THE DESCRIPTION, Causes, and Discovery, or Symptoms of a Church Papist, or Popish Protestant, which may stand in stead this Year, 1642.  
Which by Reason that this searching Parliament, and wonderful Conjunction of happy Planets, hath proved so Sickly and Crazy unto the Romish Constitutions, That it is to be suspected that some of them will fly into Churches, for Remedy though not for Conversion.  
London, Printed for J. T. 1642.   

The Description, Causes, and Means of Discoveries or Symptoms of a Church Papist or Popish Protestant.  
THe Kingdom being lately (praised be God) reasonable well purged and cleansed from the open and public profession, and almost  Remediless spreading, Contagion of Idolatry, by the wholesome, Sage, Mature, and prevalent Remedies of that never sufficiently Renowned College of able Physicians now sitting in Parliament, who by purging some from the Putrefaction of their inveiglement, vomiting up from others their ill conceived rotten humours of inbred indisposedness towards the welfare of this Church and State, dyetting these with the Supersedeas of Employment in any nature whatsoever, That so the force of natural vigour (I mean Jnrellectuall parts) if any were left untainted and not yet turned unto the malignant corruption (as is the nature of that superstitious infection) first, to seize the understanding, and to blear, if not utterly put out reason, shutting up those from coming to Court, or such a distance of, where, for their own parts it is too manifest what pestilential Venom of Superstition by them was wrought any occasioned, by words, by Smells, by Breath, yea by Letters, Collections, ●●●aths, Gifts, Embrace, by placing, fear of displacing, so that not only the Carbuncles, and Ulcers of Superstition risen upon persons of great Note in Court, whereby it appeared that they were struck with the disease (openly inclining to superstition) and the tokens came forth in great numbers, declaring that they were desperately, and irrecoverably gone in't, debarring these from the City, whose hopeless depth in the malady had made them senseless of their sickness, yea had cast them into such a Lethargic, that they took themselves to be the only sound People, and all the world beside infected, yea to the height of predominacie (within these few years) mounted this almost Epidemical disease, that in not only seemed stronger them all remedies, but risen against, resisted, contrived the ruin and destruction of this wise and Honourable Assembly, and now being mad with a Melancholic malice (whereof that disease is very guilty) and posest with an unsatiable desire of tainting others, whereunto all infectious distempers are very subject (thinking all that differ from them, condemn them) that they became very dangerous, yea more perilous to others then to themselves, threatening subversion to those that would nor permit, but refulsed to propagate, maintain, cherish, and foment their Romish Calenture, with Diet, Air, Company, and Garments thereto conducing as now no malady forsooth, because general as well for places where it was, as for persons of quality taken with it.  
But the perfect soundness and firm sanctity, which this great and honourable College, taking into their deepest consideration, seeing that lenitive and gentle medicines would not take that wished effect, that they all desired it might, and that either the sound and clear Members must infallibly be drawn into sensible damage, or these peccant humours immediately, taken order with, and so were forced contrary to the mildness of their disposition to proceed unto sharper remedies; letting some blood with the Lances of their Justice, by the public Chirurgeon, and notable Phlebotomizer Mr. Grigorie Brandon, a man very well experienced in that practice, or by applying their cupping Glasses 〈◊〉 diligent search and inquisitive Intelligence, for the drawing forth the active designs and mischievous plots of others, whereby at the lest no dangers might come to others, if no cures could be acquired to them, depriving a third sort of their means and Jnstruments (to wit) their store of Arms plenty of Ammunition, superfluity of Revenues the many props and supporters of that disease, by the help whereof they were not only upon terms to have kept up that malady even after its Cricis, but to have alured others into a partnership of it  
This course (thanks be first to God and then to the s●ill of those never enough worthily praised Artists) hath in a short time, wrought such a Pappy abatement of that plague, that as fare as we can learn by the weekly Bills of intelligence, it is to outward view of the world, as touching the rage of it, and any fear of sudden groweth or spreading thereof, clean ceased, yet the better to compass the utter extirpation of it; and be no more annoyed with 〈◊〉 knowing that it is the nature of the most viperous disease●●lthough the head be taken off, and do not appear to the Eye) for dread of of the Remedies which are so contrary to it, and which she hath found for prevalent against it, it may, nay and doth notwithstanding leave some Relic and some smatch in the Patient, which out of the quality of that rotten corruption, desires to reside in the body till the next Spring, when perhaps some Planet may reign more propitious unto it, the party thus infected, may be detected, that so either torally cured (which is very hard) by reason of its Morbus a Traduce, most commonly an hereditary infirmity taken from Father or Mother, Grandmother, and sometime a pin or two higher, and therefore beloved of the child who in an humble blind obedient manner embraceth it because theirs, not because true, or openly discerned and rejected, I have though it necessary to give the description of him in this following discourse.  
A Church Papist, or a close popish Protestant, or if you will an Hypocritical temporising festered Romanist, is a Papist lately scared (though not out of that Jdolatry) yet out of the use, and free exercise of it, by the Weekly Diurnals of the proceed of this Parliament, which he reads and observes more out of reason then affection, which having well pondered, and how near he may justly fear they will come up to him, remaining in statu Quo, he presently altereth his Copy, but not his tenure, his profession, but not his resolution, he leaps into our Church for protection, but not for instruction, for safeguard not salvation, like Cattles that in the heat of Summer betake themselves under Trees for shade, not for pasture, Chameleon like he declares no natural colour of his own, but borroweth it of the standing whereon he is mounted, he comes to the Church to Act, not learn, to be seen that sometimes he is there, not to be Catachized what he had proffited there, he makes and accounts the Church his Stage, not his Temple, the Preacher his spectator, nor his informer, much less his reformer, A Gentleman he 〈◊〉 be at the least, for if he have not a Roman nose, you may be sure if ever occasion serve, he will make show, and proof of a Roman heart, and reasons be hath for what he doth, some whereof may be known, some may not, some of which respect Rome, some Westminster, the Pope hath granted him a Bull of dispensation upon these conditions, to hear Mass every day fasting next his heart, securely in his Closet, to maintain a Priest or Jesuit upon his own cost, if he be able, if not to contribute so much unto it (according to his Assessment) in his holinesses Vicar General's Book, he shall be found in ability to be constantly the Pope's obedient Son, in all awful obsequiousness and mental reservation, Rebus sit stantibus, the King's loyal Subject, and seeing it would be inconvenient if no disadvantageous unto him; to to show himself otherwise, and not only to favour, but to further all Stratagems, not in person alone but by Proxy, that he may by the benediction of the Tripled Crown, the assistance of the Devil and the indefatigableness of the Jesuits (those dextorous unmatchable Engineers of Plors, and Hellish practices) be set a foot again, for the rearing and repairing of this weather beaten Ship of superstition, in the Climaterical year of Papacy and Episcopacy.  
These are the Reasons and Arguments from Rome, that induce him to try what the Jnside of our Church may be made of, upon the conditions rehearsed, provided, he be well kept, and in points thus Armed and forestalled, why the good Lady adviseth him to yield to the times for a season until God shall send better days, and he is contented to hearken to them, But as the above mentioned causes of dispensetion, and indulgency, persuade and incline, so the reasons from Westminster drive him thither, The World God be thanked is come to that good pass that they must needs go, whom the Parliament drives, his estate is at stake, pared and shared already by the continual fostering of the Roman Horseleeches, whose voice is still give, give, to whom there not only goes a continual Annuity for their proper maintenance here at home, but a large share to Douai and St. Omare abroad.  
But now to pay the King for his Recusancy, his 20. l per month, of which, as squares are likely to go, he hopes for little abatements to pay all Subsidies fifteen, and other Tapes double considering the reason of the great occasions the King hath for money how thick they come, alas it would make a great hole, (if not clean dig through) his estate: Therefore he must venture now to Church, he hath occasion likewise unto London, pethaps unto the Queen's Court, I do not say unto her Chapel, The Proclamation for the deparaure of all convict Recusants that refuse to come to Church, at least 15. miles from London; is strict, and the penalty certain, Therefore he will first go to Church to satisfy the Proclamation, and afterwards about his business to London, to Court, or where else, he is none of them the Proclamation mentions, he is excepted.  
A third cause is by going to Church somewhat perhaps more ordinarily than he needs to do, he brings himself into some confidence with his neighbours in the Country, and takes away all suspicion and heedful eyes off from him, no man now so taking notice or observing who they be that comes to him by which means he may carry businesses more cleanly and improve the Catholic cause more coveatly and securely, These be the causes of his admittance into our Church, though hardly into the Congregation.  
The causes unknown, it is not fit we should understand but leave them to himself and his Ghostly Father.  
The Symptoms of such an infected person having nothing about him of soundness, but a mere painted species, which are these.  
You shall be sure to have him constantly at Church upon Holidays, but seldom or never upon the Sabbath day, he loves a life to hear out all the service, read out by the Curate at large, and highly commends him for his devout reading, he thinks it hath some Assinity with the Mass, and liketh it never the worse for that, when that is ended, he gins to be ill, he hath sat so long in the cold, or bareheaded, and must be excused for not staying the Sermon, he will receive the Communion at the most but once a year, and be sure at such a time that the most and best of the Parish shall take notice of him, at what time he will be content (ye with much show of Infirmity) to hear the Sermon, he likes well of the Protestation, but dares not take it, because there is mention made of the maintaining of the Doctrine of the Church of England, but not of the Discipline which he esteemeth, equal if not transcendent to the book of Articles, guessing as he conceives whence it had its Original.   
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