little
             Religion
             ,
             and
             exercise
             less
             Virtue
             .
          
           
             I
             do
             not
             intend
             ,
             in
             my
             Reply
             ,
             to
             follow
             this
             Gentleman
             so
             close
             by
             the
             Heels
             ,
             as
             he
             has
             done
             Dr.
             Stillingfleet
             ;
             for
             I
             find
             the
             greatest
             Part
             of
             his
             Calumnies
             long
             since
             wip'd-of
             ,
             in
             the
             
               Second
               Letter
            
             to
             
               A.
               B.
            
             But
             I
             will
             only
             touch
             those
             Accusations
             ,
             which
             either
             slipt
             by
             the
             
             Doctor
             's
             Memory
             ,
             or
             were
             so
             notoriously
             false
             ,
             as
             he
             thought
             fit
             to
             conceal
             them
             .
          
        
         
           
             SECT
             .
             I.
             
          
           
             Whether
             St.
             Ignatius
             had
             the
             Qualities
             ,
             which
             the
             Author
             requires
             to
             make
             up
             a
             Phanatick
             ?
          
           
             AFter
             an
             Invective
             of
             Twenty
             Pages
             against
             Phanaticism
             ,
             and
             an
             Hundred
             Compliments
             to
             the
             Saints
             of
             the
             
               Catholick
               Church
            
             ,
             of
             which
             
               Mad
               ,
               Frenzical
               ,
               Brain-sick
            
             ,
             &c.
             are
             the
             most
             endearing
             Epithetes
             ;
             as
             if
             the
             Gentleman
             had
             lost
             his
             Breath
             ,
             he
             stops
             of
             a
             suddain
             ,
             and
             thus
             very
             gravely
             reads
             the
             Indictment
             against
             St.
             Ignatius
             :
          
           
             In
             forming
             this
             Inquiry
             ,
             I
             shall
             begin
             with
             the
             Qualities
             necessarily
             requisit
             to
             compleat
             an
             affected
             Enthusiast
             ;
             among
             which
             an
             ardent
             Desire
             of
             Glory
             ,
             and
             immoderate
             Ambition
             ,
             obtain
             the
             first
             place
             ;
             for
             none
             could
             prostitute
             the
             Dignity
             of
             his
             Nature
             
             to
             the
             Follies
             and
             Impertinencies
             of
             Enthusiasm
             ,
             deny
             to
             himself
             the
             common
             Benefits
             of
             Life
             ,
             and
             undergo
             Poverty
             ,
             Nakedness
             ,
             Hunger
             ▪
             and
             a
             thousand
             other
             Inconveniences
             incident
             to
             that
             Profession
             ,
             if
             he
             were
             not
             transported
             with
             a
             violent
             Ambition
             .
          
           
             I
             confess
             ingenuously
             ,
             that
             Pride
             is
             a
             necessary
             Ingredient
             to
             make
             a
             Phanatick
             ;
             but
             that
             such
             a
             Self-denial
             as
             you
             mention
             ,
             is
             incident
             to
             Men
             of
             that
             Profession
             ,
             is
             ,
             in
             my
             Opinion
             ,
             a
             most
             groundless
             Assertion
             .
             No
             Man
             in
             England
             ,
             I
             believe
             ,
             is
             such
             a
             Recluse
             ,
             as
             not
             to
             be
             acquainted
             with
             some
             of
             that
             Perswasion
             ;
             and
             yet
             I
             dare
             affirm
             ,
             That
             no
             Body
             can
             point
             me
             out
             any
             considerable
             number
             of
             those
             Proselytes
             of
             Phanaticism
             ,
             who
             ever
             esteem'd
             
               Voluntary
               Poverty
               ,
               Nakedness
               ,
               Hunger
               ,
            
             and
             a
             
               Thousand
               other
               Inconveniences
            
             ,
             to
             be
             necessary
             Compliments
             of
             their
             Religion
             .
             Indeed
             ,
             the
             
               Church
               of
               England
            
             seems
             to
             be
             convinc'd
             ,
             that
             a
             Renunciation
             of
             those
             
               Common
               Benefits
               of
               Life
            
             ,
             is
             an
             essential
             part
             of
             their
             Obligation
             ;
             and
             therefore
             ,
             mov'd
             with
             a
             Pious
             Indignation
             to
             see
             so
             
               Christian
               Duties
            
             laid
             aside
             ,
             thought
             fit
             (
             some
             Years
             past
             )
             to
             call
             straying
             Phanaticks
             to
             a
             severe
             Account
             ,
             for
             the
             Contempt
             of
             so
             laudable
             a
             Tenet
             .
             She
             tormented
             their
             Bodies
             with
             loathsom
             Prisons
             ,
             for
             the
             good
             of
             their
             Souls
             ,
             drain'd
             their
             Purses
             with
             Weekly
             and
             Monthly
             Fines
             ;
             and
             ,
             in
             fine
             ,
             forc'd
             them
             to
             
               undergo
               Poverty
               ,
               Nakedness
               ,
               Hunger
               ,
               and
               a
               Thousand
               other
               Inconveniences
               incident
               to
               that
               Perswasion
               .
            
             Nay
             ,
             the
             no
             less
             Provident
             ,
             than
             Pious
             Mother-Church
             ,
             went
             further
             :
             She
             knew
             full
             well
             ,
             that
             
               Human
               Nature
            
             is
             frail
             ,
             and
             that
             Men
             are
             far
             more
             prone
             to
             Fall
             ,
             than
             to
             Rise
             ;
             and
             for
             this
             Reason
             ,
             She
             judges
             it
             most
             convenient
             to
             keep
             the
             
               Rod
               (
               viz.
            
             the
             
               Penal
               Laws
            
             )
             in
             her
             Hand
             ,
             that
             now
             and
             then
             ,
             with
             a
             gentle
             Lash
             ,
             She
             may
             admonish
             them
             of
             their
             Duties
             ,
             
               Poverty
               ,
               Nakedness
            
             ,
             &c
             :
             And
             't
             is
             for
             this
             end
             too
             ,
             that
             She
             stickles
             for
             the
             Test
             ,
             lest
             poor
             Phanaticks
             ,
             by
             intruding
             themselves
             into
             gainful
             Offices
             ,
             should
             cut
             a
             new
             Channel
             for
             their
             Ambition
             to
             run
             in
             ,
             and
             pride
             rather
             in
             Opulence
             ,
             than
             in
             the
             wan●
             of
             the
             
               Common
               Benefits
               of
               Nature
            
             .
          
           
             It
             being
             then
             no
             Principle
             of
             our
             
               English
               Phanaticks
            
             ,
             to
             feed
             
             their
             Ambition
             with
             such
             an
             Aversion
             from
             the
             Creature
             ,
             as
             rather
             to
             expose
             their
             naked
             Backs
             to
             publick
             View
             ,
             their
             Stomachs
             to
             the
             inward
             Knawings
             of
             a
             biting
             Hunger
             ,
             rather
             than
             enjoy
             it
             :
             Without
             doubt
             ,
             your
             piercing
             Genius
             has
             found
             out
             a
             new
             Sect
             ,
             which
             Modesty
             commands
             you
             to
             conceal
             .
             But
             to
             satisfie
             the
             
             Reader
             's
             Curiosity
             ,
             and
             to
             contribute
             as
             much
             as
             I
             am
             able
             to
             the
             Increase
             of
             your
             Reputation
             ,
             and
             the
             Credit
             of
             that
             pure
             Church
             ,
             of
             which
             you
             are
             a
             spotless
             Member
             ,
             I
             shall
             communicate
             your
             Discovery
             ;
             that
             the
             World
             may
             be
             Witness
             as
             well
             of
             your
             Piety
             ,
             as
             of
             your
             Railery
             :
             And
             that
             I
             may
             explain
             your
             Meaning
             without
             all
             Debate
             ,
             let
             the
             Reader
             take
             notice
             of
             your
             Words
             :
             
               For
               none
               would
               prostitute
               the
               Dignity
               of
               his
               Nature
               ,
            
             &c.
             
               deny
               to
               himself
               the
               common
               Benefits
               of
               Life
               ,
               and
               undergo
               Poverty
               ,
            
             &c.
             
               if
               he
               were
               not
               transported
               with
               a
               violent
               Ambition
               .
            
             So
             that
             ,
             if
             we
             do
             but
             form
             one
             Syllogism
             ,
             this
             new
             Discovery
             will
             lie
             at
             the
             Tail
             of
             it
             :
             
               Those
               who
               deny
               themselves
               the
               common
               Benefits
               of
               Life
               ,
               who
               undergo
               Poverty
               ,
            
             &c.
             
               have
               the
               first
               Quality
               to
               compleat
               an
               Enthusiast
               .
            
             But
             ,
             
               The
               Apostles
               ,
               the
               Primitive
               Christians
               ,
               and
               to
               be
               short
               ,
               Christ
               himself
               did
               deny
               themselves
               the
               common
               Benefits
               of
               Life
               .
            
             Ergo.
             
               Christ
               ,
               and
               his
               Apostles
            
             ,
             &c.
             
               had
               the
               first
               Quality
               to
               compleat
               an
               Enthusiast
               .
            
          
           
             This
             is
             a
             Discovery
             worthy
             indeed
             of
             a
             Julian
             ,
             or
             Porphyrius
             ;
             but
             ,
             for
             my
             Life
             ,
             I
             cannot
             find
             one
             Fig-leaf
             to
             cover
             your
             Impiety
             .
             If
             it
             be
             a
             piece
             of
             Phanaticism
             ,
             to
             leave
             All
             for
             
             Christ's
             sake
             ,
             to
             obey
             our
             Great
             
             Master's
             Counsel
             ,
             we
             acknowledge
             the
             Accusation
             ,
             and
             plead
             Guilty
             :
             But
             if
             it
             be
             a
             Crime
             of
             the
             first
             Magnitude
             ,
             to
             turn
             
             Christ's
             Life
             ,
             and
             his
             Doctrine
             into
             ●aileries
             ;
             Sir
             ,
             let
             me
             tell
             you
             ,
             You
             stand
             heavily
             guilty
             at
             
             God's
             Tribunal
             ,
             and
             will
             infallibly
             bear
             the
             smart
             of
             your
             Blasphemy
             in
             the
             next
             World
             ,
             unless
             you
             learn
             to
             repent
             in
             This.
             
          
           
             But
             ,
             perchance
             ,
             you
             will
             tell
             me
             ,
             That
             to
             quit
             all
             Worldly
             Pretensions
             ,
             to
             deny
             ones
             self
             the
             
               Common
               Benefits
               of
               Life
            
             meerly
             for
             
             Christ's
             sake
             ,
             is
             Praise-worthy
             :
             But
             that
             St.
             
             Ignatius's
             Poverty
             sprung
             from
             a
             Principle
             as
             far
             different
             ,
             as
             Ambition
             is
             remote
             from
             Humility
             .
             So
             't
             is
             not
             precisely
             the
             Exterior
             
             Train
             of
             Self-Denial
             ,
             which
             qualifies
             him
             for
             a
             Phanatick
             ,
             but
             Interior
             Ambition
             .
             Prove
             then
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             That
             Ambition
             was
             the
             fist
             Motive
             of
             all
             St.
             
             Ignatius's
             Austerities
             .
             He
             is
             about
             it
             :
             where
             he
             ushers
             in
             his
             Proof
             with
             a
             Division
             of
             Ambition
             ,
             to
             shew
             he
             loves
             to
             take
             things
             from
             the
             bottom
             .
          
           
             Ignatius
             (
             says
             he
             )
             
               was
               in
               a
               most
               particular
               manner
               indu'd
               with
               this
               Heroick
               Quality
               ,
               and
               that
               both
               Natural
               and
               Acquir'd
               .
            
             I
             suppose
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             the
             Natural
             Temper
             of
             a
             Man's
             Body
             is
             no
             more
             a
             Crime
             ,
             than
             the
             Natural
             Features
             of
             his
             Face
             ;
             because
             neither
             the
             One
             ,
             nor
             the
             Other
             falls
             under
             a
             Free
             Election
             ;
             which
             is
             a
             necessary
             Requisit
             to
             frame
             a
             Sin.
             So
             that
             the
             First
             Part
             of
             your
             Proof
             being
             null
             ,
             we
             must
             fall
             to
             the
             Examen
             of
             the
             Second
             :
             
               This
               Natural
               Ambition
               of
               St.
            
             Ignatius
             
               was
               fomented
               and
               increased
               by
               his
               extraordinary
               Addiction
               to
               read
               Romances
               ,
               and
               the
               Lives
               of
               Saints
               ,
            
             p.
             21.
             
             But
             it
             was
             the
             
               Reading
               of
               the
               Legends
               of
               Saints
               ,
               which
               finally
               compleated
               the
               Disease
               ,
               and
               render'd
               it
               incurable
               :
               This
               excited
               in
               him
               a
               passionate
               Desire
               of
               obtaining
               an
               equal
               Reputation
               in
               the
               Church
               ,
            
             p.
             22.
             
             If
             the
             Lecture
             of
             Romances
             inflamed
             his
             Ambition
             ,
             whilst
             he
             was
             yet
             a
             Soldier
             ,
             and
             breath'd
             the
             Air
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             we
             accuse
             the
             Lecture
             as
             well
             as
             the
             Effect
             of
             it
             :
             But
             then
             ,
             too
             ,
             I
             cannot
             but
             wonder
             ,
             that
             such
             an
             Accusation
             should
             fall
             from
             your
             Mouth
             ,
             who
             are
             ,
             without
             doubt
             ,
             guilty
             of
             the
             same
             Folly
             ;
             for
             ,
             if
             his
             Passion
             carry'd
             him
             to
             Amadis
             ,
             yours
             tie
             you
             to
             
               Don
               Quixot
            
             ;
             otherwise
             you
             could
             never
             have
             follow'd
             so
             close
             your
             Parallel
             :
             But
             that
             the
             Life
             of
             Christ
             ,
             and
             Actions
             of
             the
             Saints
             ,
             should
             work
             the
             same
             Effect
             ,
             I
             understand
             not
             ,
             unless
             he
             had
             your
             Faculty
             to
             draw
             Bad
             from
             Good
             ,
             and
             Vice
             from
             the
             greatest
             Vertues
             .
          
           
             I
             will
             grant
             you
             willingly
             ,
             that
             the
             Zeal
             of
             St.
             Dominick
             ,
             and
             Humility
             of
             St.
             Francis
             ,
             first
             open'd
             his
             Eyes
             ,
             and
             gave
             him
             a
             Prospect
             of
             the
             Folly
             of
             all
             Worldly
             Pretensions
             ;
             as
             well
             as
             of
             the
             Happiness
             of
             Those
             ,
             who
             leave
             all
             this
             for
             his
             sake
             who
             made
             them
             .
             Where
             is
             the
             Crime
             ?
             Where
             's
             Ambition
             ,
             but
             in
             your
             Fancy
             ,
             who
             spy
             Faults
             in
             others
             ,
             where
             there
             are
             none
             ;
             
             and
             will
             not
             turn
             an
             Eye
             homeward
             ,
             where
             ,
             I
             am
             sure
             ,
             you
             would
             find
             a
             Subject
             more
             than
             ordinary
             of
             Confusion
             and
             Detestation
             ?
             Does
             not
             St.
             Austin
             ,
             in
             his
             Confessions
             ,
             recount
             the
             Conversion
             of
             Two
             Noble
             Romans
             ,
             by
             an
             accidental
             Reading
             of
             St.
             
             Anthony's
             Life
             ?
             And
             does
             he
             load
             these
             Converts
             with
             the
             Accusation
             of
             Ambition
             ?
             No
             ,
             no
             :
             This
             Trade
             is
             new
             ,
             and
             takes
             its
             Date
             from
             the
             Blessed
             Epoche
             of
             Reformation
             .
             'T
             was
             then
             
             Christ's
             Counsels
             began
             to
             be
             laugh'd
             at
             ,
             when
             his
             very
             Commands
             were
             declar'd
             
               Noxious
               to
               Christian
               Liberty
            
             :
             When
             Purity
             of
             Faith
             sounded
             the
             Trumpet
             of
             Rebellion
             ;
             and
             any
             thing
             pass'd
             for
             Lawful
             ,
             but
             Obedience
             to
             the
             Church
             :
             When
             Coblers
             left
             their
             Stalls
             ,
             to
             mount
             the
             Pulpits
             ;
             and
             pass'd
             from
             the
             mending
             of
             Soals
             ,
             to
             the
             Direction
             of
             Consciences
             :
             When
             Religion
             grew
             in
             Vogue
             ,
             like
             Almanacks
             ;
             and
             the
             Freshness
             of
             its
             Date
             ,
             was
             a
             sufficient
             Argument
             to
             recommend
             it
             .
             I
             say
             ,
             'T
             was
             Then
             Men
             establish'd
             a
             New
             Language
             ,
             when
             they
             pickt
             up
             a
             New
             Faith
             ;
             and
             first
             term'd
             
               Humility
               ,
               Pride
               ;
               Voluntary
               Poverty
               ,
               Nakedness
               ,
            
             &c.
             the
             most
             palpable
             Sequels
             of
             an
             
               Enthusiastick
               Ambition
            
             .
             Yet
             this
             Gentleman
             having
             once
             bolted
             this
             wild
             Proposition
             ,
             
               [
               Ignatius
               ,
               in
               his
               Conversion
               ,
               was
               acted
               with
               Principles
               of
               Ambition
               ]
            
             is
             resolv'd
             to
             stand
             to
             it
             ,
             though
             his
             Conscience
             flies
             in
             his
             Face
             for
             it
             :
             Nay
             ,
             and
             to
             demonstrate
             ,
             that
             his
             Face
             is
             dy'd
             as
             deep
             with
             Brass
             ,
             as
             his
             Pen
             is
             dipt
             in
             Gaul
             ,
             he
             tells
             us
             ;
             
               'T
               is
               so
               undeniable
               ,
               that
               even
               the
               Writers
               of
               his
               Life
               cannot
               dissemble
               it
               .
               This
               appears
               from
               the
               Account
               given
               by
               them
               of
               the
               Motions
               excited
               in
               his
               Imaginations
               ,
               by
               reading
               Romances
               ,
               and
               the
               Lives
               of
               Saints
               ,
               at
               his
               first
               Conversion
               ,
               which
               was
               before
               mention'd
               ;
               and
               may
               be
               further
               demonstrated
               from
               what
            
             Bouhours
             
               adds
               ,
               That
               in
               exercising
               all
               his
               Religious
               Austerities
               ,
               he
               had
               at
               first
               no
               other
               Aim
               ,
               than
               to
               imitate
               those
               Holy
               Penitents
               ,
               whose
               Lives
               he
               had
               read
               ,
               and
               to
               expiate
               his
               Sins
               ,
            
             p.
             30.
             
             Sir
             ,
             The
             Meaning
             is
             ,
             That
             at
             the
             beginning
             of
             his
             Conversion
             ,
             he
             had
             no
             Thoughts
             of
             Instituting
             an
             Order
             ,
             for
             the
             saving
             his
             
             Neighbour's
             Soul
             ;
             but
             his
             Design
             was
             wholly
             confin'd
             to
             the
             Salvation
             of
             his
             own
             :
             So
             that
             ,
             in
             short
             ,
             here
             's
             
             your
             Argument
             ;
             St.
             Ignatius
             ,
             at
             first
             ,
             employ'd
             all
             his
             Endeavours
             ,
             by
             reading
             of
             the
             
               Saints
               Lives
            
             ,
             and
             asking
             God
             Pardon
             for
             his
             Sins
             ,
             to
             save
             his
             own
             Soul
             ,
             without
             extending
             his
             Care
             to
             the
             Salvation
             of
             his
             
             Neighbour's
             ;
             therefore
             his
             Conversion
             flow'd
             from
             the
             Principle
             of
             Ambition
             .
             Is
             not
             This
             a
             most
             concluding
             Enthymema
             ?
             Does
             not
             the
             Author
             deserve
             to
             Commence
             
               Master
               of
               Arts
            
             ,
             for
             this
             cunning
             Illation
             ?
             Without
             doubt
             .
             And
             ,
             I
             hope
             ,
             the
             Vniversity
             will
             be
             pleas'd
             to
             take
             it
             into
             its
             serious
             Consideration
             ,
             whither
             such
             an
             ingenious
             Philosopher
             is
             not
             worthy
             of
             some
             Promotion
             ?
             But
             because
             he
             wisely
             foresaw
             the
             last
             Clause
             
               [
               And
               to
               expiate
               his
               Sins
               ]
            
             would
             break
             the
             Neck
             of
             the
             Argument
             ,
             he
             thought
             fit
             to
             prevent
             it
             ,
             by
             a
             pretty
             Slight
             of
             Hand
             ,
             usual
             to
             Persons
             of
             his
             Quality
             ;
             
               This
               last
               Clause
            
             (
             says
             he
             )
             
               was
               annex'd
               ,
               only
               to
               save
               the
               Credit
               of
               the
               Saint
               .
            
             And
             ,
             let
             me
             tell
             you
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             'T
             is
             only
             rejected
             by
             you
             ,
             to
             save
             the
             Credit
             of
             a
             Pamphleteer
             .
          
           
             But
             the
             Gentleman
             has
             Two
             Strings
             to
             his
             Bow.
             If
             
             Bouhour's
             Recount
             of
             his
             Conversion
             will
             not
             brand
             St.
             Ignatius
             with
             Ambition
             ,
             the
             Publisher
             of
             his
             Life
             by
             Mutius
             Vitelleschius's
             Order
             ,
             shall
             .
             Pray
             observe
             :
             His
             
               First
               Resolutions
               were
               to
               exercise
               great
               Austerities
               ,
               and
               perform
               extraordinary
               Penance
            
             ;
             (
             No
             harm
             yet
             ,
             not
             one
             Grain
             of
             Ambition
             is
             hitherto
             visible
             )
             
               Not
               so
               much
               to
               expiate
               his
               Sins
               ,
               which
               then
               presented
               themselves
               to
               his
               View
               ;
               as
               because
               he
               imagin'd
               ,
               that
               in
               these
               Rigours
               the
               utmost
               Perfection
               of
               Christianity
               consisted
               ,
               having
               no
               higher
               Idea
               of
               it
               ;
               and
               desiring
               with
               Passion
               to
               acquire
               that
               Perfection
               .
            
             Now
             ,
             let
             any
             Man
             turn
             this
             Quotation
             into
             all
             Shapes
             ,
             let
             him
             make
             what
             Combination
             he
             pleaseth
             ,
             he
             will
             never
             frame
             ,
             I
             am
             sure
             ,
             an
             Argument
             able
             to
             convince
             any
             Person
             of
             St.
             
             Ignatius's
             Ambition
             :
             For
             the
             natural
             Sense
             which
             the
             Words
             import
             ,
             is
             ,
             
               That
               the
               Saint
               aim'd
               at
               the
               highest
               Perfection
               of
               Christianity
               ,
               and
               plac'd
               it
               in
               the
               Exercise
               of
               great
               Austerities
            
             ;
             which
             ,
             without
             doubt
             ,
             was
             a
             Mistake
             :
             For
             the
             Perfection
             of
             Christianity
             ,
             consists
             in
             a
             most
             perfect
             Love
             of
             our
             Creator
             ;
             other
             exterior
             Austerities
             ,
             are
             only
             Means
             to
             arrive
             to
             it
             .
             Say
             then
             the
             Saint
             was
             mistaken
             
             in
             his
             Idea
             of
             Perfection
             ,
             and
             I
             will
             put
             my
             Hand
             to
             your
             Accusation
             :
             But
             ,
             on
             my
             Word
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             if
             you
             lay
             Ambition
             at
             his
             Door
             ,
             without
             better
             Proofs
             ,
             than
             you
             have
             already
             produc'd
             ,
             you
             must
             maintain
             your
             Charge
             alone
             .
          
           
             Well
             then
             ,
             rather
             than
             fall
             short
             of
             his
             Intent
             ,
             he
             singles
             out
             another
             Circumstance
             very
             material
             ;
             viz.
             
               The
               Ambition
               of
               Founding
               a
               new
               Order
               in
               the
               Cburch
               ,
               had
               strangely
               possess'd
               his
               Imagination
               ,
               and
               was
               the
               grand
               Motive
               of
               all
               his
               Austerities
               ,
            
             p.
             32.
             
             That
             from
             his
             Conversion
             he
             had
             conceiv'd
             such
             a
             Design
             ,
             Orlandin
             and
             Bouhours
             agree
             ;
             and
             I
             subscribe
             :
             But
             that
             Ambition
             put
             this
             Resolution
             on
             foot
             ,
             and
             as
             Mr.
             Bays
             very
             well
             says
             ,
             
               And
               all
               that
            
             ;
             Where
             's
             your
             Proof
             ?
             Why
             ,
             
               I
               Gad
               ,
               he
               will
               not
               tell
               us
               :
            
             And
             yet
             we
             must
             swear
             such
             a
             blind
             Obedience
             to
             his
             Worship
             ,
             as
             to
             believe
             him
             without
             any
             further
             Inquiry
             .
             For
             my
             part
             ,
             I
             do
             not
             intend
             to
             give
             him
             a
             Deference
             he
             denies
             to
             the
             Church
             ;
             nor
             to
             accuse
             the
             Saint
             ,
             by
             freeing
             him
             from
             Calumny
             .
             St.
             Ignatius
             
               fram'd
               a
               Design
               to
               Institute
               a
               new
               Order
               :
            
             Ergo
             ,
             
               Ambition
               was
               the
               Mover
               of
               this
               Great
               Work.
            
             I
             cannot
             infer
             such
             an
             Impious
             Consequence
             from
             so
             Pious
             an
             Antecedent
             ;
             nor
             any
             Body
             else
             ,
             without
             betraying
             at
             once
             a
             want
             of
             Wit
             ,
             and
             an
             abundance
             of
             Impiety
             .
             I
             find
             ,
             that
             St.
             Basil
             and
             St.
             Austin
             had
             the
             same
             Design
             ,
             nay
             ,
             and
             put
             it
             in
             Execution
             ;
             and
             yet
             I
             dare
             not
             ,
             for
             my
             Life
             ,
             draw
             this
             Conclusion
             ,
             Ergo
             ,
             
               They
               were
               Ambitious
            
             .
             Will
             you
             therefore
             know
             St.
             
             Ignatius's
             Motive
             ?
             It
             was
             a
             Zeal
             for
             his
             
             Redeemer's
             Honour
             ,
             and
             for
             his
             
             Neighbour's
             Salvation
             ,
             which
             prompted
             him
             to
             the
             Enterprize
             .
             He
             saw
             the
             greatest
             Part
             of
             the
             World
             sleep
             in
             Ignorance
             and
             Impiety
             ;
             and
             that
             as
             they
             liv'd
             without
             Knowledge
             of
             GOD
             ,
             so
             they
             dy'd
             without
             Fear
             of
             Hell
             ,
             and
             without
             Hope
             of
             Heaven
             .
             He
             thought
             it
             then
             an
             Act
             both
             of
             Gratitude
             to
             GOD
             ,
             and
             of
             Charity
             to
             his
             Neighbour
             ,
             to
             be
             Founder
             of
             an
             Order
             of
             Men
             ,
             whose
             only
             Imployment
             should
             be
             ,
             first
             to
             procure
             their
             Own
             ,
             then
             the
             Salvation
             of
             their
             
             Neighbour's
             :
             And
             so
             it
             is
             .
             Besides
             ,
             he
             saw
             the
             Church
             of
             GOD
             attack'd
             in
             Europe
             ;
             That
             the
             Contagion
             of
             Brain-sick
             Gospellers
             had
             
             infected
             the
             greatest
             Part
             of
             the
             North
             ;
             That
             Reformation
             was
             the
             Fair
             Hellen
             ,
             which
             inchanted
             Christendom
             ;
             and
             ,
             That
             the
             Name
             of
             Liberty
             ,
             had
             plung'd
             whole
             Nations
             into
             Slavery
             :
             Wherefore
             ,
             to
             Heal
             these
             Wounds
             already
             made
             ,
             and
             to
             prevent
             future
             Dammages
             ,
             he
             fram'd
             in
             his
             Head
             the
             Idea
             of
             the
             Society
             ;
             which
             he
             after
             Establish'd
             by
             the
             
             Pope's
             Authority
             :
             And
             how
             GOD
             favour'd
             his
             Designs
             ,
             the
             Event
             has
             demonstrated
             beyond
             a
             Possibility
             of
             doubting
             .
             The
             Fairest
             and
             most
             Populous
             Nations
             ,
             both
             of
             the
             East
             and
             West-Indies
             ,
             have
             receiv'd
             Christianity
             from
             his
             Descendants
             ;
             who
             flung
             up
             all
             Right
             to
             the
             
               Common
               Benefits
            
             of
             Life
             ,
             in
             their
             Native
             Countries
             ,
             expos'd
             their
             Lives
             to
             as
             many
             Dangers
             as
             there
             be
             Winds
             in
             the
             Compass
             ,
             to
             draw
             their
             Fellow-Creatures
             to
             the
             Knowledge
             of
             
               JESVS
               CHRIST
            
             ;
             and
             to
             perswade
             them
             to
             Live
             like
             Men
             ,
             that
             they
             might
             not
             Die
             like
             Beasts
             .
             In
             these
             
               Apostolical
               Functions
            
             ,
             above
             Three
             Hundred
             lost
             their
             Lives
             ,
             and
             seal'd
             with
             their
             own
             Blood
             that
             Gospel
             they
             Preach'd
             to
             Others
             .
             I
             challenge
             all
             the
             Ministers
             in
             England
             ,
             to
             shew
             the
             World
             so
             visible
             Marks
             of
             Piety
             in
             their
             Order
             ,
             or
             so
             manifest
             an
             Evidence
             of
             
               Divine
               Approbation
            
             :
             No
             ,
             they
             have
             found
             so
             many
             commodious
             Livings
             ,
             made
             to
             their
             Hands
             by
             the
             Piety
             of
             their
             
               Catholick
               Ancestors
            
             within
             the
             Compass
             of
             the
             Four
             Seas
             ,
             that
             they
             rest
             contented
             with
             their
             Portion
             ;
             and
             think
             it
             a
             piece
             of
             the
             highest
             Folly
             ,
             to
             be
             so
             enamour'd
             with
             the
             Conversion
             of
             
               Heathenish
               Souls
            
             ,
             as
             to
             expose
             
               Christian
               Bodies
            
             to
             the
             least
             Inconvenience
             for
             their
             sakes
             .
             Besides
             ,
             a
             pack
             of
             little
             Children
             is
             an
             expensive
             Burden
             ,
             and
             the
             Tears
             of
             a
             Loving
             Wife
             a
             strong
             Retentif
             :
             So
             that
             a
             well-meaning
             
             Minister's
             Zeal
             is
             choak'd
             by
             Two
             Impossibilities
             ;
             that
             is
             ,
             He
             cannot
             go
             without
             a
             Transportation
             of
             his
             Family
             ,
             and
             in
             this
             Case
             his
             Purse
             is
             too
             little
             ;
             or
             without
             an
             absolute
             Renunciation
             of
             Wife
             and
             Children
             :
             and
             as
             for
             That
             ,
             without
             any
             Ceremony
             ,
             he
             tells
             the
             Heathens
             ,
             
               Vxorem
               duxi
               &
               ideo
               non
               possum
               venire
               .
            
          
           
             Well
             ,
             but
             though
             we
             are
             advanc'd
             to
             the
             
               32th
               .
               Page
            
             ,
             I
             can
             find
             no
             End
             of
             the
             
               First
               Accusation
            
             :
             My
             Author
             follows
             his
             Point
             
             close
             ,
             and
             will
             not
             part
             with
             his
             belov'd
             Topick
             ,
             Ambition
             ;
             which
             makes
             me
             think
             ,
             he
             is
             no
             such
             Enemy
             to
             it
             :
             For
             People
             talk
             of
             That
             most
             ,
             which
             they
             love
             the
             best
             ;
             and
             often
             dispraise
             those
             very
             Things
             ,
             they
             most
             passionately
             dote
             on
             .
             What
             then
             has
             he
             yet
             to
             say
             ?
             He
             
               Reveal'd
               one
               Day
               to
            
             Polancus
             
               several
               Favours
               GOD
               had
               bestow'd
               on
               him
            
             ;
             and
             pray'd
             earnestly
             ,
             That
             Eguia
             
               might
               not
               out-live
               him
               ,
               lest
               he
               should
               discover
               to
               the
               World
               ,
               what
               he
               knew
               of
               the
               Sanctity
               of
               St.
            
             Ignatius
             :
             This
             is
             ,
             as
             I
             conceive
             ,
             your
             Meaning
             ,
             though
             not
             your
             Words
             .
             To
             take
             a
             view
             as
             near
             as
             we
             can
             of
             the
             Stress
             of
             your
             Argument
             ,
             let
             us
             stand
             on
             the
             Right
             Side
             :
             St.
             Ignatius
             
               reveal'd
               privately
               one
               Day
               to
            
             Polancus
             ,
             
               That
               GOD
               had
               bestow'd
               many
               Favours
               on
               him
            
             ;
             Item
             ,
             
               That
               he
               did
               not
               relate
               the
               Thousandth
               Part
            
             ;
             Item
             ,
             
               He
               pray'd
               earnestly
               ,
               that
               his
               Confessor
               might
               die
               before
               him
               :
               Therefore
               ,
               he
               was
               Ambitious
               .
            
             Here
             the
             Reader
             sees
             the
             whole
             Objection
             ,
             not
             through
             false
             Opticks
             ,
             but
             in
             it
             natural
             Bulk
             and
             Proportions
             .
             But
             whether
             it
             skulks
             in
             the
             First
             or
             Second
             Instance
             ,
             for
             my
             Heart
             I
             dare
             not
             presume
             to
             determine
             :
             Yet
             methinks
             ,
             the
             Gentleman
             might
             have
             drawn
             ,
             from
             the
             Second
             Instance
             ,
             a
             Conclusion
             of
             his
             Modesty
             ;
             because
             his
             Desire
             of
             out-living
             Eguia
             ,
             aim'd
             at
             this
             ,
             That
             many
             Gifts
             of
             GOD
             ,
             known
             to
             him
             ,
             as
             being
             his
             Confessor
             ,
             should
             lie
             forever
             bury'd
             in
             Oblivion
             .
             But
             I
             have
             to
             deal
             with
             a
             Man
             ,
             who
             is
             equally
             offended
             with
             Silence
             and
             Speaking
             ,
             and
             makes
             the
             One
             as
             Criminal
             as
             the
             Other
             .
             But
             ,
             St.
             Ignatius
             made
             Polancus
             
               Partaker
               of
               his
               Heavenly
               Visits
            
             ?
             and
             I
             find
             ,
             that
             Solomon
             wisper'd
             that
             Famous
             Apparition
             of
             GOD
             ,
             in
             the
             Ear
             of
             a
             Confident
             :
             Yet
             the
             Scripture
             ,
             which
             is
             not
             over-shy
             in
             taking
             notice
             of
             this
             Great
             
             King's
             Faults
             ,
             never
             ranks
             that
             Action
             among
             his
             Crimes
             .
             Again
             ;
             St.
             Paul
             recounts
             us
             his
             Rapture
             to
             the
             
               Third
               Heaven
            
             ;
             yet
             among
             all
             the
             Reflections
             of
             Commentators
             on
             that
             Passage
             ,
             I
             find
             not
             One
             which
             attributes
             the
             Rehearsal
             of
             so
             signal
             a
             Favour
             ,
             to
             Pride
             :
             Nay
             ,
             King
             David
             protests
             ,
             
               He
               will
               always
               sing
               the
               Mercies
               of
               the
               LORD
            
             ;
             And
             why
             should
             You
             and
             I
             be
             so
             Satyrical
             ,
             as
             to
             question
             the
             Lawfulness
             of
             his
             
             Resolution
             ?
             If
             therefore
             such
             a
             Confidence
             be
             not
             the
             necessary
             Result
             of
             a
             
               Phanatick
               Pride
            
             ,
             find
             some
             other
             Argument
             to
             back
             your
             Assertion
             ,
             or
             confess
             you
             are
             mistaken
             in
             your
             Charge
             .
             In
             fine
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             When
             you
             feel
             
               Ecstatical
               Transports
            
             of
             
               Divine
               Love
            
             ,
             when
             you
             work
             Miracles
             ,
             and
             bring
             me
             sufficient
             Witnesses
             to
             render
             them
             Credible
             ;
             although
             you
             proclaim
             your
             Gifts
             at
             
             Paul's
             Cross
             ,
             I
             will
             not
             lay
             down
             my
             good
             Opinion
             of
             your
             Humility
             ,
             but
             rather
             increase
             it
             .
          
           
             The
             
               Second
               Quality
            
             requisit
             to
             make
             a
             compleat
             Enthusiast
             ,
             says
             our
             Author
             ,
             is
             
               Ignorance
               ,
               and
               Weakness
               of
               Vnderstanding
               :
            
             This
             he
             fastens
             on
             St.
             Ignatius
             ,
             and
             very
             civilly
             gives
             all
             the
             Founders
             of
             Orders
             the
             same
             Complement
             .
             The
             
               Great
               Founders
               of
               Monastick
               Orders
               are
               observ'd
               to
               have
               been
               Ignorant
               and
               Stupid
               to
               a
               Prodigy
               ;
               and
            
             Ignatius
             ,
             
               far
               from
               being
               ambitious
               to
               surpass
               them
               in
               Learning
               ,
               thought
               it
               Meritorions
               to
               be
               more
               Ignorant
               than
               them
               all
               .
            
             May
             I
             be
             so
             bold
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             as
             to
             learn
             of
             you
             those
             Observers
             ?
             I
             fear
             ,
             they
             took
             their
             Observations
             ill
             .
             For
             my
             part
             ,
             I
             have
             observ'd
             ,
             and
             Others
             with
             me
             ,
             That
             many
             Great
             Founders
             have
             always
             been
             ,
             and
             are
             still
             esteem'd
             the
             Learnedst
             Men
             ,
             in
             all
             respects
             ,
             that
             ever
             the
             World
             produc'd
             ,
             since
             the
             Rise
             of
             Christianity
             .
             What
             think
             you
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             of
             St.
             Basil
             ?
             What
             of
             St.
             Austin
             ?
             Do
             these
             pass
             with
             you
             for
             Ignorant
             Persons
             ,
             and
             
               Stupid
               to
               a
               Prodigy
            
             ?
             If
             They
             do
             ,
             I
             shall
             not
             much
             rely
             on
             your
             Judgment
             .
             Indeed
             ,
             some
             have
             not
             Commenc'd
             Doctors
             ;
             but
             I
             never
             read
             of
             any
             
               Stupid
               to
               a
               Prodigy
            
             .
             If
             you
             have
             discover'd
             this
             so
             material
             a
             Point
             of
             Antiquity
             ,
             do
             us
             the
             Favour
             to
             impart
             it
             ;
             and
             the
             Gentleman
             of
             Amsterdam
             shall
             reward
             you
             with
             a
             Place
             in
             the
             
               Journal
               Des
               Scavans
            
             .
             But
             has
             our
             Author
             let
             fall
             no
             peculiar
             Encomium
             on
             St.
             Ignatius
             ?
             Yes
             :
             He
             
               Thought
               it
               Meritorious
               to
               be
               more
               Ignorant
               than
               them
               all
               .
            
             Did
             any
             one
             but
             read
             your
             following
             Page
             ,
             he
             would
             scarce
             believe
             you
             to
             be
             now
             in
             earnest
             :
             For
             there
             you
             tell
             us
             ,
             That
             
               He
               put
               himself
               to
               School
               ,
               and
               bestow'd
               many
               Years
               in
               learning
               Philosophy
               ,
               and
               the
               Latin
               Tongue
            
             ;
             That
             ,
             
               He
               betook
               himself
               to
               the
               Vniversity
               of
            
             Paris
             .
             Now
             ,
             I
             cannot
             perswade
             my self
             ,
             you
             
             are
             in
             earnest
             ,
             when
             you
             make
             us
             believe
             ,
             he
             judged
             
               Ignorance
               so
               Meritorious
            
             after
             all
             these
             Efforts
             ,
             to
             lose
             it
             .
             Methinks
             ,
             you
             might
             have
             alleadg'd
             stronger
             Arguments
             ,
             to
             evince
             his
             high
             Esteem
             of
             this
             great
             Virtue
             ,
             rather
             than
             to
             represent
             him
             with
             Children
             in
             the
             School
             ,
             turning
             over
             his
             Accidents
             ,
             and
             sweating
             about
             the
             First
             Conjugation
             ,
             Anno.
             I
             suspect
             your
             continual
             hammering
             on
             the
             Notions
             of
             
               Crack'd
               disturb'd
               Brains
            
             ,
             &c.
             has
             something
             misplac'd
             yours
             ;
             and
             that
             you
             have
             so
             long
             hector'd
             St.
             Ignatius
             out
             of
             his
             Wits
             ,
             till
             you
             have
             lost
             your
             Own.
             However
             you
             have
             receiv'd
             the
             Wound
             in
             the
             
               Church
               of
            
             England's
             Service
             ;
             and
             you
             may
             ,
             in
             Recompence
             ,
             hope
             for
             a
             Fellowship
             in
             
               Moor-field
               College
            
             .
             But
             laying
             aside
             all
             your
             Demonstrations
             of
             his
             Stupidity
             ,
             the
             Vniversity
             of
             Sorbon
             assures
             us
             ,
             That
             he
             took
             his
             Degree
             :
             Which
             makes
             me
             conclude
             ,
             (
             what-ever
             you
             are
             pleas'd
             to
             the
             contrary
             )
             he
             was
             not
             such
             an
             Enemy
             to
             Learning
             ,
             nor
             such
             a
             Friend
             to
             Ignorance
             ,
             as
             you
             describe
             him
             :
             But
             't
             is
             no
             matter
             .
             You
             will
             have
             him
             ,
             after
             his
             Death
             ,
             to
             be
             the
             profess'd
             
               Enemy
               to
               Learning
            
             :
             Back
             your
             Assertion
             with
             a
             good
             Reason
             ,
             and
             I
             'll
             not
             oppose
             you
             .
             Why
             ,
             
               Ten
               Years
               after
               his
               Death
               ,
               appearing
               to
            
             James
             Terry
             ,
             
               a
               Young
            
             Scotch
             -
             
               Man
               of
               his
               Society
               ,
               (
               who
               with
               Diligence
               and
               Fervour
               ,
               had
               apply'd
               himself
               to
               the
               Study
               of
               True
               Learning
               )
               he
               sharply
               reprehended
               him
               ;
               recommending
               to
               him
               less
               Knowledge
               ,
               and
               more
               Virtue
               .
            
             Here
             's
             his
             Proof
             ;
             now
             attend
             to
             his
             Illation
             :
             St.
             Ignatius
             
               recommended
               to
               him
               a
               greater
               Study
               of
               Virtue
               ,
               than
               of
               Knowledge
               .
            
             Ergo
             ,
             
               He
               was
               the
               profess'd
               Enemy
               of
               Learning
               .
            
             I
             wonder
             the
             Gentleman
             has
             spar'd
             so
             long
             to
             cast
             some
             by-reflection
             on
             our
             Saviour
             ;
             for
             I
             do
             not
             remember
             ,
             He
             ever
             exhorted
             his
             Disciples
             to
             the
             Study
             of
             
               Human
               Learning
            
             ;
             but
             ,
             every
             Page
             ,
             is
             full
             of
             Exhortations
             to
             Virtue
             .
             Nay
             ,
             St.
             Paul
             seems
             rather
             to
             disswade
             Christians
             from
             too
             curious
             a
             Search
             into
             Litterature
             ;
             and
             he
             gives
             a
             Reason
             too
             ,
             
               Because
               it
               is
               the
               Mother
               of
               Pride
               ;
               Scientia
               instat
               :
            
             And
             ,
             without
             Flattery
             ,
             I
             am
             of
             Opinion
             ,
             the
             Flatuous
             Vapours
             of
             an
             imaginary
             Learning
             ,
             now
             and
             then
             flie
             up
             to
             our
             Scribler's
             Brains
             ,
             and
             disturbs
             his
             Intellect
             :
             For
             ,
             How
             
             can
             a
             Man
             ,
             in
             his
             Wits
             ,
             commit
             so
             foul
             a
             Crime
             ,
             as
             to
             write
             Bantering
             for
             Truth
             ,
             and
             down-right
             Impiety
             for
             solid
             Reason
             ?
             Yet
             this
             is
             his
             Case
             ,
             without
             an
             Hyperbole
             .
             He
             has
             charg'd
             on
             St.
             Ignatius
             Two
             Essential
             Constitutives
             of
             an
             Enthusiast
             ,
             viz.
             Ambition
             and
             Ignorance
             ,
             with
             such
             an
             hectoring
             Accent
             ,
             that
             one
             would
             have
             expected
             as
             many
             Demonstrations
             as
             Prepositions
             .
             But
             ,
             in
             the
             end
             ,
             you
             see
             ,
             the
             Gentleman
             forgot
             his
             Message
             ;
             and
             instead
             of
             pressing
             his
             Accusation
             ,
             has
             thus
             blindly
             flung
             it
             on
             CHRIST
             ,
             and
             his
             Apostles
             .
             Come
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             let
             me
             exhort
             you
             ,
             as
             St.
             Ignatius
             did
             his
             Proselyte
             ,
             
               Less
               Knowledge
               ,
               more
               Virtue
            
             .
             Study
             more
             how
             to
             serve
             GOD
             ,
             and
             less
             how
             to
             defame
             your
             Neighbour
             .
             Now
             ,
             if
             you
             will
             be
             so
             cruel
             ,
             as
             ,
             for
             my
             Charity
             ,
             to
             enrol
             me
             among
             the
             Enemies
             of
             Learning
             ,
             I
             shall
             only
             say
             ,
             
               Amen
               ,
               So
               be
               it
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             SECT
             .
             II.
             
          
           
             Whether
             St.
             Ignatius
             was
             actually
             guilty
             of
             Phanaticism
             ?
          
           
             HAving
             kept
             Pace
             with
             my
             Gentleman
             Forty-Three
             Pages
             ,
             in
             which
             lie
             couch'd
             as
             many
             Impertinencies
             as
             Lines
             ,
             but
             all
             the
             Product
             of
             his
             Brain
             ;
             although
             my
             Patience
             be
             almost
             out
             of
             Breath
             ,
             I
             will
             venture
             to
             keep
             up
             with
             him
             .
             I
             do
             not
             doubt
             ,
             but
             what
             Follows
             is
             of
             the
             same
             Piece
             with
             That
             which
             went
             Before
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             End
             will
             agree
             perfectly
             with
             the
             Beginning
             :
             And
             if
             my
             Conjecture
             be
             true
             ,
             I
             shall
             recommend
             the
             whole
             Work
             ,
             as
             the
             most
             Ingenious
             Piece
             of
             Nonsense
             and
             Confidence
             ,
             which
             our
             Age
             hath
             produc'd
             .
          
           
             Having
             manifested
             ,
             that
             the
             Two
             chief
             Parts
             of
             an
             Enthusiast
             fit
             St.
             Ignatius
             to
             an
             Hair
             ,
             he
             enquires
             ,
             
               Whether
               he
               really
               were
               not
               guilty
               of
               Enthusiasm
               ?
            
             p.
             44.
             
             To
             make
             this
             Inquiry
             methodically
             ,
             
             he
             gives
             us
             this
             Definition
             of
             Enthusiasm
             ;
             viz.
             
               This
               consists
               in
               pretending
               to
               Divine
               Visions
               ,
               and
               extrordinary
               Illuminations
               ,
               after
               Christianity
               is
               fully
               settled
               ;
               and
               all
               Christians
               left
               to
               learn
               their
               Religion
               by
               natural
               and
               ordinary
               Means
               ,
               from
               the
               Rule
               of
               Faith
               ,
               whether
               Scripture
               or
               Tradition
               ;
               In
               boasting
               of
               infus'd
               Knowledge
               ,
               and
               inward
               Lights
               ;
               In
               pretending
               to
               have
               receiv'd
               all
               the
               Articles
               of
               Faith
               by
               particular
               Inspiration
               ,
               to
               do
               all
               things
               by
               the
               private
               Impulse
               of
               the
               Spirit
               .
            
             I
             must
             interrupt
             the
             
             Gentleman's
             Definition
             ,
             with
             an
             &c.
             for
             I
             have
             lost
             almost
             my
             Breath
             ,
             and
             shall
             ,
             I
             fear
             ,
             quite
             ,
             if
             I
             proceed
             .
             I
             take
             it
             for
             a
             Definition
             fresh
             jumpt
             out
             of
             Mr.
             
             Hobbs's
             Mint
             ;
             and
             indeed
             ,
             the
             whole
             Book
             is
             so
             full
             of
             Atheistical
             Dashes
             ,
             that
             I
             am
             perswaded
             ,
             the
             Author
             has
             serv'd
             his
             Apprentiship
             under
             that
             great
             Master
             of
             Atheism
             .
             I
             must
             take
             the
             Whole
             into
             Pieces
             ;
             for
             ,
             I
             confess
             ,
             I
             dare
             not
             encounter
             with
             such
             a
             Crowd
             of
             Nonsense
             together
             .
             Enthusiasm
             (
             says
             he
             )
             
               consists
               in
               pretending
               to
               Divine
               Visions
               ,
               and
               extraordinary
               Illuminations
               ,
               after
               Christianity
               is
               fully
               settled
               .
            
             Hold
             there
             ,
             
               Dear
               Sir
            
             ,
             as
             you
             tender
             your
             Credit
             ,
             and
             the
             Honour
             of
             the
             
               English
               Protestancy
            
             :
             If
             you
             give
             so
             large
             Notions
             of
             Phanaticism
             ,
             you
             exclude
             from
             the
             Pale
             of
             your
             Church
             the
             most
             Famous
             Saints
             ,
             and
             Doctors
             of
             Christianity
             ;
             and
             if
             once
             these
             Supports
             be
             thrown
             away
             ,
             your
             Church
             must
             fall
             .
             Saint
             Martin
             was
             a
             Pretender
             to
             
               Extraordinary
               Illuminations
            
             ;
             and
             Saint
             Austin
             tells
             us
             of
             a
             certain
             Voice
             ,
             which
             bid
             him
             ,
             
               Tolle
               &
               Lege
            
             ,
             Take
             up
             and
             Read
             ;
             and
             a
             Thousand
             others
             .
             Now
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             If
             I
             put
             my
             Hand
             to
             this
             Part
             of
             your
             Definition
             ,
             I
             cannot
             refuse
             it
             handsomly
             to
             this
             Consequence
             ;
             Ergo
             ,
             St.
             Martin
             ,
             St.
             Austin
             ,
             
               &c.
               were
               Enthusiasts
            
             .
             My
             Reason
             is
             ,
             Because
             you
             assert
             ,
             That
             all
             those
             who
             pretend
             to
             
               Divine
               Visions
               ,
               and
               extraordinary
               Illuminations
               ,
               after
               Christianity
               is
               fully
               settled
               ,
            
             are
             Enthusiasts
             .
             But
             ,
             
               All
               those
               fore-mention'd
               Saints
               did
               pretend
               to
               Divine
               Visions
               ,
            
             &c.
             
               after
               Christian
               Religion
               was
               once
               fully
               settled
            
             ;
             Ergo
             ,
             
               Those
               Saints
               were
               Phanaticks
            
             .
             Excuse
             me
             then
             from
             Subscribing
             to
             the
             First
             of
             your
             Definitions
             ,
             unless
             you
             think
             good
             to
             explain
             your
             Mind
             better
             .
             I
             will
             take
             up
             the
             Context
             ;
             
               In
               beasting
               
               of
               infus'd
               Knowledge
               ,
               and
               inward
               Light.
            
             I
             admit
             this
             ,
             on
             condition
             you
             do
             not
             intend
             to
             make
             an
             humble
             Recount
             of
             those
             Favors
             ,
             meerly
             for
             others
             Instruction
             ,
             pass
             current
             for
             boasting
             .
             My
             Precaution
             is
             necessary
             ,
             lest
             unwarily
             we
             find
             St.
             
             Paul's
             Name
             in
             the
             Catalogue
             of
             Phanaticks
             ,
             before
             we
             dream
             of
             it
             .
             What
             follows
             next
             ,
             is
             full
             of
             Equivocation
             :
             And
             therefore
             I
             must
             declare
             on
             what
             terms
             I
             admit
             it
             ,
             and
             on
             what
             I
             reject
             it
             .
             
               In
               pretending
               to
               have
               receiv'd
               all
               the
               Articles
               of
               Faith
               by
               particular
               Inspiration
               .
            
             This
             Proposition
             ,
             as
             it
             lies
             ,
             is
             not
             Orthodox
             :
             For
             after
             the
             compleat
             Settlement
             of
             the
             
               Jewish
               Church
            
             ,
             the
             Prophets
             did
             pretend
             to
             
               have
               receiv'd
               the
               Articles
               of
               their
               Faith
               by
               particular
               Inspiration
            
             ;
             and
             yet
             I
             dare
             not
             pronounce
             them
             Phanaticks
             .
             Now
             indeed
             ,
             if
             you
             stoop
             so
             low
             ,
             as
             to
             regulate
             your
             Charge
             by
             my
             Notion
             of
             Phanaticism
             ,
             we
             will
             proceed
             to
             the
             Trial.
             I
             conceive
             it
             then
             ,
             with
             Submission
             ,
             that
             only
             those
             deserve
             the
             Title
             of
             Phanaticks
             ,
             who
             pretend
             ,
             That
             
               the
               natural
               and
               ordinary
               Means
               instituted
               by
               Divine
               Providence
               to
               find
               out
               all
               Articles
               of
               Faith
               ,
               is
               an
               Inward
               Light
               ,
               and
               an
               Immediate
               Revelation
               .
            
             This
             I
             understand
             by
             Phanaticism
             :
             And
             if
             you
             can
             prove
             St.
             Ignatius
             guilty
             of
             this
             Folly
             ,
             I
             will
             fling
             up
             the
             Cause
             ;
             if
             you
             cannot
             ,
             Justice
             obliges
             you
             to
             a
             speedy
             Repentance
             ;
             First
             ,
             For
             having
             so
             abus'd
             the
             World
             with
             loud
             Clamours
             of
             strange
             Discoveries
             ,
             concerning
             the
             
               Church
               of
            
             Rome
             
               's
               Superstitious
               Practices
               ,
               and
               Enthusiastick
               Extravagancies
               :
            
             Secondly
             ,
             For
             having
             betray'd
             your
             own
             Conscience
             in
             the
             Sight
             of
             GOD
             ,
             whil'st
             blind
             Temerity
             ,
             and
             intoxicating
             Fury
             ,
             guided
             your
             Pen
             to
             wound
             the
             Reputation
             of
             the
             Saints
             in
             the
             Judgment
             of
             Men.
             
          
           
             You
             therefore
             affirm
             St.
             Ignatius
             to
             have
             been
             a
             Phanatick
             ,
             because
             he
             pretended
             to
             
               Divine
               Visions
               and
               Illuminations
            
             ;
             and
             then
             you
             draw
             up
             an
             Inventory
             of
             some
             Apparitions
             and
             Ecstacies
             recounted
             in
             his
             Life
             ,
             which
             takes
             up
             a
             considerable
             Part
             of
             your
             Pamphlet
             :
             All
             which
             you
             are
             pleas'd
             to
             attribute
             to
             the
             Effects
             of
             a
             strong
             Imagination
             ,
             and
             of
             a
             weak
             and
             disturb'd
             Brain
             .
             But
             shall
             any
             ones
             Judgment
             be
             so
             byass'd
             ,
             as
             to
             take
             
             this
             for
             a
             Confutation
             ?
             Would
             any
             Man
             take
             bare
             Assertions
             for
             solid
             Reasons
             ,
             or
             false
             Aspersions
             for
             real
             Crimes
             ,
             your
             Discourse
             is
             ,
             I
             grant
             ,
             most
             perswasive
             :
             But
             who-ever
             takes
             the
             pains
             to
             sift
             it
             ,
             will
             be
             able
             to
             find
             nothing
             but
             Scum
             above
             ,
             and
             Malice
             below
             .
             Sir
             ,
             For
             my
             part
             ,
             I
             know
             no
             Catholick
             of
             so
             easie
             a
             Belief
             ,
             as
             presently
             to
             swallow
             down
             every
             fictitious
             Story
             for
             a
             real
             Miracle
             .
             They
             measure
             their
             Assent
             by
             the
             Rules
             of
             Prudence
             .
             Where
             the
             Authority
             is
             weak
             ,
             their
             Belief
             is
             suitable
             ;
             where
             strong
             and
             evident
             ,
             their
             Assent
             is
             without
             Hesitation
             .
             In
             fine
             ,
             They
             always
             are
             of
             Opinion
             ,
             That
             to
             Believe
             All
             ,
             and
             to
             Deny
             All
             ,
             are
             Extreams
             equally
             reprehensible
             .
          
           
             Now
             produce
             some
             Arguments
             ,
             which
             prove
             credibly
             ,
             That
             the
             Illuminations
             and
             Visions
             ascrib'd
             to
             St.
             Ignatius
             ,
             were
             but
             the
             Effect
             of
             a
             discompos'd
             Brain
             ,
             of
             a
             strong
             Imagination
             ,
             and
             disorderly
             Fancy
             ;
             and
             if
             I
             cannot
             oppose
             more
             weighty
             Reasons
             to
             the
             contrary
             ,
             I
             'll
             fling
             up
             my
             Cards
             .
             The
             only
             Ground
             of
             your
             Scruple
             ,
             as
             far
             as
             I
             can
             learn
             ,
             is
             this
             ,
             
               If
               indeed
            
             Ignatius
             
               receiv'd
               a
               perfect
               Knowledge
               of
               the
               Christian
               Religion
               ,
            
             &c.
             
             
               How
               came
               it
               to
               pass
               ,
               that
               for
               many
               Years
               after
               ,
               he
               was
               still
               esteemed
               a
               Fool
               ,
               and
               an
               Ideot
               ?
            
             You
             have
             put
             a
             pretty
             Sophism
             in
             the
             Mouth
             of
             a
             Jew
             ,
             or
             a
             Turk
             .
             If
             
               JESVS
               CHRIST
            
             was
             GOD
             ,
             How
             came
             it
             to
             pass
             ,
             that
             He
             was
             still
             esteem'd
             for
             a
             
               Fool
               ,
               and
               an
               Ideot
            
             ?
             To
             make
             us
             believe
             that
             such
             an
             Opinion
             was
             not
             a
             Popular
             Noise
             only
             ,
             you
             tell
             us
             ,
             
               Vpon
               a
               particular
               Examen
               by
               the
               Inquisitor
               of
            
             Alcala
             ,
             
               and
               Arch-Bishop
               of
            
             Toledo
             ,
             
               he
               was
               adjudg'd
               not
               to
               have
               been
               sufficiently
               instructed
               in
               Matters
               of
               Religion
               :
            
             You
             might
             as
             well
             have
             quoted
             your
             darling
             Romance
             ,
             
               Don
               Quixot
            
             ,
             as
             Bouhours
             ;
             and
             found
             as
             much
             to
             your
             Purpose
             in
             the
             One
             ,
             as
             in
             the
             Other
             :
             For
             Bouhours
             ,
             in
             the
             Book
             cited
             ,
             mentions
             not
             one
             Word
             of
             St.
             
             Ignatius's
             appearing
             before
             the
             Inquisitor
             ;
             much
             less
             of
             a
             
               particular
               Examen
            
             :
             And
             therefore
             any
             puny
             Logician
             may
             infer
             out
             of
             that
             
               Examen
               in
               Nubibus
            
             ,
             That
             you
             are
             far
             more
             meanly
             instructed
             in
             the
             Rules
             of
             Truth
             ,
             than
             St.
             Ignatius
             in
             Matters
             of
             Religion
             .
             
             Indeed
             ,
             Bouhours
             tells
             us
             ,
             That
             the
             
               Great
               Vicar
            
             cast
             him
             in
             Prison
             ,
             upon
             the
             Account
             of
             the
             Indiscreet
             Fervor
             of
             Two
             Ladies
             ,
             abscrib'd
             by
             Dr.
             Cirol
             to
             the
             Perswasions
             of
             St.
             Ignatius
             ;
             and
             told
             him
             ,
             
               That
               not
               being
               a
               Divine
               ,
               he
               should
               abstain
               from
               explicating
               to
               the
               People
               the
               Mysteries
               of
               Religion
               ,
               till
               such
               Time
               he
               had
               studied
               Four
               Years
               in
               Divinity
               :
            
             But
             here
             's
             no
             mention
             either
             of
             an
             Inquisitor
             ,
             or
             of
             a
             
               particular
               Examen
            
             .
             And
             as
             for
             
               Don
               Alphonso
               de
               Fonseca
            
             ,
             Arch-Bishop
             of
             Toledo
             ,
             he
             was
             so
             far
             from
             judging
             him
             not
             to
             have
             been
             
               Sufficiently
               instructed
               in
               Matters
               of
               Religion
               ,
            
             that
             he
             very
             much
             
               Exhorted
               him
               to
               continue
               his
               Functions
               of
               Piety
               towards
               his
               Neighbour
               .
            
             So
             that
             here
             lie
             chain'd
             ,
             one
             to
             the
             Heels
             of
             the
             other
             ,
             Two
             Forgeries
             ,
             without
             Dispute
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             without
             Excuse
             .
             Had
             you
             been
             forc'd
             to
             Translate
             your
             Author
             out
             of
             Greek
             ,
             Charity
             might
             have
             oblig'd
             me
             rather
             to
             have
             fast'ned
             this
             Mistake
             on
             your
             Ignorance
             ,
             than
             to
             have
             imputed
             it
             to
             your
             Malice
             :
             But
             the
             Book
             being
             Englisht
             to
             your
             Hands
             ,
             the
             most
             favourable
             Construction
             I
             can
             put
             on
             your
             Crime
             ,
             is
             ,
             That
             you
             have
             taken
             up
             that
             Principle
             so
             often
             laid
             at
             the
             Papists
             Door
             ,
             viz.
             
               All
               things
               are
               lawful
               ,
               if
               profitable
               to
               the
               Church
            
             ;
             and
             then
             working
             by
             this
             Maxim
             ,
             you
             concluded
             ,
             That
             a
             Forgery
             was
             but
             a
             small
             Price
             to
             buy
             Heaven
             for
             your self
             ,
             and
             the
             Dis-esteem
             of
             the
             World
             for
             St.
             Ignatius
             ,
             and
             those
             of
             his
             Society
             .
             But
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             You
             have
             taken
             false
             Measures
             ,
             and
             as
             disadvantagious
             a
             Topick
             as
             you
             could
             have
             light
             upon
             .
             Vent
             your
             Burlesquing
             Vein
             till
             
             Dooms-Day
             ,
             you
             will
             never
             so
             far
             unman
             Rational
             Creatures
             ,
             as
             to
             wheedle
             them
             into
             a
             Belief
             ,
             that
             the
             Jesuits
             ,
             and
             their
             Founder
             ,
             are
             Fools
             and
             Ideots
             .
             Had
             you
             taken
             up
             your
             Quarters
             at
             Fox-Hall
             ,
             and
             from
             that
             
               Enchanted
               Castle
            
             popt
             in
             the
             
             Hawker's
             Mouths
             
               New
               Narratives
               of
               Popish
               Plots
               ,
               and
               Jesuitical
               Contrivances
            
             ;
             or
             ply'd
             them
             with
             
               White-Horse
               Consultations
               ,
               Armies
               of
               Jesuits
               in
               the
               Air
               ,
            
             and
             
               Thousands
               of
               Pilgrims
               in
               the
               Rear
               ,
            
             your
             Labour
             might
             (
             't
             is
             possible
             )
             have
             met
             with
             some
             Success
             :
             But
             ,
             on
             a
             suddain
             ,
             to
             Metamorphize
             their
             Plotting
             into
             Folly
             ,
             their
             intrieguing
             Genius
             into
             Stupidity
             ,
             is
             
             to
             raise
             a
             Scruple
             in
             the
             Wisest
             Part
             of
             the
             Nation
             ,
             Whether
             they
             did
             not
             want
             some
             Grains
             of
             Wit
             ,
             when
             they
             fear'd
             to
             be
             impos'd
             on
             by
             Fools
             ?
          
           
             Yet
             indeed
             ,
             to
             give
             the
             Gentleman
             his
             Due
             ,
             he
             dropt
             a
             Word
             or
             two
             ,
             Pag.
             26.
             which
             insinuate
             ,
             That
             at
             first
             he
             intended
             rather
             to
             have
             charg'd
             the
             Jesuits
             with
             Knavery
             ,
             than
             Folly
             :
             for
             thus
             he
             tells
             us
             ;
             
               It
               seems
               ,
               the
               Propagation
               of
               the
               Gospel
               ,
               by
               Force
               of
               Arms
               ,
               is
               connatural
               to
               the
               Order
               of
            
             Jesuits
             ;
             
               only
               the
               Wisdom
               of
               latter
               Years
               hath
               chang'd
               these
               Spiritual
               ,
               into
               Carnal
               Weapons
               .
            
             You
             are
             in
             the
             right
             ,
             Sir
             ;
             The
             
               Wisdom
               of
               latter
               Years
               hath
               chang'd
               these
               Spiritual
               into
               Carnal
               Weapons
               :
            
             But
             the
             Misery
             is
             ,
             the
             Wisdom
             of
             the
             little
             Lord
             Shaftsbury
             ,
             joyn'd
             with
             the
             indefatigable
             Industry
             of
             Sir
             
               William
               Waller
            
             ,
             was
             not
             able
             to
             find
             them
             in
             Jesuitical
             ,
             nor
             Popish
             Cabinets
             .
             The
             Gentlemen
             of
             Rye-House
             engross'd
             them
             to
             themselves
             for
             a
             peculiar
             Use
             ;
             and
             then
             the
             
               Protestant
               Duke
            
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             convey'd
             them
             to
             his
             Friends
             at
             Taunton
             ,
             for
             the
             Propagation
             of
             Liberty
             and
             Religion
             .
             But
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             You
             are
             too
             wary
             ;
             You
             might
             ,
             without
             Scruple
             ,
             extend
             the
             
               Wisdom
               of
               latter
               Years
               to
               latter
               Ages
            
             ;
             for
             I
             find
             Protestancy
             and
             
               Carnal
               Weapons
            
             of
             the
             same
             Date
             .
          
           
             Look
             over
             to
             the
             
               Godly
               Churches
            
             of
             Germany
             ,
             and
             you
             will
             see
             them
             making
             Elbow-Room
             with
             
               Drawn
               Daggers
            
             in
             their
             Hands
             ,
             and
             
               Christian
               Liberty
            
             in
             their
             Mouths
             ;
             Two
             pretty
             
             Protestancy-dilating
             Engines
             ,
             and
             both
             the
             Product
             of
             
               Modern
               Wisdom
            
             .
             What
             think
             you
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             of
             the
             Wisdom
             of
             a
             
               Neighbouring
               Republick
            
             ?
             Did
             it
             not
             effect
             the
             
               Propagation
               of
               the
               Gospel
            
             by
             Force
             of
             Arms
             ?
             Did
             it
             not
             break
             in
             pieces
             the
             fretting
             Yoak
             of
             its
             Master
             the
             King
             of
             Spain
             ,
             to
             put
             on
             its
             Neck
             that
             of
             the
             LORD
             ?
             Yes
             .
             And
             Dr.
             B.
             a
             Minister
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             ,
             extols
             to
             the
             Skies
             the
             Wisdom
             of
             his
             
               New
               Lords
            
             ,
             for
             a
             Crime
             ,
             which
             ,
             I
             fear
             ,
             has
             pusht
             the
             Contrivers
             into
             Hell.
             The
             
               Wisdom
               of
               latter
               Years
            
             has
             produc'd
             the
             same
             Effects
             in
             every
             Kingdom
             ,
             where
             Protestancy
             (
             the
             Religion
             of
             Latter
             Times
             )
             got
             foot
             ;
             and
             I
             dare
             say
             ,
             That
             it
             seldom
             gain'd
             one
             
             Inch
             of
             Ground
             ,
             but
             by
             the
             Help
             of
             
               Carnal
               Weapons
            
             .
             So
             that
             ,
             I
             am
             sure
             ,
             (
             what-ever
             Mines
             the
             Jesuits
             have
             laid
             to
             propagate
             Popery
             )
             the
             
               Propagation
               of
               the
               Gospel
               by
               Force
               of
               Arms
               ,
               is
               more
               connatural
               to
            
             Protestancy
             .
          
           
             After
             an
             Hundred
             and
             Two
             Pages
             spent
             in
             wild
             Notions
             ,
             rambling
             Propositions
             ,
             and
             nonsensical
             Probations
             to
             back
             them
             ,
             as
             if
             he
             had
             intended
             all
             the
             while
             to
             give
             Scope
             only
             to
             a
             Whimsical
             Imagination
             ,
             or
             to
             teach
             the
             World
             ,
             That
             much
             Confidence
             ,
             and
             little
             Reason
             go
             far
             ;
             he
             resolves
             to
             knock
             down
             St.
             
             Ignatius's
             Sanctity
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             the
             
             Church's
             ,
             at
             one
             Blow
             .
             The
             Design
             is
             great
             ,
             and
             suitable
             to
             Don
             Quixot's
             Bravo
             ;
             and
             the
             Method
             contriv'd
             to
             Admiration
             .
             Be
             pleas'd
             therefore
             to
             attend
             :
             
               In
               the
               Bull
               of
               his
               Canonization
               ,
               the
               Pope
               affirmeth
               ,
               That
               from
               the
               Time
               of
               his
               Conversion
               ,
               nothing
               proceeded
               from
               him
               ,
               which
               can
               be
               accounted
               a
               Mortal
               Sin.
            
             But
             St.
             Ignatius
             committed
             the
             Sin
             of
             
               Despair
               in
               the
               most
               aggravating
               Circumstances
               ,
               sometime
               after
               his
               Conversion
               :
            
             Ergo
             ,
             The
             Pope
             
               was
               deceiv'd
               ,
               and
               St.
            
             Ignatius
             ,
             
               instead
               of
               a
               Throne
               among
               the
               Saints
               ,
               deserves
               a
               Place
               among
               the
               Sinners
               .
            
             Here
             are
             Two
             Charges
             ;
             but
             GOD
             send
             they
             fall
             not
             on
             the
             Head
             of
             the
             Accuser
             .
             I
             deny
             then
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             the
             Minor
             ,
             viz.
             
               That
               St.
            
             Ignatius
             
               was
               guilty
               of
               Despair
            
             .
             But
             let
             me
             desire
             you
             ,
             not
             to
             run
             to
             Bouhours
             to
             make
             your
             Charge
             good
             ;
             for
             ,
             on
             my
             Word
             ,
             you
             will
             betray
             your
             Blindness
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             the
             Cause
             you
             have
             in
             Hand
             .
          
           
             The
             Gentleman
             ,
             after
             so
             many
             unlucky
             Chances
             by
             Quotations
             ,
             will
             try
             another
             Hit
             for
             it
             :
             He
             tells
             us
             then
             out
             of
             
               Bouhours
               ;
               That
               he
            
             (
             Ignatius
             )
             
               falls
               into
               a
               dark
               Melancholly
               ;
               and
               being
               one
               Day
               in
               his
               Cell
               ,
               he
               had
               the
               thought
               of
               throwing
               himself
               out
               of
               the
               Window
               ,
               to
               end
               his
               Misery
               .
            
             Here
             is
             ,
             indeed
             ,
             a
             shrewd
             Temptation
             ;
             but
             yet
             no
             shadow
             of
             Sin.
             All
             the
             World
             knows
             well
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             not
             in
             the
             Power
             of
             any
             Man
             breathing
             ,
             to
             barr
             out
             of
             his
             Imagination
             ,
             
               Criminal
               Suggestions
            
             :
             No
             ,
             no
             ;
             they
             lie
             within
             the
             reach
             of
             Satan
             ,
             who
             can
             imprint
             in
             them
             the
             Pictures
             of
             the
             most
             monstrous
             Crimes
             ;
             and
             ,
             oftentimes
             ,
             the
             best
             Men
             are
             assaulted
             with
             the
             worst
             Thoughts
             .
             A
             bare
             Suggestion
             
             is
             no
             Fault
             ;
             't
             is
             a
             voluntary
             embracing
             of
             it
             ,
             derives
             all
             its
             Malice
             into
             the
             Action
             .
             Shew
             me
             then
             ,
             out
             of
             Bouhours
             ,
             that
             St.
             Ignatius
             deliberately
             yielded
             to
             the
             Temptation
             ,
             and
             I
             will
             cast
             aside
             all
             further
             Dispute
             .
             
               But
               Heaven
            
             (
             says
             he
             )
             
               by
               Force
               restrain'd
               him
               ,
               against
               his
               Will.
            
             Ay
             ,
             here
             is
             Despair
             with
             a
             Vengeance
             ,
             indeed
             !
             Does
             Bouhours
             affirm
             this
             ?
             Not
             one
             word
             of
             it
             ,
             upon
             my
             Credit
             .
             Pray
             ,
             Reader
             ,
             condescend
             so
             far
             to
             Curiosity
             ,
             as
             to
             turn
             to
             
               Lib.
               2.
               pag.
            
             29.
             and
             you
             will
             find
             Boubours
             of
             a
             quite
             contrary
             Opinion
             ;
             
               But
               he
               was
               with-held
               from
               yielding
               to
               this
               Motion
               of
               Despair
               ,
               by
               the
               same
               Hand
               which
               struck
               him
               :
            
             Thus
             he
             .
             Which
             Words
             ,
             taken
             in
             the
             most
             natural
             Sense
             imaginable
             ,
             import
             only
             this
             ,
             That
             St.
             Ignatius
             was
             assail'd
             with
             the
             Temptation
             of
             Despair
             ;
             but
             ,
             by
             the
             Helping
             Grace
             of
             GOD
             ,
             he
             most
             happily
             triumphed
             over
             the
             Enemy
             .
             And
             now
             ,
             Reader
             ,
             Shall
             such
             an
             Impudence
             go
             unpunish'd
             ?
             No
             ,
             no
             ;
             if
             a
             
               Searing
               Iron
            
             has
             not
             past
             over
             his
             Conscience
             ,
             if
             ev'ry
             Spark
             of
             Christianity
             is
             not
             stifled
             ;
             I
             am
             sure
             ,
             he
             has
             felt
             the
             Bitings
             of
             a
             knawing
             Conscience
             ;
             and
             GOD
             send
             the
             Torment
             already
             began
             Here
             ,
             may
             not
             continue
             Hereafter
             ;
             where
             it
             is
             like
             to
             he
             without
             Redress
             ,
             because
             without
             End.
             I
             will
             appeal
             to
             any
             sober
             Man
             ,
             Whether
             this
             Gentleman
             hath
             not
             drawn
             up
             an
             
               undeniable
               Demonstration
            
             ,
             both
             of
             his
             own
             Forgery
             ,
             and
             Despair
             ?
             I
             say
             ,
             Despair
             ,
             and
             that
             in
             the
             most
             aggravating
             Circumstances
             ;
             because
             nothing
             beside
             the
             utmost
             Despair
             of
             making
             his
             Indictment
             good
             ,
             could
             ever
             throw
             a
             Man
             into
             such
             an
             Extremity
             ,
             as
             to
             oblige
             him
             to
             run
             bare-fac'd
             into
             a
             Guilt
             of
             the
             highest
             Nature
             ,
             to
             fasten
             a
             Crime
             on
             another
             .
             Yet
             the
             Gentleman
             may
             ,
             in
             some
             sort
             ,
             be
             excus'd
             ;
             't
             is
             the
             
               Epidemical
               Disease
            
             of
             the
             Climate
             .
             His
             Church
             sprung
             from
             the
             Itch
             of
             Liberty
             ,
             was
             first
             wean'd
             with
             Forgery
             ,
             and
             stands
             yet
             on
             the
             same
             Crutches
             :
             And
             this
             is
             so
             black
             a
             Patch
             in
             the
             Face
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             ,
             that
             the
             Guardians
             not
             being
             able
             to
             wash
             it
             off
             ,
             have
             thought
             fit
             to
             perswade
             the
             World
             ,
             that
             the
             Papists
             are
             guilty
             of
             the
             same
             Defect
             .
             But
             the
             Misery
             is
             ,
             the
             Blur
             is
             so
             minute
             in
             us
             ,
             that
             none
             can
             see
             it
             ,
             but
             the
             
               Ministerial
               Guides
            
             ;
             
             so
             that
             Others
             ,
             who
             believe
             it
             ,
             must
             pin
             their
             Faith
             on
             the
             Reverend
             Sleeves
             of
             their
             Divines
             Canonical
             Habit.
             
          
           
             The
             Gentleman
             is
             now
             piping-hot
             against
             the
             Pope
             :
             The
             former
             Crime
             of
             Despair
             ,
             was
             mention'd
             to
             convince
             the
             World
             ,
             that
             his
             Holiness
             took
             ill
             Informations
             of
             St.
             
             Ignatius's
             Sanctity
             ;
             
               Ex
               abundanti
            
             ,
             he
             comes
             out
             with
             a
             Second
             :
             
               However
               ,
               if
               it
               be
               a
               Venial
               Sin
               for
               a
               Man
               to
               sacrifice
               his
               Life
               to
               his
               Folly
               ;
               it
               is
               no
               less
               than
               a
               Mortal
               One
               ,
               deliberately
               to
               commit
               an
               Action
               ,
               which
               he
               is
               perswaded
               in
               his
               own
               Conscience
               to
               be
               unlawful
               .
            
             Ignatius
             ,
             
               in
               his
               Voyage
               to
            
             Jerusalem
             ,
             
               thought
               it
               utterly
               unlawful
               ,
               and
               contrary
               to
               Evangelical
               Poverty
               ,
               to
               carry
               any
               Provisions
               with
               him
               ;
               yet
               being
               resolv'd
               by
               his
               Confessor
               to
               the
               contrary
               ,
               he
               boldly
               did
               that
               out
               of
               Obedience
               ,
               which
               he
               durst
               not
               do
               of
               himself
               .
            
             By
             this
             Passage
             he
             pretends
             to
             demonstrate
             St.
             Ignatius
             guilty
             of
             a
             Mortal
             Sin
             ;
             but
             after
             having
             sifted
             it
             from
             top
             to
             bottom
             ,
             I
             protest
             I
             cannot
             find
             the
             very
             Shaddow
             of
             a
             Venial
             One.
             Let
             us
             put
             to
             the
             Test
             each
             Proposition
             :
             
               It
               is
               no
               less
               than
               a
               Mortal
               Sin
               ,
               deliberately
               to
               commit
               an
               Action
               ,
               which
               he
               is
               perswaded
               in
               his
               own
               Conscience
               to
               be
               unlawful
               .
            
             Certainly
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             your
             Closet
             turn'd
             round
             ,
             when
             you
             Penn'd
             this
             Proposition
             .
             I
             suppose
             ,
             you
             are
             perswaded
             in
             your
             Conscience
             ,
             the
             least
             Untruth
             to
             be
             unlawful
             ;
             and
             yet
             I
             should
             not
             be
             so
             severe
             ,
             as
             to
             judge
             every
             slight
             Untruth
             to
             amount
             to
             a
             Mortal
             Sin
             :
             To
             steal
             a
             Penny
             is
             an
             unlawful
             Action
             ;
             and
             yet
             I
             dare
             avouch
             ,
             that
             whosoever
             taxes
             such
             a
             petty
             Theft
             with
             a
             Mortal
             Sin
             ,
             stands
             accountable
             to
             GOD
             of
             a
             Mortal
             One
             himself
             :
             And
             when
             it
             shall
             please
             you
             to
             call
             for
             my
             Reason
             ,
             you
             shall
             not
             fail
             to
             have
             it
             .
             Let
             us
             go
             on
             :
             Ignatius
             ,
             
               in
               his
               Voyage
               to
            
             Jerusalem
             ,
             
               thought
               it
               utterly
               unlawful
               ,
               and
               contrary
               to
               Evangelical
               Poverty
               ,
               to
               carry
               any
               Provisions
               with
               him
               .
               Sir
               ,
            
             You
             are
             so
             innur'd
             to
             false
             Quotations
             ,
             that
             you
             cannot
             forbear
             .
             'T
             is
             
               utterly
               false
            
             ,
             that
             St.
             
               Ignatius
               thought
               it
               utterly
               unlawful
               to
               carry
               any
               Provisions
               along
               with
               him
               :
            
             For
             Bouhours
             only
             tells
             us
             ,
             
               He
               was
               afraid
               ,
               he
               should
               deviate
               from
               Evangelical
               Poverty
               ,
               in
               carrying
               any
               thing
               along
               with
               him
               .
            
             So
             that
             his
             Doubt
             was
             not
             of
             the
             Lawfulness
             
             of
             the
             Action
             ;
             but
             ,
             whether
             it
             were
             not
             a
             greater
             Perfection
             ,
             to
             embarque
             himself
             unprovided
             ?
             But
             ,
             suppose
             his
             own
             Judgment
             told
             him
             ,
             
               It
               was
               unlawful
            
             ;
             yet
             his
             Confessor
             brought
             so
             weighty
             Reasons
             against
             what
             he
             objected
             ,
             that
             at
             last
             he
             concluded
             his
             Confessor
             was
             in
             the
             Right
             ,
             and
             Himself
             in
             the
             Wrong
             ;
             and
             so
             accordingly
             he
             follow'd
             his
             Advice
             .
             Where
             is
             the
             Sin
             in
             all
             this
             Proceeding
             ?
             
               Where
               is
               the
               Renouncing
               the
               Liberty
               of
               his
               Will
               ,
               and
               Vse
               of
               his
               Reason
               ?
            
             Do
             Men
             fling
             up
             their
             Reason
             ,
             I
             beseech
             you
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             when
             they
             leave
             a
             weak
             Motive
             ,
             to
             stick
             to
             a
             stronger
             ?
             At
             this
             rate
             we
             must
             conclude
             ,
             That
             Fools
             run
             loose
             in
             the
             World
             ,
             and
             that
             all
             the
             
               Wise
               Men
            
             of
             the
             Nation
             are
             confin'd
             to
             Bedlam
             .
             Indeed
             ,
             I
             am
             not
             so
             great
             an
             Admirer
             of
             
               Blind
               Obedience
            
             ,
             as
             to
             judge
             it
             a
             Virtue
             in
             all
             Circumstances
             .
             Men
             may
             command
             Things
             contrary
             to
             the
             Law
             of
             GOD
             ;
             and
             in
             this
             Case
             the
             Commander
             and
             the
             Obeyer
             are
             equally
             guilty
             .
             Such
             a
             Case
             may
             be
             instanc'd
             in
             the
             Transactions
             of
             the
             last
             Week
             :
             Thousands
             of
             well-meaning
             Men
             thought
             nothing
             so
             reasonable
             ,
             as
             to
             Read
             his
             
             Majesty's
             
               Declaration
               for
               Liberty
               of
               Conscience
            
             in
             the
             Churches
             :
             But
             then
             their
             
               Reverend
               Confessors
            
             were
             of
             another
             Opinion
             ;
             and
             so
             the
             poor
             Penitents
             yielded
             
               Blind
               Obedience
            
             to
             their
             Directors
             ,
             although
             Obedience
             to
             the
             best
             of
             Princes
             oblig'd
             them
             to
             a
             contrary
             Procedure
             .
             Here
             was
             ,
             I
             grant
             ,
             a
             
               Renouncing
               of
               the
               Liberty
               of
               Free-Will
               ,
               and
               Vse
               of
               Reason
               ,
            
             to
             the
             purpose
             ;
             and
             therefore
             ,
             according
             to
             your
             Logick
             ,
             a
             Sin
             of
             the
             deepest
             dye
             both
             against
             GOD
             ,
             and
             the
             King.
             But
             prompt
             Obedience
             to
             a
             Faction
             ,
             passes
             in
             
               Protestant
               Casuists
            
             ,
             for
             Virtue
             :
             Yet
             when
             a
             
               Popish
               Saint
            
             lays
             aside
             his
             private
             Judgment
             upon
             good
             and
             rational
             Motives
             ,
             to
             follow
             the
             Sentiment
             of
             his
             Confessor
             ,
             no
             less
             than
             a
             Capital
             Crime
             is
             presently
             clapt
             on
             his
             Shoulders
             .
          
           
             The
             
             Gentleman's
             Gall
             is
             still
             boyling
             against
             the
             Pope
             ,
             and
             nothing
             can
             quench
             it
             ,
             I
             see
             ,
             but
             another
             Push
             for
             it
             against
             both
             the
             Pope
             ,
             and
             St.
             Ignatius
             ;
             for
             you
             must
             know
             ,
             he
             frets
             at
             the
             One
             for
             being
             a
             Saint
             ,
             and
             at
             the
             Other
             for
             Canonizing
             him
             .
             
               But
               what
            
             (
             cries
             he
             ,
             in
             a
             pleasant
             Humor
             )
             
               if
               after
               all
            
             ,
             
             Ignatius
             
               should
               be
               found
               an
               Heretick
            
             ?
             (
             Ay
             marry
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             This
             is
             a
             necking
             Blow
             .
             )
             
               He
               would
               ill
               deserve
               the
               Dignity
               of
               a
               Saint
               .
            
             (
             Questionless
             ,
             you
             are
             in
             the
             right
             .
             )
             
               And
               at
               the
               next
               Reformation
               of
               the
               Calendar
               ,
               might
               be
               perhaps
               expung'd
               out
               of
               it
               .
            
             p.
             112.
             
             You
             might
             expunge
             your
             Perhaps
             ,
             and
             assert
             it
             confidently
             .
             Nay
             ,
             I
             question
             not
             ,
             but
             all
             Catholicks
             would
             thank
             you
             for
             your
             Service
             ,
             could
             you
             unmask
             such
             a
             Cheat
             ;
             for
             they
             are
             well-meaning
             Men
             ,
             and
             are
             as
             loth
             to
             be
             impos'd
             on
             as
             their
             Neighbours
             .
             But
             because
             I
             know
             ,
             (
             if
             a
             bare
             Assertion
             be
             sufficient
             )
             nothing
             is
             so
             surprizing
             ,
             which
             you
             cannot
             prove
             
               ad
               evidentiam
            
             ,
             I
             beg
             a
             short
             Authentick
             Reason
             on
             Record
             ;
             It
             will
             relish
             well
             :
             He
             
               Believ'd
               Scripture
               to
               be
               the
               only
               Rule
               of
               Faith
               ,
            
             Ibid.
             I
             deny
             it
             :
             But
             go
             on
             .
             He
             said
             ,
             
               That
               if
               the
               Articles
               of
               Faith
               had
               never
               been
               Recorded
               in
               the
               Scripture
               ,
            
             (
             or
             ,
             as
             another
             Author
             expresseth
             it
             )
             
               Although
               no
               Monuments
               or
               Testimonies
               of
               the
               Christian
               Religion
               had
               remain'd
               ,
               he
               should
               still
               have
               believ'd
               them
               ,
            
             &c.
             
             
               Which
               manifestly
               supposeth
               him
               to
               have
               believ'd
               ,
               that
               the
               Knowledge
               of
               the
               Christian
               Religion
               must
               necessarily
               be
               receiv'd
               either
               from
               the
               Scripture
               ,
               or
               from
               Extraordinary
               Illumination
               ;
               and
               that
               there
               is
               no
               Medium
               ,
               which
               might
               serve
               the
               Ends
               of
               a
               Rule
               of
               Faith.
            
             What
             ?
             no
             Medium
             ?
             Look
             back
             to
             the
             
               105th
               .
               Page
            
             ,
             and
             there
             you
             will
             see
             your self
             of
             another
             Opinion
             ;
             for
             ,
             Do
             you
             not
             express
             your self
             ,
             in
             as
             intelligible
             Terms
             as
             possibly
             can
             be
             ,
             That
             he
             so
             much
             doted
             on
             
               Blind
               Obedience
               ,
               that
               if
               he
               adher'd
               to
               his
               own
               Principles
               ,
               he
               must
               have
               renounc'd
               Christianity
               ,
               and
               even
               Natural
               Religion
               ,
               if
               his
               Confessor
               had
               commanded
               him
               :
            
             And
             ,
             
               That
               he
               propos'd
               this
               as
               a
               first
               Principle
               to
               all
               ,
               That
               true
               Christians
               ought
               to
               submit
               themselves
               to
               the
               Decision
               of
               the
               Church
               ,
               with
               the
               Simplicity
               of
               an
               Infant
               .
            
             Methinks
             ,
             this
             is
             a
             
               Medium
               between
               Scripture
               alone
            
             ,
             and
             
               Extraordinary
               Illumination
            
             :
             Had
             I
             been
             to
             have
             drawn
             up
             this
             Indictment
             of
             Heresie
             ,
             my
             utmost
             Care
             should
             have
             been
             to
             have
             stifled
             this
             .
             But
             you
             never
             Look
             before
             you
             Leap
             ,
             and
             that
             makes
             you
             so
             often
             Fall.
             Your
             Invective
             against
             
               Blind
               Obedience
            
             ,
             jump'd
             handsomly
             into
             Pag.
             105.
             and
             in
             Pag.
             112.
             you
             sell
             connaturally
             
             into
             Heresie
             ;
             and
             so
             down
             they
             went
             ,
             though
             you
             knew
             ,
             they
             would
             never
             be
             kept
             from
             Clashing
             on
             the
             same
             Paper
             .
             But
             let
             us
             wink
             at
             this
             trifling
             Mistake
             ;
             and
             grant
             what
             you
             affirm
             ,
             That
             St.
             Ignatius
             did
             say
             ,
             
               That
               if
               the
               Articles
               of
               Faith
               had
               never
               been
               Recorded
               in
               Scripture
               ,
            
             &c.
             he
             would
             firmly
             have
             embrac'd
             them
             all
             ;
             Does
             it
             follow
             ,
             That
             he
             held
             
               Scripture
               alone
            
             ,
             or
             Illumination
             ,
             to
             be
             the
             
               Rules
               of
               Faith
            
             ?
             By
             no
             means
             .
             He
             was
             of
             Opinion
             ,
             't
             is
             true
             ,
             That
             an
             
               Extraordinary
               Rule
            
             might
             be
             an
             
               Extraordinary
               Illumination
            
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             
               Ordinary
               One
            
             is
             Scripture
             interpreted
             by
             the
             Church
             :
             So
             that
             the
             Sense
             of
             his
             Words
             ,
             is
             this
             ;
             Although
             all
             Scripture
             ,
             and
             the
             Church
             its
             Interpreter
             ,
             had
             perished
             ,
             GOD
             had
             given
             him
             ,
             by
             an
             
               Extraordinary
               Illumination
            
             ,
             such
             a
             clear
             Knowledge
             of
             the
             Mysteries
             of
             our
             Religion
             ,
             that
             he
             would
             have
             believ'd
             them
             .
          
           
             Here
             ,
             you
             see
             ,
             the
             Gentleman
             has
             not
             been
             sparing
             of
             Dirt
             ;
             but
             he
             grosly
             miss'd
             his
             Aim
             :
             for
             I
             am
             throughly
             convinc'd
             ,
             a
             moderate
             Eye
             will
             easily
             discover
             ,
             that
             the
             greatest
             Part
             sticks
             closest
             to
             the
             Asperser
             :
             Yet
             Passion
             will
             set
             his
             Pen
             afloat
             ,
             in
             spight
             of
             Fate
             .
             Indeed
             ,
             he
             is
             come
             to
             an
             End
             of
             his
             Accusation
             ,
             and
             to
             say
             something
             ,
             runs
             in
             a
             Circle
             ,
             by
             making
             a
             Recapitulation
             .
             
               If
               it
               be
               prov'd
               ,
               That
               in
               his
               Life-time
               he
               was
               esteem'd
               an
               Enthusiast
               ,
               an
               Impostor
               ,
               and
               an
               Heretick
               ,
               by
               many
               sober
               ,
               indifferent
               ,
               and
               learn'd
               Men
               of
               the
               Church
               of
            
             Rome
             ;
             
               it
               will
               be
               no
               small
               Confirmation
               of
               the
               Truth
               of
               whatsoever
               I
               have
               hitherto
               observ'd
               .
            
             Yes
             ,
             if
             their
             Surmizes
             were
             sounded
             on
             Reason
             ;
             otherwise
             by
             no
             means
             :
             For
             ,
             in
             this
             Case
             ,
             I
             am
             no
             greater
             a
             Friend
             to
             Infallibility
             ,
             than
             your Self
             .
             I
             grant
             you
             ,
             Catholicks
             ,
             in
             their
             Estimates
             ,
             may
             be
             mistaken
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             Protestants
             ,
             and
             equally
             lie
             open
             to
             Prejudices
             .
             At
             Alcala
             
               he
               was
               suspected
               by
               some
               of
               Sorcery
               .
            
             Why
             ?
             The
             Gentleman
             begs
             your
             Pardon
             there
             ;
             he
             is
             not
             such
             a
             Fool
             ,
             as
             to
             tell
             the
             Reason
             :
             No
             ,
             that
             would
             wipe
             off
             the
             Aspersion
             .
             The
             Truth
             of
             the
             Business
             is
             :
             St.
             Ignatius
             reclaim'd
             ,
             from
             his
             sinful
             Courses
             ,
             a
             Person
             of
             the
             first
             Rank
             ;
             and
             presently
             the
             Wise
             Populace
             concluded
             ,
             nothing
             but
             the
             Power
             of
             the
             Devil
             could
             draw
             such
             a
             noted
             Debauchee
             to
             GOD.
             
             A
             pretty
             Accusation
             ,
             you
             see
             ;
             and
             as
             well
             grounded
             ,
             as
             that
             against
             our
             
               Saviour
               ;
               In
               Belzebub
               Principe
               Daemoniorum
               ejicis
               Demonia
            
             ;
             You
             cast
             out
             Devils
             in
             Vertue
             of
             Beelzebub
             the
             Chief
             of
             the
             
               Devils
               .
               By
               others
               of
               Heresie
               ,
               and
               put
               in
               the
               Inquisition
               for
               a
               Visionary
               .
            
             'T
             is
             true
             ;
             but
             ,
             How
             came
             he
             of
             ?
             After
             an
             
               Exact
               Enquiry
               into
               the
               Manners
               and
               Doctrine
               of
            
             Ignatius
             ,
             
               not
               finding
               any
               thing
               that
               might
               render
               him
               suspected
               ,
               and
               judging
               it
               not
               expedient
               to
               make
               him
               appear
               before
               Them
               ;
               They
               were
               contented
               to
               refer
               the
               Matter
               to
            
             John
             Roderiguez
             
               Grand
               Vicar
               of
            
             Alcala
             ;
             
               who
               told
            
             Ignatius
             ,
             
               That
               the
               Juridical
               Information
               which
               had
               been
               made
               ,
               was
               much
               in
               his
               Favour
            
             ;
             and
             ,
             
               That
               he
               might
               continue
               his
               Functions
               ,
               for
               the
               Service
               of
               his
               Neighbour
               .
            
             So
             Bouhours
             ,
             without
             the
             least
             mention
             of
             any
             such
             Clause
             ,
             touching
             Extravagant
             Methods
             of
             
               Religion
               .
               Soon
               after
               he
               is
               clapt
               into
               the
               Inquisition
               a
               Second
               Time
               ,
               for
               instilling
               foolish
               Principles
               into
               his
               Hearers
               .
            
             But
             ,
             Was
             he
             not
             ,
             by
             publick
             Sentence
             ,
             freed
             from
             the
             Imputation
             ?
             I
             thought
             ,
             it
             was
             not
             a
             Crime
             to
             be
             Accus'd
             ,
             but
             to
             be
             Guilty
             ;
             yet
             You
             confound
             both
             :
             Though
             ,
             at
             this
             rate
             ,
             our
             
             Saviour's
             Reputation
             suffers
             ,
             who
             was
             Indicted
             of
             as
             heavy
             Crimes
             as
             ever
             Ignatius
             was
             .
          
           
             When
             he
             was
             remov'd
             to
             
               Salamanca
               ,
               both
               Him
               and
               his
               Disciples
               were
               put
               in
               Chains
               by
               the
               Inquisition
               there
               ,
               as
               Hereticks
               and
               Seditious
               Persons
               ;
               and
               not
               Absolv'd
               ,
               but
               upon
               condition
               of
               Preaching
               no
               more
               .
            
             Certainly
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             You
             imagine
             your self
             in
             
             Lucian's
             
               Island
               of
               Dreams
            
             ;
             or
             that
             all
             the
             World
             is
             asleep
             ,
             beside
             your self
             ;
             or
             so
             enamour'd
             with
             your
             great
             Abilities
             and
             Integrity
             ,
             as
             to
             embrace
             every
             Falsity
             dropt
             from
             your
             Pen
             ,
             as
             Eternal
             Verities
             .
             I
             grant
             ,
             he
             was
             clapt
             in
             Prison
             ;
             and
             You
             ,
             that
             he
             was
             Absolv'd
             :
             Hear
             the
             Sentence
             :
             
               After
               Two
               and
               Twenty
               Days
               of
               Imprisonment
               ,
               the
               Master
               and
               his
               Disciples
               were
               cited
               before
               the
               Judges
               ,
               to
               hear
               their
               Sentences
               read
               ;
               by
               which
               they
               were
               declared
               to
               be
               good
               Men
               ,
               and
               their
               Doctrine
               to
               be
               sound
               .
            
             (
             What
             could
             Innocence
             desire
             more
             ?
             )
             
               They
               are
               further
               permitted
               to
               speak
               of
               Heavenly
               Things
               ,
               and
               to
               instruct
               the
               People
               as
               much
               as
               they
               please
               .
            
             With
             what
             Face
             ,
             then
             ,
             dare
             you
             averr
             ,
             (
             and
             then
             cite
             
             Bouhours
             to
             second
             your
             
               Imposture
               ,
            
             )
             That
             he
             was
             Acquitted
             ,
             upon
             Condition
             of
             
               Preaching
               no
               more
            
             ?
             A
             Man
             would
             imagine
             ,
             you
             cited
             Authors
             only
             to
             corrupt
             them
             ,
             or
             to
             render
             your
             Forgeries
             more
             palpable
             .
          
           
             
               Soon
               after
               his
               Arrival
               at
            
             Paris
             ,
             
               he
               is
               accus'd
               to
               the
               Inquisitors
               ,
               for
               seducing
               young
               Scholars
               ;
               but
               ,
               by
               the
               Intercession
               of
               Friends
               ,
               dismiss'd
               .
            
             Good
             Sir
             ,
             and
             was
             not
             the
             same
             laid
             at
             our
             
             Saviour's
             Door
             ?
             Were
             not
             the
             Apostles
             hurry'd
             before
             Tribunals
             on
             the
             same
             Account
             ?
             They
             were
             all
             stil'd
             Seducers
             ,
             for
             disswading
             People
             from
             being
             seduc'd
             by
             the
             charming
             Flatterings
             of
             the
             World
             :
             And
             the
             Crime
             of
             St.
             Ignatius
             was
             of
             the
             same
             Nature
             .
             This
             the
             Inquisitor
             was
             convinc'd
             of
             ;
             and
             therefore
             Acquitted
             the
             Accus'd
             ,
             not
             by
             the
             
               Intercession
               of
               Friends
            
             ,
             as
             you
             were
             pleas'd
             to
             insinuate
             ,
             but
             out
             of
             a
             Motive
             of
             Justice
             .
          
           
             So
             that
             ,
             in
             Conclusion
             ,
             all
             these
             Accusations
             ,
             which
             you
             alledge
             as
             corroborating
             Proofs
             ,
             do
             not
             add
             one
             Grain
             to
             the
             Weight
             of
             your
             Arguments
             :
             Nay
             ,
             they
             rather
             Extenuate
             them
             ;
             though
             they
             add
             a
             notable
             Increase
             to
             your
             Guilt
             ,
             and
             demonstrate
             to
             the
             World
             ,
             at
             one
             view
             ,
             both
             the
             Excess
             of
             your
             Folly
             ,
             and
             the
             Hainousness
             of
             your
             Forgeries
             .
          
           
             
               From
               this
               universal
               Contempt
               of
            
             Ignatius
             
               in
               his
               Life-time
            
             ,
             &c.
             
               it
               may
               be
               farther
               evinc'd
               ,
               That
               all
               the
               Reports
               of
               his
               Miracles
               are
               absolutely
               false
               .
            
             May
             it
             so
             ?
             Why
             ,
             Sir
             ?
             At
             this
             rate
             our
             Blessed
             LORD
             was
             the
             greatest
             Impostor
             ,
             that
             ever
             breath'd
             :
             For
             ,
             I
             am
             sure
             ,
             neither
             St.
             Ignatius
             ,
             nor
             any
             other
             Man
             since
             the
             World
             stood
             ,
             lay
             under
             a
             greater
             Contempt
             ,
             than
             He.
             Nay
             ,
             Jeremy
             ,
             at
             this
             wild
             rate
             of
             Arguing
             ,
             was
             a
             petty
             Cheat
             ;
             since
             ,
             I
             am
             sure
             ,
             He
             felt
             as
             heavy
             Effects
             of
             his
             Country-Men's
             (
             I
             will
             not
             say
             ,
             Contempt
             ,
             but
             )
             Fury
             ,
             as
             St.
             Ignatius
             did
             of
             Christians
             .
          
           
             But
             Sir
             ,
             If
             your
             Antecedent
             be
             deny'd
             ,
             What
             will
             become
             of
             your
             Consequence
             ,
             and
             all
             your
             Erroneous
             Deductions
             ?
             Yet
             so
             it
             is
             .
             Venture
             once
             more
             on
             Bouhours
             ,
             and
             you
             will
             find
             ,
             that
             the
             greatest
             Men
             living
             ,
             had
             a
             Tenderness
             for
             his
             Person
             ,
             and
             stood
             in
             Admiration
             of
             his
             Prudence
             .
             And
             if
             he
             were
             condemn'd
             ,
             
             't
             was
             only
             by
             Those
             who
             could
             not
             be
             sufficiently
             blam'd
             themselves
             .
             Wherefore
             this
             Argument
             not
             being
             able
             to
             concur
             the
             least
             to
             your
             Design
             ,
             I
             will
             examine
             your
             
               General
               Considerations
            
             .
          
           
             First
             ,
             To
             what
             purpose
             should
             GOD
             work
             so
             many
             Miracles
             in
             the
             midst
             of
             Christian
             Countries
             ,
             many
             Ages
             after
             the
             Faith
             had
             been
             fully
             settled
             in
             them
             ?
          
           
             Answ
             .
             Might
             not
             the
             refractory
             Jews
             have
             objected
             the
             same
             ,
             against
             the
             Mission
             of
             Jeremy
             ?
             Might
             not
             the
             Gentleman
             ,
             by
             the
             same
             Rule
             ,
             stop
             St.
             
             Austin's
             Mouth
             ,
             when
             he
             recounts
             several
             Miracles
             ,
             on
             his
             own
             Knowledge
             ?
             The
             
               Christian
               Religion
            
             was
             then
             fully
             settled
             .
             So
             that
             ,
             if
             you
             will
             inform
             me
             ,
             to
             what
             purpose
             GOD
             did
             work
             Miracles
             in
             those
             
               Christian
               Countries
            
             ,
             I
             will
             requite
             your
             Civility
             ,
             by
             returning
             you
             a
             Reason
             ,
             why
             GOD
             did
             it
             in
             These
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             Were
             those
             Countries
             devoid
             of
             True
             Religion
             ?
          
           
             Answ
             .
             By
             no
             means
             .
             But
             ,
             what
             then
             ?
             shew
             me
             any
             Reason
             ,
             or
             Authority
             ,
             why
             
             GOD's
             Power
             is
             so
             chain'd
             up
             ,
             that
             it
             cannot
             Act
             ,
             but
             according
             to
             the
             Rules
             prescrib'd
             by
             ordinary
             Providence
             ,
             in
             a
             Christian
             Nation
             ?
          
           
             Thirdly
             ,
             Was
             the
             Church
             of
             Rome
             ,
             at
             that
             Time
             ,
             grievously
             corrupted
             with
             Errors
             and
             Superstitions
             ?
             
               (
               No
            
             ,
             Sir
             :
             
               What
               will
               you
               infer
               ?
            
             )
             It
             remains
             therefore
             ,
             that
             GOD
             should
             perform
             all
             these
             Miracles
             ,
             meerly
             in
             Testimony
             of
             the
             Extraordinary
             Sanctity
             of
             Ignatius
             ,
             to
             manifest
             his
             Favour
             to
             him
             ,
             and
             procure
             to
             him
             Honour
             and
             Esteem
             among
             all
             Christians
             .
          
           
             Answ
             .
             You
             are
             quite
             out
             of
             the
             way
             ,
             and
             wholly
             mistaken
             in
             your
             
               Arithmetick
               :
               GOD
            
             might
             have
             had
             many
             Motives
             ,
             which
             you
             have
             pass'd
             by
             ,
             All
             worthy
             of
             Him
             ;
             and
             not
             at
             all
             
               contrary
               to
               his
               Excellency
            
             ,
             or
             the
             
               Imperfection
               of
               our
               Nature
            
             .
             For
             you
             may
             remember
             ,
             that
             although
             even
             Then
             the
             
               Roman
               Faith
            
             was
             as
             Pure
             ,
             as
             when
             it
             deserv'd
             so
             large
             an
             Encomium
             
             from
             the
             Mouth
             of
             the
             Apostle
             ,
             who
             was
             little
             vers'd
             in
             the
             Science
             of
             Flattery
             :
             Yet
             the
             New-inspir'd
             Prophets
             of
             Germany
             ,
             call'd
             it
             in
             Question
             .
             These
             Men
             ,
             as
             Spiritual
             as
             the
             basest
             Sensuality
             could
             render
             them
             ,
             resolv'd
             to
             make
             room
             for
             their
             Lusts
             ,
             by
             rending
             themselves
             from
             her
             Jurisdiction
             ,
             who
             oppos'd
             them
             ;
             and
             so
             pretended
             to
             purify
             her
             Faith
             ,
             by
             the
             most
             enormous
             Crime
             ,
             
               Rebellious
               Apostacy
               .
               Novelty
            
             and
             Liberty
             were
             fair
             Baits
             for
             a
             Populace
             to
             swallow
             ;
             and
             then
             fine
             Promises
             of
             a
             Paradise
             Hereafter
             ,
             and
             of
             a
             
               Mahometical
               Heaven
            
             Here
             ,
             were
             too
             strong
             Temptations
             for
             a
             sensual
             German
             to
             overcome
             .
             Our
             
               English
               Laity
            
             ,
             you
             know
             ,
             felt
             the
             Comfort
             of
             Abbey-Lands
             ,
             and
             the
             Clergy
             of
             fair
             Wives
             :
             So
             that
             the
             most
             Considerable
             Part
             of
             the
             
               Northern
               Provinces
            
             ,
             set
             up
             a
             Religion
             of
             their
             own
             Coining
             ;
             or
             ,
             to
             speak
             more
             properly
             ,
             every
             one
             preach'd
             his
             own
             Dreams
             for
             
               Divine
               Revelations
            
             .
             Now
             ,
             in
             such
             a
             distracted
             Posture
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             Was
             it
             a
             proceeding
             unworthy
             of
             GOD
             ,
             to
             point
             out
             his
             
               True
               Church
            
             by
             Miracles
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             Sanctity
             of
             Those
             ,
             who
             were
             Members
             of
             it
             .
             This
             was
             the
             Method
             GOD
             took
             to
             Establish
             Christianity
             ;
             and
             to
             reduce
             the
             
               Rebellious
               Jews
            
             from
             their
             Apostacy
             .
             And
             if
             it
             was
             not
             then
             a
             Proceeding
             unworthy
             of
             GOD
             to
             condescend
             so
             low
             ,
             as
             to
             have
             Recourse
             to
             his
             Omnipotence
             ,
             for
             the
             reclaiming
             of
             Sinners
             ;
             I
             do
             not
             conceive
             ,
             why
             it
             should
             be
             in
             
             Ignatius's
             Time
             ,
             when
             the
             same
             Cause
             was
             too
             too
             visible
             .
             Again
             ,
             Why
             could
             not
             GOD
             work
             Miracles
             for
             the
             Comfort
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             Encouragement
             ,
             of
             the
             Faithful
             ?
             I
             see
             no
             Inconvience
             ,
             unless
             it
             were
             ,
             that
             such
             a
             Kindness
             would
             make
             the
             
               Reformers
               Consciences
            
             flie
             too
             often
             in
             their
             Faces
             ,
             for
             running
             from
             that
             Church
             ,
             whose
             Doctrine
             and
             
               Piety
               GOD
            
             so
             highly
             attested
             .
          
           
             Now
             the
             Gentleman
             comes
             out
             with
             a
             shrewd
             Objection
             against
             all
             Miracles
             :
             (
             Have
             at
             the
             
               Jesuites
               !
            
             )
             The
             
               Temptation
               of
               lying
               and
               feigning
               Miracles
               ,
               for
               the
               Reputation
               of
               an
               Order
               ,
               is
               in
               that
               Church
               for
               more
               perswasive
               ,
               than
               the
               Evidence
               of
               Reason
               .
            
             This
             is
             a
             Compliment
             borrow'd
             from
             the
             worthy
             Dean
             of
             St.
             Pauls
             :
             But
             I
             challenge
             Him
             ,
             and
             You
             ,
             to
             produce
             one
             Jesuite
             ,
             
             or
             
               Catholick
               Divine
            
             ,
             who
             ever
             taught
             it
             lawful
             to
             lie
             for
             the
             Honour
             of
             their
             Order
             ,
             or
             on
             any
             Account
             whatever
             .
             'T
             is
             a
             Doctrine
             peculiar
             to
             the
             Leaders
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             .
             A
             Catalogue
             of
             Lies
             ,
             in
             a
             
               Protestant
               Pamphlet
            
             ,
             is
             no
             less
             connatural
             ,
             than
             a
             List
             of
             wonderful
             Cures
             to
             a
             Mountebank
             .
             Look
             back
             on
             the
             Blessed
             Times
             of
             
               Titus
               Oats
            
             ;
             peruse
             those
             Satyrs
             vented
             from
             the
             Pulpits
             ,
             as
             
               Divine
               Oracles
            
             ;
             and
             then
             tell
             me
             ,
             Whether
             't
             was
             possible
             to
             crowd
             more
             Lies
             in
             a
             
               Romantick
               Fable
            
             ,
             than
             the
             furious
             Divines
             of
             the
             Zealous
             Church
             of
             England
             ,
             marshall'd
             in
             their
             Sermons
             against
             the
             Papists
             .
             They
             blew
             the
             Fire
             to
             such
             an
             Extremity
             ,
             that
             it
             almost
             reach'd
             their
             own
             Vicariges
             ;
             and
             the
             Desire
             to
             rout
             out
             the
             Papists
             ,
             by
             a
             Just
             Judgment
             of
             GOD
             ,
             flung
             them
             within
             an
             Inch
             of
             their
             own
             Ruin.
             The
             Justice
             of
             the
             Nation
             ,
             deluded
             by
             Fabulous
             Narratives
             ,
             and
             Malicious
             Sermons
             ,
             in
             Process
             of
             Time
             ,
             found
             out
             its
             Error
             ,
             and
             made
             a
             Satisfaction
             no
             less
             Authentick
             ,
             than
             the
             Fault
             .
             But
             the
             
             Pulpit-Oats's
             could
             not
             stoop
             so
             low
             ,
             as
             to
             acknowledge
             their
             Crime
             ;
             which
             makes
             me
             think
             ,
             they
             thought
             it
             none
             ,
             to
             Lie
             and
             Calumniate
             for
             the
             Honour
             of
             their
             Church
             ,
             and
             the
             utter
             Disparagement
             of
             Ours
             .
             And
             ,
             Reader
             ,
             to
             speak
             my
             Mind
             freely
             ,
             I
             am
             of
             Opinion
             ,
             That
             the
             Consult
             of
             Divines
             in
             Dr.
             
             Tenison's
             Library
             ,
             hath
             pitch'd
             upon
             the
             Method
             of
             Slandering
             ,
             as
             the
             best
             
               Preservative
               against
               Popery
            
             ;
             for
             had
             it
             not
             been
             a
             Resolve
             of
             a
             whole
             Cabal
             ,
             't
             is
             hard
             to
             determine
             ,
             how
             all
             the
             
               Protestant
               Scriblers
            
             should
             unanimously
             stumple
             on
             the
             same
             Expedient
             .
          
           
             Out
             of
             the
             former
             Antecedent
             ,
             my
             Author
             draws
             this
             
               Consequence
               :
               When
               therefore
            
             Ignatius
             
               was
               to
               be
               promoted
               to
               the
               Dignity
               of
               a
               Saint
               ,
               his
               Disciples
               set
               their
               Inventions
               on
               the
               Rack
               ,
               to
               raise
               a
               Fund
               of
               Miracles
               .
            
             What
             ever
             the
             Disciples
             of
             Ignatius
             did
             ,
             I
             am
             sure
             you
             have
             set
             your
             
               Brains
               on
               the
               Rack
            
             ,
             and
             Conscience
             to
             boot
             ,
             to
             find
             some
             plausible
             Grounds
             for
             denying
             them
             :
             But
             all
             will
             not
             do
             your
             Work.
             You
             tell
             us
             ,
             indeed
             ,
             They
             were
             
               Feign'd
               without
               ground
            
             :
             This
             is
             a
             groundless
             Assertion
             ,
             and
             of
             no
             Force
             with
             me
             ,
             till
             you
             propose
             some
             good
             
             Authority
             ,
             besides
             your
             Own.
             I
             grant
             indeed
             ,
             that
             
               Miracles
               may
               be
               easily
               obtruded
               upon
               the
               World
               ,
               after
               a
               long
               distance
               of
               Time
               ;
               and
               that
               nothing
               less
               than
               a
               strict
               Examination
               ,
               can
               defeat
               the
               Hopes
               of
               Impostors
               .
            
             But
             I
             also
             contend
             ,
             that
             all
             the
             Miracles
             contain'd
             in
             the
             Bull
             of
             his
             Canonization
             ,
             have
             undergone
             this
             Test
             to
             the
             utmost
             Rigour
             :
             And
             therefore
             I
             am
             oblig'd
             ,
             in
             reason
             ,
             rather
             to
             conclude
             ,
             That
             you
             are
             deceiv'd
             ,
             who
             Deny
             Them
             ;
             than
             those
             Judicious
             Persons
             ,
             who
             Approv'd
             Them.
             
          
           
             
               But
               here
               the
            
             Gentleman
             
               offers
               a
               very
               material
               Proof
               ,
               to
               the
               falsity
               of
               the
            
             Miracles
             
               ascrib'd
               to
               St.
            
             Ignatius
             :
             Ribadeneira
             ,
             who
             was
             his
             familiar
             Companion
             ,
             in
             the
             Year
             1572
             first
             publish'd
             his
             Life
             ,
             and
             made
             along
             Apology
             in
             it
             ,
             in
             defence
             of
             Ignatius
             ;
             maintaining
             .
             That
             it
             was
             no
             way
             derogatory
             to
             his
             Sanctity
             ,
             that
             he
             had
             perform'd
             no
             Miracles
             .
             Afterwards
             ,
             in
             the
             Year
             1610.
             publishing
             a
             Second
             Edition
             of
             his
             Life
             ,
             he
             was
             so
             far
             enlightned
             in
             this
             Matter
             ,
             that
             he
             giveth
             us
             a
             long
             Catalogue
             of
             the
             Miracles
             of
             Ignatius
             ;
             but
             withal
             confesseth
             ,
             That
             the
             Reason
             why
             he
             had
             not
             inserted
             them
             in
             the
             First
             Edition
             ,
             was
             ,
             Because
             they
             were
             not
             sufficiently
             certain
             and
             uncontested
             .
             
               Because
               I
               have
               not
               the
            
             First
             Edition
             
               by
               me
               ,
               I
               will
               acquiesce
               to
               what
               the
            
             Gentleman
             
               says
               :
               But
               ,
               What
               then
               ?
               Is
               it
               impossible
               ,
               that
               Matters
               of
               Fact
               ,
               which
               for
               want
               of
               Examination
               ,
               were
               doubtful
               in
               the
               Year
               1572.
               upon
               an
               exact
               Trial
               afterward
               ,
               should
               be
               found
               true
               in
            
             1610
             ?
             
               According
               to
               this
               Rule
               ,
               a
               great
               part
               of
               your
            
             Canonical
             Scripture
             
               might
               be
               plac'd
               among
               the
            
             Apocrypha
             :
             
               For
               you
               must
               grant
               me
               ,
               that
               most
               ,
               if
               not
               every
               Book
               of
               the
            
             New
             Testament
             
               was
               call'd
               in
               question
               ,
               immediately
               after
               the
               Decease
               of
               the
            
             Apostles
             ,
             
               and
               some
               not
               receiv'd
               till
               many
            
             Centuries
             
               after
               .
               Now
               ,
               might
               not
               a
            
             Jew
             
               take
               up
               your
               Argument
               ,
               and
               oppose
               it
               to
               the
            
             Scripture
             ,
             
               just
               as
               you
               oppose
               it
               to
            
             Miracles
             ?
             It
             cannot
             be
             imagin'd
             ,
             how
             the
             genuine
             Writings
             of
             the
             Apostles
             ,
             who
             dy'd
             in
             the
             First
             Century
             ,
             should
             be
             unknown
             ,
             or
             at
             least
             uncertain
             ,
             when
             the
             Memory
             of
             them
             were
             yet
             fresh
             ;
             and
             ,
             after
             above
             an
             Hundred
             Years
             ,
             when
             the
             greatest
             Part
             of
             the
             Witnesses
             must
             be
             suppos'd
             to
             have
             been
             dead
             ,
             should
             be
             advanc'd
             to
             undoubted
             Certainty
             .
             
               Wind
               your
               
               self
               out
               of
               this
            
             Labyrinth
             ,
             
               and
               I
               shall
               easily
               dis-engage
               my self
               from
               That
               you
               imagin
               to
               have
               cast
               me
               in
               .
            
          
           
             I
             cannot
             pass
             on
             ,
             without
             one
             small
             Reflection
             on
             our
             
             Author's
             way
             of
             Arguing
             :
             First
             ,
             He
             tells
             us
             ,
             
               That
               Papists
               esteem
               it
               a
               Virtue
               ,
               to
               lie
               for
               the
               Credit
               of
               an
               Order
               .
               Secondly
               ,
            
             He
             advances
             a
             Step
             forward
             ,
             and
             tells
             us
             ,
             
               He
               has
               just
               Reason
               to
               suspect
               ,
               that
               they
               have
               put
               that
               Principle
               in
               practice
               ,
               by
               forging
               the
               greatest
               Part
               of
               the
               Miracles
               (
               ascrib'd
               to
               St.
            
             Ignatius
             )
             
               after
               his
               Death
            
             .
             This
             he
             proves
             ,
             because
             Ribadeneira
             omitted
             to
             recount
             ,
             for
             want
             of
             sufficient
             Testimony
             ,
             those
             Miracles
             in
             his
             
               First
               Edition
            
             ,
             which
             he
             sets
             down
             in
             his
             
               Second
               ;
               Item
            
             ,
             Because
             
               Masseius
               leaves
               out
               many
               other
               wonderful
               Actions
               ,
               for
               that
               they
               are
               not
               sufficiently
               certain
               .
            
             Now
             ,
             for
             my
             part
             ,
             I
             should
             draw
             a
             quite
             contrary
             Conclusion
             ,
             from
             the
             Cautiousness
             of
             these
             Two
             Writers
             ,
             viz.
             That
             they
             did
             not
             intend
             ,
             for
             the
             Honour
             of
             their
             Founder
             ,
             to
             impose
             on
             the
             Readers
             ;
             nor
             to
             augment
             their
             own
             Sins
             ,
             by
             increasing
             St.
             
             Ignatius's
             Miracles
             .
             For
             ,
             let
             me
             tell
             you
             ,
             People
             of
             so
             loose
             Principles
             ,
             as
             the
             Jesuits
             pass
             for
             in
             your
             Judgment
             ,
             would
             never
             have
             minc'd
             the
             matter
             ;
             especially
             when
             a
             thousand
             Miracles
             would
             have
             much
             enhanc'd
             the
             Glory
             of
             their
             Saint
             ,
             and
             not
             added
             one
             Grain
             to
             their
             Labour
             .
          
           
             
               Dear
               Sir
            
             ,
             I
             should
             be
             glad
             ,
             did
             you
             make
             use
             of
             the
             Cautiousness
             of
             the
             Two
             fore-mention'd
             Writers
             ;
             and
             lay
             no
             Crimes
             on
             Papists
             and
             Jesuites
             ,
             but
             those
             which
             were
             
               sufficiently
               certain
               and
               uncontested
            
             .
             Your
             Auditors
             would
             leave
             their
             Pews
             more
             calmly
             ,
             and
             feel
             more
             Charity
             in
             their
             Breasts
             at
             the
             End
             of
             the
             Sermon
             ,
             and
             less
             Animosity
             against
             their
             Fellow-Subjects
             .
             But
             a
             Calm
             and
             Serene
             Season
             ,
             is
             bad
             Weather
             for
             the
             Ministery
             to
             Fish
             in
             .
             They
             delight
             in
             Storms
             and
             Tempests
             ,
             meerly
             out
             of
             Hopes
             ,
             that
             both
             will
             fall
             heavy
             on
             the
             Dissenters
             .
             These
             Holy
             Conjurers
             raise
             the
             Wind
             in
             the
             Pulpits
             ,
             which
             soon
             breaks
             out
             of
             the
             Church-Door
             ,
             and
             spreads
             its
             self
             through
             the
             whole
             Town
             in
             a
             Trice
             .
             All
             raise
             this
             Devil
             of
             Discord
             the
             same
             way
             :
             And
             ,
             by
             good
             Fortune
             ,
             no
             Text
             is
             so
             remote
             ,
             which
             does
             not
             patly
             suit
             with
             the
             Incantation
             .
             A
             good
             Invective
             against
             Popery
             ,
             
             larded
             with
             Two
             or
             Three
             pretty
             Stories
             ,
             either
             forg'd
             by
             the
             Doctor
             ,
             or
             scrap'd-up
             on
             an
             Hear-say
             ,
             are
             efficacious
             Engins
             to
             work
             the
             Populace
             out
             of
             their
             Wits
             ,
             and
             set
             them
             all
             a-gog
             against
             Popery
             .
             For
             the
             
               Grave
               Divines
            
             require
             Belief
             to
             the
             greatest
             Crimes
             against
             Papists
             ,
             on
             the
             slightest
             Grounds
             ;
             and
             yet
             forbid
             all
             Assent
             to
             
               Popish
               Miracles
            
             ,
             though
             backt
             with
             the
             greatest
             Authority
             .
          
           
             As
             for
             Example
             :
             In
             the
             
               Art
               of
               Missionaries
               Discover'd
            
             ,
             the
             Author
             presents
             his
             Reader
             with
             one
             Father
             Leech
             ;
             who
             told
             Mr.
             
               Gee
               ,
               That
               if
               any
               but
               hear
               Mass
               ,
               and
               after
               hearing
               be
               sprinkled
               with
               Holy
               Water
               ,
               and
               kiss
               the
               Priest's
               Garment
               ,
               he
               could
               not
               commit
               that
               Day
               any
               Mortal
               Sin.
            
             Here
             is
             a
             pretty
             Story
             ,
             you
             see
             ,
             affirm'd
             by
             Mr.
             Gee
             ;
             yet
             it
             must
             be
             believ'd
             ,
             upon
             his
             
               Infallible
               Authority
            
             :
             Although
             ,
             in
             my
             Conscience
             ,
             I
             think
             it
             ten
             times
             more
             improbable
             ,
             That
             a
             
               Catholick
               Priest
            
             ,
             in
             his
             Wits
             ,
             should
             vent
             a
             Doctrine
             so
             notoriously
             false
             ,
             than
             that
             the
             Saints
             of
             our
             Church
             should
             ,
             by
             GOD's
             Assistance
             ,
             work
             Miracles
             .
          
           
             Again
             :
             The
             Jesuites
             give
             their
             General
             an
             Account
             of
             all
             Occurrences
             of
             State
             ,
             in
             those
             Provinces
             and
             Kingdoms
             ,
             whereof
             they
             are
             the
             Respective
             Assistants
             :
             To
             which
             End
             they
             have
             Correspondents
             in
             the
             Principal
             Cities
             of
             all
             Kingdoms
             ;
             who
             sending
             all
             their
             Informations
             to
             the
             General
             ,
             they
             balance
             the
             Interests
             of
             every
             Prince
             ;
             and
             then
             resolve
             ,
             That
             the
             Affairs
             of
             such
             a
             Prince
             shall
             be
             promoted
             ,
             the
             Design
             of
             Another
             oppos'd
             ,
             
               &c.
               
               Now
               ,
               that
            
             Jesuites
             
               should
               have
            
             Kingdoms
             
               thus
               in
               a
               String
               ,
               is
               no
               less
               incredible
               in
               it self
               ,
               than
               that
            
             Ignatius
             
               should
               work
               strange
               Cures
               ;
               and
               yet
            
             That
             
               must
               be
               swallow'd
               down
               by
               the
               greedy
            
             Reader
             ,
             and
             This
             
               rejected
               ;
               although
               the
               Latter
               be
               attested
               by
               Credible
            
             Witnesses
             ,
             
               and
               the
               Former
               rely
               on
               the
               Authority
               of
               a
            
             Villain
             ;
             
               who
               Compos'd
               a
               Book
               against
               the
            
             Jesuites
             ,
             
               of
               the
               same
               Stamp
               with
               the
            
             Salamanca-Narrative
             .
          
           
           
             Thirdly
             ,
             In
             the
             Preface
             after
             a
             late
             
               Challenge
               to
               Mr.
               Poulton
            
             ,
             (
             as
             full
             of
             Rhodomontado's
             ,
             as
             the
             Sultan
             of
             Constantinople
             sent
             the
             Emperour
             ;
             not
             doubting
             but
             such
             blustering
             Language
             would
             strike
             Mr.
             Poulton
             dumb
             :
             )
             
               I
               do
               not
            
             ,
             says
             the
             Author
             ,
             
               much
               expect
               an
               Answer
               to
               this
               Challenge
               ;
               for
               those
               Men
               who
               could
               lie
               near
               Twenty
               Years
               under
               such
               a
               Charge
               ,
               as
               Dr.
            
             Du
             Moulin
             
               laid
               against
               Them
               ;
               and
               dar'd
               Them
               to
               call
               him
               to
               an
               Account
               for
               the
               Murder
               of
               King
            
             Charles
             the
             First
             ,
             
               without
               ever
               venturing
               to
               clear
               Themselves
               ,
               may
               easily
               bear
               This.
            
             Here
             the
             Mobile
             is
             desir'd
             to
             believe
             as
             firmly
             as
             any
             Part
             of
             the
             Bible
             ,
             That
             the
             Jesuites
             Murder'd
             the
             King
             ;
             That
             Cromwel
             was
             a
             rank
             Jesuite
             ,
             and
             the
             Parliament
             a
             Pack
             of
             the
             same
             Society
             .
             Now
             ,
             I
             am
             of
             Opinion
             ,
             That
             any
             Honest
             Man
             ,
             before
             he
             can
             swallow
             down
             this
             Article
             ,
             must
             renounce
             all
             Sense
             ,
             as
             much
             as
             any
             Papist
             does
             ,
             to
             believe
             Transubstantiation
             :
             Yet
             down
             it
             must
             ,
             under
             Pain
             (
             at
             least
             )
             of
             passing
             for
             a
             
               Papist
               in
               Masquerade
            
             .
             Read
             Bouhours
             from
             one
             End
             to
             the
             other
             ,
             and
             then
             tell
             me
             ,
             Whether
             any
             Miracles
             related
             of
             St.
             Ignatius
             ,
             be
             not
             twenty
             Degrees
             more
             Credible
             ?
             And
             therefore
             ,
             if
             this
             Calumny
             must
             gain
             Credit
             ,
             Why
             They
             must
             deserve
             none
             ?
             For
             my
             part
             ,
             if
             we
             may
             guess
             at
             the
             Future
             by
             the
             Past
             ,
             Ten
             Years
             will
             turn
             the
             Convocation
             of
             Lambeth
             ,
             into
             a
             White-Horse-Consultation
             ;
             and
             those
             
               Reverend
               Fathers
            
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             ,
             who
             were
             so
             Zealous
             ,
             as
             to
             tell
             His
             
               Majesty
               ,
               They
               thought
               His
               Proceeding
               to
               be
               Illegal
               ,
            
             will
             be
             Metamorphos'd
             into
             Priests
             and
             Jesuites
             .
             Such
             a
             Change
             is
             easily
             wrought
             :
             One
             Minister
             ,
             with
             an
             Ounce
             of
             Brass
             on
             his
             Face
             ,
             and
             a
             well-hung
             Tongue
             in
             his
             Mouth
             ,
             will
             carry
             the
             Metamorphose
             a
             great
             way
             ;
             and
             then
             ,
             
               One
               I
               was
               told
               so
            
             ,
             concludes
             the
             Business
             .
          
           
             Fourthly
             ,
             He
             tells
             his
             Readers
             ,
             (
             p.
             42.
             )
             
               That
               besides
               Vniversities
               and
               Divines
               ,
               who
               teach
               the
               Lawfulness
               of
               Calumnies
               ,
               and
               false
               Reports
               ,
               we
               find
               it
               ,
               among
               other
               Rules
               of
               the
            
             Jesuites
             ,
             
               That
               they
               should
               be
               sure
               ,
               to
               put
               this
               Doctrine
               in
               Practice
               ,
               even
               against
               those
               of
               their
               own
               Communion
               ,
               the
               Antient
               Orders
               of
               the
            
             Roman
             
               Church
               :
               
               The
               Rule
               is
               ,
               Let
               their
               Faults
               be
               diligently
               noted
               ,
               and
               they
               represented
               as
               dangerous
               to
               the
               Publick
               Peace
               .
            
             This
             is
             told
             us
             by
             a
             Gentleman
             ,
             who
             challenges
             all
             the
             World
             to
             shew
             ,
             in
             his
             whole
             Book
             ,
             one
             false
             Quotation
             :
             Yet
             I
             have
             read
             the
             
               Jesuites
               Rules
            
             more
             than
             once
             ,
             from
             one
             End
             to
             the
             other
             ;
             and
             protest
             before
             GOD
             and
             Man
             ,
             there
             is
             not
             to
             be
             found
             one
             Tittle
             of
             this
             .
             So
             that
             ,
             let
             the
             Gentleman
             make
             Ten
             Thousand
             Protestations
             of
             his
             Sincerity
             more
             than
             he
             has
             ,
             I
             will
             rather
             believe
             St.
             Ignatius
             wrought
             Miracles
             ,
             than
             that
             This
             is
             true
             .
             Indeed
             ,
             he
             cites
             
               Instructio
               Secret.
            
             &c.
             but
             they
             are
             no
             more
             our
             Rules
             ,
             than
             His.
             They
             were
             Compos'd
             by
             a
             Villain
             ,
             who
             was
             resolv'd
             to
             make
             Jesuites
             appear
             as
             black
             as
             Himself
             ,
             and
             are
             espous'd
             by
             a
             Man
             of
             the
             same
             Temper
             .
             If
             they
             really
             were
             found
             in
             a
             College
             ,
             as
             is
             pretended
             ,
             make
             it
             out
             ,
             and
             that
             They
             are
             our
             Rules
             :
             If
             not
             ,
             under
             favour
             ,
             you
             are
             guilty
             of
             those
             very
             Crimes
             you
             ascribe
             to
             the
             Jesuites
             :
             For
             't
             is
             ,
             in
             my
             Opinion
             ,
             no
             less
             a
             Crime
             to
             fling
             a
             Slander
             ,
             made
             by
             Another
             ,
             on
             our
             Neighbour
             ,
             than
             to
             forge
             One.
             
          
           
             Fifthly
             ,
             To
             demonstrate
             the
             Slandering
             Vein
             of
             Papists
             ,
             he
             brings
             
               (
               p.
            
             61.
             )
             a
             fresh
             and
             very
             material
             Instance
             ;
             viz.
             
               No
               longer
               since
               than
               the
               Winter
               1685.
               a
               Report
               went
               current
               through
               all
               the
               Countries
               in
            
             England
             ,
             
               where
               there
               are
               many
            
             Romanists
             ,
             
               That
               Dr.
            
             Burnet
             
               was
               at
            
             Rome
             
               become
               a
            
             Papist
             ;
             and
             ,
             
               That
               great
               Preferments
               were
               bestow'd
               upon
               him
               .
            
             'T
             is
             a
             Calumny
             ,
             without
             doubt
             ,
             not
             to
             be
             born
             ,
             that
             a
             Person
             so
             Famous
             for
             Loyalty
             ,
             as
             that
             
               Reverend
               Divine
            
             ,
             should
             be
             snatch'd
             ,
             against
             his
             Will
             ,
             from
             that
             Church
             ,
             which
             had
             taught
             him
             Obedience
             to
             
               Higher
               Powers
            
             in
             so
             Superlative
             a
             manner
             ,
             that
             they
             thought
             it
             convenient
             to
             recompence
             it
             with
             Outlawry
             .
             Wherefore
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             if
             Catholicks
             were
             so
             Credulous
             ,
             on
             the
             Receipt
             of
             
               Foreign
               Letters
            
             ,
             as
             to
             believe
             it
             ,
             I
             make
             an
             Apology
             for
             their
             Mistake
             ;
             although
             I
             am
             apter
             to
             believe
             ,
             that
             when
             that
             Gentleman
             began
             to
             kick
             against
             the
             Government
             ,
             and
             to
             shew
             some
             
             Ferguson-Tricks
             ,
             the
             ProtestantGentry
             of
             those
             Counties
             you
             mention
             ,
             thought
             it
             convenient
             
             to
             heave
             him
             out
             of
             Their
             Communion
             into
             Ours
             ;
             to
             the
             end
             ,
             that
             the
             next
             Age
             might
             bind-up
             his
             Life
             among
             Those
             of
             the
             
               Popish
               Rebels
            
             .
             My
             Conjecture
             stands
             on
             better
             ground
             than
             Yours
             ,
             or
             than
             any
             of
             your
             Friends
             Exceptions
             against
             the
             Miracles
             of
             St.
             Ignatius
             .
             Seeing
             now
             we
             are
             fallen
             on
             the
             Topick
             of
             Tale-telling
             ,
             I
             cannot
             omit
             to
             put
             my
             Story
             in
             among
             the
             rest
             ,
             that
             the
             World
             may
             see
             ,
             how
             easily
             Protestants
             slip
             into
             the
             Vice
             of
             Credulity
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             Obstinacy
             ,
             when
             the
             Fancy
             takes
             them
             :
             
               When
               the
               Happy
               News
               of
               Her
               
               Majesty's
               being
               with
               Child
               was
               spread
               abroad
               ,
               and
               all
               
                 Loyal
                 Subjects
              
               testify'd
               their
               Interior
               Joy
               by
               outward
               Acclamations
               ;
               some
               incredulous
               Persons
               ,
               not
               convinc'd
               by
               the
               Decree
               of
               the
               
                 Privy
                 Council
              
               for
               a
               Thanksgiving-Day
               ,
               blaz'd
               abroad
               ,
               That
               it
               was
               a
               Sham
               :
               And
               yet
               this
               was
               so
               prevalent
               with
               some
               ,
               that
               they
               would
               not
               discredit
               it
               ,
               till
               Her
               Majesty
               Lay-in
               .
            
             To
             these
             People
             't
             is
             a
             Madness
             to
             obtrude
             Miracles
             ;
             for
             ,
             What
             Miracle
             of
             CHRIST
             can
             be
             better
             attested
             ,
             than
             Her
             
             Majesty's
             being
             with
             Child
             ?
             Yet
             at
             the
             same
             time
             ,
             as
             if
             they
             had
             made
             a
             Vow
             ,
             never
             to
             act
             like
             Men
             ,
             they
             would
             scarce
             perswade
             themselves
             ,
             the
             Protestant-Duke
             was
             Dead
             .
             Which
             gave
             occasion
             for
             these
             Two
             Verses
             :
             
               
                 In
                 the
                 
                 Whigg's
                 Creed
                 ,
                 Two
                 Articles
                 are
                 read
                 ,
              
               
                 The
                 Queen
                 is
                 not
                 with
                 Child
                 ,
                 nor
                 Monmouth
                 Dead
                 .
              
            
          
           
             Nay
             ,
             one
             Line
             from
             a
             Pulpit
             would
             have
             so
             far
             prevail'd
             on
             them
             ,
             as
             to
             have
             oblig'd
             many
             to
             take
             Horse
             ,
             to
             meet
             his
             Grace
             at
             Taunton
             .
          
           
             Sixthly
             ,
             
               He
               desires
               the
            
             Reader
             (
             p.
             21.
             )
             
               to
               believe
               ,
               that
               he
               has
               not
               imitated
               the
            
             Scavenger
             ,
             
               in
               stopping
               no
               where
               ,
               but
               at
               a
               Dunghil
               :
            
             For
             I
             have
             
               (
               says
               he
            
             )
             quoted
             none
             but
             allow'd
             and
             approv'd
             Authors
             ,
             &c.
             
             And
             as
             for
             what
             I
             have
             cited
             out
             of
             Protestant
             Books
             ,
             let
             them
             invalidate
             their
             Testimony
             ,
             if
             they
             can
             :
             I
             will
             engage
             for
             the
             Truth
             of
             my
             Quotations
             ;
             and
             know
             of
             no
             Objections
             against
             any
             Author
             I
             have
             cited
             ,
             which
             are
             of
             any
             Force
             .
          
           
             You
             are
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             either
             in
             some
             
               Ecstatick
               Transport
            
             ,
             or
             else
             endow'd
             
             with
             that
             great
             Virtue
             ,
             Ignorance
             ,
             beyond
             Expression
             ;
             which
             your
             Friend
             so
             highly
             commends
             in
             St.
             Ignatius
             .
             Were
             not
             the
             
               Provincial
               Letters
            
             burnt
             by
             the
             publick
             Hang-man
             in
             France
             ?
             Did
             not
             
               La
               Pratique
               Morale
            
             run
             the
             same
             Fate
             in
             the
             Year
             1669
             ?
             And
             is
             not
             this
             as
             real
             and
             material
             an
             Objection
             against
             the
             Validity
             and
             Sufficiency
             of
             those
             Libels
             ,
             as
             Mr.
             
             Oats's
             yearly
             Pillory
             ,
             against
             the
             Authority
             of
             His
             ,
             and
             his
             
               Brethrens
               Narratives
            
             .
          
           
             When
             you
             propose
             in
             your
             
               Second
               Part
            
             ,
             (
             as
             you
             promise
             )
             as
             convincing
             Reasons
             against
             Miracles
             ,
             as
             I
             have
             done
             against
             the
             Credit
             of
             these
             Two
             Authors
             ,
             I
             will
             come
             over
             to
             You.
             
          
           
             Again
             :
             Your
             
               Arcana
               Societatis
               Jesu
               ,
               Instructiones
               Secretae
               ,
            
             are
             Chips
             of
             the
             same
             Block
             ;
             that
             is
             ,
             Pieces
             forg'd
             with
             Impudence
             ,
             and
             cited
             with
             a
             daring
             Confidence
             :
             In
             a
             word
             ,
             They
             are
             of
             as
             great
             Credit
             and
             Reputation
             ,
             as
             Those
             who
             live
             by
             the
             Basket
             ,
             and
             receive
             Knight-hood
             from
             the
             Pillory
             .
          
           
             Sir
             ,
             Had
             it
             been
             my
             Fortune
             to
             have
             been
             in
             London
             ,
             some
             Years
             ago
             ,
             I
             would
             not
             have
             stood
             in
             your
             Way
             :
             I
             see
             ,
             by
             the
             Authority
             you
             give
             Varlets
             in
             Print
             ,
             how
             you
             esteem'd
             them
             in
             Westminster-Hall
             and
             Old-Baily
             .
             Nay
             ,
             I
             fear
             ,
             that
             had
             the
             Balance
             stood
             equal
             ,
             you
             might
             have
             dropt
             in
             a
             single
             Oath
             ,
             to
             raise
             a
             
             Jesuite's
             Neck
             into
             an
             Halter
             .
          
           
             Would
             Time
             permit
             me
             ,
             I
             could
             give
             as
             good
             an
             Account
             of
             some
             others
             of
             your
             Authorities
             ,
             as
             I
             have
             of
             These
             ,
             and
             by
             Consequence
             of
             your
             Book
             ;
             in
             which
             I
             find
             a
             Thousand
             more
             Impostures
             ,
             than
             ,
             I
             am
             sure
             ,
             can
             be
             found
             in
             Saint
             
             Ignatius's
             Life
             .
          
           
             Is
             not
             this
             Proceeding
             the
             Effect
             of
             a
             Frenzy
             ,
             past
             the
             Vertue
             of
             Heblebore
             ?
             Shall
             the
             profess'd
             Enemies
             of
             our
             Religion
             ,
             and
             Order
             ,
             by
             the
             Omnipotent
             Power
             of
             a
             
               Defaming
               Faction
            
             ,
             be
             turn'd
             into
             
               Vnbyass'd
               Persons
               ,
               Substantial
               Witnesses
            
             ,
             &
             c
             !
             And
             shall
             their
             bare
             Words
             ,
             without
             any
             Shadow
             of
             Proof
             ,
             serve
             for
             Evidence
             against
             Us
             ,
             of
             all
             those
             Calumnies
             ,
             which
             took
             their
             Being
             from
             Malice
             and
             Prejudice
             ;
             and
             have
             no
             Reality
             ,
             but
             in
             
             the
             Imagination
             of
             Those
             ,
             whom
             confident
             Gown-Men
             malitiously
             impose
             on
             .
             But
             when
             we
             recount
             any
             thing
             ,
             in
             Confirmation
             of
             our
             Church
             ,
             although
             back'd
             with
             irrefragable
             Witnesses
             ,
             presently
             it
             must
             be
             slighted
             ;
             as
             if
             all
             the
             
               Moral
               Honesty
            
             in
             the
             World
             was
             confin'd
             to
             the
             narrow
             Compass
             of
             this
             Island
             ;
             or
             ,
             as
             if
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             had
             engross'd
             all
             Truth
             to
             its
             self
             .
          
           
             And
             ,
             now
             ,
             't
             is
             high
             time
             to
             leave
             my
             Author
             ,
             and
             Reader
             too
             :
             Only
             ,
             I
             must
             desire
             the
             Latter
             to
             turn
             to
             
               E.
               W.
            
             Printed
             at
             Antwerp
             in
             the
             Year
             1676.
             and
             to
             the
             
               Second
               Letter
            
             by
             
               A.
               B.
            
             in
             the
             Year
             1672.
             
             In
             the
             First
             you
             will
             find
             Dr.
             
             Stillingfleet's
             Exceptions
             against
             Miracles
             ;
             in
             the
             Second
             ,
             against
             St.
             Ignatius
             ,
             and
             the
             Jesuites
             ,
             fully
             Answer'd
             :
             For
             ,
             I
             conceive
             ,
             the
             Answer
             to
             the
             Dean
             ,
             is
             a
             full
             Reply
             to
             my
             Author
             ;
             he
             having
             nothing
             material
             ,
             but
             an
             higher-flown
             Impudence
             ,
             which
             is
             not
             borrow'd
             from
             the
             Doctor
             .
          
           
             And
             now
             ,
             
               Dear
               Author
            
             ,
             before
             we
             part
             ,
             I
             admonish
             you
             friendly
             ,
             to
             change
             your
             Method
             ,
             if
             you
             intend
             to
             advance
             your
             Church
             .
             A
             Burlesque
             is
             only
             to
             convince
             
               Fools
               ;
               Wise
               Men
            
             are
             led
             by
             Reason
             ;
             of
             which
             you
             have
             been
             over-sparing
             in
             your
             Book
             :
             So
             that
             ,
             if
             you
             intend
             to
             make
             any
             Progress
             ,
             increase
             This
             ,
             and
             diminish
             That
             .
             And
             if
             you
             be
             over-confident
             ,
             that
             you
             have
             so
             much
             solid
             Reason
             ,
             as
             to
             convince
             any
             one
             of
             the
             Truth
             of
             your
             Religion
             ,
             and
             the
             Corruption
             of
             Ours
             ,
             be
             pleas'd
             to
             bring
             your
             Reason
             to
             the
             Test
             .
             
               I
               promise
               you
               here
               ,
               on
               the
               Word
               of
               a
               Gentleman
               ,
               That
               I
               will
               Meet
               you
               Where
               ,
               and
               with
               Whom
               you
               please
               :
            
             But
             it
             shall
             be
             upon
             this
             Condition
             ,
             That
             you
             promise
             to
             treat
             me
             more
             civilly
             ,
             than
             the
             Divines
             of
             St.
             Martins
             ,
             did
             some
             time
             ago
             ,
             a
             Priest
             ,
             who
             was
             call'd
             to
             a
             Sick
             Person
             .
             I
             dare
             not
             venture
             to
             engage
             with
             Divines
             ,
             who
             have
             for
             Seconds
             a
             Populace
             ;
             for
             ,
             who
             knows
             ,
             but
             They
             may
             strengthen
             the
             
             Doctor
             's
             Arguments
             with
             Blows
             ;
             and
             foul
             their
             Hands
             to
             bespatter
             Me
             ,
             as
             their
             Leaders
             have
             the
             Press
             ,
             to
             
             Asperse
             my
             Religion
             .
             Bring
             then
             with
             You
             such
             a
             Company
             ,
             as
             hath
             heard
             of
             such
             a
             Thing
             as
             Civility
             ,
             and
             can
             distinguish
             solid
             Reason
             from
             loud
             Clamours
             ,
             concluding
             Syllogisms
             from
             patch'd-up
             Sophisms
             .
             On
             these
             Conditions
             ,
             I
             pass
             my
             Word
             for
             my
             Appearance
             .
             And
             that
             You
             may
             not
             miss
             of
             my
             Lodgings
             ,
             your
             Letter
             shall
             find
             Me
             at
             the
             Schools
             in
             the
             Savoy
             :
             Where
             I
             am
             ,
          
           
             
               SIR
               ,
            
             YOURS
             ,
             
               William
               Darrel
               .
            
          
           
             FINIS
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
           ERRATA
           .
        
         
           PAge
           1.
           
           Line
           11.
           for
           Merirs
           read
           Merits
           .
           p.
           3.
           l.
           16.
           for
           Tittle
           read
           Title
           .
           p.
           7.
           l.
           32.
           for
           this
           read
           things
           .
           p.
           22.
           l.
           8.
           for
           Lib.
           2.
           read
           Lib.
           1.
           p.
           31.
           l.
           25.
           for
           stumple
           read
           stumble
           .
           p.
           39.
           l.
           10.
           for
           
             by
             A.
             B.
          
           read
           
             so
             A.
             B.