A BRIEF CENSURE UPON THE PURITAN PAMPHLET: * ⁎ * ENTITLED, (HUMBLE motives, for association to maintain Religion established.) reproving IT OF SO MAny Untruths, as there be leaves in the same.  
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A BRIEF CENSURE UPON THE PURITAN PAMPHLET: ENTITVled, (Humble motives for Association to maintain Religion established.)  
reproving IT OF SO MANY Untruths, as there be leaves in the same.  

THE I. UNTRUTH.  
THAT my first entrance of account, may give to all equal and indifferent Readers, some proportion to make conjecture, how large and great a number of wicked and malicious Untruths, are contained in so little and short a treatise: As I will begin my reckoning at the Title, and beginning itself of this Association: So for every word which it containeth, being only six (besides the particles, & adiections of our language) I will assign a several falsehood. And the first six Untruths, for the first six words. For although the common decree of Philosophers teacheth us, that Verety and falsity, truth and falschoode, consist not in particular dictions, and first apprehension, but in Composition or Division, and in judgement: Yet because that first Title is so copious, that it may easily be resolved into six several Compositions, Propositions, and judgements, which it virtually conceyneth: that is, that they be motives; that the motives be Humble: that they be for Association: that the association is to maintain Religion: that the purpose of the Pamphletor is Religion: that their Religion is establshed: All which assertions as they be plainly intended in that glorious Position, and six in number, I challenge them to be so many slanderous and impious Untruths and forgeries.  
And concerning the great humility either of Puritans in general, or of this Associator in particular, affirmed in the first word (Humble) I appeal for sentence to the judicials of all trials; Popes, Counsels, general, provincial, confirmed, not confirmed, all holy Fathers, and Doctors of the Church of God, all Arguments divine and human, natural, and miraculous, which their proud and arrogant spirit in the basest Puritan hath condemned: I crave censure of all Emperors, Kings, Princes, their laws, decrees, and Parliaments, which every of them as repugnant to their holy Ghost, have censured and rejected: whether this is humility the foundation of piety, because he pleadeth it in this first place: or pride and arrogancy the mother of all Irreligion, rebellion to God and man, and other monstrous offences which they have brought into the world, by that most ambitious, presumptuous, and blasphemous doctrine: that every Puritan is directed, and infallibly assisted of the spirit, and may control at their pleasure, all Popes, Princes, Counsels, Parliaments, and Consistories of all times and places. Which hath caused the Puritans of England, so often by their Admonitions, Challenges, Pamphlets, invectives, jabels, and railing slanders, to reprehend Queen, Council, Parliament, Clergy, and whatsoever is of estimation in this kingdom. And is the motive which at this present moveth this humble Associator, to direct them all, and presume, that his only devices are worthy to sway the Sceptre.   

THE II. UNTRUTH, CONCERning the second word: motives.  
motives are so termed a movendo, of moving: and motives of the mind take their denomination, because they move and persuade the understanding, and will of man to yield consent unto, and assect such things as they convince, the one to allow, and the other to embrace: for as in natural and corporal motion, from whence this term is derived, the levity & gravity of bodies are the cause which move them, the first to ascend, and the second to a lower Centre. So in the motions of the reasonable powers of man's soul, that reason and argument which conquereth human understanding, to give consent to that sentence which it convinceth, and that approved bonity and goodness which winneth the will to affect the good which is proposed, are justly named, the motives which move those reasonable faculties. And as in ordinary and natural affairs, ordinary and natural reasons are sufficient, and allowed for motives: So in supernatural and divine things exceeding the natural wit and capacity of human judgement, supernatural and miraculous Arguments are produced. For which cause Catholics the known patrons and desendors of christianity against all, both external, and internal adversaries, produce not only the authorities of so many and muincible testimonies of holy Scriptures traditions from Christ, and his Apostles, decrees of Popes, sentences of so many general, and generally approved Counsels, and assemblies of the best learned Doctors and Professors of the world, together with the absurdities of all other Professions: But to confirm divine business with the infallible reasons of God, and to move men to embrace that, to which by natural reason they can neither ascend or assent; They produce so many and manifest miraculous operations, works, and wonders; so many prophetical predictions, and foretellinges of future contingent events, to establish those mysteries wrought of God to that purpose; which no created power of it self to any end, or by the power and assistance God can bring to effect to ratify any error or superstitious falsehood.  
Now let us examine the motives of this Mover by these proportions, and try whether they be worthy to be the first movable or no. If we consider what it is, which he laboureth to remove, it is that Catholic and universal Religion of Christ, which hath moved the whole world to approve it by such irresistible motives as have converted it. They which should be moved to this, and to be drawn only by his motion, are our prudent and gracious Princess, her wise and Honourable Council, the rest of the Nobility, the Protestant Clergy, & whatsoever is reputed great, and of the highest judgement in our Nation. He which would move them, is endued with that Puritan spirit, which is in continual moving, and never findeth his place of rest, and who for his dissolute and deformed motion, shroudeth himself under the title of an erring Planet, not daring to diselose his name. He citeth not one example or authority for his purpose. Those which he alleasdgeth for motives, be none at all; as her Majesty herself, Council, Nobles, Burgesses, Bishops, and the whole consent of Commons, which are to be moved by his Instince, had given sentence in open Parliament immediately before. And the means which he prescribeth, either in the same, or more forcible manner, had been practised many years together, as will be evident hereafter, and no man but such a spiritual fellow can beignorant: And yet they could not prevail to that motion. Therefore no motives.   

THE III. UNTRUTH, ABOUT THE third word, (for Association.)  
THE name Association is deduced from Socius, a fellow or Companion, and being a noun of Action and doing, must needs signify to make fellows, and companions. In which, and all such combinations there must of necessity be as well a kind of equality (otherwise no fellowship but a subordination) as also similitude, likeness, and agreement, as is evident in all conjunctions. For if two or more differing things be joined and united together, this agreeing matter must of necessity be such, that the things to be reconciled do consent therein. Those which be of one kindred agree in blood; The domesticalles of one family in cohabitation. Those which be of the same Religion (which is the Associators case) to have the same sacrifice, Priesthood, Sacraments and other Rites and Ceremonies belonging unto Reverence. If we consider the quality which is required to Association, I trust it will not be an humble Motive, for such people to be fellows with Princes, and their own Sovereign: Some wright that the Earls of England be termed Comites, because by courtesy of our Kings they have both been so named, and in some sort so used; But that Title was never given to inferior Nobles. Then it may not be yielded to such unable spirits: except (which is the mark they shoot at, and which privately they believe) all things must be in community, and no Superious Spiritual or Temporal may be allowed. How the second cause of union between the protestants of England and the Puritans thereof in Religion, can be devised, differing in 32. points as their admonition witnesseth, I cannot conceive. For this Puritan Motor maketh no submission that they will refor me to the Parliament doctrine. Then either there can be no Association or else the Queen and Parliament must revoke their laws and only maintain Puritanisme, which is the second prick of their level as appeareth by his own words, of which I will speak more hereafter   

THE FOUR UNTRUTH. IN THE fourth word to maintain.  
THE word To maintain as it supposeth the being of the thing to be maintained, so it must yield sufficient causes of preservation and maintenance to the same. touching the first Philosophers do call Duration a continuance of being because at least in priority of nature it supposeth the existence and being of that, whereof it is a duration or continuance. In the second Respect that which maintaineth an other, must be more Noble and Potent, then that which is maintained and stronger than those assailing enemies which strive to overthrow it. The Master maintaineth his servant, the Sovereign his subject, & in natural causes, the more general and powerable doth maintain & preserve the weaker. The Sun among the Planets is called an universal cause, in regard it preserveth and giveth maintenance to these inferior things. And all creatures are maintained by GOD, without whose maintenance and assistance, all things would be annihilate. In the first sense, Puritanisme and Association with the Professors thereof, cannot give duration to Religion. For that which this Pamphletor laboureth to establish, was neither by any kind of Priority, or Simultity, which I can find now is authorized in England; but of this I will make challenge in the word Establish. In the other meaning to speak of maintenance, I think all Protestants are very far from giving credit, that Puritans seek to maintain their Religion. And that they are destroyers and not maintainers thereof, 
Parliam. 5. Parlia. 23. Eli. Synod. land 1562 l. art.  hath been often concluded in the highest Court of Parliament, the book of Articles itself, by the whole Protestants Clergy of England, with a double Subscription. And touching any motive that may move this high conceit of their proceedings, that divinity which I have learned teacheth me this for most found and certain doctrine, that as there is nothing so undoubtedly true, as the articles of true Religion, which is taught and revealed of God: which as he is infinitely wise and good, so he can neither be deceived in himself, or give cause of error unto others, so that which maintaineth this truth and certainty, must needs be most true and infallible, (every thing being maintained by such means by which it consisteth.) Then the lying spirit of Puritans by which every basest fellow is to prescribe Religion to the uninersall world, and no doctrine can be maintained without that man's allowance, cannot be a maintemance but destruction to true Reverence: as to give a short example in a brief difcourse, 
Epip. Haer. Aug. Haer. Bern. later. Catal. Haer. Vlenb. l. 22. Caus. Rain. Cal. turais.  there have been by moral judgement, 700. sects of Heretics, which have pleaded this kind of maintenance. Therefore it is odds 699. to one, that Puritans will destroy and not maintain Religion.   

THE V UNTRUTH, IN THE fift word: (Religion.)  
REligion is that due worship, which man oweth and is to render to God his Creator, and chief omnipotent Benefactor; for so many favours wherewith he hath enriched him. And which man is to receive hereafter by his infinite & irrecompensible bounty. This worship, as it is the Reverence of God, in whose unsearchable will & pleasure it is, by what homage and offices he will be honoured; so the institution thereof, must needs proceed from him, and Revelation of it to man. In which regard, it is an impossibility that any Article or Question of duty by that incrrable power so ordained, and proposed, should either be untrue, variable, unconstanr, or uncertain, as this (so by themselves called) Religion of Puritans, which so daily altereth, 
Aug. Her. Epiph. Her. Bern. Later. Catal. Her. Casp. ulen. l. 22. cause. etc.  as the wanering spirit of every Professor thereof, floweth and ebeth up and down. And 700. to one as is recited, by actual experience it is untrue, so many several and opposed sects by that foundation grounding so many divers and contrary professions in divine revereuce. Of which by necessary consequence all but one must needs be false, and by no probability that can be true.  
Secondly seeing this holy worship is that obligation and bond whereby (as the name itself, Religion, teacheth us) man is bound and religed unto God, for so many gists and graces wherewith he is adorned, and advanced above other creatures: the office and execution of this reverence must be such that it religeth and bind all faculties and powers of man to perform that duty. Then if we compare puritan profession which catholic worship it carrieth no semblance of Religion. for all articles of that holy Reverence be affirm a tive and teaching one point of devotion or other, as the affirmation of so many sacred mysteries of priesthood, sacrifice, Inherent grace, seven Sacraments, with their supernatural effects, prayer, Invocation of Saints, prayer for the departed, and other means to keep man still bound and religed unto God. And if by frailty or otherwise he chance to break those bands of Religation, Penance, Contrition, grief and afflictin of mind and body, to relige and bind him again. If we resemble this Puritan doctrine to the protestancy of England, it likewise is a Negation of all Religion, denying such affirmative particles as they had left. 
Admonit: Parl. 1.2. I. W. against the Admonit.  For now the Parliament must have no sentence, the Communion book is fooleries, and damnable, all the Courts, and Consistories of Protestants, are become dens of thieves and serpents. The names of Archbishops, Bishops, Arch-deanes, Deans, and such, be diabolical. No sign of the Cross, or memory of man's Redemption may be used: 
Assoc pag. 39  and whatsoever religeth a man to God, must not be remembered under their curse, for superstition. If we put these people into balance with the idolatrous Gentiles, Turks, jews, and brahmin's, it is evident by all writers, that although those Infidels do err in true Religion, yet they maintain forged Priesthoods, Sacrifices, and other tokens of Reverence, to keep in sear of a divine Majesty: all which things be wanting in this Puritan, having no one positive or affirmative opinion, concerning worship. And so for Religion and binding of men to God, have brought in a plain privation of those duties, irreligion, and a freedom to all liberty and undutifulness, both to God and man.   

THE VI UNTRUTH, IN THE sixth word: (established.)  
IT is evident by the whole discourse of this Religious Associator, (and so he rearmeth himself in divers places) that he is a Puritan, and laboureth to settle that same profession as he bewrayeth in plain terms. 
Pag. 19  And yet who knoweth not, but Puritans be condemned, at the least (as before) in 32. questions, by that Religion which is settled in England, 
Admonit Purit. Com. B Parl. 5. et 13. Elizab.  as their own Admonition, the Communion book, and Parliaments themselves are witness against them. Therefore this Innovator seeketh not to associate to maintain any Religion settled, but to settle his own unsettled sect.   

THE VII. UNTRUTH.  
THE seventh foul and flattering Untruth, is two leaves long; as though Puritans were the most loyal, loving, and obedient subjects, which her Majesty hath: and in respect of them, neither Council, Nobility, Bishops, or any other, were dutifully careful of her preservation. But Sir, because you pretend you self so dutiful a Subject to our Sovereign, and regardful of reverence to the English Protestant Clergy, and that Religion which they profess, you will give me licence to utter in a few words, the true allegiance and love, which your reformed signory and eldership beareth unto them: For except this affection be known to be excellent in your Society, you will not be worthy to be admitted to such exempted favour with our Queen and her Bishops to whom you writ. Then I will condemn you by your own sentences, to be undutiful to her Majesty our queen, most malicious to her Clergy, and devoted Adversaries to their Religion; for whose maintenance you counterfeit desire of Assoctations. And to exemplify, what foreign Religion is so gracious in your eyes, as that of Geneva, 
Admonit. parl. in fin. Repl. Admon. Parl. tract. 20.  and other Churches there about, which you call (for that reason) resormed? your Admonition to the Parliament approveth the Presbytery of Scotland, and the French Puritans so far, that you propose them for example of imitation to England: your own writings I hope you will not deny: And if you forsake Caluin, and Beza, your Fathers and dearest friends, you are discredited for ever. Then to begin with them first, which I named last, let the Reader judge, whether our Sovereign, her Archbishops, Bishops, with the rest of the Parliament Ministry, and their Religion so contrary unto Puritans, live in security, & be honoured by this people. Concerning Princes which be not of Caluins' purity, he useth these words. 
Caluin. in Da. c. 6. v. 22.25. etc.  They spoil themselves of all authority, yea they are unworthy to be accounted in the number of men, and therefore we must rather spit upon their heads, then obey them. And touching the English Communion book, which is the rule of Parliament Religion, he calleth it fooleries. 
Stat. 1. Eliz. Surn. of haul. disc. Beza epist. ded. nou. test. an. 1564. et epist. ad Episcop. Ebor.  Beza even in his Epistle to her Majesty of England, defendeth Rebellion against Princes of a different Religion, and honoureth such as be slain in such quarrels, with the glory of Martyrs. And in his Epistle to a Protestant Bishop of England, condemneth the exercise of their Religion. The reformed Churches of France hold the same sentence, both concerning King, and worship in their 39 Article. 
Congreg. artic. 39 Articul. Puri. Scon  Two of the chiefest Articles of the Scottish Puritans be these. 1. Bishops, and Archbishops, have no authority, their very names and titles, be Antichristian and Diabolical: 2. It is heresy for any Prince, to call himself head of the Church. But he may be excommunicate and deposed of his ministers. And to come to English Puritans, and the Consistory of your Eldership and reformed Scignorie, the chiefest Patron thereof T. C. is known to be an ancient and mortal enemy to the present archbishop of Canterbury, and is far from allowing the Titles, names, dignities, and authority of him, or any Bishop, Deane, high Commissionor, or other by her majesties proceed, that as the same archbishop hath gathered to my hands, 
T. C. in repl. to the ans. of the Admonit. I. whitgift prefat. to the ans. to the Reply of T. C. T. C. in Repl. in fin Confess. c. 18. T. C. repl. pag. 5. T. C. pag. 144.  he will not allow him the dignity of a Doctor, but Ironice and scoffingly (after your manner) calleth him M. Doctor 370. times at the least, in one little book. And telleth us that the equality of Ministers, is confirmed by the sentence of the Puritans of Heluctia, Tygurine, Berne, Geneva, Polmia, Hungary, and Scotland, with others. And although you to slatter the Protestant Archbishops, and Bishops of England, would bring your disagreement from them toceremonies, yet he descendeth, that the doctrine of the English Protestants is such, that Puritans are bound to deny it, with loss of as many lives, as they have hairs on their heads. And for reverence and duty to our Sovereign, denounceth by his evangelical pre-eminence, against all Protestant Princes, which will not be Puritans, and embrace their Presbytery, that (to use his own words) They must submit their Sceptres, and throw down their Crowns before the Church (of their Eldership) and lick the dust of their feet.  
The highest cathedrated sentence of your Admonition, written in all your names raileth at the Protestants, affirming your contentions to be but Ceremonies. But I will allege the words of that holy work, both for your confusion in this, and all other your wicked practices in this Association: These they be. Lordy Lords, Archbishops, Bishops, 
Prefat. Admon. Parl. Admonit. tra. 2.3. &c:  Suffragans, Deans, Doctors, archdeacons, chancellors, and the rest of that proud generation, whose Kingdom must down: Titles, livings, and offices of Metropolitan, Archbishop, lords grace, Lordship, Suffrragane, Deane, archdeacon, were devised by Antichrist, and are plainly in Christ's word forbidden, and are utterly with speed to be removed. 
Prefat. Admonit. sup.  But in a few words to say what we mean: either must we have a right ministerte of God, and a right government of his Church, according to the Scriptures set up (both which we lack) or else there can be no right Religion, nor yet for contempt thereof, can God's plagues be from us any while deferred. We in England, are so far from having a Church rightly reform, according to the prescript of God's word, that as yet we are not come to the outward face of the same. 
Admonit. tract 10. Tract, 11.  In the book of Common prayer, a great number of things contrary to the word of God are contained. Except they yield, not only God's justice shall be powered forth, but also God's Church in this Realm, shall never be builded. The way therefore to avoid these inconveniences, and to reform these deformities is this: to remove advowsons, Patronages, Impropriations, & Bishop's authority. You must pluck down without hope of restitution, the Court of Faculties, remove Homilies, Articles, 
Con. Lon. anno 1562. Parl 5 Eli. Book of articles etc. Tract. 17. admonit.  (this is the Book where the sum of English Protestant doctrine is allowed) Injunctions (the Queen's spiritual laws) a prescript order of service (the Communion book) take away the Lordship, the loitering, the pomp, the idleness, and livings of Bishops, etc. In steed of chancellors, archdeacons, Officials, Commissaries, Proctors, Doctors, 
Admonit. tract. 18.  Summoners, Churchwardens, and such like; you have to place in every congregation, a lawful and godly signory. The Lord Bishops, their Suffragans, archdeacons, chancellors, Officials, Proctors, Doctors, Summoners, 
Tract. 18. sup.  and such ravening Rablers take upon them, which is most horrible, the rule of God's Church. The Archbishop's Court, is the filthy Quavemire and poisoned Plash of all the abbominations, that do infect the whole Realm. Neither is the Controversy between them and us, as they would bear the world in hand, as for a Cap, a Tippet, 
Addit. Admonit. Admonit. Parl. Tract. 20.  or a Surplice, but for greater matters, concerning a true Ministry, and Regiment of the Church, according to the word. To these three jointly, that is, the Ministers, Seniors, & Deacons, is the whole Regiment of the Church to be committed. Hitherto be the words of that holy Puritan sentence. And that it may be manifest, what their loyalty and love is to our Sovereign, her Bishops, and their proceed both in temporal and Religious affairs; making no exception at all, 
Tract. 23  either of Queen, council, Bishop, or whatsoever (except poor ignorant souls) they bestow their holy blessing upon all, which will not allow of their Admonition, and holy Eldership, in these terms following: God confound them, that his peace may be upon Israel, & his saumg health upon this Nation. Now let the Reader judge whether these men seek Associations to preserve her Majesty, her State, and Religion or no, or whether they intend so great love and duty to the Protestant Bishops, as is glossed in this Pamphlet, or that no kind of Subject is so careful as they, to preserve the honour and quiet of our Kingdom.  
Let us now see whether this be true or no. Philosophers and Divines teach, that to love is velle alicui bonum, to wish good to the beloved, then by how much more good is wished, by so much the love is greater: & less, when less good is desired, and where no good but evil is wished, 
Pa. 1 lin. 4.  it is hatred. This Pamphletor himself acknowledgeth in the fourth line of his work, that 3. things in duty are to be exhibited by the Subjects to the Magistrates, that is, Honour, Obedience, and Defence. Then who hath performed these duties to our Sovereign? none but Putitaine call honour is temporal or spiritual, the first is most dutifully yielded of all, both Protestants and Catholics; of spiritual honour the Catholics make distinction and are disliked chief for that opinion. But this Puritan friend absolutely denieth the second, and speaketh doubtfully of the first. As for spiritual honour, the case is evident in all their assertions. And touching the terrene honour of a Princess, 
Goodm. li. demonstr. Regim. muher.  was not Goodman in the time of Q. Mary a Genevean Puritan, and yet he termed the temporal regency of a woman Monstrosum Regimen, A Monstrous Regiment. And this was the doctrine of his consorts, and practices of their Disciples. 
Stowe hist. in Q. Mary Groft. etc.  For who were they which laboured so much to depose not only that Catholic Queen but our present Sovereign. No man will say that they were Catholics, therefore I say and prove that they were Genevean Puritans (our English Parliament protestancy than not being established or known, but divers years after in these days.) 
jacob Rex Scot in li. Regin. ad fill.  Are not the Ministers of Scotland, Puritans? then ask the King himself (if the book of Regiment published in his name did come from him) how full of honour, obedience, and defence this people is in that country, he complaineth of them above all others in desect of these duties. 
Petr. frar. or. count sectar Staphil. apolog. fix to. 2. Mon. test. tr. ordin. Burg in remonst. sup. edict. Reg Gal. . 2. Defence. Reg. & Relig.  Were not Caluin, Beza, Spiphanius Othomanus, the Switzerland & French Hugonites Puritans? yes, and be so accounted in England. And yet what Counsels & Consistories did they keep to depose Kings & Princes? what base and tyrannical Usurpers did they erect? what lawful Magistrate in France was not deputed by them to death. Who have more turbulently behaved themselves in these times than this deceitful and lying Sect. What Libels, Admonitions, threatenings & chalendges hath this people made against Queen, and all kind of magistrates, especially the Protestant Bishops and ministery, with whom they would now in words be associated? Demand an hundred sooleries of Martin Marprelate, this Writer and his companions. This is the honour and obedience, they use, and defence which I fear they would exercise, if it came to trial. Let them examine catholics by their own Rule of rendering duty, of honour, obedience, and defence: They were Catholics which first crowned her with honour, they were catholics which obeyed her, when they were powerable to be disobedient. Then by all presumption Catholics will ever defend her. And I trust with our prudent Princess and Council, the malicious inventions & falsehoods of Puritans to advance themselves, nor the lewd slander of any Apostata, to excuse his impiety will be admitted, against the consciences of so many Religious Priests and jesuits, renowned in all parts of the christian world, protesting (even with daily dangers, and death itself) their innocency in these affairs.   

THE VIII. UNTRUTH.  
THIS Pamphletor affirmeth that the estate of our Sovereign is dangerously impeached with the Peril of her Person, by the endeavour of Papists, to bring in the Superiority & Supremacy of a Foreign Prelate etc. I marvel where this man learned his consequences. Is the Superiority and Supremacy of Pope, or any foreign Prelate, only exercised in spiritual and ecclesiastical causes, dangerous to the Temporal estate of any Civil Ruler, or Magistrate? or perilous to their Person? Be not those Regiments divers and distinct, even in the judgement of Puritans themselves? then the one is not perilous to the other. How many hundreds of years, were they thus divided among the Israelites without confusion. or peril one to another? That Nation came to most calamities, 
Li. 1. Mach Li. 2. Mach. josephlib. antiq. & bell. Genebr. Cronol. Bellon Tox to. 1.2. bill. turrie. Petr. Mass. lib 1.2.3. hist. indy:  when these Regiments were united together, about the time of the Maccabees, and after: In the Turkish Regiment the caliphs Rule in Religious causes, and yet without peril to the Imperial State. Among the Indian Pagans the brahmin's overrule their Princes in like cases, yet without prejudice to their Persons, or Temporal dignities. Among the ancient Gentiles, the Flemmens and Archflemmens had that charge: & yet no Temporal Regency endangered. And now in Italy, Spame, France, Polonia, the Empire, and so many Catholic Countries, the Roman jurisdiction ruleth in spiritual affairs: And yet what State of these countries? What Person of those Princes is by that in peril? And in England when that Superiority reigned in it so many hundred years, and in the days of almost 200. 
Fox tom. 1. Mon in Catal. Reg. Stowe hist.  Kings of this Nation, which of their estates or persons was endangered by that Regiment? then it is not the doctrine of Catholics in this point, any plot or practise by them which palyeth at hazard with the persons of Princes, or draweth kingdoms to ruin: But it is the presumptuous, & factious opinions of Puritans, whose private spirit in every mean and unlearned man, doth not only condemn the sentence of Queen and Parliament, and her Superiority, by that title in spiritual business, but may by their Profession, & doth by open Pamphlets, & invectives, control all Princes, and Magistrates, both in Ecclesiastical and Temporal causes: and dispose of Kingdoms, countries, and Cities, at their high will and pleasure as they did at Geneva, Collen, in France, and other places as I have recited before.   

THE IX. UNTRUTH.  
But if we will believe this Puritan, her Maresties' Person shall still remain in peril, except his coufaile be admitted for her delivery: by which she shall be enfranchised from such dangers. His presernatine and Antidote (to use his phrase) followeth in these words. It would be enacted, that all Gentlemen, Magistrates, and Possessioners within this Realm, shall take the oath of Assmiation, for the defence and perpetuation, of Religion now publicly professed within this Realm. And the oath of Supremacy be mimstred with like addition, to all men generally within this Realine, from the age of sixteen years upwards, twice every year, by the Mayors, and Covernours of Cities, Towns, and Corporations, and by Stewards and other Officers in Manors and Lordships in their countries, and their leets, and Law-days. And if they refuse to enter into such league or oath. that eucry such person, shall be holden and reputed as suspected, and shall be thereby disabled to bear any office, or authority in Common wealth, and shall also be bound to his good behaviour, sequestered from all his aronour and weapons, and (if he be possessed of lands within this Realm) shall yearly pay unto your Maieflie, the fourth part thereof. etc. This is the sentence of this Solon: In which, how many untruths and fooleries there be, it is not an easy account. But because I deal in liberality with this Doctor, I will put them together in one. First then I conclude by this high Authority, that Puritans be most wicked, lying, and dangerous members in this Kingdom, and most worthy by their own judgement, to incur these penalties, which they practise against Catholics. For if this invention were put in execution, Catholics should become so impious (as Puritans be) to make no account of oaths. This stratagem could take no effect, but the Queen would be more endangered both in regard of the perils pretended more unknown, and the offenders could not be distinguished, friends could not be deciphered from enemies. But by this man's confession, all Puritans be manifest adversaries to her Majesty in this matter; for they both deny the Religion now publicly professed in the Realm, as also her majesties Supremacy in most uncharitable terms. Then when Puritans (as this man assureth) will take these oaths, both concerning the Religion established in England, and her supreme Ecclesiastical power, which they so much condemn, they be condemned to be the most impious, irreligious, and disloyal people, utterly unworthy any office, credit, or confidence in common wealth: but by their own law to be bound to these disablements, penalties, and payments, which they invent for Catholics, whose fidelities, words, & oaths, may be admitted for security of the greatest peril, as these men acknowledge by this Invention.   

THE X. UNTRUTH.  
BUT to manifest farther the folly & falschood of this dream & device. If any could be so mad to imagine that so wise a Princess, Council, Nobility, Protestant Clergy, and Commons (for he desireth that his law may be presently enacted) would immediately after the dissolution of a Parliament, wherein these toys were rejected, summon the whole kingdom again to please such people. Yet his intent against Catholics would not be obtained. I will not examine the particulars of his fooleries therein, but experience shall plead against him, for either the same or more grievous have been enacted, and are daily executed against us; & yet he maketh these complaints of perils by increase of Catholics within this kingdom. For first concerning his oaths of the Reltgion now established, and her majesties Supremacy, are they not tendered to all Magistrates at their admittance? The first Parliament itself only excepteth the Nobles of this Realm, 
Parl. 1. Eliz & 5. Eliz.  to whom this man likewise seemeth to allow that exemption. And How often have such oaths and interrogatories been ministered to the Catholics of this Nation, Gentlemen, and other Possessioners, & not Possessioners, whom this lawemaker includeth not? 
Stat. 1. Eliz. c. 1.  the Statute of Supremacy giveth the same authority for ministering the oath of that Superiority in as ample manner as he prescribeth; only he adviseth it to be taken twice in the year, which limitation employeth no other use or end, but to make men dissolute in swearing, & forswearing as these Puritans be; for who will hope for truth in him, which is accustomed to forswear, which by all laws be rejected for witnesses. And this great Politician himself, calleth all Parliament persons (which applauded not their devices) Papists: and yet most of them had taken the oaths which he prescribeth. But hearken unto his penalties. The deniers of these oaths, shall only be disabled to bear office, bound to the good behaviour, sequestered from their armour & weapous, 
Pag. 23. Stat. 1. & 5. Eliz.  and pay yearly, the fourth part of their lands to the Queen. How ridiculous is this man? Is it not premunire to deny that oath by law already enacted? how many Catholics knoweth this man to be in office in our Nation? are not Catholics bound both to the good behaviour, and deprived of their Armour and weapons? And concerning the last punishment, to pay the fourth part of their lands; they only possess a third part, and her Majesty, or rather wicked persecutors enjoy the rest and no rent at all is answered unto her, by such Tenants for those lands. Therefore this Puritan abused her, and his prophesy is false.   

THE XI. UNTRUTH.  
FOR Reverence to her Majesty, I pass over the holy blessings, which he bestoweth upon the Roman See, sacred Priests, grana Benedicta, Agnus Dei, & hallowed things from thence. And because this man is so methodical in his divisions, for he which teacheth so wise a Princess, and Council, both in divine, civil, and martial affairs, must needs be an Absolute; Then I will give him due in all his excellencies. These be the words of his first division. The power & strength of any people or multitude, is to be augmented by one of these four ways. 1. By addition, or number. 2. By supply of Necessaries. 3. By advantage of place. 4. By order of government.  
Sr, as I am no computing writer, so I have bestowed little labour in them which handle such employments: And I think yourself to be as wise as the Orotor of Greece, which so peremptorily entreated such things before Hannibal that greatest Captain in the world. But I think if you had well committed to memory, the wars and battles of Abraham, Gedeon, Samson, joshua, David, and others recorded in scriptures, wherein you and yours be so inspired: or with ordinarily qualitied Gentlemen of England, taken but a superficial Muster of the wars of Alexander with Darius. Of the Christians, against the Moors in Spain. The Spaniards against the Infidels in the Indies. Or Henry the fift and other English Kings in France. Or been a little acquainted with Plato and Aristotle which you cite in the beginning of the first page of your motives, you would have been moved to add other members to your division, giving it as an instruction to so great a Princess. But Soldiers shall give you this Reprehension. And I will in this point only call to your remembrance, that you displayed your Banner to far, for a Soldier of small experience, and which never kept Sentinel before, may easily discover, that according to your skill, you labour to possess your part of all those means, by which you think the power and strength of any people, or multitude, (I use your own terms) is to be augmented. Your first fortification is by addition or number: of this you would easily be owners, if you might teach Queen and Council, and have such stratagems in use, which none but your holy fraternity doth allow. Your second embatailement is raised by supplic of Necessaries, of which you would also be Masters, if all Armour and weapons were brought into your Armouries. Of the third, which is advantage of place, you would have advantage enough, if none but of your allowance lowance might be admitted to place of Magistracy, or be placed in any office or place of defence. As for the fourth and last order of goverument, 
Pag. 41. insr.  you triumph all ready, that most men of action and resolution be for you, as also that in divers respects for number you are ten to one. And say in plain terms, 
Pag. 41.  that it is not good in policy, to provoke the Puritans in the declining of her majesties age and reign.   

THE XII. UNTRUTH.  
THE next division, he preferreth to no meaner parsonage, them our gracious Sovereign herself, in these teams. Let me present unto your Majesty, 
Pag. 11.  the whole number of your Subjects, divided into 4. bands.  

1. Protestants of Religion.  
2. Protestants of State.  
3. Papists of State.  
4. Papists of Religion.   
What Logic followeth after this division, is not to be sound in Aristotle, but so many Untruths be manisestlie sound in it, that I might make up more than my account in this place; but I may not wholly neglect so many and learned lessons in the rest of this Association. But concerning this hacking and cutting the Subjects of England into those 4. quarters, I must needs put this Isocrates in mind, that he hath abused King Nicocles in this point. For Religion (especially with those which attribute so much to saith) is principally subjecteth in the understanding, then according to Plato, and Aristotle his own Authors, it taketh specisication from such things, as be taught and believed in Religion: and diversities of Religions must be named and divided, according to the diversity and multiplicity of things believed: for as faculties are distinguished by their acts, so these are divided and singled by their objects, and not by the ends to which they be referred, or for which they be practised; for this is the operation of the will, and not any action of understanding. Then according to that which is prooned before, if there be almost 300. kinds of Protestants in other countries, it is marvel if only two had traffic into England. 
Conuoc Lon. 1562. Parl. 5. Eliz. et 13. EliZ. Stow hist. Synod. Lond. Artic. 1.2.3.4.5.7.26.  And to put him out of doubt the approved book of Articles, and two Parliaments, and our Protestant histories do tell him, that in England & among English Protestants, there be Vigilantians, Nestorians, Eutychians, Arrians, Eunomians, Grecians, Henricians, Iouinians, Donatists, Wicklefists, Berengarians, Anabaptists, julian's, Aerians, Manichees, Brownists, Barrowists, damned Crew, and I know not how many crews of most wiched Heresies, & himself remembreth some more. 
Pag. 40.  Therefore his by-membred division of necessity, is lame by many limbs. And if such a Tutor of Princes might have a saculty by himself, to renounce all other arts, as his spirit condemneth all other Religions: yet he shall find many more ends than two of these which be professors of Reverence in this Nation. And every man which professeth not Religion for the love of God, is not of such dexterity of wit, as this Puritan, and his Associates be, to make it a cloak to practise in State affairs. 
Pag. 23.  thirdly, this princely pedagogue teacheth, that her Marestie herself, her Council, Lords, Bishops, Knights, and Burgesses of Parliament, be Papists, than the second member of his chief division (Protestants of State) is taken away, and he hath given himself the contradiction.   

THE XIII UNTRUTH.  
TO show his cunning in conversions, 
Pag. 11. 12.  he teacheth that Protestants of Religion (which be Puritans) be first by order of generation, as his words import, and Papists of Religion last, whose contrary is evident to all the world. Yet let us allow greater measure to this untruth. Next from Protestants of Religion, proceed Protestants of state. From these Papists of estate be rngendered. lastly from these is the descent of Papists of Religion. And within siue lines after both forgetting himself, and unmindful of the doctrine of his Masters, Plato, and Aristotle, and all reason which deny a regradation in causes, he acknowledgeth that Papists of Religion, be Parents to all the rest: The fourth, father to the third, this, to the second, the second, of the first. Which in his former assertion gave existence to al. This is the riddle of Oedipus. Mater me genuit, eadem mox gignitur ex me. But his only intent being to increase the power of his people, of which he considered before, seeketh by all means, true, or contrary, to make Puritanisme the first and last: Alpha and Omega of all. As Philosophers teach, that which is first by order of intention, is last by execution. And in this sense his sentence is true, for they wholly intent the settling of their Puritan sect, which is their first and chiefest intention: But the settling, and execution thereof, by necessity must be last: For both Protestants and Catholics must be taken out of theyt way, before sufficient scope and place be made for the Regiment of their spirit, which as it overturneth all things except it may rule the whole world, as the natural propension thereof inclineth, will ever be unruly, still seeking Innovations.   

THE XIIII. UNTRUTH,  
AFter he hath ended his Divisions, in such learned manner as I have declared; he giveth censure of the properties of the parts divided. His definitive sentence is this. The first (Puritans) are constant and faithful unto your Highness. The second, (Protestants) waverenge: The third, 
Pag. 23.  (Papists) of estate: (For such he chargeth the Lords, Bishops, and others, of the last Parliament) perilous. The fourth, (Papists of Religion) Pernicious. Than the which nothing can be more corrupt. I think this man should mean, that Papists of Religion, be pernicious in respect of a temporal Regiment, for which he so much in words contendeth: Otherwise a false Religion (If we should grant our most holy Catholic Reverence to be such) being used of those professors, only for cause of Religion, (as his distinction is) cannot be offensive or perilous to any Civil Regiment against which it teacheth no repugnant thing. secondly, he desineth the inconvenience of these Papists of Religion, that (to use his words) they be in Darkness, Falsehood, Error, and Superstition. Then seeing this member (of his division, 
Pag. 11. 12. 13.  by his own grant) hath no reference to business of estate, they cannot be ofensive or pernicious, to that which they have no relation. But if he could disburden themselves (which will be an heavy load to do,) if he will charge any of this guiltienes, the second and third Protestants of estate, and Papists of estate, which often he confoundeth, because he alotteth them to State affairs, must enter into combat against him: Which they will easily perform, being such by his own acknowledgement, as be nearest to her majesties Person, 
Pag. 23.  by Office, by Parliament, by Council. And those which have not intermeddling in such matters, by the voice of so great an enemy, may not be condemned as pernicious Adversaries. That mouth which denounceth them innocent in the first, cannot be admitted for Accuser in the second. Where no cause is precedent or concommitant, no effect can be or follow, except an effect can be caused without a cause. Thirdly, we are enfranchised by an other sentence of this Censurer, for as he highly commendeth Protestant's of Religion, or Puritans, as constant and saithful to our Queen, 
Pag. 11.  so he confesseth that these be engendered of Protestants of estate, these of Papists of estate, which be offspring to Papists of Religion. Then if there is any constancy or faithfulness in the first, (Puritans) as it must be doubled in the second Protestants of estate, tripled in the third, so it must by that rule of proportion, be sometimes as constant and faithful, in Papists of Religion: and by no means (if this man's gradation be true) can be less in them, then in the other which proceed from them. My reason is (which this man may read in his Authors Plato and Aristotle.) there be two kind of causes, the one univocal, the other equivocal: the first although it is not that which is now in question, yet it must needs contain so much virtue as the effect which it produceth: otherwise some virtue in that which is caused should be effected without cause, which is a deceasance in nature. Of this sort be all inferior natural agents as men, beasts, fowls, fishes, etc. which produce the like in their kind. The second (of which condition this Pamphletors' descent and progeny is to be esteemed) is called Equivocal which ever containeth more virtue and ability, then that which is effected; in which sense the Sun, Heavens, and God himself, are termed such equivocal and universal or general causes; because their power so much excelleth the faculties of their particular effects: and are able to bring forth many and not only one, or few operations. Fourthly, by an other free charter of this Gentleman, Papists of Religion are freed from all suspect to be pernicious, or any ways dangerous in this business: because they want all those helps by which he affirmeth Power and strength of any people is to be augmented. 
Pag. 10.  1. addition or number. 2. supply of Necessaries. 3. advantage of place. 4. order of government. All which, be wanting in that people, as is before demonstrated, and Puritans be possessed of them all. And touching his addition, & number, which he nameth for the chiefest supply, himself acknowledgeth, that in the beginning of her majesties reign, 
Pag. 40.  when we were many and mighty, we were so far from contriving against her, that we honoured her with her greatest dignity and Diadem itself. Then there can be no danger hereafter. For seeing our doctrine is one, there is no such peril of diversity in dealings in that case. And to avoid us from all jealousy, for suture and present times, he maketh this threatening calculation, 
Pag. 41.  how in divers respects, Puritans are ten times more, and mightier then Protestant's. How far this sort exceedeth all kinds of Papists, there is no doubt. And yet it pleaseth this man to acknowledge this sentence. 
Pag. 15.  It is not unprobahle, that of the Papists in this Land, the fourth part are not Papists of Religion. Then it cannot be truly said, that such people be pernicious, or perilous in this Common wealth: which besides all their positions agreeable to an honourable and civil Regiment, their orderly, dutiful, & quiet conditions in Saxonye, Denmark, some cantons of Switzerland, Greece, Hungary, Turkic, Persia, and other places where they live under Princes, enemies to their Religion, will be an eternal evidence. When contrariwise these Puritans & Protestants of Religion, So constant and faithful to her Majesty, (if this man's word be Gospel:) 
Mart Mar Prel.  not only be their private seditious Libels without end in England, but factious Admonitions by their general acclamation to our Prince, and Parliament, by publicly defended posiitions, that the laws of Princes do not bind in conscience, 
Andrew. Will. Sinop. c. laws. Calu. inst. Fox. to 2. sup. obed. Tind. art. 18. Claud. de Sanct. lib. 5. accad egl.  that eucrie man is Lord of other men's goods, the children of faith, (which be only Puritans in their opinion) are under no law, all human laws must be taken away, the nature of the Gospel is to raise wars, among Christians, there is no Magistrate, no Superior: and whose practice in action hath ever been answerable to this doctrine, manifest by all monuments of their proceed, or rather to be reproved for such pernicious and perilous people.   

THE XV. UNTRUTH,  
BUT to show how high a pitch of impiety he can mount, to make a malicious stoop upon men in misery, he uttereth this most foul and untrue sentence. The Papists of Religion at this present, 
Pag. 25.  stand furnished 1. with credit and authority, 2. wealth and ability, 3 weapons and furniture: So that they may draw followers by the one, wage them by the other, and arm them by the third. Whould any man think, that so holy, wise, and well affected friend, as this man would see me to her Majesty, durst present so monstrous and palpable an untruth, to the view of of so prudent a Priucesse, but that I have alleged his own words. For the first of credit & authority, I think it a difficult thing, for this Puritan to find one Cathohcke in England, which hath any authority at all. Let him name any President of Wales, or the North, Warden of Ports, Governor of Islands, Captain of Castle, Lieutenant of Tower, Lieutenant, Deputy-lievetenant, Sheriff. justice of peace, or poor Constable, or Tythingman, which is a Papist of Religion. I think it will be a dissicult thing for him, to find in our whole kingdom ten of the meanest authority which I have named. Of the chiefest no man can be singled forth. What the wealth and ability of them can be, except God doth miraculously bless them (than let not Puritans repine at his benediction) who can imagine, if he see the due payments of 260. pounds yearly paid to her Maicsties' chequer by the chiefest, and by other the two parts of their Revenues most truly answered, their goods seaxed; and besides these, so many extraordinary oppressions by Puritans in authority. As for weapons, and surniture, to arm so many as would sight against so many thousands of Puritans of action, 
Pag. 41.  and resolution, of London and good Towner, most Lords, Gentlemen, and Captains, which be for them, is a thing so ridiculously untrue, that none or sew Catholics be possessed of any at all. Doth he not remember when they were despoiled of them. And to this day are scarcely (where such Muster Masters live) admitted to have use of their own to serve her Majesty. And at the time of the coming of the Earl of Essex out of Ireland, when somewhat more was in hand then Catholics imagined, were they not generally in the West countries so despoiled by puritan justices of their ordinary Arms, & weapons, that they were in danger to be spoiled of the basest Robbers for want of sufficient defence against them. but if these three things be those that be so perilous in people apt for Innovations, let him look into Puritans, and how many thoufands he may find furnished with those compliments. 
Pag. 41.  His own sentence (London and good Towns, most Lords, Gentlemen, and Captames of action and resolution) will be sufficient censure against him.   

THE XVI. UNTRUTH.  
AT the last, this Associator cometh to issue, and somewhat unmasketh himself, to give testimony to his spirit, to dispose of the Crown, make his Queen a Pupil, expel Catholics, root out Protestants, wholly to advance his Puritan Gospel, & to bring the Sceptre and Regality of this Kingdom, 
Pag. 18.  to the sacred disposition of their spirit. His words are these. The mightiest in succession (as your Majesty knoweth) are they (speaking in the plural number) whose alliance, kindred, and confederacies, are for the most part with Papists: Who is ignorant this to be a notorious Untruth, except he will advance any Title from Spain, and then his plural number will except against him: otherwise if all those which be next in succession, must be esteemed as Papists, and worthy of disinheritance from all Title of a Kingdom, by the supreme sentence of their spirit, because they be not Puritans, either a Puritan whether he hath any Title or no must reign. Or (which is more probably to be conjectured) where these desires should be effected of depriving true Titlers from their inheritance, and Puritanisme shall have superiority, England shall have no King, Queen, or Regent at all. And if her Majesty should attend to such treacherous, and tyrannical suggestions as this spirit inspireth, and their purpose of planting their impiety be performed, she were like to be rewarded, with the same payment of their common doctrine which I cited before, that the children of faith are under no law. That there is no Magistrate, no Superior among Christians. All human laws must be taken away. Everyman is Lord of other men's goods, and the like must be put in practice. The presbytery which they would have planted in Scotland to the deposing of their King. 
King of Scots in his Book of Reg. to Henry his Son. Suru. of holy disciple.  The practice of Geneva and such places, for a few Ministers and yearly elected Artisans to govern, and the Flemish fashion must be erected. And none but Puritans and their vile devices have allowance, which this seditious libeler doth plainly insinuate in the next page following: 
Pag. 19  where he giveth this for a law to our gracious Queen, to use both Puritans and Protestants, for the planting of his platform of Resormation; and that being effected her Majesty must (to use his own words) by scuere discipline mightily increase the first (Puritans) daily to diminish the second and third (Protestant's and Papists) and to propulse the relapses of either. So that the affections of these fellows (as themselves give sentence) tend to the overthrow of Protestant, as well as Papist, And the number of the one, equally as of the other must be diminished and propulsed. So that whatsoever they are, Queen, Council, Nobility, Laws, Parliament, Authority, or any proceeding, not resined by the spirit of Puritans, must be thus diminished and overthrown. This (as I said before) was their first intention, and now is their final end.   

THE XVII. UNTRUTH.  
ANd that these Pretendors of perfection in Religion (as this Associator calleth Puritans) might pretend a perfect and absolute neglect and reiectment of all order, 
Pag. 24.  Magistracy, and Regiment, in this Kingdom: After they had so much distasted their sugared mouths, with the unpleasing savours of the State and Government, as they complained both in their so much dishked Bill of Reformation, and this Author confesseth in his Associotion. They first apealed to Parliament, & taking the repulse in that highest authoritive consistory, besiege our sovereign with such glosles, as have been recited of her danger by Papists, and their only tender care of her happiness and pręservation. Hoping perhaps she would for their extraordinary love, reward them with those extraordinary graces of her absolute power, which by usual means she had omitted, Now in this part of their Association, rather than they will be left desolate of all helps, they will not only appeal from Parliament and Prince, to the Protestant Bishops, (a parcel thereof) but unite themselves with them in all love and fraternity, whom in so many Rhymes, Libels, and Inuectues, they have disgraced so many years together. And salute them in their first entrance with Titles of the most Reverend Archbishops, and right Reverend Logd Bishops, to whom in all former proceed, they have ever and absolutely denied all Reverence, 
Pag. 23.  Lordship, and the common name of either archbishop, or the other. And now plainly acknowledge them to have power to perform that which Queen and parliament had denied. 
Pag. 24.  And yet they still reserve a last appeal to the highest court of all, which is their spirit, to threaten over-matching multitudes, 
Pag. 41.  and strength, both for number, and power; if their griefs be not redressed. first, they complain that their Bill against Catholics was not admitted in Parliament. The cause whereos, they would establish, with a most unstable falsehood, by the Papists packing (to use their words) to make Burgesses for this parliament. 
Pag. 23.  How true a tale it is? or can by possible conjecture be: Who but such trusty Prophets can divine? who be they which be in Parliament? of what estates, places, callings? who, and what authority doth assemble them? is not every Parliament called by our Queen's authority? is she a Papist? are the Council Papists? are the Lords Papists? 
Pag. 41.  in an other place he saith they most are for them. Are the Sheriffs of Shires, the justices, and others, which make the choice of Knights Papists? no Papist is admitted to those offices. Are not London, and the Towns whence the Burgesses be, as this man saith, Puritans? are the Protestant Bishops and Clergy, Papists? and yet these be they, of whom that Parliament consisted, and in whom, of all others, Papists have the least interest. Therefore if that liberty of speech, and Alehouse phrase of Packing, were as lawful for me, as packing, playing, jesting, and wicked earnest dealings be usual with these men, even towards Peers and Princes; we could neither pack, shuffle, or cut, in that Parliament. Neither was there any motive to incite us to such exercises; for first, there was no Bill to be preferred for our good. And none but Puritans (of whose counsel we are not) did think that such measure would be then offered against us. But most likely it is, that this people, which had so long, as this Pamphlet seemeth, to insinuate by the phrase (long since penned) both determined that unnatural Bill, 
Pag. 23.  this Association, and all mischief they could imagine, to afflicted Catholics. And if banding together for that intent, soliciting Queen, Nobles, Clergy, and Burgesses, and shuffling themselves into the meanest Rome's, rather than their voices should be wanting may be termed Packing: the packing was in them, and not in us. As also the number of their Gospel, noted to be far greater in that, than any former Parliament will witness.   

THE XVIII. UNTRUTH,  
BUT this man is not ashamed to term all that resisted their Bill, to be Papists. These be his words. I call them Papists, 
Pag. 23.  which were so earnest against that Bill. For who but Papists, would pronounce that Penalty to be extreme, etc. But their Popish and dangerous end, doth manifest them to be Papists. Hitherto be his own words. Which how untrue they be, that those Lords, Bishops, Knights, and Burgesses which rejected that Bill (which were the whole Parliament, and all England represented in that maior part let others censure. Only I humbly wish such Papists, which be all sorts and estates of people in England, Sovereign, and Subjects, which be not Puritans, and pretendors of their perfection in Religion, to beware of these men's spirit. For although they be not Papists, yet seeing it pleaseth their spirit to condemn them by the names of Papists, Popish, and dangerous: they are not unlike to taste of the same cup with Papists, if ever these Associators may have their will. And although those things which I now allege, be divers and distinct untruths to this I have cited, yet because in reckoning so small a number of this man's forgeries, I must overpass many of moment; and these following make for this purpose, that all Protestants, either of the Lay or Clergy condition, Magistrates of what calling soever, which be not at the beck of Puritans, to advance their pleasures, are in the case of Papistry, and equally hated as Catholic Recusants themselves: this Religious pretendor of perfection, acknowledgeth it to be their sentence, when he breaketh out in these speeches. The Pope can dispense with Papists their being Ministers in our Churches, 
Pag. 30.  provided, they maintain some one point of Popery or other. With their being Magistrates in our Common wealth, provided, they under hand, hinder proceed against Papists. Which two sentences, the first most false, and the second not needing dispensation, being a lawful act, yet they prove, how Puritans esteem all, both Archbishops, Bishops, and others of the Protestant Clergy, as also all Magistrates (no degree excepted) which in any respect oppose themselves to the headlong actions of this people, to be Papists and so to be punished by their spirit, if ever it be in their power to perform it.   

THE XIX. UNTRUTH.  
WIll any man believe him to tell a truth, when to gloss their wiched practises, he both denieth the Earl of Essex to be a Puritan: 
Pag. 28.  and affirmeth that he was led by Papists to that disobedient tumult. And yet he blusheth not to say that Doleman in his Epistle, doth cunningly in sinuate and advise to make him away. When there is not any one word in that Epistle to that purpose; or to arm him to any disobedience, except the spirit of Puritaves doth judge: If any affirmeth a Nobleman is in credit with Prince and popular with the people, (as all men knew he was; and is that which Doleman there speaketh) is a warrant to make such a tumult as he did. Neither can the Earl be said to be led or accompanied with Papists, except he will now give that name a more ample extension than he did before, and make it also comprehensive of their own hole brethren, and pretendors of perfection in Religion, as is before described. And whether himself was such, or a Papist. Examine the lamentable and repining words, actions, gestures, and beehaviors of all Puritans at the time of his desolate end: Demand the Pulpits of Puritans, which so much deplored him. And let any Puritan if he can, exemplify one man, either a Leader, or led in that wickedness, which by any probability had ever counsel of I esuite, or Priest to that enterprise. But that these, and all Catholics, both condemned the fact, and rejoiced at her majesties delivery. Which soon after, and ever since, many of them, especially in the Western countries, have dearly bought at the hands of Puritans in authority And upon the very day, and at the very hour (as was supposed) of his death (namely and general in Summerset Shire, where a Prince of these pretendors of perfection reigneth, and of whose pure breath this Pamphlet savoureth) all houses of Catho licks were forcibly entered, with great numbers conducted by Puritan leaders, & without any commission showed, rifled, ransacked, and spoiled, without restitution of such injuries. And the Catholic, and other possessors of those houses, both basely used, and threatened at home, and in contumelious terms & usage committed to prison.   

THE XX. UNTRUTH.  
NOW this holy pretending gospeler, is come to disgorge his poison, against the Reverend, and Sacred Priests of our Nation: and principally, of the most learned, and holy Society of jesus. Whom he doth not only charge, with disloyal practices against the State of this Kingdom, but (which is most impudent) inventeth shameless suppositions, as though such things had been both proved against them by some Priests of England, and themselves had voutsased the acceptance of those accusations, 
Pa. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37.  by their silence of not making answer to such crimes. And going forward in this blushless business, laboureth to persuade the Reader, that the jesuits and some Priests (such as have appealed) convented and agreed together, to counterfeit a contention between them, to this purpose, that the jesuits being but few in number, and not able by that disparity, to advance the cause of Papists, as those Priests which be not of their society, a far greater multitude will willingly undergo the ignominy of all misdeamenors objected: and set the Priests at freedom, for the intent recited. And that the Pope himself hath dispensed in these conspiracies. Which horrible sins be such, and so odious in Catholic Reverence, to suffer and dispense in a voluntary infamy, not only in particular persons, daily bequeathed to death for their Religion, but of so renowned a fraternity, that no man except refined and purified with that spirit, with which no fraud, falsehood, forswearing, or treachery can be sin, will possibly imagine. But to call this perfect man back again to so many unperfect untruths, which he hath uttered in this discourse, I doubt not but since the writing of his Pamphler, he perceiveth defacto, that those which accused that company of jesuits, by Quodlibets, and I know not what, were not such Priests, and friends to jesuits, as he excepteth against them: But if I may dilate the word Puritan, half so far as he extendeth Papist, it will appear even to his dim sight, that almost Quilibet was agent in Quodlibet. And that all Appellants utterly disclaimed from those books. Touching your untruth, that the jesuits yielded to those crimes and accusers, you have also seen how foully you were deceived. And for reverence to her Majesty, and honourable Council, I must spare you too much in these points.  
And Sr, Pretendor of Persection, in this place you were deceived in rash sentence, that there was no difference between the jesuits and some Priests. And it is neither sin, nor shame to confess it, being but matter de facto, not any question of Religion, and such as besides your daily chaps and changes, controversies, and contentions in highest mysteries, & matters of Reverence: the Courts of law, where perfect brethren daily implead one an other, will give record, that at this present, there be many hundreds, and in these times, have been thousands of greater dissension, than that only one in so many years, when no Superior or Consistory, for the Priests of our Nation, was to determine any contention. Your wisdom hath definitively set down in your Association, that the only reason why jesuits, & Priests, be so dangerous people in this Nation, is, because they hope for future advancements by alterations: And therefore practise enen the death itself of our Sovereign. Sr, to plead experience (the Master of fools) her Majesty is the eldest English Princess, 
L●ew hist. Graft hist.  since the Normans entered; she hath reigned 44. years complete. And yet such wise men as you have daily used these acclamations against us. But the event hath proved how perilous we are, never any prince reigned half so long where your Gospel is admitted. Secondly yourself may easily understand that in the order of the jesuits there is a rule, indispensible by any of their society, not to meddle in matters of estate. Thirdly, 
Sil. v. Irre: Fum. v. irr. Nau. v. irr. sum. Caiet. Panormit. tollet. v iregular. etc.  the Canons of Catholic Religion repute it so great an unworthiness, for any Priest to be guilty of the death of the meanest Subiccte, that all such be ipso facto Irregular, and disabled to execute that sacred function. Then what will it be esteemed, to be guilty of Prince's blood? And Sr, to dispute of such ambitious ends, as you would prognosticate they have determined: So universal a man as you desire to be reputed, cannot be unskilful, how this so much offensive Society hath made itself so far uncapable of honours and advancements, that the whole Christian world reporteth for a novelty when any Cardinal or Bishop, is created from that company: although for all kinds of such deservings, all Nations will witness, how worthy they are of greatest dignities. And if you will travail, at the least with your understanding, into Italy, Spain, Germany, Polonia, Bohemia, the Indies, and other nations where they live, you shall easily make experiment, and (except you leave your will behind wholly possessed with malice) acknowledge, that those jesuits which be now in England, when they lived in such foreign Nations, both were sreed from these perils which they pass in their own country, and yet enjoyed as much as England Catholics would, or can allow them. The estate of their country, and fellow brethren left behind in such condition, will tell you, what exchange from better to worse, the jesuits at home have made. Those Kingdoms now Catholic, give with security and reputation, so much, as with so many dangers and reproaches, any future time can yield them hope, which is nothing, but S. Paul's victus and vestitus, with which they are, and must be content. Then who can censure them to be so great favourites to sorreigners advancements, and careless of their own securities for no greater gain? Concerning other renerende Priests of this Kingdom, as you thunder not against them with so great fury, so I trust of many late defences, some will come to your hands, and as they be innocent, so be an armour to save them harmless, and for that reason I may, and for other regards I must be silent. And you may rest secure, that the Monks of S. Bencdicts order, are not yet multiplied to possess your Abbeys: Ten or such like number of them, are not likely in haste, to challenge and enjoy, so many hundreds of Monasteries with their revenues, as were their dowry in England. And so small an handful of other Priests, are not likely to make present entry to so many thousands of bishoprics, Deaneries, and Ecclesiasticali livings, as the Protestant Clergy is settled in. Many or most of us, have willingly disinherited ourselves, and embraced wants; we which have been voluntaries in poverty so long, cannot by probability, be so suddenly changed to desire riches, with so great encumbers. If England were Catholic to morrow, no Pretendor of perfection ever heard, that in any age, such a generality of Dualities, or Pluralities was grannted, which could endow so little a number, with so many thousand spiritual maintenances. Then Sr, if you could be but so equally affected to them, which were so many hundred years together, true Titlers, and owners, both of Religion, and religious possessions in this Nation, to let them now, in some poor disgraced and penitential manner profess the first, with such devotion as they affect: they should easily join to leave the second, to them which more desire, and less deserve it. And I trust no Puritan should complain of peril to Prince, injury to himself, or damage to other subject. Such serving of God (which is all we seek) is not so dangerous eiher to Religion established, or the temporal state of our most beloved country, that any banding in Associations be needful against it. Being neither more or so much as the Pope himself alloweth to the jews in all his territories, even in the City of Rome, where he is Resiant. And which the protestant Prines of Germany, the Turkish Emperor, Persian, and other absolute monarchs (which cannot be condemned regardless of their temporal Regiments) allow unto jesuits, Priests, and others both religious, and Catholics of the Lay condition: in which so small a kindness, any man of reason, would rather presume upon your favour, then fear your disfriendshippe. And the rather because (Sr give me leave) in this very Pamphlet, so invective against so little courtesy, yourself do seem to free us of all unworthiness. For if you remember, there be but two bars which you put against it, (jealousy to concur with foreign forces) (And Pope's Supremacy with reconciliation) and yourself have broken both, and seem to set us at liberty from such suspects. Of the former, thus you do discharge us, when you take away all hope of advancements, by such conspirings, (upon which you ground your wicked and untrue conceits) your acquittance in this case is set down in these words. 
Pag. 27.  The Admirant of Arragon, spared the Papists no more, than the other in the Borders of Germany. And the Duke of Medina said, that if he had prevailed against England with his invincible Armado, he would have spared Papists, no more than Protestants, but make way for his Master. Concerning the second, our Supercedias from you, 
Pag. 35.  may be this sentence. priests are executed (indeed) for affirming the Pope's Supremacy, and reconciling to the Church of Rome, which are parts of their Priestly function. Then Sr, if Supremacy in the Pope of Rome, and to receconcile to that Church, be parts of Priestly function, which is wholly spiritual and distinct from a civil state, and temporal affairs: by no law or learning, that which appertaineth to that function, & is part thereof, can be prejudicial or dangerous to the second. And your simple distinction following, which you say was made before the late Earl of Huntingdon, (you are well acquainted with that family, watch-wordes, ward-words and their appendices) that Priests are not executed for these parts, as they are religious, but as they be dangerous to the State, in civil consideration: is both ridiculous for my reason before, and derogareth to the laws of England: because you cannot doubt but those articles were maintained, known, and honured even in this kingdom, by almost 200. Kings and their laws, many hundreds of years together, until these days: & at this present, are so reverenced in the most flourishing Kingdoms of the world. And if contention be between Religions, and civil laws (except God be inferior to man) it is no question who must have dominion. Temporal things be subordinat to spiritual. Religion is the highest rule. But to give you all contentment; 
Pag. 6. 7.  if you only must be wise, and your plots approved; Then to satisfy you in your own devises of security, which be by oath, and pecuniary punishments: Concerning the last, I have made you a reckoning before, how the Catholics of England which defend their Religion, answer yearly, & truly far greater sums to her majesties use for that cause, then, you demand: If they come not to her purse, you know they be not such Recusants which be Receivers and hinder it. And for other Subjects, how no gain at all, but general discontent would grow, by tender of such oaths, your own opinion so often repeated of Parliament and disguised Papists, overthroweth your first position, and would prove the practice to be ridiculous. Touching an oath for the security of our most honoured Queen, and the temporal estate of this kingdom, a man of such reading as you affect to be reputed, doth know, that a spiritual oath was never used in any Nation, to secure a civil Regiment: Neither by any wit, can you now make it a politic invention for that purpose. Where the ends be divers, the means must needs be different. But seeing it pleaseth you thus far to give confidence to the consciences of Catholics (which is more than we dare assume for you) Then if you remember what is written, 
Pag. 6. 7.  both in domestical, and foreign histories commended, and commanded in laws of Princes, to such sntents. Temporal Regiments are, and ever were secured, both in this, and other Nations, by oaths of temporal, and civil duty, and obedience. To this, our ancient Statutes, and the particular oaths of private offices, as of general, and common allegiance be testimony, Then Sr, to secure our Prince, and try our affection, if you move our gracious Sovereign to receive all Catholihkes into her protection, which will take such oath, which is so much as we ever gave to former Prince, or our laws require, or her Majesty (will as I hope) needeth to demand, let all which refuse so loving, and gracious dealings, be as in all former ages, forth of her favour and defence. And whereas your new engine is, that oaths, should be chiefly ministered to Gentlemen, Magistrates, and Possessionors, 
Pag. 6.  by which particular you know how many be exempted, yet to take all danger of your perilous Priests, and jesuits away, procure, that upon their acceptance of this, and their allegiance sworn, they may be discharged from your invectives, slanders, and other hazards. And because you change opinions so often, if any new eonceite of scruple, shall make you newly perplexed, that they will not deal sincerely: Let them be put to secure this, with a second warrant, of known, and sufficient sureties. And I do not doubt, but both jesuits, & Priests, will as willingly accept, and truly perform that oath, and with as great contentment to all, find as ample, and able pledges, as Puritans can do, either for their duties to Sovereign, or debts to Subjects: which we trust, the innocency of our behaviour, and credit in that cause, with such as will be taken for greater matters, shall procure; if the danger and disgrace, to give assurance for such persons, & in such a case, be taken away. And to put a perpetual bar between you, and all future fear of our foreign Seminaries, and dealings for other Princes, if a man of your direction could, and would procure unto us, so much grace with our most gracious Queen, to tolerate in this Kingdom, but a few Schools, for the education of Students, and to allow but the least number of Catholic Bishops, to sacre the Priests of our Nation, I am out of doubt, you shall see, that we will most willingly resign all pensions, stipends, and allowances, from strange Princes, although out of so many hundreds of religious houses, and thousands of spiritual livings, our ancient patrimony, your benevolence giveth us nothing at all. And if you have confidence in your cause, that your Religion is true, let our Colleges be in your Universities, whose ancient constitutions we will observe, & trial will sooner be made, whether Puritans or Papists defend the better worship: And if you dare not deal in that (as I am secured you will not, which we will grant to you in Catholic Schools, but you never durst grant the one, or accept the other) allot our abode, to meaner and obscurer places. By this means, and such oaths as you may tender, and security offered, all our traffic, and suspect of concourse with Spain, Spanish, or any enemy will be taken away. And to put you in some hope of indeempnity by such proceed, look into Saxony, and other countries where this is used, and you shall perceive a long continued unity for many years past, no suspicion at this present, or danger for times to come. O Sr, do you think any English Catholic can beso unnatural or foolish (if he hath but common wit, which I hope you will allow to our labours, learning, and travails) to desire to live under a foreign Regiment, if he may live at home, though in dishonour our daily returning into England to your tortures, from security abroad, is testimony unto our sincerity. I take the whole court of heaven to witness, I am, and ever was. far from wishing, and I think, there is neither jesuite, nor Priest in England which desireth it: It was an old saying, and prayer of my father when I was a child, that we might speak English still, and shall ever be the opinion of his son. And if your Puritan factions be not greater hazard against it, than any practice of Papist, I trust we shall enjoy it. I have been more bold to acquaint you with these things: first, because a great number of our English Priests, & jesuits, have undertaken those holy functions, by occasion of your Puritan most unholy dealings and persecutions against them, even to their exilement into those Nations. Secondly, (because I love to answer you with your own Arguments) in respect you grant it a thing unjust, 
Pag. 35.  that Priests should be put to death, or persecuted, for affirming the Pope's Supremacy, & reconciling to the Church of Rome, which are parts of their Priestly function: for if this security (which is all you demand) were given, they could not be dangerous to the State, in civil consideration, though we appeal to your judgement. Thirdly, because (if we should grant all your untruths, and slanders against Priests, and jesuits, to be the highest verity) yet in your whole Pamphlet, you never charge any one Priest, or jesuite in particular, which is in England, to be guilty of any such conspiracy, 
Pag. 33. Proclam. 5. Novemb. 1562.  except (perhaps) Doctor Bagshawe (whom with many others the late Proclamation of her Majesty herself excuseth) but you load the shoulders of such as conversed in other Nations, 
Pag. 33. Pag. 27. 30. 33.  as the late Cardinal Allen, D. Bristol, D. Sanders, Father Parsons, and Father Walpoole, to be the Agents in such business, neither can I, or any man of equal sentence, perceive how a private Priest in England, lining under such watchful eyes, can carry the least suspicion to conspire with extern Princes. Or what private Priest, durst broach such an enterprise to any jesuite, Priest, or Catholic in this Kingdom? or who would hearken unto him, if he were so desperate to attempt it? And if you can, name that jesuite, or Priest, the Archpriest, Provincial of the jesuits, or any Priest of their obedience, which have dealt in such conspiracies: why are you silent only in that, and so prodigal in all other kinds of accusal. Good Sir, utter your own name, and that jesuite or Priest in England, whom you have most confidence to accuse, set down the fact and offence, against this present state in civil consideration, and I doubt not, but he will acquit himself to your confusion & shame. Therefore if this law could be enacted by your intercession, our gracious Queen, Council, and whole State, might sleep in security by your own sentence, except the ruffling winds of your Puritan spirit should awake them. And if you should be yet perplexed, that so small a number of jesuits, and Priests, living in so disgraced conditions, by their learning, and example of regular life, would win people from your great multitude of ten Puritans to one Protestant, and from your pleasant and libertine Religion, to so Austere, and penitential profession, with so many dishonours, as Catholic worship should be in such terms. Then Sir you may be secured, by all rules of Religion and reason, that Puritanisme is false, and Catholic Reverence most holy. And if the whole state of England itself, her Majesty our successor, should be moved by so many forcible, and undeniable true motives as this worship hath, yet such common wealth men as you need not to doubt, but England then would be as mighty, and able to defend itself, against Spain and all foreigners, as England Puritans would be. Reckon all hundreds of years since the conquest, examine the state of those days, before the revolt of Henry the eight, and see whether I am deceived or no. Your sect hath offended many, but not defended or exalted any kingdom.   

THE XXI. UNTRUTH.  
BUT howsoever obedient and dutiful Catholics are, this man proceedeth in his usual vain, and like astone descending, by how much nearer centre, so much more violent. And beginneth his Herald's office of defiance, even to the State itself, of which he hath been hitherto so kindly careful. And because he loveth authority and pleadeth for it, of such as be placed therein, and have credit with her Majesty (he meaneth some of her privy Council) he affirmeth not only that they have incurred Praemunire, 
Pag. 38.  by favouring, comforting, counseling, or abetting an appeal to Rome, contrary to the Statute of 24. H. 8. c. 22. whereby he calleth their liberties, lands, and goods into question. But because he will cast at all, even their lives themselves, chargeth them not only with Priests and jesuits, but to have received ahsolution, indulgence, or dispensation by such means. Which, what an untruth it is, I need not urter; and how venomous against such personages, I remit to others censure. And concerning the Protestant Bishops, now at last he rewardeth with the offals of the whore of Babylon. 
Pag. 40.    

THE XXII. AND LAST Vutruth.  
AND as the nature of the spirit of these pretendors is to rule, & to govern, to be at defiance with all, peace with none; so now he denounceth wars, mustereth his men, calleth his Lords together, surveyeth his Cities, and Towns, 
Pag. 40. 41:  numbereth his Gentlemen, Captains, men affaction and resolution, and arrayeth his whole Army in such order & multitudes, ten to one, that if dissembling, and untruths may not be admitted, yet his confidence is, that he may prevail by arms. And telleth in plain terms, that it is not good to provoke the Puritans. And why? forsooth because to use his words. London and good Towns, Lords, Gentlemen, and Captains, (that be of the Religion) incline that way, and be men of action, and resolution. And concerning his Chaplains, thus he boasteth: Setting by nonrefidents and dumb dogs, ye shall find ten Puritans, for one formalist. What the meaning of these men is, requireth no difficulty to decipher. And yet if his words were true, I doubt notbut he would dispute in an other manner (which their spirit teacheth) and battle with weapons & not with words, as they have threatened in other Pamphlets, and their holy brethren performed in other place. But for this time, I will put it in the number of his untruths. For if so many in authority and credit with her Maresty, & the Mayor part of Parlamet, Clergy, and others are this man's Papists, than it cannot be true, that most Lords, Gentlemen, and Captains, and men of action and resolution, London, and towns out of which those Papist Burgesses were chosen, be for them. And although the affirmation or denial of them, which speak so untruly, is not to be regarded; yet if we will either consider their Religion in itself, what it teacheth, community of things, wars, rebellions, spoils, and usurpation of others labours, few will be found (for I do not speak but some may be deceived) which have either wit, wealth, honour, credit, authority or estimation, but would be willing to maintain them, which in this destructine Religion, they cannot perform. Or if we will be measured by experience, we shall consider, that in these London and good towns (whereof they glory) only the meanest and most needy, which hope by exhanges and innovations to be exalted, and among their clergy, such as want wealth, and benefices (which they cannot get) envying at others substance, have embraced this Religion. And if they could be advanced, & change their debased estate, 
Petr. frar. or. count sectar. nou. test. tr ord. in remonstrate. sup. edict. Reg. Gal. delens. Reg. & Rel.  would be no more scrupulous to change their pretended perfection, than their brothers a Tailor and Cobbler at Frankford, which were under no law before, when they had gotten head constituted Laws, Courts, and Rulers, as their spirit taught them. And as Caluin, Beza, Ottoman, and others, both in Switzerland, and France, could neither endure riches, or regiment, but kept counsels to depose Princes and Rulers: yet when themselves prevailed, could both approve of riches, and keep others in subjection to their devices.  
Thus we see, by these sew things wherein I have exemplisied in so short a Pamphlet, how falsely and corruptly he hath dealt, if the rest of his untruths should be measured with like examine: Which for many causes, and not to be offensive, I have omitted. And therefore, when voluntarily I pass over so many sorgeries, let no man think, that I have allowed for truth, such things as I have not here confuted. And concerning the humility, motives, loyalty, and love of this Associator to our gracious Princess, and those Protestant Bishops whom he taketh in hand to teach, I hope no man will be so movable to be carried with the motions of him, which not only without any motive at all, would move so great a Queen and Kingdom, to go about utterly to remove a Religion, which had reigned unremoved, in her most holy and renowned Ancestors and this Nation so many hundreds of years; and moved by so certain and unfallible motives as I have recited, the whole Christian world to honour & defend it: but such as every man of judgement (and such as will not be moved with every blast of such unconstant and contemptible men) may suppose they were, by which so many proud Pagan Emperors and Princes of the earth, so many wise and learned Philosophers, Magicians, and potent enemies were conquered, to profess so poor and penitential life, in regard of those honours and pleasures they had enjoyed. Neither is this the end and scope of that Associator as I have described: But to move our Sovereign, first to establish that Religion which she hath allowed, only until such time, as he hopeth the former may be overthrown: And then, both that. and the professors thereof, must be diminished and taken away, as his own words have witnessed. And that uncertain, unconstant, false, and seditious profession which never hath end, but ever is in debate, contention, disobedience, rebellion, and dissensions wickedness must be erected. When the Vicar of Greenwich, or Deane of Windsor, or Parson of any place, where the Queen or King shall keep their Court, may depose them as their spirit pleaseth. Which under Puritan correction, to use this man's phrase is far more dangerous to the State in civil consideration: 
Pag. 35:  then to maintain supremacy in the See of Rome. And yet I make a doubt, if your Presbytery may be planted, and the pretended perfection in Religion admitted, whether any Queen, King, or Prince, may be allowed with that submission. For such Regent's are incompatible of those brethren, upon whom no law may be imposed. Then Nobles, and Council, are to cease where both community of things must be, and so many Regalities and Regencies are, as there be Parishes in this Nation, thousands of supremacies, more than can give maintenance to any unity or Subordination. As for Protestant Bishops and all such as depend upon ecclesiastical dignities, 
Pag. 24.  you have alreade enacted in this Pamphlet, as distinct and opposite to Puritans, viz. such as pretend perfection in Religion. How the depending authorities of inferior Magistrates can have place, where the superior to which they are subordinate, is taken away, it passeth my invention. Or how the private wealth wives, or any proper of Subjects, can be their peculiars, where every beggarly, and lascivious wanton, must have his will, as his spirit leadeth, I find not in that profession. And yet your own writings witness, this would be platform of holy Assotiation.   
FINIS.